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lures o. the production is that all
such pitfalls have been skirted. The
picture is peopled by believable, well.
rounded and wholly developed char.
acters. And their story moves fer.
ward on it's own momentum, in.
evitably. i,
Brian Aherne's performance
makes credible his attitude toward
his son. Louis Hayward, aided i'm.
measurs-bly by the child actor Scot+y
Beckett in the earlier sequences,
makes credible a thoroughly despic.
able son. These are the top acting
achievements.
Next, I would put Laraine Dav.
young girl from Utah who plays the
actress-daughter of the hero's life
long friend (Henry Hull.) Miss Day
demonstrates abundant emotional
talent as well as personal charm.
Josephine Hutchinson comes back
to n screen in an interesting char.
acter assignment, the role OF
Aherne'j wife unimaginative,
stodgily religious, u~ninspiring. Miss
carroll, nominally the star, has less
to do than other principals, but fills
her niche with literal beauty.
The character Of the con. who il.
the novel died on the gallows, h; .
been given the slightest of regenera.
tions in the film. After playing t
neel and the liar throughout. the
BOY is permitted one scene in which
Though his sincerity is still omen to
question: he admits to his faith or his
realization of his shortcomings. And
ne Is given, besides, a hero's death
In battle.
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The Editors
BOX

The Editor does not n~ecessari'
ly endorse any article appear
in this department. They repre-.
sent g vic VS. of the individual
readers. Correspondents a r 9
warae. that all communications
must contain the correct name
and c1dress for u RECORDS,
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as the writer sees fit. The Star
News reserves the right to alter
any text thut for any reason Is
Objectionable. letters on con-
reversal subjects will not be
published.
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o t e n keeps
people awake,
r e S u g in
muscular tense
ness rather than
relaxation. The
before = going
to-bed exercises
may mako n
wider a w a k e
than not taking
them.
In addition,
W h a t usually
keep p e o pie
from going to
sleep promptlv
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RUSSIA WANTS PEACE

Russia says she wants to stay out OF war.
She showed her sincerity of purpose, as a
peace-loving power, in the invasion of Finland
But the present outburst by MoLoToFF is in
the form of a warning to the Allies to watch
their step in southeastern Europe.
That's like having a dove on one shoulder
and a chip on the other; or an olive branch
in one hand and a brick in the other.
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. RIGHT OR WRONG
ABOUT PEOPLE
Does Exercise
Al Bedtime
Help Sleep!
BY DONALD A. LAIRD
Ph.D., Sci.D.
Author of Increasing Personal


Efficiency"
There are about five million per-
sons in the U. S. who will have diff
ficulty going to sleep tonight. Some
where around 10 per cent of these
will be somewhat apprehensive
about this apparent trouble - and
usually their apprehension is
g~roundless.
A favorite home remedy to help
go to sleep is to take a brisk walk
or some energetic setting-up exer-
else at bedtime.
The notion which leads to exer.
cises to prepare for better sleep is
that the workout will make people
so tired they will sleep like a puppy
which has played itself out.
This notion is wrong on several
counts. Genuine physical fatigue
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TOP o. THE

Resolve, aohen you awake, that 1T ShaH De
to some faithful purpose, and mai yo~r reno
gated poDers shall be obeddent to HIM Who
hos reneved them! And throW a glance back
avard before your eyes are aoeighed IN sleep
to see hoao aveU yoW haze kept the mornings
reso7utiom. N. L. F~RoTHINGHAM
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Hollywood Sights And Sounds
By Robin Coons-

HOLLYWOOD, March 81 - "Ms
Son, MY Son!' Screenplay by Lenore
Coffee from novel by Howard Spring
Directed by Charles Vidor. Prin-
cipals: Madeleine Carroll, Brian
Aherne, Louis Hayward, Laraine
Day, Henry Hull, Josephine Hutch.
inson, Sophie Stewart, Bruce Lester,
Scotty Beckett.
The rod, belt and cane industries
of the country should flourish by
this one, with parents by the hun.
dreds leaving the theaters to rush
Junior to the w%oodshed. It will be
tough on Junior, who never trucked
much to that maxim about rod.spar.
ing and child-spoiling.
The above is intended not as a
facetious commentary upon the
movie version OF this ~best.sellinp
novel, but rather as a tribute to its
power. 1t is a thoughtful, adult
motion picture, we'll acted am
potently directed from a mastery
script.
Adaptation of a popular novel to
the screen is always a difficult Job.
Readers protest sins of omission and
commission, and the scenarist. try.
Ing to please those who have and
those who haven't read the book,
often succeeds only in antagonizing
both. Miss Coffee here has taken
the story and transcribed it with
faith to its spirit rather than to its
letter, although the letter too is
abundantly retained,
The story of an over.generous
who ruins his sons life and
his own by showering him with all
his heart desires, offered many CD.
for a run-of-the.mill
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In II district of the East indies
women must keep one eye shut
when in Ne presence of men.
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QUOTATIONS

