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problems in the Seacoast defense
of Oahu from December, l94l, to
May, 1945
Brig. Gen. Patrick H. Timothy.
chief engineer for the 18th Army
Group, recently was awarded the
Legion of Merit at Wiesbaden, Ger
many. Gen Timothy. whose wife
lives at 1888 Connecticut avenue
NV, also was wears the Legion
OF Honor the Croix de Guerre and
Bronze Star.
A native of Nashville. Tenn, he
graduated from West Point in June.
1918, and was stationed here before
he went overseas in November. l943.
Maj. Albert H. Hoffman OF Day
/ ton, Ohio, 3 late chief of the Arrna-
ment Submit of the Inspection Sec
! ton, Materiel Division of the Army
Air Forces. was awarded the Legion
OF Merit posthumously at formal
retreat ceremonies yesterday after
noon at Boiling Field The medal
was accepted by his widow.
I~@A career soldier Maj. Hoffman
was honored for having contrib
uted in large measure to the i'm
provements achieved in airplane
armament production and to its
efficient installa ton on Army air.
craft He was on an inspection
trip when he died August Is, l943,
in Kansas City.
Col. Eldon l.. Bailey, 1435 Meridian
place NV. former directo. of The
Division of Widows and Depend
ants Claims of the Veterans Ad-
mlnlstration. has been awarded the
Legion of Merit in Germany for
exceptionally meritorious" service
with the General Staff Corps of the
18th Army Group.
Col. Bailey, whose mother. Mrs
Cynthia Bailey. and brother. Earl
w. Bailey, live at the Meridian place
address. received the award for his
executive ability in handling ad-
ministrative matters with the 18th
Army Group from October %. 1943,
to September H. 1914. He had been
with the Veterans Administra ton
for more than 20 years before enter
ing the service in 1912. He is a
veteran of the World War.
Col. William A. Beasley. chief of
intelligence branch, signal section,
at 18th Army Group headquarters.
has been awarded the Legion of
Merit for Exceptionally meritorious
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Gen. SouIe Wins D5C
For Luzon Heroism;
i Others Honored

Brig. Gen. Robert H. Soule of
Washington. assistant commander of
the 3Sth Infantry Division recently
was awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross by Maj Gen Charles
P. Hall, commanding general of the
18th Corps, in ceremonies at Mari
kina Air Field, east of Manila.
Gen. Soule. whose wife lives at the
Highlands Apartment, previously
had been awarded the Legion of
Merit and the Silver STAR He won
the DISC by extraordinary heroism
in action near Tagaytay Ridge, Lu-
zon. February 3, while leading the
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advance guard of his forces through
narrow deflle Encountering heavy
enemy fire, Gen. Soule personally
directed an attack. and was
wounded as he crawled SO yards to
his radio transmitter. He refused
first aid until he had supervised
treatment and evacuation of other
wounded following successful con-
clusion of the attack.
Gen. Soule also was the leader of
the paratroopers who freed Ameri-
cans from the Los Banos prison
camp on LuZon
Brig. Gen. Robert c. Garrett,
whose wife recently moved to Cali
fornia from her home at 1861 Cres-
cent place NV, has been awarded
the Legion of Merit from 1t. Gen
Robert c. Richardson, jr., COM
manding general. Pacific Ocean
Areas. AS Hawaiian Seacoast Artil-
lery commander. Gen. Garrett won
the award for overcoming complex
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the War Department prior to enter
ing the service.
First 1t. James w. George, "a, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene George.
1854 G street Sc, has been awarded
the Silver Star and Bronze Star
Medal for bravery in action in Ger
many while serving with medical
administrative corps detachment
with the 101st Infantry Regiment
1t George won the Silver Star for
"gallantry in action near Mon
Schumann, Luxembourg, last De-
cember q when, with two other
aid men, he crawled more than $50
yards under intense enemy mortar,
artillery and sniper fire to evacuate
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conduct in the performance of out.
standing services"
A National Guard officer from
Topeka, Kans., Col Beasley was sta
toned in Washington before he went
overseas. His wife lives at 2801
Fifteenth street NV.
First 1t. Frederick r. Bagford
whose wife lives at 1878 Columbia
road NV, has been awarded the
Silver Star for "gallantry in action
while serving with the ll7th Infan-
try Regiment of the 30th Division
in Germany.
A native of Columbus, Ohio, 1t
Bagford has been in the Army more
than two years and has been over
seas year. He was an employe of
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Bond Drive Meetino

