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Evening star., 1944-05-24
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AssociAted Press.
Senate:
In recess until Thursday.
Banking Committee begins work
on amendments to OPA extension
bill.
House and Senate conferees meet
on "GI bill of rights"
House:
Considers District appropriation
bill.
Ramspeck Committee hears At
torney General Biddle on Mont
gomery Ward seizure.
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SERGT. EDWARD ]. HARRIS,
IS, husband of Mrs. Helen M. Har-
ris, 1876 Columbia road NV, was
reported missing over Burma early
in April.
Overseas two years, Sergt. Harris,
a crew chief, was stationed in India
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n o o per, 1921
Third street
s out h, Arling-
ton, Va, was re-
p o r ted missing
In action April
Is ver Ne "
Guinea.
He enlisted In
the Air Force
upon graduation
I r ON D 1t q
tColo.) High h
School in June,
1910, and was
graduated as a
bonbardier from
Kfrtlapd E3plS1
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Charles Town Results

FIRST RAcE-Purse. 5000; 4-year-oIds
and up; claiming; furlongs
Ifa RI rIp piios o., s4rant) 7.s0 2-so $50
Waiter Light (W. Kirk) 9JS1
Time. 1925.
Charm, Persian Queen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
CLUB CLOCK

A special meeting of the de-
gree staff of Letitia Rebekah
lodge will be held on Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock in the Odd
Fellows lodge. It is urgent
that all members attend.
North Carolina Junior Soro-
sis will hold a called business
meeting Tuesday evening, at
7:30 O'Clock at the Sorosis
clubhouse. Members are ex-
pected to be present as mat
tiers of great importance will
be transacted.
The executive committee of
the w. S. c. S. of Grace Meth
odist church will meet Monday
at 4 p. m. at the church.
The Woman's Missionary
society of Southside Baptist
church will meet Tuesday at
$3.50 o'clock at the church, the
Junior GA will present the
program. The Sunbeams meet
at the same hour.
A meeting of the Audubon
Home Demonstration club will
be held Wednesday at $3.50
O'Clock with Miss Ruth Loman.
The Woman's Auxiliary will
meet at the Cape Fear Pres
byterian church, Shipyard
Boulevard and Vance street,
Tuesday, June 81, at 4:30 pm.
Mrs. Samuel Wander Nicer,
wife of the assistant pastor Of
First Presbyterian church, will
speak on her work among tie
mountain people of Kentucky.
She will illustrate her address
with interesting pictures of her
work there in Kentucky.
Goldenrod chapter, 142, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday at 8.15 nm at
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garments and committees. and
cluo presidents, has met a month
later. 10 make it possible for many
eluDwomen who are RESPONDING
TO the need for teachers in the pub
nc schools and will begin teaching
IN september to attend the meet
ing an earlier date was named.
Other clubwomen, recognizing that
the coming club year will be full
70 the brim with important work
TO be done, and anxious to get at
II as early in the fall as possible,
also requested the early date.
Commenting on the institute.
which will be under. the direction
OF Mrs. J. c. Williams of Whining
toa' first vice-president, Mrs. J.
Henry Highsmith, the Federation
president, said: Through forums
panel discussions, and talks by ex-
perts, we shall cover some of the
major detectives of the Fedora
ton for the year, giving club presi-
dents something in the way of in
formation and instructions to take
home with them that will be of help
in obtaining detectives. Also, some
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25

