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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-10-29

Mrs Herbert Wymer and Mrs
viii Wymer entertained their TWO
Sunday school classes at the nome
of Mrs. Herbert Wymer, Sunday af-
ternoon. Thirty children were pres
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-10-29
Methodist Protestant Church

Sunday school, 9:15 a. m. Public
worship, 10:30. Sermon theme.
"Greater Things Bible lecture, s
p. m.-Chas. e. Bulen, pastor.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-10-29

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4with a Buckeye Union liability and 4
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p Xpaym"nts AT NO ADDED COST.
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-10-29
Pleasant Grove Church

Sunday school at 1870 p. m. AL
len Barnes, superintendent. At 2:30
p. M, Rev. A. N. Grove will preach
on the text Rev Pit, inclusive.
What is the Bible message from
those verses?
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-10-29
i
A2EServlce-
MOuntville Circuit

Rev. Asbury Pinnell will preach
Sunday, Oct. 25, at Mountville, at
1890 a. M, at Liberty Hill, in the
afternoon at o'clock, and at Ring
gold in the evening at 1880.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-10-29
Tabor

A. G. Scott for Clerk of Courts.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-10-29

Better than precepts about living
is the example of a worthy life.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
HENRY B. HALL DIES
OF HEART ATTACK
Former Fidelity Storage Co. Ware.
house Superintendent Was
72 Years Old.

Henry Barlow Hall, u, former
warehouse superintendent for the FL
deity Storage Co., died Of q heart at
tack Thursday at his home. 998 Park
road.
Funeral services were to be held at
2 pm. today in Hysong's funeral par
lors, 1900 N street. Burial was to be
In Cedar Hill Cemetery. Masonic
rites were to be conducted by the
Federal Lodge of Masons, Of which
Mr.. Hall was q member.
MIR. Hall was warehouse superin-
tendent for the Fidelity Storage Co.
Is years, until retiring approximately
nine years ago. Subsequently, he was
employed for q short while by the
Federal Storage Co. He was q ma
tive Of Heathsville, Northumberland
County, Va, but had lived most of
his life In this city.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Helen
Bowen Hall; . daughter, Mrs. Helen
E. Loving, and two sons, Robert
Bowen Hall and Wallace L. Hall, all
of Washington.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
KEET0N, 68,
DIES AT HIS HOME
Retired Division Chief Was on
Active Duty 80 Years.
Rites to Be Monday.

Walter Keeton, 68, retired chief Of
the Mails and Records Division, Ad-
jutant Generals Once, War Depart
ment, died yesterday ct his home, 1870
M street.
Mr.. Keeton was retired May I, due
to failing health, after SO years service.
Previously he served for 10 years in
the Regular Army. Upon leaving the
latter he held the grade of sergeant in
Troop I, 7th Cavalry, and was an in
structor in horsemanship at Fort Riley,
Kans. He was a member of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal Employees.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs
Kate Keeton, and a son, Guy H.
Keeton.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. Monday, at Gawler's chapel,
1850 Pennsylvania avenue. Burial will
be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
Florida Judge Sits by Jury
To Cipe Floggmg Case Charge

could not, under your oaths, convict"
the Judge charged, explaining that If
they believed the defendants took
Poulnot from the police station for
the purpose Of turning him over to
foggers, that would not constitute
intent to secretly confine or i'm
prison"
> The case was given to the jury at
$50 am, Eastern standard time.
The five former policemen still face
charges growing out Of the simul-
taneous abduction, hogsing, tarring
and feathering Of Poulnot, Sam Rog-
en- and Shoemaker.
The defendants are @. A. Brown,
jr.; Sam Crosby, John p. Bridges,
r. w. Switzer and G. w. Carlisle.
Former Police Chief r. G. Tits.
worth and Robert Chappell were
freed by Q directed verdict. Tits
worth was indicted as an accessory
after the fact.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
FREDERICK BEHRENS
FUNERAL ON MONDAY
Volunteer Helped Guard Capital
in Civil War-Retired U. s.
Employe.

