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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
N. O. SPOT

NEW ORLEANS, July 23.-R-
Spot cotton closed quiet, S points
lower. Sales 20. Low middling $40;
middling 10.40; good middling
1926. Receipts 1,438. Stock $50, 651.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
LARD

CHICAGO, July 23.-R-Lard
tierces SIS; loose 4.72; bellies $50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
Shipping News
IN PORT
Tug And Barge

Lug AHO barge
Tug j. Alva Clark and barge Co.
hansey, 1874 tons, discharging cargo
fertilizer materials for Royste
Guano company. Both vessels tt
master.
Qtalian) Villarperosa with part
cargo of scrap iron.
CGreek) Andreas, 4,044 tons, load
ing cargo of scrap iron. Heide ano
company, agents.
Yachts
Ruth King, so tons, at Maffitt's
pier at Wrightsville Beach under
command Of Capt. Brooks.
Drifter, SO tons, locked at Wrishts
Vile Beach.
Barge
B~arnegat, loading cargo OF lumber
at j. Herbert Bate lumber company
INWARD BOUND
Tug And Barge
Tug Ontario and barge Wauke.
shau, 2,195 tons, from Port Tampa
with cargo phosphate rock. Heidi
and company, agents.
Steamers
Major Wheeler, 2.188 tons, from
Tampa with cargo phosphate rock
c. D. Maffitt and company, agents.
William c. Atwater, 1.485 tons
from New York with cargo of petro
leu mproducts. Southeastern Ship
ping Service, agents.
Barge
Nanticote from Norfolk to loat
cargo of Lumber at J. Herbert Bait
Lumber company.
Steamer
Sage Brush, 1856 tons, from TOGO
pilla, Chile. with cargo of nitrate
of soda. Pryde Forwarding com,
pany, agents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24

BALTIMORE POTATOES
BALTIMORE, July 23.-R-Po.
tatoes unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
NEW E COTTON

Cotton" ORLEANS, July 23.-LP-
with dneures were irregular today
Neatbe naqe buying offsetting better
Were II the belt. Closing prices
S'esdF' ! to 8 points net higher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
STOCK AVERAGES

60.StOck Range Since |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15

Pennsylvania is the largest glass
producing State, Ohio ranking
second.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Linn A. {. Gale, Press
Correspondent, Dies

Linn A. Z. Gale, Washington
newspaper correspondent whose OPP
position to Americas entrance into
the World War caused him to be
imprisoned for three years, died
yesterday Of q heart ailment.
Mr.. Gale was 48 years old. Strick-
en- with heart trouble q few days
ago. he died ut Greenhill Institute.
His home was at 800 Thirteenth
street NV.
He had been engaged In newspa-
per work In Washington since 1924.
and ut the time Of his death was
operating Gales News Services. In
october, 1921, he was convicted by
. military court for draft desertion
and publication Of seditious material
In Gales International Magazine
during the war. Mr.. Gale had fed
to Mexico after the United States
entered the war, and in 1920 he was
deported by President ObregOn. He
served approximately three years in
Fort Leavenworth Military Prison
before his sentence was commuted.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Magdalena Gale of Washington, and
his fathA', Clarence o. Gale, Endi-
colt, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. tomorrow at the Cham
bers funeral home, 1400 Chaplin
street NV.
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tended their aerial offensive into
Scotland last night, attacking an
airport and conveys m the vicinity
of Moray Firth.
Destruction Yesterday Of % British
planes, % in the air and lat least
six" on the ground, was reported in
the morning communique, which
conceded IL German craft were
missing.
The high command said NaZi
flyers bombed harbors, industrial
centers. troop concentrations. air
ports, power plants and armament
factories in South and Central Eng
land and Wales, setting extensive
fires"
At sea the sinking of the British
17,000-ton auxiliary cruiser Transyl-
vania by German submarine was
reported.
German sources emphasized that
lull in bombing volume due to un-
favorable weather represented no
setback in the Nazi blitzkrieg
schedule. Strategists, they ex-
planned. had made full allowance for
a certain amount of bad weather.
British have set September Is
as the deadline for any NaN at
tempt at invasion this year, since
from then on weather conditions
over the English Channel and the
North Sea would hinder trans
portation of troopS.)
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Democrats Reported
To Have Picked |ckes
To Answer WiIIkie
May Speak on Radio
Monday Night After
Acceptance Saturday

