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The Omaha guide., 1944-07-22
MAYOR BUTLER ISSUES
PROCLAMATION ON

RUSSIAN CLOTHING RELIEF
Proclamation Russian War Re
lief drives, under way throughout the
country, are being held for the pur-
pose of supplying greatly needed clo-
thing and other supplies for the Rus
Sian people who have lost everything
they own in the war.
In order that Omaha may partici-
ipate in this nationwide drive, and
thus aid in the rehabilitation of the
Russian victims of the war, | hereby
designate the period of July Is to
July 81 as Russian War Relief Day,
and urge the people of our city to
contribute as literally as possible IL
this campaign.
The Russian people need these sup
plies very badly, and | am sure there
will be a very generous response to
their appeal for aid.
Ian =. DutlSlJ NdyOi.
Collection Stations for Russian
War Relief Clothing Drive:
Fire Stations: (1) 18th and Dodge,
90 10Th and Harvey, (4) 10th and
lizard, 90 25th and L, (s) 4oth and
Nicholas, (9) goth and Spring, (1o)
5oth and Pine, (12) 9th and Jones,
(14) 2lst and Lake, (15) 22nd and
Ames, (16) 18th and Dorcas, (17)
50th and Underwood, (1s) 37th and
P, (19) goth and R, CID 37th and P
(23) Goth and Maple, (24) 3Oth slnd
Hanover. Other Stations: Few
Settlers Hall, Seth and U; New
World Book-Shop, 14O3h Douglas
Street. For information call The
New World Book Shop, ia. 1865.
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ACTIVITIES At THE NORTH
TWENTY FOURTH USO CLUB

Schedule for July 22-July Goth
Saturday-12 :O0-Room Registry.
5:O0-Ball game at 21st and Burdette
streets; s:OO-Junior Hostess Form
al-Masonic Hall;
Sundays :0O-Java Hour; - :0C
Informal games; 3 :0O-Pool Tourn-
ament :0O-Juke Box Dancing and
5:00-Fleet Leaves.
Monday-Drop in activities Tues
day-Drop in activities.
Wednesday-Swing Shift Dance at
Fort Crook.
Thursday-Drop in activities and
Friday-Drop in activities.
COMING EVENTS. .....
Everyone is looking forward to the
Big Carnival which will initiate use
of our outside Pavilion. There will
be Bingo, hot dogs, popcorn, games
and other special attractions. Don't
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sion that he is hsnting for excuses to
condemn. He knows that the nation
al convention deals with only nation
al issues and that any law advocated
BY that body must be Of national
scope"
Randolph challenged White to be
practical as he attacked the NAACP.
heads criticism Of a third COP.
plank. white belittles the Republi-
can promise to do away with discrim
nation i'll the armed forces" the Re
publican delegate said. "He says
that the wal will be over before Con-
gress could investigate and act.
White forgets that the armed fore
es will be a continuing agency in this
country. We are not building a ma
ton for the war emergency. Liberty,
justice and equality are principles for
all time, not just for wartime.
"Of course, congress must investi-
gate before it can pass laws. Lynch
ers are the only judges who act be-
fore finding the facts. Since he has
fought against lynch law 50 long,
White can hardly afford to advocate
action without fact-finding.
"At least White gives us credit for
one good thing the plank promis-
ing a permanent FEPC," Randolph
added. "All things are relative he
commented. THE planks we secured
are an outstanding accomplishment
because we got more than Negroes
ever have gotten from any political
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10000 SEE N STEAL
NEGRO MUSIC FESTIVAL
IN ST. LOUIS, WITH HIS
BLUE TRUMPET

