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SLUM CLEARANCE
FUNDS ALLOTTED
95 Communities to Share
in Programme. c. in
Line for Cash,

Tho number of local communities
Participating in the Governments
$500 100000 slum clearance and low
rent housing program reached IS to-
day with the last ear-marking of
$23. 100000 for 16 local housing au-
thorities.
To date Administrator Nathan
6traus of the United States Housing
Authority has set aside a total of
$S57.778,000 for cities in % States
and Hawaii
Fourteen communities which have
not heretofore participated in the
slum clearance program were reserved
funds as follows: Admission, Ala,
$4,000: Los Angeles County. Calf,
$5,000.000 Oakland Calf, $4,000, 900;
Columbus, Ga, $850.000; Rome, Ga.
$540000; Marion, Ind, $500,000;
Richmond. Ind, s600,000; Lexington,
KY. sl,35o,0O0; North Bergen, N. j.,
100000; Spartansburg, S. c., $780,
600; Brownsville. Tex, $500,000; Cor
pus Christi. Tex, $750.000: Dallas,
Tex, $3,o00,000, and Waco, Tex,
100000
Columbia, S. c., and Covington, KY,
two cities which previously had re-
ceived ear-markings, were promised
additional amounts of 100000 and
Sl,300,000, respectively.
THE demands of cities for Govern
ment loans to clear their slums and
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build low-rent dwellings are coming
in so fast that funds now available fol
ear-marking are rapidly nearing ex-
haustion," Administrator Straus said
Funds will be made available to
local housing authorities only after
President Roosevelt has approved for
NAL contracts. Contracts totaling
$53, ,493, 900 have been signed to date
for nine cities, and additional con-
tracts will be submitted to the PreSi-
dent in q few days.
The District of Columbia is ex-
pected to fall into line with other
large cities in the East soon, II and
when Congress finally approves a
pending bill authorizing the local al
ley dwelling authority, which is an In
dependent Federal agency. to borrow
funds from Administrator Straus.
Baltimore, one of the first cities to put
in its bid, has $23 3,0o0, 900 reserved for
several sites which the city intends to
clear.
Evening star., 1938-05-27
TWO PLEAD GUILTY
TO NUMBERS CHARGE

Two colored men, arrested In the
janitor's quarters In the basement Of
an apartment building in the 1900
block of wyoming avenue NV, plead
ed guilty to operating lottery when
arraigned before United States Com
missioner Needham c. Turnage yester-
day afternoon. A third man. charged
with a like offense, pleaded not guilty
and the case against him was dis
missed with the understanding he
would appear as a Government witness
when he is needed.
Those held, with bond set at 81 500
each. were Oliver c. Carter, the jani-
tor, and William Waugh, Of the 1400
block of D street NE. The man re-
leased was William p Washington of
the 800 block of w street NV.
Carter and Waugh substantiated
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charges of the vice squad and Deputy
United States Marshal Charles H.
Ward that Carter had been writing
numbers and Waugh was the pickup
man. Washington said he wrote one
number on q blank slip Of paper be-
cause he knew Carter had been writ
Evening star., 1938-05-27

ing them and the latter was not pres
ent at the time an undercover man
appeared at the apartment to make a
play.
Police seized. they said, seven used
number books, two numbers guides,
one dream book q card showing num-
bers hits" and quantity Of numbers
slips.
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Crunchy Nut Brittle

Something good to MUNICH on while lounging or
playing; while waiting, driving or riding. Priced
by the pound and packed in one-pound Vitopock
tins for tostv freshness
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dawn BURGLAR
BUSY IN TAKOMA

TAKOMA PARK, Md, Jan. "a.
Police were on the lookout there
today for a dawn burglar" as
reports of early morning house.
breakings brought the total to
more than IL in the "last two
months.
Because Of the similarity of the
robberies police believe they were
perpetrated by the same thief. In
each case entrance has been
gained by means Of an unlocked
door or window between and 8
a. m, and the thief has made
away with small amounts of cash
or jewelry after rifling closets and
bureau drawers.
Most recent Of the houSebreak.
ings were reported by C. w. Irwin
Of S Manor Circle, and Henry c.
Clark, of 218 Maple Ave. The
burglars biggest haul" consisted
of $13 in cash and a $40 ring,
stolen from N. o. Whitelaw, who
resides with his brother, j. T.
Whitelaw, at 221 Willow Ave.
r. C. Yates, of 9 Allegheny Ave-,
recently reported his home was
entered and wrist watch stolen.
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EAvESDROPPINC
VERDICT TODAY

