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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24

from which the shots were
fired was an isolated one in an
area where no large row dS
had been expected.
Lee Harvey Oswald was en-
ployed in that building, but
Dallas police did not give his
name to the Secret Service in
the agents routine check OF
possible crackpotS. Oswald, now
C charged with the murder Of
Mr.. Kennedy, had not brushed
with the Dallas police.
He had been arrested in New
Orleans in August and FB1
agents had questioned him then,
but he was not kept under
surveillance and an FBI spokes-
man said it was not known
that he had settled in Dallas
two months ago.
A White House spokesman
said no special precautions
were taken for the Dallas visit
beyond the customary security
arrangements whe ever the
President travels. This source
said no information in the ma
ture of a warning rea he d
Washington that would have
prompted a d oubling of the
guardians of the President or
other additional precautions.
Preventive Protection
Customarily, the Secret
Service has stressed preventive
protection. This has included
both tracking down anonymous
t threats and exploring every
possibility of danger, from the
food the President eats to his
methods of travel.
The car in which President
Kennedy was riding was built
in 1851 to rigid Secret Service
specifications. The car was de-
signed by Ford Motor Co. TECH
nicians and built by Hess & Eli
senhart Manufacturing Co., a
custom automobile firm.
Hess & Eisenhart officials
told the Associated Press yes
terday that the presidential
Continental" had a protective
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
u. S. Markets
To Be Closed
Tomorrow

NEW YORK, Nov. %
(AP).-The major stock mar
kets of the United States will
remain closed Monday as the
Nation mourns President Ken
nedy. KS.
The New York and American
stock Exchanges announced
today that there would be no
ira ding in securities of any
kind by any brokers through
their facilities.
The Midwest Stock Exchange
at Chicago, the Pacific Coast
Exc ange at San Francisco,
the Boston Stock Exchang e
and others followed suit.
The Toronto, Montreal and
Canadian Stock Exchanges also
will be closed.
The New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change said there would be nc
trading until further notice
but as with other commodity
markets, trading was expected
to resume Tuesday.
The Chicago Board of Trade
said there would be no trading
until Tuesday. The Minneapolis
Grain Exchange, as a result,
also was to be closed, although
formal action was not expected
until Monday morning.
The Kansas City Livestock
Market will be closed. -
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bubble-top but declined to say
whether this was bullet-proof
The top was not on the car as
the Presidents motorcade
drove through Dallas. 1t is de-
signed mainly as a protection
against inclement weather.
Route Always Checked
When the President rides In
a motorcade, Secret Service
agents have always gone over
the route in advance, assessing
every source of danger. Local
police always play a large part
in manning this phase of the
operation, providing the motor
cycle escorts and h andlin g
crowd-controlling details.
That is a responsibility
Washington police always live
with. 1t is a new responsibility
for the police wherever the
President goes, but usually the
Secret Service advance agents
have worked out the details to
the point where the local forces
can give the maximum protec-
ton.
The Secret Service agents
tn e mselves form the Presi-
dents personal bodyguard,
keeping their eyes fixed on the
crowds, ready to shield the
Preside n s body with their
own.
Any one of them would have
done that Friday, but when the
shot was fired from above none
of them had a chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
HOUSE SPEAKER
IS NEXT IN LINE
FOR PRESIDENCY

House Speaker John Nc
Cormack is next in the
line of succession to the
White House after Presi-
dent johnson.
Speaker Mccormack, a
Massachusetts Democrat,
is II years old.
A 1947 law places the
Senate's president pro
tempore, Senator Carl
Hayden, So. Democrat of
Arizona, next in line to
Mr.. Mccormack.
Before this law was
passed by Congress during
the Truman administra-
ton, the third in line would
have been the Secretary
of State.
Cabinet officers follow
the vice president, speaker
of the House and presi-
dent pro tempore of the
Senate in this order:
Secretary of State,
Treasury, Defense, Attor-
ney General; Postmaster
General: Secretary of In
terror, Agriculture, Com
merce, and Labor.
The Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare is
excepted since no amend
ment has been passed to
include this office since it
was created.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star staff Writer

