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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
Splits Lighter Fluid.
Boy. II. i'm Hospital

George Weston Of 1880 John
r.. Highland Park. has the curl
osity often found in l4-year-olds.
When Georges father. Donald.
left the Highland Park police
force and joined the merchant
marine he left a cigaret lighter
and some fluid Al home.
George decided last night that
he'd see what happened II he spit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
Jap Envoy at Vatican

VATICAN CITY, Sept s tUP)
-MaSahide Kanayama, first sec
rotary of the Japanese legation TO
the Holy See, conferred today with
Msgr. Gionavvi Montini, in charge
of ordinary affairs OF the papal
secretariat, and MSgr Silvlo Seri-
cano. Vatican expert on far east
ern affairs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09

lockwood. r. l.. Sept. 8
GNS)-Capt. John T. Godfrey. -.
ace fighter pilot of the European
theater who has 36 enemy planes
TO his credit. is missing in action,
his parents disclosed today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
Blue Ration Tokens
Void After Oct. l

y WASHINGTON, Sept. s CUP)
Price Chief Chester BowleS an
nounced today that blue ration
tokens, ordered by the govern
ment AT a cost of S1133,26S 10
make change for blue ration
stamps. will not be used after
OctNl. He urged consumers to dis
pose of their supply as soon as
possible.
BowleS said retailers were be-
ing instructed TO discontinue issu-
hg the token after Sept. II. when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
% Lose Jobs
In Ford Strike

" Twenty UAW-C1O workers &C
euSed Of perpetratIng and par,ici-
pafng IN strike al the Ford
Highland Park plant Aug y and
% have been fired. tho UAW-CIC
declared today
a Ford spokesman admitted
that there had been discharges
adding
only Is were actually fired
Mt = meeting held yesterday
meeting attended nv union Of
ficials-but four others failed To
fhow up. ~ presume they're
ouf -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09

lighter fluid at a burning match.
George found out.
Al Highland Park General Hos
pitai attendants say his second
degree burns about the face and
neck are not too serious.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
On the War Fronts

RUSSIA-20OOOO Nazs reported trapped in Greece Page l.
ASIAAB29 raid Manchuran cities reported by Japs
Page /.
FRANCE-Three Allied rush renforcements for final
drive Germany, Page l.
ITALY-New Allied advances scored Page 2.
PACIFIC-Paau islands, Philippines, bombed, Page
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
LACKS INFORMATION
FOR Denies Peace Bid

WASHINGTON Sept g -4NSA
President Roosevelt today de-
clared no peace overtureS have
been received by this government
from GERMANY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
THE WEATHER
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

The sun will set al 81 m today
and rise tomorrow az 06
The moon Will rise a. il.S4 D m. today
end set tomorrow ct 50 .. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
E3211l flashes
EX-SENATOR JAMES REED DIES AT 81
International Photo

ALPENA, Sept. (UP)-EX-Senator James Reed
CD of Missouri died of bronchial ament at his
OscOda ranch today after weeks. Illness He 81.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
MAY OPEN soon
ATTENDS CONVENTION

Yesterday, however. waite
Qulllico. president Of UAW-CIO
Local 30, charged that the trans
ferS violated contract provisions.
Quillico, the company charged
vas to have met with company
officials this afternoon 10 discuss
the grievance. Instead II was
charged. he went 10 Grand Rapids
TO attend the UAW-CIO national
convention
The plant committee. the
spokesman asserted. pulled out
the crane operators and tool
and die men after Quillico left
The crane operators are ca
tremely vital To production"
Al the time a decision was madp
70 shut the plant, more than ! 500
Continued on Page ., Col. ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09

nae LAKE. LINES TO BCFTALo
every evening 81 $40 during Sept. snf
Oct, 70 Cleveland every Night 81 Al 20
during Sept. Oct and Hev-A1ys
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
PATRIOTS TAKE SLOVAKIAN CITY

NEW YORK Sept QNS)-The British radio re-
ported today that the SOvakian city of Zina which had
been lost to the Germans has been recapred by Patriot
bands. MIC heard the broadcast.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09

