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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-08
BY MRS. j. A. YARBROUGH

Mrs. James Edwin Woodland,
President General of the U. D., c.,
announces the receipt Of a letter
from the Office of Defense Trans
portation in which it is stated that
a permit to hold a convention at
Houston, Texas, November 21-24,
1945 has been denied by the War
Committee on Conventions. The
letter further states that this action
does not preclude holding a meet
ing attended by not more than SO
persons from out-of-town, plus. To-
cal attendance without numerical
limit.
At the general convention in Nov
ember 1912, the following resolu-
ton was adopted:
"In the event the exigencies
of war shall prevent annual con-
ventions: Be it resolved that the
President-General and Executive
Board are authorized and e1npoW'
cred to continue in office and con-
duct the affairs of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy I'm.
til Their successors are duly elect.
ed and qualify"
Mrs. Paul Borden, President Of
the North Carolina Division U. D
D. likewise announces the cancel
lation of the annual state conyen
ton scheduled to have been helc
in Rocky Mount in October 1915
Mrs. Borden states that boarc
meeting will be held at some cen
trail point to be named later, &C
cording to conditions then prevail
ing. This meeting will be attend
ed by state officers and chairmer
of state committees, the number
limited to so persons, who will g
over the years work and make
plans for the future.
In line with the resolution adopt
ed by the general convention IL
1912, all state division officers ar
asked to contirH.e in office anothe
year.
1T is to be hoped that by 1916
we may fittingly celebrate GU
golden Jubilee in Wilmington, tn
CITY where the N. c. Division wa
organized in 1886, Mrs. w. M. Pars
lev. first State President" salt
Mrs. Borden.
Miss Margaret Broadfoot, secont
vice-president of the North Caro-
lima division and chairman of edu
cation, with the education commit
tee, has Rewarded the following
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-08
st. AndreWs-COvenant
Circles Will Convene

The circles of St. Andrews-Cov-
enant Presbyterian church will
meet this week as follows:
ION MONDAY
Mrs. R. B. Slocum, chair
man, at the church at 4 P. M.
Mrs. C. F. Setter, Jr., sat
Mrs. j. B. Huntingdon S PIG North
10th street at pm,
5-Mrs r. A. Brindell, chairman
at the church at $3.50 pm.
Mrs. D. M. Holmes, chair
man, at the church at pm.
Mrs. L. E. Allen, chairman,
at Mrs. Horace Pearsalls Wrights-
Vile Sound. Cars will leave church
at $50 pm.
o--Mrs. W. L. Marks, chairman
at Mrs. S. H. Hills, IT'S Ann Street
at 4 pm.
Mrs. ]. R. Benson, chairman
at Mrs ]. E. Evans, Wrights
Vile Beach, at p. m.
0-Mrs. j. K. Bannerman, with
me chairman, 1902 Market St. a
p. m.
S-Miss Grace Slocum, chair
man, at the church at $3.50 p. m
lV-Mrs. Robert Pearsall, CHAIR
man at the church at pm.
li-Mrs. c. B. Case, chairman
al Miss VonGlahn's 3O4 South It'll
Street, at 8 p.m.
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Dinner Party
Given AT Surf
Club On Beach