The Secret Service has
turned its irlvestigative talents
on itseIf-to find out every
move made by every agent be-
fore the assassination of Presi-
dent Kennedy Friday.
The braod investigation now
engaging every high-ranking
Secret Service official has a
twofold purpose.
The Secret Service wants to
know first what combination of
circumstances occurred to frus-
trste the elaborate precau-
tons always taken to guard the
President. This phase of the
investigation looks to the fu-
ture, to what additional pre-
cautions must now be taken
whenever the President leaves
the White House.
The second purpose of the
investigation is de signed to
provide the answers to the
questions expected from Con-
greSs and the people.
AgOnizing SeIf-Appraisal
Until the investigation is
complete ed, Secret Service
spokesman a re answering no
questions. They want to know
the entire picture before they
start providing pieces of it.
We've just started piecing it
together" a spokesman said
Were t. king it from the
ground up. We intend to talk to
every person who had anything
to do with the Dallas trip.
We've got to see the entire
picture. We've got to know
what the planning was, what
the problems were, what was
done and exactly what hap
pened."
The agonizing elf-appraisal
comes at a time when the Sc
cret Service is working around
the clock to devise security
precautions for President
johnson. Some Of the agents
riding in the tragic cavalcade
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Elderly Receive
Tax Reductions

Some of the Older, longtime
residents of Bladensburg, Md.
will get a tax break on their
homes, the town council has
decided.
1t has authorized ASS, 900 re-
duction Of the assessment on
homes Of persons who are at
least IS years old, have been
residents for the last five years
and who have gross incomes Of
$4,000 or less.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24

and presidents. street peddlers
and Acknowledgment their
sorroW.
In Britain, Queen Elizabeth II
commanded her court to go
into a weeks mourning, and
every minute from IL am. until
noon yesterday the great tenor
bell m Westminster Abbey tolled.
This token Of mourning is usu-
ally reserved only for dead
British royalty.
President de Gaulle of
France ordered the flag of
France flown at half staff i'm
mediately. BY tradition, the tri-
color flies at half staff only on
the day of the funeral of a
chief Of state.
Khrushchev Pays Respects
In Moscow, Premier Khru-
shchev broke off a tour to pay
his personal RESP ects at the
United States EN- b assy and
send messages to Presid ent
johnson and Mrs. Kennedy. He
said he and the Soviet nation
were deeply grieved. Crowds
came to the Embassy to sign a
book Of Condolences o m E.
thing unprecedented for Mos
COW in the depths of the cold
war.
At Vatican City. Pope Paul
VI dedicated his morning mass
to the dead President. the first
Roman Catholic to become
Chief Executive of the United
States.
In Tokyo Bay. the tiny boats
of Japanese fishermen pulled
up alongside United States
Navy warships with little flags
flying at half mast.
Nehru Is Shocked"
Burn. Million Candles
Sorrowing West Berliners
burned a million candles last
night in memory of their great
friend John F. Kennedy.
City lights were dimmed and
in nearly every window
throughout this sprawling met
ropolis flickered four or five
candles.
To West Berliners, the young
leader was a symbol of free
dom, hope and steadfastness.
He became one of their own
when he said on his visit here
five months ago.: Itch bin Elm
Berliner Il am a Berliner)."
i End Speech by Brandt
For the second time since the
tragic news shocked this Com
munist-surrounded city, West
Berliners gathered at their City
Hall to hear Mayor Willy
Brandt praise the man assas-
sinated Friday and urge the
/ trust of Berlin in the new
American President, Lyndon B
johnson.
With hardly a sound, except
the shuffling Of the marching
feet, 10000 high school stu.
dents carried flaming torches
from the memorial Of tn,
, l948-49 airlift at Tempelhof t,
City Hall.
Nearly 10000 persons wert
already at the City Hall squar,
when the student arrived.
The City government an.
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Mother, 3 Children
Are Killed in Fire

FORT LEONARD WOOD,
Mo-, Nov. 2 (AP).-A young
m o her and her three small
children burned to death early
in a fire that swept their trail
err home.
The highway patrol identi-
fled the victims as Mrs. Ralph
Meeks, 20, and her children,
aged 3, 2 and 8 months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Urban Renewal Coll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP).-A
prominent attorney, who had
hired a new secretary, returned
from lunch to find this note on
his desk: "Mr. Irwin Renewal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
WREATHS AT DEATH. SPOT
SAY WE ARE so SORRY

