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Evening star., 1963-12-29
cLOSE-UPS AND LONG SHOTS
Judge Atkins Finds
Hobby Is ReIoxing

by, and the walls Of his office
in the Internal Revenue build
ing on Constitution avenue
give evidence Of his prof.
cheney. Here are examples Of
what might be called Judge
Atkins "Greek Period pic
lures taken while he was in
Greece helping revise that
country's income tax laws.
1t was during the two years
he spent in Greece under pro-
visions Of the Marshall Plan
that Judge Atkins made his
most interesting photograph.
Unlike his pictures of historic
Greek temples, this picture is
of a Greek shepherd, and is
interesting because of its pic
t0rlal appeal and the clrcum-
stances surrounding its being
made.
1--WE were travelling near
Sparta" Judge Atkins re-
called, when l spotted this
old fellow, a typical Greek
shepherd.
'In my hating Greek
asked If l could take his pic.
ture. He nodded, and after |
had taken his picture, he
asked me in good English
where l was from.
Turned out he was from
Chicago. He had returned to
Greece to spend his old age in
his native land"
In addition to the black
Evening star., 1963-12-29
NISIS SSS
Mississippi Bubble
yap'hs' s'fasaIaAs
GisaHdtGv.

The John Law scheme,
known in history as the Mis-
Sissippi Bubble, was a promo
tional scheme developed by a
Scots banker in Paris and
based on the land and sup
posed wealth Of the MisSis-
sippi Valley.
Law in 1717 organized the
Western Company, which ac-
quired land and trade rights
in what was later to be known
as the Louisiana Territory. He
quickly acquired the Canada
Company, the French East In
dia Company, the China Com
pany, the African Company
and the Senegal Company,
and bought the tobacco mo-
nopoly. Soon he expanded into
management of the mint and
collection of French revenues,
so that he controlled practi-
cally all French trade and
finance.
Investors rushed to put
their money into the scheme
and at the height of the ex-
citement some Of them were
piling up paper profits at the
rate Of a million francs a day.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
Folk World

Rita Stretch, operatic so
prano, turns to the folk song
for a fine record called Volks-
leder der Welt-Folksongs Of
the World. Including ''Drink
to me only with thine eyes"
and Nobody knows the trou-
bic I've seen," sung in Eng
liSh, she does well-known
songs in German, French,
Hebrew, japanese, Russian
and various dialects-16 Of
them in all. Assisted by cho-
rus and instrumentalistS, she
makes the most of her sill
very, light voice In a charm
ing program. (Deutsche
Grammophone 136376.)
BORIS CHRISTOFF: A
bass singing the songs of
Glinka in Russian is about as
masculine a musical sound as
you would want to hear.
Christoff is eminently quail
field for this program ranging
Evening star., 1963-12-29

from the dark fantasy Of
Napoleon's ghost, The Mid
night Review, to the lifting
Cradle Song which follows it.
The songs set to Pushkin and
other Russian poets illustrate
the beauty of unpretentiOus
composition. Pianist Alexan-
Dire Labinsky and cellist Gas
ton Marchesini assist. (Angel.) }
Evening star., 1963-12-29
PFfLATELIC NEWS
Found AN Invisible Error