II food items will he removed
from the proceSsed ration list He
explained that future food values
would be arranged so that most
items will have point values in
multiples of 10. enabling con-
sumers to use 10-point blue
stamps without needing change.
On. J. c. TOOLE, DENTIST, 10 W Lafs
yette ~ Michigan. Opp City Hall Hours
90, Tel. CA 6dsa ADV
VANITY BALLROOM
Opens Friday, Sept, s.-Adv.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
UNION PLANS FIGHT

Richard T. Leonard. director ri
the national Ford department Of
the UAW-CIO. termed tho com
pany action "promlScuouS firingS
He added.
The cases az these discharged
men will he given immediate APP
plication of the grievance pro-
Cedure and the full resources Of
the union will he thrown behind
their defense.
Leonard said further
NO evidence has been. pre-
sented to the union that these
20 persons are guilty Of charges
preferred by the company.
LACKS INFORMATION
"In the case Of the discharge
81 these 20 men, the company
has not fulfilled its obligation To
the labor grievance procedure.
In not presenting any substan-
tial information 10 warrant the
company's action"
The company spokesman eN-
pressed amaZcment AZ Leonard
blast pointing out that Leonard
had been present Al the discharge
meeting and insisted on seeing
that the session was conducted
orderly -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
1880 Sent Home
nRiVetef Dispute

Two thousand UAW-CIO employees at the Dodge Truck
plant Mound road strike this afternoon forcing
the company to close the plant They struck in sympathy
with probationary empoye who assertedly refused do
work assigned him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09

The Willow Run bomber plant shut down today
and 1880 workers made idle after strike involving
UAW-ClO workers crippled production
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
Drive nnperii|s
Metz and T0u|

Us. THIRD ARMY HQ. ON THE MOSELLE,
Sept. s QNS)-Three additional bridgeheads over
the Mosele have been gained by troops of the L. S.
Third Army under Gen. Patton, headquarters an
nOunced today
Five separate bridgeheads now have been estab-
shed in the Metz-Toul sector. Opposition continues
heavy, but additional American armOr has reached
the east bank of the river.
Several towns and villages between Metz and
Nancy have been recaptured by the Germans, the
clandeStine anti-Nazi radio Atlantic said)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
for the next few days.

for the next few days.
+ The Allied forces advancing
toward the German frontiers in a
wide area from the Albert Canal
in the north TO Nancy in the south
will be protected from premature
disclosures by an alright censor
ship, headquarters said.
Allied armies now are moving
up 10 the area of the Siegfried
Line. a headquarters spokesman
said. but the Germans must be
kept guessing.
MOVE ON CHANNEL
1t can be stated that these
forces will continue to exert pres
sure from the Scheldt River to the
MoSelle and are moving toward
the English Channel to clean up
the coastal belt.
While savage fighting flared
along a 250-mile arc of steel from
the Moselle River TO Holland in
the north, battlefront dispatches
told of reinforcements moving into
the Allied lines in preparation for
about assault.
This was the picture as the race
for Germany got under way, with
the core of Nazi defense strength
along the Siegfried Line selected
as the main objective:
The veteran American Third
Army OF 1t. Gen. Patton
grappled with the Nazis at the
Moselle, just "a miles from the
closest point on the German
frontier.
BRITISH BREAK THROUGH
The British Second Army
under 1t. Gen. Dempsey
crashed through northeast of
Louvain 10 breach the strategic
Albert Canal in the region of
Beeringen, probing To within II
miles of the Dutch border and
. miles of the NaZi frontier.
. The American First Army
commanded by 1t. Gen. Hodges
showed its way into West Liege,
overrunning positions also 23
miles from Germany in the Vi
cinity of Aachen.
Capt. Ludwig Sertorius, milf
tary commentator Of the Trans
ocean agency. asserted tonight
that reinforced right wing ele-
Continued on Page 2. Col. 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09