Last evening the Surf club on
Wrightsville Beach entertained at
the regular weekend dinner party
for members and guests. Guests
arrived around 7 o'clock and sup
per was served buffet style to the
following:
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Sprunt, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Perry, Mrs. John
Caffery, of Franklin, La, Mrs. w.
H. Sprunt of Winston-Salem, DR..
and Mrs. Jun1us Smith, Miss Edith
Graham, Miss Kitty Corbett, Lew
is Hinton, Mrs. ]. H. Hinton, MISS
Fannie Grow, Mr.. and Mrs. jim
my Lyel1, Capt. and Mrs. Kenneth
Kavanaugh, Miss Dolores Cheat
ham, Haakoa Hansen OF New York
city, DR.. and Mrs. James II.
Smith, Miss Octavia Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas H. Wright, Mr..
and Mrs. ". C. Park, Mrs. Lee
Spence, Mr.. and Mrs Harry Pat
erson, Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Pal
mer, Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Holt, of
Burlington, Mr.. and Mrs. E. L..
White, Mr. and Mrs. Rinaldo 3.
Page, Mrs. Givens Williamson OF
Palm Beach, Fla, Mrs. Isaac B.
Granger of Montclair, Mrs. Isaac
B. Granger, Jr., Miss Mary Dav-
is, Miss Betty Blue Davis. Allen
Strange, Miss Nudge Strange,
Lieut.. Bobby Bridgers, Pomeroy
Nichols, Jr.;
FIR. and Mrs. Dan Penton, DR.
and Mrs. Jere Freeman, Mr.. and
Mrs r. Willard Cantwell, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. M. johnson OF Raleigh,
Mrs Robert G.. Cantwell, 3rd, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles B. Parmele, Mr..
and Mrs Will a m Peck, Miss
Mary S IN m es, Miss Dorothy
Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. Allen H.
Whitehead, Miss Louise Belden, OF
New York city, Mrs. Will Yarbor-
ough, Henry r Render, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. H. Thomason. Col. and
Mrs. o. c Martin of Raleigh, D
W. Richardson and guests, Mr..
and Mrs. L. Paul Campbell, Ma
jor and Mrs. A. K. Cooper, Jr.,
Capt. J W. Jenkins;
Mr. and Mrs. Faison Thomson
of Goldsboro, Mr.. and Mrs. En-
NETT Bellamy, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
B. Cheatham. Miss Mary Ann
Cheatham, Mrs. H. B. Adreon, 81
Norfolk, Va, Mrs. D. ]. Foley OF
Norfolk, Va, Mr.. and Mrs. EN-
sley A. Laney, Lieut.. and Mrs.
William P. Laney, o. H. Henry
and guests, Miss Emma Bellamy
Williamson and 6 u e S s, Mrs.
Charles Becker and guests Mr..
and Mrs. Boyden Sparkes and
guests, Mrs. Alice Andrews and
guests, Miss Mary Corbett, Mrs.
J. Irving Corbett and guests DR..
B. r. Morrison and party, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. D. Love and party, MI
and Mrs. Leslie Marbury and
guests.
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Junior Sorority
Holds Meet Here

The regular business meeting OF
the Junior Alpha Zeta sorority was
held Friday afternoon from 4:30 to
900 o'clock at the Legion Home.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, Mary Westbrook,
at which time the motto, eff you
want a friend be a friend'' was
said in unison. Margaret Holmes
gave the scripture. Immediately
after this the business plans for
the summer were brought before
the sorority b. the president. Plans
were made for the sorority to bN-
come hostesses at James Walker
hospital every two weeks.
Margaret Holmes and Mildred
Thomas, "dean of kids" were ask
ed for a committee report. They
stated that fifteen kids would be
brought into the sorority the first
week in September. At the end Of
their "kidship" an initiation bal
will be held. Also at this time the
| sorority QeClueo uPolI llle AoIllll1o
picnic, which was held on July 4
Each member was allowed to bring
three friends.
The officers of the Junior Alpha
Zeta are: President, Mary West.
brook; vice-president, Betty Hill;
recording secretary Evelyn Walk
up; publicity chairman, Denny
Mussleman; treasurer, c oily I
King and Dean of Kids,
Margaret Holmes and Mildred
Thomas.
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U. DC. Convention Cancelled,
Division Scholarships Awarded

