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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-07
America Paid French
Revolutionary Loans
I'm Full With Interest
BY LLOYD A. LEHRBAS,
international News Service.


Aroused by statements appearing
in the French press and made in
the Paris Chamber to the effect
that the United States never paid
its revolutionary war debts to
France, officials have dug back in
the dusty files of the State DE.
partment and found figures which
completely refute these French
charges, it was learned today.
Members Of the American Debt
Funding Commission have been
supplied with the data.
The Government records disclose
that four loans were secured from
France between 1777 and 1888,
totaling 35,000,0 900 hvre about &c.
SOC, 000O and that these were all re-
paid by 1915, with the exception Of
partial interest on one small loan,
RENTED by France.
The first loan was in 1777 for
100000 livre ($181 500 at s per
cent for an indefinite period; ST.
811.11 was repaid in 1879, and
the balance in 1893.
The second loan was secured be-
tween 1778-82, and was for 18,000,-
900 livfe (S3,267 ,00O), due in twelve
annual installments from the third
year after the conclusion Of peace,
and to bear per cent.
1t was repaid in instaIlments of
$544,500 in 1891, 81 ,089, 900 in 1892,
$272.250 in 1873, 1929, 100 in 1874,
and $272,250 in 1895. The balance,
$759,900, was merged into 5h per
cent bonds and paid by 1915.
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RH|KELANDERTO
BE: MADE To
EXPLAIN
Kip's Wife Wants Bill of Par
ticuIars Desired as a De-
tense Barrier in Suit

MT. VERNON, Jan. with the
filing of the order of Supreme Court
Justice Tompkins, granting $500 a
month alimony and $4,000 counsel
fee to Mrs. Alice Beatrice Jones
Rhinelander in her husbands suit
for the annulment of their marriage.
it was reported the next move will
be for a bill of particulars. 1t is
understood Mrs. Rhinelander will
ask for this bill this week so that
she can formulate her defense.
1t is said her lawyer, Samuel
Swnburne, will demand exact par
ticulars as to the manner In which
Mrs. Rhinelander committed the
fraud of deceiving her husband in
regard to her ancestors and color.
1t is also reported Mrs. Rhine
lander will seek an extra allowance
from the court for expenses to cover
a trip of an investigator to England
and to the West Indies to trace the
ancestry of the defendants father
and grandfather.
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time know any post office address
for any government of Armenia :
This debt is at present in the Never
Never Land.
In Africa there is Liberia, which
also owes us money. IT is
tiny sum, amounting to a principal
Of $4,000 on which during the last
debt years, as, recorded by fine
Treasury Department, no interest
was paid.
Deducting Armenia and Liberia,
we then have sixteen countries re-
naming that owe us money, and
they are all in Europe.
Together they owe us a bit more
than twelve billion dollars Of prin-
cipal and OF unpaid in crest.
No Debtor Dunned.
Not once have we really pressed
any one of these countries for Il
cent OF payment.
The utmost that we have ever
done is TO express A feeling that
they ought to admit that they owe
the money and ought to indicate
willingness to look forward to
paying 1t in some way and in some
part at some time.
Copyright, 1925 by Current News
Features lncA
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MORE MYSTERY
IN 'CLNIT0Gk
DEATH
Or. Olson Hints at Other
Tragedies Being Linked
With the Case

CHICAGO, Jan. 7.-Embers Of
the dying McClintock death probe
were tanned into new life here 20
day as w. d. Shepherd, foster
father and chief beneficiary under
the win Of the "millionaire or
phan" again prepared to return to
Chicago from albuquerque. N. NJ.
and face new charges and new
insinuations.
And again, in the latest develop
ments as in the early probe, Judge
Harry Olson, McClintock family
friend stands -accuser. He had the
inquest adjourned until January 80.
He made his new insinuations at
what was to have been g per-
functory inquest into Billy" Nc
CIintock's death and he linked two
other deaths to his chain Of su-
spicion."
The principal points in Judge
OIaon's story are that he "didn' t
NE the looks OF the corpse" when
Mrs.. Emma McCIintock, mother or
the "miIHonafre orphan" died, and
that his own brother. Doctor Oscar
Olson, had died suddenly after q
visit from Mr.. and Mrs. Shepherd.
Alone with Brother.
shepherd was alone with my
brother for some time, 81 short time
before he died and said they were
talking Of oil wells. My brother
was never interested in oil, Judge
Olson declared. HE told me that
he distrusted Shepherd"
Mrs. McClintock, he said, had
been taken sick while with the
Shepherds in Texas. She died so
suddenly and the circumstances
surrounding her death were so
suspicious, the judge said, that he
refused to be pail bearer ct the
funeral.
why all the hurry 7 asked
them when they were going 70 have
the funeral service the same night
sHThe preacher told me he had TO
leave town and wanted to preach
| the ceremony. / didn't like the
looks of the body, it was badly dis
coIored and swollen.
Hints at Politics.
Doctor Olson died three years agt
supposedly or ptomaine poisoning.
Judge Olson also limited that poll
tics may have played a part IN n.
| McClintock investigation which. n
said, t'iaad not gone far enough.
w. ID. Shepherd, by wire iron
A1buQueruue, characterized the
| Judges f1sinuations as the ray
| ings Of deranged man" and lies
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MAN HAS
LANGUAGE Of
HIS own
None Able to Understand His
Strange cibberish-BeIiev-
ed Amnesia Victim
INTERNATIONAL MEMS REEL

