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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

NATION, nl.-AP- Mattoon's
10 man police force has been on "a
hour duty providing night patrols
throughout the residential district
as officers intensified their search
for prowler who has terrorized
this community of 1880 recently
by spraying a mysterious poison
gas" through several open bedroom
windows
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Hints on Etiquette
BY r. J. SCOT

Keep your voice low and well
moduiated in public. Loud laugh
ter and talk brand one as lacking
In good taste and breeding.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
MAKES MILLION DRESSINGS

BANGOR. Me.-UP-Miss Carrie
Hutchins, SO of Bangor, believes
she has established some sort OF
record in making surgical dress.
ings for the Red Cross. She began
the work in the first World War
and recently completed her 1900
O00th dressing for use during the
present war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
100000 LOSS

$4,000 LOSS
GREENVILLE-AP- Loss from
a blaze that swept the plant OF the
Metzger Dehydrating Co. was esti-
mated at $4,000 today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Public Opinion

Discussion OF any subject OF
general interest is invited in
these columns. Writer'S name
must be given but may be
withheld from print il desired.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
One-Mlnute Test

1. What Is an "abattoir"?
2. In the alphabet. what is the
hrst vowel between two conso-
nants?
3. II you are "myopic" are
you near or far sighted?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

OF the center. should contact DR..
Lord.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

Maybe The reason candidates
ore soser 70 pose holding a
piishfork is 'hu' they think II may
influence the straw votes
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Col. Startling 10 Be Buried
AT Arlington Today

Col. Edmund w. Startling, re-
tired chief Of the White House de-
tail of the Secret Service. who died
Thursday in New York. will be
buried with full military honors al
Arlington Cemetery today.
The Rev. James Taylor, former
pastor OF the Congressional Presby.
terian Church and a close friend OF
Col. Startling, will onlciate at serv-
ices which will be held at the Fort
Myer Chapel at l pm. today.
His body will be cremated in
New York this morning and the
ashes will arrive here about noon.
A guard Of honor composed OF
White House police, Virginia STATE
police, Metropolitan police and Ma
tionai Park Service employees will
serve at the ceremonies.
According to an Associated Press
report from New York, Col. Starline
was planning to start work on hi,
memoirs for publication.
Funeral services were held YES.
terday in New York, conducted by
the Rev. George c. Hood, pastor OF
the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church. President Roosevelt wa.
represented by Col. 8. v. Constant
OF the I'd Service Command. 9th.
ers present included James A. Far
ley, former Postmaster General
and Vice Admiral A. B. Randall
commandant Of the United States
Maritime Service. y
Evening star., 1944-08-05
hssr. Ryan Defends clio
Right 10 Political Action

The right Of the Congress of In
dustrial Organization to protect its
welfare through political action was
defended yesterday by Msgr. John
A. Ryan, director of the social ac-
ton department. National Catholic
Welfare Conference, In a speech
before the First Friday Luncheon
Club at the willard Hotel.
He told the members that persons
who depend only on newspapers az
q source of news on economic and
political issues, would encounter
slant and emphasis which was 10,
the rich and against the poor"
They won't admit that, ot
course" he added.
Any group has the moral and
legal right to pursue its welfare
through political action affecting
legislation or the election of candi-
dates" Msgr. Ryan asserted.
He added that economic liberal
ism no longer means freedom from
Government restraint, but opposi-
ton to oppression by one privileged
group on . weaker group, obtained
through q considerable amount OF
Government action.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
NJ New Polo fssss
OF DsslIls Rs'olied
Here ii Hours

