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CHANGE IN SCHOOL
THEORIES ADVISED
Virginia Educator Says
Learning, Not Teaching,
Should Be Emphasized.

Emphasis in schools should be shift
Cd from teaching to learning, DR..
Fred Alexander. Virginia educator, told
the final general session of the Junior
High School Conference at the Lang
ley Junior High yesterday.
L have seen lot of teaching 60
on in some places without any cor
responding learning" he remarked
Speaking on the prospectus for the
future of the junior high, Dr. Alexan-
der suggested formulation of guiding
philosophy through criticism of pres
ent practices and the change of these
practices in terms of the adopted point
Of view.
The school should be a society-cen-
tered institution, instead of merely
cbild-centered or ubject-centered, he
said, the society -centered school being
combination of the other two.
Panel of Four Speaks.
panel of four also addressed the
group OF several hundred teachers and
educators. Paul A. Carr, professor of
history at Wilson Teachers College.
stressed the Importance of the class
room teacher in junior high school
improvement Margarietta Collins,
principal of GWynn's Fall Park, Balti-
more, suggested that the present tend
ency to let the child get an exaggerated
Idea OF his own Importance and that
the effort should be made to fit him
tor place in society.
j. Carey Taylor, assistant superin-
tendent OF schools in Baltimore, cau-
TONED that the best-laid plans do not
always lead to the goal desired, and
suggested improvement in the Junior
nigh school as it now is. John B.
Whitelaw of the George Washington
University School of Education praised
the Virginia junior high school plans
outlined by DR.. Alexander as philos-
ophy built on fact.
Glee Club Entertains.
The session was opened by selections
by the Powell Junior High School
Boys Glee Club, directed by Thelma
H. Tawney.
Addressing banquet at the Raleigh
0SA Aooo AAsiI lIldt pTOugnL tne Two
Gay conference to a close, Inspector
l.. G. Schilder of the Federal Bureau
OF Investigation told Of the large part
youth plays in the crime of today.
He quoted figures to show that one
out OF every five arrested, finger
printed or charged with an offense is
juvenile, and pointed out the value
OF preventive measures. He also spoke
extensively on flnger-print records
The banquet group was entertained
by the Eliot Junior High Boys Glee
Club and soloists. DR.. Chester w.
Holmes, assistant superintendent in
charge OF Junior high schools, pre-
sided at both the session and the ban
quet.
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Coroner Ricketts, said the autopsy
showed the bullet entered below hef
left breast and ranged upward piercing
her heart.
Denhardt, acting on advice of his
counsel, refused to testify at a coroner's
inquest, which was adjourned indefl-
nitely when the general was suddenly
arrested on murder warrant sworn
out by Dr. E. S. Carr, LAGRANGE,
brother of the dead woman.
A Henry County grand jury indicted
Denhardt for murder on November 20.
In an interview in Louisville Denhardt
said: Il didn't fire the shot that
killed her. I couldn't have done such
thing. I loved her too much and we
were happy together until this dread
full thing happened" The generals
trial was originally set for January
25. but was postponed until the April
term of Henry Circuit Court.
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Race horses at Newmarket England,
will be supplied with gas masks.
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R|NG[|NG'S ESTATE
lis STATE PROBLEM.
Legislature Must Decide
Whether Florida or Sara.
sofa Gets Gift.
By the Associated Press,

SARASOTA, Fla, April 1.-THE
status Of Florida's legal orphan'-the
vast estate left by John Ringing, the
circus magnate-is one of the prob
lens confronting the State Legislature,
Ringing, the last of the seven
brothers OF circus fame, willed his
entire estate, including the John and
Mable Ringing Art Museum and his
palatial residence, to Florida before
his death last December.
But he added an alternative clause
providing that the estate become the
property OF the city OF Sarasota in
the event the State declined the gift.
Attorney General Lands recon-
mended acceptance Of the property by
the State.
Representative John L. Early of
Sarasota introduced bill asking the
State to relinquish its claims so that
the museum and residence will 70 to
the city Of Sarasota.
Lands said Ringing planned the
gift to the State so the museum could
be used for the benefit of the youth
OF Florida and Of the Southern
States" He wanted 1t to become q
unit Of the University of Florida and
the Florida State College for Women,
The museum and its contents have
been valued as high as $4,000, 900.
In one section Of the museum are
two crypts-reportedly gold lined
where the bodies Of Ringing and his
first wife ultimately will be placed.
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Court
Continued From Page B-1)

