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Evening star., 1940-02-08
Danish Invention

Ocean-going motor ships are said
to be a Danish invention, and a per
cent Of the motor ships on the seas
today use Danish Diesel marine
motors.
Evening star., 1940-02-08
New Red Cross Fund

Every wage Garner in England has
been asked to give q penny . week
to the new Red Cross Fund
launched by the Lord Mayor Of
! London.
Evening star., 1940-02-08

- West opened heart. South won
and trumped his remaining heart in
dummy. Next he drew trumps, then
played three rounds of clubs, hop
ing that the opponent thrown on
lead would hold the spade ace
But West seemed to divine his plan
aor on the first club he played the
Jack, whereas East played the seven
AS dummy's other top club was
played, East echoed with the three,
whereupon West boldly dropped the
queen.
Thus East, rather than his part
ner, won the third round of clubs
and returned a spade. When de-
clarer played low, Vests ten forced
the king and his ace-jack tenace
then won two more tricks.
X X X X
David Bruce Burnstone was your
partner yesterday, and you held:
AKQJ10x
2KxXx
oQJx
Ak
The bidding:
Maier. You. Jacoby. Burnstone.
Pass Pass Pass -
Pass CD
a Answer-Your correct response is
one spade. You have passed fine
hand but have only a singleton in
the suit your partner has bid.
Score 100 per cent for one spade,
40 per cent for two spades, nothing
for any other bid.
r Question No. 364.
Oswald Jacoby is your partner to-
day. and you hold:
AKJxxxxx
2xXxx
OK
The bidding:
Jacoby. Schenken. You. Maier
INT Pass CD
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inco
The -Four Aces will be pleased to an;
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Evening star., 1940-02-08
Winning Contract
By THE FOUR ACES

9avid Bruce Burnstone. Merwin D. Maier
Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken
worlds leading team-o -four, inventors
of the system that has beaten every
other system in existence)
Evening star., 1940-02-08
HeIped Save Crew

day Is one Of the leading citrus
fruit States, ranking next to Cali
fornia in total output. Oranges,
lemons and grapefruit have done a
great deal to bring about better
health for people.
Tests on large groups of children
have shown that those with enough
vitamin q in. their diet have better
teeth than those who do not. An
other vitamin also is extremely i'm.
portant for teeth. It is known as
vitamin D, and we shall speak OF
1t next week.
Only two kinds Of animals have
proved useful in vitAmin @ tests
guinea pigs and monkeys. Like
people, they can fall victims to
scurvy If they do not have enough
of this vitamin.
., trS5 .ssnss sE s.nsr.l interest section
Riddles, games and puzzles will
be found in the "Funmaker"
leaflet. II you would like copy.
send 5 cent stamped, return
envelope to me In care Of Tho
I~eA 'ea4
Tomorrow: The Gro,Dth Vttan,tn.
Evening star., 1940-02-08

HEALTHY GUINEA PIG ABOVE,
AND BELOW A GUINEA PIG
WHICH DIDN'T HAVE VITA
MIN G..
from not having enough vitamin G.
They have tooth trouble which they
need not have. They do not have
enough red corpuscles in their blood.
They do not feel healthy and strong.
In history books we read of Ponce
de Leon who looked for the Foun-
tain of Youth in Florida. If he had
found vitamin G, he might have led
the way to something which is, to q
certain extent, like a fountain Of
youth" Oddly enough Florida to-
The Valley settler., 1940-06-07
RIVER BEND Al CLUB

RIVER BEND Al CLUB
The last meeting Of the Riverbend
Al Club was st the home Of Arlen
Roberts who told about his pig.
He showed US what he fed his pie
and how he fed it. V e discussed
how to make money for our 4-H
Camp. Almost all Of our members
are going to Al Camp. delicious
lunch was served.
The Valley settler., 1940-06-07

SOCIAL CALENDAR
June 9------Dis trict 4 ITeets at
the Carl Erickson Home
June lo-----A-H Council l,eeting at
the New Extens ion OFFICES.
June l1-----American Legion meet
ing ct the Palmer Depot.
June --Riverbend Homemok ers
Club me is st the. home Of I5rs L.
P. Rorrison
June l5-----Grange reeting.
The Valley settler., 1940-06-07