Frederick w. Behrens, one Of the
volunteers rushed to Fort Stevens
during the Civil War to help guard
the Capital until the arrival Of Union
Army reinforcements, died Thursday
ut his home, 1912 Randolph street.
He would have been 81 In June.
Mr.. Behrens left work at the Treas
ury Department, where he was then
employed, to go to the fort.
Following his early service with the
Treasury, Mr.. Behrens worked for
an ice company here until he took
q position as clerk at the United
States Weather Bureau. He was re-
tired from the latter position when
83 years old. He had been q resident
of this city since childhood.
Surviving him are three daughters,
Mrs Emma E. Powell, Mrs. Blanche
E. Knight and Miss Augusta r.
Behrens; three grandchildren and
one great-grandson. His wife was the
late Mrs. Rosa e. Behrens.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. Monday at his residence.
Burial will be in Congressional
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
DAVID W. LEWIS
DIES AT MT. ALTO
Radio Engineer Assigned tt
WRC Victim Of Heart
Disease.

David william Lewis, IS. of GA
Massachusetts, avenue northeast, radio
engineer for the National Broadcast-
ing Co., assigned to Station WRC.
died yesterday in Mount Alto Hospital
after an illness Of IL weeks from heart
disease.
Mr.. Lewis was q native Of BRANDY
Station Va, and had lived for q num-
Der Of years in Arlington County be-
fore coming to this city. He had been
engineer for the broadcasting COM
pany for approximately eight years.
When radio stations began operating
he was one Of the first to operate an
amateur radio station, set up In near
by Virginia. Mr.. Lewis served In the
Navy during the World War.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Jeannette Burgess Lewis; his mother,
Mrs. Mary E. Lewis, and two sisters,
Miss Mary Elizabeth Lewis and Miss
Lorena Hill Lewis. The mother and
sisters live In Arlington County.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Monday in Chambers funeral
home, 1400 Chaplin street. Burial win
be In Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
AUTO MECHANICS
STRIKE INDORSED
Government Employees of District
Act, as Conference Is Re-
ported Failure.

The District Department, American
Federation of Government Employees,
last night indorsed the strike Of auto
mobile mechanics. The meeting ct
the Hamilton Hotel was presided ever
by James G. Yaden, president Of the
department.
A conference between union leaders,
oficials Of Hill & Tibbitts, Inc, and
Howard T. Colvin, conciliator Of the
Labor Department yesterday was un-
derstood to have reached no agree
ment for settlement of the strike.
There were informal indications
that no more conferences would be
held over the week end, but this was
subject to change.
The strike now has spread to 10
different firms throughout the city.
The men are asking for a 44-hour
week, 90 cents an hour for mechanics.
so cents an hour for helpers, and
time-and-a-half for overtime.
The Washington Automotive Trade
Association has reiterated its stand
for the open shop.
No disturbances have been reported
at the places where men are on strike.
Police have offered cooperation to
both the firms and the strikers In
maintaining order, and are on duty
when the shifts of men working at
the various places change.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
Marriage Licenses.