The Capital District Federation
Cosmopolitan Club, which en-
braces the Washington, Richmond
Norfolk, Newport News and Balti-
more organizations, will dedicate It's
meeting next Friday at the May
flower Hotel to the Seventh War
Loan drive. Wilmer J. Waller
will speak
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several American wounded. He was
awarded the Bronze Star Medal for
"meritorious service" as an assistant
surgeon of the Second Battalion.
l0lst Infantry Regiment, from Oc-
tober 7. 1914. to December 8.
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pm. tomorrow in the auditorium
of Anacostia High School. Adelbert
w. Lee will preside
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Bourd to Meet

The board of management of the
Eastern Branch YMCA will meet at
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YANK TROOPS HIT
BALABAC ISLAND
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emily was the target OF an over
land drive. A good highway ira
verses Cotabato province.
This southern Mindanao area,
hotbed of Japanese activity before
the war, has an estimated $4,000
enemy troops and thousands OF
Nipponese civilians. Guerrillas
have been active there and strong
ly aided the New Mindanao in
vasion. Yanks already have clean
ed out most of Zamboanga pro-
vince, to the west across Moro
gulf.
On Luzon, a tank-supported Japa-
nese counterattack at Baguio was
thrown back and the tanks de-
stroyed as Yanks of the 33rd Di-
vision frightened their encirclemen'
and destruction Of isolated strong
holds surrounding the Philippine
summer capital.
Medium bombers and fighters
raked the area with 300 tons OF
bombs in support of the ground op-
erations.
In the air war, heavy and med
ium bombers dropped 257 tons of
explosives on Formosa air bases
and rail facilities, destroying
grounded aircraft, while patrol
planes sank transport loaded
with troops in the China Sea.
Associated Press War Cores
pondent Russell Brines reported
troops, after securing a 35-mile
from Mindanao that Woodruff's
beachhead between Malabang and
Parang on Illana bay, had advanc-
ed 5000 yards south along the high
way to Cotabato.
From Cotabato, highway No.
leads for some IS miles east across
the Cotabato peninsula to Davao,
center of the largest pre-war Japa
nese settlement in the Philippines.
The new Mindanao amphibious
thrust was made across Moro gulf
from previously occupied Zambo-
anga peninsula.
Brines reported that Fertig's
guerrillas already had captured
Malabang town and airstrip when
the oath Division regulars landed.
His force also helped secure the
invasion beachhead IS miles south
to Parang, which was occupied in
80 minutes by troops under Col.
Thomas E. Clifford of Ronceverte.
w. Pa.
Opposition was light but was ex-
pected to increase along the high
way to Davao.
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C0EBBELS URGES
WAR RULES END
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of a tremendous tragedy" he said.
The decision is very near" GoeD-
bles' speech, distributed by DNB,
urged, Let us stake our hopes on
our lucky star"
Referring to the death of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, the little Nazi pro-
paganda minister said, 1.-The pre-
verted coalition between plutocracy
and bolshevism is cracking, the
head of the enemy conspiracy has
been struck off by fate. 1t was
fate which left the fuehrer unharm-
ed Gin an assassination attempt>
on July 20. 1914, among the dead,
the seriously wounded and the ruins
so that he might complete his task
under painful and burdensome
conditions, it is true, but in con-
formity with providence"
This man of truly specular great
ness, of unparalleled courage, who
lifts and moves the heart, will be-
come Gods tool in this process. :"
Roundabout reports reaching
London from inside Germany
said Hitler had assigned the COM
mand of the National redoubt"
for a desperate Nazi last stand in
the Bavarian Alps to SIS (elite
guard supreme group Leader Haul
sen, one-legged. one-armed veteran
Of the Falaise Gap battle in Nor
mandy.
Hansen. dismissed from the We
hrmacht in 1881 but recalled three
years later, has risen rapidly in
the SIS. His assignment supposedly
includes Withdrawing his own army
group and bringing the defenders
strength within the mountain for
tress up to 1926, 900 or $50, 900 troops
with supplies enough for about six
months.
The re loubt might be reinforced
by German soldiers fighting in
Italy, who were told by Nazi am
bassador Rudolf Rain, in captur-
ed document made public here,
to overcome their violent aver
sion'' to italians $50 the country
can be exploited to the fullest"
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the main Florence-Bologna road,
were reported approaching Plan

