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The Phoenix index., 1941-01-25
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worked out all details of this phase
of construction, carpenters and
brickmasons did their share in
building this useful monument to
the skill of Negro builders.
And embodied in Dr.. John w.
Chenault, who is to serve as dl-
rector of the new center, is all the
skill of Negro surgery. He is
refutation of the stupid assertion
on the part of some our people
that Negroes doctors just can't do
it,
BUILT AROUND CHENAULT
So brilliant is this young Or
thodepic specialist, that 1T was
frankly admitted that the decision
to grant the $16I $50 for the erec-
ton of the building very definitely
hinged On the fact that Dr.. Che
rault was to serve as it's director.
And the contribution the center
and its staff can make to the re-
lentless campaign being waged 10
combat this mysterious disease
that is leaving thousands WIN
withered limbs and deformed
hands and feet cannot be measur-
ed.
It will become a center OF re-
search and education on the treat
ment of this dread disease. Ihou-
sands of doctors and nurses VIII
come to observe and add to thel
knowledge. They will spread the
message that awaits them there 10
every corner of the nation. They
will leave better informed, better
prepared to combat this evil
thing that cruelty twists and
mains children,s bodies.
And finally those who should
unhappily fall victim to lnfantll2
paralysis can get renewed nope
from the miracles that are certain
to come from this institution. Ihey
can be assured that all is not lost,
that their situation can be 1mproV-.
ed and in some instances cured.
This is the four fold mission that
this great new center will serve.
They are the reasons Why it
should be given our full and un-
stnted support.
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Walter White
Fires Opening For
Protest Meetings

January 26, when a nationwide
protet will be launched against
discrimination suffered by Negro
citizens in the defense program.
The complete text of the statement
which appears on the front page OF
the NAACP bulletin for January
follows:
100000 American Negro citi-
zens, whose valor and fight spirit
has never been questioned through"
out the history of our country,
stand today a living challenge t..
our Governments claim of building
a national defense program that
will stand as a bulwark for the
preservation of democracy in Anne
RIGA.
president Roosevelt has told the
nation that he would ask no ons
to defend a democracy which in
turn would not defend everyone IN
the nation against want and prl-
yation.' An yet the head OF our
Government has asked the Negro
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ton in Negro Folk Education, and
the Extension Department of Hamp-
ton Institute in October 1888. The
second conferenceN was held at
Tuskegee Institute in January 1910.
The conference maintains a clear
ing house for information relative
to adult education for and among
Negroes and has prepared and Cir
culated more than $4,000 pieces of
literature relative to adult educa-
ton. DR.. Ambrose Caliver, Senior
Specialist in the Education of Ne
groes, United States Office of Edu-
cation, cites the adult education
conference as being one of the
significant Negro education move
ments in America. H..
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Instruction in the course has
been divided into two sections,
flight and ground divisions. The
flight division has been under the
instruction Of Frank Martin of the
Hopewell Flying Service. More re-
Gently, due TO the amount of
work in handling, the last
stages of this course, another
instructor was added to the per-
sonnel, William Watson, Don
aid P. Murrell, University of Rich
mond, taught the ground course,
consisting of meteorology and nav
igation. and government flying
regulations
The cross-counUry solo which
each of the students taking the
course had to complete consisted of
triangular route from the Hope
well flying field to Richmond Gen.
traI airport to Norfolk Municipal
and back again to HopeWel. Be
fore leaving each airport, it was
necessary for the flying student to
prepare q flight chart on The basis
of wind, sN,eed and direction. Once
the angle and which the student
must fly had been determined, he
hoped off with only his compass
and map to navigate by
Students who have successfully
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completed the course and will be
ready for tests by the government
inspector early this week are:
Mack W Campbell Cambria. Va:
Bruce f Fleming, Richmond, Va;
William It. Jeter, Port Royal, Va;
Thomas D. Marbury, Grindstone,
Pa.; William Dorsey, Baltimore,
Mo; James w Redden. instructor
in German at the college, and
William r. Simms. Director of pub
licity at the College
The officials of the college and
the Hopewell airport express sat-
isfaction with the scheduled COM
pletion of the course which was
set for January Is With the start
ing Of the pew semester A, c.
Phillips, co-ordinatdr of Civilian
Pilot Training at Virginia State
College, announces che opening of
registration for the course which
viii be given at that time.
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Terms Library Facilities For
Research In Race Schools Poor
DR.. Reddick
Suggests Program
To Obtain Results