BOYS AND GIRLS Al CLUB CgIeP
The boys Al camp will be June II,
-, 2: 10; and the Girls I'll Camp
June 20, 81 222. The cosp per
person attending the esp will be
% 90 for the three days. Club
members should let their looders
Enow by June 10 If they ere plan
ming to attend Camp.
The Valley settler., 1940-06-07
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that there
shc II be no more dumping Of carcass
es It the city dump, and tha t if
such practice continues, arres is
will follow.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. May 6 P.-Poultry, live, 10
trucks; hens steady: chickens Arm: hens
oyer pounds, IS: 5 pounds and under.
and a LSHorn dawn cders hens hro1srs s p9unds
23ha: White Rock. 23la; springs, 4 pounds
White Rock. 81: under pounds, colored
22; Plymouth Rock, 24Ia; White Rock,
2dh: 2Sddha: bareback chickens, 1921; ROSTERS.
pounds up. colored, IA: white. small. COL
ored. IL; white, 13: geese, 10; turkeys
toms, old. IL: young, 12: hens, IA: capons.
pounds up, %; under Z pounds, %.
scd5s SsttsE M 5ssTs7 s rm ga no ss %
ssss ss sS 20 essg sS ssaasa ssaSsi
cal 1914 cars, II; current receipts, 10;
storage packed extras. Is; nrsts, 10: dirt
les IA checks. 1874.
Potatoes. 14O: on track, 21s: total u g.
7sS eg 9d
ern all varieties slightly weaker; supplies
moderate, demand fair. Sacked. per cwt,
Idaho Russet. Burbanks, u g. No. L.
2:15-30, mostly 2 25: Wisconsin Katah-
and NORTH DAKOTA Red Red River valley Sec
No. /. few sales. 1870: Bliss Triumphs.
75 to 90. per cent. y. s. No. l. / 1890:
Early ohios q to IS per cent 2: g. No:
steady. California Long whites about
er: supplies moderate. demand light. Track
sales. carlots and less than, carlots. So
washed sssas Ie1.i soss sss nSsm0hi mossg ss g N
No. l: size B. washed. 1 rs: California
washed. few sales. 2.3o-4O: Bliss Triumphs.
o. s. No. 1..washed. few sales. 2.s5.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Washington Produce

BUTTER-a3 score, tubs. 30; 1-pound
prints. 3012; A-pound prints. 81; 81 score
tubs, 20: 1-pound prints. 29la: h-pound
prints, 30: ~ score, tubs. 27s4; 1-pound
prints. 2SA; A-pound prints. 2S34: 90
score tubs n%,n; 7 peund so prints e.
a. spound sunes prints nhs Ssasn pound prints g:
A-pound prints. 27h.
LIvESTOCK-Calves, 10; spring lambs,
IL. Other livestock markets closed today.
From Agricultural Marketing Service
Prices paid net fob. Washington:,
EGGS-Market about steady. Prices
paid for Federal-State graded eggs re-
seived from grading stations MAY 81:
Whltes-U. s. extras, large. 21-23 cents:
y s. extras, mediums, l71a-1a cents;
. s standards: sta large, 1920 cents: y. 6.
trade trades ,.ra. las17 cents grownTTg S ex-
large, 17-19ia cents; d. S. standards me
ciums, 1917 cents: U. s. trades. 14-17
cents. For nearby ungraded eggs: Current
receipts-Whites. 1917 cents. few higher:
mixed colors, 1872 cents. few higher.
LIVE POULTRY-Market stronger on
broilers and fryers, steady on others.
Fowl-Colored, all sizes, II cents; No. 2,
1913 cents: Leghorns. .12-14 cents.
BOOSTERS, $40 cents. Chickens-Virginia
asnas a9Sks byoers a1d ryers all sizes sa2s
Rocks and erosses-Broiiers and fryers,
all sizes 1924 cents; No. 2. 14-16 cents;
Leshorn broilers. 2 pounds and up. 17-1s
cents: under 2 pounds, 1916 cents. Tur-
keys-Old toms, 10 cents; hens, IL cents.
few higher.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
New York Produce