DENVER, Jan. "a Q.N.S0.-A
sealed verdict in, the sensational
State House dictaphone case was
to be opened in district court here
today.
The jury announced it had
reached a decision governing the
defendants, charged with caves,
dropping and maintaining a
public nuisance for installing hid,
den dictaphones in the offices Of
Gov. Teller Ammons and the
apartment of Frederick E. Dick
erson, lobbyist, and attaching
them to recording machines.
Defendants are Walden E.
Sweet, former reporter for a
Denver newspaper; Jack Gilmore,
special investigator, and Erl Ellis,
former bar head now suspended
from practice after admitting
leadership in installing the
machines.
Disclosures Of the dictaphone
coup resulted in a political sensa-
ton and brought about nine in.
dictmentS, three against members
Of the Colorado legislature, for
bribery.
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5 men DROWNED
BENEATH ICE AS
AUTO BREAKS IN

ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick,
Jan. "a Q.N.S).-On1y one man
was alive today of a party Of six
returning from a week end at a
Lake Chamcook camp. The others
drowned in the lake when their
car crashed through the ice.
William Craig, go, host at the
camp, was driving the sedan, lost
his bearings and turned onto the
lake.
Joseph Gibson got out through
window, came UP once under
the ice, fought his way to a hole
broken through by the car and
pulled himself to safety. He ran
more than a mile to get help.
But when rescue party reached
the spot there was no sign Of Craig
Albert Storrr, 10; Louis Hivon, SIS;
Ralph Howe, 40; or Carten Nc
Curdy, "a.
Several hours later, the party of
nearly 200 searchers recovered the
bodies Of the drowned men where
they had been trapped beneath
the ice,
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Fiction boasts nothing more
strange than the bridging of that
gulf by six Rangerettes, members
of a widely known girl orchestra,
who were settling today into the
routine Of the Blessed Sacrament
Convent here as noviceS.
QUALMS ARE ABSENT
The irrevocable step was taken
by Mrs. w. Jones and her four
pretty daughters, Dorothy, Eve,
lyn, Hazelbon, and Gladys, along
with Willeen Gray.
without a qualm, the six laid
aside their boots and bangles
their wide-brimmed Stetsons and
bright kerchiefs for the somber
rustling robes, thin black wells
white Starched collars and cuffs
Of the religious order.
Miss Jerry McRae, left a band
leader without a band by their
decision, explained today that her
erstwhile followers had lon 6
planned the step.
"It was something they
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thought about for years." she
said. mo matter where we
were playing they insisted on
going to mass Sunday morning.
Many a time we played all night,
and then they'd go right in
their Rangerette costumes.
1--WE must have looked a wild
lot in those big hats and clump-
ing boots, with our makeup still
on, but those Irish girls and
their mother, and Willeen, too,
were just as devout as any of
the rest of them"
For eight years under Miss Nc
Rae the six had played in nigh
clubs, dance halls, and on thu
stage principally in the Southwest
in addition to one successful en-
gagament in Honolulu. OF theh
step, she said:
Power to them all; they're
a grand bunch of troupers. And
I guess even God can't ask any
more than that"
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EARLIEST STRIKE
One Of the earliest strikes in the
United States was the strike of the
New York carriers in 1884.
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cash has come from so many
States in view of the business re-
cession as 20 remind Mr.. Nor
genthau again of the predica-
ment of the old woman in the
shoe. If this metaphor is mixed,
It Is no more 81 than the Treas
ury bookkeeping methods it dis
! closes.
! Watch closely, now, if you
want to see how it is done
! and your patient will be rewared
with as good an example OF the
use Of Treasury pencils and eras-
ers as you will ever find, to wit:
WIHEN the money comes IN
w from the pay roll taxes, Mr..
Morgenthau does not put it IN
the cupboard but in his cash
drawer. Then he issues an lou.
against the cash box, puts the
lou. in the unemployment in
Surance fund cupboard, spends
the money for battleShipS, sal
aries, or for whatever is needed,
and goes blithely on his way
until a recession comes and the
unemployed want back some Of
the money paid in taxes. Then
he has to figure out a way to
raise the money all over again.
In other words, the unemploy-
Hnent insurance fund is not a
fund or a reserve in actual prac-
tice. 1t does not contain money.
It just contains promises that
Mr.. Morgenthau's left hand
pants pocket will pay his right
hand pants pocket the cash
when the cash is needed-but
the cash he deposited in the left
hand pocket for that purpose
has already been spent.
If you consider that this money
really belongs to future unen-
ployed and that the Treasury is
really only the custodian of it.
you may begin to wonder how
they get away with it. The an
swer is, it is legal and the Social
Security Act practically directs
Mr.. Morgenthau to do it that
way, although, of course, the
Administration wrote the act
that way in the first place.
THE only reason Mr.. Morgen-
l. thau's cash-raising problem
Is just serious now instead of
critical, is because the fund has
just started and he does not
owe it much. Government policy
Is to keep around a billion dol
lars in cash in the drawer at all
times for emergencies. The de-
Inand from the unemployment
insurance fund this year has
been officially estimated at
$238, 100000 While it may be
more, there is yet no question
of his ability to meet the de-
mand, although he will have to
rejigger his financing arrange
mentS to do it.
Up to January /, he collected
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Street Car Slayer
Hunted in Chicago