NEW YORK,-(ANP)-- In an ar.
tlcle appearing in the current
Quarterly Review of Higher Edu-
cation Among Negroes, DR.. L.. D.
Reddick, curator of the Schombrre
collection of Negro literatures de,
ploces the sad state of creative
scholarship in the Negro colleges
and universities OF this country"
DR.. Reddick blames the lack OF
productivity on the part of the
Negro scholar on unabailibility OF
laboratory and library facilities
He says, "The manuscript deposits
in the leading southern colleges is
only fair. The ether research re-
sources in the South are seldom and
only partially available to Negro
scholar. Of the 565 public libraries
in the Is southern states which
have been surveyed only SO were
reported as giving service to Ne
groes. In some of the state, county
and municipal archives of the
region the Negro is sometimes per-
mitted to use the comments some
where in the building More often
especially in the deep South-he
is not.
In summary, it may be said
that when the present inadequate
reaserch facilities-meaning books
buildings. library personnel to
expect important work in any
quantity is to indulge in the inu-
sion of an idle dream
To correct the situation that
now exists DR.. Reddick advocates
that thorough test be made in
the courts of the procedures of cer-
tain tax supported libraries. of ex-
Guiding Negroes. He is also in favor
of trying to induce the federal
government and any such founda-
tions which plan to establish re-
gional library centers in the South
to have any grants-in-aid which
may come from them should carry
the proviso that Negro scholars
shall have access to the materi-
ais.
To build up directly the libraries
in Negro colleges, and to build up
few great collections of Negro
literature are other steps which
the author advise should be taken
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ing the exercise by DR.. M. o.
Bousfield, director, Negro Health,
Rosenwald Fund; DR.. J. w. Che
nault, who will serve as director Of
the new center, and DR.. j. A.
Kenney, director of the John A.
Andrew Memorial Hospital.
Music was rendered by the famed
Tuskegee choir under the direction
Of William l.. Dawson. Invoc..LlO
was pronounced by the sch.o4>
chaplain. the Rev. H. w. Richard
son.
Following the program, VISIT
were invited to inspect the well
planned three-story structure
which houses the center. Designed
by the schools architect, Louis F..
Frye. and erected largely by stu
dents in the mechanical trades,
the center has the very latest
therapy equipment from the Hub
bard bath to a swimming pool
equipped with hydraulic elevator.
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President Roosevelt Halls New nfane Paralysis Center
Hospital To Have
All CoIored Staff
BY CLIFF MACKAY
(WOrld Managing EditOr)

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE Ala-(SNS)- by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt project which
twill knowledge and interest in infantile paraly
sis and one from which 1--WE may hope for and
widening program which will further efforts in the
conquest Of this disease, the $50 infantile
paralysis center of Tuskegee officially dedicated here
Wednesday afternoon. vt
President Roosevelts statement read to the au4
dience which filled the Institutes chapel, by Basil OCon
president of the National Foundation for fantie
Paralysis Thirty minutes of the impressive program
broadcast the blue network Of the National Broadcast
ing Company.
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Louisville Teachers To
Get Equal Salaries

