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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Miss Nellie Clark
Is Given Shower

A surprise shower was given Tues
day night in honor of Miss Nellie
Bancroft Clark, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert H. Clark, whose
marriage to Mr.. Jameson Barton OF
Greenville, S. c., will take place Sat-
urday in the National Baptist
Church. Miss Phyllis Clark, cousin
of the bride-elect, was hostess. Fall
foliage decorated the living room
and recreation room, where refresh
mentS were served.
Among the guests were Miss
Roberta Clark. maid of honor and
sister of the bride-elect; the four
bridesmaids, Miss June Aldrich,
Mrs. Henry Weary, Miss Dorothy
Barton, sister of the prospective
bridegroom; Miss Phyllis Clark and
many other friends.
A dinner in honor Of the bridal
party will be given by the brides
parents at their home Friday.
Miss Clark is a direct descendant
of John Quincy Adams and also of
George Bancroft, the historian. Mrs.
Charlotte May, aunt of the bride
elect and an authority on chro-
mates. blended the autumnal shades
and colorings selected by Miss Clark
for the dresses of her attendants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Will Give Dinner

Federal Power Commissioner and
Mrs. Basil Manly will entertain at
dinner Wednesday evening.
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Miss Rosenthal Bride
Wedding to MIR. Goldstein Takes
Place at MayhOwer Hotel

wedding
NJ Roentha Philip Goldstein Mr..
effectively Palms woodwarda
background
performed the sapphire the Hotel
Mayhower Rabbi Serstone oang
accompanied by Sdney orchestra the
direction of Mr.. Morgan Baer.
his daughter and her marriage Her
Merkn Philadelphia The
made with fitted bodice which
had daped necne and long, tight sleeves The full skirt which fell
tule veil which fell from
of cascade of maiden
with cluster of white orchids.
dressed in periwnkle blue tul the baque-hke
bodice embossed bount skirt She
Barcf and lavender weepas
Harry Godsten best for his brother and those who
Goldman Mr. Leon KATE
Of Washington, and Harry Merkin of Philadelphia.
served in the presidential dining room
and Mrs GodSn started on Wedong
travelling costume soft wool dress trimmed
hat and bag of suede to match the
length Of Russian lynx with which she wore
spray orchids her shoulder.
and Nassau and on their return Will live
attended Central High School
Marjorie George Washington University and Mr.
graduated School, attended George
town College and
versity of Columbia Bar Association
Section member Of the American
Bal officer of Lodge, Bnal Birth
Mr. and Mrs Jack Aaronson Mr. a
Harry Paul and Mr. and Mrs A Kapan
Philadelphia: Berry Mr. and Mrs Simon
Samuel Hochbger Of New YorE
Greenfield Detroit Abraham Franke
Dr. Abe Rosenhal William Shank Asbury
and Mrs I. GotheM Of Paterson, N. J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Miss Charlotte Mulvehill
Marries Mr.. Schmidt.

NI8IIlCS MI SCn11luS.
The wedding of Miss Charlotte
Jeanette Mulvehill, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl B. Mulvehill, and
Mr.. william Alvin Schmidt, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Schmidt of
Sheboygan, Wis, took place in the
rectory of the Church of the Natlv-
ity Saturday afternoon, November 2.
The Rev. Laurence A. McGlone OIL
ciated at 4:30 o'clock.
The bride, who was given in mar
rage by her father, wore an odys-
Sey blue wool costume suit trimmed
with mink fur Her accessories
were brown and she carried a bou-
quet of bronze chrysanthemums.
The maid of honor, Miss Thelma
Pickett, was dressed in tan wool,
her accessories were brown and she
carried rust color chrysanthemums.
The bridegroom had as his best
man Mr.. George Galleher and Mr..
John De Elmo acted as usher. The
large front room of the rectory was
decorated with fern and mixed fall
flowers and preceding the ceremony
solos were sung by Miss Dove Pitzer,
with Miss Letitia Began at the
organ. The brides mother wore a
gown trimmed with jet and a
shoulder corsage of white orchids,
The bridegroom mother wore lace
and a deep crimson orchid.
An informal reception was held
in the home of the brides parents
which was decorated with fall flow
ers. The table centerpiece was a
pastel floral arrangement accentu-
ated by white candles. Later a din.
ner party was attended by the i'm
mediate family and the bridal party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11