DALLAS. Tex. CAP).-Tvo small wreaths lay last
night within few feet of the spot where President
Kennedy asSassinated.
The wreaths we're a grassy slope
card on one spray said:
In memory of beloved President John F.
Kennedy. From the bereaved citizens of Dallas"
The other. signed by Mr.. and Mrs Henry H Stauser,
said, I'VE are all soIy."
Bumper-to-bumper traffic moved slowly by the
site Of the assassination policeman said the traffic
had been heavy all day.
Small knots Of people took pictures of the building
where the assassin had waited The sixth-foor window
he fired from still open.
The building was locked. patrolman said FBI
agents were inside
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Shocked Secret Service Putting Itself
Through an Agonizing SeIf-AppraisaI

at Dallas flew back to go on
m m date duty at the new
Presidents home.
\ Faces Reflect Sorrow
Their grim faces mirrored
the extent of their personal
sorrow. Each of them had
pledged himself to sacrifice his
own life if necessary to protect
the White House family.
/ Secret Service Chief James
Rowley was particularly hard
hit. Before he became chief in
September, 1861, he had had
direct charge of protecting the
President since 1916 and had
served on the White House de-
tail for % years. President
Kennedy chose him to become
chief of the Secret Service.
/ Chief Rowley was more
&C ut ely aware probably than
any other man of the dangers
accepted so ca S ally by the
American chief of state.
THE biggest threat to a
Presidents life," he once re-
marked. sis from the self-de-
luded who become the dupes of
terroristic or Subversive organi-
zations."
He has been continually con-
cerned about snipers firing
from a distance. When Presi-
dent Eisenhower golfed at
Burning Tree County club. for
instance, some of the golfers
n e arby carried high-powered
rifles instead of clubs in their
golf bags. Chief Rowley feared
that Snipers might Turk on the
wooded golf course.
Buildings Are Checked
Checking the buildings along
the route the President will
travel is a customary precau-
tionary in the advance plan
ming for the Presidents out-of-
town trips. Although the Secret
Service is declining comment,
it was pointed out by White
House sources that the building
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Moscow Rodio BoIks
At Red Label on Oswald

It said that Oswald was
charged with Mr.. Kennedy's
Staying after 10 hours Of inter-
rogation, but there was nc
evidence which could prove this
accusation"
"The police are trying to in
volve the Communist Party of
the United States in the as
sassination Of the President. 4"
it said.
For the first time today the
Soviet news report mentioned
that Oswald "allegedly was in
the Soviet Union"
The young ex-Marine de-
fected to the Soviet Union in
1859 but returned home in 1862
with a Russian wife and a baby
daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Sports World Has Lost
AChompion and Friend

tnought such a thing could
happen in America.
President Kennedy contrib
d to the advancement Of
America in uncounted ways"
he said. "We shall remain for
ever conscious of the new mean
ing and significance he gave to
the Importance of being physi-
&c lily fit and maintaining d
sound body as a base for an
alert mind"
Joe Dey, executive director Of
the United States Golf Associa-
ton, said:
President Kennedy's con-
Germ for the total man-for his
body as well as his brain and
Spirt-gave a tremendous lift
to the national health. He left
both a legacy and a challenge
for every red-blooded Ameri-
can"
The late President played
golf regularly, but seldom took
time to go a full round.
Hes the best golfer of any of
our many golfing Presidents"
a Newport. R. l., professional
once said. IF he took time he
could be an 80 shooter"
Wire From Macarthur
Gen. Douglas Macarthur,
named by Kennedy to arbitrate
the bitter NCAA-AAU dispute
which threatened our Olympic
teams, sent the following tele-
gram to Mrs. Kennedy:
words at such a time, but the
world Of civilization shares the
'oignancy of this monumental
tragedy. AS a former comrade
n arms. his death kills some
thing within me-"
Col, Donald Hull, executive
director of the AAU, called
Kennedy "a great dynamic
eader with an in terest in
sports
His loss certainly will be
trongly felt" Hull added.
Pete Rozelle, commissioner of
the National Football League.
expressed himself as deeply
t hooked" and Commissioner
Toe FoSS of the American Foot
ball League, which postponed
is weekend games, said:
1T is difficult at this time to
comprehend the full impact of
President Kennedy's loss as a
man as well as the head of our
Government. The magnitude of
his loss can only be measured
by time and his accomplish
ments as a heroic service man
and devoted servant Of our
country"
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nomeed it will rename the
City Hall square John p. Ken
nedy Platz." 1t now bears the
name Of Rudolf Wilde, a for
mer mayor.
Big and little alike con-
demned Mr.. Kennedy's assassi-
nation and began to wonder
what course the affairs Of the
world will take because Of it.
The common reaction at first
was ineomprehension, then
grief, then In many rage and
apprehension.
Prime Minister Nehru of In
dia said:
We are deeply grieved and
shocked at this both for perso-
nal and International reasons
The consequences of it are
far-reaching and will gradually
seep down"
Its not so hard to believe"
said a Paris blues singer with
tears streaming down her
cheeks. Its Just SO hard to
take"
/ Mrs. Byron Novitsky of Fort
/ Wayne. Ind, sobbed in London
where she is visiting. Poor
Jackie. Poor K ennedy
family. Poor world"
"All the. world will cry" said
Paris cabbie.
I 1t was the same all over
Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin Am
erica. IL
! There were the touching
scenes. In the London suburb
of Sydenham, a children's rose
garden was dedicated to John
F. Kennedy. In the garden are
$50 rose plants and 100 chill
dren will tend them in the
Presidents memory.
In British village garden, a
tattered Union Jack flew at
half staff from a private flag
pole.
Gesture by Cabinet
In Katanga, the former
bre a kaway province of the
Congo, the entire provincial ca
binet rushed to the residence of
the United States consul with
their wives to express grief.
This is an old Bantu Gus
tom" one Minister said. I'VE
Bantus always mourn the pass
ing Of a great chief"
Nation after nation declared
periods Of mourning, Cancelled
social and sports events and
Scneouled services Of their own
for the President.
Lines formed up outside IN
, tied States Embassies in scores
of countries to give their con-
dolences to America in its time
Of sorrow.
London stores put large pho
tographs of Mr.. Kennedy in
! their windows.
} At United States militia ry
posts around the world, men Of
E the. armed forces, some sob
E bling, stood in silent attention
as the haunting notes of taps
: sounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Political Crime" Charged