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(SNS)--The local school
board in answer filed in the federal court here this
week, agreed to equaze the salaries of all Negro and
white teachers starting September, 194l
The answer filed as result of the complaint
of Miss Vaa Dudley Arlington, Negro school teach
er, who had asked the court for decaratOrv udg-
ment and injunction restraining the payment of less
salary to Negro teachers and principals than to whites
in Louisville solely because of cOOr At present
there is fifteen percent differential between the
salaries paid to white and Negro teachers Miss AIRING
ton was represented by Prentice r. Thomas local
NAACP attorney. ThurgOOd Marshall special NAACP
counsel, associated with Mr. Thomas in the case
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NEW YORK (SNS)- Fourteen
million American Negro citizens
represent "a living challenge" tc
the Governments claim of build
ing a defense program that will
stand as a oulwark for the preser-
walton of democracy in America
Walter White said in, statement
issued here today.
The statement, which constituted
a message to members of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People, was issued
in connection with the organiza-
tion's forthcoming celebration Of
National Defense Day on Sunday.
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Three-Day Session to Be
Held at Howard University

their contribution to Americas mo-
bilization for defense. The meeting
is open to all persons interested in
adult education.
The first Conference on Adult
Education and the Negro, as spon-
sored by the American Association
for Adult Education, the Associa-
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Here's Happy Way To
Wake Lazy Insides

Thousands turn to this way for
happy relief when they're law
nrtestinaly and it has them head
achy, bilious. Spicy, aromatic
BLACK-DRAUGHT, by the direc-
tions, tonight; a drink of water;
and there you are! Taken as di-
rected, this purely vegetable med
icine usually allows time of sleep;
acts gently, thoroughly next
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morning, so relieving constipa-
toms headaches, bad breath, sour
stomach.
BLACK-DRAUGHT'S chief in
gredient, an intestinal tonic-lax-
ative," helps impart tone to lazy
bowl muscles. Millions of pack
ages used prove its merit. Eco
nomical. too! 25 to 40 doses: 25c.
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nual President
Roosevelt birth
day balls held
on January 80,
through Eddie
Cantor's propo-
sal of t h e
IN a + C h o f
Dimes" a II d
through the
mile of dimes"
campaigns.
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among Negroes, as well as educa-
tional leaders from colleges, white
and Negro alike throughout Ameri-
ca, will report, discuss and listen
to authorities and specialists in
their attempt to formulate object
tives and give direction to programs
in adult education for Negroes and
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Let's Help

ONE OF THE MOST terrible
diseases to afflict mankind is the
dread scourge of infantile paral-
ysis. During the last few years
nationwide attention has been TO-
cussed On the drive to eradicate in
fantile PARALYSIS through the an
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BURY EARL WILKINS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - CAMP
Simple funeral rites were held for
Earl w. wilkins, advertising man
Ger of the Call at his home Mon
Gay morning, January IS. He died
at his home, Friday, after an ILL
ness of two weeks with pleurisy.
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IL f1OOSE 80 FA1IENl >
The new center, which is
equipped to house thirty-five
patients is built adjoining the
famed John A. Andrew Memorial
Hospital. Plans are to have it &C.
commodate Negro sufferers from
the dread "Polio' disease in the
same manner as the center al
Warm Springs provides for white
sufferers.
Ground was broken for the new
center on January IL, 194l, after
the grant was made by the nation
al foundation. Plans, according to
Dr.. John w. Chenault, director Of
the institution, call for the first
patients to be admitted next Mon
day. o
The principal address at the ded-
icatory exercise was delivered by
Mr.. sO'Conner. president of the
foundation. Citing the Importance
Of good health and the benefit the
new center will be to crippled chill
dren of this section of the nation,
Mr.. O'Connor pointed out that
this was not the sole reason for
its erection. ~.
"Tf the hospital were the end
and the only end, it is to be doubt
ed if our board of trustees would
have made this grant," he assert
ed. "But we know that so much
more. is possible than the caring
for a few score of patients. As inn
portailt as that will be, it is not
enough.
VENTURE IN EDUCATION
This is a venture In education.
From this Ilospital will go forth
increased knowledge of the need
and the method of caring for this
type of patient. Here persons in
all of the professions and all the
trades and all the activities of life
will have an opportunity to learn
more about the method of care
and means of making such profess
sional services available to a large
part of our population.
Not only will laymen become
better acquainted with the infan-
tile paralysis, Mr.. OConnor pre-
dicted, but members of the medical
profession from all over the nation
will be given an opportunity to
study, observe and make further
research into treatment of the
disease. ..,..s
I'VE are encouraging here today
the things that are of the very es-
sences of American life; the things
for which we stand as nation be-
fore the world today. Hope, equal
ity, the right to seek happiness, the
zest for life. We are dedicating
here today building and an in
strument consecrated to the attain
ment of the same goal as that to-
ward which. the. free peoples of
this earth are now striving free
dom from the shackles that en-
slave, be they those imposed by
disease or dictatorship" the speak
er declared in concluding.
PATTERSON PRESIDES
Dr., F.. D. Patterson, president of
Tuskegee, presided at the program.
Brief statements were made dur
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2OO-Mile Flight
Tests Students

