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closer. Even Finland. far to the
north, was reported in new peace
overtures.
The German communique told OF
the staggering military and politi-
cal blow caused by Romania's about.
face in these words:
In the southeast sector of the
eastern front our troops are dis
engaging themselves toward the
Prut and Siret Rivers. After parts
OF Romanian troops had ceased to
fight many enemy tanks were de-
stroyed."
Nazis Machine gun Romanians.
Moscow reported that Romanians,
who previously had deserted, told
advancing Russian troops that Ger
mans machine gunned them for re-
treating and that they, the Ro-
manianS, in turn, killed their Nazi
military masters.
A correspondent for Izvestia said
he saw bodies of Romanian troops
and a German SIS ot1cer at one
point where the Romanians rebelled
Soviet Cossacks were hailed fire.
quently by surrendering Romanians
VINO were ordered to continue with
out guard to Red Army bases. Mos
COW said.
Best estimates of German troops
IN Romania range up to 40 divisions,
many understrength. This force OF
perhaps 400, ,000 men represents Nszi
survivors Of their Ukrainian armies,
chased from that rich Russian re-
public in the winter campaign
Practically all are believed massed
on the active front. Apparently it
was to annihilate these Germans
that the twin Russian offensives
were aimed.
Is to 80 Romanian Divisions,
Romania has perhaps Is to 80
divisions, many understrength from
losses suffered in the Inflated cam
paigns against Russia, which were
estimated to have cost Romania uu
to 100000 casualties. Part OF
these were at the front, perhaps
half were in the center of the coun-
try and near the border of Transyl-
vania. Hitler awarded Hungary halt
OF TranSylvania in the 1910 Vienna
dictate.
A Rome dispatch said a huge Ger
man motor convoy stretching 2C
miles was strafed on the road north
ward through Yugoslavia toward
Belgrade yesterday. There was nc
immediate indication whether this
was the start Of a German with
drawal from the Balkans following
upon Romania's capitulation.
1t. Gen. Ira c. Eaker, commander
OF Mediterranean Air Forces, de-
clared that when Romania capitu-
lated, the country had become more
of liability than an asset to the
German Army" ,
Air Power Defeated Nazis.
I'm the struggle for Romania's s
wealth, the Germans were defeated
by long range air power" Gen.
Eeaker said. "Germany's greatest
prize in Romania turned to ashes.
Ploestis oil capacity was reduced
79 per cent from. 709,0OO tons per
month to 77,000 tons. The produc-
ton of gasoline was a most critical
item of the Wehrmacht and this
was cut IS per cent to 15,400 tons
q month"
An Associated Press dispatch from
Cairo said the Romanian Army OF
King Michael was understood to
control the important Black Sea
port Of Constanta. Considerable
German shipping and the Naxis'
Evening star., 1944-08-25
7 Red Armies Slash
Deeper Into Romania
After 1otfering Nazis
BY tho Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MOSCOW; Aug. 25.-Two Red
armies, slashing deeper into Ro-
mania against an apparently totter-
Ing enemy from whom 1900 men
have been taken as prisoners in five
days, today were within IS miles OF
the Galati Gap defenses guarding
the Danube gateway to Bucharest
and the Ploesti oil fields.
The armies of Gen. Rodio Y. NAL
movsky and Gen. Feodor Tolbukhin
obviously taking no chances on the
outcome Of Romania's peace bid
through King Michael, swept up
more than $50 cities, towns and vii
hges yesterday, including the Bes-
xarabian capital Of Chisinau CKiShi-
new.
In a lightning attempt to get q
firm grasp on Romania before her
Nazi overlords can complete plans
Tor counter measures, the armies
took 25,000 German and Romantan
prisoners in a single day, and sent
spearheads to less than 100 miles
from Ploesti and slightly more than
that from Bucharest.
Visit Towns as Liberators.
Front dispatches said Red Army
tankmen, as hberators and not con-
querors. cruised through hundreds
of Northern Romanian towns and
villages, followed by sweaty, dusty
columns of singing infantry.
ing out the official Russian position,
explained to Romanian soldiers and
civilians that liquidation Of German
forces in the country must be
achieved before military operations
cease and an armistice can be con-
cluded.
Civilian populations literally cried
for Joy on hearing of second prom
Use by the Soviet government not to
annex Romanian territory, change
its existing social regime or harm its
independence, dispatches said.
The Red Army has recognized the
utmost necessity of speedy action in
order to prevent the Germans from
regrouping their Balkan forces and
overpowering Romanian garrisons
elsewhere in Michaels realm.
Germans Vastly Outnumbered.
There were no indications still
whether the Germans hoped to draw
up new defense line. They are
vastly outnumbered by the I'd and
Sd Ukrainian Armies.
The Germans have been fleeing in
such haste the past "a hours they
failed to demolish bridges and left
some Notifications unnamed.
The Russians said the Nazis were
mercilessly killing any Romanian
soldier or civilian making a show of
resistance against them along the
route of retreat from the lower VAL
leys of the Prut and Siret.
Seizure of Barlad, on the Iasi-
Galati railway, So miles north of
Galati, put the Russians within IS
miles of previously prepared Nazi
defenSes along the lower Siret and
Putna Rivers in the 45-mile-wide
gap between Galati and Focsani at
the edge of the Carpathians.
Other major strongholdS to fall
yesterday were Roman and Bacau,
the latter 81 miles northwest of
Barlad.
At the other end of the extended
eastern front Soviet forces plunged
within sight of Tartu in Estonia
and edged within striking distance
of the German bastion at Lomza in
Poland near the East pruSsian
frontier.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
OAR to Build Librories
For Army Hospitals