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 1.-Two
amnesia victims, one an old man
and the other a handsome, well
dressed youth, are mystery men
that local authorities are trying
to identity. They have met with
partial success in the case Of the
youth, but the aged man speaks a
language that two score different
residents from Norfolk's polyglot
population have been unable to
recognize.
The old man, probably sirty-five
years old, is living at the Union
Mission after spending nearly two
months in Jail following his arrival
here from Cape Charles. He was
picked up there. where it was be-
lieved he was an alien seeking ad-
mission to the United States, and
turned over to immigration authori.
ties and held pending investigation.
Last week he was released.
Icelanders, Parsees, Lascar,
Basques, natives from dozen
Slavic and Tartar sections of what
formerly was the Russian empire,
and tire Balkan nations have spoken
to him, but have been unable to
understand him.
In an effort to learn the old
mans name local radio station
will have him broadcast n his
strange gibberish at 6 o'clock this
evening. One physician who saw
him expressed the opinion that
he was an asphasia victim. Belief
that he is Ambrose Small, million
aire Toronto theatrical man, was
dispelled when a friend of Small
saw the man. Asphasia victims
forget their language and power
to express it, the physician said.
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TAL|SMAN SLAIN
FOR DRY. LAW
CONVICTION
Mans Confession duplicates
Three Brothers-Victim
Aged Merchant

GREENVILLE, S. c.. Jan. t.
Four men were in custody here to-
day charged with having partici-
pated in the killing of J. e. Thack.
ston, aged merchant of this county,
who was slain near Montague, on
the Hendersonville highway, Christ
mas eve.
The men charged with the crime
are John c. Floyd, Jerry Hester,
Claude Hester and Charlie Hester.
Police say they have a signed con-
fession from Floyd. in which he i'm
plicatad the three Hesters.
The killing, according to the
alleged confession, grew out Of n
plot Matched early in December to
way-lay Thackston, who had voted
while a member Of a Federal court
jury to convict Charlie Hester, who
was on trial on charges of violating
the Volstead act
Floyd is said to have told
authorities Thackston was lure1
from his store. Floyd acting as the
decoy. The intention, according to
Floyd, was to beat Thackston, but
instead, he charged. the Hesters
shot him down in cold blood. q.
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WOMAN
At PARTY OF
GOODS
F. Y. Bernard MortaIIy Wounds
French Teacher, Then Stays
Self-Motive Unknown

MADISON, Wis. Jan. IF. r.
Bernard, of Hibbing, Mimi, shot
and probably mortally wounded
Miss Laura Palmer, twentyseight,
French Instructor at the University
Of Wisconsin, this morning and
then killed himself.
The shooting occurred In the
French House in the center of the
university district, where Miss
Palmer was chaperone for group
of twelve co-eds.
A maid, hearing the shots, found
Miss Palmer lying on the floor OF
the drawing room with bullet
wounds in the stomach and arm.
The body of Bernard lay nearby
with bullet in the head. A re-
volver was on the floor near his
|outstretched hand.
Demands identity was revealed
by Miss Palmer during q moment
Of consciousness on the operation
table. She whispered his name TO
Doctor James A. jackson and
lapsed into a coma before she
could give any details.
II helped him through school
and now
Then came Inconsistencies
The motive is unknown.
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WINS FREEDOM
UNDER ARDEN STATUTE

NEW YORK, Jan. IA woman.
left in the plight in which Mrs
Enoch Arden found herself, has
had her marriage dissolved under
the provisions of the Enoch Arden
law.
Supreme Court Justice Levy
granted a decree of dissolution Of
the marriage OF Mrs. Marie Neu-
mann Andrews to Bert b. Andrews.
withw hom she eloped in 1915,
shortly after her arrival here from
Germany.
Mrs. Andrews, a sister Of Bruno
Neumann, East Prussian represen-
7tative in the German Reichstag,
said that Andrews deserted her
three months after their marriage.
In December, 1917, she said, she
received a letter from him, post
marked Pittsburgh, in which pro.
testing his love for her, he prom
Used to return soon.
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FRANCO-BR|T|SH.
AGREEMENT
REACHED
They Will Go Into Financial
Conference in Accord.
Wider Farley Wanted
BY FRANK e. MASON.
international. News Service.