Judge Scott, another member of the
same court, told the committee yester-
day he would like to see the measure
passed. Former Judge James A. Cobb
also has favored it.
Koenigsberger, in favoring the bill
told the committee persons seeking tn
settle small claims should not be suh-
1ected to the philanthropy of the
legal aid members of the bar who
have volunteered to render free serv-
Ice at the court.
H. Clay Espey testified he WAS
heartily in favor of the basic idea Of
the plan, but thought the bill should
be general in its terms, with au-
thority vested in the court to make
1.-The detailed rules for carrying it out.
Chairman King asked him to submit
the form of legislation he would
suggest.
- Phillip w. Austin said he indorsed
the bill as it now stands in its en-
tirety. In the course of his testi.
mony, he criticized Judge George G.
Aukam, presiding Judge of Municipal
Court, implying that the jurist had
encouraged objections to the small
claims plan by several lawyers who
had called up former president of
the Bar Association some time ago
to give their views. Senator King
interrupted 70 state he did not re-
gard the testimony as relevant, or
fair with Judge Aukam not present
Other Views Heard.
Harry S. Wender, favoring passage
Of the bill, said bar association legal
aid service is excellent, but Is not q
substitute for the small-claims pro-
posal.
Hilland, in opposing the bill, called
It unnecessary. He said the Municipal
Court Is up-to-date with its work,
and believed it would impair the
efficiency Of the court.
Judge Bissell told the committee the
small-claims system has worked well
''in protecting the rights Of the
humble" since its establishment in
New York City in 1894. He preferred
the $50 limit on jurisdiction, how
ever.
Sullivan contended the District a.
= ready has 4 small-claims co,lrt
worthy Of emulation in the States
and said the bill would complicats and
confuse present procedure.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
DENHARDT TRIAL
T00PEN TUESDAY
Kentucky Veteran and Poll
tician Charged With Mur-
der of FianCee.

BACKGROUND
Mrs. Verna Carr Taylor, ,pidoD
and mother of t,ro girls, was found
shot in roadside ditch in Henry
County, KY, NoDember S. 1886.
She DaS the fancee of Brig. Gen.
Henry H. Denhardt, Uhose serpice
repoluer 1DdS found BY her side. He
stated she committed suicide be-
cause OF worry oDer her tdn,ily's
objections to her n1drryinq him.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW CASTLE, KY, April l7.-Brig.
Gen. Henry H. Denhardt, 6l-year-old
veteran OF many military and political
skirnishes, will be called to trial Tues
day in Henry Circuit Court on a
charge Of numbering his attractive 40
year-old fiancee, Verna Carr TAYLOR,
A change of venue will be asked,
attorneys for the defense say, but the
State. Commonwealth Attorney H. B.
Kinsolving declares, will vigorously op-
pose any such move.
Denhardt served Kentucky as Lieu
tenant Governor and as adjutant gen.
eral. The shooting occurred several
miles from the Oldham County farm,
where he retired after resigning as
adjutant general few months before
his term under former Gov. Ruby
Laffoon expired. He was cited for
bravery overseas during the World
War.
Divorced in 1898.
previous marriage by Denhardt
ended in divorce in 1888 after 80
years.
Both sides agree that If the defense
loses its request for change of venue
the trial probably will extend 10 days
to two weeks, as long list of wit
nesses, including blood and ballistics
experts, has been subpoenaed.
Since his release on bond in De-
cember, Denhardt has divided his
time between his farm adjoining Old
ham County and his former home in
Bowling Green.
The Commonwealth has yet to show
the full strength of its case. A habeas
corpus hearing ended abruptly after
six witnesses had been called and the
general was released under 5000
bond. The habeas corpus action was
taken after the defense had fought to
be allowed to see exhibits impounded
by the Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth has discounted
the suicide theory from the start and
several days after the shooting ordered
paraffln tests made of Gen. Denhardt' s
hands in an effort to determine
whether he had fired a gun recently.
No report on the test has been made
public. Similar tests on the hands
of Mrs. Taylor were negative, Coroner
D. l., Ricketts, said.
Heart Pierced by Bullet.
The State, in a surprise move sew
eral days after Mrs. Taylor had been
buried, dug the body up one night
and had an autopsy performed.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Walks Far, Sees Little.

