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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14

Boy Scouts of Topeka have spent
their usual busy week. The feature
or this weeks program has been their
activity at the Santa Fe Safety First
show, at the auditorium, Thursday and
Friday nights. Frida. night they held
their scout flag ceremony A squad
ron of scout buglers sound the scout
cali at which sign the scouts rose
from their seats and marched to the
stage '"To Colors' was sounded and
every boy stood at scout flag salute.
The standard bearer appeared at the
front of the stage with the flag I'M
furled, the scouts remaining at flag
salute. They then repeated their oath
of allegiance to the fig:
Il pledge allegiance to the flag and
to the nation for which it stands, one
nation, indivisibIe. with justice"
Then the band of boys repeated
their scout oath:
ION my honor I will do my best to
DO my duty to my God, and to my
country, and to obey the scout law.
keep myself physically strong, men
tally awake and morally straight
AT the close of the meeting the scout
buglers sounded taps"
The scouts all felt that they should
be more than interested in the safety
First film as their service is for a
great part made up of this kind of
work, warning against carelessness in
heavy traffic, on slippery streets and
against careless fire building and
Safety first and first aid are two of
the important scout activities.
Examination for Degree
Before the meeting of the scouts at
the auditorium Thursday night, the
scout commissioners conducted an ex-
animation of candidates for the be-
ginning degree of scoutcraft, the ten
derfoot' degree.
Banner Troop No. 3.
Troop is at present banner troop
of the city. 1t has full membership,
80 boys, the limit allowed by national
rulings to any one troop. Another
troop will be organized with its head
quarters at Westminster church.
Merit Badge Awarded.
One of the buglers who appeared
at the flag ceremony was patrol lead
er, William Winter of Troop 8. He
was awarded a merit badge in bu-
Cling. He is the last of the Topeka
scouts to receive the honor.
For Sunday School
Tomorrow morning at 1915 a short
exercise will be given by Troop No. 2,
Fazel. at the First Presbyterian
church.
Troop IA Scouting.
A scouting exhibition was given by
Troop IA Friday night at Walnut
Grove church. The members of the
troop assisted i'm the entertainment
staged by the church clubs.
A New Troop.
Troop No. Is is now being organ
lied on the east side. They have
started their troop with Is members
and have a bright outlook for in
creasing their mem bership this week.
They meet every Tuesday. Tommy
Williams, former physical director at
the railroad Y. NJ. C. A. is conducting
the drills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS

thing ought to be- beating behind the thing
we are.-Phllips Brooks.
rather be beaten in the right than succeed in the
wrong.-Garfield
"-o'
I will be true, for there those who trust me;
will be pure, for there those who care;
will be strong, for there is much to suffer;
will be brave, for there is much to dare;
will be giving, and forget the gift;
will be humble for know my weakness,
will look up-and laugh, and love, and lift.
Praise loudly, blame softly. Catherine H.
Study to myself approved unto God workman that
be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth
II Tim. 215.
o brothers! are We asking how
The hills of happiness to find?
they lie beyond the
"God helping me, will be kind"
Nixon Waterman
Life is and insecure that would not hurry away
from any DEMONSTRATION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
EMPORIA NORMAL DRILL
Company of Cadets Formed to Take
Up Military Training.

Emporia, Kan, April 14.-Clair K.
Turner, physical training director of
the Kansas State Normal at Emporia,
has organized a junior company of
cadets, which may be seen Mondays
and Wednesdays at four o'clock on
the Normal campus, doing skirmishes,
battle formations, and general army
field work. The company now has 40
members and is entirely uniformed,
the boys paying for their own suits.
One hour credit is given for the work.
Mr.. Turner states that under a new
regulation the state agrees to furnish
rifles and ammunition to any uni
formed school company of forty men,
and says he hopes to secure this pro-
vision for his men.
The enthusiasm is keen among the
boys, who hope to stand a better
chance for non-commissioned officers
in the army should there be need for
their services.
A school for officers will also be
opened 10 the students and faculty,
with no credit attached in which drill
in the control of army corps and camp
regulations as well as field activities
will be taught.
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that it is Just as much a matter of pa
triotism tc buy these farm loan bonds
as to buy the war bonds, because TINS
nancy will be used to finance the
American farmer and enable him to
meet the demand for increased food
production. This attitude is based
upon the recognized fact that the out
come of the war depends, in large
degree, upon the ability of the United
States to feed itself and provide a sur
plus for the allies.
The federal farm loan board is
speeding up it's operations so as to en-
able as many farmers as possible to
get this new working capital in time
to assist them in this years opera
lions. The high prices of farm prod
ucts have added to the farmers dttf1-
Guilty in getting seed and has in
creased the need for this capital.
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GRAZING LAND IN DEMAND
High Cattle Prices Spur Chase Co.
Farmers to Action.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan, April IA
The closing of the grazing land 1eas-
ing season in this county has been
little short of a scramble by Texas
and local cattlemen this week to Sc
cure desirable grass land for the COM
ing grazing season. The leasing of
grass lands here the first part of the
season had been unusually dull and
until a few weeks ago there remained
many thousand acres of desirable
pastures not taken. With the advent
of war and the recent heavy advance
on all live stock there has been a
rush for grass land.
One owner of several thousand
acres of grazing land to lease said he
had nearly half a dozen phone calls a
day from cattlemen who wished to
lease his land, some of them wanting
pasturage for two thousand head of
stock, and most of the late leases
have been at about SO per head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
Bible StMdu
BY MRS. c. F. MENNINGER
Published every Saturday evening in
Topeka State Journal.
EXODUS. CHAPTERS SIP.
THE PLAQUES.
Lesson XII.

