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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
Representatives Here
For Church Gathering

At the Calvary Baptist Church
Thursday night nine distinct de-
nominations and independent
church groups were represented in
the audience which nearly filled
the main floor of Arbeiter Hall
for a meeting sponsored by the
American Council Of Christian
Churches which brought DR.. NJ. T.
Macpherson, pastor OF the Church
Of the Open Door, of Philadelphia,
to Ypsilanti There were also five
ministers. three local pastors. one
from Plymouth and one from De-
troit present.
The message by DR.. Macpherson
was very we'll received and a num-
her of persons signed petitions to
give the American Council OF Chris
tan Churches more free time on
radio.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
PROSPECT P.T.A. HAS
AFTERNOON SESSION
WITH REFRESHMENTS

Refreshments preceded the after
noon meeting OF the Prospect Par
ent Teachers Association. Thurs
day. With Mrs. Harry Skillman
presiding It was decided to pur-
chase story books for each OF the
grades with the proceeds from the
benefit card party in December.
The winter garden was awarded
to Miss Elizabeth Bakers second
grade room for a month for having
the greatest number OF parents
present az this meeting.
After the meeting the report
cards being used in Central. Pros
pect and Woodruff Schools we're
discussed by Jack Lockwood; prin-
cipal OF Central and Floyd Smith,
principal Of Woodruff School. The
differences and benefits OF each OF
the systems were discussed at
length.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
THE WILLOW RUN News
Heaven Can Wait For
ArqumentatiVe Prisoner

Heaven can wait may well be
the sentiment OF John Reynolds,
Building Is, Willow Lodge, who is
being held in the Ann Arbor Jail
on charges of being intoxicated and
disorderly and OF Illegal possession
of knife as a result OF an srgu.
ment as to whether there is a
heaven.
The argument was discovered by
two deputies Of the Willow Run
Sheriffs Department at the North
Recreation Building Thursday. In
volyed were Reynolds, Edward Jo-
seph Prohop, Building IA and Yer.
non Napier, 1888 Danyass Cour.
Willow Run Village. Two believed
in heaven and one didn't and it took
fireman. who stopped the argu.
ment twice and two sheriff's depu.
ties to finally bring peace.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
JAYCEES AUXILIARY
MAKES FUTURE PLANS

Plans for future activities for the
Junior Chamber OF Commerce Aux
iliary were discussed, announce
ments we're read and committees
appointed az the January business
meeting OF the Auxiliary, Thursday
evening in Charles McKenny Hall
The meeting was followed by talk
on nutrition by Miss Eula Under
brink Of the Normal College facul-
". To be considered in the nutri-
ton problem are minerals, proteins,
yitamins and calories, Miss Under
brink pointed out She named some
OF the sources OF this four-square
problem and. explained what. the
minerals. proteins, and vitamins
can do for the body.
Mrs Andrew Smith presided at
the business meeting and appoint
ed the committee for the February
meeting. Mrs. Don Porter. and Mrs.
Noel Speer. II was decided to send
Valentine boxes to Junior Chamber
of Commerce members In service
The committee will be Mrs. Porter.
Mrs. Jack StarWas, Mrs. Kenneth
Leighton. Mrs. Speer. Mrs. Bernard
Hughes and Mrs. Gerald Beissel.
Members were urged 10 work for
the Red Cross on surgical dress.
ings. Mrs. Clyde Budd. chairman.
reported that the gifts contributed
By the organization at Christmas
time for the Woodruff nursery
school were gratefully received.
twenty-five members were seat
ed for dinner, preceding the meet.
ing, at a daintily appointed table
having an attractive winter scene
centerpiece. and snowflake place
cards.
The committee for the dinner ar
engagements was Mrs. Alvin Joslyn,
Mrs. Glenn Touse and Mrs. Bernard
Hughes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
Calendar
TODAY