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Capitol ST.; Rev: 8. II. Metz.
Oscar Sherman. 20, 201 9th st. Sc. and
ssy ss:y.hs : qilisss g EasS. 81 ll0S II ST. ne;
Charles :ss M.,.i4. = Hastqps a 50 Bryant St.
Edyshe K,sfe. ~. r. 1851 J Euclid st. ST. Rev. Rev
ERsynolds. Is. sSS7 S7' N st.; Rev. +. B.
woodrow W. Hutton. a1. At Kentucky
Robslt BIZ & e. g. .Re ssv rsan. & Sys:se, W Clay
Harry Skidd, 81. 61S 3rd st.. and Ethel
Arwood. IS. 616 3rd st.: Rev. A. 7.
Harold Z. Ritter. 80. and Agnes =.
Clemens, "a. both Of Baltimore; Rev.
Taylor I. Sale, s1, 124 North Carolina
ave. Sc, and Ethel j. Hick, IS. 44OS
o.6oEs 6scrsI. M.ss,EEssy sys ,Esy HR.15G1,. Rsg5Fa, y
HnsTtGR; e R:tss;B e; both Of rhiladslDhi.; Rev.
Thomas c. Biliinss, "a, AIT q pl.. and
Edna r, Wallace. IL. 46 o st.; Rev.
Thecdore Peyton. SO. -see II st. s.w.. and
Gertrude Harris. 50. 4s6 st. s.w.;
Leroy .caliaway, 81. 1902 s:h st.. and
virginia Scott. II, s16h 8 st.; Rev.
John II. Thompson, IT,. 20. Roanoke, Va.
sonburg. Va; Rev. A. r. Bird.
oryla1e sa ss. soiH Hs.sSSs' SS 'ssrs20a 2sns CITY w. W.
Rev. Albert Evans.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
SALUTE TO FLAG
CASE AT |MPASSE
Legion Expected to Demand
School Children Be Forced
to Tribute.
By stan Correspondent Of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
OXON HILL, Nd, May 23.-Ameri-
can Legionnaires today appeared due
to make the next move in the i'm
passe between school onncials and the
children Of August A. Ludke, who are
refusing to salute the American flag.
A special committee of Marlboro,
Post, headed by Claude Underwood.
service officer, is gathering data re-
garding the legal powers Of the Board
Of Education In such cases.
Ofdcias Of the post expected to
study the matter at an Executive
Committee meeting last night. but
decided to defer action until the en-
tire post meets Monday night in Marl-
boro.
Assisting Underwood are w. E. Seipp
and Comdr. J. Paul Smith.
Plan to Insist on Law.
Members of the post said it was
expected they would insist that the
school law, which requires pupils to
participate in patriotic exercises be
strictly enforced and that al who
enjoy the protection and benefits Of
the Government be required to pledge
allegiance to the nag.
The Ludke children are refusing to
do 20 an the ground that they owe
their first and only allegiance to God.
The family belongs to Jehovah's Wit
bers have been involved In similar
controversies with school authorities
In other States on the same issue.
Mrs. Ludke, mother Of the children,
said she would send the children to
the school as long as authorities are
willing to teach them, ''but they are
not going to force them to salute the
flag"
At present the children are excused
from the class room and sit in the
auditorium while flag saluting exer-
cises are In progress.
Arrangement Satisfactory.
Ludke. who works in the City Post
Once. Washington, said this arrange
ment was satisfactory to him and
expressed the hope it could be con-
tinued indefinitely. He asserted mem
bers Of the faculty of the Oxon Hill
Consolidated School have been Every
sympathetic" in their attitude in try
ing to find out the reason for the
children's action.
He expressed q willingness to ap-
pear before the School Board, which
meets at Marlboro Tuesday, to explain
his views. Waldo Burnside, attorney
to the School Board and . former
commander Of snyder-Farmer Post,
American Legion, Hyattsville, said the
case has not been brought to his At
tention omcially as yet.
Likewise State school officials pro-
fessed no knowledge Of the facts and
said the matter was one for the local
board to handle. They pointed out,
however, that in Baltimore Hebrew
children are permitted to leave the
class rooms during the singing of
Christmas songs.
The Ludke children, who are re.
fusing to salute the nag, are Fred, II;
Anna Louise, 10; Walter, 9, and
Esther, Z.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
1n Mpntnriant.