The average housewife walks about
5 miles daily performing her house.
hold duties.
Evening star., 1937-04-18

governments, mill owners and work.
ers from ~ nations.
Secretary Perkins applauded the
"frankness and candor" with which
the conferees tackled controversial
problems.
Green, saying he admired the abil.
ity OF the delegates to reach unani-
nous agreements, asserted Il should
like to apply your formula for unani-
NOUS approval in the family Of labor
right now"
An advocate OF an 'international
N. r. A." for the textile industry,
Winant said:
Governments singly, within their
own borders. and governments sever-
ally, through cooperative action,
must share responsibility with en-
ployers and workers If We are to find
greater security for investors and
workers in the textile industry
Describing it as highly competi-
tive industry, he said: In world Of
monopolies and cartels it generally re-
ceives for its investment and workers
less than its fair share of the national
income and international profits"
As measures for improving the So
cial and economic status of persons
engaged in the textile industry, Win
ant recommended international con-
sideration of minimum wages, control
of hours, the right Of labor to organize
the need of social legislation, the use
of trade agreements and tariffs.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
WAGE PROTECTION
URGED BY W|NANT
Tells Textile Conference
Nations Must Act to
Help Worker.
Bs the Associated Press,

3
John j. Winant. president Of the
First World Textile Conference, told
the closing session of the meeting
yesterday at the Departmental Audi
torium that world powers must share
the responsibility Of protecting CAPT.
tai and labor in the textile industry.
In the struggle Of competitive tex
tile nations Of world markets, Winant
said, wages have been used As q
weapon for war"
Socially We cannot permit the sac
rifice Of the textile worker to give
unfair advantage to those who are
willing to disregard his welfare for
profit" he added.
Secretary of Labor Perkins and
President William Green Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor also spoke
at the closing session.
The conference, opening April 2,
was attended by representatives Of
Evening star., 1937-04-18
1900 MINERS SIT DOWN
IN POLISH STRIKE WAVE
slles1an Govorner Intervenes.
Calling Delegates From
Coal Sections.

By the Associated Press.
KATOWICE, Poland, April IL
Poland's strike wave continued un-
abated today, with 1,500 miners sitting
down in the government-owned Mos
cicki coal mine.
The men demanded better working
conditions and tied up all operations.
At the Andalusia mine in Brzeziny,
however, "slt-down" employees ended
a one-day strike after receiving assur-
anoes labor conditions would be i'm
proved.
The strike here brought Intervention
by the Polish Silesian governor
Michael Grazynski Instructed to bring
. the strike wave in Polish coal territory
under control, he called a conference
OF delegates from numerous mines.
Rising costs of living in Poland have
brought scores of strikes.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
.TALMADGE'S SON WEDS

NEW YORK, April II (P.-Herman
Talmadge OF Atlanta, Ga, son of the
, former Governor, and Miss Kathryn
Williamson of Jamesport, Long Island,
were married at "the Little Church
Around the Corner" today.
The couple met last year, when Miss
Williamson was a student at the Uni
versity OF Georgia, Talmadge, an at
torney, also attended the university.
Evening star., 1937-04-18

DraWing q bead on you in the
abOUe picture is Senoritd Celia
Villa, daughter OF the famous
Mexican general, Pancho
Villa, romantic Merican fig
ure. She drriUed in Chicago
, last week to join the Hagen
beck Wallace Circus as q coD-
girl and Wild West rider. Miss
Villa Dds educated in An,eri-
can schools and has been HU-
ing more recently In Merico
City. 1t is her first appearance
1Oith q circus.
Wide World Photo.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Finds Profit in Onion Patch.