Political Crime" Charged
Moscow Radio commentator
Valentin zorin countere d
charges that Mr.. Kennedy was
a victim of leftist fanatic by
saying: Those who know how
the security of President Ken
nedy is organized. know that
it is not possible for a fanatic
to commit such an assassina-
ton"
"A political crime, thorough
ly prepared and planned, has
taken place." he continued.
1T is not accidental that it
took place in the Southern
States which are well known as
a stronghold Of racist and other
Fascist scum. It is precisely
here that (Arizona Sen. Barry
Goldwater, who is one of the
contenders for the presidency,
gets his support"
Mr.. Zorin charged that the
Presidents Staying was in
Spired by forces opposed to Mr..
Kennedy's policy of improved
relations with the Soviet Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
SOCIAL EVENTS AND
CLUB MEETINGS

Z YOUNG Democrats-Dinner meeting
at Rhein Restaurant tonight cancelled.
All military installations-Socisl
events Cancelled Until further notice.
National Naval Medical center-AIl
nonmedieal facilities closed until fur
InteT-Ameriean Defense Collese-
RECEPTION seheduled for tomorroE e
School canceted.
National Press club-Luncheon to-
morrow fer Chester Bowles Cancelled.
seSsdulsd tonirht 01 postooned Until fii De-
University Of Missouri Alumni ASso-
eiation-Tuesday luncheon Cancelled.
indonesian Embassy - Reception
Fort Myer@Army-Navy-Air Pore,
cotillion scheduled Wednesday can
CIVIC AND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
Bethesda-chevy chase Civic Council
l-Msstthins tomorrow, night eaneelsd.
house scheduled at all churches today
Hebrew Aid cirele-Tuesday lunch.
con meeting Cancelled.
Beth Sholom Congregation-Memb
snip luncheon tomorrow Cancelled.
Cherokee Lane Elementary School
Dedication scheduled tomorrow night
postponed IeeIs.d, gntgIl luther notice;
November meeting postponed; nexi
RaVensWorth Elementary school
Dedication set for today cancelled
Rosewood Civic ,Assoeiation-Meet.
ing tomorrow night cancelled
lie Droit Park civic Association
| Tuesday meeting Cancelled
kalorama Triangle Restoration So
elety-Presentation scheduled for to
i morrow POSTPONED until neceu1her M
Adams-Morsan Planning Commute,
and Community Council-Meeting To-
morrow postponed until December 3
Allied Civic oropp-Meeting tomor
Health and welfare council-Boar,
Of directors meeting Tuesday can
eelied.
MISCELLANEOUS
Students Against Determination
Meeting tonight Cancelled.
Washington Gas Lieht .Co.-cookini
show SCI for tomorrow night cancelled
Hali-Aere Garden club-Tuesda'
National Photographic Society -
Meeting tomorrow cancelled.
Washington Recorders Society -
Meeting tomorrow Cancelled.
ton to honor MARYLAND State Comp
troller Louis L.. 0oldstein postponed
II was expected that Mr.. Goldsteii
would announces his candidacy for tn
Democratic nomination 70 the Unite
States Senate 81 the reception.
American Institute Of Graphic Arts
MAGAZINE seminar and dinner tomorrow
The united Travel Club meetinI
scheduled at the Presidential Arms to
morrow at pm has been poStponet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Waited in Park