TODAY
80 Songfest at the Willow Lodge
Auditorium.
S:30-Square dancing at the Willow
Lodge Auditorium.
S:30-Professional wrestling match
at Local 80 Hall, Ypsilanti.
SATURDAY
l0:00-Catechism class for primary
children at the Ross School.
2;0O-5:00-Adventist Fellowship in
room 10 at the Ross School.
9:00-5;00-All night dancing in the
Willow Lodge Auditorium.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
War Time Reading TO
be Lecture Subject

Reading in War Time is the
subject OF the lecture to be pre-
sented by John T. Frederick. pro-
fessor of Modern Letters, Medill
School OF Journalism. Northwest
ern University. at the third SEES
sion OF Everybody's College in the
First Methodist Church. Tuesday
evening, January %. at o'clock.
Professor Frederick is a liter
airy critic. author, editor and ed
ucator. Since 1897 he has conduct
ed a weekly book review program
sponsored by Northwestern Uni
versity. This broadcast originates
in Chicago.
In 1915 Professor Frederick
was graduated from the Universi.
~ OF Iowa. where he taught in the
English department for two years,
receiving his VI. a. degree in 1917.
He is now professor Of Modern
Letters at Northwestern Universe
ty, Evanston, Illinois.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
.zSSks5ssises-bEsgEsF1nff7

been made an instructor and will
take up his new duties on arriving
at Camp Hood.
Word has been received that
Lieut.. John p. Hutchinson. sta
toned at Camp Forrest. Winches-
ter. Tennessee. has been advanced
to rank OF captain.
Paul Lee. son OF Lee Wing, los
Pearl St., who is stationed with
the Army Air Corps in Tampa,
Fla, is expected home on furlough
Jan. 25.
Cpl Raymond Wiedmayer is now
stationed In Alaska. His nephew in
the Navy. MO NM Cd class, Wi
lard Bredernitz, is in the SoutSn
Pacific area.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
Hot Chimney, Train
Sparks Bring Calls

The Willow Run Area Fire De-
partment made one run THURSDAY
and one run this morning. They
were called to 1865 Oakam St. Viii
low Run Village, where anxious
neighbors had reported a red hot
chimney which they were afraid
might cause fire.
This morning they extinguished
grass fire on f. Michigan Ave.
near LaMay st. where sparks from
a passing locomotive had ignited
grass near the railroad tracks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21

Richard f. Davis, apprentice sea
man, has completed his boot train
ing at Farragut, Idaho, and is
spending his nine day leave with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs: William
Davis, Ecorse Road. He enlisted in
November.
Corporal William Coxford. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Coxford. n.
River ST, is in an Australian hos
pital for observation.
LIST Lieut.. Charles Robert Harden
has returned to North Camp Hood.
Texas, after twelve day furlough
which he spent in Ypsilanti His
wife and six weeks old baby accom-
panied him. Mrs. Harden is the for
mer Marie Bortz. Mr.. Harden has
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
BUNCO CLUB MEETS
AT VERVAECKE HOME

Mrs. Larry VerVaecke was host
ess for the meeting OF the B. B.
Bunco club at the home OF Mrs
Edward Messner, Thursday eve
ming. Prize winners for bunco were
Mrs. Annabelle Reynolds. Mrs. vii.
liam Waters and Mrs. Roy MARS
The house prize went to Mrs. Harry
Williams.
The hostess for the meeting next
week will be Mrs. Carl Lore.
Refreshments we're served.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
Bicycles Unclaimed
at Sheriff's Office

Sheriffs department officers al
Willow Run still have in heir pos.
session three unclaimed mems bi-
cycles. two OF which we're found
behind Building IA early in Novem-
Der. One Is a blue and white Blue
Ribbon bicycle with white tires.
another a red bicycle equipped with
large wire basket and the third
an all green bicycle. Anyone prov
ing ownership can obtain his prop
erty at the Sheriffs office.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
HUSBANDS GUESTS
OF PAST PRESIDENTS