Clergy Well Represented
At Theater Performance.
The clergy was well represented
at the lecture. Among those at
tending were the dean of the Viz
ginia Theological Seminary and
Mrs. Alexander G. zabriskie, the
Rev. Nathaniel Acton, until recently
assistant rector at st. Johns Church
at Lafayette Square; DR.. and Mrs.
c. Sturgis Ball, DR.. and Mrs.
Charles w. Lowry, DR.. and Mrs.
Albert Kevan and the Rev. and
Mrs. Robert Gibson.
The former United States Am
bassador to the Argentine and Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss were at the
theater and later were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips. Others en-
joying both events were Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover, jr.,
and their daughter, Miss Nancy
Glover; Mr.. and Mrs. George Lloyd,
Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Mrs.
Hennen Jennings and Mr.. Cole
man Jennings.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lawrence
Houghteling were in the large audi
ence and among others attending
the performance were Mr.. and Mrs.
Joshua Evans, Gen. and Mrs. Albert
C. Cox, Mr.. and Mrs. William S.
Conant, Lady Julia Rickett, Miss
Helen Louise Sargent, Miss Nancy
Ordway, Miss Marbury Beall, Mrs.
James Young and Miss Elizabeth
Young.
Watsons Give Dinner
Before Concert.
Gen. and Mrs. Edwin M. Watson
entertained at dinner last evening
preceding the first concert of the
Chamber Music Guild which was
given at the Carlton. Gen. and
Mrs. Watson we're at their country
place near Charlottesville, Va, and
come into town for the National
Symphony Orchestra concert in
Constitution Hall. Their guests at
dinner, who went with them to the
guild concert later, we're the Minis
ter Counselor of the Netherlands
Legation and Baroness van Boetze-
laer and Mr.. and Mrs. Foster
Adams, the latter among the active
members of the guild. Mrs. Stanley
Woodward, who has done much to
promote the success of the guild
returned from Philadelphia in time
for the concert.
Breakfast Is Given
For Fairfax Hunt.
Informal parties had their share
of attention over the week end, one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Miss Walden Gives
G. w. u. Grown to
Successor at Ball

Miss Caroline Ihrie Pou Wad-
den, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Anthony Walden, who
has been in North Carolina for
the last three weeks, has returned
to her parents home here. She
returned to attend the home
coming ball at the Mayflower
Saturday night. when she passed
on her crown as Queen" of
George Washington University
to the new Queen"
While in North Carolina Miss
Walden visited her grandmother,
Mrs. Edward William Pou, widow
of the dean of the House, in
Raleigh: Dr. and Mrs. Samuel D.
Mcpherson in Durham, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Fuller Parham in
Henderson, N. c., and was an
overnight guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert M. Hanes in winston
Salem, N. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Miss Anne Weir
Is Engaged to Wed

The engagement Of Miss Anne
Jane Weir to Mr.. John Charles
Kelliher has been announced by
Miss Weir's mother, Mrs. James
Weir of this city and formerly
of New York City.
Mr.. Kelliher is the son of Mrs.
Timothy j. Kelliher of St. Paul,
MINI.
The wedding will take place
this winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11

(See WEDDINGS, Page Bad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11

of the incest being the hunt break
fast which Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
Hatch gave at their Burke, Va, home
for the Fairfax Hunt. The house Is
on the site of the old Burke mill
and in an ideal fox-hunting locale.
The breakfast" was more on the
banquet style, for there were turkey,
roast pork and applesauce, beans
and bacon, homemade pickles and
preserves, and steaming coffee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Large Gathering Hears
Mr.. Evans Lecture for
British War Relief :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Phillips
Give Buffet Supper After
Performance at National

divided
attending Of the Chamber Music
Guild and larger attending the first of the Sunday afternoon
of
National
Theaer to the British relief.
of Schoolgirls
Butler.
Charge dAfares Mrs Neville Butler who IN
Thursday for Bundles for Britain
Mrs Butler had with
who also had chaperone
attache of the British Embassy
Mrs Potts the formers daughters MISS
Butler Miss Susan van Boezeaer
daughters OF the Minister Counselor
Boetzelaer; Miss Virginia
summern Smith, and her guest Miss Ur-
Buckley of England.
Phillips entertained at buffet supper follow
Evans who talked on IN peace
his plays Mr. Evans Will
his role in Twelfth Night IN
Mr. and Mrs Philips were
Mrs Philips moher
Mrs Charles E. Acker; William Acker Mr. and
Mrs Charles Seymour Mr. ana MIS- u
Laughln Phillips of the hosts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Return From South

The assistant director Of the fish
and wild life service and Mrs.
Charles E. jackson have returned
to their home in Chevy Chase, Md,
after a visit with relatives in their
former home in South Carolina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Envoy Expected Soon

His Britannia Majesty's Ambassa-
dor, the Marques of Lothian, is ex-
pected to return to Washington
within few weeks, the time depend
ing on transportation facilities from
Europe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Miss Leila Mildred Grant
WEEDS Mr.. Willis.