VANDAL1A, III. (P).-When Mrs.
M. L. Staff, Bluff City housewife,
looked over her Winter onion patch
she found $40 in clear profit among
the onion tops. She figured it must
have been lost by some motorist on the
nearby highway. 1t was two $40 bills.
Evening star., 1937-04-18

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
38 LOSE CITIZENSHIP
Eight Children Among Group
Penalized by Nazis.

BERLIN, April II R.-Thirty-
eight anti-NaM Germans, including
eight children from to years old,
were deprived Of citizenship in an Of
fetal decree today
They are relatives Of a group who
lost their citizenship two days ago for
acting detrimentally to the Reich's
interests" Action has been taken
against l35 persons since Thursday.
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BIRTHS

Harry and Ruth Dixon. boy.
Edward and Virginia Robey, boy.
Arthus and Marjorie Harding, girl
Carl and zilpah Lassitsr, girl.
John and Lydia Bowen. girl twins
Raymond and Mary LanEhorne' boy
Joe and Toma Ball, boy.
Wilson and Evelyn Row. girl.
Raleigh and Naomi Baum, girl.
Jewell and Ruth Sullivan, boy
Elmer and Jeanette Justh, boy.
William and Frances LoveJoy, girl.
Kermit and Dorothy Hansen, girl.
Gerassinnos and Valley Geafers, girl
William and Elizabeth Broadbent' girl
Percy and Olive Smith, girl
James and Winifred Yates, girl.
Arthur and Gayle Briggs, boy.
Paul and Josephine Sullivan, girl.
Edgar and Juliette Moore. boy.
John and Dorothy Hardy, boy.
Michael and Alvina Murphy, girl
Marshall and Christine Pilkerton, girl.
Perry and Eleanor Burbank boy.
Edward and Katherine Sheehan, boy
Douglas v and Verla Dunlap, girl
Clayton and Ann Thratt, BOY.
Cleveland and Myrtle Coates, girl
Severine and Mary Leoffler, girl
John and Jane Dorsey, girl.
Joseph and Anita Rickett, boy.
Robert and Hilda Brickman, boy.
Charles and Sara Swartz, boy.
Percy and Eleanor Batten, boy.
Elmer and Doris Marceron, girl
william and Ethel Walker, girl.
Hamilton and Alice Sweeney, girl.
Nelson and Dorothy Skogland. boy.
George and Margaret Sheaffer. boy
Leo and Mary Janezeck. girl.
Hugh and Anna owens, girl
Edward ana Esther Ahearn, boy.
charles and Mabel Potter. boy.
Lyle and Elsie Parratt, girl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-02
SEEK INCREASE
INU. S.PAY

Federal employees identified with
the United Government Employees,
Inc, were making plans today for
a mass meeting to be held Friday
evening in the auditorium of the
Garnet Patterson Junior High
School, Tenth and U Streets North
west, to demand higher wages for
all Government workers.
President Edgar G. Brown called
the meeting following his return
from the Green Pastures Camp
Conference, which demanded the
same wage scale for identical work
throughout the country, without
regard for geographical considera-
tons.
It also was announced today that
the U. G. E., through its president,
would petition Senator Royal S.
Copeland CD of New York, as
chairman of a subcommittee in
charge Of the Army Appropriation
Bill, to support an amendment
adopted by the House increasing
the pay of colored laundry work
ers in the United States and in
Sular possessions.
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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES

>Pl. n; W, and Dorothy L. Brown a.
coTh:SeTs X w. eF'' w. M Zulu ssis
McManus. 81, Of 1910 sixteenth St. N. w
John D. Kohler, rs, of 1913 Lanier
Pl. N. w. and Eleanor D. Kohler' e.
Of Pittsburgh, Pa.
VILE Rd., Silver Spring, Md, and Marie
oyler. IS. Of the Kennedy-warren Apart
Oscar B. Click, 20, of 1859 Harvard
st. N. w, and Sally L. Goldberg, "a
of Youngstown. Ohio.
George w. McGlincy, 20, Of Herndon'
Va, and Anna F. Smith. is. of SterlinE'
william A. Wine. a.. and Matte E.
Eugene K. Heineman. rs, and Irene
L. Weiss. %. both of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rondell C. Bebelheimer, 20. OF Port
Carbon, Pa, and Pearl v. Neithamer'
James H. Smith, 30 of Columbia.
S. C., and Margaret A. White. 20. of
Toledo, Ohio.
n Lorraine 8. s; LaRus, 20 Of SSH Pin TfI,
son, 25, of Silver. Spring. Nd.
Joseph H. Skinner. 20, Of sos Della
field Pl N. w. and Helen E. Sanford,
81, of 1927 Illinois Ave. N. w.
Robert H. Mercer, "a, Of sol Tucker,
90. of 1889 Kennedy st. N, W.
Alfred G. QUARREL. a. Of 2411
Eighteenth st. N. W., ana Elizabeth C.
T. Lowe, SO, of 2311 Massachusetts, Ave.
N. w.
Robert L. Simpson, rs, Of 5417
Twenty-eiEhth st. N. W., and Virginia
G. Kekenes, 20. Of 4725 Colorado Ave.
N. W.
DR.. Elkin c. Wilson. 3s, of the Dodge
Hotel. and Mary j. Schmotzer, 80, Of
Chicago, Ill.
Robert w. Waters, 20, and Ruth L.
Jackson, 22, both Of Takoma Park, Nd.
William H. Russell, Jr., rs, and Eunice
John P. Hughes. a. of Crookton,
Mimi, and Isobel NJ. Lambert, 81, of
$3.50 Colorado Ave. N. w.
Emmanuel NJ. Cavaliere. 90, of 6212
Georgia Ave. N. W., and Marguerite A.
Joseph B. Kennedy 81, Of 100 Mass
achusetts Ave. N. W., and Minnie A.
Coucoules, 90, Jacksonville, Fla.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-02
GASCH NAMED
AIDE T0SEAL

Appointment of Oliver NJ. Gasch.
81, as an assistant Corporation
Counsel to succeed Raymond F..
Sparks, resigned, was announced
today by Corporation Counsel FL
wood Seal.
Sparks submitted his resignation
last weeG to enter the private prac-
tice of law. He will be associated
with the firm of Hewes. Prettymaa
& Await.
Seal also announced that AS
sistant Corporation Counsel F.
Glenn Simmon, who was ap-
pointed last September, will be
brought from the Police Court
staff to the District Building and
assigned to duties formerly per-
formed by Sparks. The change
also will bring a salary increase
for Simmon from $4,000 to $4,000
a year.
Gasch, member of the legal
staff of the Capital Transit Com
pany, is son Of Herman E. Gasch,
local real setate operator He is a
graduate of Princeton University
and George Washington University
Law School. He has been a mem
Der of the District Bar since 1881.
Meanwhile Commissioner George
E. Allen. who has jurisdiction over
the Corporation Counsel's Office,
announced that Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Rice Hooe. whose
resignation has been demanded by
Seal. will be given a hearing by
the Commissioners.
Fighting the custer demand,
Hooe, who is in charge of the Cor
poration Counsel's Office at Police
Court, filed petition with the city
heads yesterday requesting a re-
view of his record in an effort to
defeat Seals demand.
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Doris F|eeson Heads
NeWswomen's Club

Members Of the Women's Ma
tional Press Club last night elected
Doris Fleeson, Washington CORE
spondent for the New York Daily
News, their president for the COM
ing year. She succeeds Mary Horn.
aday, of the Christian Science
Monitors local bureau.
Miss Fleeson won the election by
IL votes from Jackie Martin, pic
ture editor of the Washington
Herald. Other news officers are
Helen Atwater. editor of the Jour.
nal of Home Economics, first vice
president; Helen Essary, author OF
the column Nov" in the Wash
ington Times, second vice. presl-
dent; Dorothy P. Howerth. special
writer, treasurer; Hope Rulings
Miller, of the Washington Post.
corresponding secretary, and VIZ
gila Stephens, OF the Washington
Head, recording secretary.
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THIRD DIVISION
VETS TO MEET

