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Evening star., 1945-06-17
'Oklahomans' Spanked
Bv Laurence Perry.

in conversational tone, quite gent
ly as to manner.
Whole Cast Important.
Suddenly he rose from the chair,
confronting young girl; foref1n-
ger pointed her out.
"You," he said-the finger moved
along the line, singing out every
member Of the chorus-"You and
you and you, every one <of you
is an important part of Oklahoma.
Responsibility is individual. Any one
of you who does not enter into the
spirit of this piece, who doesn't give
his or her all, Is doing it great harm.
Also you are doing yourselves injury,
because bad performance affects
the actor as well as the show. If you
have private grievances associated
with your work here, don't keep them
to yourselves to brood over. Go to
the management and tell them all
about it. Every one associated with
the conduct of this piece wants to
do as we'll by you as can be DONE
He turned to the principals.
Please don't get the idea," he said.
"tnat oklahoma is so good it will
run by itself without your help, that
you merely need to go through the
motions. This play is good only to
the extent that you are good. It will
survive only so long as you all keep
faith.
Now then" he drew from his
pocket a fat note book Where Ia
the piano man?
An" he said as young man in
shirt sleeves appeared from back
stage, now we will proceed"
From then until it was almost
time for the evening show, this OBJ
server-he had seen "Oklahoma"
four times-watched the piece shred
ded to its bare bones, scene by scene,
and relnvested with flesh, revivified,
reconstructed-a clinical process en-
Tightening as to just what stage di-
rection means and how it is done.
Tomorrow afternoon" Mamoulian
said, Il want to meet all the princi-
pals here alone. Meanwhile I thank
you all very much for your patience
and cooperation.
Maybe he decided not to meet the
principals next day, or maybe he did,
I don't know. AL I know is that the
next morning Teddy Hammerstein
phoned the director.
1T was a new Oklahoma! last
night" he said. II mean the old orig
inal oklahoma! as ever was"
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Alllance)
Evening star., 1945-06-17
NEW YORK.

Members of the "Oklahoma!" cast
struggled into a semigloom of the
st. James Theater the other after
noon. In a silence that seemed al
most furtiye they climbed up to the
stage,% where most of them sat in
chairs arranged from wing to wing.
Some sat on the floor. Two girls
and chorus boy pre-empted the top
of a. piano at the far left corner.
The girls wore simple print frocks,
or light sweaters and skirts: the
men. slacks or jeans, or more formal
attire. Near the footEghts, facing
the others was a chair and beside it
a huge ash receiver. Overhead a
single electric globe of multiplied
candle power rawly lit the scene.
These "Oklahomans" looked like
young men and women expecting to
catch hell. They knew that the
man who originally staged the show
-Rouben Mamoulian-had attended
their performance the previous eve
ming, and they had heard from
Teddy Hammerstein, the stage man.
ager, that the director was feeling
like a parent who has discovered
suddenly that his child had a lot of
bad habits.
Boredom Is Dangerous.
When a play or a musical comedy
has endured for long time it is
liable to get bored with itself. This
can be very dangerous if only be-
cause such a state of mind on the
part of the cast is swiftly trans
mitted to audiences. In fine, "Okla-
homa!" had become a bit fed up
with itself.
Mamoulian came out of the dark
recesses of the auditorium. He was
smoking big black cigar. He sat
down in the chair facing the COM
pany. He f1icked ashes from his
cigar into the pail at his side His
eyes travelled from end to end of
the semicircle of young people. The
silence could be felt.
This" he said at length, lis going
to be fatherly talk
He smiled and you could see the
cast losing its fear.
Il saw your show last night" he
said, and I left the theater in a
curious state of mind I wasn't sure
| had seen 'Oklahoma!' at all. AT
least 1t was not the oklahoma that
knew. 1t was a fiat, uninspired
emotionless, inartistic reproduction
OF something that had once been
very fine indeed" He was speakin
Evening star., 1945-06-17
HOLLYWOOD