CHICAGO, Jan. "a U.N.SO
Police today sought a lone gun.
man who boarded a street car here
and shot and killed the conductor
Truman H. Hammer, SO. Half a
dozen startled passengers heard
the four shots fro mthe rear plat.
form and utrned in time to see the
slayer leap from the car.
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Old Fort Studied
For New Hospital

Fort CREDIBLE, an old Civil War
fort, located at Nichols Avenue,
overlooking the Potomac, is under
consideration as the site for the
new Naval Hospital, it was under
stood today.
Covering 100 acres. the old fort
is in proximity to the Navy station
at Boiling Field, the Naval Air
Station and the Naval Research
Laboratories and Magazine at
Bellevue.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
Hawaii Romance
Ends in Marriage

PASADENA, Calf, Jan. "a
Q.N.S0.-ChmaXing a romance of
the Hawaiian Islands, Mrs. Helen
Dulany, formerly of Chicago, yes
terday was married to Atherton
Richards, official of a big pine.
apple company of Honolulu. They
will voyage to the islands on their
honeymoon soon.
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HAWAII, FEARFUL
OF MORE QUAKES,
EYESVOLCANOES

HILO, Hawaii, Jan. 24.-GN.
SJ-Although volcanologists be-
lieved the severe earthquakes
which rocked the Hawaiian Island
Saturday night were of subocean
origin, a sharp watch was main
tanned today on Hawaii's famed
volcanic craters - Kilauea and
Mauna Loa.
Seisnologists estimated the cpl
center of the quakes as $50 miles
south of the islands.
The Dollar Liner President Cool
idge, 1856 miles at sea, reported
feeling both shocks, which came
at 1880 p. m. (12:35 a. m. Sunday
PST0.
Little damage was caused, al
though the quakes were the sharp
est felt in the islands for a decade.
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c e r tificateS"
lying on the
shelf. But Mr..
M o rgenthau
cannot f e e d
n on negotia-
BILE securities
to the States
or the unem-
ployed. They
W a n t b a C k
some of the
long green
c sh h y
paid in.
This unex-
. C t e d d E.
m and fOE
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100000 in unemployment
insurance taxes, spent the money
and gave the insurance fund
these unemployment trust fund
certificates bearing interest at
the rate Of 21a per cent, most of
them maturing June 80, 1888.
His game IVES to meet those
maturities with a new issue Of
certificates when the present
ones come due. But now with
20 States and the District Of Co
lumbia demanding portions Of
the money, he is taking up the
necessary amount Of securities
with cash from the same old till.
What he will do when the fund
gets big and he is no longer able
to meet demands from his cash
box, is not very clear. It will
certainly have to be done by
new taxes or new increases in
the public debt to raise the same
money alI over again.
THE Treasury will tell you
l. quite frankly it intended to
use the fund (Which is expected
eventually to reach $4,000, ,000,-
O00) to pay off the public debt
(Which is now about $38,000,-
000,000.) In other words the
eventual purpose of the book
keeping hocus.pocus is to have
the national debt held by the
workers rather than the
bankers.
This may sound good, but not
a nickel of it has been used to
pay off any debt so far. It has
been used to conceal increases
in the public debt by creating
private Treasury debt. In effect
it conceals the curse Of spending
by postponing the day of reckon
ing.
It is quite obvious also that
none Of the income from unem-
ployment insurance taxes will
be used to retire debt until the
budget is balanced and you
know just as much as the Treas
ury about how soon that will be,
DUT that is not all. The Treas
~ ury, you will note, Is paying
the unemployment cupboard ~
per cent interest for the priv.
lege of this bookkeeping ar.
rangement. That is, it costs the
taxpayers 21a per cent interest
on the taxes they have already
paid to run this bookkeeping
Setup.
The Treasury says if it did not
raise money for its general
running expenses this way, it
would have to increase the pub
lie debt and pay the interest to
private holders Of Government
securities. This is true, but that
plan would have the advantage
of letting the public know the
consequences of spending, and
it would provide that the unem-
ployrcent insurance fund would
be in a liquid state so the Govern
ment could pay off, without
raising the money a second time.
How the fund may be kept
liquid has been subject of much
inside debate, but no inside
solution has developed. One sug-
gestion is that it be kept in gold.
Howet er, there is more than a
suspicion abroad here that the
Treasury does not want to de-
velop a substitute. as this seems
to be about the best method ever
developed for eating a cake and
keeping it.
Or rather it will be until un-
employed start asking for their
money in larger amounts.
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WOther HUBBARD.
Not that the insurance cup
board is exactly bare. It has
some unemployment trust fund
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JOB FUND PROVES
WOETOTREASURY
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
By PAUL MALLoN