Ferns and baskets of white chrys
anthemums against the draperies {
double window formed a love-
background for the wedding of Mi.
Leila Mildred Grant and Mr.. Haro.
Edgar Willis, son of Mr.. and Mr.
Walter Willis of Washington, whic
took place in the home OF tt
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerr
Walter Grant, in Takoma Par
Wednesday evening, october 8
Prof. Harvey A. Morrison, educa
tional secretary of the Genera
Conference of Seventh-Day Adver
fists, officiated.
Preceding the ceremony Chaplai-
Donald w. Hunter of the Wash
ington Sanitarium and Mrs. Hunte
sang and Mr.. Raymond Case,
violinist, played, accompanied Z
his mother, Mrs. Ira L. Casey, VIII
also played the wedding march.
The bride, who was given in MAJ
riage by her father, wore a whit
satin gown fashioned in prince.
lines, with train and flnger-tip vel
Gee yIyCnnTNrC pooe ph
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Visit Homestead

Mr.. and Mrs. Watson v. Shelton
and their younger daughter, Miss
Vivian Shelton, spent the week end
at the Shelton homestead in Fred
ericksburg, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11

MRS. WILLIAM o. Hustled.
Mrs. Hustled 1DaS Mrs. Martha
E. Reese before her recent
marriage. Her Dedding took
place at the Church OF the
Reformation, and her only at
tenddnt 1Dds her daughter,
Miss Anna v. Reese.-Under-
mood & Underwood Photo.
MRS. ALEXANDER
GLADSDEN (center).
The daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. MAJ E. Snyder, before
her recent marriage Mrs.
Gladsden 1Dds Miss SyDtd
Snyder.-Underwood & Un-
der,Dood Photo.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
CLAIM
BIG LINER SUNK
42,348-Ton Empress Of
Britain Bombed, Left In
Sinking Condition
(By The Associated Press

BERLIN, Oct. 1.-THE Empress
of Britain, majestic Canadian flag
ship liner which carried King
George VI and Queen Elizabeth
home to Britain from their North
American trip in 1889, was report
ed in informed German quarters
to have been bombed and left in
a sinking condition north of Ire
land today.
German combat planes at
tackled the liner in the waters
which Germany has proclaimed as
the scene of total blockade, these
sources asserted. By forenoon, it
was stated, the crew had aban-
doned the ship and she was found
ering.
The British admiralty declined
comment. The Empress, displacing
AZ, 348 gross tons and one of the
ten largest ships ever built, earlier
in the year had carried Australian
and New Zealand troops to combat
zones, along with the Queen Mary,
the Mauritania, the Aquitania and
the Expresses of Canada a d
Asia.
There has been no indication,
however, of the manner of her
service in recent months, and she
last was reported seen on June l
with half a dozen other convoy
ships at Freetown, Africa. ~,
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
HULL WARNS U. S.
OF WAR DANGERS
Axis Rulers, He Declares,
Are Seeking To Enslave
The Whole World .

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -R -
Secretary Hull described the rulers
OF Germany, Italy, and Japan to-
night as 'would-be conquerors",
engaged in a relentless attempt to
reduce mankind to ga master-and-
slave relationship among nations
and individuals, maintained by a
brute force"
speaking before the National
Press club over a nationwide ra-
olo hook-up NBC), the secretary
OF state listed efforts by these ma
mons to take by force what they
say they need or want" as he re-
viewed what he called ''the whirl-
WIN developments of one of the
saoaest and most crucial decades
IN the history of mankind-that
u 1he Nineteen Tnirties."
The rulers of these nations
lle secretary continued, 'have re-
puulated and violated in every es-
sei'ai respect the long : accepted
pIInclples of peaceful and orderly
International relations.
Merciless armed attack; unre.
oralned terrorization throug h
~"'ughter of non-combatant men,
'oon'lhued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
V1CHY Cove IN AGREES To WORK With NAILS
Our Primary Need
IAN EditOrial)