BLUE TRUMPET
Continued from page u
Schmaltz, Il was telling an old story,
chanting an old spell.
The smoke-moated light streamed
down hard, flat on the brown ami
green diamond. Soda bottles clinked
down concrete steps and vendors NOV
ing through the stands shouted ITS
gotta be coldl It's packed in icel It's
gotta be coldI" But you forgot it.
A million insects, more or less,
buzzed softly, and the echoes splatted
back from the circling reaches of
seats, but you forgot that, too, watch
ing this little man, seeming even
smaller because of his roundness,
sway a little with the music's pulse.
He is 20, after falling off a sub
way platform, he no longer is able
to walk so we'll; he hardly a see.
But he is w. Z. Handy, and he once
wrote a song that still paints pictur-
es.
PennleSS IN 1898 .....
The cobblestoned levees of the
Mississippi at the foot of Market st.
where Handy, penniless, had to sleep
in 1893, was in the picture, and the
work song of the roustabouts.
The smoke-filled parlors of a hum
dred bordellos from New Orleans to
St. Louis, birthplaces of jazz, were
there, too, and Saturday nights on the
old St. aul, Shouts" in Memphis and
rent parties in Harlem.
Three hundred years of oppression,
discrimination, prejudice, as we'll, if
you listened closely, for that's what
made the blues.
King Oliver blew with Handy and
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"SHARPS and FLATS" AFTER
ENLISTING IN NAVAL
PECEPHEC

-
ENLISTING IN NAVAL
RESERVES. .....
Heading a IL piece band at the U,
S. Naval Air Station BARRIERS Point
T. H. are the "Sharps and Flats
shown above. From left, Thurman
0. Cooper, Musician Third Class,
USNR. who performs on the vibra-
ing Negroes today. The Republicans
pledged an anti-;ynching law to safe
guard our lives against lynchers.
They pledged to do away with the
toll tai limitation on voting. They
Promised a permanent FEPC to help
IS get and keep jobs and they pledg-
4 10 end discrimination in the arm
ed forces.
When has Mr.. White ever heard
of any party making more direct spec
ific and important piedges?" asked
Randolph. No party platform ever
has offered us so much. We who
took part in the convention are pleas
ed with what we were able to accom-
plish and from the comment | heard
on my way home and since l reached
here, the Negro public is well pleased
also.
But while general Negro comment
has been most favorable to the Negro
planks,"" continued the Republican del
egate, Waiter White and Drew Pear
son, daily paper c~olumnist, have crit
icized our efforts.
The Republican party made the
flat statement in its platform that
The payment of any poll tax
shonld not be a condition Of voting in
federal elections and we favor i'm
mediate submission of a constitution
al amendment for its abolition
mr.. White and Mr.. Pearson arg
ue that this does not mean anything
because there are sufficient poll tax
states to block the passage of such ar
amendment. Let's look at the facts
There are only eight poll tax states
and one Of them, Tennessee, already
has tried to get rid of the undemocrat
ic levy on voters.
There are 4S states in the union.
An amendment to the federal consti-
tuition requires ratification BY two
thirds OF them, or 80 states. Forty
states have no poll tax and it is logic
al to that they would favor
aHe amendment. They favor Oh a.
mendment and already Republicans
senators in the present congress have
taken the first steps toward such an
amendment"
Surely" Randolph continued, the
great Walter White IS not little e.
nough 10 want his people saved fror,
disfranchisement only if he makes
the plans. With only 8 poll tax sta:-
es, constitutional amendment seems
the short way Of correcting the nat
ional suffrage scandal"
Continuing his comments on Mr..
Whites criticism Of the Republican
platform, Randolph said, white also
belittles the Republican pledge for
an al.i-lyrching law. The Republic
ans osfer the support on this issue
which White could get neither from
the President nor from Congress
Whit saws tht, our p'ank does no
specify a federal an i-lynching Law
Such reasoning gives me the impress
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party.
Az Mr.. White can do any better
than this i'll the Democratic conven-
ton next week, July 10, more power
to his strong right arm. He has fail
ed fol years ii attempting to set anti
poll tax and anti-lynching legislation
through congress. During that time,
President Roosevelt, his friend has
had little trouble in getting passed
legislation which he favored"
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CONTINUED from page u
Stukes, president of the West Phila-
delphia Youth Council ]. Leo Handy
president in exile of the New Iberia,
La, branch of the NAACP.
Considerable emphasis was placed
on post war job opportunities and the
use of the ballot in ~effecting a rem
edy for some Of the ills affecting the
body polite on the Sperry G~yroscope
Co., of New York, told the confer
ence that his company had formerly
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FRONT COAST

