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Confederate Veterans
Outnumber Survivors
Of GAR 57 to 52
By th« Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va., May 29.—Only
57 Confederate veterans of the Civil
War can answer to muster on this
Memorial Day.
At that, the men in gray who
fought under the Stars and Bars
and went down to defeat before the
numerically superior northern
forces, finally as survivors seem to
outnumber their former foes.
Official Veterans Administration
figures showed earlier this week at
Washington that the Grand Army
of the Republic had only 52 known
survivors left as reflected on the
pension rolls.
State Observances Vary.
Some of the Southern States ob
serve Confederate Memorial Day.
The dates vary. April 26 is observed
in Florida, Georgia and Mississippi,
May 10 in North and South Caro
lina, and June 3 in Kentucky and
Tennessee.
The Federal Government pays no
pension to the men who wore the'
gray and there is no single Gov
ernment source of information on
the survivors.
Walter L. Hopkins of Richmond,
adjutant-in-chief, Sons of Con
federate Veterans, reached the total
of 57 this week after careful checks
of pension rolls in 14 Southern
States and inquiries into other
possible sources of information. He
found 55 survivors of the legions of j
Gen. Lee who receive State pensions
and two known veterans not on
State pension rolls.
The average age of today’s South
ern veteran is slightly more than
101 The “baby,” at 92, is John
Hance Osteen of High Springs, Fla., j
who is on Florida’s official pension
list. The oldest among those whose
ages are known is John Thomas
Graves, 106, at the Confederate
Home in Higginsville, Mo.—Mis
souri’s last surviving Confederate
veteran. Most of the others are
centurians.
Two States Report None.
Tennessee and Kentucky are the
only two Southern States which re
ported that no known veterans were
left. Most of the survivors receive
pensions ranging downward from
Alabama’s $150 a month. In addi- |
tion, the States pension Confederate
widows and in some cases provide
homes for them.
In Virginia, veterans are: John
Sailing, 98, Slant, Scott County; j
James D. Dickerson, 102, Route 4,1
Suffolk; Charles W. Matthews, 99. t
Bluefield; Julius Franklin Howell,;
101, Bristol; Theodore N. Mayo, 102,
Norfolk; George Banister, 98, Rich
mond.
Grace Church Cemetery
To Be Scene of Memorial
■The recently organized Grace
Church Cemetery Association will
hold Memorial Day services at
4*- p.m. today in the historic ceme-1
tery adjoining Grace Episcopal
Church, Silver Spring.
A delegation from the Confeder- j
ate Memorial Society will place a
wreath on the monument marking
the burial place of 17 unknown Con- |
federate soldiers killed in the battle!
of Fort Stevens on July 12, 1864. j
4 D. C. Navy Reservists Get
Top Academy Exam Grades
Four members of Washington's j
Naval Reserve Brigade made the
highest marks among 92 Naval
Reservists in the recent Naval Aca
demy entrance examinations, the
Potomac River Naval Command an
nounced yesterday.
Marshall N. Whitehurst, jr., 8404
Queen Anne drive, Silver Spring,
had the highest mark of any re
servist with 3.9 out of a possible
perfect mark of 4.0.
The next three high marks were
in this order: Robert Noel Phillip®,
3601 Connecticut avenue, N.W.;
Howard James Newton, jr., 319 Man
son drive, Alexandria; and Francis
H. Miller, whose home is in Swan
ton, Ohio, but who is a member
of the Organized Reserve here.
Other members of the Naval Re
serve here who passed the qualify
ing examinations were:
Leon Elwood Ford, jr., 2905 Queens
Chapel road, Mt. Rainier: Irving
Tucker Jones, 827 Tuckerman street
N.W.; William A. Lusby, 919 Gist
avenue, Silver Spring; Lawrence
Jefferson Pad, 1009 North Living
ston street, Arlington; Gene Gus
tav Sager. 5128 North Capitol street,!
and David Byron Smith, 8601 Car-:
roll lane, Silver Spring.|
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ARTIFICIAL TEETH, upper plate, approx !
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SFLL PARRISH. AD. 4250._-—I
BILLFOLD, red zipper; lost Murphy's 5
and 10c store. Siever’s, Californio, reward.
Sligo 9440._ _
BILLCASE. containing money, Thursday.
YWCA or Conn. ave. Reward. DU. 3212.
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CANVAS SATCHEL, on parking lot Hams i
Point golf course May 29. liberal reward 1
OR. 0.366.__j
CAT. Siamese, brownish with darker brown
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CHIHUAHUA, brown; reward. AD. 6188.
_ ___—30
COLLIE, white, with black spot*, brown
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26 in Silver Spring vicinity; reward. SH.