Let's swap horses and stay on this side o
the stream.-Republican slogan proposed b
Senator Arthur Vandenberg.
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GERMAN CONSUL
CHANGES STORY
CONTINUED from Page One)

on a 24-hour basis yesterday short
ly after the appearance OF the IN
terview but no trouble had de-
veloped today.
James E. Crown, editor of the
States, said in reply to the baron's
charges that 1--WE have absolute
confidence in our reporter and the
veracity of his report" which in
cluded statement that Germany
will not forget American aid to
the Allies.
After the story was published
yesterday, Won Spiegel, former
U-boat commander, said he had
not been talking for publication on
certain points, but at that time
did not deny making the state
ments.
Today, however, he denied spe-
cifically the quotation that the
Nazis will not forget" declaring
it was a free invention He
charged in addition that Il gave
out no statement and he (the re-
porter) absolutely violated my con-
fidence."
He explained that remarks about
trade were predicated on the fact
that the new Germany would have
materials nearer home and would
not of necessity be forced to trade
in the western hemisphere.
II want to make it clear that
any loss of trade will not be be-
cause of ill feeling" he said. !
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ed the right to send troops un

ed the right to send troops un-
molested across the frontier.
She also demanded successfully
that Lithuania. replace its existing
government with one willing to
restrain ''the enemies" of the pact,
and that the Lithuanian minister
OF internal affairs and the director
OF political police be prosecuted
as those directly responsible for
provacational actions against the
Soviet garrison in Lithuania."
The Lithuanians were given a
deadline of 10 o'clock this morn
ing; at 9 o'clock, Moscow announc-
ed, they gave in.
In the agreement of October,
1899, the Red army was granted
the right to establish garrisons at
unspecifed points in Lithuania for
the announced purpose of protect
ing the country's frontiers. In re-
turn, the Soviet union ceded to
Lithuania Wilma (Wilno), the an
cient capital of that once-powerful
country, and surrounding area.
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lJJEN REGISTRY
BILL IS PASSED
r;0eerprinting Measure Goes
'''s Back To House On
Amendments

vAsH1NGToN' June 1'' ~
.ion requiring registration
D' e;.aorprinting Of all aliens was
''1 .oa by the senate today.
y rne bill is designed to tighten
laws aimed at subversive
''U +s IT now goes back to the
e'' for consideration of nlsner-
NV senate amendments.
w. n measure would provide for
lHe lotion of certain aliens by
dspv, landjng the immigration laws. :.
an,sn n,a senate passed the bill unani'
nousls +or Connally D-Texas) said
e.+ained some of the most strln'
GENT nd was "aimed at communists
Jaw @ similar organizations" Under
anu nrovisions, Connally said, per-
these .ho advocate thse overthrow
s0Hs .orceo OF federal, state or mu-
BY ~ lo governments would face pen
nlcpS' If 10 years in prison and a
10000 fine, .,,,+;o n.o
.;son would apply within 80 days
'lS'OI oliens now in the country,
10 az atod to number 100000. Ali
es'iu.. aor ia wears need not be fin
sns .u;nted until they reach IA.
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POTATO BLACKLEG is TRACED
TO g. KINDS OF GERMS

CHATHAM, Va. (RNBlackleg, a
dark discoloration of potato plants
which causes the United States an
annual loss of $5,00O,OO0 or $6.-
100000, has been attributed to too
much rain, too little rain, to the
moon being full, and to the moon
being dark, says j. A. Pinckard OF
the Virginia Agricultural Expert
ment Station here.
But the real reason for this po-
tatO disease is bacteria, or plain
germs But there are 62 varieties
Of bacteria, each of which can
cause potato blackleg.
This summation of the blackleg
host is the work of Reiner Bonde
and its telling takes 20 pages of
lne print in the agricultural jour-
ral Phytopathology.
That's not all. The 81 varieties
can cause other plant rot diseases,
and some Of them hide in corn
worms and other unsuspected
places, by which they sneak up on
potato fields. But not one of DR..
Bonde's 81 varieties appears to be
harmful to mans health. /
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MRS. ANNIE KELLY