49, PETERSBURG. Na.-lSNS)-NTembers OF the Civilian
Pilot Training course Under the CAA Virginia State COLLEGE
are in the last stage OF the preliminary Monday
started their solo croscotry flights which puts 10 severe test
all the flying knowledge navigation that thew have learned
during the three months Of instruction
Evening star., 1941-08-14
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. C. laW, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, 1Udit three full days and
receiue their license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Luke A. Pell; %. Owens; W; Va and Eliza, "a.
Rev Frederick J. Bishop.
Lawrence J.. Murray, %. 5506 Connect
cut ave. NV, and Ann M. Killmon, %;
3S21 Veazey st. NV; the Rev. Russeli
Richard j, Norris, "a. e4la North Capitol
Meadows, Md; the Rev, Haskell R: Deal
John G. Rives, 23. 53l4 sth ST. NV, and
Julia ,bs p Fs1 KTeissr s1yin + 2taG Ws Monroe St
Marvin i.Sir B B. cradn. "a. Ryan. Va, and
Charlotte L. Wenzel, 10. 1907 30th st.
,ass.a nv; the h Rsv sNssC;r C B austin inao :, NV
RsnsFd ana SILVA IL sTeShf DSbin ais St St. ne
the the Rev Harry silveTstone Mary
'0fRox Brown 81 6otS Of ia anf nth Mary st.
the Rev. Spencer D. Franklin
John R9hal F. EraRs 5dhsa f 2 $50 St. St. sx sx fRe tha
Rev. W. A. ,O'Connell.
EdMard Pascal 3 :47 iath RsieS,e S} NV and
Gndse Msss RobeFt asGslaR' Mattnsiy m sfe'e ~ ~
Eieanora NJ. Marciono, 81. 1924 Geor-
Sla ave. NV the rev. john w fNuStli
Camino E; colletta., 2s, ,.sI3 1ath St. NV,
~. N y the 1.tds Rev; R J Fannon. 1%1 Carroll ct
AS s.e., s,l ana Natalie CoIlingwood. 80. Boston;
the Rev. Maurice S. White.
Connolly L. Crews, %. 513 5th st. ne.
and Wenona Jones 10, 6l9 9TH ST. ne;
the Rev. John NJ. Ballbach.
Frederick J. Schwarzman, 81, l11O 29th
st. Sc. and Doris E. Crisman. 81. 13ls s
Massachusetts, ave. Sc; the Rev. Fred
erick Brown Harris.
Virginia McMillign. 30, 1872 18th st.
NV: the Rev. J.. L. Henry,
Julia Hajnacky. 81. 2ss1 Woodland
drive: the Rev Charles Enders.
Robert L. Pressey, 30 and Mamie V. Price,
Il. both of 40 Richardson st. NV;
the Rev. Joseph D. S. Wilson.
DARIUS E; Prsther j,,; 23 Gaitbbersbgrg he
Arden, Nd; the Rev. Edward A. Moore.
Bernard Rice. 23. and Phyllis A. Miller.
20. both of Baltimore; the Rev. J. T.
Joseph E. Ruppel. % 6l5 9th st. s.w.
and Vivian Chandler: Is, 400 G st. NV;
the Rev. Edwin Tuller
Harry Menick. "A. 400 c st. Sc, and
Doris o. Friedman, 2l. 1928 H ST. ne;
Rabbi S. H Metz.
Evening star., 1941-08-14
Maj. Brown 10 Head Group
Attending Police ConcIave

