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The Washington times., 1938-03-18
PETIT POINT
= By igor CASSini

can spend Zone Mite in Hawaii"
for the price of a few drinks =.
you see the natives hula to the
accompaniment of mellow gui-
tars. Margot Garrett was there,
in her famous Fascist regalia
(even down to a small head
of Halle Selassie, former Emp
of Eth"). The whole atmos-
phere was very phantasmagorial
(look it up yourself if you disbe-
lieve) Governor Early of Mas
sachusetts and party like the
Heigh-Ho. Anne Child, back from
Thousand and One" experiences
at the Yale Prom, danced with one
of her Yale men Neat as
needle, Waverly Taylor performed
with a beauteous out-of-towner
(she must be if we don't know her)
who wore two gardenias right
smack on the top of her head .
Nancy Newbold, fresh as ever,
with a foreign escort Madge
Cotter, in ducky afternoon COM
bination, with that excellent dancer
Judy Bowles Roland Mckenzie,
of golfing fame, watching them
all . and assured Austine McDon-
nell that he approved Of her the
atrical bent.
Sally Maxey and rosy-cheeked
"Jockas" Merriam were organiz-
ing new game (it's a slip of paper
of special chemical composition,
with six horses printed on it. You
bet on them, touch a lighted Gig
arctic to the paper and the horses
start to move) :, Michal Budny,
that poppy Pole; Ruth Tucker
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Reception and Dinner

Vice Admiral and Mrs. Mey.
rick will be hosts at reception
Thursday afternoon aboard ship
and the following evening will
entertain at dinner. Thursday
night the Chief of Naval Opera
tions and Mrs. William Leahy
will give a dinner party at their
home on the Naval Observatory
grounds for the British visitors.
The personal staff of Vice
Admiral Meyrick includes Pay
master Comdr. r. H. Pearce,
who is the Admiral'S secretary;
Paymaster Lieut.. A. G. B. David
son, who is the assistant secre-
tary, and Flag Lieut.. j. S. H.
Lawrence, who is fleet secretary.
The general staff includes Pay
master Lieut.. L. w. B. Cotching,
Major R. A. r. Neville, Paymas-
ter sub-Leut. G. H. L. htson
and Comdr. C. D. Bieben, execu'
tive officer of the ship.
Vice Admiral Meyrick has had
a brilliant naval career, during
which he served aboard the
Crescent in his midShipman
years in the same station, lie.
America and the West Indies.
In 1918 he was loaned to the
Greek government for duty as
acting commander in the Royal
Hellenic Navy. He returned to
England at the outbreak OF the
World War, serving his country
until the close of the war.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Bankhead'S
Wife Feted

The Congressional Club is en-
tertaining at a tea this after
noon in honor of Mrs. William
B. Bankhead, wife of the Speak
er of the House.
Among those who are pouring
are the president of the club,
Mrs. Daniel Reed; Mrs. Hamp-
ton Fulmer, Mrs. William j.
Driver, Mrs. Roy o. woodruff,
Mrs. Robert L. Doughton, Mrs.
Carl E. Mapes, Mrs. Clarence F.
Lea, Mrs. Cassius C. Dowell and
Mrs. Earl C. Michener.
Those assisting are Mrs.
Frank w. Boykin, Mrs. Pete
Jarman, Mrs. John Sparkman,
Mrs. Luther Patrick. Mrs. Hugh
Peterson, Mrs. Richard N. Simp-
son, Mrs. Dewey Short, Mrs.
Mark Wilcox, Mrs. Francis Case,
Mrs. Byron Scott and Mrs. John
L. Mcclellan.
Among the ladies serving on
the hospitality committee are
Mrs. Bertrand Fl. Smell, Mrs.
George H. Mahon, Mrs. Robert
F. Rich and Mrs. Frank Knit
fen.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

this country for years, will take out
their American citizenship On
the subject of European troubles,
it seems that Jules Henri, the
French Charge d'Affaires, is very
apprehensive about the possibility
of general conflagration For
internal excitement we still have
the Whitney case A year ago
George Whitney lent his brother,
Richard, two million dollars
and asked him if he were sure he
didn't need more But Richard
said it was enough. . 1T must not
have been, because Dick had to ask
for more before the big crash,
and at that moment, it was too
much for George and here
"Poor Richard" is faced with dan
ger of an indefinite visit in cold
cell.
Back to easy-going Washington
life :. At the Pail Mall Room you
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Treaty Signed