BARRY. MICHAEL JAMES, In loving re-
gHMss gTsMsEanss ssRST e our %5o fashs.a aa MICHAEL
year ago today. May 90. 1885
sometimes, when fate frowns darkest.
And the clouds hide the fair blue sky,
FOR the tender love Of our lost ones.
How our souls will vainly CRY.
Then sweetly over our spirit,
COMES ss Hhsper shs nesr tt sitS xs D...nt
And in heaven wen know eHT 9yn." :.
SgErh, NIILrs NELLIE = IT, T; In In remsmbIancs Of
ago today. May 2s' 1884. '" '"' ''A''
HER pa5s pSIaaTER g9s 70! ANp Nsf5sGsssRi soRs IoR-
A1EE eAaRIEs. ASR WILLIS AvRs6Y Rsb hrRkERnl kEsn
my dear wife. ELizABETH CoRRfDoS.
ThS Ydss died three years ago today, May %.
forter Church for the repose Of her soul.
The blow was hard. the shock severe,
little thought that death was so near;
Hs Hpt only those who have lost can tell
MY heart cannot tell how I miss you.
Ny lips do not know what to say.
' 'N AA'"' now HER i R'is HUSBAND. Assi {.
00DEK. HYMAN. In sad but loving re-
HYMAs Su po6GK who dsDsrted aad
this life eighteen years ago. May IS,
HIS DEVOTED WIFE AND CHILDREN. /.
Drew, HARRIET. Sacred to the memory
OF our dear mother. HARRIET DREW.
x.s3. Wn1 ieit u vs. ,a for the great beyond ten
sfs $50 tooay. MAY @S. 1925.
FOR God has marked each sorrowing day
~ 4';sa :: a: 'sRd ssas:ss iss = s,i :Si ''.
rGMaxs ot %s S9S.h!l n 'cyinf
FOWLER. who departed this iife if"H eisht
''ar' ago. May ss' SISTER sa2si MAGGIE. /.
GREGORY. JOSEPH P. In loving memory
Ct ny devoted husband, jO6IPH r.
years ago today. May 2s, 1884.
isyss Sy s!s4s aaT' h: g i! away! 'ss n,@; near;
Loysd: remembered. longed for always
Srinfing HIs psny psvo41rp sIls1s W1ss sssr ,m,.
!osErM . n4 d:.r II eye. loypE g.
years ago today. May 23, 1884. Anni-
Ms wi s. sfsrsRs ss Msst. < Gap GaS'sh
0TLEY, EsTELLE BATsON.. In loving re-
& Sai sssssss eSsHGessr SFKs .RS .RS
&ss &SfCstssa S. issz ~ HE two years ago today
Deep in our hearts you are fondly re-
Sweet happy memories cling to your
True hearts that loved you with deepest
Always viii love you In death Just the
MQTHKR. FATHER. SISTER AND
REID. ESLI b. In loving memory of my
beloved father, ESLI D. REID, who de.
parted this life May %, 191A
e. NJ. REID WISE. HIS DAUGHTER.
YOUNG. SARAH. In loving remembrance
departed this life nineteen years aRo to-
day. May %, 1917.
When days are dark and friends are few,
Dear mother. how miss YOU.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
TWO BOYS SOUGHT
IN TORCH MURDER
Meager Clues Sifted in SIay.
ing of Woman, Believed
Middle-Aged Mother.
By the Associated Press,

KEENE, N. H., May 23.-Meager
clues were sifted today by authorities
in an effort TO identify the mountain
top torch murder victim, believed by
authorities to have been q middle
aged mother.
At the same time, authorities
searched for two youths. George H.
Blake Of Chesterfield said he met
them in the woods Wednesday night
while searching for q fire he bad seen.
Blake, pressman on q Keene
newspaper, said the youths appeared
nervous when he spoke to them.
Search Of the snake-infested thicket
Of Wastasiquet Mountain, where
foresters yesterday stumbled upon the
charred body, disclosed q cheap vanity
case. .22-caliber pistol with nine dis
charged shells, and an empty gasoline
can.
DR.. Osmond h Hubbard, New
Hampshire State pathologist who per-
formed an autopsy, said the woman
apparently had been beaten into un-
consciousness, her clothing saturated
WIN gaSoIlne ana set af1re.
County Solicitor Arthur Olson said
the best Of the clues was the nickel
plated vanity case, on the face Of
which were inscribed the initials H.
A. H."
Police also found the revolver, manu-
factured in Worcester, bore a number.
A check with the Worcester firm was
to be made
A deputy sheriff left for Boston with
the gallon gasoline tank which once
held the fluid believed used to satu-
rate the victims body. Fingerprint
experts, declared Olson, might find
some tell-tale mark.
Medical authorities and police in
vestigators pieced together what in.
formation they had to furnish q de.
scrlption of the dead woman.
Two Brattleboro women volunteered
the information they had seen q
middle-aged woman, wearing a green
and-tan ensemble, while they were
picking June pinks" Wednesday
mile from the spot where the body
was found.
Believed Clubbed to Death.
Olson and Medical Referee Arthur
Weston agreed the woman was slain
before being burned. Probably, they
asserted, she had been clubbed to
death.
They expressed the opinion that
empty shells found near the body had
been exploded by the fire and not fired
from gun.
Revenge, Investigators Surmised,
might have been the motive for the
battling crime. Such a motive, they
said, was the only plausible one, judg-
ing from clues discovered to date.
The woman was described as be-
tween SO and so years old; height be-
tween 4 feet II inches and feet 2;
weight from 90 to lis pounds, slight
chest and narrow feet, with streaks Of
gray In dark brown hair.
Evening star., 1936-05-23

