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Evening star., 1944-01-24
Tommy Harmon
Again Fails to
Show Up on Time

BY the Associated Press.
The Army was looking for Tommy
Harmon again today.
The Air Force lieutenant and for
mer Michigan all-America halfback
rescued from the jungles of Guiana
last spring. then shot down in
China, failed to appear for a sched-
uled press conference at the War
Department at 10 am. today.
At 1890, public relations officer
said 1t. Harmon had gone to Green
vile, S. c., and presumably was on
his way back to Washington.
Ten minutes later, 1t. Harmon ar
rived at Boiling Field, and the press
conference was rescheduled for later
in the day.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Briggs Declares
He Is Victim Of
Power Politics
Suspended Ickes Aide
estifies Half Hour
Before Grand Jury

George N. Briggs, suspended
assistant to Secretary of the In
terror Ickes, today went before
the District grand jury investi-
eating the mysterious Hopkins
letter" which Mr.. Briggs alleg-
edly supplied to the man who
published it-C. Nelson Sparks,
former Mayor of Akron, Ohio,
author of the book, "One Man.
Wendell Willkie."
He talked freely with reporters
when he arrived at the Municipal
Court Building, but when he
emerged after appearing before the
grand jury for a half hour he said
he had nothing more to say.
Before he went into the grand
jury room he said he was being
made the victim of power politics
and added:
I'm not a mystery man. Bill
LANCER is throwing me to the
wolves"
Senator LANCER, Republican, of
North Dakota last week read into
the Congressional Record eight let
ters attributed to Mr.. Briggs which
reported to Mr.. Sparks that Mr..
Ickes told Mr.. Briggs of the exist
ence of the Hopkins letter"
Refuses to Be Goat.
Bill LANCER is throwing me to
the wolves" Mr.. Briggs said. in
order to help himself, but 1 shan't
be thrown to the wolves.
'Langer doesn't like Willkie, lust
like lot of other Republicans.
LANCER doesn't like Hopkins. He
doesn't like Ickes because Ickes as
public works administrator had
LANCER impeached when LANCER was
Governor of North Dakota.
This is my first taste of power
politics. I'll have to acquire a taste
for 1t. like olives. A lot of men in
power politics seem to like it. I
don't"
Asked if he knew DR.. Umphrey
Lee, president of Southern Metho-
dist University Dallas, Tex, to
whom the Hopkins letter" was ad-
dressed, Mr.. Briggs replied:
Il won't answer that"
Justice Department officials indi-
Gated earlier that Mr.. Briggs was
to be the last witness before the
grand jury. The jury inquiry was
requested by Harry Hopkins, ad-
wiser to President Roosevelt. Mr..
Hopkins said the letter, which fore
cast the Republican nomination Of
Mr.. Willkie in 1914. was a forgery,
and Assistant Attorney General
Schweinhaut, handling the case, has
corrobOrated him.
| Watched by FBI Agents.
Mr.. Briggs said he has been
watched constantly by Federal Bu-
reau Of Investigation agents. He
denied he has been missing"
Mr.. Briggs reported that his
lawyer, James Murray, telephoned
Senator LANCER and Jumped all
over him for exposing those letters. u
Mr.. Murray told LANCER I was
the only man that could be hurt"
Mr. Briggs said.
| He added he had heard from his
lawyer that Senator LANCER indi-
Gated he considered the publication
OF the alleged Briggs correspondence
which was addressed to Mr..
/ Sparks-offered the Senator a
chance to give unfavorable pub
licity to Mr.. Ickes, Mr.. Hopkins and
Mr. Willkie.
Tells of Meeting Ickes.
Mr.. Briggs said his own distaste for
Mr.. Willkie led in a round about
way to his meeting Secretary of
the Interior Ickes, for whom he
went to work in 1941 as assistant
See LETTER PAGE A-1dl
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Blazing Oil Fires
Anacostia Bridge
OF Pennsylvania R. R
Flames Thot Threatened
Fire Equipment on
Bank Quickly QueIIed
picture on Page A-3.)