HOME FRONT COAST
Mrs. Herbert B. Henderson, the
former Carolyn Rich, wife of Capt
ain H. Henderson, Battalion Surgeon
Of the rad Division. now in the SOU
tn Pacific. She returned home tc
New York, afto- sHend:ng sometime
] n Los Angeles with him Just before
his departure. She now is with the
U. S. Internal Revenue, New York
City. M. Smith Photo released
by Floyd Snelson for PPNS.
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BLASTS WHITE
Continued from page u

whatever they do is right but what
ever someone else does is all wrong
Randolph said that in his opinion
the four planks in the Republican plat
form dealing with the Negro are the
strongest that colored Americans have
obtained from any party since citiz-
enship.
For the first time" he said, I'VE
were able to get specific pledges or
four of the most important issues fac
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and health hazards.
Already the services of Robert A.
Ewens, formerly director of the Cit
liens bureau at Milwaukee has been
employed. Ewens will serve in the
capacity of executive director of the
association.
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| Cootie Williams, Milf Mole, a thou.
sand unnamed musicians, who could.
mt read a note, but still built rag
time, jazz, swing into a new song for
America, as native as THE Star
Spangled Banner"
Some Clap, Shout
There were $4,000 persons in the
Sportsman's ark stands, BY official
count, and everyone was out there
with Handy. A few started to clap
ryhmically as he set the slow wai1ing
beat, but they stopped. A few mark
ed his breaks with a shouted yeah.
mani But most of them listened,
and swayed a little, and tapped their
feet, and knew that this was their
music, the music the Negro gave the
world.
They went wild when Noble Sissle
and his orchestra picked up the tune,
set the joint jumping with a modern
arrangement of the timeless blues.
They whistled and stomped when Ed
ythe Williams riffed it with a hot
trumpet after dealing the riverfront
words to the lament. But their
hearts were with Handy, who wrote
better than he knew when he knocked
out his blues for cakes and coffee
money,
Handy WAS the Fifth Annual A
merican Negro Music Festival in its
first visit to St. Louis.
Started Late ..-
He wasn't all of it, by any meant
Getting under way at 8:45 o'clock
three-quarters o fan hour off sched-
ule, il wound a music-packed way
until just a few minutes before mid
night.
There was Richard Bonelli, bari
tone of the Metropolitan Opera with
his rich, beautifully controlled voice,
lifting through Handels where Ere
You Are" Alec Templeton's Gifts
and Verdi's "Di-Provenza" from La
Traviata.
There were the finalists Of the fes-
tvars search for talent, Pauline
Winbus of Chicago, Gladys Keys of
Indianapolis, Gertrude Wilson of De
troit, all II years old, all suffering
from lack of training, yet all possess
ed of fine natural voices, especially
Miss Keys.
The So~uthernaires did four Of their
remarkable quartet arrangements,
marking one with a remarkably con
trolled plea for an end to racial pre-,
judice and a pledge to unity. Muriel
Smith in the ADMINISTRATIONS
cribed Habanefa from Carmen, be-
come That's Love-" showed why
Carmen Jones' is a roadway hit.
Fine Contralto. .....
Portia White, who should become
one Of the greatest stars in the world
within a few years, displayed the fin
| est natural contralto to hit the con
! cert stage since Marian Anderson
Easily, effortlessly, richly she sang,
my Heart, at Thy Sweet Voice."
Think Of Me" and Zone More Riv-
er 20 Cross"
Lillian Evanti, her voice a little
past the prime but still remarkably
sweet, did several arias,from operas
she has sung in making herself the
first lady of Negro opera.
| There was even Don Ameche,
flown in from Hollywood, land Of
tie, to make a few scattering remarks
on the general ideal of unity and the
! need for an end to discrimination and
: d~isharmony.
! But most of all there was Handy,
| more than a man, almost a legend.
! And his trumpet licking up through
the night, singing its own slow song
of heartbreak:
Got The ST. Lonis blues, jnsr
as blue as l cdN be,
'CaatSe that mans got a heart
like a rock cast III the sea.
Or else he 1Uouldn't gone SO
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Chicago, July II CAMP The
South Central association, formed %
100 white and Negro merchants on
Chycago's south side, was organic d
recently to "integrate the Negro n
the economic, industrial and cultural
II Il a commlldy,' the treasurer,
Robert Cole, announced. The new
organization is said to be the first
of its kind ever to exist in Chicago.
According to the president, Lelville
]. Kolliner, Of the Kolliner Bros
Realty Co., the new league will set
out to raise an annual budget of $50
900 for improved housing conditions,
and to provide better educational and
re~creational facilities, provide great
er employment opportunity, the re-
duction Of crime, juvenile delinquency
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MIXED GROUP OF CHICAGO
BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZE
TO CREATE INTER-RACIAL
GOOD WILL. .....
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miss it. 1t is going to be a swell af-
fair.
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4 WAR CONFERENCE
MAKES ATTACK
ON KEY PROBLEMS.
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What a pictured Bathing Beauty
celebrating 20 MGM years of screen
leadership. Join the celebrationl Iti
fun-and you'll find it here!
4 4 X X
And what funl Red Shelton, the master.
man of laughter. romps through a ballet
lin shorts. He'll make you screaml
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What bands! Harry James and his
Music Makers take care of those who
like to jump. Xavier Cugat and his
Orchestra do likewise for those who like
to sway! Brother. they really operated
&t \ X n
What songbirdsi Helen Forrest renders
II Cried for YOU. Lima Romay singa
"Alma Llanera". They melt the air
waves-and your heartl
X X \ X
What Technicolor! It's wonderful
Every minute!
X X X 4
What a spectacle The Water Carnival
Is filled with girls, girls, girls--girlsl
The combination is especially nice!
4 X 4
1t all adds up to grand summer enter
tainmenti
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
Junior WAC Camp
 Ends Second Period