5519._—1
DIAMOND AND RUBY BOW PIN; reward
Please call AD. 8X41._—31_
DIAMOND RING. Friday evening. May
28. between Keith’s Theater and Jack
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ENGLISH BIRD-COCKER SPANIEL. 3 Vi
years old: reward. TR. 1706._
EYEGLASSES—Light tan shell frame
Reward. MR. COPPERTHITE. DI. 8X43
or WQ 2604._—30
FOXTERRIeR. female, small, yellow; col
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North Arl. OL. 0521 after 5 P.m. —30
CiUN—Stolen, a Dolice Colt revolver No
60X635. Property Metropolitan Police
Dept. Reward._—30
HANDBAG, basket form, believed lost
Schwartz Drus on Conn and R: gradua
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8633. _,_—30
PURSE, small, containing currency. Lost
Wed May 27. bet. 1300 Gallatin st. and
470o 14th st n.w. Ample reward. Please
notify Box 499-B, Star._—30
TERRIER-TYPE DOG. brown and white,
children's pet: vicinity Hyattsville; answers
to name of Sparky. Please call any in
formatlon. WA 8604 or UN. 8496. —30
WALLET. May 26. between 12th and Mon
roe and North Capitol and K; sentimental
v alue: reward. HO. 2948._—30
WALLET, vicinity of one of the Blue Rib
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c all OL. 1717. MRS. WEDLER —30
WATCH, lady’s. Gruen. X diamonds: lost
at Langston Recreation Hall, liberal re
ward. Lincoln 7409.
W’EDDING PICTURES (6). in folders: 2
prints all colored, reward. Finder call
CO. 5965._• ;
RRIST WATCH, lady's gold Waltham, |
Id braceelt strap: in Lansburgh's dept
store Saturday: reward. DU, 3658. —1
WRIST WATCH, lady’s, gold. Wed. ere.
*ic. Vermont and L or Longfellow and
14th n.w. TA. 3476._ —30
WRIST WATCH, lady’s, white gold, 6 dia
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SOUND. >
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BATON ROUGE, LA.—SEVEN DIED IN THIS C-47 CRASH—Spectators view a crater and
wreckage in a corn field near here Friday after a C-47 crashed during an electrical storm.
All seven of the occupants of the plane were killed. The hole, approximately 15 feet deep,
is 18 feet wide at top and as long as the plane, according to witnesses. Pieces of the plane
and bodies were -scattered over an acre of ground. The Army transport plane was enroute
to its base in Roswell, N. Mex., from New Orleans. —AP Wirephoto.
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Memorial Day Events Listed
Memorial day events for today
and tomorrow include:
TODAY.
9:30 a.m.—Decoration of Arlington
Cemetery Graves by Boy and Girl
Scouts.
10 a.m.—Maj. Gen. Lemuel C. Shep
herd, jr., USMC, delivers address
before Georgetown University
School of Law at Law Library, 506
E street N.W.
10 a.m.—G. A. R. Women's Relief
Corps services in Arlington Man
sion.
10:15 a.m.—French and American
officials join American Veterans
Committee in honoring American
hero symbolizing liberation of i
France, Arlington Cemetery.
10:45 a.m—Guy Land, chef de
chemin de fer of American Legion!
40 and 8. lays wieath on Tomb of
Unknown Soldier.
11 a.m.—Memorial services for Brig.
Gen. Evans F. Carlson. Marine
Corps hero, at Arlington Cemetery.
11:30 a.m—Admiral Robert E. Perry
Ship Post of Veterans of Foreign
Wars drop six-foot anchor of 1,000
poppies into Potomac at Navy
Yard to honor Navy and Marine
Corps dead.
11:30 a.m.—GAR Memorial Day
Corporation services at Arlington i
Cemetery amphitheater with
President Truman delivering ad
dress.
11:30 a.m.—Services at Maine Mast, I
Arlington Cemetery, by Spanish
American War veterans.
Noon—Laying of wreath at I wo
Jima statue, Marine Base, Quan
tico, Va.. by Marine Oliver Lloyd i
Onion, with Felix de Weldon, the
sculptor, in attendance.
2 p.m.—John J. Deviny, public
printer, speaks at services of Co- j
lumbia Typographical Union No. j
101 honoring 55 members who died I
in past year, Gold Room, Hamilton
Hotel.
2:30 p.m—Second Infantry Division
Association services at monument1
on Constitution avenue between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets
N.W.
2:30 p.m—Dedication of granite
monument honoring World War II
dead. George Washington High
School. Alexandria.
3 pm.—Ceremonies by Cissel-Saxon
Post No. 41, American Legion, Na
tional Guard and other veterans'
organizations, with Col. Paul H.
Griffith, past national commander
of the American Legion, speaker,
at memorial plot in front of Sil
ver Spring iMd.) armory.
8 p.m.—Colored veterans’ and other
patriotic organizations, exercises
and massing of colors in the Sec
ond Baptist Church, 800 block of
Third street N.W.
TOMORROW.
10 a m.—Lido Civic Club attends an
nual solemn military mass at Holy
Rosary Church with the Rev.
Nicholas De Carlo, pastor, officiat
ing.
10:30 am.—American Legion’s two
hour program starts with parade
and services at Falls Church High
School.
1:30 p.m.—Fairlington residents
start program with parade, hold
flag-raising ceremonies, bicycle
contest, athletic events and a baby
contest.
