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The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-31
BRITISH LOSE GROUND
 TN BURMA TO JAPANESE

rendered Tiddim, forward base in the Chin Hills of Burma, 100 miles below ImphaI to the Japanese, Gen. Sir Claude Auchihleck, British com mander in India told the. Indian legislature today. The disclosure was made almost simultaneously with an announcement from Gen Mountbatten that Jap jungle parties had spread over the front for near ly 200 miles consistently probing deeper into India's defenses and had penetrated main. communications in the vital Manigur plain. Auchinleck declared, however, Imphal itself is strongly defended.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-31
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JOHNNY OLSEN
 HERE THIS WEE

funeral services for Johnny Ol- sen, son of MT. and Mrs. J. P. Ol- sen, formerly of Makushin but now of Wrangell, were held here Tues day at the Presbyterian church with burial in Wrangell Memorial Gene tery.
 Johnny, who would have been IS next July 3, died in Laurel Beach Sanitorium March IS, following a lingering affliction The body was brought north on the Northland by his father, pioneer Makushin trad ing post operator.
 Brother Gum and the Rev. Rich ard Teeter officiated at the services at the home; Captain Sievewright held services at the church and the Rev. Ben F. Judd conducted the grave-side ritual
 The Olsens came here among the evacuees from the Aleutians when the Japs struck there
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-31
BRITISH YACHTSMEN
 ASKED TO STAND BY

LOND0N-British yachtsmen, who played a heroic role in the evacua- tion from Dunkirk, France, have been asked to stand by for another possible call from the government during the next six months. presum- ably in connection with the coming invasion of western Europe.
 The Admiralty has asked yachts men and others acquainted with small boats to put themselves in readiness to place their services at the disposal of the Royal Navy for a maximum of four weeks when the time comes.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-31
RUSSIANS AGAIN PERMIT
 LAPS TO FISH THEIR WATERS NEW N0pIv of bo

Russian Japanese fisheries agree ment providing for Japanese fish ing privileges on the Siberian coast has been arranged after almost three months negotiations, a broad cast over NEG from Moscow said. Permission for the Japanese to fish Soviet waters has been subject since 1886 to annual agreement. Negotia- tions usually gauge relations of the two countries. Last years agree ment was signed March 26, nearly three months after the expiration of the old agreement.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-31
sHARNBROICH LEAVES

E. R. Sharnbroich, former mana ger of Wrangell Steam Laundry, left by plane for Ketehikan yester- day afternoon where he has joined the U. Customs Service with the First City as his first assignment. Mrs. Sharnbroich and children ex- pect to join him as soon as school is out to make their home there.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-31
SALVATION ARMY

Sunday, 10:00 a. III. Chapel ser vice at WrangelI Institute: II ;00 a. m. Holiness meeting. 2:30 D. m. Sunday School; 7:30 p. m. Salva- tion meeting.
 Thursday. FOO p. m, Home League.
 Friday, 7:3O p. m. Week night service.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-31
LEGION MEETING MONDAY

Meeting of Merlin Elmer Palmer Post, American Legion, will be held at o'clock at the Dugout Monday night, it is announced by Command CT c. Don Miller. All Legionnaires are asked to attend as important matters are scheduled to be taken up.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-31
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Paml Sunday

Paml Sunday
 9:45 a. m. Sunday School.
 1O:45 a. m Morning Worship. Tuesday,
 4:00 D m. Wrangell Institute Wednesday,
 8:O0 D. m. Missionary Society. Thursday
 S:0O D. m. Holy Communion. Friday S:O0 sp.rm. Candle Lighting Sery ice.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-31
ALASKA SECRETARY
 OFFICE GIVEN BOOST TO S7.5O0 PER YEAR

WASHINGTONr-A bill increasing the salary of the Secretary of AL aska from $5,6O0 to $7,50O per year passed the Senate yesterday and was sent to the White House.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-31

Don't Forget To Register 6 v0TEl
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-03-31

Don't Forget To Register 6 VOTE!
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Robert A. Cochran Dies;
Retired Interior Emp!oye