Syndicate All rights
n strictly prOhibied)
DOES not come under the head of favorable Admins
ration publicity nothing has been announced
but Uncle Henry Morgenhau has been futterng around
his unemployment insurance fund again lately like Old
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
Girls in Band Leave
Swing for Psalms

SAN ANTONIO Tex. JAN "a (IN.S)-From throaty torch
the chant the any from swing tunes psalms
From indeed all the din and lively gaiety of dance band
platform to the ethereal sedate calm clustered convent
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ACCORDIONS
BALLROOM FOR RENT
BEAUTY SHOPS

QaDShoPpe, Opposite Hecht's
s.. 50 Perm. for S. Is Complete
637 r NV. 3 Services for 100 RE. 952S
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICES

COMMISSIONERS, D. c.. Washington. April
80 193S.-Sealed proposals will be re-
ceived at Room 800. District Building. un-
til 2 o'clock p. m. May IS. 1888, for fur
nshing Tin Cans, Penal Institutions; May
10. 1888, Optical Supplies and Repairs.
Public Welfare; May %, 1888. Gasoline
Driven Pumping Units for Auto Eductors,
Sewer Division. Specifications and infor-
nation at Room 800. District Building:
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again, of course. And I never
would go to hear Dubelcheck
again, either. although he was
billed in concerts in towns where
l happened to be. Never saw him
again until today-and maybe
after all it wasn't Dubelcheck.
Forgive an old man for being
so garrulous, my friend. How l
have been running on. III miss
my train. But wasn't that a ter
rible thing to do to boy?'
"A terrible thing, indeed" Stahl
rose, nodded gravely. But you'll
not miss your train, my dear sir.
1t is not every night l have such
an honored guest as yourself. I'll
drive you to the train in my car"
He pressed a button beneath
the table and a waiter stepped in.
Have my car brought around
at once, please. And Emil"
Yes, sir"
"A man will be here at eight.
Serve his Supper-in here. The
best. And a glass of the old
Yes, sir"
And let him wait here till I
get back from the train. Shall We
go, Mr.. Marcus?"
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Rv EDITH BRISTOL

q MOKE hicky opulen cigars in soft coils to
~ the carved beams of the ceiling.
The golden drops trcked the bottoms of the crystal
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VIOLIN COMES FIRST