mas stamp, which was, like
the City Mail Delivery COM
memorative, printed on the
Giori press. But there have
been numerous variations In
the regulars-the Scent air
mail and 4-cent Lincoln In
sheet form and the Scent
Washington in sheets, coils
and booklets.
ALI Of the regulars were
printed as usual on a web-fed
rotary press, either the Huck
or one Of the Cottrells
equipped for precanceling. As
the stamps were printed on a
continuous roll Of paper the
phosphor coating was applied
by a second cylinder on which
four rubber mats were mount
ed instead of the usual pre-
canceling pilates" These did
not reach to the edge Of the
selvage on the sides and there
was a small space between
each mat which was intended
to fall between sheets.
The experimentation Of the
two cylinders was not always
precise and in some cases the
mcoated strip is across the
top row Of stamps in the
sheet. This had been noted
particularly in the 4-cent
Lincoln but could have hap
pened with any Of the single
color stamps.
Booklets sometimes show
similar dark areas at the top
of panes and coils show a
dark b-inch line between
pairs at regular intervals. The
bureau has now solved this
problem by substituting for
the mats a cylinder with a
smooth rubber surface.
The coating roller also was
responsible for the "ghost
plate number" appearing on
many sheets Of the Scent
Was ashington. Plates are
mounted on the press two at a
time. While plates 27517 and
27518 were paired the coating
roller picked up the number
from one sheet and offset it
lightly on the next. Most
reported copies show a faint
''S" over a normally printed
Most Of these minor var
ieties result from routine pro-
duction methods and with
more than 274 million stamps
phoSphor coated, Of which
more than q million have
been sent to Dayton and more
than z million to the Philatelic
Evening star., 1963-12-29
NUMISMATIC NOTES
DIX E,nEs 76EzOiA
HrIPskssBSaySia
DeLlnauSF.
esasrsafpSbsspursVai
GzHSa.

In 172O Law became con-
troller general Of national
finances and attempted to
amalgamate his company
with the Royal Bank. But a
run on the bank resulted in
a panic and the bubble burst.
By November Of 1720 nothing
Of the vast "wealth" remained
but tremendous quantities Of
worthless paper. Law fled
from France and in 1729 died
a pauper in Genoa.
The collapse Of the John
Law scheme left France badly
in debt but the settlement Of
New Orleans did establish a
firm claim to Louisiana.
The 10 livres note illustrated
is typical Of the paper prom
iseS to pay which were all
that were left Of one Of the
greatest financial debacles of
history.
VERNON BIGSBY.
The Washington Numis-
matte Society, tDhose members
haze prepared this series of
articles, tDiH G1siDer questions
on coins or paper money dd-
dressed to NumiSmGtic Notes,
The Sunday Star, Washing
ton, D. c., 20003.
Evening star., 1963-12-29

phonies, MendelSsohn's No. 4
(Italian) in A major and
Schubert's No. S in B flat
major are newly available
from Stanislaw Skrowaczew-
ski and the Minneapolis Sym
phony. The MendelsSohn
throbS with strength and
vitality, the Schubert dances
with the sprightliness Of a
spring morning. (Mercury SR
9OS56).
Antonio Janigro, known to
record collectors for his virtu-
oSo cello and more recently
his conducting with / Solisti di
Zagreb, is now recording the
symphonies Of Haydn's mid
die period. Vol. 3 offers Sym
phonies No. 48 in c major
maria Theresia) and No. 40
in F minor (La PasSione),
two Of those works which
TEEN with the wealth of emo
tons which Haydn described
as have few others. Compe-
tent readings; fine sound.
vanguard VSD-2147.)
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Sales Agency, they should be
relatively common.
The uncoated City Mail
Delivery error Is In a differ
ent category. There might be
as few as GOO an uncut sheet)
and since few collectors are
equipped with short-wave
ultraviolet lights chances Of
detecting the missing ones are
not very good.
- AA
Houston First Day
Postmaster General John
Gronouski and Assistant Post
master General Frederick C.
Belen will attend first-day
ceremonies for the Sam HouS-
ton stamp at a Chamber of
Commerce luncheon for 700
guests Friday, January 10, in
the Rice Hotel at Houston,
site Of the original capitol of
Texas.
Nevada Centennial Stamp
The Nevada Centennial
Commissions current list of
centennial events includes a
firSt-day mailing of a Nevada
commemorative st a m p at
Carson City on February IL.
Although a Nevada stamp can
be expected on the basis Of
precedent (stamps have been
issued for all other State
centennials in recent years. it
has not yet been officially
announced by the Post Office
Department. Postal officials
indicate there will be such a
stamp but no design has been
selected and there are no
plans for a February IL first
day. The centennial commem-
orative probably will be issued
in the spring.
4 y
New Issues
ZANZIBAR - Four Uhuru
stamps were issued December
10 to mark the emergence of
the former British protecto-
rate off the East Coast Of At
rica as an Independent nation.
Denominations are 80 and
so cents, l shilling 80 and 2
ShillingS so, the Crown Agents
report. The stamps were
Evening star., 1963-12-29
RECORD REVIEWS
Ansermet InterPrets
Johannes Brahms
By HERMAN SCHADEN
Star Record Critic