weak Mixed colors: Fancy to extra fancy,
l9H; storage packed firsts. 1sh: graded
hrsts, 17A-h: current receipts, 1917; me-
chanE. dlums: 1si 1sX dirties No. l. 1914; average
Whites: Resales of premium marks. o.
mark. 20-21k: specials. 1917; standards.
1874. Resales Of exchange to fancy heavier
mediums. 17A-19A. Nearby and Midwest
ern mediums: 16kA
,sh-s1n a;si. iah Nearby and Midvestern spe-
usa Rufter. esss 4a4'iiS agIfs steady. creamery, y,
higher than extra, 2sA-2e; extra 1es
sna, s9Sre', ,s4szi ss rsts ss-sD, s7H-as; sec
milk Shs:s s. s sss os 5rs:S.g sst s.s ysss
20.2oh; fresh. 15T-&.. '''N 1000
fov 14ae nm 4s54 Iss pSSns SSnss
17Na-22h; 60.65 lkunds. l71a-22H Old
roosters. 131a-16. Ducks. l3h-15. Frozen,
boxes boxes; Fowls 38;4S pounds. D 14-19: 4s,54
cneadns od roossss. tFssss ,sis s2a TsE.z
toms, 16-23h; western young hens, 81.
23Ha; young toms. 19h-22: Southwestern,
yorro hens; 15la-22: young toms, 1920.
Live poultry. dull and weak. BY freight:
Fowls, colored. 10; Leghorns. is. Old
esissenf sst sess crosses B611eii
s-,.ll 1s. Fowls, colored: Is: some. 49,;
Pullets, crosses. 20: small to medium, 25.
Old ROSTERS. IL. Turkeys, II. Ducks. 10.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, May 6.-Selected
stocks put on mild recovery jaunt
in today's market but the majority
backed away at the close.
Several steels, aircrafts, coppers
and specialties pushed up fractions
to points at the best. In the final
hour extreme gains were Clipped
down substantially or converted into
minor losses.
either way, with transfers approxi-
mating $4,000 shares, or among the
smallest for a full session since the
middle of March.
Brokers put the blame for the
apathetic proceedings principally on
European war doubts, with claims
and counter-claims of belligerents
adding to the confusing overseas
picture. Thoughts of further all
lied reverses seemed depressing to
traders who construe these as bear
ish marketwise.
Domestic business news was con-
structive in spots, but even steels
slipped after this weeks mill opera
tions had been officially placed at
65.8 per cent of capacity, up points
from the previous week at the high
est rate since last February. Moth
ing particularly enhghtening came
from the annual meeting of the
United States Steel Corp.
Among the better actors most of
the day were Bethlehem Steel, Gen.
eral Motors, Douglas Aircraft. Du
Pont, Phelps Dodge, Kennecott,
Loft, Baldwin Locomotive, Worth
lngton Pump and General Electric.
Backward were Safeway Stores.
United States Rubber common and
preferred, Union Carbide, Boeing,
Westinghouse, American Smelling
and Public Service of New Jersey.
British Empire bonds weakened as
did the pound sterling in terms of
the dollar. Commodities were irreg-
ularly lower. Wheat at Chicago was
of ss to l cent bushel and corn
down !. to y. In late transactions
cotton showed declines of 40 to SIS
cents a bale. Foreign securities
markets were ragged.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 6.-Led by July
and September wheat contracts,
which represent the new crop. wheat
prices today sagged more than q
cent bushel, although rallying
frequently due to short covering
and some buying attributed to
mills.
Favorable weather over the grain
belt, failure Of war to stimulate
European purchases of North Amer
ican wheat, with reports indicating
world consumption has been cur
tailed, and continued heavy re-
ceipts at domestic markets ac-
counted for the price weakness.
Trade was nervous, however, and
several outbursts of buying ap-
peared during the session, due large.
ly to the serious European situation.
Wheat closed 5s-1A cents lower
than Saturday, May, 1.05N-a; July,
1041a-as; corn, Nh down, May,
64ss; July, 653s-h; oats, 3s-ss
lower
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. May R,.-The British
pound sterling declined today in the open
foreign exchange market.
AT midday the British unit was around
"a cents lower in terms of the dollar The
French franc was off .O1h Of q cent. The
belga lost 05 of cent.
Unchanged were the Swiss franc and
Netherlands guilder.
The Canadian dollar continued at s4.e5
United States cents.
Late rates follow tGreat Britain in dol
lars. others in cents):
Canada.
oficial Canadian Control Board rates
per cent premium. selling II per cent
premium equivalent to discounts on Ca
madam dollars in New York of buying
e.9l per cent. selling 909 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open
market I5& per cent discount, or S425
United States cents.
Great Britain. demand. 344A; cables
3.45ha; 60-day. 3.42a4: 9O-day. 3.411a
r,nsnd Hslsium o,n ne.1s Denmark 9nauoted
4O.20n benevolent. 1650); Greece. .66H:
lands. 81. oa: Norway % uneuoted: @ portusai ps.nslI
3.3sn; Rumania. 52n; Sweden. 23S4n:
Switzerland. 22.42h; Yugoslavia. 2.35n.
Latin America.
sra1 AFSentdnsj asia oe1aI a. 2g7 55s: free ssSo
Far East.
japan. 23.4s; Hong Kong. 21 so; shang-
(Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated. NominalJ
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Foreign Markets