The Daughters of the American
Revolution today announced a plan
for construction of permanent L.
braries at selected Army general
hospitals in the United States.
The project. which was worked
out by the surgeon generals office
and the OAR Executive Committee
and will require an initial outlay of
hundreds of thousands OF dollars.
calls for construction work on six
hospital Libraries as soon as pos
sible. the OAR said.
Ten and possibly IL permanent
hospitals will be included in the
program, and care OF the libraries
will be under the Army Library
Service.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Soldiers Wish Obeyed
In BuriuI of Pet Doc
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 25-Pal, 49,
yeaf-old part Airedale-part Shep-
herd, was buried yesterday at the
foot Of pear tree, victim of old
age and longing for his soldier
master.
Pvt Franklin E. Higgins, who OBJ
tanned an emergency furlough last
November from Camp Crowder,
Mo-, to visit his ailing dog, was un-
able to come home again. However,
the burial was carried out in ac-
cordance with his request that
when Pals time comes, bury him in
q shaded spot in high dry ground" !"
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Bobby Jones Returns
To Home in Atlanta
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Aug. 25.-Lt. Col
Robert T. Jones, jr. the former
grand slam" champion of golf
came home today after nearly a
year overseas as an intelligence
officer with the 9th Air Force.
Col. Jones, now ~, has applied for
a discharge from the Army under
the over-38-year-old regulation. He
said he had no immediate plans
beyond reporting TO Army author
tiles here.
Col. Jones wife, two daughters
Clara Malone and Mary Ellen, and
his son, Robert T. Jones III, met
him on the station platform, while
his elderly father sat in a waiting
automobile.
Col. Jones declined to discuss his
experiences abroad. He looked
healthy and tanned and said he
was down to about 165 in the uni
form"
Earlier Story IN paoe A.Q1
Evening star., 1944-08-25
|1,1M Yank Bombefs
Blast 10 Nazi targets;
| Rocket Plant Hit
BY the Associated Press.