As many records Ernest Ansermet has made Goo or
in the current Schwa Cataog there strangely enough
representation Of Johannes Brahms Seemingly as sur
psed about this the rest Of London Records has
forth with album to prove that Mr. AnSerme not only has
heard Brahms, but knows the gentleman very well indeed
Catching up quickly, the distinguished Swiss conducts his
famous Suisse Romande orchestra in all four Brahms SYM
phones plus the Tragic and Academic Festival Overes plus
Variations on Theme of Haydn-a on four records In single
Evening star., 1963-12-29
Walter Mason Heads
Montgomery Club

Walter Mason, jr., has been
elected president of the Mont
gomery County Coin Club sue
ceeding r. C. SOxman. James
Lund is the new vice presi-
dent, and Secretary Mae L.
Clarke and Treasurer Walter
Miller have been reelected.
James HouSer and Ted
Freter have been named to
the board of governors, Jay
Cox Sergeant-at-arms, B. M.
Douglas delegate to the Mid
die Atlantic Numismatic Asso-
citation with George Huth as
alternate, and F. C. Schneider
delegate to the American Nu-
mismatic Association.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
DUPLICATE
BRIDGE
CALENDAR

TODAY
Duplicate Bridge Club. woodner
Hotel (234-2505). -7:3O.
.PPisasf1ir; 14S1 Harvard (AD. 4
sRs: sleepy Hollow, Falls Church Gin.
vitational. JE 3-1725l. 7:3O.
Andrews, Andrews AFB Officers
Club 0nvitationaD. 7:45.
Ari-Fax' 2920 Arlington boulevard.
BridSe East. woodner Hotel, 7:4b.
Fort Meade, Fort Meade officerS'
Guy Mason Recreation Center,
Wisconsin and Calvert. 12:45.
Northeast studio, no game.
Silver Spring 9405 Bruce drive.
ssilyer ssaIe1 Spring Sn observations JU. g.
~ TUESDAY
Falls Church, 222 North Washing
ton street. Falls Church IKE. g.
6994). 7:45: New Years party.
Federal Bridge League, no game.
Federal Power Commission. Off
sisl s!so dining roOm' GAO Building
GOren Duplicate, 1545 Eighteenth
(reseryations. 667-1345), noon.
Indian Spring Country Club dn-
MoHtsome?y, 47oo Norwood drive.
,vI9Ilis 9iliceTs' Service Club. 1914 Twen-
1900 valley Drive. Alexandria.
WEDNESDAY
1900 Valley Drive, Alexandria,
BeIair Duplicate. 1910 Keswick
lane. Bowie (464- -0079), 7:45,
Belle Haven. Alexandria unvita-
Ghes; Club, wOodnsr Hotel dnvi-
tationaD, 7:45.
NeE E.,E.H House tr. offlee BUILDING; aIlti
1i Guy Mason Recreation Center.
Wisconsin and Calvert. 1880.
MontEomery County Jewish Com
rrSI1 NH; I1i;,0s.S safststis' & NH Building /
Old Dominion, Lansburgh's. no
Silver Spring. e405 Bruce drive,
Silver Spring Observations. JU. g.
7slo' 1890 91ru,psD.v
Falls Church, 222 North Washing
ton street, Falls Church, 9:45.
GOren Duplicate, l545 Eighteenth
reservations. 667-1345), noon.
Northern virginia Bridge Associa-
tiOn. Park Arlington Motel, Airing.
ton. 7:45: Winners.
Washington Bridge League, Shera.
ton-Park Hotel. Sectional Tourna-
ment. Masters Pairs lover 100 Mp:
Sub-Seni0r Masters Pairs (O-90
MP's) one session each, 7:3O,
FRIDAY
WashingtOn Bridge League, Sec
tional Tournament, Sheraton-Park
Hotel. Women's and Mems Pairs,
one session, p.m.; Mixed Pairs,
one session. s pm; Novice Pairs
(0-10 MPS), one session, p.m
SATURDAY
WashlngtOn Bridge League, Sec
tional Tournament, Sheraton-Park
qualifying and final, 2 pm. and &
pm: Novice Pairs (0-10 MPs), one
session, 2 pm; Open Pairs ConsoIa-
ton and Special Pairs. one session,
NEXT SUNDAY
WashingtOn Bridge League, Sec
tional Tournament, Sheraton-Park
Hotel, Open Teams-of-FOur, two
sessions, pm. and z pm; Execu-
tive Pairs (0-5O MPs), two sessions,
I pm. and 9 pm: one session
Special Pairs. 1 pm. and z pm,
Note: Partnerships and events
ninfOrmstio5' nrC ssSG'vI for t9 tt90uTnamsn. from
Mrs. Wanda Gabrilovitch. JU.
5-4S56. and Mrs. Edna Evans, KE.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
By. JIM BIRCHFIELD
Star Staff Writer