President Roosevelt was well
into his third term when the
Secret Service arrested Walter
w. Best Of Pontiac, Mich,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
BY the Associated Press

The sports world lost a
champion and a friend in the
tragic death of President Ken
nedy, sports leaders throughout
the Nation said yesterday.
From the lie a ders of every
major sport came expressions
of shock and sorrow over the
passing of a man who empha-
sized the Importance Of building
the body as well as the mind.
I'VE all feel a deep loss and
at the same time a great sense
of shame and unhappiness that
this should happen in our
country" said Ford Prick, COM
missioner of baseball. I'VE are
all shocked and in deep sor-
row."
Enjoyed Swapping Stories"
Joe Cronin, president Of the
Americ a n League, said: He
surely was one of the greatest
sports enthusiasts ever to live
in the White House. He knew a
lot about sports, things you
woul dn't expect. and he en-
joyed swapping sports stories. |"
Wa rren Giles, Nation al
League president. said: While
all citizens Of the Nation are
or u h e d by the loss of our
crushed by the loss of our Pres
ident, we in sports are especial
ly Saddened and schocked.
John F. Kennedy was a
sportsman and a friend of
baseball. Words seem so out of
proportion to ones feelings as
we reflect on the tragic, almost
unbelievable circumstances
causing his death. The Ma
tional League shares the grief
of this tragic loss and our deep
est sympathy goes out to Mrs.
Kennedy and his family"
Walter Byers, executive di-
rector of the National Cole
giate Athletic Association, said
all people must be stunned by
shock. dis belief and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
All the World Mourns,
Even Kennedys Critics

1t beginning sink in. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
gone Around the world wept. umed and others
became apprehensive
Nations broke their precedents TO him. cold
praised him; people all the earth-hngs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Many Events Cancelled
For Mourning Period

President Kennedy in the Ma
tons Capital is being marked
by cancellation or poStponement
lof numerous civic, social, re-
ligious and cultural events.
The following is a list Of
schedule changes that have
been announced by local
organizations:
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Phillips Gallery Of = Art-coneerts
scheduled for today and tomorrow
oeorsetown Observation-Disclosures
recital BY Albert Fuller scheduled yes
terday to be held January IL.
National Gallery Of Art-All concerts
cancelled until official period Of mourn
l ing Is observed.
National Symphony - Government
series concert scheduled today post
National Theater-Performan to-
morrow cancelled.
Mclean Ballet-Performanee sched-
uled for last night postponed until
MONTGOMERY County symphony Or
Sherwood High School postponed until
December /; concert tomorrow At Le-
/ land Junior High School postponed
until Decem6sr on.-...pr...n4.,,on
Of Vincent Youmann manuscripts to-
American Ballet Theater National
/ SUPERINTENDENT night performance
Cancelled. Tieketholders may use their
tickets for Tuesday or Wednesosy
program 10 be performed wednesday
Fort Hunt High sehool-Coneeri
Tuesday cancelled.
woMEN's ORGANIZATIONS
women's National Democratic clul
Luncheon meeting Tor TOMORROW
Cancelled.
business and Professional women'i
lClub-Tea today Cancelled.
University women's Ciub-Tea TO-
morrow Cancelled.
Temple sinai sisterhood Luncheon
tomT Sgies f sosTd Of Georgetown uni.
versity dospital--Luncneon meeting TO-
Beth Shoiom sisterhood-Fashior
show today Cancelled. ,,,,,--
Bank Woman's Club Of WashingtoI
Dinner tomorrow night Cancelled,
Young Women's Christian Associa
tion-Facilties closed tomorrow.
Adas Israel SisteThood - Monday
!, beard meeting Cancelled.
Woman's City Club-Birthday cele'
bration today canceled.
twentieth Century ciub-MeetinI
tomorrow cancelled
Har Tzeon Sisterhood-Book fai
scheduled for tomorrow postponed until
December ..