Three hours after the strike
started, the regional WLB through
disputes director Ronald w.
HauRhton sent kilograms 10 union
officials ordering the strikers TO
return TO work Immediately.
a Walkout Of workers which
started late yesterday increased
throughout the morning and At
noon Ford Co spokesman said
there is no Justification in con-
tinuinG operations
The Walkout was in protest
against the transfer Of % rlveters.
MAY OPEN soon
Tho spokesman said the plant.
which produces B-2i l.lberator
bombers. will open on the second,
or 4 20 p m. shift. If enough en-
ployes report.
Richard r Leonard. national
director Of the Ford department
Of the UAW-CIO. urged the strlk-
erS 10 return 10 work on their
next regular shift
According 10 the spokesman.
the riveterS were transferred from
department where there was an
excess OF workers to one where
a shortage existed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
ALLIED FLIERS BOMB PORT IN THAILAND

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8 QNS)-Thirty Allied
planes bombed Kanburi, Thailand, Thursday Tokyo
radio reported today in broadcast The japanese
claimed the explosions inflicted 800 casualties among
British prisoners. kanbur is river port north of
Gulf Of Siam
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09

SUPREME He, AEF, Sept. dNS)-British
forces cracked German defenses and brdged the
Albert Canal in Belgium today. American troops
their movements hidden by tight military GEN.
sOrshp, whitfield down enemy strength along the
MOselle in bitter fighting that marked dramatic
three-cOrnered race to the German border
But Gen. Esenhower's headquarters in London hs /
few details to offer of action anywhere In fact blur
said that apart from local actions and al
security blackOut would all
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
q DEAD, 40 MISSING IN SINKING OF STEAMER

drowned and 40 missing in the unexplained
sinking Of passenger steamer at Puerto la Union, Sal
VadOr, today. Only II out of the 81 aboard saved
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-09
In the Times TODAY

Continued on Page .. Col. ~
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Yank Ace Miysino

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Evening star., 1944-01-14
Mrs. Eta B. Campbell, Is,
Retired u. 5. Clerk, Dies

Mrs. Eta B. Campbell, 70, retired
clerk of the Veterans Administra-
ton and member of the Eastern
Star, died yesterday of heart at
tack at Emergency Hospital.
Mrs. Campbell, resident of the
District for Is years, lived at 3609
Eleventh street NV. She was born
in Mapleton, Kans. She retired from
the Veterans Administration three
years ago after % years service.
She was member Of the Bethany
Chapter, No. "a, OES, and past ma
tron of the Esther Chapter, OES, in
Mapleton. She was a member Of the
Calvary Methodist Church.
Surviving are son, John H
Campbell of Washington: two sis
ters, Mrs. Alta Hall of Fulton, Kans.,
and Mrs. Lou Craulle, Rock Island,
ILL.,; brother, Clarence Myrick,
Fort Scott, Kans., and two grand
daughters.
Bethany Chapter will hold special
services at pm. tomorrow at the
Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street
and New York avenue NV.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow at the Hines fu-
neral home, 290l Fourteenth street
NV, with the Rev. DR.. Orris Robin
son, pastor of the Calvary Methodist
Church, officiating. Burial will be
in National Memorial Park Gene
terry,
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Clarence F. Thurston Dies;
Once Missionary 10 japan

Clarence F.. Thurston, Al, a for
mer Seventh-day Adventist mis-
sionary and more recently a Navy
Department employe, died yester-
day of heart attack at his home
at 6 Pine avenue. Takoma Park,
Md.
A native of Battle Creek, Mich,
Prof. Thurston was sent to Japan
in 1927 by the Seventh day Ad-
ventist Mission Board. He was en-
gagged in educational work as a
missionary there until 1910, when
he returned here because of i'll
health.
Besides his widow. Mrs. Racheal
Thurston, he leaves a daughter
Faye, student at the Washington
Missionary College Academy; his
mother, Mrs. w. H. Thurston, Walla
Walla, Wash, and two brothers.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at the Takoma Park Sew
enth-day Adventist Church. with
the Rev. B. P. Hoffman. former
japanese missionary, in charge of
the service He will be assisted by
the Rev. Francis r. Millard. also a
former japanese missionary, and
the Rev. T. H. Elliott, secretary
of the general conference.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Sister Anne Marie Dies;
Received Education Here