the main Florence-Bologna road,
were reported approaching Plan
orc, seven miles from Bologna.
East of Bologna the Nazis were
seen hastily digging a new defense
works behind the Gaina river. New
Zealand, Polish and other Eighth
Army troops fought up to the east
bank of the Gaiana on an eight
mile front. The enemy was clear
ing distractions to give a clear
field of fire for guns being mass
ed west of the flooded stream.
After storming through the Ar
genta gap British forces captured
the highway town of Boccaleone
Is miles southeast of Ferrara, anc
drove on at least another. mile
Chiesa Delbandon, an outpost Of
the enemy's Sabbiosola canal line
also was captured by the British
in heavy fighting.
Allied officials said the Nazis
had given the name "Genghls
Khan to their defense line across
the Argenta gap between the
Marshlands and Comacchio la
COON, but no one had any idea
why the name of the great Tatar
conqueror was chosen.
Italian troops pushing toward
Bologna, south of Highway :, the
main lateral route to the east
coast, crossed the Gaiana river al
two points and drove through the
Apennine foothills west of Imola
German resistance to Fifth Ar
my forces advancing up the ex
IRENE western coast was reported
stiffening.
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LIONS COMPLETE
PLANS FOR DANCE

A record crowd is expected to
attend the Lion Clubs fashion
show and dance at the Cape Fear
arnory tonight, M. Eugene Bull
lard, general chairman Of the af-
fair, announced yesterday at the
regular meeting of the organiza-
ton.
The show and dance is being
staged to raise funds to enable the
civic club to continue its work
with blind and usually handicap
ped of New Hanover county, it was
pointed out.
The fashion show, Billiard said,
start promptly at $3.50 p. M, with
the models wearing cloths furnish
ed by a number of leading Will
mington merchants. The models
all are members of the Delta Chi
Omega sorority, local organiza-
ton, which has had considerable
experience in staging shows OF this
type, Billiard explained.
Mrs. Madalene Biges will be mis-
tress of ceremonies and the models
will be Misses Evelyn Volk, Mary
league, Elizabeth Chenier and
Mrs. Liletha Crabtree.
The dance will start at $50 p.
M, with music being furnished by
Dean Hudson and his orchestra,
featuring Frances Caldwell. The
armory has been attractively
decorated by the club and the Wo-
mems auxiliary.
Honored guest at the affair will
be Jesse A. Jones, Of Kinston, dis
trict governor Of Lions Internation-
al.
At the meeting yesterday Dud'
ley Humphrey made motion,
which was passed unanimously,
that a resolution in the death OF
the late President Roosevelt be
prepared and included in the min
utes of the meeting.
James T. Lawson reported on
the progress OF the new organlza-
tons at Southport and Wrights-
vile Beach. 1t was pointed out
that full support OF the Wilmington
club had been offered to these
newly formed groups.
Guests at yesterdays meeting
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Ernie Pyle Is Buried
With Comrades On Ie