Mrs. Annie Jane Kelly, widow of
David G. Kelly, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. r. G. Murray,
of Wilmington, r. F. D. 1, late yes
terday afternoon.
Funeral services will be held
from the home of Mrs. Murray this
afternoon at 4 o'clock, with the
Rev. F. Smith Johnston, of the I'm
manuel Presbyterian church in
charge.
Active pallbearers will be: L. A..
Covil, r. c. Pierce, James Jackson,
ID. H. Malpass, W. B. Bell, and A..
I. Maynard.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Murray and Mrs. Annie Turn
er of Wilmington, and the follow
ing grandchildren: Mrs. George
Murray. Mrs. o. r. Piner, Mrs. Su-
die Howard, Sadie, Mary, Betty Ann,
Robert. Ben George and Floyd Muir
raw Maude and Billie Turner of
Wilmington, and Mrs. G. r. King
of Norfolk, Va. Also ten great grand
children.
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SWEDISH VIEW

STOCKHOLM, June 15-(R-The
march of the Red army into Lith-
uania today under a forced grant
Of free passage may be the fore
runner of a Russian move to es-
tablish a half-million troops near
the German border, a foreign in
formant said today.
This informant, for several years
resident in Latvia, said the Rus
slams intended to garrison the
strength of the Red army in Lith.
LAMA, Estonia and Latvia, three
Baltic neighbors from whom Mos
COW wrung military concessions
last fall.
There has been much unofficial
speculation in Scandinavia tn a t
Russia, allied with Germany in an
accord of practical cooperation,
might now regret or consider div
ergences from this accord because
of concern over Nazi expansion in
Scandinavia.
There is little likelihood of re-
sistance from Estonia and Latvia,
the foreign observer said, since
Russian troops in the three Baltic
states already equal or surpass
their combined forces.
The prospect that Russia would
expand her demands to include Es-
tonia and Latvia was believed like
ly here, particularly in view Of
the Soviet ultimatum today accus-
ing the three countries of entering
into a military alliance hostile to
the Soviet union.
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VERDUN CAPTURED
BY GERMAN FORCES
Continued from Page One)

that 1.-The reich's war flag is
waving over the palace of Yer.
sailles where in 1871 the German
destiny was established and in 1915
the German shame sealed
In that earlier communique, the
high command asserted the Ger
mans had taken more than 200, ,0O(
prisoners in ten days of blitzkriee
and an ''inestimable' amount oil
war materials.
The capture of Verdun, histori
cally one of the main barriers or
the road to Paris for any invader
from the northeast, was told in one
of three successive special com
muniques:
Fort Vaux Stormed
''In an attack on the fortificaticr
of Verdun," said the first, ''ou1
troops this forenoon stormed Fort
Vaux, known from the World war
and took Fort Marie, lying on the
northwest front. They are con.
tinuing their advance on Verdun.' .
The second said:
AFTER heavy fighting our troops
have broken through the Maginot
line on broad front south of Saar'
brucken."
The third said:
"After breaking through the line
of forts on both sides of the Meuse
the city and citadel of Verdun
heavily fought for in theWorld war
were taken by U.S.
The Germans tried to take Yer
dun, secure behind it's related forts
in February, 1916.
The French fought stubbornly
buoyed up by the slogan "they
shall not pass.''
By September Germany's often
sive had failed, and the failure
had a far-reaching effect on the
course of the World war.
The French numbered their deac
and wounded than at 100000, the
Germans at 100000.
The storming of Verdun was q
tremendous rear attack or flank
turning movement against the line
of steel and concrete fortifc cations
which for long have been symbo
of French security-the Magino1
line they throught was impreg.
nable.
The other attack-south of Saar.
brucken-was a frontal assault
near the middle of the German
French frontier.
The Berlin newspaper Mach
tausgabe' commenting on the Ger
man victories, outlined three tasks
facing the French high command:
First, they must attempt te
gather their 'beaten and scattered
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(By the Associated Press)