Robert A. Cochran, II, retired su-
perintendent of Indian warehouses
for the purchasing division of the
Interior Department in Chicago,
died of heart attack yesterday in
Chicago, according to an Associated
Press dispatch.
Mr.. Cochran was employed here
for about 10 years in the Indian AZ
fairs Office, which later moved to
Chicago. He later became superin-
tendent of the Indian school in
Mount Pleasant, Mich. From that
post he was promoted to superin-
tendent of Indian warehouses, re-
firing about eight years ago.
His widow, Mrs. Elsie Cochran.
and a daughter, Dana, a teacher in
Chicago, survive.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Miss Lucille Bell, Daughter
OF Treasury Official, Dies

Miss Lucille w. Bell, rs, daughter
of Charles S. Bell, administrative
assistant to the Secretary of the
Treasury, and Mrs. Bell, died yes
terday at Walter Reed Hospital
after an illness Of several months.
Requiem mass will be celebrated
at 10 am tomorrow at Our Lady of
Lourdes Catholic Church, Bethesda,
Md. Burial will be private at Rock
Greek Cemetery.
Miss Bell, who lived with her par
ents at 6317 Woodside place, Chevy
Chase, Md, was born in New Haven,
Conn. After coming here she at.
tended Immaculata Seminary She
had been an employe of the Foreign
Economic Administration for the
last four years.
Besides her parents, she is sur
vived by two sisters. Miss Dorothy S.
Bell and Mrs. Roy B. Cowdrey. both
of Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Rites to Be Held Today
For Joseph KupIun, 81

Funeral services for Joseph Kap-
Ian, 81, of 80 T street NV, who died
Monday night in Emergency Hos
pital after a long illness. will be
conducted at 2 pm. today by Rabbi
Zemach Green of Congregation
Ohev-Sholom at the Danzansky fu-
neral chapel, 3501 Fourteenth street
NV Burial will be at Ohev-Sho-
lom Cemetery.
Mr.. Kaplan came here from Rus
sia when he was II years old He
leaves two daughters, Mrs. Thomas
Taylor and Mrs. Samuel Bass. and
three grandchildren, all of Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Capt. H. H. Crosby Dies;
Naval War COLLEGE Official

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec Capt. How
ard H. Crosby, u S. NJ, 81, chief OF
staff of the Naval War College at
Newport, r. l., since 1941, died here
Monday after an illness of several
weeks.
Capt. Crosby, who served overseas
during the World War, was gradu-
ated from the Naval Academy in
1908.
His widow, a son, now a midship-
man at the Naval Academy, and a
daughter survive.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
DrathH

WHITE, WILLIAM H. On Tuesday, De-
cember 8, 1914, at his residence, 6OI You
st. NV, WILLIAM H. WHITE, beloved
husband of Bessie N. White. father of War
rant Offcer William H. White, jr., and
brother of Miss Mamie H. White, Mrs
Minnie Files, Mrs. Belinda w. Hicks and
George and Harrison White. Also surviv.
ing are daughter-in-law. Mrs. Bessie K
White, and other relatives and friends
Notice of funeral later. ARRANGEMENTS BY
Mcclure.
WILSON, WILLIAM C.. On November
25, 1914, at Camp Malekole
49, Hawaii, in the service of his coun.
E try, WILLIAM C. WILSON, T/5
l@ Quartermaster Corps, U. s.. A.,
~ devoted husband of Elaine b
Wilson and beloved son of Mrs
Pinkie H. Wilson. Besides his wife and
mother. he leaves to mourn their loss a
host of other relatives and friends. s.
YOUNG, HESTER Eta On Monday,
December 4. 1914, at her residence, HE'S
TER Eta YOUNG. beloved wife of George
A: Young and aunt of Mrs. Laura F..
Nichols, Mrs. Tulip c. Peck and Mrs. Re-
becca Abel. Also surviving are other rela-
tives and many friends. After noon Thurs
day. December z. friends may call at the
Mcclure funeral home, 1920 9tn st. n.w.,
where services will be held Friday, Decem-
Der 8, at l pm. Interment Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery
Evening star., 1944-12-06