At an informal ceremony yes
terday afternoon at the Mexican
Embassy, the Ambassador, DR..
Castillo Najera, and the Minis
ter of Greece, DemetrioS Sicil-
ianos. signed an amity treaty
between their two countries.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Bunce, Jr.,
of Memphis, Tenn, are at the
Hay-Adams House.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Town
send Partridge, whose marriage
took place recently at Miami,
Fla, are at the Shoreham for
several days. Mrs. Partridge
was Miss Dorothy Louise Smith,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Herbert Smith, of this city and
Miami Beach. Mr.. Partridge'S
parents are Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Partridge of Minneapolis. Mr..
and Mrs. Partridge will make
their home in Minneapolis.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
MariOnetteS
To Be Shown

Youngsters and their elders
are showing equal interest
in the spring programs offered
under the joint auspices Of the
Children's Theater and the
Junior Cinema Guild of Wash
ington when on Saturday morn
ing, March 26, at 10:30 O'Clock
at the Rialto Theater, the famed
Haines Marionettes are pres
ented.
A distinguished list of sponsors
and patroneSses headed by Mrs.
Bancroft Davis has been an
nounced for this gala event, in
which not only hundreds of
Washington boys and girls will
be hosts to theater parties Of
their friends, but at which many
of the sponsors will make good
use of the pleasure fund" of
the two organizations presenting
the event, to send less privileged
children to this fascinating per-
formance.
The juvenile agencies are
likewise taking blocks Of seats
for the Haines Marionettes, and,
all in all, the large occasion
is being looked forward to by
one and all.
Recent additions to the list Of
sponsors for the MarionetteS are
Mrs. Robert Howe Fletcher, jr.,
Mrs. Richard Southgate, Mrs.
Christian Heurich, Mrs. H. L.
Godfrey, Mrs. j. S. Vorkoeper,
Mr.. Ray Brown, and DR.. Will
liam A. Shannon, all of whom
will entertain groups Of boys and
girls for the performance.
Among the juvenile agencies
to be represented with children
at the play on Saturday morn
ing are Hillcrest House, st.
Johns Orphanage, Friendship
House, German Orphanage,
Neighborhood House, Good
Shepherd Chapel of st. Paul's
Church, in Alexandria, Va, st.
Mary's Convent, School for Grip
pies, and others.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Adams, Of
Albany, N. Y, are stopping at
the Hotel Raleigh while Ia
Washington.
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ed the white linen.and.lace GOV.
cred tea table.
\
NINE. RICARDO ALFARO.
AVA the Baroness Won Below,
Mrs. Davis Elkins, Mrs. William
Laird Dunlap, the Abbott Mac.
ginness, DIR. and Mrs. John Shu-
grue, the Pete" Morans, with
Mrs. Moran wearing the most
cunning hat, fashioned Of q
wisp of straw and several little
gray birds. Mr.. Marshall, Leigh
ton telling us that Mrs. Leigh
ton was in Hot Springs, Ark,
Mrs. Robert w. Imbrie, the
Charlie Camaliers, Elizabeth
Canada. the Barge Hartzes,
Meta Morris Evans and hosts Of
other people arriving as we left.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

attached to the cruiser.
The Ambassador and Lady
Lindsay will be hosts at dinner
Tuesday evening at the Embassy
on Massachusetts Avenue. and
the commercial counselor Of the
Embassy, Mr.. Leander.McCor-
mick-Goodhart, will entertain at
q stag dinner at Langley Park,
his estate in Maryland the same
evening. Later all will meet at
q dance to be given in the Sail
Loft at the Navy Yard.
There will be visits to Annap-
oils during the daytime hours
and Wednesday afternoon the
Commissioners of the District,
Mr.. Melvin C. Hazen, Mr.. George
Allen and Col. Daniel I. Sultan
will have an "at home" at the
Willard Hotel in honor of the
officers of the York.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
State Dance
On April 2

Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, di-
rector of the Mint and president
of the Wyoming State Society.
has announced the date, April 2,
for the State dinner dance to be
held at the Raleigh Hotel.
Cowboy costumes are to be
worn by tke guests attending,
and 600 pounds of moose, elk
and deer meat will be sent from
Wyoming for the party.
The vice president OF the
society is Byron S. HUE, ST., and
another vice president is Miss
Marie Herman. Barry Mahoney
is secretary and Irene Long is
treasurer. Miss Edness Wilkins
is chairman of the party ar
rangements.
Final Performances
The final performances of the
Middle Watch" being staged
by the Navy Relief Society, will
be held tonight and tomorrow
night in Mahan Hall at the
Navel Academy in Annapolis. A
number of supper parties will
be held at the Officers Club
following the performances.
x&
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank J. Shaugh-
messy, of New York city, are at
Wardman Park Hotel while in
washington. Mr.. Shaughnessy is
president of the International
Baseball League.
DR.. Mary Evans, Of Philadel-
phia, is spending a few days at
the Hotel Raleigh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ben
cough of Toronto, Canada, are
spending a brief time at the
Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Deane, Of
Los Angeles, are visiting the
Capital and are stopping at the
Hotel Raleigh.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

under the Ger
man Ambassa-
dor . The
orporation
of Austria into
Germany h as
C h ge d the
whole aspect Of
W es t ern Eu-
rope How
ever, it is ru-
mored that the
Prochniks, who
have lived in
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

basks in reflected glory In these modern times when
the feminine might to be running away with the
spotlight this darkeyed lady, stepped in Virginia gracious
ness, is outstanding Her husband whose job as secre
tary of State in such chaotic has been nothing short
of magnfcen-has stacked up glory after glory during
his No one not he takes more pride in this
fact than Mrs Hull Her chief hobby keeping clippings
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

The Austrian Minister and Frau
Prochnik are now German citi-
zens and in that condition are
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
PETER CARTER
Says:

M rs. Owen Howenstein, who is to be mar
4V1 ried shortly to Comdr. William E.
HarriI Naval Air Attache at the American Embassy in
London will be remembered here Elizabeth Swigart
known more frequently as ISIS" Not at all incidentally
isis" possesses the luscious dark red hair has
mendous flair for Clothes and gay and mellow laugh
Mrs Bill Dudley, the former and very attractive Jean
Peeples who living in New jersey very interested
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
AmbassadorandL LadyL LindsayPlan
Dinner for Vice Admiral and Mrs.
Sidney Meyrick During Visit
Bu Flora Macdonald

From the moment the II. NJ. S. York glides
up the Potomac River week from Monday
and +es nm at the Navy Yard until she departs the following
Saturday morning there will be constant round of enter
tanning for the officers aboard the ship
The commander in chief of the American and West Indies
station Vice Admiral Sidney Meyrick c. B. R. n, and the
commander of the H. NJ s. York, Capt Harold Edward
Morse D. S o. R. ~ accompanied by their staffs will pay
official calls will be repaid during Monday and Tues
da-
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
House Guest at British Embassy

Mrs Meyrck whose father the late Admiral Sir John
T. Fullerton will be the house guest of the Ambassador OF
Great Britain and Lady Lindsay during the week The home
port of the York Hamilton Bermuda and her last visit to
WASHINGTON in November, 1885
The commandant of the Navy Yard Rear Admiral George
Petteng and Mrs Petteng will be hosts at reception IN
their quarters at the Yard Monday the 26h between the
hours of Z when the guests of honor will be Vice Ad
mira and Mrs Meyrck Captain Morse and other officers
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Miss LOrenZ
Will Marry