1. What attitude did Pharaoh as
sumo toward Gods message and mes
sengers?
2. How did Pharaoh treat Israel
as a result of the demands upon him
8. How did Israel meet Moses and
Aaron?
4. What was the effect of it all, on
Moses?
3. In answer, what were some of
the things God said He would do for
Israel?
6. When Moses and Aaron per-
formed miracles before pharaoh, what
effect did it have?
7. Name the ten plaques in the
order in which they occurred?
8. Under what conditions did Pha-
raoh say that Israel might go2 S:25,
S:2S, 1O:s-11, 1924.
9. What four expressed purposes of
the plaques are recorded? 7:5, 9:14,
9:29, 1922.
10. What was the tenth and last
plague?
II. What feast was instituted with
the going out from Egypt?
u. OF what was it to be the be-
ginning?
10. How was the feast to be cele-
brated?
IA. What was it that saved the
first born of Israel?
Is. How many people left Egypt on
the night of the Passover?
16. Name three things that thew
took with them?
IT. What were Pharaoh's last
words to Moses?
IS. What sacred day of ours cor
responds to the Passover feast?
10. What places do we need to re-
member with this lesson?
20. 1 can only remind you of the
memory work You must do it for
yourself. Exodus, chapter GALA. An
Grafton of Moses
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NeuU Process Removes
.Superfluous Hair Roots!

Women troubled with unsightly hairy
growths will be delighted to hear that they
can now actually remove the hair entire
roots and all-easily, quickly, harmlesslyi
1t ia done without the use of liquid, pow
der, paste, or electric needle.
The new ph.lac.iue process is not to be
compared at all .ilh any other method
Nothing like it ever discovered. 1t causes
the hair roots to come out .,rso-e your
very eyes = instantaneously -sleSi-g the
skin smooth and hairless as Eabe'l. ESs
action is so positive, certain, ssysry
druggist sells phelact1ne under a mcney-
back guarantee 1t is non-odorous, non
irritating, non-poisonous child could
safely eat ii. Get small stick of pheIac-
tine today, follow the simple instructions ;
you will be wonderfully surprised.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
TELLS OF SCHOOLS
Critic Finds Topeka Institutions
Best in Country.
COmradeship of Teachers and
Pupils Is One Feature.
INSTRUCTION is PRACTICAL
Penmanship Exercises to Music
for Arm Moves.
In English Department Timely
Patriotic Play i'm Process.