Flaming oil spread over the
Anacostia River today, charring
the understructure of the Penn
sylvania Railroad spur line
bridge, swapping a power line
and threatening fire equipment
mired in the mud on the river
bank. Firemen brought the
three-alarm blaze under control
in about an hour.
Railroad officials said they ex-
pected to have the bridge back in
service late this afternoon. Mean
while, freight is being detoured over
passenger lines to the eastern end
of the Anacostia River
A number of timbers on the
wooden bridge will have to be re-
placed, they said. Several power
line spans on the north end were
also damaged. according to the
officials.
Charles Helmick. %, a Pennsyl-
vania Railroad bridge guard sta
toned at the eastern end of the
bridge, told Fire Department anc
railroad officials that he accidentally
started the fire
Fire Spreads Quickly.
He said that soon after eoming
to work this morning he went out
to dump the ashes from a pot
bellied stove used by the guards tc
keep warm. When he threw the
ashes on the river bank. he said. q
small blaze started, presumably
from oil on the bank. He said he
grabbed a shovel and tried tc
blanket the flames with dirt, but
the fire spread so quickly that he
couldn't control it.
Mr.. Helmick said he ran to the
nearby AnacoStia switch block anC
called the Fire Department., but was
delayed about 10 minutes giving in
formation to the switchboard op-
orator at the Fire Department.
Finally" he told reporters. 81
said you'd better get out here quick
this thing is getting bigger every
minute.
Soldiers Turn in Alarm.
Soldiers stationed nearby said
they also turned in an alarm as the
fire spread rapidly into the river
and the understructure of the
bridge started burning.
Fire alarm headquarters reported
no long delay in sending apparatu;
to the blaze The first telephone
call was received from the bridge
guard at 8:42 am, and engines Vert
sent to the scene within a few min
utes the Fire Department said. The
only delay was caused by the neces-
city of getting an exact location o.
the bridge.
Fire Marshal Raymond c. Robert!
declined to estimate the extent OF
the loss but salu he thought the
worst damage was done by the buc.
king of the spans enclosing the
power lines over the bridge.
He said a check of the narbCr.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
East Coast Still Faces
Sub Threat, Admiral Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.-Sub-
marine warfare on the East coast
will not be over until every enemy
sub is sunk, Vice Admiral Adolphus
Andrews, chairman of the Naval
ManpoWer Survey Board, said yes
terday.
Washington and New York, he
declared, are not removed from the
possibility of enemy bombing, but the
probabilities are very much. de-
creased"
Admiral Andrews is in San
Francisco on a Nationwide survey
of naval shore stations in an effort
to release as many seagoing officers
from desk jobs as possible. From
here he will go to Bremerton, Wash.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Venezuela Decides Against
RECOGNITION Of Bolivia

BY the Associated Press.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. "a
Venezuela announced. today it would
not recognize the new Villarroel
regime iii Bolivia, and ordered it's
Charge d'Affaires to return to
Caracas.
A government statement said the
Bolivian regime, established through
coup d'etat, resulted from in
fiuences inimical to the causes which
the United Nations and their asso-
ciates are defending.
Cuba and Uruguay announced
Saturday they would not recognize
the new Bolivian government.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Late Bulletin
AFL Rejects Lewis Terms