The husbands OF members OF the
Past Presidents Club OF the Daugh-
ters OF Cnlon Veterans were guests
Of the club for a cooperative supper
and social time. Thursday evening
at the home OF Mrs. Z. f. Ensign.
At the brief business meeting
with Mrs. Bnsign presiding, II was
decided 10 hold the February meet
ing Feb. rs instead OF Feb. Il at the
home OF Mrs. A. n. Burd. The re-
mainder OF the evening was spent
socially.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
PLAYS REVIEWED BY
LECTURER FOR CLUB

Broadway in Wartime" was the
subject OF the very interesting talk
on the holiday, theater in New York
which Miss Olive Deane HORNED
gave Thursday evening at the Ypsi-
lanu High school under sponsor
ship OF Ypsiianti Teachers Club
as the fourth lecture In the Uniyer-
sity Of Michigan extension series
on 1.-THE New Books and Plays"
scheduled here on the third Thurs
day evening OF each month at 8
o'clock.
Miss HORNED has just returned
from New York and reports the
Theatre Guild productions OF okla
homa" and "Othello," and the Army
Air Force play, Winged Victory"
as the most brilliant theatre in sew
eral seasons - the "Othello," as
staged by Margaret Webster. with
Paul Robson, Uta Hagen and Jose
Ferrer being really epochal in a
number of ways. She also described
very fully such important wartime
plays as Tomorrow the World"
dealing with the re-education OF a
Nazi boy OF twelve and starring a
new child actor. Skippy Homer
whose performance was cited last
spring by the Drama Critics Circle
as the seasons best; South Paci-
fic" OF which she saw the opening,
with an impressive performance by
Canada Lee: and Maxwell Ander-
sons storm Operation" a brilliant
piece OF realism for which the play
wright toured the African Front, us
ing a title suggested by General
Eisenhower-but falling short OF
success.
Helen Hayes continuing success
in Harriet" was discussed. and
Katherine Cornells current Lovers
and Friends; Outrageous For
tune" which brings back TO Broad
way Elsie Ferguson and Marie Gus
pemskaya in an ambitious play by
Rose Franken. Miss HORNED also
commented upon such lighter sue
cesses as The Doughgirls," farce
comedy OF Washington in wartime;
Ruth Gordon's new play "Over 81"
in which she herself carries the lead
as the wife OF an officer-in-training
in a Florida camp: and the recent
Broadway sensation, THE Voice Of
the Turtle" by John Van Druten.
starring Margaret SULLIVAN. Eliot
Nugent, with Audrey Christie, a
4 cast OF three.
On exhibition in connection with
the lecture were the most recent
of the seasons new books on the
theater, including Part OF Life
time Lee Simonson's autobiogra-
ply: Goodnight. Sweet Prince" by
Gene Fowler. the definitive biogra-
ply OF John Barrymore: George NJ.
Cohan. Prince OF the American
Theatre" by Ward Morehouse, all
current published plays. and Deems
Taylor's Pictorial History OF the
Movies
Rev. W. c. Standridge, pastor OF
the Detroit Bible Fellowship
Church, and Mrs. Standridge. and
DR.. VI. T. Macpherson. pastor OF
the Church OF the open Door, Phila-
delDhia pa were dinner guests
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
Baptist Women Make
White Cross Bandaoes

Circle one Of the Baptist Wom-
ems Union members we're joined
with circles two and three for an
all day meeting to work on White
Cross bsndages, Thursday at the
church They worked from 10 o.
clock until in the afternoon.
Opening the brief business meet
ing OF circle one, Mrs. Willi1m
Shaw had the devotional message.
The members had a nosebag lunch
at noon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
Entertains Friends

Miss Dora Marie Smith enter
tanned guests and members OF the
bowling team to which she belongs
at her home Thursday evening.
Games featured the entertainment
and special prizes were won by
Mrs. Louis Wales, Mrs. Donald
Keebler and Mrs. Ronald Cazier.
Light refreshments were served By
Miss Smith.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21