"1'll never marry an actor D.. . I'll
never marry blond . want a
big, strong truck driver-when I'm
30" The year is 1899. The gal who
hates actors, bonds, and loves truck
drivers is Susan Hayward
Now it's June, 1945. And I'm
having lunch with Susie at Lucey's.
Well, nearly year ago she married
an actor, Jess Barker. He's a blond
They have twin sons. And she still
loves truck driyers-but from a
great distance.
Il was very opinionated in those
days says Susan, emphatically
She still is-and a little tempera-
mental, and little stormy. I guess
It's her red hair-Which is genuine.
See that man over there?" she
says pointing to Painter John La
Gatta-"he's the one responsible for
my being in Hollywood. I was a
model-in Brooklyn I did a series
of photographs for the Saturday
Evening Post against a background
of Mr.. La Gatta's paintings" They
were spotted by David SelZnick who
at the time had Scarlett O'Hara
fever. He was testing every girl he
saw for the part. And Susan. who
was very young-Sfe won't say how
young-probabl 13 or 10, came all
the way out to Hollywood-to learn
that she looked too young and i'm
mature for the part.
Was Told to Go Home.
Go back to New York and learn
how to act in stock companies, "
advised Mr.. Selzneck. But" says
Miss Hayward, L hadn't come all
the way to Hollywood to be told to
go back to New York"
So she got herself an agent who
managed contract for her at
Warmers where she did nothing for
six months except pose in swim
Euits-and that wasn't bad, except
that Susan wanted to be a movie
actress. At the end of the six
months. doing nothing-not even
the swim-suit photographs-she was
fired.
I'D have gone back to New York
but I didn't have the fare" says
Susan, stuffing her pretty little
mouth with some custard-h filled
SnhCt ~ Nho SoOu blII4lS oIlC w ds
on the plump side at that time be-
cause for several months she was
without work, without money ano
without food-almost. She existed
on faxed cereals-without milk.
Then I got my first break ir
Hollywood" says Susan Il man
aged to get a part in Beau Geste
with Gary Cooper and Ray Mil.
land" 1t was a tiny bit. She was
their sister and you didn't see mucf
of her except in the first reel before
the boys went off to the Foreign
Legion. But it resulted in a seven.
year contract at Paramount. The
deal expires at the end of this year
but Miss Hayward is negotiating fol
her release now. She thinks sh
can do better as a free lance.
I've had most of my good pic
Evening star., 1945-06-17

HOLLYWOOD.
Do actors leave their chances for
artistic freedom and development
behind when they come to Holly
wood from Broadway? Do they find
contentment with that pot of gold at
the end of the rainbow, playing the
same roles year after year on the
movie assembly line? Or do they
long for the adventure of each new
first night, tinged with the sharp
sauce of possible failure?
Could 1t be that the film colony's
famed swimming pools, riding
stables, gardens and regular and
beautiful paychecks, are only BOBBY
traps after all?
Basil Rathbone feels strongly on
the subject "All an artist can get
in Hollywood is security" says Rath-
bone. Actors in films make too
much money. become too comfort
able: they become gentlemen farm
ers, horsemen, collectors, dilettantes
and their acting becomes of second
ary Importance
Vagabond Streak Dies.
Actors by their nature are vaga-
bonds" Rathbone continues. They
are so classed in the old laws of
England. All the magic goes out of
acting if there's no challenge. Secur-
lily set in. People become stodgy.
only recently met an old friend
woman famous in London as a
beauty and top-flight actress. She
isn't old, but she's let herself get fat
and frumpy, plays character roles in
films at very good salary. scolded
her.
What do you expect of me?' she
said. I have money, my husband
has money, we have our children
here, and the sun shines all day
long. What do you want out of life,
Basil?' she said.
Now that scared me. Am I going
the same way?" He ran long ex-
pressive fingers over his smooth
pompadour, nervously.
Mind you," he said, don't think
Evening star., 1945-06-17
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD
Lana Turner is wearing a new
gadget that may make a fashion
it is lipstick on a cord, worn
around the neck like a postman's
whistle. for her role in The Post
man Always Rings Twice It's
necessitated by the story point that
she's always putting on lipstick
without looking in a mirror, and
Irene fixed it on a string so she
won't lose it. :. Greer Carson is
looking at script of "One Touch
of Venus" =. She's enthusiastic over
the idea. . Angela Lansbury has a
pet cat, black with yellow eyes and
short white boots: it's named In
grid, after Ingrid Bergman, with
whom she became chummy while
making "Gaslight". Pinup pictures
have caused problem on the
Young Widow" set, where Jane
Evening star., 1945-06-17
Orchestras Seeking
Overseas Circuits
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK.
Two orchestras are awaiting the
official okay to head overseas and
another is trying its darndest to be
accredited for the foxhole live cir
cult. Hal Mcintyre and Shep Fields
and their bands are biding their
time and Gene Krupa is making
fervent requests to officials to per-
NIT his orchestra to head for any
part of the world in which it might
be needed for morale purposes.
Evening star., 1945-06-17
Hollywood in Brief

