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The Washington times., 1936-02-28
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GANG ARMS

Searching inquiry by Omen
into reports that machine guns,
sold as scrap by the United States
Army, are finding their way into
the hands of gangdom, was in
full swing last night under order
Of Attorney General Cummings.
Determined to press his drive
to disarm the underworld, Cum
mings said legislation will be
sought at the current session OF
Congress, II Stricter laws are
needed, to curb distribution Of
firearms among criminal bands.
At the same time Cummings
strongly endorsed the Boughton
amendreent to the present fire
arms law, to require registration
Of all guns and pistols except
those Of 20 caliber. He said:
I'VE want q record Of the
name Of every person who owns
. gun Of any description.
81 am deeply interested in the
testimony before the Senate
munitions committee which In
dicated that persons posing as
foreign agents purchased ma
chine guns, discarded by the
Army, and then resOId them to
underworld characters"
The Washington times., 1936-02-28
QUEER QU|RKS
IN TAX LAW

BALTIMORE, Feb. 28.-Income
tax time is rolling around again,
and as usual peculiar quirks Of the
law are revealed by the office Of
the Collector Of Internal Revenue
here.
For instance, if a man wins $40
on a horse race, he is required to
list that as income and pay tax
on it. But at the same time. II he
goes to the track the next day and
loses $40 he can not claim exemp-
ton on his loss.
A woman who collects alimony
does not have to list that as in
come, but the ex-husband pays the
alimony Is not allowed to deduct
it from his taxible income.
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tonight as freefor-an fighting in
downtown Boston streets and
nearby Cambridge marked the
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night in the Boyer-Shipley show
rooms, Central Avenue. Capitol
Heights, Md, for the benefit Of
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Seat Pleasant Chapter No. 76,
order of Eastern Star. Play will
begine at $3.50 o'clock.
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Card Party Tonight
A card party will be held to-
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II Pickets jailed
BOSTON, Feb. 28.-Twenty-
one pickets were arrested
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Communism Is Foe
Of Liberty, Declares
William Lyon PheEp!

BOSTON, Sept. "a T.N.S).
"There are no two words in the
English language more opposed,
more irrecOncilable than liberty
and communism"
William Lyon Phelps, professor
emeritus of English literature at
Yale University, said this today to
delegates to the forty-seventh an
nual convention of the National
Association of Life Underwriters.
He added:
Individual in d ep e n d ence
means every man under his own
vine and fig tree"
This goal, he said, should be OBJ
tainable, but it is farther away now
in the United States than it was
80 years ago.
Attacking Government interfer.
ence in business, Professor Phelps
declared:
"The control of private busi-
ness by the Government soon
means the control of private
speech and thought, as well as
Of action. RegimentatiOn Is the
enemy of progress"
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
By THOMAS A. LoAYZA

MADRID, Sept. a. Q.N.S).
Sacrificing fertile farm-lands and
imperilling the lives of many nom
combatants, radical forces defend
ing Madrid against the steady
drive of insurgents from the West
and Southwest today smashed
1evees along the Alberche River,
releasing more than 100000
cubic yards of swirling water in
an effort to wash out the VIC
torious insurgents.
Emulating the tactics Of the
Belgians of 1914, who flooded
great sections of the country to
impede the German advance, the
loyalists turned to this defense
after their poorly equipped forces
had failed repeatedly to stem the
advance of the more efficient in.
armies in the AlberchS
and Tagus River valleys.
Bridges Wrecked
AS the leveeS along the Alber-
che banks we're smashed, great
walls of water rushed down the
Bridges were carried away
like matchWood, and this was one
of the main objectiveS. The bridges,
the leftiSts believed, are indiSpenS.
able to the insurgent attack.
The decision to destroy the
levees was taken after government
planes reported the insurgents had
a large amount Of
war material and artillery on low
ground near the Tagus River.
which the Alberche joins.
The barrage of water swirled
down the Alberche Valley and into
the Tagus Valley, directly to
where the insurgent arms were
located.
Result of the ruse was not
learned Immediately, but it was
believed considerable damage was
done, especially to the insllrgent
The inSurgent advance
was believed to have been given
an important check, which, even
if but temporary, would aid thS
loyalists in consolidating them.
selves in new positions after seri.
Continued on Page 3, Col. 81
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Yale Student Jailed
Year in Fatal Crash