Judge Craig S. Atkins Of the
United States Tax Court finds
photography an ideal method
Of relaxing. The only trouble
is that the Judge cannot spend
as much time as he would
like in the darkroom at his
suburban Maryland home.
Judge Atkins likes his hob
Evening star., 1963-12-29

and white photographs of
Greece that hang in his office,
Judge Atkins has some 1000
color slides taken in Greece.
He used a Leica camera for
his color work, sending the
exposed film to the United
States for processing. His
black and white work is done
with a RoIleiflex, and in
Greece he managed a dark
room in one of the rooms in
hotels used by his group.
Judge Atkins schedule does
not allow much time for pho
Biography now. Most of his
efforts at picture-taking are
toward photographing his two
granddaughter.
Of course, be says, no trip
is taken without Juggling the
cameras along, and that is
about the time he can give to
photography. But some day
he hopes there will be more
time for that home darkroom
of his.
Virginia photographers have
been invited by the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts in Rich
mond to join architects and
designers in an exhibition of
their work from February %
through March 20, 1864, at the
museum.
Black and white and color
prints and color trans
parencieS made since January
l, 1862 are eligible for the ex-
hibition. Prints must be
mounted on 16x20-inch boards
with no written material on
the face. Transparencies must
be Of 2X2-inch variety only. A
maximum Of eight prints plus
eight transparencies may be
submitted.
Entry notification cards
must reach the museum by
January 8, and prints and
transparencies by January 10.
The selection jury will be
composed Of Gyorgy Kepes,
painter, chairman; Philip
johnson, architect, and Ivan
Dmitri, photographer.
For further information
write the Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts, Boulevard and
Grove avenue, Richmond Il,
Va.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
More Good Ones

Take a combination like
Mozart Symphonies Nos. 50
in B flat major and 80 in E
flat major, the Vienna Phil
harmonic and the outstanding
conductor, Istvan Kertesz. and
you should expect only the
best. That is what emerges
from these brilliant forces
exquisite music, exquisiteIy
played in perfect sound. Oon-
don CS 6354).
Two other well-known SYM
Evening star., 1963-12-29
9 /. HAPPY NEW YEAR