Secretary of the Interior Ickes was
reported today in administration
circles as the choice of the Demo-
cratic National Committee to reply
next Monday to the acceptance
speech of Wendell Willkie, Republic
an presidential nominee.
Mr.. Willkie is to deliver his &C.
ceptance speech Saturday afternoon
from Elwood. Ind. his former home.
The Democratic National Com
mittee is expected to announce that
Secretary Ickes will be given half
hour to reply Monday night at $3.50
o'clock over the Blue network of the
National Broadcasting Co. Officials
at N. B. c. said today, however, no
arrangements have been made as
yet for his address.
Mr.. IckeS lunched with President
Roosevelt at the White House yes
terday. 1t was understood cam
paign issues and his forthcoming
address were discussed.
The Interior Secretary was one
Of the most outspoken advocates of
q third term for President Roose-
welt before the Democratic conven-
ton renominated him in Chicago.
He has carefully refrained from
being drawn into any public discus
sion Of politics since the convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Senate Unit Votes
Substitute Bill
On Harry Bridges
y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The Senate immigration Commit
tee approved. 8 to S, today lesisla-
ton directing the Attorney Cen
eral to determine whether Harry
Bridges, West Coast labor leader,
should be deported.
The legislation was . substitute
for q House-approved bill requir-
ing the immediate deportation Of
Bridges to Australia.
Senator Andrews, Democrat, of
Florida told reporters that besides
himself Senator's Stewart, Demo-
crat, Of Tennessee: King. Democrat,
Of Utah; Capper, Republican, OF
Kansas, and Holman. Republican
Of Oregon, voted against the SUBJ
stitute.
Other members present, he said
voted for 1t. The clerk listed the
others present as Senators Austin
Republican, Of Vermont; Schwellen-
bach, Democrat, Of Washington
Maloney, Democrat, Of Connecticut;
Chairman Russell Of Georgia; Her
ring. Democrat, of Alabama, and
Smathers, Democrat, Of New Jersey
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newsmen that August Is had been
through London and said it must be
rather a disappointment" for the
Germans.
The spokesman said that origin
Of the August Is date in "Hitler's
schedule" was obscure, but that it
had come from many sources and
undoubtedly was pushed out by a
German whispering campaign"
One newspaper seller humor-
ouSly chalked on his bulletin board,
To-day. August l5-And he's only
at Madame Tussauds." He referred
to the fact that the only Hitler now
in London is at q waxworks exhi-
bition
Stray planes only were reported
during the night over Wales and
Southwest England and open coun-
try in East Scotland. The bomber
over Scotland was shot down.
In contrast to recent nights, no
night bombings were reported.
Transylvania Sunk.
In the war at sea, meanwhile,
German submarine sank the 1928
ton armed merchant cruiser Tran
sylvania, once West Indies cruise
ship operating out of New York.
The Admiralty said the sinking oc-
CURED somewhere in the Atlantic.
Between 80 and 40 sailors were be-
lieved lost, but more than 800 officers
and men were landed at west coast
port.
The Pennsylvania was one of the
four ships detained by Government
order in New York Harbor last Au-
gust 20 for search by customs off,
GERS. The others were the German
liner Bremen, which later made a
hazardous voyage to Germany
through the British blockade; the
French liner Normandie and the
British liner Aquitania. After being
cleared on August 80, the Transyl-
vania sailed for Londonderry, North
Ireland.
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BY 4 Staff Correspondent Of The Star.