The warmth of the smoky room,
heavy with the scent of food and
flowers, made the violinist a little
faint as he came in. His feet
were cold, too, from walking on
the wet sidewalks in those worn
shoes. If he landed this job. first
thing he'd get pair of shoes.
But no. First thing would be
to get his violin back again. He
had the ticket safe in his pocket
But here. was food. God! 1t
seemed months since he had eaten
a real meal like this. He quaffed
the brandy at one gulp, and it ran
through him like fragrant fire.
He could hardly restrain him.
self until Emil had left the room
before he began to eat. WolfiShly,
hardly like a man, examining food
into his mouth.
He stretched himself in one of
the red leather chairs before the
glowing Goals in the fireplace. New
energy began to stir through him.
Good paintings on the walls. He
eyed them scornfully. Thick, orien-
tai rug. The piano in the corner
was a concert grand.
Canaille! How did one get this
way, with plenty to eat and drink
and roses on the table when he
a great artist-was sleeping in
flop houses and eating-When he
ate-at lunch counters?
The musician took a cigar
from the silver encruSted humidor.
Then looked furtively over his
shoulder, afraid that Emil might
return, unheard, he took a hand
full ana slipped them into the peck
ct of his dingy coat. Maybe the
job wouldn't amount to anything
after all.
Max Stahl was whistling, soft
ly, under his breath, as he
opened the door.
You are the man who applied
for a position in my orchestral"
he began. But he looked not at the
pinched. strained face of the
player, but into the Goals of the
fire.
REVERSED CIRCUMSTANCES
Eyes, Mr.. Stahl. Would you like
to see my references?"
1T is not necessary"
Perhaps you would like to hear
me play" the musicians voice
broke with eagerness-and fear
Suppose this job, like the others
failed him. What then? Suppose
he couldn't get back his violin?
Then what? The bay?
Eyes, if you please. I should
like to hear you play" Stahps an.
Swer sounded dim and far away
IF I might have VIOLIN
his face tWitched and his hands
were cold and wet.
You shall have one, Emil
Stahl turned to the waiter, remov
ing the silver dishes. Send in
Jean-With a violin"
Only silence as the two men
waited.
Jean, this is our new first VIC
liniSt."
The player gasped. "Dubelcheck
sir Dubelcheck. Perhaps you will
recall the name" Jean looked
blank. But no. You are toe
young"
He reached for the violin with
trembling, cropping fingers. Tucked
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FOR SALE
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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cludes Is century English tables. chairs,
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PANTRY MAN (white) age II 10 80. Res
taurant or hotel experience. AppiJ n
pei D. c. EMPLOYMENT CENTER
4SO INDIANA AVE. N. W. NO FEES.
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ARLINGTON COAL q LUMBER Co,

FUR COAT, Seal, size 1S. good condition;
cost $17O sacrifice, $500. Decatur
34O3, after p. m.
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WONDERFUL RFST1 IT'S" From This 5Ms Ad The csz#sa $
Fl Little Thing BY Brahms
DAILY SHORT STORY

| it under his chin. The feel of the
satin,smooth wood gave him cour,
age.
Herr Dubelcheck wishes you to
accompany him, Jean" Stahl I'M
locked the drawer to his mahogany
desk.
The young pianist seated him
self before the concert grand. Ran
his fingers up and down the keys.
What shall we play Sir?"
TRY this" Stahl took out a
sheet of music, yellow with age.
He laid it across the music rack
it had been torn down straight
through the middle and mended
again with transparent tape. Play
this, if you please, Dubelcheck-
a little thing by Brahms"
THE ENn
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WHITE-FACED BOY

"Dubelcheck's face was white
with fury and the boys was whittier
still when the Violinist took the
torn sheets of music and struck
him across the face. Then he
Otalke0 off the stage.
"All night 1 kept seeing the
stricken, white face of that boy,
sitting there on the piano stool.
In the morning 1 looked up the
manager of the opera house. and
wen over to the restaurant where
the boy had worked.
But he wasn't there. Restau,
rant man said the boy had come
in, early that morning, still wear.
ing his concert clothes-funny-
locking suit it was, too-with a
face Ike death. Said he would
never again in his life touch a
piano. Collected his wages and
left town. The proprietor was
worried.
well, never heard Of the boy
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LEGAL NOTICE
JAMES O'D. MORAN, SETON DARR
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
1887 Woodward Bldg.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the District of Co
lumbia Holding an Equity Court -
Equity Number 66S2S. Aloysius O'Don-
nell. ct al. Plaintiffs. vs.. The Unknown
Heirs. Alienees, and Devisees of Richard
W. Cooksey. Deceased. Defendants Order
of Publication The object of this suit
is to obtain a decree establishing by ad-
verse possession plaintiffs title in fee to
part of the original Lot No. IL in Square
No. 424. known for taxation purposes
as Lot No. S22 in Square No. 424. inn
proved by premises known as 1850 Seventh
Street, N. W. Washington, District of
Columbia Upon motion of the plain
tiffs. it is by the Court this 18th day
of April. 1898. Ordered that the de-
PENDANTS. the unknown heirs. alienees. and
devisees of Richard W. Cooksey. deceased
cause their appearance to be entered
herein on or before the first rule day
occurring one month after the day of
first publication hereof: otherwise. this
cause will be proceeded with. as in the
case of default; provided a copy hereof
be published once week for three sue
cessive weeks in the Washington Law Re
porter and the Washington Times News
paper. longer and other publications be-
cause shown. o. r. LUHRING. Justice.
(SeaD A true copy: Test. CHARLES
E. STEWART. Clerk. By c. E. STEW
ART. JR.. Asst Clerk
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HELP-MEN

BOY-CoIored, to drive truck for grocer!
store 1858 M St. N. w.
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SITUATIONS-WOMEN
HELP-DOMESTIC

GIRL wants general housewC
fond of children. MET. 7640.