PITTSBURGH-lNS-The Alum
mum Workers OF America. clio.
has served notice that it intends
TO ask the War Labor Board to-
day to guarantee retroactivity OF
wage increases won in present ne
gotiations with the huge Aluminium
CORPORATION OF America.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
Calendar Of Social Events
TO-DAY

AR. afternoon with Walter Dixon, IS Summit St
Harvey c. Coburn speaker.
Relief number 65 public installation
officers o'clock. AR. Hall
Ypslan Lodge 54S IOOF, O'Clock Odd Fellow
Girl Scouts: troop O'Clock, Methodist Church
Society Lutheran Church o'clock Sunday School
OF church
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21

Mrs. Kenneth Harden and baby
OF Cheboygan, Wis, are the guests
OF her husbands parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Harden. 312 Oak St.
Her husband Pfc. Kenneth Harden.
U. S, Marines, is somewhere in the
South Seas.
Mrs. Robert Mason. Pensacola.
Fla, is visiting her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Lester Miller. Mr.. Mason
is flight instructor at Whiting
Field, Pensacola.
Mrs. Norman j. Minneker and
Mrs. Esther Luedeman are going
to Detroit Sunday where they will
spend three days at gift shop.
Charles MoXley will arrive next
week from St. Louis, Mo, to spend
a week with his brother and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Monkey
Mrs. J. B. Westcott with her two
children, Diana and Susan. Of Wash
ington. D. c., are visiting the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. s. IL Nestcott this
week.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
Begole News
ENTERTAIN CLUB

EN- En- AIN SLOb
Begole, Mich, Jan. 21-Mr. and
Mrs. Jason Clark were hosts to
the Y'Us Club at their home Sat
urday evening. There we're IS
members and two guests present.
Frederick and Sara Parsons will
entertain the club members JAM
airy %. Light refreshments were
served by the hostess.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
ATTENTION
,ITY SUBSCRIBERS

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wishes all subscribers 10 re-
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and promptly. In case OF poor
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Press phone the Press Office
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21

David Budd and Mrs. Floyd Budd
attended the funeral services OF
Miss Mary Wilson. Milford. at the
Presbyterian Church Monday az.
ternoon. Miss Wilson was in poo
health for some time. She had
many friends in this community.
as she spent several winters here
with Mr.. and Mrs. David Budd.
Mrs. Mable Begole and her COM
mittee, who are in charge Of the
annual Pittsheld Ladies' Aid So
ciety dinner, met at the home Of
Miss Sara Parsons Tuesday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Raymond,
Battle Creek, and Mr.. and Mrs.
j. +. Sheppard were dinner guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Raymond,
Wayne, Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond left Tuesday morning
for their home after spending sew
eral days in Ypsilanti and vicinity.
Mrs. Ruth Mckenzie, Pontiac.
spent the week end with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Hurst.
Margaret Susan Mckenzie, who
has been a guest Of her grandpar-
ents for some time returned 10
Pontiac with her mother.
Max Miller is able 10 be out
following a weeks Illness.
Charles Bowen. Rollin, expects
to remain indefinitely with his
daughter and son-inlaw, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marion Jenkins.
Mrs. Fred Bailey, who has been
i'll for the past two weeks with
influenza, is able to be about the
house again.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21

Rev. W. c. Standridge, pastor OF
the Detroit Bible Fellowship
Church, and Mrs. Standridge. and
Dr. VI. T. MACPHERSON. pastor OF
the Church OF the open Door, Phila-
delphia. Pa. were dinner guests
Thursday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs George NJ. Willoughby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
John Daley, 81, Dies;
Businessman, Author

