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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05

years of 1929 and 1884 when he knew him more or less intimately he was of the impression Smith was insane. Later, he had become convinced the defendant was just a liar
 On direct examination Carter told of how Smith claimed to De connected with the British nooll- ity and generally had tried to m- press him by talking of noble line age. He said Smith claimed also to be on intimate terms with hlgh ranking officers in the British armed forces.
 Red Bat" Letter
 This afternoon effort was made by defense to bring into the case the widely heralded Red Bat letter which played a role in the coroner's inquest immediately fol- lowing the staying of Thomas Coll ing, allegedly by Smith, following the latter finding Colling in hls home. Smith had testified at the coroner's inquest that he found Coll ing and Mrs. Smith in a compro- missing position and the letter, which Mrs. Smith admitted at the inquest she wrote. further revealed the re- lationS.
 Defense Aims
 Defense attempted to show today that the letter was connected With Smiths state of mind at the time of the shooting. Prosecutor George w. Folta resisted on grounds that the first time Smith saw the letter was at the inquest when Folta him. self presented it. The court held for the prosecution and the letter was not admitted at this time. The communication, signed Red Bat, invited Ceiling to the Smith home.
 Smith caused a temporary fur ore as court convened after lunch by refusing to testify. A half hour recess was declared to give him time to reconsider and later he took the stand and was under questioning this afternoon.
 At 3:30 he again refused to testify and court adjourned until 10 am. tomorrow.
 A packed court room was again on hand.
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ZERO CEILING PUTS
 LON COPE DOWN AT
 pOLARES FOR NIGHT

Lon Cope, Marine Airways pilot, made an emergency flight to Tul- sequah this afternoon to bring in man suffering from appendicitis, but snow and rain closed in on him and he is spending the night at the mine.
 A. B. Hayes, Traffic Manager for Marine AirWays, said Cope would come in the first thing in the morn ing and an ambulance would be ready for the emergency case if his condition is serious enough to war rant it.
 The stricken mans name was not learned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05
TWO MINE OPERATORS
 COME IN FROM ATLIN

Les Cook brought in two Atlin passengers today in Northern Airways Waco.
 They were Macleod White and Norman Fisher, both mine opera tors from Boulder Creek, a placer mining area near Atlin that is de- veloping new properties with in tereSting speed
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goes from the south, is undecided as yet. union officials said.
 Meanwhile. pickets were still walking today before a number of local building projects and the i'm passe arrived at Friday when both AFL and CIO turned down the Citizens Committee plan for set tlement of the troubles, is appar- ently as definite as ever.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05
Citizens' Com. And Council in
 Se0ei Session
To Picket or Not 10 Picket Ships tomorrow Is
 Moot CI0 Question

The Citizens Committee and the City Council were in session be- hind closed doors in the Council Chamber this afternoon endeavor- ing to seek a solution to Juneau's still fostering building labor prob lem.
 Whether or not CIO will picket the Northland and the Alaska, ar irving tomorrow morning with car-
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everyone in the slalom, as he is very timber in his skiing, and needs only more practice in Vorlage, forward lean plus bent knees and ankles) in his turns. Bill HiXSon will also be a fast man in doWnhill this year. Among the beginners, Ralph Mer- Till has made progress much above the average.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05
TEACHER HAS PUPILS

MONROE, Neb.,-Elyer R. Foley contracted last year to teach a school northeast of Humphrey so she gets a salary despite the fact she has no pupils.
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STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. 5. - Closing notation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 97s, American Can 94, American Light and Power 51s, Anaconda 329s, Bethlehem Steel Fl, Commonwealth and Southern 1l2, Curtiss Wright 6la, General Motors 479s, International Harvester 59A Kennecott 421a, New York Central IFS, Northern Pacific 1O1a, Safe way Stores 27R, Southern Pacific 17as, United States Steel 625s Pound $469$s, Bremner bid l asked 2l2.
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow. Jones averages: industrials 147.47 rails 29.01, utilities PITS.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-08-05
MRS. GREEN IGNORED GUEST
 LADIES AID BIRTHDAY SH0WEF

The Ladies Aid Society Wednes- day afternoon at the home of Mrs. l. c. Bjorge, closed it's meeting with a surprise birthday shower honor ing Mrs. George Green, president of the Ladies Aid for the past three years.
 The birthday cake, baked by Mrs. 2. NJ. Bradford, was an exquisite and toothsome culinary achieve ment. It was daintily iced and dec orated in pink, with pink and lay- ender petunias trimming the platter. After the refreshments were served, a basket of shower gifts from Ladies Aid members was presented to Mrs. Green in appreciation of her services to the organization.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-08-05
ALASKA GETS FUNDS
 SOCIAL SECURITY AID