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Sept. "a
UN.SO.-Sentence of a year in
the county jail as an outgrowth
of an automobile fatality began
today for Eugene T. McIlvaine, jr.,
20, Yale sophomore and son of a
Jacksonville, Fla, attorney.
McIlvaine pleaded guilty to a
charge of criminal negligence in
connection with the hit-run death
last April of Francis ]. O'Connor,
40 in East Hartford.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24

HITS FARM
ROBBERY
Distressed At Sight
of Empty Grain
Bins in Iowa
By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON

BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
ABOARD LANDON SUN
FLOWER SPECIAL, Sept. "a
GN.S0-The Roosevelt program
of scarcity has robbed the Ameri-
can farmer mot only of his for
mer export markets but even of
his home Market" Governor AL.
fred M. Landon declared today to
'rear porch" audience at Ne
Vada, Iowa.
The Republican nominee. en-
route to Minneapolis to aSSail the
Administrations foreign trade
policies, declared the Republican
party stands for production, not
destruction" He warned that
American democracy could sur
vive only through cooperation
with the farmer; not by coer-
cion."
Landon called attention to a
Government StatiStica. report
of last Saturday, revealing that
2,75O,0O0 bushels of Argentine
corn had been imported last week
with 100000 bushels more on
the way here. He said these i'm
ports of corn-while Iowa corn
cribs were nearly empty "iS a
sample of the way the present
Administration has aided you
farmers of the best corn produing
area on earth"
SAW EMPTY CRIBS
He added:
"It has distressed me this
morning in travelling across your
State to see empty cribs and
granaries when they should be
filled to OverflOwing. In part,
the situation is due to the dis
treSSing drought.
But another reason for your
empty corn cribs-and don't
forget thiS-iS the program of
scarcity of year ago. There
are always some years of plenty,
or of surplus, as we have come
to call it in recent years. But
we are equally certain to have
some years of shortage. Had
the farmers of Iowa and of every
other agricultural State been
allowed to produce as long ex-
perience dictated, they would
Continued on Page 2, Col. II
VNYE AMERleAN
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Internatlonal NeWa serrice


War stocks doomed sensation
ally on the Tokyo exchange today
as Japan marched her marines
and army troops through streets
Of the Hongkew and Chapel sec.
tions of Shanghai, observers
throughout the Far East fearing
imminent repetition of the Shang-
hal "war" of 1882.
Following sharply upon the
climactic assassination of a Japa-
nese sailor in Shanghai, Emperor
Hirohito of Japan ordered more
of his imperial warships to steam
up Chinese rivers and approved
debarkation of landing parties in
China whenever necessary"
In Shanghai 5000 japanese
marines and soldiers with fixed
boyonets watched over Chinese
citizens, and Chinese authorities
protested vigorously against the
invasion" of their country.
In Peiping, where japanese ma
chine guns and artillery were
heard plainly from maneuvers
outside the city, the japanese
army commander said, 1--WE have
reached the limit of our patience, "
and predicted japan would use
force at once to give the Chinese
bad boy a lesson"
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Columbia Students
Hint Protest Strike

NEW YORK, Sept. "a O.N.S).
Columbia University was faced
with the possibility of a student
strike today.
Members of the American Stu
dent Union at the institution said
the strike would be called if
Robert Burke, junior class preSi-
dent, was not permitted to return
to college.
The youth, middleweight boxing
champion of the university, was
dismissed last spring for alleged
rowdyism during a protest meet
ing in front of President Nicholas
Murray Buffers home.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
NARC|SSA FOX
WE'D IN JUNE