Wire making is one of the most
ancient of the metal working
crafts.
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OF the important issues Of the dav.
such as cartels, labor, race reia-
tloas peace and postwar plans
Will be presented by well-equipped
speakers"
Mrs. John M. Council, third vice
president in charge of depart
ment work, had a conference with
new department chairmen during
tne AFTERNOON of Wednesday. Mrs.
Gordon Maddroy of Ahoskie. for
the American Citizenship depart
ment; Mrs. Paul B. White of
Chapel Hill, for the International
relations department; Mrs. James
7. Little of Greenville, for the
Junior department, and Mrs. W.
1. Bost OF Raleigh, fo= Public Wei
rare, each presented the outline
OF their program for the year.
Mrs. Council expressed gratifica-
ton over the scope of work pro-
posed. The departments of Art
Music, Literature and American
Home will continue work along
lines already under way, as viii
the Education department with it's
work in promoting teaching of
Bible in the Public Schools. Mrs.
}. o. MacClelland, chairman of
that department, is anxious that
clubs should call upon her for as
slstance in developing further
plans for that work, Immediately.
Mrs. Highsmith announces sew
eral acceptances of appointments:
MIS-. James o. Brown of Charlotte,
Will serve as chairman of a COM
mite On Press and Publicity
Training. Mrs. Brown had several
years experience in newspaper
work with the Atlanta Constitution,
has just completed a successful
term as president of the Charlotte
Woman's club, and is well equip
ped to train clubwomen to do re-
porting. for local clubs.
The committee on legislation will
be headed by Mrs. Preston c.
Farrar of Chapel Hill, succeeding
DR.. Ellen Black Winston. Mrs. Far
rar is past president of the
Chapel Hill Community club, also
OF district eight, and is a keen
student of government and needed
social legislation. She will be one
of the Federation's representatives
in the State legislative Council.
The third important appointment
is that of Mrs. John D. Robinson
OF Wallace, past president of the
Federation, as chairman of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
BIRTHDAY PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. z. A. Sneeden en-
tertained at their home in Seagate
Monday in honor of their young
daughter, Betty-Jo on her fourth
birthday. The table was covered
with a white cloth and centered
with birthday cake. The color
scheme of pink and white wae car
ried out in the party appointments.
The little guests enjoyed games
during the afternoon after which
the cake was cut and served with
ice cream.
Guests attending were Betty-Jo
Sneeden, honoree, Patsy K ely,
Gran Bishop, Enoch Rogers, Betty
Louise Hunt, Arthur Rivenbark,
Douglas Rivenbark, Shirley Allen,
Barbara Blackman, Phyllis Black
man, Marion Sneeden, Eugene
Sneeden, Mrs. George Larson, Jr.,
Mrs. Dan Kelly, Mrs. H. G. Snee-
den, Mrs. George Larson, Mrs. Ed
ward Allen, Mrs. E. B. Sneeden,
Mrs. A. D. Rivenbark, Miss Louise
Benson, Miss Ellen Piner, Mrs. D.
S. Harrell of Wallace and Mrs. M.
l.. johnson of Goldsboro.
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tons tied with matching ribbon.
The bridegroom had as his best
man his brother, Bill Holiday, of
Hampton, Va. Ushers were Hugh
Fowler of Hampton, john Lankes
of Hilton Village, Va, and Earl
Taylor and E. G. Floyd Of this
city.
Mrs. Lewis, mother OF the bride,
wore a dress of navy chiffon with
white accessories and corsage of
pink roses.
Following the ceremony the cou.
pie left for a wedding trip to New
York city. For travel she wore a
two-piece navy suit with navy &C.
cessories and a white orchid.
Mrs. Holiday has been a mem.
Der of the faculty of William Hoo.
per school for the past three years.
Mr.. Holiday is connected with the
electrical department of the North
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25

A meeting of the Audubon
Home Demonstration club will
be held Wednesday at $3.50
o'clock with Miss Ruth Loman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
Holliday-Lewis Wedding
Vows Spoken In Church