The Topeka schools are progressive
and reek of prosperity, according to
Miss Eudora Savage, critic teacher of
the Kirksville Normal school, in
Missouri, who has been reviewing
Kansas schools for the last week.
The free air of the students and the
comradeship of teachers and pupils
is most remarkable, according to her
statement this morning. She had
nothing but praise for the school
system.
Progress in the superlative. that is
Topeka schools" she said. Every
progressive step in education seems
to have been taken up by the schools
here. The schemes of motivating
school work are of the cleverest-by
motivation, I mean, giving the pupils
motive for doing work of an edu-
cational nature. In one of the grades
here, 1 came to the class in writing.
They were doing penmanship eXer-
cises to music. In order to keep up
with the rapid rhythm of the air,/the
students were forced to use the arm
movement instead of that of the fin
gers And they were doing it very
well indeed.
I'm mathematics. the students were
allowed a small plot of ground and
were set to figuring how many rows
of seed could be placed on the plot
and then the cost of seed to plant.
Before they were thru with the prac-
teal problem they had performed adj
dition, subtraction, multiplication and
division.
I'm the English department, these
methods of motivation are also used.
A timely patriotic play was being
written by the pupils in one class and
in another letters were being sent to
congressman and to members of city
clubs, asking for information. Geog-
raphy and penmanship and English
all arnnha sized in this nlan >,
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ton and of guns. Uncle Sam can en-
list the men, and he can buy the am
munition and the guns. But Uncle
Sam can not manufacture potatoes, or
beans, o. onions. or turnips. The
home guard can.
Organize the home guard in the
PLANT an Acre" army. Let each daily
newspaper plant a dozen acres. Let
each fraternal lodge, each benevolent
society, each woman's club, each trade
union, plant an acre. Let there be no
central organization with high sa1aried
executives to devour half the crop. Let
each club stand on it's own bottom,
and on guard against impostors and
drones.
Plant an acre for the wives and kid
dies of Uncle Sans soldiers and sail
orsi Do it now, In a few weeks it
will be too late. Will you volunteer?
Yours sincerely,
NJ. G. SCOTT,
President International Typo
graphical Union.
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ject. Doors and Hearers of the
Word
First, Sixth and Harrison E. j.
Kulp, pastor. Morning sermon, THE
Battle Set in Array" Evening topic,
Loyalty
Baptist.
First, Jackson and Ninth, Robert
Gordon, pastor Morning subject,
The Message of the Trees" Evening
address by Col. George w Balm, of
Kentucky, on IF L Had a Life to Live
Over"
Seward Avenue, Seward and Graf
tan. F. w. Wittenbraker. pastor.
Morning sermon. Prayers for Those
in Authority" Evening, Tim 51:24-
%.
Miscellaneous.
Grace cathedral Eighth and Polk;
J. P. Deb. Kaye, dean. Dean Kaye
will preach in the morning. Vesper
service at 4 o'clock. Christ hospital
chapel service a. m, G. NJ. Geisel,
chaplain.
First United Presbyterian; Eighth
and Topeka; E. P. Smith, pastor. J.
H. Gibson, superintendent of missions,
will speak in the morning and evening
Polk. Services IL and s. Subject of
lesson study. Are Sin, Disease and
Death Real?"
Church of the Spirit Communion,
632 Lawrence; DR.. Wheeler, pastor.
Lecture and messages in the evening.
Subject, Northumberland
Spiritual Temple Builders, Fourth
and Monroe. Lecture by Mrs. NJ. E.
Rupright and MESA ges.
The Topeka Ministerial union will
meet at the First Presbyterian church
Monday at 10 a. m. Prof. A. J. Stout
will address the meeting on the Re
lation of the Church to the School,"
DR.. Charles NJ. Sheldon will speak
at a mass meeting at the Orpheum
theater Sunday at 8 p. m. This serv-
ice is held in the interest of war suf-
ferers. The public is invited to at
tend.
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$125,OOO,OOO TO
FARMERS FIRST
YEAR OF LOAN
Federal Board Bonds Rivals of
q. S. War Bonds.
Food Drive Prompts Demand
for Farm Loans.
BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXES
"PatriOtic Duty" to Buy Them,
Too, Board Appeals.
Labor Shortage Necessitates
Buying More Machinery.
BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXES
"PatriOtic Duty" to Buy Them,
Too, Board Appeals.
Labor Shortage Necessitates
Buying More Machinery.

Washington, April 1.-THE gov
ernment's appeal to the farmers TO
mt forth extraordinary efforts to IN.
crease food production on account Oh
the war has brought a flood or new
applications for loans to the 1ederai
farm loan bureau. -. tho
The response indicates tldt
farmers are preparing to meet liie
emergency by making use OF the
,7nI. rent long time loans provided by
mis- system to provide themselves
with needed equipment to enlarge anu
intensity their operations. lhulcd
lions are that the farmer mas reail%eu
that the enlistment of a million men
into the army will add to his LABOR
djHicnIties and is preparing to invest
more capital in labor saving machIn-
erv. and in putting more land under
cultivation.
Bonds Paw AZ Per Cent.
Reports from the twelve federal
land hanks indicate that the farmers
will call for about $125, 100000 worth
of these per cent loans TINS year
all of which money will be maze aVdll-
able to enable the farmer to success
fully meet the war emergency
The money which is loaned to farm
ers is procured by the sale OF farm
loan bonds These bonds bear u per
cent interest The federal farm loan
board has already made plans TO Aoal
S1OO0OO.000 of these bonds. Farmers
have manifested concern over the sal
ability of these bonds in the face OF
the competition of great Hood OF
war bonds at 3 u per cent. The red
eral farm loan board announces that
it believes the farm loan bonds Will
find a ready sale because they bear a
rate of / per cent higher than the
war bonds. and because they are
hacked nv the farm land values of the
cuontry; they are exempt from all
form of taxation; the bonds of each
of the twelve federal land banks are
endorsed by all the other eleven
banks. and every dollars worth of
bonds represents two dollars worth of
carefully appraised farm land as Sc
curity.
To Use Loans This Year.
The federal farm loan board urges
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CONVENTION AT MANKATO.
Interesting Program Rendered at An
nual School Board Meeting.