Who said woman can't keep
a secret?
Mr.. and Mrs. John McDill Fox
of 5454 Thirtieth st. N. W., re-
ceived the surprise of their lives
when their daughter, Narcissa
Ann Fox, walked calmly into the
parlor and announced she had
been married on June 6 to John
Otis Hally, of Denver.
Mrs. Hally explained that she
and her husband slipped away
quietly to Falls Church, Va, and
were married at st. James Cath
olic Church. Mrs. Hally is a
graduate of immaculate Seminary
of this city, while her husband was
graduated from Regis University
in Denver, attended Catholic Uni
versity and is a member of the
District bar.
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'Mercy' Baby Is Dead
Despite Operation

CHICAGO, Sept. "a G.N.S).
Tears blurred the eyes of Julian
Tafel, ST., today as he sadly re-
marked:
at is what 1 prayed for. I'm
glad"
His pretty young wife, her
cheeks tear stained and wan,
groped for his hand as she sobbed:
ut was Gods will. But. L
loved my baby"
Their baby, whom they had con-
demned to a mercy death" only
to capitulate and grant permission
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VOTE AMERICAN
Grocers Protest Tax

for an operation on his malformed
body, was dead.
Julian Tafel, jr., around whose
fuzz-covered little head a storm of
controversy ragged as the world de-
bated the ethics of his mercy
DEATH" died last night despite
desperate efforts of physicians to
keep the flickering spark Of life
aglow in his tiny, pain-wracked
body.
Born last Thursday morning
with an intestinal malformation,
Continued on Page 23, Col. p
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BY EDWARD B. LOCKETT

CLEVELAND, Sept. "a. Q.N.SO.
Bluntly declaring that the present
international situation carrie S
grave portent to all the nations
of the world, the American Legion
in the final session of its eigh-
teenth annual convention today
adopted as the principal measure
of a vigorous legislative program,
resolution calling on Congress
to Immediately enact a universal
draft law.
The veterans roared approval of
this resolution, which specifically
asked for it's enactment lin ad-
vance of any national emergency
or war"
Immediately afterwards, the
legionnaireS adopted with equal
enthusiasm recommendations of
it's foreign relations committee
calling on this Government to
adopt strictly neutral policy, and
to Immediately seek payment of
the war debts, without further re-
duction or any cancellations.
More than a dozen other pro
posalS were included in the report
of the legislative committee, most
of them dealing with liberalization
of legislation giving benefits to
veterans.
Favor Veterans
Among these latter were pro-
posals that veterans be given pref
erence in all types of Federal jobs,
and that those veterans on Civil
service lists now be permitted to
remain eligible for jobs without
taking further Civil Service ex-
aminations. Another asked that
provisional officers be entitled to
the benefits under the emergency
disabled veterans act. Still another
asked that these provisional Of
ficerS be made eligible to receive
bonus, and that when a veteran
dies without dependents, and has
not received his bonus, the bonus
be credited to his State.
One resolution enthusiastically
adopted by the Legionnaires pic
tured the Legion's unemployment
drive as one of the major objec-
tives of the organization, and
scheduled a vigorous drive in this
work for the coming year.
Another resolution condemned
the so-called "Black Legion" as
lawleSs and unpatriotic, and asked
Congress to investigate its activi-
ties.
VOTE AMERICAN
Grocers Protest Tax
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. "a
G.N.S0. - Carrying banners de-
mand1ng the repeal of the State
and city sales tax laws, grocerS
and statesmen marched on the city
hall today in protest against col
lection of the taxes, which start
October /.
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Voronoff RidiCuIes
Talk Of Superman

VIENNA, Sept. "a GN.SJ.-Dr.
Serge Voronoff isn't superman
himself and is incapable of de-
veloping one, he said today as he
scoffed at a story saying he could
develop a new type of superior
human if permitted to transplant
chimpanzee glands in q l0-year.
old boy.
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AIMEE AND KIN
TO SEPARATE