1t. Fenton Joined the Navy when
he was 16 after attending schools
here. During the World War he
was promoted to the temporary rank
Of lieutenant and later reverted to
his old rating Of chief gunner.
Soon after the present war began,
he was again commissioned and as
signed to teach gunnery at the PEN
sacola (Fla) Naval Air Station.
When he became i'll, he was treated
first at Pensacola and later sent to
st. Adams.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Flora N. Fenton of Pensacola; four
daughters and brother. John w.
Fenton, 2311 North Burlington
street, Arlington.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
6. A. Wiedemunn Dies:
Evening Bulletin Aide

BY the Associated Press.
MOUNT HOLLY, N. j., Dec. &C.
Adolphe Wiedemann, a retired pro-
motional executive of the Philadel-
phia Evening Bulletin, died Mon
day night Of heart ailment after
weeks illness. He was 66.
Mr.. Wiedemann was a former
president Of the Poor Richard Club
OF Philadelphia, an association of
advertising and newspaper execu-
tives, and at one time was personal
secretary to the late William Nc
Lean, Evening Bulletin publisher.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Ii. Fenton Funeral Rites
To Be Held at Fort Myer

1t. Arthur S. Fenton, u. S. N, a
native of Washington. died in st.
Adams IN. Y.) Naval Hospital Sun
day. He was so years old.
Services will be held at 2::30 pm.
today in the Fort Myer Chapel.
Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
i Darn uf Thanka

CLEMONS. JAMES T. The family of the
late JAMES T. CLEMONS wish to express
their appreciation to the relatives, friends
and neighbors the Florida Avenue Baptist
Church and the, First s. D. A. Church
for their. kind expressions of sympathy
and horal tributes at the passing of their
loved one. LULA ARMSTEAD,
Evening star., 1944-12-06

II ~, Oh FenSaCOla, ria. tDOrn IN
Washington. D. c.. beloved hus-
band of Flora N. Fenton and father of
two sons and four daughters. Also surviv-
ing is one brother. John w. Fenton of Ar
Fort Myer at $40 pm. wednesday. De-
cember 8. Interment Arlington National
Cemetery.
FRAZIER, MARY LOUISE. Passed into
eternal rest on Sunday, December 3,
1914. MARY LOUISE FRAZIER of 1921
Frazier daughter Of the late william and
Jane Chambers devoted aunt of Effs Wins
OF COL st. NV; Arthur Tyler. Nora and
Dorothy Gregory, John. Ryder and William
Ernest Jarvis funeral church. 1882 You
st. NV, after 10 am. Wednesday, De-
ccember 8. Funeral Thursday, December
z. at l PM. from the Emory Grove NJ E.
Tyler officiating. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment church cemetery.
GALLEHER, GARRISON On Monday,
December 4. 1914, at Mount Alto Hos
pitsl, GARRISON GALLEHER, the beloved
husband of Ann Mccall Galleher of Wash
lock Of New Orleans, La. Remains resting
at Chambers funeral home. 400 Chaplin
ST. NV, until Thursday. December z, at
l2:30 pm. Services at Fort Myer Chapel,
iinston National Cemetery, with military
honors.
GALLEHER, CAPT. cLARKsoN. Rich
ard J. Harden Camp, No. 2,
United Spanish War Veterans,
ESE6 will assemble at Chambers fu-
kaOH neral parlor, 400 Chaplin st.
NV. at IL noon December z.
~ 1914. to attend the funeral of
our late comrade, Capt. CLARK
SoN gALLEHER. Interment Arlington
EMIL BROWN. Commander.
WARREN p. BAILEY. Adiutant.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

CARROLL, CARRIE. All members of
Gethsemane Chapter. No. ), o.
s: 6!
between L and M SITS. NV. By
order of IDA M. TIGNOR. w. M.
JOHN w. SEWELL, W. P.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

BURKE, ADA. On December 4, 1874
ADA BURKE of 31O Lincoln pl. Sc. vile
of Charles Burke, mother of the late Edith
Burke. Beatrice Green, Mary. Sally. Wilbur
and Lewis Burke. Remains resting at
FraZier's funeral home. $50 r. I. ave. NV.
Notice of funeral later
Evening star., 1944-12-06