WASHINGTON, D. C. Alaska is estimated to have 1000 recipients of assistance from the social security board, it was disclosed yesterday when the board made public figures on its activities in public aid.
 Grants to states by the board dur ing the quarter beginning July totaled $54,598.000 By July 19 the board estimated 2,300,00O had re- ceived aid, including 1,699.0O0 aged 39,2OO blind and 602.000 children.
 With an estimated 1000 recipients of aid, Alaska received a $45,357 al- lotment.
 Washington state received a $1,- 501, 1000 allotment.
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Have a shower at Lowell's Barber Shop.
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The demand from the United States market for the clans of the littleneck. butter and razor variety is so tnsistent and vigorous that the British Columbia authorities are taking necessary steps to enforce more rigidly the regulations govern
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.: LOCAL ITEMS ::

of the Elks lodge in which organi- zation he is exalted ruler and to attend the meeting of the town council last night Without Mr Gunderson the council would not have had a quorum as Councilmen Hansen and Roaming are out of town
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Many men are too lazy to do ex- ercises in the morning. laments a physical training instructor. They prefer their daily doesn't.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-08-05

Albert Osborn, who returned to Wrangell this spring from Olympia, Wash, was joined by Mrs. Osborn and their little son and daughter Monday with the intention of mak- ing Wrangell their permanent home.
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Paddy Thomas returned this week from fishing at Bristol Bay. He was the first of the Wrangell men home from the westward and had a very successful season. In order to get back for the seine fishing here Thomas flew from the eannery to Seward where he boarded the Col umbia for Juneau, then took a plane to Petersburg and another plane to Wrangell.
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W. G. R. Whyte, foreman of the composing room of the Keystone Press in Vancouver, B. C., was an interesting visitor at the Sentinel office while the Charlotte was in port Tuesday night. He was return ing home from a vacation trip to Whitehorse where he spent a week visiting an uncle who is employed at the shipyards. It was his first trip North but it was so enjoyable he said, that he intends it shall not be his last one.
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Mir. and Mrs. Preston MeCulley of Maple Plain, Minn., arrived on the Aleutian Monday night for a visit of two weeks with the Charles Benjamin family. MT. McCulley is a brother of Mrs. Benjamin and this is their first meeting in sixteen years.
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George Gunderson came in from Johnson's Cove Wednesday to be present at the meeting that night
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Lyle Hibner returned on the Col umbia from Bristol Bay where ne fished, very profitably, during the season. The day after his arrival here he joined on the seining crew of II. c. Zimmerman for the remain der of the season.
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ing the handling and sale of these products
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Mrs. W. T. Grisham and little daughter Mary Margaret arrived from Juneau the first of the week for a two-week's visit with her mother, Mrs. Hannah Ottesen.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-08-05

Miss Agnes Breen, in charge of the health center at Wrangel h. stitute, and Miss Byrdie McNeill of the Institute staff, are leaving Tuesday night to spend two-week vacations in Seattle During Miss Breens absence the health center will be in charge of staff assistants Mrs. Clarissa Ursich and Miss Mild red Hansen.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-08-05

Plans for the memorial window which will be placed in St. Philips Church for the late Rev. H. P. Cor ser have been received and all who are interested in deciding upon the size to be ordered are requested to stay for a short meeting after the Sunday morning service or to come to the church on Tuesday evening at 7:30 when the final selection will be made.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-08-05

J. N. Wyckoff. forest ranger for this district. returned to his head quarters at Petersburg this morning on the Yukon after a visit to Wran- gell on administrative matters.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-08-05

The next meeting of the Women's Civic Club will be held on Saturday, August 13, at the Legion dugout. The luncheon will be served at one o'clock with Mrs. T. Y. Garry and Mrs. W. H. Harrington as dessert hostesses. It is important that those who can attend let the hostesses know in time, and members are asked to keep this in mind.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05