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. "a.
Reports were current here today
that Aimee Mcpherson, we'll
known evangelist, and her daugh-
ter, Roberta Semple, are about to
come to a parting of the ways.
1t is understood the daughter
will resign as assistant business
manager of the temple and pro-
duction manager of its radio sta
tion.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24
FUTURE PARK
AREAS CUT

Curtailment Of the area desig-
mated as future parks, play
grounds, and recreation centers
was decided by the National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commits.
sion today due to the buildings
erected on the property through
private enterprise.
Thomas S. Settle, secretary of
the commission, pointed out that
the areas, known as taking lots" :"
could have been purchased at a
reasonable figure several years
ago, but that no money was avail
able at that time. Private pur-
chaSerS, he said, have built build
ings on the land, and now it is too
valuable to be considered as park
property. He said:
ut would have been a good
investment to buy the land at
that time, as the value has
greatly increased"
The commission this afternoon
inspected the present flood dyke
which extends along the north
grounds of the Washington Monu-
ment and behind the Navy and
Munitions Building, and will de-
eide tomorrow whether the pres
ent water barrier is sufficient. An
alternative is the construction of
a dyke along Independence Ave.
by raising the roadbed at that
point to a level of 10 feet above
the high-water mark.
VOTE AMERICAN
Hotel Guest Robbed
Samuel c. johnson, visitor
from Charlotte, N. c., reported
the theft of $50 from his hotel
room early today. Mr.. johnson
said he suspected a man he met
last night at theater. The man,
he said, went to the hotel with
him, and they talked for several
hours. Johnson fell asleep, he said,
and when he awoke the stranger
and the money were gone.
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BARE GAS SALE
FOR STRIKES

International News Service
Huge quantities of tear and
Sickening gas have been pur-
chased by a group of anthracite
coal operators for use in stamp
ing out the bootleg coal indus
try in Pennsylvania, the LaFOl-
lette civil liberties subcommittee
was told today. A. S. Allies, vice
president and sales manager of
the Lake Erie Chemical Co., of
Cleveland, identified and Of
fered memoranda disclosing the
nlan.
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REDS LOOSE FLOODS TO SAVE MADRID
Scarcity Policy Is farm Robbery Says Gov. Landon
Keeps Secret!
Bride Since
jane

THE FORMER MISS
NARCISSA ANN FOX
SECRETLY WE'D TO
JOHN OTIS HALLY,
ATTORNEY AND AAA
EMPLOYE, LAST JUNE.
>HARRIS-EWING PHOTO
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Japanese Warships
Rushed to China
BY JAMES r. YOUNG

TOKYO, Sept. "a G.N.SD.
More Japanese warships were or
dered today to steam up China's
rivers with marine reinforcements
as tense army and navy officials,
breaking up a 24-hour conference,
pronounced the Sino-Japanese
crisis extremely serious"
With the foreign office openly
declaring the murder of five Jap
anese subjects in China within a
month was the result of a "con-
certed, organized plot of terror
Continued on Page %, Col. s.
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International News Service

The drive of a chemical COM
pany to sell huge quantities of
tear gas to the big steel corpora
tionS in preparation for a posi-
BILE strike in the industry was re-
lated to the LaFollette Senate
Labor sub Committee today.
A. S. Allies, vice president and
sales manager of the Lake Erie
Chemical Company, of Cleveland,
identified correspondence in which
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
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Telephone Firm Files
Huqe Debenture Issue
International News Service

International News Service
The American Telephone and
Telegraph Company today filed
with the Securities Exchange Com.
mission a registration statement
covering a SITS, 100000 25-year
312 per cent debenture bond is
sue. 1t was the largest regiStra-
ton filed in the commissions his
tory.
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NEW CRISIS
CLIMAXES
SLAYINGS
Army and Navy Heads
Hold 24-Hour Farley
on Emergency