of the District
Chapter, Rain
bow Division Vet
Grams, to be held
at 10 o'clock to-
night in the
Continental Ho-
tel.
The officials
invited to attend
include Commis-
sioner Melvin c.
aazen, Pol1ce
Supt. Ernest w.
Brown and Fire
Chief Charles e.
Schrom. All Of
fhaYsa al0ran with
Evening star., 1936-05-23
SURVEY0RSCALLED
IN FATAL SHOOTING
Jurisdiction in Dispute When
Question Arises Over Spot
Victim Met Death.
BY the Associated Press.

BY tnc ASooclateo fre1e.
TAZEWELL, Va, May 23.--County
authorities began . survey today In
an attempt to fix the exact spot on
which J. Rufus Smith, Tazewell Jus
tice OF the peace, was shot and killed
Wednesday night.
Three men, one charged with the
actual killing, have been freed on bail
pending determination of whether
Tazewell or Buchanan County mas
Jurisdiction. One version of the
shooting given authorities places 1t
In the extreme western end of Taze.
well County, IS feet from the Bu-
chanan line.
Charged with the actual killing Il
Oliver Compton, Buchanan County
game warden. He Is free in $4,000
bail for appearance before Trial JUS
tice A. G. Peery May 20.
Lee Mckinney and Mckinley Hon
aker, companions of Compton and
witnesses Of the affair, have been re-
leased by police after questioning
failed to implicate them directly.
Smith was slain, his daughter in.
law said, when he asked the three
men to move an automobile and let
him pass. An argument followed by
shooting ensued, she said.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
VIRGINIA SETS UP
SAFETY PROGRAM
Permanent Status Given
Executive Committee
by Conference.
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, May ga cam
paign designed to put into effect sug.
gestions for reducing Virginia,s auto-
mobile and industrial death and In
Jury toll was agreed upon at the
closing meeting here yesterday Of the
second annual State wide safety con-
ference.
The Executive Committee, headed
by John Q. Rhodes, motor vehicle
division director. was given . perma-
nent status by vote Of the conference.
Rhodes was directed to notify o61cials
In each community represented Of
the proposals advanced 1T the con.
ference for better trafnc Observance.
enforcement and safety promotion.
and to urge each town, city and
county to take positive and vigorous
action in order to save life and prop.
erty."
Judge w. B. Spindle, jr., Of Norfolk
said that . place would be found for
enforcement officers on next years
program and police chiefs, trial Jus
tices, sheriffs and commonwealth
attorneys viii be urged to attend.
Parking Elimination Urged.
Elimination of parking in business
sections was advocated by Roscoe A.
Foster of the Portsmouth Navy Yard,
representing the international Fire
Chiefs Association. He termed it
ridiculous" for municipalities to ex-
pend large sums for fire equipment
If such equipment, responding to fires,
finds automobiles parked on either
side Of the street and street cars In
the center.
All taxpayers Of . city pay the
cost Of building and maintaining
public streets" Foster asserted. Space
in front Of stores does not belond
to merchants nor to . few motorists
who indulge In all day or half day
parking at public expense.
Frenen doing their duty are being
killed because IRE equipment does not
have space to operate on contested
streets. To my mind the situation
Is Just as ridiculous a. II we per.
mitted the flrst ships to arrive to
block all access to Norfolks harbor."
Pedestrian Safety Plans.
Prof. William Junkin Cox Of Yale
urged a strong program of educa-
ton to force the observance of trafic
laws by an Indifferent or unwill-
ing minority"
He listed for members of the con-
ference called by Gov. Peery three
Ideas for promoting pedestrian
safety, they were:
1. The formulation of a consistent
theory OF the respective rights of
pedestrians and other street users
ana OF their mutual obligations, and
sne expression Of this theory in def.
mite rules Of conduct, 1. e., In wise and
lair traffic laws and regulations.
2. After a consistent theory Of
highway use has been formulated and
enacted into law the theory and laws
embodyng it must be understood and
accepted by the great mass of those
who are to use the highway under its
provisions.
3. After rules that are fair and In
the best interest of the greatest num-
Der have been worked out and have
been made known to and have been
accepted by the great bulk of the pop-
ulation, their observance by an indif-
1erent or unwilling minority must be
secured"
Evening star., 1936-05-23
BY the Associated Press,