Costly to 5

Five persons paid fines in police
court today for discharging fire
works in Washington streets on
the Fourth.
Edward A. Jewel, of Berwyn.
Md, was fined SIS for setting off
firecrackers in Ninth Street
Northwest. James Marion, of the
500 block of F st. N. w., paid IS
for setting off fireworks near his
home.
Henry Foote, of the 900 block Of
N st. N. w., forfeited $25 col
lateral, and Robert Caldwell Of
1407 Fifth st. N. w. was fined $25
for shooting fireworks from the
roof of Foote'S home.
Bernie Smith, Of the 1900 block
of Sixteenth St. N. w., was fined
S. for discharging fireworks on
Georgia Avenue Northwest.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Battle Over Control
nc. & 0. Reopened

NEW YORK, July 5 G.N.SO.
The battle for control of Chesa.
peake Corporation between the
Robert r. Young interests and
the Guaranty Trust-J. P. Morgan
and Company group was reponed
today when Allan P. Kirby, Mr..
Young's financial partner, issued
a 2,000-word statement alleging
that power circle in Wall Street"
has prevented Young & Kirby
from doing "a constructive job on
Allegheny" Allegheny Corpora,
ton is the key unit in the Van
Sweringen rail set-up.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
VAN WYCK GETS
TEST OF SANITY

NEW YORK, July S d.N.sO.
Mozellecita Stapp Van Wyck is
going to be out in the cold all dur
ing the long, hot summer, as a
result Of a decision today by Su-
preme Court Justice Ernest E. L.
Hammer.
He granted the appointment of
a special guardian to decide
whether Prescott Van Wyck,
wealthy artist husband Mozellecita
married in an elopement to Elk
ton, Md, last March 10, is insane.
Determination of that sanity ques-
ton, with subsequent litigation, if
Prescott is found to be insane. is
certain to last for months.
In the meantime. Mozellecita
can obtain neither the alimony
nor the COL fees she asked in a
separation suit charging cruelty
filed two months ago.
Van Wyck, meanwhile, Is under
commitment as insane from the
probate court Of Hartford, Conn,
where his mother, on June IS, pro.
duced insanity opinions from two
Hartford doctors which removed
him from control Of his fortune.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
APPEALS
WALLACE ORDER

CHICAGO, July 5. Q.N.SD.
Charging that Secretary of Agri-
culture Wallace acted without ju-
risdiction, Swift & Co., today filed
a petition to appeal the cease
and desist" order for alleged IN
fair trade practices.
In the petition tiled with the
United States Court of Appeals,
the company also charged that
Wallace denied the packer a full
hearing as guaranteed by the Fifth
Amendment to the Constitution
and that the proceeding was in
stituted and conducted for the sole
benefit of a small group Of COM
petitors.
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seriously.
Hugo Stribling, Is, of Falmouth,
Va, driver Of the truck, told police
he was pulling into Fourteenth
Street from C Street, en- route to
Water Street. The street car, he
said, was stopped at a loading
platform.
AS he entered the street, he said,
the street car, a streamliner,
started and crashed into the
trailer attached to his truck.
The impact threw the trailer on
its side in such manner that the
rear wheel broke the front window
of the car.
Police said the car was driven
by Joseph Hewitt, 72, or 1349
Florida Ave. N. w.
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Up FOR MURDER,
BOY, IS, SILENT

CINCINNATI, July S dN.s).
Fifteen-year-old Linberg Heist
stood mute today before Criminal
Court Judge Mack when charged
with premeditated murder and
attempting criminal attack on
Shirley Ann Woodbu1r, 6.
Judge Mack permitted the youth
to withhold a formal plea until
Thursday to give, the courtap-
pointed defense lawyers, Bert
Long and Arthur Fix, time to con-
fer with him.
Heist aIlegedly confessed he
killed the Woodburn child. Her
mutilatsd body was found in a
ravine on Memorial Day.
Heist, his clenched fists thrust
into trouser pockets; remained
silent while the charges were read,
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Mother
Back From Europe

NEW YORK, July 5 (C.T.P.S0.
Mrs. T. E. Whitmer, mother Of
Richard Whitmer, Princeton stu
dent who was killed in an attempt
to climb the Sandria mountain
near Albuquerque. N. M, on June
20, when his companion, Medill
Mccormick, was also killed, re-
turned yesterday on the White
Star liner Queen Mary, accom-
panied by her daughter, Miss
M. C. Whitmer.
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Your Help Needed
To Save ChiId's Life