3 p.m.—GAR Memorial Day Corpo
ration and Brightwood Citizens
Association Memorial Day exer
cises at Battle Ground National
Cemetery, with Senator O'Ma
honev. Democrat, of Wyoming,
speaking.
First Convairs Will Start
Flights From Here Tuesday
The first flight of American Air
lines' new passenger planes, the
twin-engine Convair Flagships, will
start here at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday.
One hour and six minutes after
the plane leaves National Airport it
is scheduled to arrive at New York's
LaGuardia Field, whittling 24 min
utes off the airline’s present Wash
ington-New York time.
The new planes, which the com
pany says eventually will replace its
DC-3s, will be used on the non-stop
New York route daily except Sun
day in addition to two other flights
serving Washington. One is a non
stop flight to and from Chicago,
leaving here daily at 6:30 p.m., and
the other flight is to and from Chi
cago via Charleston, W. Va., Cin
cinnati and Indianapolis.
Australian 'Blue Baby'
Expected Here Today
A four and a half year old "blue
baby’ was to go through Washing
ton today en route from Sydney,
Australia, by air to Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore.
The child is Shirley Brown. She is
travelling with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Brown, according to
Trans World Airlines.
The child has been supplied with
oxygen en route to the hospital, fa
mous for its surgical treatment of
the heart condition.
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The National Capital Parks sail
ing marina at Daingerfieid Island,
Mt. Vernon Memorial Highway, will
be open daily from now on during
the boating season for devotees
of small sail boats, Supt. Irving
C. Rott announced yesterday.
In addition to the trips of the
C & O Canal barge, other boating
activities have been arranged for
the summer. The Potomac Clipper,
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embark from its pier near the Tidal
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By the Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May
29. — Princess Anne of Bourbon
Parma and King Michael, deposed
monarch of Romania, will be mar
ried June 5 in Athens in a Greek
Orthodox church ceremony, a source
close to the Danish royal family
said today.
Anne and other members of her
family refused to comment on the
report. However, it was learned the
Princess, accompanied by her
mother and two brothers will leave
Denmark tomorrow and fly to Rome
and Athens.
(Members of Michael’s entour
age in Lausanne, Switzerland, re
fused to confirm or deny the
report. There it was learned that
travel arrangements have been
made for Michael to go to Italy
June 1 or June 2. First reports
that the marriage would take
place in Athens came from
Greece eight days ago. Michael
is a nephew of King Paul of
Greece.)
A conflict of religions had been
reported to be standing in the way
of the marriage. Anne is a Roman
Catholic while Michael is a member
of the Greek Orthodox Church. Last
Hearing on Liquor Permit
Granted to Club Madre
The Washington Restaurant Corp.,
proprietor of the Club Madre, 2204
Fourteenth street NW., has ap
pealed to the Commissioners to re
scind the suspension of its liquor
license. The Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board suspended the license
for 31 days after hearing charges,
that the club sold liquor after hours.
The Commissioners agreed to give
the club a hearing, but no date was
Policeman S. C. Vaughn and W. W.
Dalrymple testified they had ob
served drinking in the establishment
between 12 and 2 a.m. on a Sunday,
and Mr. Vaughn testified he had
been served whisky between those
hours. They said they had observed
violations of the liquor law four
times.
The board announced yesterday it
had refused a license to sell alco
holic beverages to Myles Steak
House, 1759 Columbia road N.W.
after a protest by 230 residents of
the neighborhood. The restaurant
now has a license to sell beer and
light wines.
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March Pope Pius XII refused to
grant a special dispensation for the
marriage.
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant said
when the dispensation was refused
that permission for the marriage
could be granted only if Michael
pledged that any children would be
raised in the Roman Catholic faith.
The old Romanian constitution
provided that the King and his male
descendants must be of the Greek
Orthodop faith. This was reported
to be a major consideration to
Michael since he hopes to regain
the throne he abdicated in De
cember. 1947. Michael later said j
the abdication was forced on him!
when Romania .was declared a re
public.
The Danish informant gave no
indication as to how the problem!
of the conflicting religious had been!
resolved. He said, however, that
the aged Archbishop Damaskinos
of the Greek church would perform
the ceremony.
Michael, 26, and Anne, 24, met
last year at the royal wedding of
Britain's Princess Elizabeth and
Prince Philip. Since his abdication
Michael has been living in Switzer
land.
Two Injured in Crash
Of Plane at Philadelphia
By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, May 29.—Two
persons were injured today when a
light plane crashed in a field less
than a mile from the scene of
another plane crash last night
which claimed the life of the pilot
and seriously injured a passenger.
Those injured in today’s crash
were Marine Corps Sergt. August
Shoenfield, 29, stationed at Hen
derson Hall, Arlington, Va„ and
Benjamin Schaefer, 26, of Phila
delphia, a flight instructor. Sergt.
Schoenfield's home is in Upper Dar
by, Pa.
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Hospital where physicians said
Sergt. Schoenfield suffered a pos
sible skull fracture. His condition
was described as critical. Mr.
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