Sister Anne Marie, SO, of the
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
sister Of the Rev. Francis E. Garner
S. j., headmaster at Gonzaga High
School, died early today at Villa
Julienne. Dayton, Ohio, according
to word received here. Her mother
Mrs. George A. Garner, 9 K street
NV. and Father Garner were al
her bedside when she died.
Sister Anne Marie was a gradu-
ate OF Notre Dame Academy here
and entered into the service of the
church at an early age.
She leaves two other brothers
George A. Garner of Washington
and Pvt. Edward B. Gamer of the
Army, and five sisters. Sister Julie
o. p, of Rosary College, River
Forest, Ill; Sister Mildred Julie
S. N. D., Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Ber-
nard F. Garvey and Mrs. Elliott
Dimond, both of Washington, and
Mrs. Martin Smith, Minneapolis.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow at Villa Julienne.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
CorpI. Robert {. Leahy's
Funeral Rites Tomorrow

Requim mass for Corpl. Robert
Earle Leahy, %, who died Monday
of gunshot wounds suffered while
on maneuvers with a field artillery
battalion in Tennessee, will be sung
at $50 am. tomorrow at st. An
thongs Church, 34l2 Twelfth street
NE. Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
The son of James H. Leahy, 1882
Twelfth street NE, Corpl. Leahy
had been stationed at Fort jackson
S. c. A former accountant for the
Seaboard Air Line dining car serv-
ice, he attended Holy Comforter
School, Eastern High School and
Benjamin Franklin University. He
had been in the Army since June
1941.
Also surviving are two brothers
Pfc, James H. Leahy and Ralph J
Leahy.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
mrs. Parsons, Dean
l0f Woman Doctors
In Capital, Dies

DR.. Mary A. Parsons, 90, dean Of
Washington woman doctors and first
woman to be admitted to the Dis
trict Medical Society, died Wednes-
day in a local hospital after a long
illness.
DIR. Mary" as she was known
to many of Washingtons older in
habitants, began practice here
shortly after her graduation from
Howard University Medical School
IN 1874, the second woman to pass
the examinations there. Her first
case waS Intending a Chinese woman
in childbirth.
She remarked afterward that she
"was scared to death"
THE woman's husband locked me
in a room above the laundry With
his wife," she recalled. IT knew that
| had to pull that wife and baby
through"
Act Was Amended.
Seeking entrance into the District
Medical Society, she found that its
congressional charter granted men,
bership only to gentlemen" who
practiced medicine and surgery. But,
unknown to other local doctors. DR..
Parsons friends in Congress had an
amendment slipped through chang
ing the word gentlemen" to per
sons"
Thus she became the first woman
member of the Medical Society, of
which she was an honorary member
at death. She was the first president
of the Women's Medical Society of
the District. which she helped or
ganize.
DR.. Parsons was more than 80
years old when she gave up local
practice to go to California. She
was back, however, in few months,
doing a little work and receiving
payments on accounts long overdue.
Rarely Sent Bills.
She rarely sent bills and never
pressed debtor. Her friends said
she returned many fees to the needy,
and never cashed innumerable
checks sent for her services. She
never took a vacation when her
practice was at its height.
She is survived by a sister-in law
Mrs. Eliza Parson of Colebrook. and
two neices, Mrs. Cushman Parsons,
also Of Colebrook, and Mrs. David
son Clarke Of Van Nuys, Calf.
Funeral services will be held at 8
o'clock tonight at the Deal funeral
home, 48l2 Georgia avenue NV,
with additional services and burial
later in Colebrook, N. H., her home
town.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
William {. Burdett,
u. 5. Minister 10
New Zealand, Dies
By the Associated Press.