Russell is emoting. Every CT who
has received one of the sheaves OF
pinups of the voluptuous Jane seems
to have returned via Hollywood, and
demands to see Jane Russell. The
USO is trying to work out some
scheme so as not to disappoint the
boys and still not disrupt the shoot.
ing schedule.
Evening star., 1945-06-17
Kissing Is a Public Affair

The boom man snuggled the mi
crophone behind Ida's head to catch
the right intimate sounds.
After two days of this, with all
those people, they got that one little
kiss that the studio hopes will make
you give pleased sigh.
Evening star., 1945-06-17
Coming Attractions

CAPITOL-"Son of Lassie,"
with Donald Crisp and Peter
Lawford, starting Thursday.
EARLE - Those Endearinp
Young Charms" with Robert
Young and Larraine Day.
starting Thursday.
KEITH'S-"China Sky" with
Randolph Scott and Ellen
Drew.
LITTLE - Watch on the
Rhine" with Bette Davis and
Paul Lucas, starting Wednes-
day.
METROPOLITAN Conflict"
with Humphrey Bogart and
Alexis Smith.
PALACE - Salty O'Rourke,"
with Alan Ladd and Gail
Russell, starting Thursday.
Evening star., 1945-06-17
Today's Schedules

CAPITOL - "Brewster's Mil
lions: 1:55, 4:35, 7:20 and 10
pm. Stage shows: LOS, 3::45,
6:25 and 9:10 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Dillinger":: 1:10.
$50, ABS, sos, 7:35 and $50
pm.
EARLE-"Pillow to Post: 1:55,
4:3O, 7:05 and $50 pm. Stage
shows: lis, 3:45, $40 and
9:05 pm.
KEITH'S - The Enchanted
Cottage: 1:20, $3.50, 5:35,
TAO and GAS pm.
LITTLE - Emperor Jones':
2:25, sos, 7:45 and 10:30 pm.
METROPOLITAN -" The Al
fairs of Susan: lis, 800,
$40, 7:25 and $50 pm.
PALACE - Without Love-;
12:45, 2:55. sos, tbs and 9::25
pm.
PIX" Moon Over Burma: 2,
4:45, 7:3o and 1915 pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts.
Continuous from l pm.
Evening star., 1945-06-17