mand for British government bonds Stead
led prices elsewhere after morning weak.
ness in the securities market TODAY. The
highcr ,1ndustrials were neglected at
slightly lower levels. Selected Kafnrs
showed rallying tendencies near the finish
we oils and home rails moved evenly
at early declines. Rubber made a good
showitg. helned by the firm commodity
price and satisfactory dividend and earn
, PAR1S.-,Suez Canal and Mediterranean
Issues ISSUES headed downward in an irregular
regulations again led to sales Of foreign
stocks in order to buy domestic issues
Eoyal Dutch and Canadian Pacific were
AMSTERDAM. M.-Bourse prices fluctu.ted
wldely after weak opening today. Closing
tosses rangins to around 4 points were a
.ta .tai,e ABOVE the days lows. American
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Lead Price Cut
ToFWeCents
| A Pound
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May 6-American
Smelling & Refining Co. today an
nounced a reduction in the price of
lead to cents a pound, New York,
compared with $40 cents, which had
prevailed since April 10 last.
Before April 10 a scent price had
been in force since April 2.
The highest price for the metal
since the European war began last
September has been the 5la cent
level which held from September 6,
1889, until January 20 of this year.
The current scent price equals the
post-September low touched both in
April and February.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
| Union Pacific
| Asks Approval
|Of Big Issue
y the Associated Press.

zfSSUOldVtU
The Union Pacific Railroad Co.
formally asked the Interstate Com
merce Commission today for au.
thority to issue $81, ,602 900 in 3ia
per cent refunding mortgage bonds
maturing June l, 1880.
Proceeds from sale Of the new
issue would be applied to payment
OF the roads 4 per cent first lien
and refunding mortgage bonds due
June l, 2008, of which s85, ,902 900 are
held by the public and $14,098, 900
by the Union Pacific.
The bonds will be handled by
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., New York City.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
MetuI Market

NEW YORK, May 6 LR,-Copper steady.
electrolytic spot, Connecticut Valley,
n. .12la-50; export, f.a.s., New York, II. 10.
TIN steady spot and nearby. 47.12M; for
5.Oo-5 .05: East st. Louis. 4.S5 Zinc steady;
East st; Louis spot and forward 5.75. Pig
iron No; z, fob: Eastern Pennsylvania,
aluminium, virgin 90 per cent. 1900. An.
timony, Chinese spot. 1923. Quicksilver
1000. Chinese wolfranite, duty nsid'
22.90-24.00' nominal. Domestic 1chseiits.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Failures Totul Down

NEW YORK. May (P.-Business
failures in the United States de-
clined to 292 in the week ended
May 2 from 3l1 In the preceding
week, but topped the comparable
1899 figure of 281 for the third
time this year, Dun & Bradstreet
reported today.
Evening star., 1940-05-06

Approximate Soies OF Stocks the N r Stock Exchange
ll:0O AM 10000 Noon 23O 600
100 PM 370 OOO
Total Sales for the day. $4,000
Unit
IN oankruptcs eceIversnip being reoganzed
6ankruptcy Act securities assumed
Rates OF dvideno IL the toregoIna table
ton Unless otherwise noted dividends
xE dividend Il Ex rishts Also
far this PAYABLE in stock Paid last
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Odd-Lot Dealings
BY the Associated Press

The Securities Commission reported to-
day these transactions by customers with
odd,lot dealers Or SPECIALISTS on the New
nnr5 stock nyniSins Exish.nss IL NAY
S3tes involving 1922 shares including 20
short sales tnvolvtng 713 Sharos.
Evening star., 1940-05-06

All bicycles stolen in Johannes
burg, South Africa, will have their
rear mtAdguards painted white by
the police.
Evening star., 1940-05-06