The first Christian church was
the scene of the wedding of Miss
Kathleen Kola Lewis, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William W. Lewis,
Of this city, and Leamon Roy Hol-
liday, Jr., son of L. R. Holiday
and the late Mrs. Holiday of
Hampton, Va, on Saturday after
noon, June 10 at o'clock.
The Rev. James T. Lawson, pas
tor, officiated, using the double
ring ceremony. The vows were
said before an altar banked with
palms, ferns and baskets of white
gladioli and cathedral candles. Pre-
ceding the ceremony Mrs. Louise
E. Keith, organist,: and Mics .Aza-
lene Switzerland, soloist, rendered
the nuptial music. Miss 'Souther-
land sang Indian Love Call, BE
cause" and II Love You Truly"
The traditional marches of Wagner
and Mendelssohn were used ITO
Wild Rose" was played during
the ceremony.
The bride entered with her IA
Their by whom she was given in
rnatrimony, and wore gown Of
ivory slipper satin with high neck
line and deep yoke Of Chantilly
lace edged with seed pearls in a
leaf pattern ending in a bow-knot
at the front. The long fitted bodice
was buttoned down the back with
covered buttons and the long
sleeves tapered to points over the
hands. The full skirt fell into folds
to form a court train. Her finger
tip length veil of illusion was edg-
ed with lace and fell from coro-
net of orange blossoms. She car
ried a bridal bouquet of white car
nations, conferred with white or
child and showered with swansonia.
Mrs. Harry Griffin, cousin of the
bride, was matron-of-honor and
only attendant. She wore a dress
of aqua net fashioned with a fitted
bodice with heart shaped neckline
end bouffant skirt of net. She wore
& halo of aqua net in her hair and
carried bouquet of pink carna-
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INJURED

RALEIGH, June 24.-(RESgt.
Edmund Gray, former editorial
writer for the Raleigh Times, has
been injured in a parachute jump
abroad, according to- word receiv-
ed by relatives here Saturday. Sgt.
Gray, member of a paratrooper
battalion, has recently been sta
toned in England.
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Carolina Shipbuilding company.
After the rehearsal Friday re-
ception WAC given at the home OF
the brides parents for the bridal
party, out-of-town guests, relatives
cad friends.
A1nong the guests from out-of-
town were Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Hol-
liaay, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Fowler,
and Cade Holiday of Hampton.
Va, and John Lankes of Hilton
Village, Va.
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Mrs. Williams
To Direct Fall
Council Meetinq
nv MRS. CHARLES G. DOAK

BY MRS. CHAhLES u. DOAK
The executive board of the
North Carolina Federation of Wo-
,,pn's clubs, meeting in Raleigh
IN Wednesday, named August 30
u as dates for the annual Council
institute. Heretofore the Council,
which is composed of officers, dis
4rict presidents, chairmen of de-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25

The Worca-l's Society of
Christian Service of Sunse
Park MeGilo dist church will
meet Tuesday at 1890 am. at
the home of Mrs. w. c.. Stancil.
107 Central boulevard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25

The Woman's auxiliary of
Pearsall Memorial church will
meet today Immediately follow
ing Sunday school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25

Goldenrod chapter, 142, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday at 8:15 pm. at
the Masonic Temple. The de-
grees of the Order will be con-
ferred and reports of the grand
chapter will be made. Visiting
Eastern Stars are invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Smith an
nounce the birth of a son, Hubert
Lawrence, Jr., at James Walker
Memorial hospital June 20.
Evening star., 1944-01-23

Sergt Dodd attended Hyattsville
High School and was formerly en-
ployed by the Washington Institute
of Technology in College Park. He
Won the Distinguished Flying Gross
and the Air Medal with three oak
Leaf clusters and had been in the
service since December, l941.
1t Mueller. pilot OF Bit, who
has been missing in action since
December %, was reported missing
in an article in The Star January
g. The report that Sergt. Hovis, tail
gunner on a Flying Fortress. had
been missing since December % was
published in The Star January 9.
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forming at Castelforte was broken
up by Allied artillery.
There was no word from the 9th
Army front but the German-con-
trolled Vichy radio said a regrouping
of Allied forces around Ortona in
dicated preparations for large
scale offensive there
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Ituly
Continued From First Page