Mankato, Kan, April 14.-The
Jewell county annual school board
convention was held at Mankato, at
the Morris theater. School board
members from all parts of the coun-
ty were present, and the following
program was given:
Opening Remarks, J. E. Renner,
president of association; What
Standardization Has Meant to Our
Community" Ira L. White, Dist. rs
and w. ]. Spielman, Dist. II; "Our
New Building" G. NJ. Shook, Dist.
1877; Considerations in the Selection
of a Teacher" r. NJ. Cauthorn, Dist.
70; Rural Community Development"
Walter Burr, director rural service
dept, K. S. A. c.; moving pictures of
1916 Jewell County Fall Festival
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
A GIFT OF DILLON
Topeka Financier Donates
Truck to Battery A.
Less Than $500 Needed Now to
Equip Machine.

Hiram Dillon, Topeka financier and
grandfather of johnnie" Dillon,
mascot of Battery A, has purchased
an auto truck and presented it to the
summoned Capt. w. P. MacLean and
asked him what kind of a truck he
wanted to add to the equipment of
the field artillery.
Most any make will do, just so it's
good one," answered MacLean.
MacLean and the financier went to
Rehkopf Brothers auto sales rooms
where a new Republic truck was
found and the former wrote out
check for s1,450, saying he was glad
to be able to do a little fighting with
his checkbook." Rehkopf Brothers
sold the machine at cost and donated
several accessories.
Revenue from the benefit enter
tainment to be given next Friday
night at the Orpheum theater will be
used toward making up the cost of
properly equipping the truck. This
cost will range between $500 and
$500. Those who will be on the pro-
gram at the benefit will include:
Topeka Modoc club.
Boy Scouts.
Miss Gladys Cav.
Washburn quartet.
Miss Kittie Tandy.
Second Regiment band.
The Misses Leeper.
Battery A.
B. P. Bartlett.
Miss Mary Sands.
Industrial school boys.
Miss Lund.
George T. McDermott.
Oakland Veterans club.
Miss Sylvia Silverthorne.
Mrs. Daniel Muller.
Orpheum theater.
Tom Powell
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HE REFUSES AN OFFICE
German of Marion Won't Take Com
mission From Capper.

Because of the state of war that eX-
lists between America and Germany,
Albert Soyez, of Marion, Kan, has re-
fused a state appointment that he per-
sonally had applied for and that had
been duly authorized by Governor
Capper.
The Marion citizens commission
had been made out and his bond
signed and accepted when the "decla-
ration of a state of war was made.
Soyez was born in Germany. At his
request the bond was returned and the
commission Withdrawn. This is be-
lieved to be the first time a state ap-
pointment duly applied for has later
been refused.
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THREATEN NEWSPAPER
Aurora Light Warned in Anonymous
Letter 1t Will Be "Put Out"

Aurora, Mo-, April 1.-THE lives of
it's editors and the destruction of the
Aurora Daily Light newspaper plant
was threatened here today in a letter
believed to have originated in pro-
German circles.
Dry up or you will be waited upon;
this is a fair warning" the letter
stated.
The Light has taken a firm stand
against un-American talk and actions.
The mayor has issued a proclamation
ordering Germn sympathizers to "obey
the law and keep their mouths shut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
IODMSAMUSEMENTS

GRAND-"RamoDa
NOVELTY-Five acts vaudeville
and 1.-The Great Secret"
ORPHEUM-Willia s. Hart in
The Square Deal Man"
IRIS-Genevieve Hamper and Stuart
Holmes in Tangled Lives
COZY-Ethel Barrymore in 1.-THE
Awakening of Helena Ritchie."
BEST-''Tangled Threads and the
Universal Animated Weekly.
G EM-Motion Features
RYSTAL-Motion Features
For details, prices. etc. see adver-
tisements on page 10 of the State
Journal
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Muscle Soreness Reliered.