No new fantile para;ySis cases
nor deAthg Nsre rsported In the last
~ hours aCcording To tiae Health
Department. The total number Of
cases for the MGtrop0lttan Area
stands 1T -, of which 81 were from
this city and N from nearby
counties.
There have ieen four deaths and
eight persons released from kos-
pitAls, leaving 4 remainder Of n
persons still being treated In local
hospitals "a 1t Children'4 Hospital
and I at Galiinger.
Appeal for Nurses.
Meantime the District Chapter oil
the Red Cross rs q part Of Its dis
aster relief program issued an ap.
peal for 10 nurses to aid in the carr
Of local polio cases. The appeal va,
issued in response to q request from
the National Foundation for Infan-
tile Paralysis. Local nurses inter.
ested IN Offering their services were
asked to communicate immediately
~ VlEQ11OnC Will 0QkS8y 1jtl1tAI
Adams In charge Of nurse recruit
ment for the Red Cross at Republic
$500, branch TIT.
Virginia State health authorities
reported At Richmond that seven
new cases Of polio ofilcially recorded
today indicated the outbreak was
becoming State wide, instead OF
being largely confined to Southwes,
and Central Virginia, as 1t had beer
during the past few weeks.
One In AIexandria.
One Of the seven cases was thai
OF 3-year-old boy at Alexandria
who was reported In the Washing
ton Metropolitan Area here yester.
day. Another was 25-year -old CIR
from near Quantico. Campbell anc
Bedford Counties reported one cass
each.
Baltimore registered one new case
yesterday. bringing the new case,
for the past week up to IL, and The
total since July ! up to 20, includ.
ing two deaths.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Welcome Program Offers
Capitol Tour tomorrow

The Capitol Buiadins will be open
tomorrow aftezsoon especially for
omcials and employees of the Smaller
War Plants Corp. under the spon-
sorship Of the Washington We'll
comes You program.
Workers from this corporation are
to be honored, but the building will
be open also to other Federal and
war workers who may have badges
passes or letter from their per-
sonnel department as a means of
Identification. The Capitol will not
be open to the general public.
Those who visit the Capitol early
In the afternoon have an oppor-
tunity OF seeing other interesting
public buildings in the vicinity in
Guiding q the Library Of Congress,
which y open on Sunday until 10
PM, and the Folger Shakespear-
can Library, open until z pm.
The Capitol will open at 2::3o pm.
Evening star., 1944-08-05

tuCIc. ne az Dr. Ih0mbkiue.
tended Lincoln University and re-
ceived his pre-medical training at
Colorado University. He was given
his degree in medicine at Howard
University.
In 1881 he was appointed by Presi-
dent Hoover to survey communicable
illnesses In 264 cities throughout the
country and this climaxed years of
research in which he had been in
terested.
Held Reserve Commission.
DR.. Thompkins was chairman of
the Health Commission of the Ma
tional Order Of Elks. member of
the Board Of Trustees of Lincoln
University, a former vice president
OF the National Medical Associa .
tion. president Of the National COL
ored Democratic Association and a
member Of Sigma Pi Phi, medical
society, and the Mu-So-Lit Club.
He was thirty-second degree Ma
son OF the Negro lodge. DR.. Thomp-
ktns held Reserve commission in
the Army Medical Corps.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Jessie F. Thompkins. 1918 s street
NV, and two daughters. Mrs.
Helen Timmons and Miss Marion
Thompkins, both of Washington.
Funeral arrangements await the
return OF Mrs. Thompkins from
Oberin, Ohio, where she has Just
entered her daughter in college,
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Estimate Of Maryland
Alcohol Yield Is Boosted

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 5.-Estimates
of beverage alcohol production by
Maryland distilleries during the
current 3l-day holiday were revised
upward today by Secretary Donald
Hammond Of the Maryland Distil-
lers and Allied Industries, who pro-
dicted . 5000, O00-gallon output.
Bureau Of Internal Revenue Al
cohol Tax Unit o1dcials previously
had estimated that 1900, 600 gal
Ions would be manufactured during
the War Production Board-author-
lied vacation from the making OF
industrial alcohol for war.
More than half Of the beverage
alcohol produced by Maryland's is
distillers this month win be neutral
spirits for use in blending and ex-
panding existing stocks.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Taxi Driver Dies al Wheel
Fare Unhurt in Crash