FEGAN, MARY EVELYN. On Tuesday,
December 5, 1914. MARY EVELYN FEGAN,
beloved daughter of James P. and v. Marc
Fegan. Funeral from her late residence,
1888 South Dakota ave. ne, on Thursday,
December Z, at $50 am; thence to ST.
Anthony'S Church, where mass will be Of
fered at 10 am. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Mount Olivet Gene
terry
Evening star., 1944-12-06

SANDERS, JEANNE. On Monday, De-
cember 4, 1914, JEANNE SANDERS Of 301S
Pyatt and Mrs. w. A. Masker Services
at the S. H. Hines Co. funeral home, 290l
14th st. NV, on Thursday, December r,
at 11:30 am. Interment Congressional
Cemetery
Evening star., 1944-12-06

HOoENbHUW, HAIRY ALBEKT. On
Tuesday, December 8, 1914, at the resi-
dence of his daughter, 5261 Old Dominion
drive. Arlington, Va, HARRY ALBERT
Hugo Hodge. He also is survived by four
grandchildren. Remains resting at the
Ives funeral home, 2S47 Wilson blvd Ar
at 9:3O am; thence to ST Agnes Catho-
lie Church. Arlington. Va, where mass
will be offered at 10 am for the repose
of his SOUL Interment ST. Marys Gene
tery, Alexandria. Va
Evening star., 1944-12-06
FENTON, 1T. ARTHUR sTEFFEN. U. s.

N. On Sunday, December 3,
.& 1914, at st. Adams Naval Hos
S& pital, St. Adams, N. Y, Lit. AR
~ THUR STEFFEN FENTON, U. S.
N, of Pensacola. Fla. thorn in
Evening star., 1944-01-15
Member Of 'Mos|em Sect
Jailed in Draft Violation

Louis H. Saunders, 80. colored.
who had contended that as a mem
Der OF the 'Moslem faith he owed
allegiance only to Allah, yesterday
was given the maximum sentence
OF 20 months to five years by Jus
tice David A. Pine Of District Court
on a charge of violating the Selec-
tive Service Act.
Saunders was charged with fail
ing to exhibit a registration GER
tificate to a special agent of the
Justice Department.
Saunders, who was prosecuted by
Assistant United States ATTORNEY
John G, Conliff, jr., had told au-
thorities he was only 13 months old
by virtue of joining the Moslems,
claiming that he was reborn at
that time. Mr.. Conliff said Saun-
ders also claimed that as men,
ber of the faith his name is now
Louis X"
In another sentence yesterday,
Justice Pine sentenced Thomas
Brown, q, colored, of the 1900 block
Of Irving street NE, to serve from
four months to a year and a day
on charges Of forging checks. The
checks, 1t was said, had been stolen
from the Adjutant Generals Once,
War Department, where Brown for
merly was employed.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
Drat4a.
WELLS. REV. AuGrsrus r..

WELLS. REV. AUGUSTUS C. On Fri
day, January Il. 1914, at $50 pm, at
Rev. Rs fesde1Ss sss psss n:s,or
Campbell a. NJ; E; Church, beloved hus:
Ethel Wells, Corpl. Augustus c. Wells,
Sohsr of Bes D and JSsfHh %ss .oa q Rses %
Wells, Also survived By three sisters and
a host of other relatives.
Notice Of funeral later. Arrangements
by Robert @. Mason & Co. funeral home.
WILLIAMS, MAUDE. Departed this life
linger Hospital, MAUDE WILLIAMS. de-
voted daughter of Sarah jackson, mother
OF Margaret Holmes, sister Of Lannie King
mourn their loss an aunt, Maria Cook;
q niece, Clara Jackson; four grandchil-
dren and other relatives and friends
70 Friends may cali after 3 pm. Saturday;
nome, 46 < st. ne, where funeral services
will be held Sunday. January 16, at 2 pm.
lnterment Payne's Cemetery. 15
~ zIGKEF00sE, HsNEISS KENNETH 4; tCHICKl
eid Hospts 'aRqagS a 1874 q q as
zIGKEFoosE Of lo20, North Stuart St.,
Walkers zickefoose. and son Of Littleton
Va. He also is survived BY y seven sisters,
Grover Wolfe: Dallas, Tex; Mrs. John
MuaGni,,. Mu1Ghy and 3. MIS- sTsnis zirkle both Of
eryille; ": Va; Mrs. Madge snyder. Web
Goodyn Of Warren. Ohio: two brothers,
q nesGn " w. and
home, .s47 Wilson blvd, Ariinston. Va.
where funeral services will be held Mon:
Arlington National Cemetery. (ciarfsburs.
w. Va, papers please copy) 16
Evening star., 1944-01-15
George R. Dewitt, 83, Dies;
Founded Bows School