MOSCOW, June 15.-Soviet Rus
sia gained by ultimatum today
free passage" into Lithuania-the
little country bordering Germany
on East Prussia-of an unlimited
number of troops of the Red army.
So far as was disclosed officially
this force was ordered stationed
in the most important centers only
in Sufficient strength to provide
for the ''implementing'' of the So
viet-Lithuanian mutual assistance
agreement.
To Moscow alone, however, was
left the decision as to how many
men would be sufficient.
(Russia thus was left with a free
hand to put wall of troops as big
as she pleased very close to the
far eastern Nazi frontiers.
(Berlin dispatches reported that
upon acceptance of the ultimatum,
men of the Red army began
marching into Lithuania this af-
ternoon, meeting no resistance.
(These dispatches announced the
crossing into Lithuania at 3 pm.
Of lone Soviet Russian army at
Eisischkis, Druskenkai, Dursken-
inkeliai and Dukstas. Russian
troops, it was added, were occupy
ing the cities of Wilma, Kaunas,
Schaahlen, Ponjwjesch and Rasey-
ny. Other places to be occupied.
said DNB, the official German
news agency, would be decided in
a meeting between Soviet General
PaWloW and the Lithuanian COM
manding general.
CA Russian force of 200 tanks
was said to have passed Kaunas,
the capital, while the main force
of an armored division arrived in
the city itself. The people appar-
emily were astonished and it was
reported that food stores w wer e
stormed in panic.)
1t was on the basis of the mutual
assistance pact-signed on Oct. 10,
1889, after Russia's seizure of east
ern Polish territory while Germany
was occupying its western sections,
that Moscow moved suddenly to-
day.
Accusing the Lithuanians of kid
naping Soviet airmen, of the ''mur-
der" of a member of the Soviet
army, of entering a Lithuanian
Latvian Esthonian military alli-
ance hostile to Russia and of pre-
pairing an attack on a Soviet gar
rison in Lithuania, Russia demand
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Mchigan's Democrats
Call For Third Term

FLINT, Mich, June .-LR-The
Michigan democratic state conven.
ton today unanimously endorsed
President Roosevelt for a third term
in resolution that demanded that
he accept denomination land the
assured election it enails''
"Only on this continent" the reso.
luton added, do men and women
still enjoy the blessings of peace as
well as the blessings of liberty. We
herewith heartily endorse the for
eign as well as the domestic policy
of our great President
The convention was called to
name delegates to the national con-
vention.
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DEATHS
MRS. r. w. HENDERSON

JACKSONVILLE, June 15.-Mrs.
Richard W. Henderson, 81, who
died at Maysville Wednesday
morning, was buried at Queen S
Creek church at Hubert Thursday
afternoon. She was native and
life long resident of Onslow county
She had made her home with her
daughter, Mrs. A. B. Collins, al
Maysville for the past several
years during which she had been
In failing health and an invalid.
She is survived by eight chill.
dren, Roger Henderson of Charles
ton, S. c., A. N. Henderson of Max
ton, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Bruce Har.
rison and Mrs. Jack Stevenson o1
New Bern, Mrs. c. P. Hall oil
Marion, S. c., and Mrs. Jimmie
ellison and Miss Sara Meta Hen.
derson of Washington, D. c., and
a brother, Emory Rogers of Swans.
boro.
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Plumbers And Heaters
Postpone Convention

The annual convention of the
North Carolina Association Of
Plumbing and Heating Contractors,
scheduled for June 27, % and 29,
has been postponed until July 25,
26, and 27, r. M. Kermon, execu-
tive secretary and attorney for the
association, announced last night.
Kermon said the convention will
bring several hundred people to
Wrightsville Beach this summer.
Reservations have already been made
at the ocean Terrace hotel, conven-
tion headquarters, for a large num-
Der of out-of-state manufacturers and
jobbers who will attend the conven-
ton.
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j. H. LEE

BURGAW, June Is. - Funeral
services for J. H. Lee, 56, who died
today at his home here after long
illness, will be held from the late
residence Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
The Rev. P. L. Clark, pastor OF
Hopewell Presbyterian church,
where Mr.. Lee had been member
for many years, will conduct the
services.
Interment will be in the church
cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be: N. B.
Murray, E. L. Durham, G. F. NAL
lard, Jr., F. Murray, B. Rivenbark
and N. Bannerman.
Mr.. Lee is survived by his widow,
two daughters, Miss Josephine Lee
and Mrs. w. M. Fulcher, of Will
mington, by two brothers, R. B. Lee,
of Burgaw and w. L. Lee, of Will
lard, and by a sister, Miss Allie
Lee, of Burgaw.
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Reds And Nazis Agree
On Disagreement Pact

MOSCOW, June 15.-LR-Signing
i've davs ago of a covenant between
Soviet Russia and Germany on pro-
,eiure for settlement of any "con-
7icts or Incidents" occurring on their
,ommon frontier in Poland was an
lounced today.
Tass, official Russian news agency,
;aii in part:
Negotiations proceeded IN a
friendly atmosphere and were sue
cessfully concluded with one month. -
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Stacker Relief Ban
Rescinded By Mudd

rpENTON. N. j., June 15.-R-
.. polef Director Arthur Mudd
''' ~ .oaav he would rescind a week
I'D memorandum in which he sug-
..od unemployment relief funds
..,+ ba withheld from able-bodied
Ni'. 41a,o men eligible for military duty.
MIN memorandum was sent to field
conservatives as suggestion
~, M order was issued putting it
,~,o affect Mudd gave no reason for
4, aOcision to rescind the memoran-
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Nopal Reserve Ensign
To Wed English Girl