in a conversational tone, quite gent
ly as tn manner
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Tire chains reduce braking dis
tances from 40 to so per cent on
winter roads.
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BERLIN, Oct. 90 R "A US.
soldier columnist said today that
German girls, taking their cue
from Goebbels, were poisoning
the minds of American troops
against the Russians, and warned
that unless CONFERENCE.-The were
taken soon American Russian CO.
operation would be endangered.
Colurnnist Harold Kempner, writ
ing in "Grouper,' weekly news
paper of the American military
government, declared the frau.
leins were making all manner Of
accusations.
Some CTS have been taken ir
by this vicious and persistent pro
paganda campaign against oul
Russian comrades" the writer
said. Combat troops who fought
their way through Germany ane
hated the krauts are being replac
ed by men who are being slightly
affected by the flattery and bull
thrown by the fraule:ns.
.This effort to blame everything
on the Russians, if allowed to bios
som out unchallenged, may event
ually nullify some of our aims an,
make cooperation with our Allie
an even more difficult job. Tn,
Russians have fought hard in thi
war, just as we have, to crush ou
common enemy and bring about
unanimous victory.
meanwhile, the frauleins TAX
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Nomination OF Raleigh Man AS Head
OfUS Bar To Be Ratified Dec. IS

already addressed bar meetings in
Washington, New York, Vermont,
Connecticut, New Hampshire and
the city bar OF Boston.
A realistic thinker with clear-cut
ideas, Smith says he is proud to
head an organization which, in its
wide unbiased program, forgets po-
itical party squabbles and platitu-
dinous religious bubbles in its eff
forts to uphold the ethics of the
legal profession and lay the foun-
dations of a better society,""
Smith was born in Norfolk, Va,
but prefers to be termed a "North
Carolinian," as he spent most of
his early life in Elizabeth City.
He has practiced law in Raleigh
since his graduation in 1912 from
the law school of Trinity College,
now Duke University, where he
studied under Dean Samuel F.
Mordecai. He is now member OF
the law firm of Smith, Leach and
Anderson, where he devotes his at
tention to general civil, corporate.
industrial, insurance and financial
trial work.
Smith served in the North Caro-.
lima House of Representatives in
the sessions of 1927, 1929 and 1881.
He was speaker in 1881, the longest
session on record, during which the
members defeated after six months
debate the adoption of the state S
three per cent sales tax.
Heading the American Bar will
not be Smiths first experience as
head of a bar. He was president
of the North Carolina Bar Associa'
ton for 1941-42, and has been pres
ident of his local Wake County Bar
Association.
In 1910 he was chairman Of the
democratic state convention and ir
1914 was a delegate from his dis
trict to the democratic national
convention in Chicago
Smith was named an American
Bar Association delegate to the
inter-American Bar Association ir
Santiago, Chile, this year but wa:
unable to attend because Of press
ing legal duties.
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Nnzi Girls Poison Minds
OfGIs Against Russians

our cigarettes and candy and then
tell us the mistake we made fight
ing the Germans on the side OF
the Russians.
"What have we been doing to
combat the German propaganda,
spearheaded by the frauleins, to
turn us against the Russians?
Have we toughened up the new
coming GI's against this German
line? Are we reacting to the in
situations and remarks of the Ger
mans which are becoming daily
occurrence in Berlin?
"These pertinent questions de-
mand an answer and solution x X
*. It was our war and our victory
Now it is our peace and we in
tend to keep it. But we can keer
it only if we stick with the Rus
slams and other Allies"
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full man, Smith has variety OF
plans for the American Bar, an
association embracing approx
mately 10000 members. First, he
wishes to strengthen the bars prl-
mary objective Of promoting fair
and democratic laws for a ii
people.
Smith says the bar intends to
continue it's war duties of assisting
and advising service men, in con-
junction with legal representatives
of the Army and Navy.
1.-The base will continue its in
terest in international law and in
ternational peace, and will do ev'
cry thing possibel to cooperate
with the international security
council in promoting the peace Of
the world" Smith emphasized
The bar had a representative al
San Francisco, and it ispossible
that it will send one to the perma'
nent peace council.
For many years Smith has been
prominent in the American Bar
Association. He served as a mem
Der of the only general council and
as a member of the board of gov
errors. At present he is a member
of the House of Delegates. While
on the board of governors he serv-
ed as chairman of the budget com.
mittee.
Smith says that one Of the chief
doties of the president is to be
on hand to address all bar meet.
ings.
An indefatigable speaker, he has
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POW's GIVEN CERTIFICATES