Ten residents of the District,
headed by retiring Supt. of Police
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, will attend
the 48th annual International Police
Conference in Buffalo, which will
run from Monday through Thurs
day of next week. Maj. Brown is
president of the International As
sociation of Chiefs of Police.
Others from this city who are
expected to attend are: Hugh H.
Clegg, assistant director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation;
Frank ]. Wilson, chief of the United
States Secret Service; Col. William
j. Donovan, co-ordinator of defense
information; Col. Edwin c. White,
radio engineer, Federal Communi-
cations Commission; Burton w.
Marsh, director, safety and traffic
engineering department, American
Automobile Association; Col. John
T. BiSsell, first assistant chief, G-2;
Col Hobart B. Brown, civil defense
branch, G-3; Col. r. A. Osmun,
chief of public relations branch,
office of the Quartermaster Cen
eral, and 1t. c. G. Caffrey, intelli-
gence branch, Quartermaster Corps.
Maj. John Maude, personal rep
resentative of Lord Halifax, British
Ambassador, will address the con-
vention on the opening day.
Evening star., 1941-08-14

James w. Shea. IS. Georsetown University
Hospital
Albert G. Rutherford. 81. 1889 ST. NV.
Walter r. Glascoe, At, Garfield Hospital
Dorothy C. Cohen. AZ, 1850 Wisconsin ave.
Frederick T. Hall, 2S. 401 Savannah st Sc
Clarence Bundy. 70. 12I0-A Half st. s.w.
Arnold Corbin: 40. Galineer Hospital
John Elmore. Al, 1888 Belle ct. NV
Charles Anderson, 20, Gallinger Hospital.
John D. Ryan, 75. 2503 14th st. NV.
Charles johnson. 70, Walter Reed Hospital
Abraham Rosenfeld, 81; sos 18th st. NV
Lillian Bozzett. "a. Sibley Hospital
Avery D; Vice. go, Veterans Administration
Hospital
Sister Marie L. Lynch, 90, GEORGETOWN WIS.,
itation Convent.
James Walker. 5S, Emergency Hospital
Evelyn G. Myers, "a, 1904 10th St ne.
Karl II. Jeneman, 81. Episcopal Hospital
John Skiados: ~, Gallinger Hospital
John j. Stathes, 10, Emergency Hospital
Ironton Coleman. "a Walter Reed Hospital
Infant Irma Brown, Gallinger Hospital.
Infant Ethel Greer, Freedmens Hospital
infant Dolores Richardson, Freedmen's
Hospital
Evening star., 1941-08-14
Births Reported

Beasley, Lloyd and Anna, girl
Boehm. Leslie and Helen, boy.
Burlew, John and Grace, boy.
Chase, William and Maybelle, boy.
Claeys. Frederick and Laura, girl.
Clarke. Franklin and Adelaide, girl.
Copeland. John and Martha, girl,
Crumit, John and Lulu. girl.
Davis, Fred and Dorothy, girl.
Durand. John and Mary, girl.
Espey. Henry and Alice. boy.
Fitzgerald, Edmond and Anna, girl.
Calvin, David and Rose, girl.
Gore. Philip and Anne, boy.
Gufey. Ernest and Mary, girl.
.,all, Ralph and Rita, girl.
Hiss, Alper and Priscilla, boy.
Hoover. Rodney and Alice, boy,
Hopkins, Hubert and Ella. girl.
Hudgins, Herbert and GWeneth, boy.
Jordan. Vincent and Elizabeth, boy.
Neal, David and Mary. girl.
Powell. James and Williette, boy.
Humphrey. Stanley and Jean, boy.
Reiss, Jacob and Anne, girl.
Rucchio, Eugene and Elizabeth. girl.
Evening star., 1941-08-14