AFL KeJectS Lewis Terms
MIAMI, Fla. P.-The Amer
ican Federation of Labor Ex-
ecutive Council today re-
jected John L. Lewis terms
for readmissi0n of his United
Mine Workers into the AFL,
and offered to take the miners
back only on the same status
under which they were men,
bers until 1886.
Earlier story on Page A-9D
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Man Held in Poison Death
Of Wife and Daughter, a
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LITTLETON, Colo, Jan. "a
Sheriff Charles Foster said yester-
day that Charles Ford Silliman had
signed a statement confessing he
killed his wife, Mrs. Esther Silliman.
28, and their 4-year-old daughter.
Patricia May, by causing them to
drink poisoned brandy.
The sheriff quoted the 34-year-
old trucking depot employe as saw
ing he had become despondent over
Ill health and debts and resolved
to take his own life as well. Then.
the sheriff said Silliman told him
he "lost his nerve"
AS Mrs. Silliman drank some of
the brandy and gave little Patricia
May sip, the sheriff quoted from
the statement, Silliman also took a
mouthful, but quickly spat it out.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Reds Systematic
In Cutting Nazi
Supply Lines
Armies Sweep Along
VoIkhov River 10
Miles From Chudovo
By the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, Jan. 24.-SWeeping
along both banks of the Volkhov
River after Wiping out a German
bridgehead on the east bank,
the Red Army was within 10
miles of Chudovo today in drive
which threatened to cut still an
other vital enemy rail line be-
low Leningrad.
The Germans, whose communica
tions are being Systematically chop
ped up in various parts of the Len
lngrad front, still hold a narrow
stretch of this line-the main Mos
coW-Leningrad line-betWeen Chu-
dovo and ToSno. Chudovo is about
Is miles southeast of Leningrad on
the west side of the Volkhov River
At the same time, Russian troops
directly menaced the key rail juno
ton of ToSno by advancing through
Pustinka, 10 miles southwest of Mga
and Soviet communique said the
Germans were retreating in disorder
from the tip of the Tosno salient.
Gains in White Russia.
The bulletin also told of con-
tinuing Russian Successes in lower
White Russia, declaring that the
drive through the Pripet Marshes
already had passed Sunonovichi, SO
miles west of Mozyr.
Swedish dispatches from Ber-
lin, meanwhile, said the Red
Army had launched a surprise
offensive on the far northern
Finnish front about $50 miles
southeast of PetSamo. The
Finnish communique, however,
reported only routine patrol
activity.
On another unverified report,
Berlin broadcast said heavy
fighting was going on southeast
of Kerch in the Crimea after
Russian forces landed and drove
inland. The broadcast said the
new landing came simultaneously
with attacks by other Russian
forces which already had estab-
lished bridgehead northeast of
Kerch.D
The Russian communique said
Soviet forces advancing southwest
of Leningrad in the Krasnoye Selo
area drove the Germans out of sew
eral localities, including Akalovo, 10
miles west of Krasnogvardeisk and
only 5 miles from a Nazi rail line
to Narva in Estonia.
War Materials Abandoned.
Germans retreating from the
Gruzino area after their Volkhov
River bridgehead was wiped out
were declared to have abandoned
large quantities of war material
The Russians said they killed
1900 Germans in yesterdays fight
ing, including 600 west of Nov
gorod after a fierce engagement in
which heavily fortified Nazi posi-
ton was taken.
In White Russia the southern
wing of Gen. KonStantin Rokos-
sovsky's army was nearing a juno
ton with the northern flank of
Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's forces in the
depth of the Pinsk Marshes, west
of captured Lelchitsy, where some
units have crossed the Ubort River
and are heading for the Stviga and
Gorin Rivers.
(To the north, German
broadcast said the Nazis had
abandoned a swamp in the area
west of Novgorod)
The Communist party newspaper
Pravda reported typical action
whereby the Red Army was cap
turing villages and towns on the
northern front The dispatch said
the Soviets bypassed a Russian town
in strength, then closed in with
skimen leading the way and broke
in from the rear.
The Leningrad area is alive with
new building activity following the
city's liberation from siege, Pravda
said.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Montuqu Mormon Sick

LONDON, Jan. "a (P).-Montagu
Norman, governor of the Bank of
England since 1920, is suffering from
a slight infection of the lung fol-
lowing influenza, and his condition
lis causing some anxiety" the bank
announced today.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
U.S.. S. Hancock, New Carrier,
Launched in Massachusetts

The original contract, let before
the United States entered the war,
called for completion of the Han
cock in April, 1896 She was built
on the same ways from which the
new Lexington was launched Sep
temher 26 1Qd0
Evening star., 1944-01-24
BULLETIN.