BARLOW, Fla, May 23.-Moving
down from the bench to q seat beside
the six shirt-sleeved jurors, Judge
Robert T. Dewel1 today delivered his
charge in the Shoemaker hogging trial.
He told the intent jurors that evi-
dence adduced in the six-week trial
was the only basis on which to de-
eide whether five former policemen
kidnapped Eugene r. Poulnot last Mo-
vember 80. Poulnot and two other
labor organizers, one Of whom, Joseph
Shoemaker, later died, were seized
outside the Tampa police station, taken
to O woods and whipped, tarred and
feathered.
The Judge charged the jurors they
were sole judges of the credibility Of
witnesses whom the defense had Wig
orously assailed as perjurers.
If you have reasonable doubt that
the defendants intended to secretly
condne or ir1prison said Poulnot you
Evening star., 1936-05-23
MRS. CARRIE BORNHEIM,
O. E. S. LEADER, DIES
Was Past Worthy Grand Matron
of Local Chapter-Funeral
Tomorrow.

Mrs. Carrie Bornheim, past worthy
grand matron Of the Grand Chapter,
Order of the Eastern Star of the Dis
trict, and former Washington resident
for many years, died Thursday in
Kansas City, Mo-, after long illness.
Mrs. Bornheim, who was about rs,
left here approximately six years ago
and had been living with her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Maur-
Ice Saks, In Kansas City. Her husband
was the late william Bornheim. She
Is survived by her daughter and one
grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. tomorrow at Hines funeral
home, 290l Fourteenth street. Spe-
cial services viii be conducted by the
Grand Chapter, o. E. s. Burial will
be in the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-05-23

Lodge, are members of the Commit
tee on Awards for the Rainbow d.
vision Veterans Medals OF Valor.
The medals are to be awarded 70
District policemen, firemen ana CIVIL
ians who perform heroic deeds.
James R. DAILY has been named
chairman of the Decorations Com
mittee for the occasion.
Evening star., 1936-05-23
RICHMOND NATIVE DIES
AFTER ILLNESS IN CHINA
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONGKONG, China, May 23.-Ed-
ward OFT Drake, So. South China
manager for the British American
Tobacco Co. Of China and q native
OF Richmond, Va, died Of pneumonia
here last night.
Mrs. Drake and their two children,
Nicholas and Mary, en- route to the
United States, were informed Of the
death at Kobe, Japan, and planned
to return here. Funeral arrange
ments will be made after Mrs. Drake
arrives.
Drake had spent 30 years In China
with his firm and was widely known
among American tobacco men. His
headquarters were at Shanghai He
had planned a trip to the United
States soon.
Besides his widow and children, he
Is survived by a sister, Mrs. James !.
Pritchard Of Danville, Va, and a
brother, John L. Drake, Wilmington,
Del. Another sister, Mrs. James Cecil
Of New York, died two years ago.