ROCKVILLE, N. Y. Aug. 15.-The
Districts 260th Coast Artillery regi-
ment had a busy and somewhat
hectic night as officers checked and
double checked anti-fifth column
activities and then surprised the unit
with orders to return to camp here
at 3 am. today from tactical
maneuver at Edwards, IA miles away.
While an occasional false message
was being sent from the regimental
base or somewhere along the line to
the command post at Edwards, 1t.
Col. Leroy S. Mann. executive officer,
was riding up and down the road
tapping in on the telephone circuit
to make sure that officers were
checking and double checking
against fifth column activities.
I'VE wanted to give the men not
only fifth column exercise. but an
anti-fght column test. too said
Col. Mann. IF they had made
mistake it might have meant moving
the regiment unnecessarily.
H1oWCNcl, luc ioeiiiciit iho'cu ally
way, and much to its own surprise.
The machine-gun batteries, one
searchlight battery, machine-gun
battery and three batteries Of simu-
lated 37-millimeter guns were dis
patched to Edwards yesterday for an
overnight exercise scheduled to
terminate sometime today. Col
Walter w. Burns, the commander.
sent in a radio message at l am.
calling in the regiment. Sleepy-eyed
troopers rolled out Of the hunks,
packed up, loaded trucks and di-
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Fifth CoIumnists Defeated,
But D. 6. Guurdsmen Paw

rected their convoy back to Richville,
coming in at the break of day.
The fifth column business was
not Col. Mann's only testing proc
ess last night. Emulating other
soldiers in the LIST Army maneu-
ess, he tried out the new canned
meal rations and reported he dined
well. His supper was a can Of stew
composed of beef and vegetables,
canned biscuits and coffee made
from pulverized grains and hot
water.
This pulverized coffee is very
good,' said Col. Mann. "A man
can subsist very well on these ra-
lions in the field"
The 26Oth is now part Of a
brigade of Coast Artillery camping
at Richville. The other compo-
nents are the l98th and the SD
Coast Artillery Regiments. COM
manded by Brig. Gen. Gilman.
J. Martin and 1t. William S. Nc
Arthur, are on the brigade staff,
Two 260th officers, Capt. Robert
Capt. Martin as intelligence officer
Maj. Stewart Grayson, medical
officer, reported the regiments
health as good.
The officers joined in protesting
reports circulating in Washington
about where the 26Oth might be as
signed In case of National Guard
mobilization. Officers and enlisted
men alike have been swamped with
letters from home reporting the
unit would 60 to New England,
Florida, New Mexico or elsewhere.
The National Guard bill hasn't
passed yet, and We will 60 home
from the maneuverS and stay awhile
before we are modified and sent
to any station" one officer COM
mented. These reports are er-
roneous, and we ask our friends back
home to ignore them and to watch
Congress more CLOSELY"
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Luxembourg Included
In Nozi Customs Rule
By the Associated Press.

by the hSbOCihteo fIcsS.
BERLIN, Aug. Is CVia Radio -
The German radio announced today
that the little Duchy of Luxembourg,
overrun by German troops May 10
In the Low Countries offensive, is
now included within the German
customs frontier.
From August Is on, Luxembourg
no longer belongs to Belgian Gus
toms territory, In which it was in
cluded by the Versailles treaty,
which prohibited a German-Lux-
embOurg customs existent until
then" the broadcast said.
Belgian customs ofiicials withdrew
this morning, the broadcast said,
adding that the Belgian-Luxem-
bour1 currency union had ceased to
exist,
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Edeewood- Aberdeen
$5,898,3o1 Contract Let

A $5,89S, 1891 contract for plant
facilities at Edgewood Arsenal and
Aberdeen Proving Ground, both In
Maryland, was awarded today by the
Quartermaster Corps of the Army.
The contract had been cleared by
the National Defense Advisory
Commission.
The award was made to Whitman,
Requardt q Smith; the Cummins
Construction Corp. and Riggs, Dis
tiler 81 Co., Inc. all of Baltimore.
Another contract of $814,628 for
trucks was awarded to the Fargo
Motor Corp. of Detroit.
The Ordnance Department also
awarded miscellaneous contracts
totaling $813,368 for various equip
ment.
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Berlin
Continued From First Page.)

tSOllllIlucQ CTOIIl r ISL fdScJ
dive bombers slid from the clouds
and plunged towards the Hawkinge
Airport, disregarding the defending
planes and hurting tons of high ex-
plosives and incendiary bombs. Sew
eral hangers were set aflre, the
agency said.
Two German dive bombers were
reported missing.
At the Lympne Airport three
hangers were damaged by direct
hits. runways were torn up, and
anti-aircraft positions stopped lir-
ing, the agency said.
The new attacks came after
slump in overnight activity due. the
high command said, to "unfavorable
weather"
Battle Carried to Scotland.
DNB reported the invaders were
met with heavy anti-aircaft fire
which resembled an Iron Durtain,"
but the planes penetrated it and
reached their detectives.
DNB said German bombers ex-
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Oklahoma Publisher Dies