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles e.
Lorenz, of CoSchocton, Ohio, an.
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter, Norma Kathryn, to
J. Harry Mccarthy. jr., son Of
Mr., and Mrs. ]. Harry Nc
Carthy, Of Falls Church, Va.
Miss Lorenz extended Deni-
son University in Granville.
Ohio, and is a member Of the
Chi Omega Sorority.
/ Mr.. Mccarthy attended the
University of Maryland, and is
a member of the Sigma Phi
Sigma Fraternity.
The wedding will take place
in April.
Mrs. NeWbold Visits
Mrs. Fleming Newbold is at
the Ritz-Carlton Hotel In New
York city.
Col. and Mrs. Samuel g. Tai
bott are at Wardman Park Ho-
tel while visiting in town for a
short time. Colonel Talbot Is
stationed at Fort Hayes, Column
bus, Ohio.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

No. AZ in q Series Of Pictures Of
Socidlites dnd Their Pdstimes
Evening star., 1938-07-12
Stocks SWEPT Up
IN FAST TRADING
Leaders Climb ST to About
81 a Share-Many Hit
New 1888 Peaks.
Stock Averages
Bv VICTOR EUBANK.

NEW YORK. July IA late bulge
in stocks today shot market leaders
up to around points, many to new
highs for the year and longer.
The list merely crawled throughout
the greater part Of the session, With
the forenoon's volume the lightest in
several weeks. Buying expanded suf-
hciently in the final hour to put the
ticker tape behind. A little profit
selling stemmed the advancing tide
at the close, and most favcrites fin.
ished under the tops.
Squirting the revival of purchasing
demand, brokers said, were rumors in
Wall Street that. despite talk to the
contrary from steel observers. leading
producers were preparing to announce
proposals for a steel wage cut in order
to offset recent price slashes.
In addition, a sharp rebound in
major commodities helped to whet
the speculative appetite. Wheat ard
corn futures were particularly strong.
the former responding tc reports OF
black rust fears in the Canadian
Northwest and to the preparations OF
Washington to begin lending to
farmers as a result of the ofhcial pre-
dictions Of the second largest 1888
wheat crop on record.
Transfers Near 1880 .eeO.
With buying Of stocks feverish in
the final hour, transfers were in the
neighborhood of 150000 shares.
With the steel wage matter again
the subject Of much Wall Street con-
versation. steel scrap was boosted at
Pittsburgh. In the Pittsburgh area
also ingot production. which started
Monday at 81 per cent Of theoretical
capacity, was understood to have
stepped up to "a per cent.
Reports that General Motors would
show a much better second quarters
net earnings than had been forecast.
together with a moderate upward re-
vision Of July sales and output pros
poets for other motor makers, brought
life to the automotive group.
Advices from Mexico telling Of the
taking over by labor unions Of several
American-owned mines tipped over
American Smelling and United States
Smelling in the morning, but their
shares came back eventually. Both
companies have important holdings in
the Southern republic. Other copper
stocks were in favor, st
Rails and utilities tilted higher. but
the ma jority were less in demand than
industriak.
Appearing Among Leaders.
Among rallying stocks were United
States Steel. Bethlehem. Chrysler,
General Motors, United States Rub
Der. Sears-Roebuck, Montgomery Ward,
Wright Aeronautical Douglas Aircraft,
Sperry. Anaconda. Kennecott. Ameri-
can Can. Westinghouse, General Elec-
trio. Johns-Manville. Consolidated
Edison, North American. Du Pont,
Union Carbide, Santa Fe and New
York Central.
Rail bonds, soft at one time, moved
up briskly in the late afternoon.
Among curb gamers, after a hesi-
tant getaway. were Aluminium Of
America, American Cyanamid B."
Chicago Flexible Shaft. Newmont
Mining and Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Evening star., 1938-07-12

Cottonseed oil rallied from early
lows today with improvement in out
side markets and covering in advance
of the Census Bureau report, due to-
morrow. The market followed lard
down at the outset. October moved
between $50 and SIS, holding at the
outside around noon, when active
months were 2 to 4 points net lower.
Crude oil was ~ cents. nominal
Southeast and Valley. and ~, Texas.
Evening star., 1938-07-12
TRANSUE & WILLIAMS
REPORTS S61 61,917LOSS
Hy the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. July 12-Transue b
Williams Steel Forging Corp. Alliance,
Ohio. reported net loss OF $e1, ,s17 for
the three months ended June 80.
against a. profit Of $6l.0S5 ip the like
1887 period. Six months loss was
s13o.l36. against prodt last ysar q
$13e. As. .....z-.,..
Evening star., 1938-07-12
new YORK COTTON

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 12.-Cotton ral-
lied today on local and Wall Street
buying promoted by strength Of the
stock market.
Prices recovered from moderate early
losses, which had been due to easier
foreign markets and July liquidation.
October sold from 866 to $50 by mid
afternoon when the market was 7 to IL
points net higher.
Evening star., 1938-07-12
COttOnseed Oil.