i
LONDON. Aug. 25.--More than
l.100 American heavy bombers, e.
corted by strong forces OF fighters
and tighter bombers, smashed today
at 10 North German objectives, tn
Guiding the Peenemunde Experi-
mental Station north Of Berlin,
where flying and rocket bombs are
developed.
Targets included four aircraft
factories, three air force stations,
. research center, a synthetic oil
plant and the robot bomb station.
simultaneously, nine waves of
Marauder and Havoc bombers at
tackled the fortifications of the be-
sieged Brittany port Of Brest for
almost sold hour starting At 3 p nj.
About 800 planes participated, Gen.
Eisenhower's headquarters said. Ele-
ments of three German divisions
have been locked in the Brest forts
for several weeks.
Weather Aids Allies.
Peenemunde lies on the Baltic.
ITO miles from Berlin, and has been
a frequent Allied target. Recent
advices have said the Germans were
developing their va" weapon there
variously described as a 60 to 90 ton
rocket carrying about q lotion ex-
plosive warhead.
Flying Fortresses and Liberators
took advantage of their second sue
cessive day Of good weather to
diSperse over Germany and bomb
such targets as these:
Wismar, a bomber assembly plant
and a bomber parts plant.
Lubbock, q bombers components
plant.
Rostock, a bomber assembly plant.
Politz, synthetic oil plant.
West Of Stettin, German Air
Force stations at Anklam, Schwerin
and Neubrandenburg.
Rechlin, German Air Force re-
search center.
The renewed grand scale strate-
gic bombings, which started at mid
night Wednesday when foul weather
began to lift, have sent Allied
planes from Britain and Italy
against nearly every section OF the
Reich and its edges.
Hit Oil Reserves.
Keeping after the Germans' evap-
Grating oil supply, the bombers
added Politz to the list today and
crews said the results were good.
(Supreme Allied Headquarters
announced production of nm
ished oil products for Germany
was reduced an estimated 49
per cent by Allied air lombard
ments during May, June and
July0
Bostons and Mitchells of the End
Tactical Air Force bombed a gaso-
line and oil dump at Clermont in
France and blew up q long string
of freight cars at q siding nearby.
The fighting French Lorraine
Squadron accompanied the bomb
ers.
Raj Mosquito bombers blasted
objectives in France and Belgium
last night. continuing an Allied air
offensive in which 5000 planes from
Britain ana Italy struck yesterday
at vital oil and industrial targets
from the Baltic to the Balkans.
Raj, Canadian and other Allied
aircraft were credited with destroy
ing at least IS enemy vehicles last
night in the Gournay area so miles
northwest of Paris. Two trains also
were bombed in the Gournay sta
ton, touching OF large fires and ex-
plosions. 7r
Smash 50 Rail Cars.
Fifty railway cars and q German
stan car were reported destroyed
in other sweeps over France and
Belgium.
Meanwhile. the Mediterranean
Allied Air Force rounded out yes
terday's operations with about $500
sorties.
Evening star., 1944-08-25

nice bunch of fellows to have on
your side.
They are on our side. They are
on Frances side and they are on
De Gaulle's side because they feel he,
too, is on Frances side. I came to
the Maquis hoping to ind out what
1t was they believed In which made
them do what they have done and
are doing 50 magnif1cently.
1t seems to me now that the
answer Is they believe in Themselves,
which Is perhaps two ways Of saying
the same thing
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Actress Jean Parker
Weds HOLLYWOOD Broker
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. Is Movie
Actress Jean Parker was married
yesterday to DR.. Curtis Grotter
Hollywood insurance broker. Su-
perior Judge Stanley Mosk per-
formed the ceremony.
Miss Parker, rs, was divorced
previously from George Macdonald,
Few York newspaperman, and H.
Dawson Sanders, radio commen-
tator. Mr.. Grotter. 80, is a native
Of Czechoslovakia and a naturalized
American citizen.
Evening star., 1944-08-25

Help win the war BY saving waste
kitchen fats!
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Russians Capture Cousin
Of FROM Won Popen
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 25.-The Russians
were reported in communique sup
plement broadcast from Moscow to-
day to have captured 1t. Col. Adolf
Won Papen, whom it identified as q
cousin Of Franz Won Papen, the Ger.
man diplomat.
The oficer commanded the 406th
Regiment of the 201st German Sc.
curity Division, according to the
broadcast, recorded by the Soviet
monitor here.
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Uarn nf Thanka