DURANT, Okla, Aug. is R.-
George Walter Archibald, So, pub
Usher and business manager of the
Durapt Daily Democrat for 80 years,
died Of heart attack today.
Evening star., 1940-01-21
Manassas
Go
To- Florida
Party Includes
Mr.. c.. B. Compton
And Mrs. Compton

MANASSAS, Va, Jan. 20.-Mr
and Mrs. c. B. Compton, accom-
panied by Mrs. Guy Allen and Mrs
James U. Kincheloe of Fairfax, left
this week for Miami and will spend
a month touring In Florida.
Judge and Mrs. w. Will Brown, jr.
had as their guest this week Mr.
John Duval of Gloucester. Mr.. Duval
is president of the Young Demo-
cratic Clubs of Virginia.
Mrs. ]. Jenkyn Davies is visiting
her sister, Miss Mary 10 Stoner, and
her mother, Mrs. Julia Stoner, In
New York for week Mrs. Stoner
who spent month with Mrs. Davies
in Manassas before going to New
York, will leave Tuesday for her
home in Cokeville, Wyo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rembert Smith left
this week for Daytona Beach, Fla
where they will spend a month be-
fore going to Gainesville, Va, for an
indefinite stay.
Mrs. R. Jackson Ratcliffe will be
hostess at several tables of bridge
Monday afternoon.
Miss Janet Newman is visiting
Miss Julia Ann Beane in Washing
ton over Sunday.
Mrs. Dennis Baker will entertain
at bridge Wednesday afternoon at
her home on the Milford road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hynson will
leave January % for st. Petersburg
Fla, to stay month. Miss Bertha
Wagner, who has been making ar
extended visit with the Hynsons, will
60 to Washington at that time be-
fore returning to her home in
Springfield, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Graham are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Max Sims in
Washington this week end.
Evening star., 1940-01-21
West Point
NidWinter
Horse Show;
Many Events on
Program Today
Other Notes

WEST POINT, N. Y. Jan. 90
The annual West Point midwinter
horse show will be held at the riding
hall tomorrow afternoon beginning
at 80 o'clock. Col. Pierre Lorillard,
jr., of Tuxedo Park, N. Y; Maj.
Kent C. Lambert of New York and
1t. Col. Joseph M. Tully of West
Point will act as judges for the
events.
Among the outside organizations
which will participate in the show
are the New York City Mounted
Police. the 61st Cavalry Division of
New York and the Essex Troop of
West Orange, N. j. Events for local
personnel include jumping by en-
listed men of the 10th Cavalry,
children's horsemanship, local jump
ing, obstacle race for members of
the cadet polo squad, individual
military jumping and jumping for
the cadets Of the first class.
1t. and Mrs. Timothy
Have Fortnight's guest.
1t. and Mrs. Robert W. Timothy
have visiting them for a fortnight
the formers niece, Miss Betty 10
Hubbard, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph w. Hubbard of Mount
Lebanon, Pittsburgh.
Capt. James r. Anderson has de-
parted for Maxwell Field, Ala, where
he is attending a course at the Air
Corps Tactical School.
Capt. and Mrs. Walter c. Stanton
have as their guest over the week
end Mrs. Edna Lee Wood of New
York. Mrs. Stantons mother, Mrs.
James D. Laying of Round Top
Farm, Somer, N. Y, and her sister,
Mrs. Aldrich Kniffen of New York,
are also guests for several days of
Capt. and Mrs. Stanton. Mrs. Laying
Is en- route to Atlanta, where she
will spend several months with an
other daughter, Mrs. John v. Chiles,
and Mr.. Chiles.
Capt. and Mrs. John L. Hines, jr.,
are entertaining as guests over the
week end Mrs. E. G. Kohler of New
York and Mrs. Ruffner, wife of
Capt. Clark L. Ruffner, who is in
charge of the polo team of Norwich
University, Northf1eld, VT, which is
at West Point for the Army-Nor-
wich polo game at the riding hall
today.
Capt. and Mrs. John S. Roosma
are hosts over the week end to Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Hutchinson of
Ridgewood, N. j.; Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Richard Bonyon of Little Falls,
N. j., and Capt. Roosma's cousin,
Mr.. Garrett Roosma, and Mrs.
Roosma of Passaic, N. J.
Capt. and Mrs. Paul 8. Thomp-
son have as their guest over the
week end Mrs. M. Cloud Emerson
Of New York.
Mrs. Parmly, wife of Capt.
Eleazar Parmly, Sd, is in Washing
ton this week visiting her mother,
Evening star., 1940-01-21