No cash wheat sales. Corn. No.
No. g. e7a.-6sls;, No. white. 7sts: Nc.
g. 76. Oats mixed grain. 37h: No. i
mixed. 401s: No. 2. AN: No. / gray, 4oh:
No. Q white. 42a4 No. g. 42A-M.: sample
grade white. 3Sh. Barley. mailing, H3.fiS
nominal feed. 40-53 nominal: No. q bar.
ley. 81: sample grade, so. Soy beans. No.
3 yellow, 1.O9 '
Baltimore Quotations.
BALTIMORE, Nav P.-Wheat M
2 red winter. Earlicky. SPOT. domestic.
Evening star., 1940-05-06

Paprika is TO be grown on 1000
acres In Mourovia,
Evening star., 1940-05-06
WINNIPEG. May 8 R.-orain range
Federal Lund Bonks

NEW YORK. May 8 0n.-rederal Land
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Most Stocks Retreat
Slightly al Close
OF Dull Session
Eorly Goins in SteeIs,
Airerufts and Coppers
Cut or Wiped Out
Stock Averages

60-St0ck Range Since 1927:
1878. 1926. l927-2a.
High - 75.3 72.8 1877
Low --- 1877 1863 GLIB
Compiled by the Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Fashion Show
Models Listed

The models for the fashion show
and tea which will be held Thursday
at the Shoreham for the benefit of
the British-American Ambulance
Corps of Washington have been Sc
lected from among the debutantes
and post-debutantes. They include
Miss Louise Stillwell. Miss Elizabeth
Fish, Miss Laura Blair, Miss Mar
garet Townsend. Miss Marie vom
Rath, Miss Elizabeth Stewart Rich
ardson, Miss Peggy Lansdowne. Miss
Sita Finkenstaedt. Miss Catherine
Hill, Miss Emily French Myers and
Mrs. Allen Moulton, Lady Monson
and Mrs. J. Lee Murphy.
Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman is
president of the Washington Com
mittee of the ambulance corps and
Mrs. Stewart-Richardson is vice
president.
The premiere showing of advanced
spring and cruise wear by group of
IS American designers has been ar
ranged by Miss Ellerbe Wood. Mrs
F.. j. Morrow is general chairman of
the benefit. Members of her COM
mittee include Mrs. Charles S.
Bromwell, Mrs. S. Wallace Dempsey
Mrs. Clarence Norton Goodwin, Miss
Elizabeth Howry, Miss Virginia
Hunt, Lady Bradford Leslie, Mrs
Arthur Macarthur, Mrs. John E
Mcclure, Mrs. French Meyers, Mrs
Kenneth Watson and Mrs. Horace
Chapman Young.
Evening star., 1940-12-08

TIC CUUPIc IcIt 1U1 q tIIP 70 Z lO1 fSto' :
and will return about the middle of
the month to reside at Fort Myer,
where Capt. Wagstaff is stationed.
Mrs. Wagstaff attended Hannah
Moore Academy and Capt. Wagstaff
attended ST. Paurs School in Con-
cord and was graduated from West
Point in 1888.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Dinners Precede
Sulgrave's First
Dance of Season

The first of a series of three
dances planned for this season
was given last evening at the Sui
grave Club. Dancing was pre-
ceded by a number of dinner
parties. Mr.. Thomas Letter,
who is serving with his mother,
Mrs. Joseph Letter, as member
of the committee in charge, was
host at a dinner, his guests in
cluding his sister, Miss Nancy
Letter, and her finance, Mr..
Charles Thomas Clagett, whose
engagement was announced
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Warder Thoron entertained at
a dinner and with their guests
later attended the dance.
Members of the committee in
clude Mrs. Letter and her son,
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. wilkins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Benning
Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. Thoron
and Mr.. and Mrs. John L. New
bold. The other two dances in
the series are set for Saturday
evenings, January 1 and IS.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Concert
Stirs Much
Interest

Creating much interest in the
musical world is the second in the
winter series of Philadelphia Or
chestra concerts for Washington,
which will be held at 8:45 o'clock
Tuesday evening in Constitution
Hall.
A number of additional names
have been added to the list OF box
holders since the first concert. in
cluding Mrs. Orme Wilson, Mrs.
Robert Low Bacon, Mrs. Bruce
Smith, Mrs. George A. Gordon and
Mr.. Howard Booher, and reserva-
tions for seats have come from quite
a radius outside the city. Mrs. K.
F. Ee>rman of Warrenton, Va, and
Mrs. B. A. King of Gambrills, Nd,
are bringing guests, and students
from Hood College at Frederick,
Md. who will attend number "a. The
local private schools also will have
unusually large representation. in
cluding King Smith School with So,
National Park Seminary with Is.
(See CONCERT, Page D-s0
Evening star., 1940-12-08
White House Debut Dance
For Miss Joan Morgenthau
To Be Holiday High Light
Affair at Metropolitan Club
For Miss Jessie Kaufman
December q Eagerly Awaited
By MONA DUGAS.