scholarships: General Robert Ran
som, W. C. U. N. c., to Marion
II. Borum, Greensboro, Col. Sion
F. Rogers, W. c. U. N. c., to
Nancy White, Statesville, Mrs. W.
M. Parsley, W. c. U. N. c., to
Virginie Graveiy, Washington, N.
c.; James J. Metz, w. c. U. N. c.,
to Fannie Ransom Thompson,
Mooresville, Elvira Worth Moffitt,
Laughridge, Old Ford; Zebulon B.
Vance, w. c. U. N. c.; Holt Wal
lace, Children of the Confederacy,
W. C. U. N. c., to Dorothy Bell,
Black Mountain; Samuel Mellow
ell Tate, w. c. U. N. c., to Max
inc Walter, Oxford. Emeline J. Pig
gott, W. C. U. N. c., to Billie
Cherry, Hobgood; James J. Petit
grew, E. C. T. c., to Amelia Mon
roe, st. PaUls,
New awards for 1945-46 are the
Cadia Barbee Welborn. High Point
college.to Dorothy Love, Coleridge;
the Margaret Burgwyn scholarship,
W. C. U. N. c., to Virginia Nc
Corkle, Mocksville; Oren Randolph
Smith, w. C. U. N. c., to Caroline
Gulledge, Wadesboro. The Abel A..
Shuford Scholarship, U. N. C. was
awarded to Jack Farmer, Lexing-
ton, The Cornelia Branch Stone Eel
lowship from the General Or
ganiZation was Rewarded to Man.
cy Dozier, Rocky Mount.
A new scholarship. yet unnamed,
at W. C. U. N. c. was awarded to
Ella Margaret Moffitt, Fayette-
vile.
Mrs, Marcus L. Troutman, Pres
: ident of the Kannapolis chapter and
Mrs. Zeb Bradford, third vice-pres'
| ident, have completed the organ.
ization of a chapter of the Child
rem of the Confederacy, with ii
charter members, silording te
Mrs. ]. J. Andoe, thitS vice-presi
dent of the North Carolina Divi
sion and State Director of Child
ren's work. Mrs. Bradford is the
leader of the new chapter.
The name selected is the Ruth
Coltrane Cannon chapter, Children
of the Confederacy, in honor O.
Mrs. Charles A. Cannon, of Con
cord, who has long been one of thu
most active Daughters in the NORTH
Carolina Division. LHer father, thu
late Daniel Bronson Coltrane, serv
ed in the War Between the State!
in Company I, 5th Cavalry in Gen
eral. Gorden's North Carolina Bri
gade, under the command of Gen
eral J. E. B. Stuart. Mrs. Cannon
has served as President of tn
Dodson-Ramseur chapter, U. D. c.
Concord, for several terms, ant
is now vice-president. She is homo
rary president of the Coltrane
Harris chapter. U. D. c. OF Con
cord which is named for her fathe
and Shakespeare Harris, famou
scout of the Confederacy. She /
sponsor of the John Phifer Youn
chapter, C. of c. and was instru
mental in the organization of tn
Kannapolis chapter, of which sh
is an honorary member.
PASADENA, Calf, July Ia
DIR. Charles Claude Selecmar
70, president of the Council {
Bishops Of the Methodist churc
and Bishop of the Dallas area, an
Mrs. Pierre D. Mason, 81, Of Ho
lywood, were married today by D.
Albert Edward Day, minister {
the First Methodist church here.
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Wilmington Group
Returns From Meet

Among those from Wilmington
who attended the Parent-Teacher
institute at the Woman's college
recently were:
Mrs. J. S. Crowley, New Hanover
County council; Mrs. N. W. Ro.
chel, Hemenway school; Mrs. B.
R.. Drynan, Tileston school; Miss
Pickard and Miss Johnston, Forest
Hills; Mrs. M. W. Emmart and
Mrs. H. J. Ottoway, Winter Park;
Mr.. and Mrs. B. c. Brasington,
Lake Forest; Mrs. Bum, Sunset
Park; Mrs. E. S. Lennon, Mrs. B.
D. Price, Mrs. c. L. Ritter, Mrs
Fred Jordan, Mrs. Henry Swart
and Mrs. N. A. Mckenzie Of
Wrightsboro.
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Gilbert Woodcock
Vows Solemnized