DAVIS. MARGARET tMAGGIE, DAvIDGE
We wish to thank our friends, neighbors
order Of the Eastern Star and relatives i've
beautiful floral tributes and acts of kind
ness during our recent 5eresvemsnt' i.
DENsMoRE, LULU BLANCHE: To all
members of waugh Church, we wish to
express our thanks and heartfelt appre,
for the Sopa o o dSrns the
recent illness and departure to heaven o.
our beloved wife and mother. LULU
el1AS LEG Y. DENsMoRE AND FAMILY.
the late Mrs MARTHA B. JACKSON
wishes to thank the Rev. Euweil T. HOP hop,
Baptist Church, also Martha Chapter, NO.
IL. of Eastern Star; neighoors ana frnenos
for, their kindness shown during ner Illness sss
Her NIEcEs, MISS INEY JONES, MRS.
VIRGIE RANDOLPH.
JOHNSON, LEILA E. We wish to ex-
of 10th st, and Third Baptist Churches,
our relatives, friends and organizations for
floral tributes during the illness and at
the death Of our Loved one; ,n s,srrp
Of ' sRs late Mls LAURA TERREM JoNEs
friends for their kindness during her illness
and expressions of sympathy In its be-
reavement THE FAMILY.
LANGHORNE, JOSEPH NJ We wish to
express our thanks and appreciation to
the Rev. T. Ewell Hopkins, Gospel Chorus,
relatives and friends for their sympathy.
acts of kindness, floral tributes and use
of cars during our recent bereavement.
MRS. MARY Z. LANGHORNE, MRS. JULIA
e. LOVING AND FAMILY.
SHORT, MARY p. The family Of the
late Miss MARY P. SHORT gratefully ac-
knowledges the beautiful floral tributes
and other expressions of sympathy afforded
1t by neighbors, friends and relatives on
THE FAMILY
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1n Mrntnriant

CHAvIEs, CLARENCE w. In lov;no
mTasm n4Tyye OF my husband. CLARENCE w
To-Day, June 4, 1880.
y My heart cannot tell how miss you,
My lips do not know what to say;
GOD only knows my feelings.
"hicR VIE aa u AafcE ny y smiles v1IGSssay.
CLINE. WILLIAM A, In loving memoir,
Orr 81 our husband, father and grandfather
years ago today. June 4. 1888.
Today, is the day Of remembrance,
And many sad regrets;
day We'll always remember.
uYs M MI1e the rest Ct the world forgets.
AND GRANDCHILDREN.
Of my dear husband, FLOYD JAMES FARR,
day, June 4, 1913.
Oft and oft my thoughts do wander to q
wb.r. s1 5s'S *, 50 d f.r a nw.s: -
You are not forgotten. Floyd dear,
LOVING WIFE, FANNIE W. ". FAIR ARR
NUGENT. FERDINAND. and FERDI.
Nua nEsRHry ws Of d %y hss1ibd
SON FERDINAND MIG NuaE STre j., Who s dea
parted Lonely eaai 1e WIFE S1Ez al ANp bs MOTHER.
HOLMES. WILLIAM s.. EDWARD s. and
DRY Of our devoted father. WILLIAM S.
HOMES, who departed this life July 81,
1881; brother, EDWARD S. HOMES, June
DoLPH HOLMES who died one year ago
today. June 4. 1943
The love you all gave us many years
Will never from us depart:
Though you have gone beyond our reach,
You all are always in our hearts
THE FAMILY, WILLIAM S. HOLMES,
MARIE JANIFER AND MARJORIE
BRITO.
THOMAS, REBECCA ANN. In loving
remembrance of our dear mother, RE-
BEcCA. ANN THOMAS who died nine years
ago today, June 4, 1885.
A line of sweet remembrance,
memory fond and true,
And of all Gods gifts there isn't another
So precious and wonderful as you
HER DEVOTED DAUGHTERS, RUTH FOX
AND MAY THOMAS
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vision Of one paid person who also
carries on the work of the office.
Civilian War Services, in addition
to co-ordinating existing services
and starting new facilities, is the
channel through which Government
projects like salvage, Victory gar
dens and antiblack market co-opera-
ton get to the people. On the
other hand, Objectionable" enter
prises are stopped before they can
solicit public support, District off,
Gals pointed out.
Civilian War Services is now work.
ing with more than a score of other
agencies on co-ordinating services
to returning veterans as recon-
mended by Brig. Gen. Frank T..
Hines, retaining and unemployment
administrator.
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Sisters Killed on Way Here William N. corse, IS,
To Burial Of Mrs. n. C. Colt Noted Mefauruist, Dies