Howard T. Willis. 40. of 3l9 D
street NE. q taxicab driver, died
suddenly ut the wheel Of his cab
early today as he was driving q
SPAR omcer to her barracks at
American University. The taxi
crashed into q parked automobile at
Twenty-second street and Massa-
chusetts avenue NV.
The passenger, SPAR Ensign Julia
A. Decker, was uninjured, police re-
ported. Mr.. Willis was pronounced
dead by an Emergency Hospital
physician at the scene of the
accident.
DR.. Christopher J. Murphy, deputy
coroner, will perform an autopsy
today to determine the cause of
Mr.. Willis death.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
National U. Expands
Government Courses

National University. responding to
request from the Government. Is
expanding its department of public
administration to assist Government
employees and train others for Gov
ernment positions, Chancellor
George p. Barse, chief Judge Of
Municipal Court has announced.
The new program, which will en-
able students beginning in Septem-
Der to take basic or Introductory
courses In public administration or
business administration and special
lzed courses for which they possess
the necessary background, is under
the immediate direction OF Robert
G. Smith, Labor Department person.
mel director, assisted by DR.. Robert
E. Martin, lecturer in economics.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Induction Of Delaney
vacafes Council Post

The induction OF paul Lyne De-
laney Alexandria second ward
councilman. win leave q vacancy
on the City Council, since Mr.,
Delaney already has been sworn in
LOT the new term which starts Sep
tember l. and cannot be replaced
The 35-year-old councilman who
was reelected June II after 1 bit
ter night In which his opponent
Aubra Shuman. charged irregular
ities In the administration of the
voting. laws. will enter the armed
forces Tuesday.
According to Elliott. Hoffman. Cor
poration Court clerk, Mr.. Delaney
was sworn in Wednesday, and could
have taken the oath of Office any
time 30 days after the election.
City Attorney Joseph M. Pam
coast said q new State law provides
that q public ofiicial who receives
81 200 or less may retain mis- office
If his payment from the Govern
ment does not exceed that sum
Councilsmembers with the exception
OF the mayor, receive 81 200, and
Mr.. Delaney's pay in the armed
forces will not exceed that figure,
There is no provision in the city
code to substitute anyone for q
member Of the council who has been
sworn in, but Is unable to attend
meetings,
In addition to the second ware
vacancy, there is a vacancy TO,
councilman-at-large caused by thu
resignation of Vice Mayor Eugene
Simpson, which became effective
August /.
Judge William p. Woolls Of thu
Corporation Court is expected tc
know soon how that vacancy vii
be filled, since he has been notifiec
OF the vacancy by Mayor William
T. Wilkins.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
In Mrmurtant