FORT GETTY, R. l., Oct. 90
R,-Completing special courses
fitting them to assist the Ameri-
can military government in Ger
many, 179 German, prisoners OF
war were given certificates Of
achievement at graduation exer-
cises today. Brig. Gen. Berkshire
M. Bryan, assistant to the Provost
Marshal General, presented the
certificates and addressed the
graduates.
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Position Carries Tremend-
GUS Amount OF Prestige
And Hard Work
By CORA B. STEGALL

RALEIGH, Oct. 20. - R The
presidency of the American Bar
Association carries with it a ire
mendous amount of prestige plus
a lot of hard work. Willis Smith
is the first North Carolinian and
one of very few southerners to at
tain this position.
Smith, 58-year-old Raleigh attor.
ney, is now president-nomlnee OF
the American bar, which is tanta-
mount to election.
The House of Delegates will ratl-
fly his nomination at the annual
convention of the American Bar
Association in Cincinnati, OHIO, on
December Is.
An alert and exceedingly youth
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Higgins Walks Out On
WLB Hearing In Capital

WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. = up :
Andrew ]. Higgins, New Orleans
shipbuilder, defied the War Labor
Board today, walking out on
hearing involving contract negotia-
tions with an ALL union.
His attorney, Fontaine Martin,
also announced that the company
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER p ,o..

no ne longer would recognize as bi..
ing an interim board order % ext olna
ing a contract that exnir. eS'end'
January. Vo last
"You mean" asked n n
of the New Orleans Moto, spears
Council (AFL), that A. d" :. Trade
now Higgins is an open sbo IN right It
has no contract?" ''''p and
"?ou can draw your own -.
clusions," answered Martin, 80 CON-
BUY U. S. VICTORY Boyns
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NEW RECORDS!

NEW kECUhUO:
Thoughtless
RI Climb the Highest Mountain
INK SPOTS
The Honeydripper
Baby. Are You Kiddin'?
JIMMIE LUNCEFORD &
DELTA RHYTHM BOYS
No Can Do
Jose Gonzalez
Guy Lombardo
A Kiss Goodnight
Benny's Coming Home On
Saturday
ELLA FITZGERALD
Drip, Drip, Drip
Holiday For Strings
SPIKE JONES
AS Long AS I Live
But I Did
D1NAH SHORE
You Are Too Beautiful
Just A Little Fond Affection
CHARLIE SPIVAK
A Door Will Open
Aren't You Glad You're You
TOMMY DORSEY
Homesick - That's All
Will The Angels Play Their
Harps for Me?
THE MURPHY SISTERS
Lost My Job Again
Chickery Chick
SAMMY KAYE
That's For Me
| Gee, It's Good To Hold You
| 10 STAFFORD
| DOM It The Hard Way
What Do You Want To Make
| Those Eyes At Me For
| BETTY HUTTON
On The Atchescn, Topeka, &
Santa Fe
| Conversation While Dancing
| JOHNNY MERCER
| Boogie Woogie 49, Freddy Slack
| The Solid South-Capitol Artists
Okla h ma James Melton,
] Eleanor Steber & John Charles
| Thomas.
| RECORD DEPT
| Macmillan &
| Cameron
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YOUNGEST

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Oct. 90
(P)-Fourteen year old Merrill
Kenneth Wolf of Cleveland, o., who
says he can't remember when he
first played the piano, becomes the
youngest student ever to be gradu-
ated from Yale University next
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-02

Starspun dress In pretty plaid
combination. Square neck with
wide RUNE trim ON white yoke.
Button front with pearl buttons.
Sizes 10 = Is Other styles In
! and 2-pc. red and white, and
blue and white combinstion
stripes.
lnjdnts, Girls, Teens
Second Floor
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-08

Mrs. David Holmes and baby,
Ann, of Winston-Salem, arrived
Thursday evening and are visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D..
NJ Holmes while Pvt. Holmes is
serving in the European Theatre.
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Invita- lions
Issued Here
Ceremony Will Take Place In
Washington, D. c.,
April FL