Tan EQlCOra)
Municipal governments, and the taxes they impose,
are not constitutional requisites, but merely creatures of
the legislature, bodies public and polite, created by
statute to perform certain limited functions.
Communities of free men tolerate these superimposed
structures for one reason and one reason only: 1t has been
found that they can perform certain services more eco
nomlcany than by individual purchase. The communal
good, obviously, is furthered by collective purchasing OF
fire and police protection, training of children, maintenance
of public streets, parks and Fairgrounds, and the operation
of water and sewerage facilities.
sentatives in the General Assembly fail to perform these
services efficiently-that is, more economically than can
the individual-then it is time to question the wisdom of
perpetuatlng such a system of local government.
The Star-News does question the wisdom and the eff
cheney of the Commission form of government.
Other cities throughout the nation, faced by crises
similar if not identical with Wilmington's water supply
situation, have turned to the City Manager form of gov
eminent. We feel safe in declaring that at no place where
the City Manager form of municipal government has been
given a fair trial has it failed to bring substantial and con-
tinuing relief, both in improved services and lower taxes.
First item of The Star-News program is and will re-
main:
consolidated City-County Government. under Coun-
cil-Manager Administration"
Consolidation of the City and County Governments,
with the logical elimination of the existing overlapping
Town Boards at Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach,
cannot be achieved overnight, for the County Government
is a provision of the State Constitution.
Wilmington, on the contrary, could within a year re-
place it's Commission with a City Manager, a man of prov
en- executive ability, charged specifically with the duty of
performing all the functions of the existing three-member
board, under threat Of renoval-not by poltcs-only for
lack of efficiency. The City Manager would be named by a
Council elected by the people, to serve without pay or with
a negligible per diem compensation. He would be named
not because he was a successful attorney, a popular judge
or an able baby specialist, but solely on his proven qualifi-
cations as an executive.
There are in Wilmington scores of men who love their
community, who have it's welfare securely lodged within
their hearts. These men, successful in their respective
and energy from a campaign to %acquaint the people with
the possibilities of the City Manager form Of government?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
CUARDSMEN WILL
GET SCI MONTHLY
Wilmington Soldiers Dis.
mayed To Learn Rule
Bars Increases
(By DAVID

FORT JACKSON, S. c., Oct. 26
There was no joy in Mudville''
tonight, No, the mighty Casey
hadn't struck out. All National
Guardsmen in training here, Will
mington's included, had learned
their pay, regardless of their rank,
will be only $21 per month until
they have served four months in
the Army of the United States.
That meant corporals and SER
geants, ordinarily paid $42 to more
than $40 per month, will receive
$21. The only exceptions are a few
men who held their present rank
prior to being indicted into the
service of the United States on Sep
TENDER 16.
All who have enlisted since that
time and all who have been made
non-commissioned officers since
that time will receive the army's
lowest rate of pay-$21 per month.
After the four months end, their
pay will be increased to this scale:
Privates, $50; privates first class
$36; corporals, $54; and sergeants,
$50. Higher grade non-coms will
receive their regular rate Of pay
and allowances after the four
months end.
There was no detailed or official
explanation of the action forth
Continued on Page Eight; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
F. R. And King George Had
Sent Messages To Nazi-
Dominated Chief
VICTORY FOR HITLER
Wild Rumors Circulating
On Part France Will
Play For Nazis
BY OKIN

VICHY, France, Oct. 26.-(R-
France moved officially into the
Axis lineup in Europe tonight with
her governments announcement.
that Adolf Hitler and M ar S h al
Philippe Petain, Frances chief Of
state, had agreed in principle to
work together to restore peace in
Europe.
The announcement, endorsed by
the French cabinet, marked an
historic about-face for France and
put this vanquished country on the
threshold on negotiations on con-
crete points of agreement with her
German conquerors.
Follows Meeting
It followed a 75-minute meeting
of the Vichy cabinet where Pc
tain and his second in command,
Vice Premier Pierre Laval ex-
planned what they talked about
this week in conferences with Hit
Ter and Joachim Won Ribbentrop,
the German foreign minister.
THE council of ministers unani-
mously approved their declara-
tions,' the announcement said.
The terse communique said
merely that Hitler and Petain had
held a general examination of the
situation and, in particular, the
means of reconstructing peace in
Europe" and were in accord on
''the principle Of collaboration"
(Here four lines V re censored.)
This, two days after Petain's
meeting with the fuehrer in Nazi-
occupied Paris, seemed to political
observers to be a clear sign of
an impending peace offensive"
They said it might be started
with a bid for the good offices of
the United States in seeking an
end to European hostilities.
(In Washington, United States
Secretary of State Cordell Hull dis
closed that President Roosevelt,
Continued on Page Five; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Eight Alarms In Day Set
New Record; Many Fire
Bombs Dropped
SOME NAILS DOWNED
Scotland And
Midlands Area Also
Report Attacks
(By The Associated Press