DR.. George D. Dewitt, SO, founder
Of the Dewitt School for Boys, died
Thursday in Miami, Fla, after an
illness of a week, it was reported
today. A native of Maine, he was a
newspaper reporter in Washington
and New York before entering the
education field.
He was educated in Canada and
for time taught in New England
schools. Shortly after the World
War he established his own school
here in Georgetown and later moved
1t to Forest Hills. Before opening
his own school here he was a mem
Der OF the Western High School
faculty.
DR.. Dewitt has no immediate survi-
vors. His wife was a sister of the
late Maj. Richard H. Sylvester
superintendent of the Metropolitan
Police Department.
Services will be held at l p.m
Monday in the Hines funeral home
with the Rev. F. Bland Tucker
pastor of Christ Church, George
town, oflciating. Burial will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
DR.. Dewitt made his home at Dunn
Loring, Va. On retiring from active
school service he moved to Miami
where he was writing a history of
the school.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
Dai|ies Report 20.4%
Cut in Paper Use
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-United
States daily newspapers cut their
use of paper in December 20.4 per
cent under consumption in Decem-
Der, 1941, the monthly report of
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association showed yesterday.
The report, based on figures for
525 newspapers which use about IS
per cent of all newsprint used in this
country, estimated total consumption
for 1943 was 1861, ,180 tons, against
3,815, 1872 in 1912 and 1928 $50 in 1941.
Reporting newspapers used 218, 800
tons in December, or a total of 2,720,-
257 tons for the year. This was a
decline of 1875 per cent from Decem-
Der of 1912 and of 204 per cent from
December of 1941, base year for cur
rent newsprint use restrictions. Total
l943 usage was per cent under that
of 1912 and TT per cent down
from l941.
Publishers supplies of paper were
equal to So days consumption at the
end Of the year. compared with So
days supply month earlier.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
FBI Forgery Experts
Study Hopkins Letter

The Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
ton Is scrutinizing the Harry Hop
kns-Wendell Willkie" letter, de-
nolnced by Mr.. Hopkins as forgery,
to ascertain the authenticity Of the
signature, the typewriter used and
the source of the White House sta
tionery on which 1t is written.
Pending a report of the FBI's in
quiry, a grand jury seeking the facts
recessed late yesterday afternoon to
future date, not specified, after
questioning again C. Nelson Sparks,
former Mayor of Akron, Ohio. Mr..
Sparks published the letter in his
book, "One Man-Wendell Willkie"
and contends it is genuine.
The letter was written to DR.
Umphrey Lee, president of South
ern Methodist University at Dallas
Tex, and predicted WILKES nomi-
nation for President. DR.. Lee denied
receiving the letter and added he
does not know Mr.. Hopkins or Mr.
Sparks. The latter has refused to
disclose how he came into possession
of the missive.
Meanwhile, Henry Schwienhaut
special assistant to the Attorney
General conducting the inquiry, an
nounced that other witnesses will be
called when the investigation is re-
sumed. Mr.. Hopkins, now i'll in Be-
thesda Naval Hospital, has agreed
to testify when he is able to do so
Mr.. Sparks in his second appearance
spent more than two hours in the
grand jury room. He told reporters
he was leaving Washington without
disclosing his destination
Evening star., 1944-01-15
Raids
Continued From First Page)