This New Years stamp,
one Of q set Of eight is
sued December IL by Hun
gary, features greetings in
five languages.-Philatelia
Hungarica.
faced with orders requiring a
completely new operation,
had to improviSe equipment
for the phosphor coating. In
the case Of the City Mail
Delivery stamp, printed on the
s. e e tied GiOri multicolor
press, the printed sheets were
coated by an offset press. Mr..
Boerger'S mcoated stamps
probably are due to two print
ed sheets sticking together as
they were fed into the offset
press, so that only one re-
ceived the coating.
Collectors like Mr.. BOerger
who have been checking the
tagged stamps under ultra
violet light have noted many
minor varieties due to lack Of
coating in specific areas. The
City Mail Delivery stamp, for
example, frequently has an
uncoated band in the selvage
across the bottom of the
sheet. Intensity Of response of
the lumineScent coating var
les rather widely, but within
limits set by the engineers.
There are also minor varia-
tons in the way the uncoated
paper stock responds to ultra
violet light.
Few tagging varieties have
been reported in the Christ
Evening star., 1963-12-29
By BELMONT FAIRIES
Star Stamp Editor

Alfred G. BOerger Of Tole-
do, Ohio, has turned up some
thing new in stamp collecting,
an invisible error. It is a top
strip Of 20 Of the scent City
Mail Delivery commemora-
tive without the phosphor
coating which was meant to
be applied to the entire print
ing.
The error can be seen only
under shortwave ultraviolet
light, but for the collector
interested in luminescent tag
ging-and all Unitedt States
stamps will be tagged soon
the lack Of the phosphor coat
ing is as much an error as
the lack Of a color would be.
The tagging experiment
began last August / at Day.
ton, Ohio, with an effort to
speed handling of air mail by
separating it from the mail
flow before it reached the
facer-canceler machines.
In a second phase Of the
test started October % tagged
stamps are being used to
improve the efficiency Of the
facer-cancelers themselves.
Under present visual contrast
methods Of stamp detection
with a photoelectric cell some
IA per cent Of the envelopes
entering the machine are
either rejected or improperly
Cancelled. Postal engineers
report a 99.2 per cent accu-
racy at Dayton in machine
handling h 6 Of the tagged
stamps.
But the program is expert
mental and the Bureau Of
Engraving 6 and Printing,
Evening star., 1963-12-29
New Kodak Booklet

A revised edition of the
booklet Better S5-mm. Snap
shots" (S5 cents), including
additional information on the
Simplified use of flash and a
new section on automatic
cameras, has been announced
by Eastman Kodak Company.
It is available from dealers.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
Mitchell on Air

Milton Mitchell, president of
the Collectors Club of Wash
ington, will be interviewed
about stamp collecting on the
For Your Information pro-
gram on Radio Station WTOP
from 8 to S:45 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1963-12-29

The 6 and 80 sentimo values
feature a portrait by Garcia
Llama and a quotation in the
Filipino language with the
English translation, 81 believe
that he who has less in life
should have more in law"
Evening star., 1963-12-29

album. (LOndon CSA 2402;
CMA 7402).
Select Company
Thus he joins Klemperer,
Kubelk, ToScanini, Walter and
Weingartner among the con-
ductors presently listed in the
catalog with all four SYM
phonies. And lest there be any
doubt, let it be known that
Ansermet yields nothing to
that select group In his long
overdue contribution.
Perhaps Ansermet has a
Gaelic approach to Brahms,
but whatever it is. it is all
right. It is neither too dra-
matte nor too sentimental. II is
neither too fast nor too slow.
It is neither too dramatic nor
too pallid. It is neither too
lush nor too cold. And as this
reviewer found on two hear
ings, Ansermet stands up well
on repetition.
Beautiful Third
We we're particularly struck
with the success Of No. 8 in
F major. He suffused it with
such radiance that we won
dered why this seems to be the
least popular Of the four. But
the word we find most appro-
pirate for the entire set (and
that includes the overtureS
and the variations) is the
nobility which Ansermet found
in Brahms, and which must be
the real reason the composers
popularity has never waned.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
RoundtubIe to Meet;
Two-Purt Program

The USDA Photographic
Romdtable will meet Friday
at 8 pm. in Room 1909, South
Building. A. c. Shelton, APSA,
will show practical examples
of the theme: "Some Dos and
DOn'ts for Better Color Slides
with Agfachrom E." Color
slides from the Greater Wash
ington Council of Camera
Clubs spring competition will
be shown.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
Handel Twins

Those two old inseparables,
Handel's Water Music and
Royal Fireworks Music, are
back under new auspices. The
orchestra is the London Sym
phony; the conductor, Anthony
Bernard. There are plenty
Of these from which to select,
but this record rates with the
best for sound and perform
ance. (CounterpOint-E -EsOteric
$685.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
SIN all portrait Of Sultan
Seyyid Jamshid bin Abdulla.