BRODGEN, MAMIE. In memory Of my
dear mother, MAMIE BRODGEN, who de-
gust B, 1889.
II ever a love existed.
II ever . sweet flower grew:
II ever soul fllied Its mission on earth,
Then, dear mother. 1t certainly was you.
think Of you in silence,
No one sees me weep:
But many silent tears are shed
When others are asleep.
DAUGHTER. THELMA MORGAN.
BROOKS, FLORENCE A. In loving
a: BROOKS. who departed this life one
year ago. August 4, 1943.
We will meet you some brisht morning,
Resting BY the waters fair,
HER '1e pEvofEp SPSf1 5SrGsp HussAND assis WESLEY
IA, LANA. % ssrTY r1Af; AND cHRisff1Ns. CHR fnfi !:
CARTER, SARAH AND ADDISON;
BR0DGEN, MAMIE. In memory Of my
TER who died April 1. 1917; father. AD-
OLSON CARTER. August 2, 1912; sister,
MAMIE BRODGEN. August 8, 1899.
There are times when the heart is lonely.
And then comes nismoriss ficwins. "'
DAgdATERs: JEsusHA SIXTH AND Il Al A.
HUMEs, IRVING l. Sacred to the mem
afTSass hps hps0:na and T., father
beyond 5eya twsnty-One years ago. Ausust 5,
Lonesome still with sriefs and heartaches,
But But theren be a Joyful meeting
When the nists have rolled away
GOD be with US till We meet again
YOUR LOVING WIFE, GRACE, AND CHIL-
DREN VIRGINIA. IRvA, LEoNA AND
INES, GERTRUDE H. A tribute of love
45 asr % sasyes Who Se deDs and
ed this life one year ago. August s. 1913.
There is never cross so heavy
Outstretched In tender mpassion,
SuHsee H1ssssb & hslD ,Ssa ): Ssar
AND DAUGHTER, EVELYN LEWIS :
memory Of my BELOVED wife, "A ALBERTx iSR.ns
;. r ;aSa JAcKsoH' who left this world August
sleep on, dear one.
| You have done your work
Love and memory last forever.
HUSBAND, w. c. JACKSON.
JACKSON; ANNIE BARRETT; McDoN-
AID: KATHERYN. In sad but loving re-
r. Ss:s xs .na SSa ssn
ed this life nine years ago, AUGUST 2, 1885,
and the dear daMshter and sister, KATH-
ERYN MCDONALD JACKSON. who depart
4 Sy q.
sleep on, dear loved ones. and take your
We loved you much. but God loved you best.
Nay their souls rest in peace.
DEvOTEO HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
FATHER, SISTERS AND BROTHENs. :
LysBY. LEMUEL r. AND LENA sEYER
IN 11ytns memory Of my dear father,
dear mother. LxNx ssy2a 81 Z; ita Luis1, Hna vss ~
eas;sd ,s1, away four months before. April
Greatly missed.
LOVING DAUGHTER. viola y. SONNY. /.
SMALL. JAMES ALVIN tyor,. In Low.
er, JAMES ALVIN SMALL, Who depayted
this life hve years ago, August S. 1889.
He little thcught when leaving home
Init ne would never return.
| Tnat ne so soon in death would xIeep
Ana leave us here to mourn.
A happy home We once enjoyed.
HOW syeet the memory still:
But death has left loneliness
/ The word can ever ali.
Somewhere back Of the sunset
our loved ONE i G .vsstis wssaS e Ps.sina ssaaIs
| In that land where there q no nirht
MoTHER. DADDY. SISTER AND BROTH.
| sAuTI. ELIxAnEIA; WEST. MAGGIE
sssfss ra 8 tss as1SsE ra s ny ,s sesssss g,
ihi: ne sisht yesrs 40 90 te9sn "a osss xSssss
5, 1885. and my devoted niece, MA00W
WE1r. dspartsd this life one ysar ago
nSssn lcat TO :;sht e msnory dear.
one only hope our hsArts can cheer.
The h0pe TO NEST again.
! MsTxR AND AUNT. ANNIE oARDsuA.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Postal Veteran Named
Branch Superintendent

Charles r. Hurley, Bethesda, has
been named superintendent Of the
Friendship Station branch post Of
f1ce. This Is the second time Mr..
Hurley has served as superintend-
ent OF this branch. He was its chief
from October, 1920, to August, 1926,
when it was q two. man ONCE. To-
day 1t Is one Of the largest In the
residential area Of Washington with
an annual business of 100000 and
"a employees.
Mr.. Hurley, who has been IN the
postal service 81 years, has been
superintendent Of the Chevy Chase
and Georgetown branches. e.. 81,
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Gen. John f. Woodward
Dies in Vermont al Is

Brig. Gen. John E. Woodward, 70,
q. S. A., retired, of 2l12 Bancroft
place NV. died at his summer home
In Mendon, VT. yesterday after q
prolonged illness.
The general was born In Poultney,
VT, and attended schools there. He
was graduated from West Point
in 1892.
During the Spanish h-American
War, Gen. Woodward served at
Santiago and San Juan. Later he
was assigned to the adtutant gem
erals ofnce. He later returned to
that ONCE during the World War.
He retired from the Army in 1894.
He is survived by his widow; two
daughters, Mrs. Norma Leslie and 1t.
q. g. Nancy c. Woodward. u. s. N.
w. r.; three sons, John j. Wood
ward OF Washington, Comdr. E. c.
Woodward. U. s. NJ; 1t. T. p. Wood
ward. U. S. A.; brother, Theodore
Woodward. a New York City attor-
ney. and eight grandchildren.
A requiem high mass will be sung
Monday morning at Rutland. VT,
and burial will take place Tuesday
at West Point.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Tiny Bathing Beauties
Vie at Baby Show