Twenty-Five cots are empty
in the Bald Eagle Health
Camp, which opened today,
because the District Tubercu.
IOSiS Association lacks $4,000
necessary to operate it at
full capacity.
To help fill those cots The
w a S h hingtOn Times and
Washington Herald will re-
ceive contributions from per.
sons willing to give q child a
chance to live. The District
tuberculosis Association has
the names Of youngsters in
need Of camp life to combat
incipient tuberculosis.
Send in this coupon with
your contribution to The
Times or Herald or to the
tuberculosis Association.
Enclosed is my cOntribu-
tiOn Of S.. to aid In send
ing some deserving child
to Bald Eagle Health Camp
for the summer.
(Name) ...................
(AddreSS) .............o....
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Eyston Arrives,
Seeks New Mark

NEW YORK, July S (C.TP.S.).
Capt. George E. T. Eyston, Eng
lish racing motoriSt who holds the
worlds record Of 1922 miles an
hour, arrived yesterday on the
White Star liner Queen Mary with
eight mechanics on his way to the
Bonneville salt flats in Utah,
where he will try to better his
own record made last year.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Ping! His Head Hurts;
Nurse Finds a Bullet

Charles Dixon, Is, Of 804 Tay'
lor st. N. E., was hit by q .3s
calibre bullet last night, but 1t
was some time before he diScov.
cred what had hit him.
Dixon, a clerk in the General
Accounting Office, was on his way
to meet his wife, Doris, in the HOO
block of Lamont st. N. W., about
9 p. m.
Suddenly, he was stunned by a
missile, and blood began to flow
from his head. Since neither
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Dixon nor his wife heard any.
thing sounding like a shot, Dixon
thought he had been hit by a
stone.
At Garfield Hospital, however,
where he went for treatment Of
his scalp wound, a nurse discov-
cred hard object imbedded in
his scalp. The object proved to
be the bullet.
Dixon was able to return home
after his head was bandaged.
Police. meanwhile, were looking
for q Fourth Of July celebrator.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
REYNOLDS Declare
Marital ArmistiCe!

NEW YORK, July 5 G.N.SJ.
An armistice was declared today
in the ]. Louis Reynolds marital
battle.
There will be no immediate
court arguments on the plea of
Helen Fortescue Reynolds for
temporary alilnony and counsel
fees from her eStranged husband,
attorneys announced, but declined
to reveal nature of the truce that
has been reached.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Stray Bullet Kills
Girl, Is, in Home

NEW YORK, July 5 Q.N.S0.
Police worked today on the tehory
that an Independence Cay cele-
brant was responsible for the fatal
shooting of Florence Weinberg, 16,
as she sat at the window of her
Coney Island home last night. Sew
eral persons were shooting off fire
works on a street outside Flor
ence's home when a bullet came
through a window and killed her.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Holiday Blast Kills
Youth at Salisbury

SALISBURY, Md, July 5 Q.N.S)
Believed to have attempted to
make a noise" by pouring powder
into a pipe and igpiting it, Doug
las Brewington, II, was killed, and
Benjamin Rogers, IS, and Paul
Rogers, is, were critically injured
The blast occurred yesterday in
the basement of the Rogers home
at Shad Point.
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touched their bodies.
But left behind in gloomy room.
ing houses and overcrowded base.
ment apartments were Is young.
sters whose lives have been de.
clared forfeit to tuberculosis be.
cause $4,000 which might restore
them to health is lacking.
NEED $50 PER CHILD
Mrs. Ernest r. Grant, superviS-
ing director Of the District Tuber-
culosis Association, said only $50
is needed to spport a child in the
camp for the two months summer
season.
Hopefully, she pointed out that
when the camp opened last year
funds for only 65 youngsters
were available, but within a few
weeks generous Washingtonians
had contributed more than $4,000
to fill the camp to capacity.
with only $4,000 more. this
year we could fill every bed in
the camp" Mrs Grant said
hopefully.
The camp, at Forty.pinth aud
Minnesota Avenue Southeast, was
beautiful with buildings newly
painted and the grounds freshly
Handicapped when the first con.
tingent Of children arrived this
morning.
The children passed through q
clinic where they were weighed
and examined by camp physicians.
Then they were provided with
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little sun suits and assigned to
their dormitorieS.
Before the camp closes August
30 the pale, skinny youngsters who
registered today will be bronzed
and sturdy.
Miss Sarah Shriner, camp direc-
Continued Oh. Page 3, Col. q
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Finance Firm Clerk
Rescued From Gas

Clarence F. Mays, IS, a finance
company employe, was found un-
conscious from gas early today in
his room at 1924 California st.
N. w.
Revived by the Fire Rescue
Squad, he was taken to Gallinger
Hospital for treatment. Police said
three burners of a gas heater in
his room were open.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
RadicaIism a Fad
Saws Senator Walsh

BOSTON, July 5 Q.N.S),
David I. Walsh, United States
Senator, said here:
'It has become respectable,
even fashionable, in some quasi
social circles, to be known as a
radical thinker who leans to-
ward communism or one of its
various hybrid relatives, and to
advocate the destruction of the
institution of private property"
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Princess Of Austria
Will Film last DAYS.