German air activity was practic-
ally non-eXlStent.
The battle-WiSe British and
American troops lost no time in
taking advantage of the situation
by smashing straight inland toward
the Appian Way and the roads
leading to Rome. Severing of these
routes, II and % miles from the
coast, would trap the bulk of the
German 10th Army, l3 divisions
strong, and leave the path to Rome
itself virtually undefended
Violent Counterattacks Expected.
There appeared to be little chance
that the enemy could bring other
divisions southwark from the Pc
Valley to protect Rome over the
bomb blasted roads and railways.
However, a violent German counter
attack was expected to develop in a
desperate effort to stave off what
might become Nazi catastrophe
To assure this, Allied heavy bonn
bers today attacked railroad yards
at Arezzo, Peruggia, Terni and
Pontevorvo. The first three are 100,
80 anda50 miles north of Rome, while
Pontecorvo is one of the points on
the Adolf Hitler" line, miles
behind the Gustav line" fighting
front Still further to seal off the
10th Army from the scene of the
Rome coast landings, heavy bombers
also attacked the road defile at Ter
racina on the coast below the
landings.
Firm establishment of the beach,
heads below Rome was apparently
far easier than at Salerno last Sep
tember, and allowed a quick drive
| inland.
The secret of the success appar-
emily was close coordination with
| the new ground offensive and the
uninterrupted Allied air onslaught.
While the big fleet of landing
craft, escorted by American, British,
Greek, Dutch and French warships,
moved in toward the beaches before
dawn this morning, the 5th Army
erupted all along its front to the
! southeast in a furious all-out as
sault from French positions in the
Evening star., 1944-01-23

1t. c. E. Besley. ward T, Mueller
%, son of Mrs. Estella M. Mueller
1907 Tilden street. Brentwood, Md.
Technical Sergt. David NJ Hovis, 33
brother of Mrs. Calvin w. Spargo
40l9 Kansas avenue NV, and Staff
Sergt. Herschel w. Dood. %, hus-
band of Mrs. Zoe R. Dodd. 4911 Cal
vert road. College Park. Md
First 1t. Charles E. Besley. 26
brother of Mrs. John T. Warfeld
4720 Reservoir road NV, was listed
as missing in action in the South
Pacific area. is pilot of a Liberator
bomber based in New Guinea.
Parents Live in Fairfax.
1t, Besley, formerly an architect
employed at the Quartermaster
Depot in Richmond, Va, had been
serving with the Air Forces over
seas since last May. He has been
reported missing since December 20.
The son of MI. and Mrs. J. L.
Besley, Fairfax, Va, 1t. Besley was
a graduate Of Lee Jackson High
School and the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute. He enlisted in the Air
Forces in January, 1912. A brother
j. L. Besley, jr., "a, petty officer,
second class, is serving with the
Seabees somewhere in the South
Pacific.
1t. Cole, a Flying Fortress pilot,
has been missing since December
20 He was on his second mission.
A native of Baltimore, he has been
in the service for three years and
was ordered overseas about three
months ago. The last word received
from him was a card at Christmas.
Has High Flying Honors.
Sergt. Dodd, gunner and radioman
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mountains above SAINT Ella to Brit
ish lines along the coast.
AirfieIds Near Rome Knocked Out
This assault, with the air often
sive that already had knocked out
all bat one of Rome's airfields anc
smashed German communications
was successfully designed to pin the
Nazis in their defensive lines anC
insure the triumph of the grea1
amphibious operation.
At dawn Allied planes begin con-
tinuous cover over the new beach
heads and the Tyrrhenian Sea
route for reinforcements and sup
plies.
From the German acknowledg
ments it was apparent that the
Allies had side-stepped the easily
defended Pontine marshes and driv-
en- onto the solid beaches farther
north Only a few scattered hills
bar the route to Rome. in contrast
with mile after mile of towering
saber toothed mountains on the
cross-Italy fronts of the 5th ano
9th Armies.
The landings threaten to close the
only escape roads left to the Ger
man 10th Army at the Rome bottle
neck if the Nazis should try to pull
out of the mountain defense system
These roads are u and % miles
from Nettuno Harbor and may be
much nearer present Allied posi-
tions. as field reports said the land
ing forces were driving swiftly and
steadily inland.
1t has been estimated there are
IL to 13 German divisions engaging
the Allies below the scene of the
landings
Gen Sir Harold Alexander. COM
mander OF Allied forces on the CEN
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rail lines for varying periods but
the present almost total dislocation
was of extreme importance to the
Tiber landings. Experts said the
transportation blocking by the 18th
Air Force was one of the most COM
plete jobs ever done and while that
force was working $50 miles north
of Rome the 18th Air Force oper-
ated directly north of the city
against both transport and airfields
The landing forces We're British
and American and numbered in the
thousands, but details were not dis
closed.
In the integrated attacks by the
5tn Army along the land front
American troops forced their way
across the Rapido River while
French forces wrested two noun
tains from the enemy and the Brit
ism captured additional villages on
the north bank of the Garieliano
River.
Americans Cross RapidO.
The Germans, preoccupied with
this onset, launched several fierce
counterattacks supported by tanks
only to be taken by surprise by the
amphibiouS f1anking attack.
The crossing Of the Rapido River
bv the Americans was accomplished
near San Angelo, where the stream
is l20 feet wide. With boats and
field bridges they crossed the river
only to run into a mine field and
Wltherlng fire from well-entIenched
NaZiS. ht latest reports they were
battling the Germans in the area
about three miles south OF Casino
American patrols which had crossed
the Rapido earlier had predicted the
fierce opposition that the main BODY
met tOday
This forward movement was
pressed along a 20-mile front. On
the north shore of the Garigliano
where the British esta blished a
prldgehead early in the week. they
gained more ground, taking Trimon-
sueli and Vandra and fighting stiff
German opposition in the Castelforte
area. One German counterattack
Evening star., 1944-01-23
New Red Cross Unit 10 Aid
Veterans in Filing Claims