TOKYO, Sept. rs friday
(I.N.S.).-The commander Of
the japanese landing party in
Shanghai has promulgated a
estate Of emergency" form of
marital law, in part of the in
ternatiOnal settlement, accord
ing to a message from Shang-
hal early today. The estate of
emergency" affects the Woo
sung Road and Haining Road
districts, the dispatch said.
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ASKS
UNIVERSAL
DRAFT LAW
Resolution Cheered As
Cleveland ParIey
Draws to Close

CLEVELAND, Sept. "a
I.N.S.).-The American Legion
today elected Harry w. Col
merry, 46, q lawyer of Topeka,
Kan, as it's national com.
mander for the coming year.
The Washington times., 1936-09-24

Two crack columns now 20
miles from Madrid, one near
Naval -CarnerO, the other near
Santa Cruz.
Third column en- route to
Toledo from TOrrijOS to rescue
insurgents still holding AlcaZar.
General MOla's troops in pos
session Of Ell EscOrial, 30 miles
from Madrid.
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LOYALISTS:

ReinfOrcements recruited for
defense of Madrid.
Ten thousand men advancing
to meet insurgents at Toledo.
Detachments struggling to
hold positions in Bilbao region
and Catalonia.
BADAJOS, Spain, Sept. "a
(I.N.S.).-Bcdics of 1000 loyal
lists were found by insurgent ad-
vance guards in the MaqUeda-
Toledo sector, according to ad-
vices reaching here today from
the front.
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LEVEES CUT
TO CHECK
DRIVE OF
FOES
Farm Lands Swamped,
Hunger Faced to
Halt Advance

Position of the armies In
SpGin's ciViI eOGr:
INSURGENTS:
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WASHINGTON FORECAST

ram this afternoon, ending early tonight;
much cooler tonight; Friday fair and cooler.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1936-06-04
CHILDREN GET
'REDCR0SSA|D

Members of the Motor Corps
Of the District of Columbia Chap
ter, American Red Cross, tonight
will transport children from the
Georgetown Children's Home and
from the Christ Child Society to
the Sylvan Theater, Monument
Grounds, for a dress rehearsal,
and again tomorrow night to
take part in the program of folk
songs and dances of various coun-
tries, sponsored by the part-time
staff of the Council of Social
Agencies.
Children from Friendship and
Neighborhood houses, Jewish Com
munity Center, Girl Scouts, Y.
w. c. A. and other organizations
will also participate in the pres
entation.
The District Chapter of the
Red Cross will take charge of
the First Aid detail, Saturday
and Sunday, when the Boy Scouts
assemble for a two-day outing
at Camp Good Will. More than
1000 Scouts are expected for
the meeting.
The District Red Cross will
also furnish volunteer trained
nurses to accompany the Grip
pied children of the Weightman
School on a boat trip next
Wednesday on the Wilson Line,
sponsored by the Junior Cham
Der of Commerce.
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Plan Special Clinics
For CoIored Persons

Special clinics for colored per-
sons will be started Monday at
F'reedmen's Hospital in the fight
by the District Health Depart
ment against tuberculosis in
Washington.
Health Officer George C. Ruh-
land announced the clinics will be
held Mondays and Thursdays
from II a. m. to / p. m. and Tues
days, Wednesdays and Fridays
from 1.30 p. m. to $50 p. m. DR..
Rutland said two colored physi-
clans and two colored nurses had
been added to the staff in charge
of examining colored persons.
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Shades of Lee.
Yankee Wins
u. d. Prize

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, June
A Northern girl, Miss Betty
Osborn, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Strong Osborn, of Edgar
town, Mass, is the winner of the
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy prize for the best sonnet
written by student at the Fred
ericksburg State Teachers College
on Southern topic or character.
Miss Osborn, a junior at the
local college, chose Sidney Lam
ier, the Southern poet, as her sub
ject.
Miss Osborn is active in local
college life and is prominent in
athletics.
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PARS0N SGETS
HAG0OD POST