PARIS, Jan. France and Great
Britain are in complete accord on
matters which will come today be-
fore the Allied Financial conference,
it was indicated following q confer.
ence between finance Minister Glenn.
entel and Chancellor Of the Elk.
chequer Churchill, of England.
Following q two hour conference
OF the two men, an official state
ment was issued which said:
IN the most cordial spirit we have
semi-cfficially discussed the entire
question Of allied debts
Wants Conference.
French officials are willing that
an interallied debt conference be
held in Brussels during March, but
such a conference with American
representatives absent would be
useless" officials declared.
Before any definite steps could be
taken for holding a conference in
Brussels, the subject would have to
be taken up with Washington and
this has not been done. it was said in
official circles.
Any suggestion at this time on
the part of Great Britain or any
other nation for such conference,
therefore. would be premature" it
was said.
u. s. Claims Important.
The Franco-American debt situa-
ton and Americas legal" right 10
a share Of the receipts derived
through the Dawes plan were para
mount, in the eyes Of diplomats, to
all other matters scheduled to come
before the allied financial confer
ence.
Ostensibly the conference is being
held to work out a new division of
German reparations. Actually, ac-
cording to diplomatic observers, it
will, accomplish nothing OF the
kind. The best that can be hoped
Of the conference, they say, is that
it will furnish ground for q much
broader conference of the Allies,
and one at which the whole prob
lem of war debts and reparations
could be taken up.
The United States is represented
by Ambassador Herrick and AM
bassador kellogg. The latter came
from London especially for the con-
ference. Colonel John A. Logan,
observer on the PREPARATIONS COM
mission, also is present.
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KELLOGG
WILL QUIT AS
ENVOY
London Embassy Stirred BY
Report He is to Be Attor-
ney General

LONDON. Jan. although
American Ambassador kellogg was
in Paris today, Counsellor Sterling,
of the United States embassy, is
sued a statement denying reports
in America to be that Kellogg was
recalled and appointed Attorney
General.
For some unexplained reason the
reports Of Kellogg's recall caused
considerable disturbance at the
American embassy. For three
months the embassy has been is
suing denials that Kellogg would
leave London.
1t was pointed out today that KEEL
logg has no intention OF returning
home or he would not have gone TO
Paris. where he is attending the
allied financial conference today.
English newspapers are printing
Washington dispatches that James
NJ Beck. former Solicitor General,
will succeed Kellogg.
The press comments yfavorably on
Beck. He is well known here and
always has been an exponent OF the
"l1ands-across-the-se movement and
Is looked upon as having high re-
Sdru TOT the EnSiISn.
Kellogg Wants Post.
The American embassy's denial
did not completely set at rest to-
day reports that Ambassador Frank
B. Kellogg will return to the
United States shortly and become
Attorney General in the Coolidge
Cabinet
kellogg is known to be DESTROYS
of obtaining the Attorney General
ship. He was prominent in the
Roosevelt Administration as "a
trust buster" although in later
years his activities took on a more
conservative hue.
Charles B. Warren. Of Michigan;
Justice Arthur Rugg, of Massachu-
sets. and Judge Frank s. Dietrich.
of Idaho, are among others still
prominently mentioned today as
successors to Stone.
Silas H. Strawn, prominent Chi.
cago attorney, also conferred with
President Coolidge today, which
gave rise to reports that he is
under consideration for the At
torney Generalship.
Strawn was one of President
| CoOlidge's original selections az
! Government attorney to prosecute
! the oil scandal cases, but the Sen
ate declined to confirm the ap
| pointment. Coolidge subsequently
/ was forced to withdraw the nomina
| ton.
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FILMS OF CROSS-COUNTRY
AIR FLIGHT TO BE SHOWN

Motion pictures Of the Transcon-
tinental Air Mail flights will he
shown tonight at the Eastern High
School under the auspices of the
Community Center Department.
This program is open to the pub
lie and is one of the series OF en-
tertainments planned for presenta-
ton at Eastern and Central High
schools this winter.
Samuel Dushkin, young American
violinist will give a recital Friday
evening at the Central High School
as the second of a series of four
concerts under the management of
Mrs. Wilson-Greene and with the
cooperation of the music depart
ment Of the District public school
system.
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G. M. Corps Hears Officers

Major Robert p. Harbold, Colonel
f. e. Davis and Captains e. M.
George and Lloyd c.. Middleton Of
the office of the Quartermaste
last night addressed the Of.
ficers of the local reserve Quarter
Corps at a meeting held in the
reserve headquarters. 1902 E street
northwest. Camp sanitation, sup
plies and railway transportation in
the time of war were the subjects
for discussion
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TC-4 En- Route to D. c.