Funeral arrangements for John
Daley, So, business man and author
who was found dead in his suite at
the Westminster Apartments Friday,
still are incomplete, pending word
from relatives In Texas.
Mr.. Daley, according to an Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from his home
In Paris, Tex, was the son of the
late John B. Daley, once an assist
ant United States attorney. He was
the author Of What the Market Is
Going to Do"
Mr.. Daley was last seen Thurs
day, police said. His former secre-
tary called his apartment by tele-
phone late that day and failing to
get an answer notified the resident
manager, Russell King. Mr.. King
went to the room, found the door
locked from the inside, and Mr.
Daley dead In bed, police said.
Mr.. Daley attended the Univer-
sity Of Texas and the University of
Pennsylvania, and served overseas
in the World War. He was active
In business in the leather market
in st. Louis before going to New
York. He came to Washington
about two years ago. Surviving are
his mother of Paris, an aunt, Mrs.
Joe Chester, Little Rock, Ark, and
an uncle, Austin Pollard of Sewanee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Mrs. Lucy D. DohIgren
Dies at Duuqhter's Home

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. Mrs. Lucy
DreXel Dahlgren, rs, of Newport
R. l., daughter of the late Joseph
w. Drexel of Philadelphia, died here
yesterday at the home of a daughter
Mrs. Dahlgren, who was born in
Philadelphia, was the divorced wife
of Eric B. Dahlgren, millionaire
yachtsman and stock broker. Hel
father, co-founder of Drexel, Nor
gan g. Co., was chairman of the
board of the Metropolitan Opera
and the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art in New York.
Six daughters and son and two
sisters, Lady Elizabeth Decies, and
Mrs. Seton Henry of Philadelphia,
survive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Mrs. Agnes F. Furman, 81.
Dies After Years Illness

Mrs. Agnes Fealy Furman, 49,
wife of Maj. Robert Brooke Furman,
U. S. A., died here Friday in Walter
Reed Hospital after an illness of
more than year. Maj. Furman is
on duty in China.
A native of Washington, Mrs. Fur
man lived at 2911 w street Sc
She was the daughter of the late
DR.. Martin S. Fealy and Ida A.
Fealy. She was a graduate OF St
Cecilia's Academy.
Funeral services will be held at
1890 am. Tuesday at the j. P.
Ryan funeral home, followed by
solemn requiem mass at st. Francis
Xavier Church at II o'clock. She
will be buried in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by a 6-year-old son, Robert
Brooke, jr., and a sister, Mrs. Flor
ence Fisher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Mrs. {. B. Williams Dies;
Gen. BarreH's DAUGHTER

Mrs. Constance Barrett williams,
20, daughter of the late Maj. Gen.
Charles Dodson Barrett, U. S. M. C.,
and wife of 1t. Artha Darby Will
liams, died yesterday at her home
at Hunting Terrace Apartments,
Alexandria.
Mrs. Williams was a graduate of
st. Agnes School in Alexandria and
later attended the King-Smith Stu
dio School of Washington. Before
her marriage last March she was
a member of the secretarial staff of
st. Agnes School, and was associ-
ated with the Twig, Alexandria Hos
pital junior auxiliary.
Gen. Barrett was reported killed
accidentally in the South Pacific on
October 8. He was member of one
OF Alexandria's most prominent
families.
In addition to her mother and her
husband, Mrs. Williams is survived
by a brother, Capt. Charles D. Bar
rett, jr, U. S. M. c., now stationed
at Quantico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Elliott H. Haag Dies;
CHEVY Chase Pharmacist

Elliott H. Haag, 10, pharmacist at
the Chevy Chase Pharmacy, died
yesterday in Doctors Hospital after a
brief illness. He lived at 1880 Seven
tenth street NV.
Mr.. Haag was a graduate of the
school of pharmacy at the Univer-
sity of Michigan. He was a member
of the Scottish Rite and of the Ara
rat Shrine of Kansas City, where he
resided before coming to Washing
ton Is years ago.
| He is survived by his widow, Mrs
May Bowers Haag. and a brother
Charles Haag of New York.
Burial will be in Napoleon, Ohio
where Mr.. Haag was born.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Rites Arranged tomorrow
For James A. Donohoe