Brig. Gen. James K. Parsons,
Commandant of the Fifth Brigade
at Vancouver, Washington, has
been selected by President Roose-
velt to succeed Maj. Gen. johnson
Hagood, who recently retired, it
is announced at the War Depart
ment.
General Parsons appointment
has been sent to the Senate for
confirmation, as has that of his
successor to the command Of the
Fifth Brigade, Col. Lorenzo Gas
ser, who now becomes a brigadier
general.
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Storm Spread Death

BELGRADE, June 4. - Heavy
rains and thunderstorm through
out Yugoslavia have caused seven
teen deaths, mostly by lightning.
Seven gypsies were drowned in
floods near Pakrac. Similar re-
ports have come from other Bal
kan countries.
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Prado Quits Post

LIMA. Peru, June 4.-The gov.
ernment has accepted the resig.
nation of the Ambassador to
Brazil, Jorge Prado. who is the
presidential candidate of the
National Front. He was recently
decorated by the Brazilian gov
ernment.
The Washington times., 1936-06-04
FRIDAY BARGAINS
No Mail and Phone Orders; No C. O.D's

100 Pairs Children's and Misses Sandals.
Barefoot style with soft elk uppers and
stitched on leather SOles. White and
smoke. Broken sizes IL to 2 and junior
misses 3 to 4. Were S9c and $1.19, em
now NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. USG
$50 Pairs ChiIdren's and Misses Shoes.
Discontinued oxford, strap and pump
styles. Beige or white. Broken msAA
Sizes Were $2.95 pair, now. SBBGS
14O Pairs WOmen's Shoes. Styles taken
from our regular stock and draStically re-
duCed for quick clearance. Blue black
or brown. Broken sizes. Were
$1.S9 to 1895 pair, now .... SIsES
200 Pairs Knee High Hose Full fashioned
silk chiffon. IRREGULARS and perfect
hose. Elastic tops and plated foot Sum-
mer shades. Sizes 81 to 1O1l in the "a
lot Were 59c psir, now ........ &SG
200 RayOn Gowns and Pajamas in regu-
lar and some extra sizes. Lace trimmed or
tailored. IRREGULARS of higher priced
quality. Full cut. Were 74c, a.
now ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 0eRG
6O-MiSses' and WOmens Dresses One
piece and jacket styles in dark shades,
high shades or prints. 80 were S3.95:
Is were $5.95; Is were $7.95. Now. *
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800 Boys
BROADCLOTH SHIRTS
8 for s.

Nicely tailored with neat pointed col
lar. White, solid colors and fancy pat
terms, but not every color in every
size to IA.
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Foundations and Corssts

6-Bandettes. Were 29c,
now ..s.s'...sSs.''S. HWO
3-FoundatiOns of batiste with las -
tex back. Sizes 80 only. Were So, now ISC
2-Back-Iace COrsets with high bust.
Sizes "a and rs. Were Sc, now. ~
27-Back-lace COrsetS Of lightweight ms
terials. Low bust style. Sizes n, 28, 31s
80, 33, "a, IS, and 36. Were 81, "a
ckiIdFen'S and Infants Wear
72-TOts' RayOn Shirts. Sizes 4 to
16 years. Were 19c, now ....... AVG
15-Coat and Hat Sets. Pastel
flannel or tweed. Were $2.98, now w
1O-COat Sets with matching
poke bOnnetS. Pastel flannel.
Were 1898, now. Ow............. SEuSW
5O-TOts' Sheer Dresses. Sizes 2
to 6 years. Were SOC, now ....... 2Se
15-Tots' Tweed or Flannel Goats.
Were $2.98, now 81
3O-RayOn Taffeta Slips. Sizes 4
to 10 years. Were 69c, now. .... SSG
5O-Girls' Sweaters. Broken sizes
to 16 years. Were CSC, now 80. SSG
SO-Lisle Shirts. Sizes 2 to 4 years.
Were 59c, now .......,.. kSG