LONDON (P.-United States
heavy bombers attacked mill
tary objectives in Western
Germany today.
Evening star., 1944-01-24

(See FIRE, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1944-01-24

(See PACIFIC, Page A-14D
Evening star., 1944-01-24

(See WAR BONDS, Page Az
Evening star., 1944-01-24

(See ITALY, Page A-14)
Evening star., 1944-01-24

ISee LETTER. Page AID
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19

IN FINE PRIVATE HoME-Fur-
 nished rooms for gentleman. Rea-
 Sonable. Ina. i03S Chase Parkway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19

GUARANTEED-Repalrs all makes machines, vacuums. Used machines bought. Singer Sewing Machine Co. &.4306.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
Rooms. Board. HOtels
Room 10 Let

AN - Attractlvely furnished room for gentleman. Continuous hot water. Residential location at S6l Willow Street. Bus stops at door. Private family. Phone 3-334e after 5 ?. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
If You Lose Something Dial And Of Ads
Merchandise
AElsOsIlaneous Fsr Sale

RIO RAG, threadR an coiors. But tons, laces, dress Shields Reliable. e1 9covtll. open 1 to C.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
Miss Dickerson
Has Fine Party
BY GLADYS MILLS

What began as a mere get-togeth-
er last Friday night terminated
in an deliberately gala affair. Co.
leather Ann Dickerson got herself
together very cleverly. planning
and executing small affair for
her cousin, Helen Dickerson of Will
mington. Delaware; and friends Ann
Dobbins Of Birmingham, Ala. and
Lieut.. Robert Clark OF Camp Kill
mer, N. J.
Cute Frances Griffin was assistant
hostess and did her bit toward en-
tertaining the honored guests. The
affair was carried out in the pretty
backyard Of the Dickersons home
on Begole avenue. A bright coll
ored linoleum served as a platform
for dancing; an extension loud
speaker attached TO the radio fur
nished the latest swing tunes: card
tables and chairs were placed on
the edge OF the improvised dance
floor.
Movies were shown 10 the de-
light OF everyone; Charles Chap
lain comedy. personal reels. war
films and dramatics. thanks go to
Rudy Mallord for taking time out
to show the movies.
Between reels. the hostess pre-
sented her guests with mementos,
costume jewelry for the ladies and
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
BRITISH QUEEN
.LAUDS WOUNDED
NEGRO OFFICER

HEADQUARTERS. AIR SERVICE
COMMAND. UNITED STATES
STRATEGIC AIR FORCES IN
EUROPE-"All of you are so very
Grave and we are so proud that you
are fighting for US" These are the
inspiring words by Her Majesty.
Queen Elizabeth Of England. that
cheered End 1t. James A. Bowman
Of $500 Evans avenue. Chicag go, ILL.,.
a patient in u. S. Army General
hospital located somewhere in the
British Isles.
Queen Elizabeth was escorted
through the hospital by Lt-Gen.
John c. II. Lee. deputy theatre COM
mander: Maj Gen. Paul r. Hswley,
chief surgeon, European theatre of
operations; Col. Lester NJ. Dyke,
commanding officer OF the hospital;
Capt. Frances F. Kasmark, chief
nurse, and the Queens Lady in
Waiting, the Hon. Mrs. Godfrey
Bowlby. Her Majesty stopped to
talk with several wounded soldiers
and visited many other wards Of the
hospital.
LIEUT. boWHldli, GO-gedl -Olu OIllCeI
OF combat engineer regiment.
landed in France IA days after D.
Day. He said. following the Queens
visit TO his bedside, II was never
so surprised since won a s57 wrist
watch on a Chicago amateur pro-
gram" Quite elated, Bowman
could hardly wait 10 tell his fell
low patients how the Queen ques-
toned him about his health and
hoped that he would be up and
about soon.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
DR.. VenabIe
Honors Mother