Rs the Associated Press.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Jan. 14.-William c. Burdett, Unitee
States Minister to New Zealand
died today.
Mr.. Burdett, born at Nashville
Tenn. February 8, 1884, had been ii
the diplomatic and consular servic.
since 1919. He had been i'll for som.
time and took up his duties her,
only two months ago.
The body was to be returned tt
Macon, Ca, for burial.
The 59-year-old foreign service
officer was named Minister here las1
June "a and sailed in September, but
became Ill en- route. He was forcec
to spend a month in a hospital ir
Australia and finally arrived here
November Is, although still in Ill
health.
Mr.. Burdett's family moved tc
Knoxville when he was a child and
he attended the University of Ten
nessee. He called Knoxville home
although his adult years were spent
mostly in foreign lands.
He served with the Army from
1900-1903 durin gthe Philippine In
surrection and then went to South
America as a mining engineer and
explorer. He operated mines in Ten
nessee from 1908 to 1916 and then
returned to the Army in the World
War as a captain. Wounded at the
battle of Blanc Mont, he was deco
rated with the DISC, Silver Star and
Croix de Guerre.
On September S, 1919, he was ap-
pointed to the consular service and
served in Mexico, Spain, Belgium
and various South American coun-
tries for the next 20 years.
He became consul general at
Buenos Aires and later counselor to
the Embassy at Rio de Janeiro as
well as consul general there.
In 194l he returned to the United
States to become director and men,
ber of the board of the Foreign Serv-
ice Officers Training School.
He married Elizabeth H. Burke in
1918 and they had four children,
William Carter. jr.; Edward Burke
Agnes Elizabeth and Mary Elizabeth.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
In Mrn,nrtutt,

ESELHORST, ANNA A.; LOWELL, JES
ANNA "A. EsELHoRsT, who left US Januar.
4 1888. and our. friend. JESSIE r
usry Is 1889 e Joined hiI The P PAMI9 sfn.9 Jan
LANCASTER, EDNA v. In memory Of
our dear daughter. EDNA v. LANCASTER
who departed this life four years ago.
When those we loved have stepped across
The threshold of Gods door,
They leave behind, those memories
Mother, 'one JOHN MA AND lD'I1i FREDDY.
MILLAR, WILLIAM J. In loving mem.
ory Of my dear husband and our father
WILLIAM j. MILLAR, who departed this
life six years ago today.
We are sad within our memory,
Lonely are our hearts today,
For the one we loved SO dearly
Has forever been called away.
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
MOORE, ARTHUR CHESTER In lovins
memory of ARTHUR CHESTER MOORE
who departed this life two years ago to.
day, January IA, 1912.
AS these seeds of hope are sown.
Let the aching heart from grief be free
God takes but the soul to be His own,
The mourning heart is left the memory
Though deaths chariot is by sorrow driven
Let there be no sighs, away with tears;
By God is loves memory given
THE FAMILY.
Jesus. give the weary
Calm and sweet -epose.
AUN7S AND NIECEs.
YORK, JOHN L.. JACK. In memor.
OF my dearly beloved son, JOHN L. JACK
YORK, who departed this life fourteen
years years ago today. January i, 1890: An
HIS MOTHER. HELEN H. YORK.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Fair, no,
quite so cold this afternoon and to-
night, lowest temperature about 2t
degrees; tomorrow increasing cloudi.
ness with moderate temperature.
Virginia-Fair in north, mostly
cloudy in south portion, not so cole
tonight; tomorrow cloudy with mod
crate temperature, rain or snow like.
ly in south portion.
Maryland-Fair and not so cole
tonight. tomorrow increasing cloudi.
ness with moderate temperature.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah River.
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
muddy at Great Falls.
RepOYt for Last Cd Hours
Evening star., 1944-01-14
1ratha.