PARIS, July 5 Q.N.S0-Princess
Ernest Rudiger Won Starhemberg,
pretty Austrian actress known on
the stage as Nora Gregor, will
shortly star in a film depicting
the last days Of Austria, the news.
paper Ce Soir reported today.
The princess is the wife of the
former Austrian vice chancellor.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Brook|Ynite Fdints,
Hurt in Fall, Dies

CHICAGO, July 5 G.N.SJ.-A
skull fracture, incurred when he
fell from an attack of dizziness
after rising from his chair at the
Edgewater Beach Hotel to greet q
friend, caused the death OF
Charles ]. Witzel, 65, Of Brooklyn
N. Y. He was here on a business
trip,
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
HUKOW FALLS.
China SET TO
HOLD HANKOW
LAST Ditch" Aim
OF Crack Troops

SHANGHAI. July 5 G.N.SO.
japanese land forces, backed BY
the guns of river warships, today
captured the lake city Of Hukow
and made another long stride for
ward in the campaign against
Hankow, 100 miles away.
At Hankow. the temporary Chi
nese capital, immense preparations
were rushed for "China's decisive
battle" in defense Of the great in
dustrial sister cities, Hankow. WI
chang, and Hanyang.
Steel Ring Ready
"A steel ring of crack divisions
will be ready at Hankow to fight
the Japanees to the last ditch"
said a Chinese military spokeS.
man.
Japar'S next immediate objec-
tive is Kiukiang, is miles up
stream from Hukow. American
river gunboats are standing by to
aid the handful Of foreigners left
ct Killnkiang. Strong Chinese de-
tense at Lake Poyang still bar the
japanese armys way, however.
and the Chinese are battling
against the invaders progress
every inch Of the route.
JapanS air force meanwhile
dealt severe blow to one of the
lnainstayS Of China's river de-
|fenseS when, according to japanese
reports, As planes were shot down
at the Nanchang air base and six
more were destroyed on the
ground.
H0nkouU's Defense
China has been depending large
ly on her aviation to halt the ad-
vance Of japanese ships up the
Yangtze River, and within the last
three weeks had disabled or sunk
13 fighting craft.
Some Of the planes destroyed at
Nanchang were Of American
make, said the Japanese. Only
one Japanese plane was reported
lost.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
100000 in Action

About 100000 nationalist troops
are reported to be in action in
Frances big push toward Valen-
cia. Thrusting along two roads,
his attack is designed to converge
at Sagunto.
Gen. Jose Miaja, government
commander in the Madrid -Teruel
area, has rushed reinforcements
to the scene.
The factory Of the American.
owned Standard Sanitary Manu-
featuring Company was damaged
badly yesterday in an air raid on
Barcelona's suburb Of Gava. Five
1talian-made airplaneS dropped 80
bombs on Gava, killing eight and
wounding 30.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
7 French Hikers
Shot by Italians

PARIS, July : Q.N.S.>. - The
French Foreign Office today
launched an official investigation
into the wounding Of two young
Frenchmen by Italian frontier
guards near Grenoble yesterday.
The incident occurred when the
youths unwittingly crossed the
frontier while hiking in the Alps.
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tena in the Bechi sector was cap,
tured by Frances men, said the
Salamanca Communique.
A government statement at Bar.
celona admitted losses on the
Teruel backgrounds, but added:
"Our forces are tenaciously
resisting and counter-attacking
energetically. Intense fighting is
going on in all sections Of the
CaStelIon 'front.'"
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
'Gabby' Hartnett's
Son Hurt on Fourth

CHICAGO, July 5 Q.N.SO.
Charles Leo Hartnett, jr., 8, son
Of "Gabby" Hartnett, Chicago
Cubs star catcher, was listed
among the vict' A. of Fourth Of
July mishaps tAy. He burned
his hand in I explosion of a
firecracker an IS treated at .
nearby hoSpi''
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Fair and Warm

Fair, warm weather will prevail
in the District today and tomor-
row, the Weather Bureau predicted
today. Little change in the tenn
perature is expected for 48 hours,
the bureau reported.