Spot quiet: middling. S.s4.
n Nominal.
Evening star., 1938-07-12
New Orleans Priees.

NEW ORLEANS July IL R.-cotton
figures opened steady. = to points net
lover today under additional iiquidation
and favorable weather in the belt.
Contracts were taken By the trade on
the scale down. but lack Of incentives re-
narrow range In early trading.
July contracts opened at s.75 bid. octo-
March. s.92. and May scr.
Csttonseed oil opened steady; July s.15b:
September, STD: October. S.12b; Decem-
Der. s.12; January, S12b. Bid.
Evening star., 1938-07-12
Steel Scrap Price
Reported Boosted
another so Gents
By the Associated Press,

d! tHe ASSOCi1ted FFeSS.
NEW YORK. July 12.-Dow Jones
g. Co. reported from Pittsburgh today
another advance of so cents in No. l
heavy melting steel scrap, with quota
tions at $3.50 to $l4 a ton. This was
a new high market on the recovery
movement, which started at $l0.75 a
month ago.
Evening star., 1938-07-12
Construction Picking Up.

The Commerce Departments latest
review of conditions in the Fifth Re-
serve District reports that construction
Of a new post Office at Charleston,
s. c., will begin shortly. Notice has
been received that $465 900 has been
allotted for the building.
Allotments have also been made for
a $4,000 post Office building at Easley,
S. c., and a $4,000 post Office build
ing at Bishopville, S. C. Intracoastal
waterway Improvements off South
Carolina are estimated to cost ST.
S7S 6nn
Evening star., 1938-07-12

hal1-year marx.
Suburban Bond Bids Asked.
The Washington Suburban Sanitary
District, Maryland, will receive bids
at the ofiices here until pm. July
20 on 100000 81 per cent bonds.
which will be dated July /, 1898. ma
turing in so years and redeemable In
80 years.
Earle M. Amick, vice president Of
the Riggs National Bank, is passing
his annual vacation in Canada. He
will be there about q month.
Washington Gas Light preferred
stock was in heavy demand again to-
day on the Washington Stock Ex-
change. three 80 and one so share lot
being among the sales at 99h.
Mergenthaler Linotype opened with
q sale of 100 shares at 24A, a new
high. Twenty-Five more shares also
moved at the same price
Potomac Electric Power 5n per
cent preferred sold at 1l3h and a
single share Of Capital Transit
changed hands Ut ..
Evening star., 1938-07-12

110O AM-------. 100000 1880 Noon-----. 100000
400 PM 100000 900 PM 100000
Total Sales for the day.1.620.000
sActual sales: unit Of trading 10 sharsa
bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Act securities assumed such
Ex dividend. kx rights Also
Of 81 preference 2b g
Paid last Cash stock Accumulated dvdsnd paid
Rates Of dyidends in the fosgcns table dis
otherwise noted special extra dividends
The Washington times., 1938-02-03
SavantCIain,s
AntUrcticG
For i. S.