Invitations have been issued in
the city reading as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Aaron Pence
request the honour of your
presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Marlin Maxine
Lieutenant Grin Lang Hogon,
junior
United States Naval Reserve
on Saturday, the twenty-first
of April
at eight O. clock
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church
Washington, D. c.
A reception will be held imme-
diately following the ceremony al
700 North Lincoln Street, Airing
ton, Va.
The bride will have as her ma
tron-of-honor her sister, SPAR
Lieut.. G.g) Anna Jane Kellar
(Mrs. Walter Mcclellan Kellar) O.
Norfolk, Va; and her bridesmaids
will be SPAR Lieut.. G.gD Shirley
Louise Smith, Arlington, Va;
SPAR Lieut.. G.gD Ellen May
Miner, of Washington, D. c.; Mrs.
Howard Frederick Ashton, of Ar.
lington, Va, sister of the bride;
and Miss Marjorie Parker Hogon
of Wilmington, sister of the bride
groom.
Lieut. Hogon will have as his
best man, James Addison Tomlin
son, of Columbia, S. c., and Wash
ington, D. c.; and groomsmen viii
be: Lieut.. Comdr. Harry E. Leg.
Ter, USNR, Norfolk Navy Yard;
Lieut.. L. Gordan Pope, USNR, OF
Douglas, Kan, stationed at U. S
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md;
Lieut.. Roy L. Collins, Jr., USNR
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-08

and net and carried a bouquet of
yellow roses.
The bridesmaids were Misses
Elois Stephens, Elncta Collins, OF
Whiteville, Louise Batten, Frances
Turner. Miriam Hooks and Ruby
Raye Suggs, of Chadhourn, all be-
ing close friends of the bride
They wore gowns of pastel shades
and carried lavender and picardy
gladioli in cascade bouquets.
The bride who was given in
marriage by her brother, Neil
Hooks, Jr., wore wedding gown
of white satin with a sweetheart
neckline trimmed with cordiag
and full skirt shirred to the
long basque waist. The full length
veil was fastened on each side
with clips of seeded pearls and
her bouquet was of brides roses.
The bridegroom had as his best
man, Sergeant Charles D. Hoff-
man, of Pennsylvania and Fort
Bragg.
The brides mother wore apale
green print with white back
ground. Her corsage was of pink
rosebuds.
The couple left for a wedding
trip to unannounced points. The
bride wore a blue suit with pink
and black accessories. She wore
a corsage of white roses taken
from the bridal bouquet.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Neil Hooks, Sr, of had
bourn. She received her education
in the Chadbourn schools.
Sergeant CoCllins is the son of
L. H. Collins and the late Mrs
Collins, of Whiteville. He is a
brother of H. H. Collins, of White
vile. He has been in the army
since 1889 and has spent 81 months
overseas. He is now stationed at
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-08
8 DIAMOND

A striking diamond combina-
ton. Slim and modern in
motif. Perfectly matched pair.
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Officers Wives
Club Will Meet

The weekly business and social
meeting Of the Wilmington Of
flcers' Wives club will be held this
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the American Legion home,
Third and Dock streets. Hostesses
for Wednesday will be Mrs. Robert
c. Cantwe3l, 5rd and Mrs. William
Todd.
Members of the club work each
Friday as hostesses at James Walk
er Memorial hospital. Those from
the club serving this past Friday
were: Morning shift: Mrs. Oliver
NJ. Creeizmore, Jr., Mrs. Donald
H. Connolly, Mrs. E. Wand D. Da-
Wis. Mrs. Rome Lewis, Mrs. W. M.
huffman, and Mrs. L. C. Schnei-
Ger, afternoon shift: Mrs. Frank
Lloyd, Mrs. Preston Nisbet, Mrs.
+. F. Bi; ckhead and Mrs. E. Van
D. Lewis. evening shift: Mrs. J.
Duross O'Brya.i, Mrs. Jack Yates
and Mrs Robert C. Cantwell, Bird.