PHILIPPINES - Two spe-
cial stamps will be issued to-
morrow, the 10th anniversary
Of his inauguration, to honor
President Ramon Magsaysay,
killed in an airplane crash in
1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20

ing there" he related before
the six-officer court.
Ensign O'Keefe said nobody
had informed him the flood
valves of the drydock had been
opened, and that no one had
permission to operate them.
He described the drydock
wall, used in going to and from
the Tamaroa, as "a very clut-
tered affair"
Comdr. Virgil N. Voolfolk,
prosecutor, who alleged in his
opening that Lane ''inten-
tionally opened the valves so
he could avoid further service
on the vessel" also called as
a witness Thomas r. Calkins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20

promoted afterwards, before he
became a suspect.
All 35 crew members escaped
before the cutter and drydock
sank at Brooklyn.
The Coast Guard said Lane
had confessed. But he pleaded
not guilty when the court
m artial opened yesterday,
charging he had been forced
into making the confession.
The Coast Guard said the
penalty upon conviction could
be five years at hard labor,
total forfeiture Of all pay and
allowances, reduction to a low
ler rank and dishonorable dis
charge.
Among yesterdays witnesses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20

"12:47 a.m-Starboard moor
ing lines snapped--fell to port.
"12:51 a.m.-Ship fell to port
side on drydock.
"1:45 a.m.-Ship resting on
A-frame and wheel house on
port side.
1910 Fire department ar
rived on scene.
"2:l5 am. - Police depart
ment arrived on scene.
A Coast Guard spokesman
said Coast Guard headquarters
here was first notified at 1:02
am. by telephone by the skip
per, Comdr. Henry A. Camp
bell, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20

Of Monroe, Mich, radioman
third class, who was on watch
that night in the quarter
masters shack near the fan
tail.
The sailor read his entries
from the bridge book, after
telling how he announced the
emergency over a public ad-
dress system on orders from
Ensign O'Keefe:
The log entries included:
1890 aln.-General quar-
ters-ship listing to port side.
1926 a.m.-Muster on deck
"12:40 am. - All hands
ashore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20

was Ensign Edward G. O'Keefe
of Teaneck, N. j., who was
officer of the day on the
eventful night. He told of
being advised by crew mem
bers at 1890 am. that water
was in the drydock and the
ship was listing. He pulled on
trousers and went on deck,
barefoot, he said, looked over
the side and saw water and
loose keel blocks partially
afloat."
He ordered the general quar-
tiers alarm and mastering of
all hands on the pier.
1.-THE drydock and ship con-
tinued to list as I was stand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20

was no way to knowing whether
the damage was caused by the
sinking or the subsequent
raising Of the 205-foot cutter,
Damage caused by what?"
the lawyer demanded of pho
tographer's Milton E. Nelson,
photographers mate second
class, the witness who took the
pictures.
81 don't know" Mr.. Nelson
answered.
Lane, who was a seaman at
the time of the sinking, is &C.
cused of willfully turning valves
to let water into the floating
drydock to avoid further service
aboard the Tamaroa. He was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20
Photos Of Ship Sinking
Irk Defense at TrioI

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 CAP
The prosecution presented
photographs of the damaged
hull of the Coast Guard cutter
Tamaroa today in the general
court martial of a Coast
Guardsman accused of DELHI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20

erately sinking the drydocked
vessel.
The defense lawyer for Harry
D. Lane, %, of Poughkeepsie,
N. Y, boatswain's mate third
class, objected to the photo
graphs. The lawyer said there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20

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