A claims division, to assist dis
charged servicemen of this war in
filing claim papers with the Veterans
Administration, has been added to
the District Red Cross Home Service
Corps. The new division will be
headed by Miss Lucy A. Gibson.
Volunteer workers will be in
structed in the various phases Of
claims work. The group, Miss Glib
son said, will serve as nucleus for
postwar planning with veterans"
1.-The Veterans Administration
urges that all men with disability
discharges file their claims now"
she continued "As one of the
agencies which the administration
recog nizes. the American Red Cross,
through its home service division.
Is prepared to assist servicemen in
complying with this request
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Five Army Airmen
From. District Area
Missing in Action

Five members of the Army Air
Forces from the Washington area
four of whom were engaged in
bombing raids over Germany. have
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Man Jailed for Contempt
Asks Stay Pending Appeal

Douglas NJ Stewart yesterday
filed a motion in the Court of Ap-
peals asking that he be freed ON
bond, pending his appeal from a
30-day sentence imposed by District
Court on charge of contempt for
allegedly refusing to give truthful,
answers while appearing as a wit
ness before the grand jury investi-
eating sedition.
Chief Justice Edward C. Eicher
sentenced him on January 7 after
Stewart, former copublisfer of
Scrbners Commentator. allegedly
failed to tell the truth as to how
he came in possession of s36, 900
The court was told he said he found
the money in his home. but did not
know who sent it. Stewart insists he
told the truth.
The grand jury before which Mr.
Stewart testified indicted 80 persons
on sedltio, charges. Mr.. Stewart
however. appeared only as a wit
ness and was not indicted.
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Neighborhood Council
To Hear Social Aides