guests Of Mrs. Alnes' son-in-law and
daughter, Comdr. and Mrs. George
w. Brashears, jr., on Oklahoma ter
race.
Admiral and Mrs. Ames shared
honors with Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Henry D. Standley Friday evening,
when Capt. and Mrs. Franklin D.
Karns gave dinner party in their
honor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Phipps,
who were married in December, are
making their home with the for
mer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Phipps, at 1855 West street, until
spring or early summer. The bride,
the former Miss Evelyn Stokes, is
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Stokes of Eastport.
Mrs. Victor c. Barringer is the
guest of her son and daughter-in-
law, Comdr. and Mrs. Victor G.
Barringer, on Upshur road.
Evening star., 1940-01-21
Society News
Of StauntOn
Vicinity
Mrs. Leon Ware
Closes Home for
Extended Trip

STAUNTON, Va, Jan. 20.-Mrs
Leon c. Ware, who recently returned
from a visit with her daughter, Mrs
David c. Eberhart. closed her home
here and left Tuesday with a party
of Washington friends for an ex-
tended Southern trip and to Mexico.
She expects to be away several
months.
Miss Elizabeth Atkinson will leave
Thursday for New York to join her
cousins. Mrs. Thomas Carter and
Miss Mary Page of Clarke County,
Va. They will sail on the liner
Kungsholm for two-month cruise,
visiting Havana, then sailing to
Mexico where they expect to tour
that country. They will again board
the Kungsholm, continuing their
journey to Honolulu, Tahiti and the
South Sea Islands. En- route home
they will sail through the Panama
Canal.
Mrs. Wallace H. Mcfarland was
hostess Wednesday afternoon at her
home here, entertaining at delight
full reception given in honor of Mrs.
Gale Richmond of Providence, r. l.,
the former Miss Julia Gooch of this
city. Mrs. Richmond expects to be
here several weeks and is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Watson P. Gooch.
Mrs. Duncan Curry with her
sister, Miss May Young, and daugh-
ter. Mrs. William Ewing, and her
twin sons, Duncan and Billy, left
Wednesday for a two-month stay in
Mexico.
DR.. and Mrs. Ernest Mosby of
Waynesboro announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Miss Anne
Burkhead Mosby, to Mr.. Reese
Loring Cover, jr., of Harrisonburg,
Evening star., 1940-01-21
House Guest

1t. Col. and Mrs. A. w. Roth have
as their house guest Miss Elizabeth
Wyche, daughter Of Col. and Mrs.
Ira T. Wyche of Fort Bragg, N. c.
Evening star., 1940-01-21
Gen. Herr Host

Maj. Gen. J. K. Herr, chief Of
cavalry, was the guest Of honor at
the Friday afternoon exhibition.
Evening star., 1940-01-21
1t. w. G.. Strand
At Fort Mver

1t. w. c. Strand, I'd Cavalry at
Fort Riley, Kans., arrived this
week to join Mrs. Strand in the
quarters of her parents, Maj. and
Mrs. E. M. Sumner, at Fort Myer.
They will return to Fort Riley
February /.
Evening star., 1940-01-21
Mrs. r. w. Malone
Entertains at
Luncheon