Mrs. Nellie c. Colt, 50, of Dicker-
son, Md, died Friday at the home
of her son. John, at Baltimore, and
her two sisters, en- route to her fun
eral, were killed the same day in a
bus accident near Johannesburg,
ny
Mrs. Colt, wife of r. Brooke Colt,
District Municipal Court warrant
clerk, was native of Johannesburg.
She was a sister of the late Rev.
Gilbert H. Mcdonald, former pastor
OF st. Michaels Church at Overlea,
Md. and the late DR.. James M.
Mcdonald, former dentist here.
Mrs. Colt had lived in Dickerson
for 40 years.
Mass will be sung at $50 am. to-
morrow at st. Mary's Catholic
Church, GAINESVILLE, Md. Burial
will be in Monocacy Cemetery,
Beallsville, Md.
Her sisters were Mrs. Mayme
Cronk, IS, and Mrs. Agnes Breen,
SO. Funeral services for them will
be held tomorrow at Johannesburg
The bus, which they had boarded
at Johannesburg, skidded off the
road during heavy snowstorm.
Ten other passengers were injured.
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John Ridge|y Carter,
Former Diplomat and
Morgan Partner, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 3.-John Ridge
ly Carter. 70, a well-known former
diplomat and international banker
who was the senior partner in the
Paris banking firm of Morgan and
Gle for many years died at the
Knickerbocker Club here today.
With Mr.. Carter at the time of his
death was his daughter, Mildred
Rfdgely Carter. the former Countess
of Gosford. He is survived also by
a son, 1t. Col Bernard S. Carter,
now overseas, who in civilian life was
a banker in the Morgan firm in
Paris. Mrs. Carter, the former
Alice Morgan of New York died in
1888.
Born in Baltimore November %,
1864. Mr.. Carter rose high in the
American diplomatic service before
turning to international banking
and becoming a resident of Paris.
Seventeen years experience in
diplomacy, including one year as
charge d'affaires in London, won
him appointment as Minister to
Argentina in 1911. Mr.. Carter,
however, declined the post because
he couldn't afford it.
Reluctantly abandoning diplo-
macy, he entered banking to build
up a substantial fortune. He found
post with J. P. Morgan g. Co.
in London in 1912 and was sent to
Santiago, Chile, to represent Ameri-
can stockholders of the Chilean
Argentine Railway. Reward for his
work there was q partnership in
Morgan, Harjes g. Co., the Paris
branch of the Morgan firm. He
joined the house in 1914, making
his home in the French capital.
During the World War he handled
large financial transactions for
American clients and was treasurer
Of the American Red Cross in
Europe. He helped organize several
humanitarian activities in connec-
ton with the war and France made
him q grand officer of the Legion
Of Honor.
One of IA children, he was the
son of Bernard Carter, q law school
professor. who managed to give
each of his children a college educa-
ton. John Ridgely Carter received
his ABB. degree from Trinity Col
lege, Connecticut. in 1883 and his
MA. in 1885. He completed his
studies at Leipsig, Germany, the
University of Maryland and Har-
ward law school and was admitted
to the Maryland bar in 1889. Five
years later he entered the diplo-
matte service as secretary to the
American Ambassador in London.
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William Malcolm Corse, 66, prom
inent metallurgist and head Of a
firm of consulting engineers at $40
Eighteenth street NV, died yes
terday at his New Hampshire farm,
Windy HILL" according to the As
ISOLATED Press.
A resident of Westmoreland, NJ.
H., for the last six years, Mr.. Corse
moved to Washington from West
field, N. j.. in 1922. He had been
in failing health in recent months.
For 81 years he was secretary
OF the Bureau of Standards advis-
DRY committee on nonferrous alloys.
He also had served as secretary OF
the Institute of Metals Divisions for
rs years and as secretary of the
American Military Engineers.
Mr.. Corse was a member of the
Lake Placid, Cosmos, Burning Tree
and Arts Clubs of Washington and
many scientific societies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-04
Arnold korff, Featured
In Searching Wind Dies
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June Arnolc
Korff, 70, featured actor in the cur.
rent Broadway play, 1.-THE Searching
Wind" died today in his sleep. He
played Count Won Stammer, Ger.
man diplomat.
A native of the United States, Mr.
Korff was educated in Austria and
Switzerland. In 1905 Emperor Franz
Joseph of Austria Hungary gave
him the title Actor of His Maiesty's
Court" and year later Mr.. Korf
became director of the imperial
stage and professor of acting in the
Imperial Conservatory of Vienna.
He had played more than 300 roles
and directed more than $50 plays
Surviving are his widow and a son
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Kidnoper Who Freed Victim, 5,
Soon After Crime Still at Luroe