It was Chaplain Saucier and four
volunteer litter bearers who risked
death to bring back the body from
tire roadside ambush where Pyle
fell. He died instantly from a bull
let through the left temple, fired
by a Japanese machine gunner
lurking in the woods. He was en-
route. to a sector of heavy fight
ing with 1t. Col. Joseph B. Cool
idge of Helena, Ark, and had TAX
en- refuge in a ditch when the en-
envy fire opened as their jeep roun-
ded a curve.
Before going to Okinawa and lie
Island, Pyle had told friends on
Guam of a premonition that his
luck might run out this time. But
the simple life of the front drew
him like a magnet. He liked it
there, he said, because it was
every uncomplicated, devoid of all
jealousy"
So there he will be buried.
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BRITISH EIGHTH
NEARING FERRARA
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ed in Italy" The breach was made
h., the seth London Infantry Di-
vision and the veteran 18th Di-
vision both strongly supported by
tanks.
Although the British break
through below Ferrara posed a
desperate threat to the enemy S
,entire line across Italy, the Ger
mans SO far showed no DISPOSE
ton to relinquish their grip on
Bologna, the central pivot, without
grim struggle.
What were officially described
as Spectacular advances were
made yesterday in the sector
southwest of Bologna, where ear
lier in the week the U. S. 10th
Mountain Division jumped off in
the direction of Modena, but nc
details were given.
Due south of Bologna the U. S.
91st Division underwent some OF
the bloodiest fighting of the entire
Italian campaign before it dislodg-
ed the Germans from strategic
Monte Adone, between highways
81 and IS, and slugged it's way
onto Monte Del Frati in a bitter
60-hour battle.
For the first time in six months
the Nazis had been knocked off
dominating heights from which
they had laid fire on American
positions with deadly accuracy.
From now on the troops advanc.
ing toward Bologna will have most
ly .downhill going, with each hill
generally smaller than the last.
At their closest approach to the
big gateway city to the Pc valley
Yank troops were in the village
of Badolo, just east of highway
81 and eight miles almost due
south of Bologna. Other Fifth Ar
my troops driving up highway IS
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IE ISLAND, Ryukyus, Friday
April 20-(P-Taps will sound for
Ernie Pyle at II am. today 90
pm, Thursday EWT).
Near the scenes Of the battle he
hated, but which drew him to the
worlds frontlines to report the life
of Americas CT Joes, he will be
laid to rest with simple military
ceremony.
Resting place of the noted col
umnist, who was killed in action
Wednesday on this obscure island,
will be alongside fallen soldiers
such as loved him the world over
because he made himself one OF
them.
The simple ceremony, SO chacac-
teristic of the life of the man VINO
had stalked death with doughboys
in Africa, Europe and the Pacific,
will be conducted by Army Chap
lain N. B. Saucier of Coffeyvllle,
Miss
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BUY WAR BOMBS AND ST.,,n,
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GERMAN FRONT
HELD CRUSHED
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Ninth Army drove the first COT
fin nail on February % when it
crossed the Roer. rolled up Nazi
defenses to the Ruhr and dashed
to the Rhine in less than 10 days.
The Canadian First Army COM
ing down from the north complet-
ed the German rout in front of the
Ruhr.
Then 1t. Gen. George S. Pat.
tons Third Army pushed through
the Moselle sector and some of
the most difficult terrain on the
front with lightning speed.
Patton's lightning crossing near
Coblenz and his drive south be-
hind the Saar scooped up Ger
mans by the tens of thousands
and ended forever the German
hope of again establishing FROM
anywhere. Men lost in the south
ern Rhineland might have held the
river line for months.
It became a question of time.
The American First Army took
the Renlcgen bridgehead and
what small forces Won Rundstedt
had at his disposal were gobblell
up trying to seal off this penetra-
ton.
Taking advantage of the Ger
man weakness Patton crossed the
Rhine without a shot being fired
Then the American Ninth, Brit
ish Second and Canadian First Ar
mics put on a power punch that
polished off Hitler's last resource
the RUIZ.
The U. S. First and Third Ar
mics crossings on the Rhine were
brilliant irnprovisations T h e
,three-arrny crossing north of the
Ruhr war a carefully and long
planned strategic move. 1t work
ed much better than planned. The
crossings were made much easier
than expected and the Ninth Ar
my completed an engineering mir
acle by building three bridges
across the Rhine in So hours and
topping off the crossing with 4
$40 airline mile advance in 10 days
to the Elbe, an advance that
euualled any in this war.
Simpson conducted one of the
most difficult military campaigns
in history with great brilliance
He swung one force south to en-.
velop the Ruhr from the north
and meet the U. S. First Army
coming up from the south.
Instead of stopping then to clear
up the Ruhr, in which more thar
800, 900 OF Hitler's troops were lop
ped off, Simpson devoted one
corps to the task and sent two
other corps dashing across the
north German plain toward the
Elbe and Berlin.
1t meant conducting two distinct
battles with one army and one
supply system. AS the battles
came to an end today with the
finishing of organized resistance
In the Ruhr Ninth Army force!
were fighting at points 225 miles
apart.
1t has taken SO, 1903 trucks NOV
ing 141, 9OC tons of supplies to con
duct this operation for the first Is
days after the Rhine crossing or
March "a.
Into the Ninth Army bag fel
212, 800 prisoners in 10 days while
the First, Third and Seventh Ar
mics, now pushing freely through
the middle OF Germany, gathered
similar bags.
! British and Canadian force!
completed Germany's military de
struction by sealing off German
forces in Holland and the grea
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USO Plans To Accommodate
Returnees AT Camp Davis

The USO Refresher Volunteer
Training course will open at 7:3O
pm. Monday at the Sorosis build
ing. with D. M. Darden OF the
USO Council introducing Maj. Con-
ant, public relations officer OF
Camp Davis, it was announced.
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American First Captures
Leipzig, Storms Nuremberg