BERLIN, Feb. 3 Q.N.SO.-On
the basis of a voyage made by a
Connecticut whaler early in the
Nineteenth Gentry, the vast ice
capped continent of Antarctica
was claimed for the United States
today.
Digging around in musty rec
ordS, an American professor, w.
H. Hobbs, found that Nathaniel
B. Palmer of Stonington, Conn,
discovered Graham Land before
James Weddell, the Englishman
usually credited with its location.
According to Hobbs WeddelI
merely used Palmer's maps. Charg-
ing that the British deliberately
suppressed the Americans maps,
Hobbs is now searching around
Europe for their originals. The
professor Is now at Hamburg.
The Washington times., 1938-02-03
SHORT-SELL|NG
BAN HITS TRADE

NEW YORK, Feb. 3 Q.N.S0.
The new short-selling rules pro
mulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission, effective
next Tuesday, will make trading
in securities on a "when-isSued"
basis impossible, Wall Street ex-
perts declared today.
Sale of stock on "when-issued"
basis, they pointed out, would be
a short sale, because shares not
yet issued could not be owned by
the seller.
AS short sales may not be made
except at a price higher than the
last "long" sale, and there would
be no previous "long" sale in a
"when-issued" transaction, no
short sale on a "when-issued"
basis could be made.
The Washington times., 1938-02-03
Incon1n1unicadO

So far, all efforts of American
representatives in Moscow to get
in touch with Mrs. Rubens have
been rebuffed by Soviet officials.
This apartment was watched
by British secret agents while
''Miss x" was working there and
the gang followed and identified.
The connection to the foreign
power" was then traced and the
four men finally arrested in pos
session of secret documents.
miss x" testified briefly. Slim,
fatr-haired and young, her demure
attitude on the stand contrasted
strangely with her perilous task.
Among the prisoners, Whomack
was identified as assistant fore
man of the arsenal gun section
and inspector of naval ordnance.
Munday was described as an as
6tstant chemist at Woolwich and
Williams as an examiner under the
chief armament inspector.
According to Mcclure, the Ste
phens couple also participated in
the Photographic copying activi:
tleA They went to Moscow via
Paris.
The Washington times., 1938-02-03
Pay Decision
Seen Near

Spokesman for the District
Minimum Wage Board said>today
another meeting or two" may
resolve the differences which
have been holding up a decision
on the legal weekly pay for women
employed in hotels, restaurants
and allied industries.
The board met in executive ses-
sion yesterday and Monday and
will meet again tomorrow.
1t is expected the final decision
will represent a compromise be-
tween the 1890 wage sought by
e mploye representatives a n d
minima ranging from $11.91 to-
$15.06 recommended by employers.
The Washington times., 1938-02-03
III BUS DRIVERS
|DENY GUILT IN.
FARE ROBBER|ES.
$1,000 Estimated Loot.
From Coin Boxes

Eleven Capital Transit Company
bus drivers pleaded not guilty and
waived hearing before United
States Commissioner Needham c.
Turnage today on charges of plot
ting a systematic looting Of fare
boxes on company busses. They
were held for Grand Jury action
under a total of $4,000 in bonds.
bonds.
It was estimated $4,000 had
been pilfered from the boxes dur
ing the past two months. Be
ginning Tuesday night, Detectives
Eugene Lambert and Norman
Hodgkinson started rounding UP
alleged members of the suspected
band and completed their case
last night.
HOW 1T WORKED
Detectives said the "ring leader"
was James Jackson, %, of the 1900
block Seventeenth st. S. E. He
had a skeleton key, police said,
which unlocked the outer boxes,
and opened the inner coin boxes
with his fingers. He was held in
$4,000 bond.
Police added he would meet
buses near the end of q trip,
open the fare boxes and remove
half the coins. Half of the cash
would be turned over to the COM
pany while Jackson and the
driver would split $3.50, police
said.
THOSE ARRESTED
The other drivers, held under
IS 900 bond each, were booked as:
Harry Gibbons, 25, of 1900 block
Seventeenth st. S. E.; william
Lunsford, 20, of 900 block K st.
N. W.: Thomas Sliney, AZ, of $500
block HALEY Terrace S. E.; ALL
guStuS jenkins, A, of 400 block
G st. N. E.; Holmes Orndoff, 20,
of 900 block E st. N. E.; r. r.
Rawls, Is, of 500 block Newcomb
st. N. W.; j. S. johnson, 38, Of
400 block Staples st. N. E.; Roy
Swami, 80, Of 14OO block Twelfth
st. N. E.; T. B. Willoughby, 80,
of Seat Pleasant, Md. and Paul
Bishop, 20, EdmondSton, Md,