lance ito a kind of park that WASH
really a park, by big house"
The Marks residence is near a
cemetery in the Volunteer Park
neighborhood on Capitol Hill.
DR.. Robert F. Ballard, inferno,
who examined her at King County
Harborview Hospital, said Florence
had been molested but not seriously
harmed.
She was released to her parents
and later was taken to the naval
hospital for observation. Her pa
rents are 1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Jacob
Marks, formerly Of Chicago. They
have two other children, David, Q
and Sherwin Marks, 8. They were
not awakened by the kidnapping
which repeatedly occurred while the
parents were away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-04

m.moqy q MY ssaI SON VI wA e sv'
THOMPSON, who died while in the service
OF his country six month $50 today.
Today is q day Of remembrance
And many Q sad regret;
When the rest Of the world forsets.
Surrounded BY friends am lonesome,
In the midst OF my joys am blue;
With . smile on my face I've heartache
Thinking, dear son, Of you.
Getting used to all the heartaches,
Night and day from missing you:
Getting used to being lonesome,
That's what must learn to do.
At home in the beautiful hills Of God,
In the valley OF rest so fair,
is done
With Joy win meet you there.
YOUR DEVOTED MOTHER, VIVIAN T.
FERTNEY.
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Dreyfus Will Represent
Roosevelt in Iceland
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt yesterday des-
ignated Louis G. Drepfus, jr., Of
California, an American career Dip
lomat, to represent him at cere-
monies in Iceland June II when the
island people declare themselves a
republic.
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By the Associated Press.

Of TIC hssuSihtcu EicsSs
SEATTLE, June "a man early
today abducted 5-year-old Florence
(Susie) Marks, naval doctors daugh-
ter, from her bed and abandoned
her, huddled in a blanket, on a door
step IA blocks from home.
A 16-foot ladder from the house.
hold garage was found leaning at
the second floor window of her bed
room, but detectives said the child
was unable to remember whether
she was carried down a ladder OF
down the stairway.
She was quoted as saying she only
remembered being outside" and
then getting into an automobile in
which she was taken a short dis
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Mrs. Helene G. Pew Dies

BRYN MAWR, Pa, June 3 Dr.
Mrs. Helene G. Pew, mother of Ar
thur E. Pew, jr., vice president OF
Sun Oil Co., died today at her home
here. She was a widow of Arthur
E. Pew, also Sun Oil vice presi-
dent. She was born "a years ago in
Denver.
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Oldest Inhubitunts to Meet

Recollections of early Washington
printers will be the subject for dis
cussiol1 at the meeting of the Asso-
citation of Oldest Inhabitants of the
District OF Columbia at 7:30 pm.
Wednesday at the Old Union Engine
House, Nineteenth and H streets
NV.