The second period of the Junior WAC Camp closed recently with the presentation of the operetta "Pinocchio" by the campers under the direction of Kethie Brazil and Eileen Dwyer.
 In charge of vostumes were Loret- te Caouette. Helen Dwyer. Mary Ridgeway. Sue Potter.
 The cast included: Pinocchio, Dorothy Sheehan; Geppetto. Peggy Pirone; Blue Fairy. Eleanor Ver- rastro; Talking Cricket, Geneyieye Peters; Master Cherry. Ruth Don nelly: Dr.. Crow and pr. Owl, Joan Norton and Barbara Lally; The Boy. Estelle Greaney; Fire eater, Joan Glynn; Rabbits, Joan Peters. Sally Ann Signore, Alison Pattee, Lillian Smith. Pat Murphy, Pat Dillon; Medora, Claire Bellmore: Harlequin and Punchinell0. Helen St. Ger maine and Hilda Titus: The Fox. June Fem; Cat. Dora Gardner; rest of cast, campers.
 Girls who received swimming awards were: Red bend. June Penn. Barbara Lally, 0eneyieye Peters; white band, Nancy 6pellman. Mar jorie Weymer. Edna AFeieFi. Char lotte Miller. Helen St. dermaine; layendar band. Caroline Meyers; and green band, Ruth D0nnelly.
 Eleanor VeTFastro. Peggy Pirone, Reheeea Gentle Beverly Astle and Ruth Donneily were promoted from buck priyates to priyates first class,
 The third period of the camp is nov in session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
World of Music
Current RecOrdings