that surrendered the Sudeten and
to Hitler.
AS the u. S. Seventh Army
stormed into the heart of NEern-
berg, it seized three Nazi gener.
ais, including Gen. Gotthard vor
Witzendorff, chief Of all antiair
craft units in upper Bavaria. All
airfields near the Nazi party CAPT
tai were in American hands.
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miles to the east of the U. S.
Third Arny-was imminent.
Posters illustrated the silhou'
cites Of Russian tanks and explain
ed that they resembled some OF
those of the Germans and the
Americans should look twice now
before they shot.
The French First Army also
scored successes on its Rhine aad
Atlantic fronts.
Or the Rhine front, the French
broke all the way through the
Black Forest in 13-mile dash to
Tubingen, 20 miles southwest OF
Stuttgart, and captured Lair, II
miles southeast of Strasbourg.
Stuttgart was threatened with en-
circlement.
The campaign to free the Gi.
ronde river approaches to the big
port of Bordeaux was nearing a
conclusion. The Paris radio said
the Germans had been driven
from Point de Graves, the last
m ain strongpoint blocking an
opening of the river passage.
.Bradley's statement tina the
Ruhr had been liquidated implied
that the big munitions city of Dues
seldorf had been captured, al
though it last was reported still
being mopped up. The 10000 pri-
soners taken at Leipzig represent
ed half the city's estimated gar
rison.
With three American armies on,
across, or nearing the Elbe river
on a front of about 100 miles, and
with a salient in the Dresden area
driven to within possibly IS miles
of Russian lines, the main weight
south toward the enemy's last
mountain retreat.
The fall of Leipzig, IS miles
southwest Of Berlin, came with
dramatic abruptnes5 alter a
morning pincers assault, giving
the First Army control of a good
network of roads and railways ra-
dating from this fifth city of the
Reich and releasing troops for the
second phase.
The U. S. Third Army was feel
ing out enemy defenses in Czech.
oslovakia IS miles northwest OF
the munitions city Of Piisen, and
were six miles from Asch, the
Czech city where Konrad Henlein
began his traitorous campaign
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SMALLER SUPPLIES SEEN

BALTIMORE, April 19.-P)-
Manufacturers of mems clothing
in Baltimore, declaring. a federal
order freezing all worsted goods
from May l to September l is
being discussed" predicted that
supplies of summer apparel this
year may be as much as so per
cent below that of 1914.
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Recognition of the mead,

Recognition of the need. Of
turnees will be the theme =, :.
of the training sessions. ottc;,,
said, in order to give local rso
volunteers create. unders. oeo
ing of what the men have i b..E
through overseas, and Of wba, t wv
expect from civilians on their Wy, y.
turn. -
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A biting power of III pounds is
attributed to the average human
jaw.
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were H. C. Henderson, of the
Portsmouth, Va, club, T. c. Pate,
of the Goldsboro club, S. L. Alex
ander, manager of the Firestone
store in Wilmington, and Glenn
Sedan.
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Tough especially to visit his bro
Their. While here he stayed at the
home Of his parents, the Joseph
Bates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Weltz and
son Michael, have moved to Rich
land to make their home as Mr..
Weltz is employed by the Express
company.
to Detroit Lakes, MINI. to attend
the funeral of his father who
passed away Nov. q. He was
away about q week.
Mary Mckenzie, who has been
staying with her niece, Mrs. Ger
aid Britton, left for q months
visit in Portland, Oregon.
Mr.. Robert Grit and mother.
who have been staying at the
Soper home on 3rd St., moved
into the Miller Auto Court.
The Spencer corsetder, Mrs.
Elizabeth Henderson, Will be at
the Pasco hotel Dec. 20-21st.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Grimshaw
motored to Wenatchee last week
where they spent the weekend at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Morrison and family, returning
by way Of Moses Lake, where they
called at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam briggs and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Grimshaw
and son Dean, returned q week
ago from their motor trip to
Kansas City and way points where
they visited friends and relatives.
They returned by way Of Arizona,
New Mexico and California.
Mrs. Winona Smith went to
Seattle q week ago to meet her
husband, who was returning rom
Two Jima. Having received his dis
charge, the Smiths are planning
on making their home In Richland.
Mrs. Smith will be remembered as
Winona GrimshaW.
Mrs. c. Neuman adm MIS-. MA
~ Steinlicht entertained the
Bethlehem Lutheran Ladies Aid
last Thursday at Mrs. Neuman's
home IN the Garden Tracts.
Mrs. o. W. Engles has recover
ed from her recent tonSillectomy.
Mrs. Edna Nichols Of Spokane
is visiting at the Cyle home Tor
a couple weeks.
Mrs. A. H. Mottef who has
been very i'll with flu the past
two weeks has resumed her du-
ties at the Western Auto store.
Miss Helen Mace of San Fran
cisco arrived to spend q 10 day
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vacation at the home Of her
mother, Mrs. NJ. v. Mace and
her sister, Mrs. r. A. Boldt.
Julius BAIL expects to leave
for California after the holidays
to arrange for the machinery for
KenneWick's new winery.