Mrs. Ralph w. Malone, Arling-
ton, Va, wife of 1t. Comdr. Ma
lone, entertained at luncheon Fri
day for Mrs. H. E. Harvey, who
with Capt. Harvey, U. S. NJ, will
soon leave Washington.
The guests included Mrs. w. l..
Darnall, Mrs. A. c. Knox, Mrs.
A. H. Yando, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs.
Francis Ulen, Mrs. Ralph Taylor,
Mrs. A. R. Harris, Mrs. c. A..
Setback, Mrs. S. G. Malone, Mrs.
Thomas S. Rogers and Mrs. R..
Mauk.
Evening star., 1940-01-21
Mrs. Breckenridge Is Feted
At Quantico During Visit
Mrs. Little Among Hostesses;
Admiral and Mrs. c.. M. Oman
Guests of Commanding General

UANIICO Va JAN 2Adrs Louis McCarty Little entertained
Mrs Brecknidge wife of Maj Gen. Breckdge
Island at tea the
Mrs Bknrdge made visit with Mrs John
Other parties for Mrs Breckenridge given
ue c. shephard cocktails Tuesday,
Nimmer invited dinner evening Brecknde
Joined IN Quantico Thursday
Thomson OF Summit Point W. Va for the return drive
where Miss Thomson will be the Maj
for several days.
Gen. and Mrs Little had with them Wednesday
Mrs Charles associates Peping Admiral
department activities We'd
nesday Corps u s. NJ
Evening star., 1940-01-21

MISS Mildred Lee RefO, TO Mr..
Eberly William Carr of Baltimore,
son Of Mrs. ]. Henry Carr and the
late Mr.. Carr. The wedding will
take place in the spring. Miss
Refo is a great-great-granddaugh-
ter Of Gen. Light Horse Harry Lee.
She was graduated from the COL
lege Of William and Mary and made
her debut at the Norfolk German
Club several seasons ago. Mr.. Carr
was graduated from Loyola Col
lege and the University of Mary
land Law School and is a member
of the Maryland Bar Association.
Mrs. Robert D. Kirkpatrick, wife
of Capt. kirkpatrick, has arrived
from Norfolk and before taking an
apartment will be the guest of Mrs.
James A. Logan, wife of Capt. Lo-
gan, at her home on Porter road.
Mrs. Oliver Downes, wife of Capt.
Downes, also has arrived from Nor
folk and is guest of Miss Mary r.
Magruder on King George street.
Mrs. Roscoe C. Bulmer
Entertains Guest.
Mrs. Richardson Gibson of New
York, formerly of Washington and
Lexington, KY, is the guest of Mrs.
Roscoe c. Bulmer, widow of Capt.
Bulmer, at her home, Ogle Hall.
Mrs. A. G. Cooke has returned to
her home, Spring Hill, at Water
bury, after a visit to Boston, Mass.
Miss Roberta Hodgers of Howard
County, Md, is Mrs. Cookies guest.
Mrs. Oliver o. Kessing, wife of
Comdr. Kessing, and her children
will remain in Annapolis for few
months and will occupy an apart
ment on Hanover street. Comdr
Kessing has left to take command
of the U. S. S. Chaumont, now at
Norfolk.
Mrs. Robert E. Bell of St. Mar
garets, who has been a patient in a
New York hospital for some time,
has returned to her home with Mr..
Bell.
Mrs. George w. Simpson, widow
of Comdr. Simpson. gave a small
cocktail party Monday afternoon at
her apartment on College avenue.
Rear Admiral Frank T. Ames
IS. c., U. S. NJ, retired, and Mrs.
Ames of New London, Conn, are
Evening star., 1940-01-21

Mrs. Elvin R. Heiberg, who was in
jured recently and is confined in
Walter Reed Hospital.
Mrs. M. c. Lloyd, who has spent
the last eight months at West Point
as the guest of her son-in-law and
daughter, Capt. and Mr.. Peter
Sather, is planning to depart for her
home in st. Louis, Mo-, January 20.
Guests of Capt. and Mrs. David
L. Van Sickle include Mr.. and Mrs.
William Van Dusen and their son,
William of Karachi, India; Miss
Oleita Thorne of East Orange, N. j.,
and Miss Edith Thorne of Walden,
N. Y.
Capt. and Mrs. Walter c. Stanton
and Capt. and Mrs. Charles E. Hart
were hosts Wednesday evening, when
the members of their supper and
Skating club met at the skating
rink.