New York, iUP)-Tbe major Ke- e0gdlne companies are dipping far- ttleF towards the bottom of the barrel for new releases Of serious music as the deadlock with James q, PelFlllos Musicians Union cons tlDues, but hope is expressed that t wIll be resolved shortly.
 MeaDwblle, 2 limited DnmheT Of hitherto unpublished recordings Is being issued, eked out by c0lumbla with Fevlssues Of former Releases in brave new albums, Artists also are being signed t0 go t0 work when the dam breaks, Victor has lust signed Laprjig Melehi0g, Wagnerr ian tenor 0f the Metropolitan ops ela, as an exclusive rae0rding artist 70 resume the series he made uDaeg ms pgevel0ns contract pp nDiU two years ago,
 Nbe signing Of Helen TTaubel, also
 d0lnDlblA recently announced Q WaeneTlaD Of note, and slg Oth, Rgsw Marllal HlDgheT, harliDe, Marjorie Lawrence soprano, ITra Felin0, nleSaosaopran0 and HOFr berl jansssDi balit0ne, all Of the MelG0n0lltaDi Nln0 FTaneeseatli YlallDlsl, and the Philadelphia 0rr ebeslga with sngene oFmaDdy R0ndneilDg
 colpDlas latest releases lns alllde an0lheP Of Us series of Mozart Fee0Tdlnss by RiG rhomas kRaeham and the London phllbagE Nanlp, lhk llnle the Symphony No, Rl lD Q matNG, n ls one Df the pAllber 0l the MogaH symphonies and ls D three DloVeMelts kig Th9mas handles ii sllb bls GUS leNaTg SAellng IaG Mozart, paTiieuv laglg D lbs slgIngs' Tbras ls'lDeb
 Robert oasadasus, pianist, ls presented lD the hebDbNVt ADaia No, ID 4 nagog An i've Is,lDeb TaaeVds wltb the fourth side taken ID by eight q the i9 delightful hhaendleFp dances, The wFeneh plaalbt k especially sgmDaiheile t9I llle aliel and singlng quality 0fl eh1berl'A sonata works,
 lp Thomas naaebaEn ana the iana0n Philharmonic gre presented AeatD lll q Carmen suite An tN0I l2slnah records 70 % RyRSeaiebW decorated album, q Is . delt aTs FalleenlRni ~ thA pFelnaAs le the Iellr acts nlllA All AfeilRsifAl version nf tlle ell0rllB i4 boys from Ae, 1 All dihe Bohemian dance from ilee tavern scene 0f Act If,
 4 single iaslneh record pfesents llle sWnFsaw coneertgs played br the London Philharmonic agdef
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
Birthday Party At Geghan Home

Mariann Geghan. who celebrated her fifth birthday. was honored at a lawn party recently by her parents, MT and Mrs. Matthew J. Geghan Homestead avenue. The guest of honor was presented many gifts.
 Among those attending were Pat ricia Darlington. Mary Lou Caring ton, Milicent Tracy. Alan Tracy. Marilyn Doucette. Joseph Doucette, Kathryn King. Edward Lyman. Re- nee Leichtle, Robert King, Judy Petit. Mary Gauyin, Colleen Cough lin. Margo Geghan. Carey Geghan, Patricia Laudate. Beth Ann Hegerty Kenneth Ryder. Billy Cleary. Teresa Hannon. Mary Hannon. Mrs. Ed- ward Darlington. Mrs Ernes. Tracy Mrs. William King. Mrs. Thomas Doran and Mrs. Prank Tracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
BGNnON Ke0ne
 Wedding Today