Bathing beauties--aged l to S years
-paraded their charms yesterday
before the Judges Of the annual baby
show at the Janney Playground
Wisconsin avenue and Albemarle
street NV. and the boys had con-
test. too, to decide which among
them was the handsomest and the
most rugged.
Three finalists were named in the
3-to-5-year group. Bertha Clark, l.
of 4410 Forty-second street NV
took. first prize: Diana Ellinger. 4
of 1929 Window place NV, second
and Ruby Ann Rogers, 3, Of Ais
Wisconsin avenue NV, third.
In the second group of beauties In
the 2-to-3-year group, Barbara
Sterns, 2, of 3525 Davenport street
NV. took hrst place and Paula
Grimm, 2, Of "a Massey court, Fair
Haven, Va, second.
Fifteen month Loretta Mich
OILS, 1915 Forty-first street NV, was
the winner in the girls walkers
up-to-2 class" Darrell H. Smith Sd
II months old, 44l2 Thirty-ninth
street NV, won the boys title.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
More Poles Reported
Deserving Germans

{ Young Poles forced to join the
German Army are deserving over
the Allied lines in increasing num-
bers along the Italian front, Rev
Aloysius J. Wycislo Of Chicago has
reported to the National Catholic
Welfare Conference, 1t was an
nounced today.
Father Wycislo, who has Just
returned to this country after nine
months as field supervisor OF relief
work among Polish refugees In be-
half Of the War Relief Services OF
NCWC, said that after q six-week
period of indoctrination the Poles
are permitted to join the Polish
military forces In Italy. -
One Of the activities sponsored by
the War Relief Services of NCWC
is recreation center outside Foggia
Italy, for these men.
Father Wycislo predicted postwar
Poland would be "a country almos,
without grandmothers" because sc
many OF the older women died dur.
Ing the Polish migration to safe
refuge In the Middle East. Death,
among young children, he said, were
almost a. great. He told of a ceme-
terry outside Teheran where 3OO(
children between the ages Of 3 anc
were buried.
The greatest existing relief neec
among the 10000 civilian Polisl
refugees In the Middle East, hi
said. Is for q nutritional program
Father Wycislo reported that hun.
dreds OF young children are suffer.
ing from pellagra and many ol
them have lost all their teeth.
War Relief Services, with fund.
provided by Community War Func
campaigns here and throughout thu
country. has been instrumental ir
establishing 1874 welfare centers TO,
Polish civilian refugees in the Mid.
die East.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Prof. Gee, Yale Authority
On Sea Stories, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. Aug. S.
John, Archer Gee, SO. Woodbridge
associate professor of English at
Yale University, died last night In
New Haven Hospital after q long
illness. es~
Prof. Gee, who had been on the
Yale faculty since 1870. was widely
known as an authority on books
about life at sea, especially the
works Of II. M. Tomlinson and JOS
eph Conrad. Prof. Gee in 1910 COL
laborated with Paul j. Strlm, fellow
faculty member. to publish q COL
lection Of ITO Of !Conrad's unpub-
hshed letters, written in French.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Noted Missionary to Talk
At Bible Conference
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MASSANETTA SPRINGS. Va.
Aug. 5.-Dr. E. Stanley Jones, mis-
s1onary to India, and DR.. Adam w
6urnet, Edinburg, Scotland, will be
among the speakers at the Bible
conference at Massanetta Springs
tomorrow through August 20.
Dr.. Jones, one of the best known
missionary evangelists in the world
today, is the author of the book
The Christ Of the Indian Road"
DR.. Burnet is pastor of st. Cuth-
berts Church In Glasgow, Scotland
ana has made several lecture tours
In America and Australia.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Mon Sent to Prison
For Being Patriotic

PORTLAND Oreg.-0eorge w
Livingston is in the Oregon Peni.
tentiary because he turned pa.
triotism into the wrong channel. Or
probation after pleading guilty to {
burglary charge, he was charged
with passing q forged check. Hi,
probation was revoked and OF h.
went to serve out his two-year bur,
glary sentence.
His forged check, for $375, was fol
q War Bond.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Danes Strike to Protest
>Sloyinq Of Artist