Unusual work. bending and lifting or
strenuous exercise is a strain on the mus
cles. they become sore and stiff, you are
crippled and in pain. Sloan's Eminent
brings you quick relief, easy to apply it
penetrates without rubbing and drives out
the soreness. A clear liquid, cleaner than
mussy plasters or ointments, it does not
stain the skin or clog the pores. Always
have a bottle handy for the pains aches of
rheumatism, govt, Iumbago. grippe, bruises,
stiffness, backache and all external pain.
At your druggist, 25c.-Adv.
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Advertising Companies.
DIRECT ADVERTISING CO,
412-414 Central National Bank Bldg.
Bicycles and Motorcycles.
SHAWNEE CYCLE CO.,
Phone 1446.
Business Colleges.
DOUGHERTY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE,.
George E Dousherty. Pres us west stn.
Phone 500
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BASk.
New England Building.
Phone 4173.
Druggists.
MARSHALL BROS.
135 Kansas Ave.
WARREN NJ CROSBY Co.
613-17 Kansas Ave.
Phone 1860.
H. B. HOWARD ELECTRIC & ATH-
letic Supply. Tie Kansas Ave.
Phone 1877.
Eye Specialists
DR.. X. PAINE,
us Kansas Ave
Phone 724.
Express Dray and Transfer.
Topeka TRANSFER CO, o. H. White.
52S Adams st.
Phone 1856.
Groceries and Meats.
LANNAN & LANNAN.
312-16 E. 4th.
Phone 3S45.
FALKINER & WENTWORTH, GEN
eral Insurance. 409-11 New England Bldg.
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CHURCH NOTICES

(These notices must be in the State
Journal office by o'clock on Friday af-
ternOon Unless otherwise noted in this
column services will be held at IL O'Clock
in the morning and 1880 O'Clock 81 the
evening.
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WAR TABL0IDS IN
TODAY'S WIRE news

Chicago.-Permission to sell Fritz
Won Frantzius pro-German books as
waste paper was asked of the probate
court by executors of the Won Frant-
zius estate.
Chica go.-William Evans, boy scout
bugler who weighs only 81 pounds is
dieting on water and bananas so he
can put on enough flesh to enlist in
the navy.
Chicago.-Rev. John Marvin Deem
of the Second Baptist church opened
a military training class in his Sunday
school rooms
Chicago.-Prof o. NJ. Heath of En-
glewood high school, was suspended
because he published an anti-war
booklet. He will fight in the courts.
Chicago.-An applicant for naval
enlistment was found to be Miss Jean
Ray, 20, in disguise. according to
Lieutenant L. NJ. Stevens She said
wouldn't enlist.
Chicago.-Navy and marine corps
recruiting officers want the city
politicians to use their ward organiza-
tons for the purpose of getting en-
listers.
Oklahoma City.-One night each
week the girl soldiers of this city will
borrow the uniforms and equipment of
the regular national guard company
and put on regular" drill.
Oklahoma City.-Three battalions
have been offered to accompany
Roosevelt's prospective expedition to
Europe.
Oklahoma City-State employees
either have to drill daily or their
salaries will be "docked,' the state
auditor has announced.
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Dept, for information.
Ice Cream.
BAUGHAIAN BROS,
2235 Lincoln st.
TOPEKA PURE MILK CO.
4O0-02-04 Jackson St
Phone 537.
r. H. MoREHOUSE,
427 Holiday.
Phone 162s.
Junk Dealers.
OVAL BROS. & CO. WHOLESALE
Scrap lion, 214-16 n. Kansas Ave
Phone 26d
Loans. Mortgage. Financial Agents.
FARM MORTGAGE CO.
Crawford Bldg.
PIONEER MORTGAGE CO,
4th Floor Mulvane Bldg.
Phone pa.
Mattress Factories
MCINTYRE BROS, SPRINGS, BEDS,
Mattress Factory. 227-229 Quincy.
Phone 5275
W. ]. LEWIS. op''''"n''
500 Kansas Ave.
Phone 1912
RoEcER Phot0srapher''
707 Kansas Ave.
Phone $685.
Real Estate Dealers, Loans. Insurance.
c. p BOLIVAR REAL ESTATE,
Collections, 80 Columbian Bldg
Phone 725 Ring 2
Sand Dealers.
TOPEKA SAND CO.
Foot of Topeka Ave.
Phone S43a
H. W. BOMGARDNER,
621 Jackson st.
Phone 14a
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Oklahoma City.-Three battalions
have been offered to accompany
Roosevelt's prospective expedition to
Europe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14

Oklahoma City.-State employees
either have to drill daily or their
salaries will be "docked." the state
auditor has announced.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY

numbers and addresses for
buying list could be called often
will Saturday If not
resented call Adv. Dept, for information.
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Chicago.-Navy and marine corp
recruiting officers want the cit.
politicians to use their ward organiza
tons for the purpose of getting en-
listers.