Although notable sched
anticipation things comeo
Christmas entertainments honorng the debuntes being
made in circles.
issued
Mogenhau
the Secretary the Treasury Mrs Henry Morgenhau T Miss
Pennsylvania
said-o invitations girl
of wall this
Washington their daughters remember with
among although
New York where the
Roosevelt clan have friends.
Parties
At White Recalled
Mogentau attends Madeira School
popular member Of the
excited coming debut for
debuante bows the official home
United The last debut there before
held when the former
introduced December 1920 at after
William Howard
Mrs Frederick j. Manning
Mawr College Others to make their bows In the White
Longworh and Mrs Richard Derby daughters
President Roosevelt formerly were
Alice nd Ethel Roosevelt.
Parties the dances
the past
long will remember the recent dance at the
Sugrave Mr. and Mrs George Angus Garrett for the
Miss Elaine Darlington And with the arrival
with another invitation
other equally lavish parties about
place will continue right through the New Year.
with new each day and evening.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
1apan and Panama to Have
New Ambassadors Here
After First of Year
Constantly Changing Personnel
OF Diplomatic Corps Adds
New Faces to Capital
By KATHARINE BROOKS.

Washington ambassadors
the Emperor
Ambassador
the only temporarily his appoint
such short notice that he did
therefore could only be
this February and with
sail December 49,
They will have their
New York
New Amba S Expected
Early in January
The newly appointed Ambassador
duties and expected be accom-
children girl in their
native Of the shmus but
like speaks Spanish The Brns
standing leading physician
Evening star., 1940-12-08

kell of New York. the bridegroom's
uncle and aunt; Mr.. and Mrs. STAN
ley Grafton Mortimer, Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Lewis, Mrs. Bradford's
brother-in-law and sister; Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Grover, her cousins, all
from New York Others present
were Mrs. Ben Boyland Bradford,
grandmother of the bride; Mrs.
Armistead L. Bradford and her son,
George Bradford; Maj Gen. and
Mrs. John K. Herr and their daugh-
ter, Fanny Herr; Miss Jean Battley.
Miss George Ann Smith, Miss Ruth
Nicholson, 1t. Col. and Mrs. c. H.
Gerhardt, Col. and Mrs. william
Gordon, Gen. and Mrs. Guy v.
(See WEDDINGS, Page D-SJ
Evening star., 1940-12-08

voM ROTH s and MISS MARGARET TOWNSEND
(Louer) R.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Lewis Comptons
On Western Trip

The Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Lewis Compton are
in the West, where Mr. Compton has
gone on an inspection trip. They
are expected to return to Washing
ton about the 23d and, with the
younger members of their family,
will be guests of Mr.. Compton's
brother and r-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. James A. Compton, at Wood
bridge, N. j., for Christmas.
Mrs. James A. Compton is staying
in the home of the Assistant Secre-
tary and Mr.. Compton during their
absence.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
De Gazituas to Give
Dinner Friday Night

The Chilean Charge d'Affaires
and Sonora de Gazitua will en-
tertain at dinner Friday evening,
when their ranking guests will be
the Ecuadoran Ambassador and
Sonora de Alfaro, the Dominican
Minister and Sonora de Pastoriza
and the Nicaraguan Minister and
Sonora de De Bayle.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Miss Ball
To Marry
Mr.. Condor

Of much interest here is the an
nouncement by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Coming Ball of Charleston and
Summerville, S. c., of the engage
ment of their daughter. Miss Theo-
dora Jersey Ball, to Mr.. Clarence
Melville Condor, son of Mrs. Henry
Mervale Morrow of 2311 Connecticut
avenue, and the late Capt. Clar-
ence M. Condor, U. S. A.
Mr.. Condor, who is a graduate of
Yale University and Harvard Law
School. is an attorney with the
Home Owners Loan Corp.
Miss Ball is the niece OF Capt.
Frank J. Jervey, U. S. A., retired, of
Washington. She is a member of
the Junior League of Charleston.
where the wedding will be an event
of the early winter.