DR.. William Wade Venable hon.
ored his mother. Mrs. Agnes Hill
Venable in their home at 4840 Tire
man avenue. Saturday. July u. with
a birthday party.
The honoree received large bou-
quet OF white gladioli that DR.. Ven
able had had blessed at the altar
OF st. Cyprians church.
Popular tunes, including a collec-
ton OF the late Fats" Waller num-
bers, old favorites. dancing. games,
cards, smokes. candies and chewing
gum made the evening festive as
Pereditha Venable kept busy ladling
red punch. Reginald Lake had his
own method OF registering guests
and checking wraps.
Early in the GIN. good morning.
baked ham, dainty rolls, butter
squares, sliced tomatoes, green pep
per rings, stuffed olives. ice cream
and fancy squares Of cake were
served. Allen Venable was an anus
ing figure throughout the affair. in
sisting that no one be without soda
pop at any time whatever.
A five TERED white and pink cake
was fianked by glads of the same
colors. The dining room was inun-
dated with gorgeous presents. The
81 beautiful gifts received will al
ways be a very pleasant memory OF
this very happy occasion.
Charming in cerise and white,
Mrs. Venable had Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Johnson Of Brantford, Can
ada. and Mrs. Ella Hill Thurman OF
Windsor as house guests. Other out.
of-towners were Mrs. Audrey Thur
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Continued From Page II
where the portraits of colored off,
Gals decorate the walls.
Had Enviable Record
DR.. Thompkins had served longer
than any previous recorder. and had
more distinguished accomplishment
10 his credit than any other He was
publicly acclaimed by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt for totally
liquidating in six years the deficits
OF previous recorders which totaled
$20l 200 90 when he assumed ONCE.
Other accomplishments Of the re-
corder include undermining of the
system of indexing old land records,
recopying old land records on the
typewriter that had been copied by
hand. the institution Of the lot-and-
square system OF indexing land
records, and the decoration Of the
wis OF the library with oil paint
ings of former recorders OF deeds.
The lot-snd-square project, when
completed. will give to the Office an
added value Of $1,000, 900.
The long line of accomplishment
Of DR.. Thompkins was eliminated
when, with congressional approp-
ration OF $500. 900. work was begun
on new building for the exclusive
use Of the recorder of deeds.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Jessie r. Thompkins; two daughters.
Mrs. Helen Simmons and Miss Mar
ion Thompkins, and one grand
daughter. Barbara Simmons.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
PHILADELPHIA
NEGROES DON'T
LIKE JIM-CR0W

Shortly before the deadline set by
The Army for return Q, Philadelphia
transit strikers 10 Their Jobs. a ra-
cial outbreak waS almost precipi-
tated by the actions OF southern
soldier according 10 an Associated
Press diSpstch
Il seems that a white southern
soldier who was guarding one Of the
few street cars in operation decided
TO separate white and colored pas
sengcrs in conformity with the Jim
Crow pattern Of his home town.
Word 90 this attempt was spread
throughout the Negro district and
a crowd az Negroes estimated al 400
gathered 10 await the return OF the
street car. Police learned OF what
was about 10 happen and radioed
instructions 10 scout cars 10 protect
the southern soldier The crowd was
dispersed only after DR.. J. p Turner.
a -PEam.HeRt Negro physician as
sured them that the southern soldier
had been transferred 10 another
area.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12