Services Of the Landlord Tenant
Court and the Council of Social
Agencies will be described at the
meeting of the U Street Neighbor-
hood Council at 7:30 pm Wednes-
day in not-Patterson Junior
High School Miss Doris Wilkins,
social consultant of the Landlord
Tenant Court, and Mrs. Sarah De
Haven of the War Housing Center
will be the speakers
Miss Marjorie Baltimore. presi-
dent of the council, will preside at
the meeting, which will be open to
the public.
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WHERE ALLIES FLANK ITALIAN FRONTArrows from Ameri
and Brsags point region south between the
Tibe River and Neuno where the Allies have made land
ings Italy according German The Allies merely
announced they landed south of Rome the land front
heavy ne) Americans fighting the Casino and
the British captured Trmonsuei. "A P. Wirephoto
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Observance to Mark
Ind;o independence Day

A meeting in observance CT INDIA
Independence Day will be hc'|i e.
8 pm. Wednesday at the National
Press Club Auditorium
The meeting will include Intian
music and a dance recital. Speak
ers will be Frances Gunther. au-
| thor; I. F. Stone. Washington edi-
tor Of The Nation; Dr.. Anup Singh.
editor of india Today" and DR..
Arthur Upham Pope. chairman Of
the Committee for National Morale.
Evening star., 1944-01-23

bombers and fighters of every de-
scription have been concentrating
on German airdromes and commu-
nications in preparation for the
landing, and late today an Air Force
spokesman said photographs showed
AL fighter bases of any conse-
quence in the Rome area are inop-
erative except for one three miles
from Rome at Guidonia."
The spokesman said railway
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A. P. WWephOtOS.
blocks in the Rome area were for
the most part still effective" and
that all railways in the Florence
area had been severed except for
one. Thus. he said, lit is impossible
for the German air force to under
take sustained activity"
For good measure Allied bombers
attacked airfields in the Marseille
area, where the Germans are known
to have based planes that use their
radio-controlled glider bombs. The
objective of the air forces was to
isolatethe battlefront both from re-
ialforeenaents and supplies and from
German air power.
Transportation Effectively Blocked
Success of this broad program was
confirmed by pilots returning from
missions covering The landing
forces. They said they had found
no enemy aircraft and that there
was little or no enemy artillery fire
from the shore, although several
Allied Warships We're firing con-
tinUOuS broadSideS into targets Scv-
eral miles inland
The Germans may repair some
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been listed as
missing in ac-
ton, the War
Department an
II o u n ce d last
night.
The four who
failed to return
to their base in
E n G ! an d are
Second Its. Ed
ward H. Cole,
husband or Mrs.
M a | t ! an d M.
Cole, 4110 Fes-
Senden S tre e t
NV, and Ed
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on a llDelaI IOl
bomber based in
England. h a d
a ! m 0 S t COM
pleted his re-
quired number
of missions when
he was reported
missing January
4. He had been
serving with the
Air Forces over
seas since last
May.
The son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. H
Dodd, 1855 Mon
Evening star., 1944-01-23

ADMIRAL FRANK J. LOWRY,
American 1rhO commanded
nGudl forces in neW landing
operations.
trail Mediterranean front. thus useU
the Allies best developed technique
of warfare-the amphibiOuS land
ing-to break the Italian Stalemate
and threaten close to 100000 Ger
mans with entrapment.
Admiral Lowry in Command.
A special communique late today
named American Rear Admira
Frank J. Lowry of New York as
commander of the entire nava
phase of the operation. with Real
Admiral Thomas Troubridge of the
British Navy directing British nava
forces under him.
For more than week Allied
The Valley settler., 1944-07-14

CONTINUED FRow PAGE l) in training in twin-engine air. craft. He was assigned to Maria from Merced esic Flying School, Merced, Celif ornia. He Is a form CT student of Pa liner hi gh school.
 The pilot school at Maria Is g station of the AAF Training Command, hist ory's largest educa- Ii onal system.