sition to the attacks both yesterday
and last night.
The Germans were using their
new fighter flares which are several
times more brilliant than the old
ones" a Canadian gunner said of
the Brunswick attack.
The whole target area was
bristling with them. and we could
plainly see our Lancasters swarm
ing all over the place"
Seven Canadian bombers were
among those lost over Brunswick.
Attack on Convoy.
Coastal command Beaufighters
estimated In Berlin reports to have
numbered 26 dived through heavy
antiaircraft fire from both shore
batteries and NaZi escort vessels to
blast the convoy off Norway.
The first torpedo crashed against
the hull of a mediums sized mer-
chant ship as several Messerschmitts
swooped in trying to break up the
attack, but New Zealand squadron
followed up Immediately with a Sec
ond torpedo against another ship.
1--WE also got cannon hits on other
vessels" one of the flyers said.
Three Raj planes were lost during
the engagement.
In the daylight attack yesterday
hundreds of United States heavy
bombers were included in the mixed
armada which poured a deluge OF
explosives on Northern France.
The onslaught appeared to equal
and may have exceeded the record
Christmas eve raid on the same area
in which approximately TOO Ameri-
can heavy bombers and about the
same number of Marauders and
fighters participated.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
Mrs. MajeI 5. WeIeh Dies;
Native Of WASHINGTON

Mrs. Majel S. Welch, so, wife Of
James A. Welch, vice president of
the Crowell-C Collier Publishing Co.,
died yesterday in New Rochelle, N.
Y, of heart attack. She had been
in i'll health for three years.
A native of Washington, she at
tended Central High School and
had been resident of New York
City for many years. Besides her
husband, she leaves a son, 1t. James
Robert WEIGH, U. S. M. c., now on
duty in the South Pacific; a brother,
John Wheeler Macintosh, Rock
vile. Md. her mother, Mrs. Bessie
A. Macintosh, also of Rockville,
and three sisters, Mrs. c. w. Rosen-
bush and Mrs. R. H. Horton, WASH
ington, and Mrs. John Pollock,
Boyds, Md.
Services were to be held today in
the Fort Lincoln chapel followed by
burial in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-A toll of 7
dead and 81 injured was taken by a
bomb dropped into a crowded sub
urban movie house last night by a
lone enemy air raider which darted
apparently undetected through Lon
don's bristling anti-aircraft defenses
Those at the scene said it was only
thanks to kind fate that there was
no repetition of the tragic dance hall
bombing of November which took a
big toll of merrymakers. About 5000
persons filled the theater.
Although the direct hit caused
only minor damage at the theater,
another bomb reduced an adjoining
department store to mass of rubble
No casualties were reported in the
store or elsewhere in the vicinity,
although windows were shattered for
200 yards up and down the street.
No alert and no gunfire preceded
the bombing and there was immedi-
ate speculation the Germans may
have developed new type Of near
noiseless plane. A sound Of plane
Evening star., 1944-01-15
Surprise Raider Blasts Theuter
Near London; 7 Killed, 81 Hurt

engines was heard only a moment
before the whistle of the falling
bombs.
First reports said all casualties
were civilians except one British
soldier. OF those injured, Is were
IN a serious condition.
The theater manager said the
audience reacted with superb calm.
The theater was quickly emptied as
music played.
With a terse communique which
said enemy aircraft dropped bombs
at a place in the London area the
Air Ministry put an Official curtain
OF silence over one of the wars cdd-
est attacks.
Home Security and Air Ministry
officials indicated there would be no
official elaboration on the surprise
attack and the failure to sound an
alert. They noted that it was not
the first time that lone enemy planes
had penetrated the defense screen
unannounced. With Raj bombers
aloft and night fighters patroling,
the raider apparently had escaped
detection by a huke.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
Joseph Stuart, Delaware
Masonic Official, Dies

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. Is
Joseph Stuart, vice president of the
Lobdell Co., iron and steel manufac-
turers, died in Memorial Hospital
last night, II days after he was in
jured in a truck-automobile col
lision. He was 70.
Mr.. Stuart was president Of the
board of the Masonic Home of Della
ware, president of the joint board
Of Wilmington Masonic bodies and a
past grand master of the Grand
Lodge of Delaware.
The hospital reported that Win
field r. McKaig, 80, Lobdell assist
ant treasurer, injured in the same
accident, remained in critical condi-
ton, while third victim, Miss
Theresa Maclary, A, assistant sec
retary, showed improvement.