LONDON, June 15.-P-The war
brought a job and romance to Will
liam somers Mayilliard, U. S. naval
reserve ensign, of San Francisco.
Mayilliard, who graduated from
Vale year ago, was travelling in
E,,rone when the war started. He
volunteered for duty with the naval
a+tache of the United States en-
hassv. and later for duty with the
naval attache of the United States
embassy and later met Miss Anne
E1izabeth Croysdale of Holyport,
Berkshire.
It was announced today they will
| he married July IL.
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forces" below Paris. At the same
time they must greatly strenthen
the Maginot line unless they intend
to carry out a "retreating fight
there. And third they must try to
meet Italian pressure which, the
paper said, was naturally growing
stronger daily on the Alpin Border.
The German press, as well as
officialdom, stressed the news Of
the German capture of Paris,
where the Nazi flag flew from the
city hall today, but gave no hint
of whether Hitler intends to go to
the French capital. 2
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GUESTS AT BEACH

Among the prominent guests
at the Ocean Terrace hotel,
Wrightsville Beach, are Mr.. and
Mrs. John Andrews, of Raleigh,
Alec Andrews, of Chicago and
New York, Mr.. and Mrs. A. II.
London and Mr.. and Mrs. John
London, of Baltimore.
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VISITS PARENTS

Louis T. kermon, who is at
tending summer school at Wake
Forest college, is spending the
weekend with his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. r. nj. kermon at their
home on HarbOr Island.
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MRS. w. j. WEBSTER

Mrs. Charlotte N. Webster, IS.
wife of William J. Webster, of 3OS
South 18th street, died last night at
her home.
She is survived by her husband
two daughters, Mrs. Grey M. Brock
Of Wilmington, and Mrs. W. E. Mil
Ter, of Whiteville and by several
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed last night.
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Chamberlain's Ousting
To Be Urged In House

LONDON, June 15.-(P)-The res
ignatton of members of the former
Chamberlain government "who are
blamed for the present reverses''
will be asked by Commander Locker
Lampson, conservative member of
parliament, Tuesday in the house of
commons.
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Prayers For Peace
Will Be Said Today

RALEIGH, June 15.-P)-North
lCarolinians will pray for peace to-
morrow, in response to a special ap-
lpeal by Governor Hoey.
| The Governor has designated
Fathers Day as a time for pray
er and supplication for peace and
justice for the people of the whole
world"
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MRS. ETA HART

Mrs. Eta Hart, formerly of Will
mington, died in a Brooklyn, N. Y.
hospital yesterday after a long
illness.
She is survived by two sons,
Hiram E. and William J. Hart,
of Brooklyn; "a sister, Mrs. John
Yates, of Wilmington, and a
brother, W. H. Merritt, of Will
mington.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed last night.
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"NOT DEFINED"

BERLIN, June 15-(RH(By Ra-
dio)-Authoritative quarters said
tonight Germany had mot yet de-
fined it's attitude" in regard to So
Wet Russia's acquisition of free
passage" for Red army troops in
I4ithuania. l
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NURSES

The James Walker Memorial
hospital Nurses Alumnae assOcia-
tiOn will meet Thursday after
noon at 4 o'clock in the Nurses
home.
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VISITING

Mrs. F. w. Key, of Philadel-
phia and Mrs. B. H. Houston,
of Clinton, have been the
guests of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. p. Crump. Mrs. Kay
left Saturday for the eastern
shore of Virginia to spend some
time before returning to her
home.
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GUEST PREACHER

The Rev. Williams, of Knox
vile, Tenn, will be guest speak
er at the 11:15 a. m. services to-
day at the Gregory Community
(colored) church. Members and
friends are invited.
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LADIES AID SOCIETY

The Ladies Aid society OF st.
Matthew'S Lutheran church will
meet Wednesday night, May 10,
at 8 o'clock at the Sunday
school building. All members are
urged to attend.
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City Briefs
PATIENT

Mrs. N. F. Cordes, of 1925
Orange street, is patient at
James Walker Memorial hospital.
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WILLING WORKERS

The Willing Workers. club of
Ebenizer Baptist CO l0r d
church will present the Nation
al Four quartette in a program
of Spiritual music at the
church Monday night, June II.
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the second coming of Christ" at
the 8 o'clock services tonight at
the Fourth Street Advent Chris
tian church, corner of Fourth
and Church streets.
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~, annually, approximately 10000.
wv letters find their way to the
Dead Letter Division of the U. S.
post office.