BERTHE NJ. Wolverton, 20. Laytonsville
Md.
Earl B. .Tillman. 80 and Ruth st. C.
Stewart, II, both of Washington.
Lonnie Williams. 3S, and Beatrice Davis,
3S, both of Washington.
Karl j. Won Spitzenger, lr., 81. and Mar
guerite M. Reynolds, 81. both of Wash
ington.
David Sharlin, 80, and Bessie Abramovitz,
20. both of Washington.
William N Tribble, 3S, and Margaret z.
Morris. 10. both Of Beaver Dam, Va.
Evening star., 1941-08-14
Draft Board Clerk Sends
Himself QUESTIONABLE
B, Staff Correspondent of The Star,


ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. IA.
Addison Slaymaker, chief clerk of
the Alexandria Selective Service
Board, sent himself his draft ques-
tionnaire today.
Mr.. Slaymaker has served more
than six years with the National
Guard and the United States Ma
rine Corps. He is 80 and overage
under the new policy of deferring
men over %. He is unmarried and
lives at 210 South Pitt street. 81,
At the same time it was an
nounced calls have been received
for new quotas of Alexandria men
early next month. On September
3 the board must send four colored
men to the Richmond induction
center, while on September s it
must supply II white men.
Evening star., 1941-08-14

Schick, John and Elizabeth. boy
Sullivan, James and Irene. girl.
Thorne, Robert and Kathleen. boy.
WEIGH, Cortlandt and Louise, boy.
Alston, Otis and Bertha, girl.
Black, Curtiss and Frances. boy.
Butler, Thomas and Dorothy, boy.
Butler, Joseph and Mary, girl.
Countee, William and Lillian, boy.
Dawson, BENJAMIN and Elsie. girl.
Frye, James and Beatrice, girl
Harley. John and Mary, girl.
Henderson, William and Ethel boy.
Hewins. James and Alberta, girl.
Holmes, Harry and Sallie, boy.
jennings, William and Bernice, boy.
Jones, John and Cecilia, girl.
Laney, John and Sadie, boy
Levenberry. Robert and Theresa, girl
Offert, George and Evelyn, girl
Orme, Thomas and Wenonah, girl.
Pollard, James and Grace. boy.
Proctor. James and Irene, boy.
Proctor, Roger and Elizabeth, girl.
Smith, Mack and Marie girl and boy
Toby John and LifI1an, girl
Walker. Robert and Mary. girl
Wingate. Otmous and Maggie, girl.
Young. Ulysses and Minnie girl
Evening star., 1941-08-14
Deaths Reported

Virginia Seufferley, 90, 1888 Kansas ave
NV.
Sc.
Lillian o. Baird. So, 1900 St NV.
Elizabeth H. Leavy, SO, 220 H st. ne.
Arizona Borah, 81, 1917 G. st. NV.
John Kent, rs, Gallinger Hospital.
Anna A. Love. 75, 1920 Upton st. NV.
William E ONeill, 70. 607 21st st. NV.
Marie M McGuigan 60. l4O6 st. Sc.
Evening star., 1941-08-14

Wesson c. Glow. %, Quantico, Va. and
Margaret A. Ripple, 10, l34s Potomac
ave. Sc; the Rev. Freeley Rohrer
George w. Branch. 10. 7l6 55th ST. ne,
and Helena G. Berry, II, 405 53rd st
ne; the Rev. William H. Kelliehrew.
Issued at Rockville.
Caswell Theodore Wilcox, %, and Beatrice
Sue Waldrip, 26. both of Takoma Park
Md.
Weldon H. Fincham, 10, Silver Spring. Md ,
Glen, Md
Edward A. Jenkins, %, and Phyllis L. Rob-
-, bins 25: both of Suitland, Nd
W.. Lewis Hardin, 21, and Mary M. Cleer
,IS. both of Arlington, Va.
Edgar F: Alexander, 25, and Margaret M
Schaeffer, "a, both OF Washington.
Frank y. Carnivale, Fl. Passaic. N. j.,
ana Mary Hatala. 20, Garfield, N. j.
Dodd A. Morgan, 81. and Alice L. Hull, "a
~, both of ,Buchannon,. w Va.
Th0mas w. Pyles "a, and Beatrice l.
Howard; 20 both Of Rockville.
Dewey J. Bryant, %. Brookeville, Md, and