Miss Marion Cecilia Keane. of Cole street, and Charles Joseph Bannon. Wall street. were united in marriage this morning at o'clock at the Church of the immaculate Conception by Rev. David Bannon. Hartford. brother of the bridegroom. assisted by Rev. pr. John Loughlin, Hartford. as deacon, and Rev. Me chael McVerry as sub-deacon. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Ed- mund Keane and the late MT. Keane and Mir. Bannon is the son of Mrs. Harry Bannon and the late Mfr. Dannon. The musical program was under the direction of Prof. Frederick Harmon with Miss Bet ty Maher as soloist.
 Mrs. George DeVeau, Bristol, att tended her sister as matron of hon. or and Raymond Lyman served as best man. Francis J. Linskey, New Britain. brother -in-law of the bride groom. and Urban Keane, brother Of the bride. were ushers.
 Given in marriage by her brother. Edmond Keane. the bride was at tired in a princesse gown of white marquisette designed with a sweet heart neckline, lace inserts and a circular train. A Juliet cap of tulle held in place her fingertip veil of matching material and she carried a white prayer book marked with an orchid. A gown combining an aquamarine jersey bodice and Q a white net skirt was worn by the maid of honor. Her headdress was Of aqua plumes and she carried a bouquet of summer flowers.
 Following the ceremony a reeep- ton for the immediate families was held at the Copper Kettle. Mrs. neane receiving in a French blue dress with a sweetheart neckline. white hat and white accessories. The bridegrooms mother wore an orchid sheer dress. purple milen straw hat and white accessories. Both wore gardenia corsages. Guesks attended from New Jersey, New York city, White Plains, N. Y, Bris- tol. Hartford, Dumont and New Britain.
 For travel the bride chose a navy blue sheer ensemble. navy accessor- les and a corsage of orchids. Fol- lowing q wedding trip to New York city and Ogunquit, Maine the cou- pie will reside at l0l Cole street. The bride attended Notre Dame academy and the College of New Rochelle and Mir. Bannon attended Crosby high school and the Poly technic institute. Troy. N. Y. Both MT. and Mrs. Ramon are members or the faculty of Leavenworth high school o''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
CLUB NOTES
James Cre0Uen
 Marks Birthday

Mrs. George Berch. Allen street. entertained Monday at a hot dog roast in honor of her nephew. James Creaven. who celebrated his birthday. He Is the son of Mir. and Mrs. John Creaven, South street.
 Those attending were Lorraine Brynes. Joyce Berch. Judy Berch. Phyllis Becker, Winifred Creaven, Marcia Dalton. Elaine Lewis, Carol Ann Lewis. Susan Minnaman. Janet MinnaInan. Betty Parker. Barbara Shatoe. Ellen Kay Schuster. Joseph BTynes. Jack Creaven, Patrick Crea- ven. Dickie Doll. E. Arthur Doll. David Dalton. Buddy Hanson, David Lewis. David Shatos and Jeffrey Wright.
 Also Mrs. Martin Brynes. Mrs. Philip Becker. Mrs. B. Beecher, Mrs. Winefred Creaven, Mrs. Thomas Creaven. Mrs. Edwin Dalton, Mrs. Kay Downey, Mrs. Clarence Han- son. Mrs. Charles Lewis. Mrs. Lewis Minnaman. Mrs. Lawrence wright, MT. and Mrs. George Berch and Mr. and Mrs. John Creaven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27

Muir Mathies0n and taken from the sound track of the Republic film, Suicide Squadron
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Social Notes

Misses Margaret c. and Helen R. Nconan, Highland avenue. are yaca- tioning at Tooth Acres, South bury. as guests of Dr. and Mrs. Francis P. Barnes.
 Sergeant and Mrs. Daniel Ri- naldi. announce the birth of son. Pasqual. at St. MaryIs Hospital July 25. Mrs. Rinaldi is the former Miss Emma Varsolone, Canal street. Sergeant Rinaldi is at preesnt sta- toned at Fort Deyens, Mass.
 Mrs. Ann Vaitekaitis. Bank street. has been entertaining her brother. John Adams, Detroit. Mich, and her son, Edmund Vaitekaitis, sea- man 2-c. Sampson. N Y.
 Private Miriam c. Winkler. daughter of MT. and rMs. Jacob Winkler, Bronson street. is begin- ming her basic training at the Third WAC training center. Fort Ogle- thorpe, Ga. She attended Crosby High school and prior to entering the service she was employed by the New Departure Company. Bristol Conn. Private WiIkler has three brothers in the service including PriYates Charles and Bernard Winkler. stationed in England. and Ensign Henry Winkler, California.
 Mrs. Albert Paul Of Edson avenue. and Miss Rita Paul, LounsbuTy aye- pue, are visiting Mrs. Paul's daughters. Misses Anna and Eliza beth Paul, at Middlebury College, Mlddlebury, Vt,