STOCKHOLM. Aug. 5.-A general
strike has begun in Helsingor, Dem
mark. as protest to the staying by
German occupying forces OF Otto
Bulow. Danish globe trotter and art
list. q report from Copenhagen said
today.
Danish. patriots charged that Bu-
low was shot by the Nazis in re-
venge for a patriot campaign to
eliminate informers.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
George R. Hogon Rites
Will Be Held Mondoy

Funeral services for George r
Hagan. 72, of 4426 @ street, who
died Thursday, will be held at 8 pm
Monday at st. Patrick's Chapel, 4465
Greenwich parkway NV.
Mr.. Hagan, who was born and
educated in the District, had been
employed at the Navy Yard for 81
years.
Surviving are his widow, Mary E.
Hagan; son, william r. Hagan,
Washington. and a daughter, Mrs.
Grace E. Sythax. Nata, Calf.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
Pucific
Continued From First Paee.)

Fusataro Teshima, apparently hoped
to reach the west coast for evacua-
ton. But the hazards of terrain
and Allied land. sea and aerial as
saults will mean the enemy losses
at best cannot fail to be calamitous, y
Gen. Macarthur reported.
Troops Reported Withdrawing.
CA dispatch from John Hind of
the Australian Broadcasting Com
mission said enemy transport
bargcs are moving westward and
troops are Withdrawing south and
west as best they can over the
rugged country."D
Teshima's army was charged with
defending Dutch New Guinea, but
Its practical effectiveness lis rapidly
approaching an end" today's COM
munique said
The sea and air base at Manok-
wari, on the northern end of Geel-
wink Bay, and the air center at
Nabire, some 200 miles southeast,
were among key points the Japanese
were abandoning. They also were
believed to be withdrawing from
Moemi and Warren, fisnk air bases
south of Manokwari.
l5,00o laps In Area.
Omcers have estimated that at
least $1,000 Japanese were in the
Manokwari area, but there was no
indication how many more thou
sands the retreat would Affect.
Allied losses continued to be
negligible" in Dutch New Guinea
. headquarters spokesman said. No
sizeable enemy forces have chal-
lenged the Americans at Sansapor,
on the northwestern tip Of New
Guinea, which was captured Sum
day.
Fighting had died momentarily in
the Aitape area OF British New
Guinea, several hundred miles east
Of Geelvink Bay, where the Ameri-
cans repulsed four suicidal attacks
Wednesday. The doughboys were
probing Japanese pockets near the
Driniumor River line. II miles east
Of Aitape. -
American losses were extremely
light" during Wednesdays ll-hour
hight which cost the Japanese
several hundred men.
Allied aircraft attacked Yam
Island. in the Western Carolines
among other objectiyes Thursday
and. for the first time in a mid
day foray, and encountered neither
aerial interceptors nor anti-aircraft
IRE.
Evening star., 1944-08-05
III. ", H,ou,pkil,s,
Recorder Of Deeds,
Dies After Long Illness

DR.. William J. Thompkins, COLI
ored, So, recorder Of deeds for the
District for the past 10 years, died
yesterday ct Ffredmens Hospital,
where he had once served as an In
terne.
! He had been in. III health for the
past year.
DIR. Thompkins came to Washing
ton 10 years ago when he was sp-
pointed recorder Of deeds by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Came From Kansas City.
Before coming here he lived In
Kansas City. Mo, where he had been
superintendent OF hospital for is
years. He also was the assistant
Evening star., 1944-08-05
oriIssr District Resi- lent
Dies IN virniniu

Mrs. Gail Weaseler llilligAn, I
former District resident. died Il
Petersburg. Va, yesterday after Z
short illness.
She was = native Of Rockport, Ind.
but had lived Ia Fl0rida and Cuba
g well as the District.
She is survived by two children
Mrs. ~ "a. HihmaD Of washington
and Capt DEkson w. AGillisan
Camp Lee, Va, and two sisters, Mrs
william H. Window Of Winter Rark
Fla, and Miss Carrie WcsseIer 81 the
District. Burial win take place
Monday.