LONDON, Oct. 27-(Sunday)-
Fire bombs and high explosives,
falling from as many as four and
five bombers at a time, splattered
wide areas of London early to-
day as Nazi raiders stepped up the
pace of their 50th successive night
of air attack.
The raiders return at dusk after
seven daylight stabs yesterday put
the capital under eight air raid
alarms during the day-a number
never exceeded in a like period and
only twice equalled since the start
of the aerial siege.
Liverpool Raided
Although London apparently still
bore the brunt of the German
bombardment, Liverpool reported
night raiders attempting vainly to
break through its ring of anti-air-
craft fire and southwest Scotland
had a second straight night of air
attack. The Midlands also were
raided.
One brief lull in the attack on
London ended when raiders slipped
past the capitals outer barrage
and dropped incendiaries and
earth-shaking explosives. The mis-
siles fell in groups of eight and
ten at one time.
Fire engines raced through the
streets to fires which were rapidly
extinguished.
One high explosive bomb land
ing in a London business district
seriously damaked a printing es-
Enlistment, offices and surround
ing shops.
In one London area the Germans
first dropped two bombs. followed
them with five more and then let
Continued on Page Eight; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

From Greece
Beaten Back
Incident Feared Spark That
May Set Off Hostilities
In The Balkans
TWO SOLDIERS KILLED
Italians Say Three Bombs
Also Set Off Near
Italian Offices
(By The Associated Press)

ROME, Oct. 2.-Italy an
nounced officially tonight that Al
bantam troops had fought off
armed Greek bands' in a from
tier clash on Albanian soil, and
foreign observers considered the
incident might set off a long ex-
pected outbreak of hostilities in
the Balkans.
The Rome radio identified the
Greeks as soldiers"
Near Koriza
A communique put the scene of
the clash in the vicinity of Koriza
Koritsa), which is some. Is miles
from the Greek border.
It added that the Greeks had
attack Albanian outposts with
rifles and hand grenades, saying:
1.-THE prompt reaction of an Al
banian patrol and the successive
Intervention of other units helped
throw back Immediately the enc
my band which had penetrated in
to Albanian territory"
Six Greeks were declared cap
tured; two Albanian soldiers killed
and three wounded.
The commune likewise assert
ed that three bombs exploded last
near the headquarters of the
Italian Acknowledgement at Port
Edda-formerly known as S anti
Quaranti and renamed after the
Italian occupation of Albania-and
that two persons slightly
wounded.
Greek or English agents" we're
blamed and it was said they were
being sought.
investigations are being made
into the two episodes" the COM
munique added. Meanwhile calm
has returned to the two zones"
1t was believed that the fighting
lead to the dispatch of an
Italian punitive expedition to
the Albanians and to full
fill their demands for Greek ter
Such an action also would be in
pursuit of the Axis aim to drive
British influence out of Southern
Europe.
albania has been a part of the
fascist empire since it's seizure by
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
F. D. R. SAYS NAVY
BLOCKS DICTAT0RS
Six Ships Added To Fleet,
Four Launched, Four Be-
gun Last Month

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-P)-
President Roosevelt told the Amer
lean fleet tonight on the eve of
the 18th annual Navy Day that it
was "a deterrent to those nations
who would plant the heel Of dicta-
torship across this hemisphere"
"I pray" he said in a letter to
Secretary Knox, chat it will con-
tinue to emphasize, by its strength,
our determination to remain a free
people, marching steadily along the
open road that holds peace of the
spirit as well as a full and worthy
material life"
The chief executives letter was
published along with an exchange
of greeting between the Army and
Navy on the eve of Navy Day OBJ
which is to be restricted
sin the interests of national securi-
Progress. toward realization of the
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
WEATHER

y FORECAST
da r0rth Carolina: Partly cloudy Sun
day onu Monday; slightly cooler Sun
central portion.
Fair ~ carolina, Georgia and Florida
day ~ partly cloudy Sunday and Mon
"0' much change in temperature.
"S U. s.. Weather Bureau
en tGihnes.eo4rological data for the "a hours
lou p m. yesterday.
1.ao Temperature
III. s. N; I'll; 1880 a. m. 60: 1:3O D.
minim,a' '5o p. m. Il; maximum IS;
ID; mean Il; normal 81.
la Humidity
m, u. a, m. 81; 7:3O a. m. 90; 1:3O D.
81 p. m. rs.
Total Precipitation
mona. dof a hours ending 7:3O D. M.
Wiz inches. As u LIE mohth'
Tides For Today
Wilmington ------- e:1Sa 1 Elsa
Masonic. 6:44p 1:34p
olo Inlet ------ 4:C9a 10 :25a
Spnr;.. 4:28p 1 :52p
rise D o!asse 6:27a; sunset 5:25p; moon
'0'a; moonset 3:17p.
ettt"ape Fear river stage at Fay
'~'eville, s.s feet.
N'"'i1ued on Page Three; Col. ~