The Washington Branch, No. 7,
Society of the Third Division, will
hold its monthly meeting at the
Wardman Park Hotel tonight at 8
o'clock.
AL men who saw atcion in the
Battle of the Marine are invited to
attend.
Meanwhile regimental head
quarters are being established for
the annual convention in July, and
President Wotier has issued a
statement urging all members to
get in touch with the secretary OF
their regiment.
The secretaries are as follows:
Col. Rice w. Means, Fourth 1nfan'
try, Wardman Park Hotel; Major
Itaai Luke, Tenth Field Artillery
218 Elm ST., Chevy Chase, Md;
Lieut.. Col. Ralph c. Bishop, Eight
zenith Field Artillery, 3701 s st,
N. W.; w. A. Shoemaker, Seventy.
sixth Field Artillery, 1911 Twenty
fifth Pl. N. E.; Lieut.. Col. Fred l..
Walker, Thirtieth Infantry, Army
War College; Major VIM. F. Free
hot, Thirty-eighth Infantry, Fort
George Meade, Md; DR.. S. M. Gray
son, Eighth Machine Gun Bat
talon, 5701 Kansas Ave; w. A.
Link, Sixth Engineers, Landover,
Md; Lieut.. Col. T. K. Spencer.
GO, Kennedy-Warren Apartments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-02
NEW ELEVATOR
CODE READY

Standing as q memorial to 10.
year-old Harvey Crowell. who
plunged to his death in an elevator
shaft in March, 1896, q revised
code, aiming toward safer install
lation and operation of elevators in
the District, was made public to-
day.
The new code was drafted by a
special committee, composed OF
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
H. S. Bishop, Chairman; Building
Inspector John w. Oehmann, AS
sistant Corporation Counsel Ed
ward w. Thomas and John A.
Dickinson, elevator expert Of the
Bureau of Standards.
Under the new code, automatic
elevators must be constructed so
that when swinging doors are in
stalled the space between the
landing door and the elevator
door cannot be more than u inch
and when automatic doors are in
stalled the space between the
shaft and the sliding door may
be not more than 21a inches.
The revised code is ia single
typed pages in length. It will be
the subject Of a publish hearing
on June %. The committee fol.
lowed as closely as possible the
provisions Of the 1886 American
Standard Safety Code in drafting
the new regulations.
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DEATHS

Harriet Tinsley, 81. Home for AGED
James mes A. conley, rs, 1920 Monroe st
Thomas H. Robsy, rs, Little Sisters Of
the Poor. o,,, ryo.-
PIE: Jesse Robinson. SO, Providence Hos
pital.
Erthemeon caperell S. Emergency
Ann p. pabney. So, 1714 D st. s. E.
Cecilia A. Thomas So, Sibley Hospital.
Anna c. Doyle, 753 Ninth st. S. E.
Paul Neese, 4s, Gallinger Hospital.
Harry Flex, 4s, Emergency Hospital.
Michael A. Tassa. 3s, Gallinger Hos
Albert seEer. IS, sibIey Hospital.
Joseph Hicks. 32, Gallinger Hospital.
Frances Littlepage, /, 1929 Wyoming
Infant of Mary sealey, 4 days, siblsy
infant Of Nellie Pate hours, George
Washington University Hospital.
Otto G. Garages, IS, 3414 Quesada St
N. W.
Stephen H. Ford 81. st. ElizabethS
Hospital.
Michael c. Kelly. 81. Georgetown Hos
pital.
Absslom Waller, IT, 213s wyoming
Ave. y. W.
Bell Mcintosh, II. Emergency Hos
Sarah Cook, SIS. sibley Hospital.
Hillery L. Harris SIS, S22 Maryland
Edward A. Sutton. 81, 1850 Wisconsin
Ave. N w.