NORFOLK. Va. Jan. THE
army dirgibLe tea, left Langley
Field, Virginia. this morning on an
experimental flight to Washington
and return ---------
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Costs Only 3 Cents to -
Remove Your Wrinkles

\ Better than massage for removing
wrinkles and age lines, far less ex-
pensivc and bothersome, is simple
tarkroot mixture which any woman
can prepare and apply in a jiffy. AL
most Immediately after spreading
this over the face there is a pleas
ant, soothing sensation and the mir
ror shows the horrid age lines and
"sags" disappearing like magic. In
less than fifteen minutes the face is
as smooth and firm as a schoolgirls.
Seems almost too good to be true,
but the actual experience quickly
removes all doubt.
All one need do is to procure an
original package Of tarkroot from
the druggist, mix spoonful with a
spoonful of lemon juice and apply
with the fingers. This, of course
is perfectly harmless. 1t is easily
washed off, leaving Me face wonder
fully refreshed and rejuvenated
with healthy glow. And the cost
of such treatment is cents!-Adv
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ROYAL NEIGHBORS GIVE ENTER
TANNING PLAY

Patty made things hum last eve
ming, much to the amusement of the
penitentiary audience which espec-
tally enjoined the five male roles
carried off rather entertainingly by
female members Of the Royal Neigh
Dor organization which staged the
performance. Tonight beginning at
o'clock the public will have the op-
portunity of seeing the play at the
Rialto Theatre, where more elaborate
setting will be provided.
In the cast of Patty Makes Things
Hum" we're Miss Bernice Joslin
who plays with much spirit and
lghtness TIE leading role of Patty
expelled from boarding school and
trying to dodge the issue by visit.
ing her sister, Mrs. Greene, an at
tractive young matron, instead OF
going home where she would be
properly scolded; Miss Esther Schultz
as Capt. Braithwaite the leading
man, an Englishman. oh so digni.
fled, who falls in love with Patty
very ably; Miss Ina Gustavson, who
plays the role of Capt. Braithwaite's
sister and fiancee of Captain Little
petulantly angry at the captains in
nocent filtration.
Miss Josephine Kositzky, like Mis-
Schultz, makes dignified captain
this time Capt. Little, brother o
Mrs. Greene, played by Mrs. L. A
LaRue. Mrs. Arthur Gussner appear
as Mr.. Greene, who almost forget
to bring home the chocolates; Mis-
Mary Cram. plays with dignity tn
role of Mrs. Smith, kind neighbor
Mrs. Il. E. Potter, the part of MY
Smith. her husband; Mrs. w. c. Mill
the 'inveigling Miss Dunbar, VIII
tries so hard to vamp Capt Braith
waite; and Mrs. Bessie Vesperma
handles skillfully the delightful rol
Of Hyacinth, the negro maid, o
much good nature and many hus
bands.
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At The Movies
AT THE CAPITOL.

"Smouldering fires" Universal
Jewel-Clarcnce Brown production
which comes to the Capitol Theatre
next Monday, is said to be a story
founded on not unusual circum-
stance in real life-a circumstance
that frequently discloses itself in
divorce court, namely the misery
that comes from the marriage of a
young man to woman twice his age.
Pauline Frederick and Laura La
Plante are co-starred in the picture,
the former having the part of the
middle-aged woman who made the
mistaken marriage and the latter
the part Of younger sister who fell
in love with the youthful husband
portrayed by Malcolm McGregor.
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TO TAKE TRAINING IN GIN
CINNATI

r. A. Rufencr, Ell route from Bill
ings, Mont, to Cincinnati, Ohio,
stopped off this morning to see Mrs.
Rufener and his sister, Mrs. f. j..
Matscheck. Mr.. Rufener expects to
take training under government in
struction with the Dalton Adding
Machine Co. in Cincinnati.
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Social and Personal
Give Bridge
Dinner For
June Bride