JONES. ETHEL HAMILTON. On Thurs
Sas Hn'a Ssnasry is Re44 4 he1 HITT6S
JONES. wife Of James B. Jones. mother Of
sister 2, Mrs md,sq MEands .ne GGhen Ss. New
may cali at the W. Ernest Jarvis funeral
church la3a = You st. NV after 10 am.
Funeral Monday. January, Y, At Lao
pm, from the above funeral church. Rev.
Friends r NJ Was nVfea A4nscn hiaSss Ma
tional Cemetery. 16
JONES. WILLIAM H. On Monday. jan
uary 10, 1914, at Freedmen's Hospital,
al after brief illness, WILLIAM H; JONES i;s
s ans other seaves 20 and
Funeral on Saturday. January 49,. at l
pm; from the Robinson Go, funeral home,
| 1912 4th st. NV, Rev. j. L. S. Holloman
officiating. Interment Payne's Cemetery. :
II. KREns' X WALTER Wal F.. On n'g Thugrsday Jan,
Shsnnins St; ne, wAIrER F. KREssS,
the beloved husband Of Maude v; Krebs
Corpl: Kari W. u. S. A.: serst Norman
Brother Of Max az G. se5se Rrebs and soS Mrs. x "ea 8
Funeral from the above residence on
Monday, January II, at 2:30 pm. Rela-
LARMAN. JOHANNA C.. On Thursday.
January 13. 1914, JOHANNA C. LARMAN.
beloved wife of William H. Larman, 9OlO
Old Georgetown rd., Bethesda, Md.
- Funeral services at the Bethesda Chevy
phrey on Monday, January II, at 1880
am. 1nterment Rock Creek Cemetery. 10
LAssITER. THEODORE f. On wednes-
Mex, THEODORE r. LAssITER Of wash
,ngton' D. G., beloved husband of Angelo
/ FTPSh1 faf nf Ano
sitter and Baby Daniel Lassiter
nsral Funeral enms from ON, the s. H. Hines c. fu-
St; Martins Catholic Church where mass
will be offered at 8 am. Interment ST.
Mary,S Cemetery.
LEAHY, ROBERT EARL. Suddenly. on
Mons Monday coJa JanusTy Ie 1915 at carthage
Of James H. and Mary s. Leahy and broth
Funeral sf from his late late residence 4e3s
at o'clock, REQUIEM mass at St. An An,
thongs Church at $50 am. Relatives
and friends invited. Interment Arlington
A. Taltavull. IA
long iiness MINNIE Lyons q Sst the slssr lovns
mother Of Mrs. Olander johnson. She
ams and Juanits R Harris ss'etS; two ffat brothers
four grandchildren and host of other rel
atlves and friends. = Remains resting at
Barnes & Matthews funeral home. 614 4th
st. S.w
Notice of funeral hereafter
MCDONALD, ADALINE JANE. On Thurs
day. January 13, 1914, ADALINE JANE
MCDONALD, beloved wife of the late Will
liam S. Mcdonald and mother of Mary j.
Michael and Adalne Redd and sister of
Bertha wilkins Rose and grandmother of
Mary j. Michael.
Funeral from her late residence, 6o1
l4th st. ne, on Monday January IL, at
pm. Relatives and friends invited In
terment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. 16
MCDONALD ADALINE ]. Oficers and
members of Pride of Washington Council
No. 26, D. of A., will assemble at 6Ol
14th st. ne. s pm. Saturday, January
Is, 1914, to conduct services for our late
member, ADALINE J. MCDONALD.
E. B. WARREN, Councillor
RUTH M. WARREN Rec. Secty. 15
MCLEAN ALEXANDER. On Wednesday
January II, 1943, at 2:15 am, ALEXAN-
DER MCLEAN of 1915 Swami st. W., be-
loved husband of Mrs. Edna B. Mclean
He also leaves a number OF friends
Funeral Saturday, January 15 at
p M, from the w. Ernest Jarvis funeral
church, 432 U St NV. Friends invited
1nterment Mount Zion Cemetery. Casket
will not be opened. IA
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Neoei, 639-Lb. Gorilla,
Dies in San Diego of Flu

BY the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, Jan. a.
Ngagi, 639-pound gorilla. believed
the largest in captivity. died in his
San Diego Zoo cage from influenza,
Mrs. Belle Benchley, executive sec
retary of the Geological Society, dis
closed yesterday.
The animal, captured by Mr.. and
Mrs Martin johnson in the Belgian
Congo, was given to the ZOO 13 years
ago.