man Harding. Miss Maureen Hard
ing and "Tige" Bailey Of Windsor.
Among those present were Mr..
and Mrs. James Jackson, Mr.. and
Mrs. william Logan, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. DECREASE. Mr.. and Mrs. A. s.
Wright, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Johnson. Mr..
and Mrs. l.. Oglesby, Mr.. and Mrs
Isaac Corker, Mr.. and Mrs. l. Wood
yard, Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Powell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gaines, Mr..
and Mrs. c. Kennebrew, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Jefferson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen Vensble and Rossslind. Mr..
and Mrs. o. Long. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Arnold, Mr.. and Mrs. Mont
gomery. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Farm
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Strong, Mr.. and
Mrs. DeBabtise. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Mays. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson.
Mrs. R. R. Bright, Mrs. Julia Jones,
Mrs. Albert Sewell. Mrs. Villa Bail
ey, Mrs. Estell Harris. Mrs. Mary
Jackson, Mrs. Ada Evans, Mrs. Ora
Faulkner. Mrs. Annie Warren, Mrs.
Lucy Tunstall, Mrs. Ella Hill Thur
man, Mrs. Cora Robinson, Mrs. Au-
drey Thurman Harding, Mrs. Jake
Waller, Mrs. j. H. Force, Mrs. N
McConner, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Agnes
Hill Venable, Mrs. Wheat, Mrs. La
vania Mitchell, Mrs. Vallie Walker,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
Perry Buschs
In Gay Whirl
During Visit
BY GLADYS MILLS

Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Busch, OF
Louisville. who have been visiting
in the city fo- the past fortnight.
have been kept very. very busy
in a mad whirl OF social activities.
The BuScheS have scads OF friends
in Detroit. all Of whom have out
done themselves in an effort 10 re-
ciprocatS for courtesies shown
them b.. the visitors when they
have visited in Kentucky.
Mrs. Busch. Loretta" has Wis.
tied here several times before and
is well known for her vibrant per-
sonality and unusual personal
beauty; Mr. Busch turns out 10 be
quite a grand guy and has en-
deared himself 10 all who have met
him.
On last Saturday night. Mr.. s.
B. Mcqueen, who used TO play
marbles with Mr. Busch back in
Tennessee, entertained in his home.
and on Sunday night DR.. and Mrs.
F. A Williams. had friends in for
cocktails.
Loretta has startled the populace
with her exotic creations, during
her visit, perhaps most unusual
was the red and violet print, she
wore at the Williams Cocktail
party. With the frock. an original
model. she wore a tall turban OF
red and violet chiffon. full length
red gloves, and carried a violet
bag Mrs, Busch is an art student
and we are told that she makes
most Of the hats she wears so well
Guest; al the week end affairs
included: Mr.. and Mrs Grover
Lange, Dr.. and Mrs Maurice Wes-
son, Mr. and Mrs william Folks
Of Muncie. Indiana Cludius For
ney. Mrs. Hazel Roxborough, Mrs
Carolyn Glover. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Jones, Mrs. Lotte Butler. Ar
thur Officer. Dr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Milton. D.. and Mrs. Gerald
Thornton. Mr. and Mrs. Ezra
Price. Mr.. and Mrs Ben D. Hen
derson. Miss Violet Banks, Walter
Robertson. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
McG,asker, DR.. and Mrs. Clarence
Preston. Dr. and Mrs. Richard S.
McGhee. Miss Raines. OF Chicago,
Mrs. Mary Webb Jeffries. George
Rucker, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hill,
Dr.. and Mrs. D. J. Graham, DR..
Walter Harmon. DR.. John Mat
tocks, Dr. E. A. Carter, Mr.. and
Mrs William Copeland, Mrs. Ber-
nice Whitby, DR.. J. c. Randolpho.
Earl Wright. Mrs. Lucy Hatcher,
Mrs Amyre Porter and Mr.. and
Mrs Lawrence Johnson.
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air mail stationery for the lieu
tenant. The small group OF guests
included, Mr.. and Mrs. George An
derson, who just returned to the
city from their honeymoon trip to
New York; Theona Washington,
Lieutenant Robert Clark, Frances
Griffin, Linnett Gum. Ferdinand
Penn. Ann Dobbins, Of Birming-
ham; Robert Goodgames OF Chi
cago, member OF the Coast Guard:
Kenneth Stonestreet, Helen Dick
erson of Wilmington; Charles Lew
is, Edna Orr, Of North Carolina;
Samuel Norwood. Marguerite Shep-
pard, Willie B. Wilson, Ruby Tur-
ner, Rudy Mallord. Roberta Hill
and Curtis Miller.