Mrs. Myron Atkinson and Mrs.
Charles j. Haugh entertained last
evening at the Atkinson residence
on West Thayer street in honor of
Miss Leota Hendershott whose en-
gagement was recently announced.
After dinner, three tables of bridge
were in play, Miss Edna Rust win
ming high score. Table decorations
were in pink and blue with May bas-
kets of plum blossoms.
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H. S. STUDENTS
T. REGISTER NEXT
WEEK FOR FALL

Advanced registration for Bis
marck High School students will b..
held on Monday and Tuesday of next
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week for the school term beginning
in September.
Required subjects for the four
year academic course include 3 units
of English, . units Of mathematics,
/ unit of science, . units of a foreign
language, units of general history,
one e-half unit each in United States
history, civics, and economics, and
one quarter credit per year in phys
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RETURNING FROM LEAD, S. d.
John Ozmun of WILTON, who has
been visiting in Lead. S. D.. for sew
eral months, was in the city ycstcr-
day.
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Entertained
At Bridge
Yesterday

Mrs. Spencer Boise entertained at
prettily appointed party at her
home on West Thayer, Thursday aft
ernOon. Four tables of bridge were
in play. Bowls of roses and spring
blossoms formed the decorations
about the room. Following the
games luncheon was served.
Honors were won by Mrs. G. a..
Rawlings. The hostess was assisted
by her sister, Mrs. Loberg.
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PAGE FIVE

ical education. In addition, the
student must choose sufficient seler-
htives to make up 16 units of credit.
A unit is equivalent to years
work Of 36 weeks with five reciea-
tions week.
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GIVE PARTY FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Students of the high school have
been invited to joint party to be
given by the "Pep" and Annual
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JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET TO b.
HELD NEXT WEEK


The Bismarck High School annual
juniorsenior banquet will be held at
the Masonic Temple on Thursday
evening, May IA, at eight o'clock,
and will be served by the ladies Of
the Order Of the Eastern Star. The
evenings entertain mcnt will consist
of toasts and responses by members
Of the two classes and dancing until
twelve o'clock.
An effort is being made again this
year to make the banquet, as well as
all high school functions, more dem
ocratic. TO this end, the cost Of the
banquet to the juniors, who are the
hosts of the occasion, has been re-
duccd this year to SITE per member.
This is made possible by using part
of the proceeds of the junior class
play which was given recently and
the money in the junior class trca-
sury from the collection of dues, ia
help dcfray the cost of the banquet
After the banquet, dancing will be
in the main lodge room. Parents of
| students in both classes are cordial
| ly invited to witness the affair.
! IN GLEE CLUB CONCERT TOUR
| Miss Louise Huber and Miss Alice
| Strutz, both members of the Girls
| Glce Club of jamestown College, ap
peared with the glee club in its thirt
annual concert tour this week, Civ
ing concerts at Woodwork. Ayr. ant
Erie, as we'll as sacred concerts a
! Ayr and Erie on Sunday. These
were all return dates. Miss Hube
sings in the second and Miss Strut;
in the first soprano section. Boil
are, members of church choirs. Mis-
Strutz singing with the Evangelica
and Miss Huber with the Methods
church.
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RETURNS FROM DICKINSON
Miss Aida Schultetus, r. NJ, re-
turned to Bismarck this morning
from a case in Dickinson.
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ELTINGE THEATRE

Roaring Rails" at the Eltingc
today and Saturday features Edith
Roberts and Harry Carey. The story
is one of adventure and romance o!
the railroad life of the Wes.. As a
dishonorably discharged railroad en-.
ginecr. Carey has to fight 20 ovtr-
come the disgrace O. an early ncci-
dent. A :rain>/collision and forest
fire arc said 20 furnish plenty OF
excitement. Nurmi, the Finnish run
ner is seen with other prominent
pers sonages and events in Patht
News. Walter HERS is intnreitcd :r
| spirtualism and his superstition i.
cause for many laughs IN the comedy
Good Spirits"
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COMPLETES SCHOOL TENN
Miss Anna Daniels left this rlorn-
ing for her home in Linton, after
completing school term at St.
Thomas, n. ID.
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bismarck Hospital

Bismarck Hospital
Admitted to the Bismarck hospital
for treatments:
Lloyd Erickson. Deulah; Baby Geo,
Toscas. Mandan.
Discharged: Mrs. Il. W. Hungate.
Ryder; Geo. Becker, Lehr: lrent
Ostrum. fKulm; A. w. Nelson, Will
TOM, Harold Granville, Wing.
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o'clock, and will include play by
the Junior Playmakcrs. Games ana
dancing in the gymnasium will fol-
low.