The District Bankers Association
will be represented by SIX members
at the funeral at 10 am. tomorrow
at the Blessed Sacrament Church
of James A. Donohoe, president of
the Jas. e. Donohue g. Son real
estate firm and vice president and
director Of the East Washington
Savings Bank.
A. Scott Offutt, president of the
District Bankers Association, yes
terday appointed Charles A. Didden,
president Of the National Capital
Bank, and Francis J. Kane, vice
president; T. L. Bourne, vice presi-
dent; s. Wilson Earnshaw, secretary
and treasurer, and William N. Payne,
jr., director Of the East Washington
Savings Bank, and w. L. Koontz,
president Of the Anacostia Bank.
Mr.. Donohoe, So, was also a direc-
tor of the District Title Co., Eastern
Building 81 Loan Association and
the National Capital Insurance Co.
He died at Providence Hospital after
a six-month illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Public Aid Sought in Hunt
For MISSING Marine Major

The Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation said last night 1t still had
no clues to the whereabouts of Mai
Calvin Arthur Lloyd, SIS, Marine
Corps, who has been missing from
Quantico, Va, since December 10
In an earlier statement FBI
Director ]. Edgar Hoover asked the
public to help locate the missing
officer. Friends feared he might be
the victim Of amnesia. He suffered
a head injury In recent automobile
accident.
The following description was
given by the FBI:
Dark brown hair, CRAVING at the
temples, and blue-gray eyes; weighs
100 pounds; feet Z inches tall;
has a one-inch scar on the left side
|of chin. When last seen he was
wearing the Marine uniform, over
coat, overseas cap, gloves and light
tan shoes. On his uniform were
three gold craftsmanship medals.
Maj. Lloyd is a native of Mount
Upton, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Seven in Family Die
As Baltimore Home Burns
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. /. - Seven
members of colored family died
yesterday in a fire which trapped
them on an upper floor of their
home. Another was critically burned
and one escaped uninjured.
Firemen reported they heard the
cries of children on the top floor
of the three-story dwelling but thick
smoke and the quick spread of the
fire drove rescuers out before the
children could be reached.
The dead:
Joseph Edwards, ST., 40; Carrie
Edwards, Al; Cornetta, ID; Janette,
10; Rudolph, Z; Naomi, S.; Charlotte
Ann, 3.
Edith Edwards, IA, was rescued as
she leaned out a rear window
screaming for help, while licking
flames swept around her.
Joseph Edwards, jr., 16, sleeping
on the second floor, called members
of the family and then ran to turn
in the alarm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Mrs. Emma }. Hardy, 70,
Dies at DAUGHTERS Home

Mrs. Emma j. Hardy, 70, widow Of
w. H. Hardy, died at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Catherine Finoc-
chiaro, Glendale road, Berwyn, Md.
Thursday after an illness of several
months.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at St. Jeromes Church
Hyattsville at 10 am. She will be
buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Hardy lived in Berwyn, Md.
for the past 40 years. She is sur
vived by four sons, Wilton, Allen
Harold and Donald; four daughters
Mrs. Florence Miller, Mrs. Mildred
Peltier, Mrs. Madeline Ferry and
Mrs. Finocchiaro, and 10 grand
children and one great-grandson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Maurice H. Arm, Jr., II
.Stur Carrier, Dies

Twelve-year-old Maurice H. Arm,
jr., Star newspaper carrier for the
last three years, died at Children's
Hospital Friday of spinal menin-
gifts after an illness of only II
hours.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
H. Arm, 624 Jefferson street NV,
he was in the sixth grade at Trues-
dale School.
Funeral services will be held at
70 pm. today at Cedar Hill Gene
ltery.