The marriage of Miss Iris Juani-
!. woodcoeK, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs + N. Woodcock Of Whining
~. ~. ard Robert Warren Gilbert,
r. petty officer first class, U. S.
Navy formerly of Wilmington, son
nfMrs. R. W. Gilbert of Charlotte,
wac solemnized on Sunday after
won June "A, at the Church Of
+be Good Shepherd in Wilmington
with the Rev. Harvey W. Glazier,
rector Of the church performing the
ceremony.
The chancel of the church was
decorated in palms and white glad
;o1 and candles were used on the
altar
The bride was attended by Miss
Dorothy Caps of Wilmington, as
maid.of-honor, and wore a gown
If mink chiffon fashioned with full
skirt with bolero jacket. She
carried a bouquet of pink carna-
lions tied with matching ribbon and
wore similar arrangement in ner
hair.
The bride, who was given in mar
rage by her uncle, John A. Ben
son of Wilmington, wore a gown
Of white slipper satin with yoke
and girdle of lace. The long train
had inserts Of matching lace. Her
finger-tip length veil OF illusion was
also trimmed in matching lace and
caught at each side of the head
W tn a cluster OF orange blossoms.
She carried bouquet of white
carnations in a shower arrange
ment. Her CITY ornament was a
strand of pearls, gift of the bride
groom.
Robert Andrews attended the
bridegroom a best man and uShers
were William Capps and Jack Cor
bett.
The brides mother wore a frock
of black chiffon with matching ac-
cessories ald a corsage of red
roses. The brides maternal grand
mother wore a black crepe dress
and corsa9e Of white carnations.
Mrs Gilbert, mother of the bride
groom, wore green chiffon with
matching accessories and cor
sage OF yellow roses.
Following the wedding the couple
left for Charlotte for a short visit
after which they will reside in Nor
folk, Va, where the bridegroom is
stationed. The bride wore for travel
navy suit with white accessories
and corsagc from her wedding
bouquet.
Both the bride and bridegroom
ere graduates of New Hanover
High school.
Among those honoring the bride
before her marriage were: Mrs.
George Canady and Mrs. Floyd
Peterson and Mrs. Norman Wood
cock, Jr.
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Eleanor Coble
WEEDS Lieut.. S. S. Cope

Mr.. and Mrs. M. v. CobIe Of
Castle Haynes announce the marri-
age of their daughter. Eleanor
Louise. to Stanley S. Cope, first
lieutenant, Army Air Corps.
The marriage took place on June
Il at Lansdale, Pa.
Lieut.. Cope is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence G. Cope Of Lansdale
Pa. He recently returned to the
states after 18-months service II
the European Theatre OF Opera
| ton.
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Miss Edna Sprunt
Engaged To Wed
Lieut.. J. B. Petty

nr, and Mrs. W. H. Sprunt OF
w;nston-Salem, announce the en-
aaemept of their daughter, Edna,
Iieut G.g.) James Britt Petty,
VI miss Sprunt attended Duke uni
,orsity and is now a student at the
presbyterlan Hospital of Columbia
University in New York.
" Iiel,t Petty was graduated from
.he University of North Carolina
y: ~, 1919 He is at present executive
~ a4cer at Navy Radar School, Stat
On Island, N. Y.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Chief Petty Officer W. B. Mcneil
and Mrs. McNeill of Burgaw, an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Cheryl Ann, June %, at Marion
Sprunt annex in Wilmington. Mrs.
Mcneil is the former E 4 a
Waddell of Burgaw. Chief Mcneil
is serving with the Seabees in the
Pacific.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCED

John J. Child, coxswain, and
Mrs. Child, announce the birth of
son, John j. Child, Jr., on June
q, at Marion Sprunt annex. Mrs.
Child is the femmer Hertha San
ders of this city.
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Forker
of Nara Visa, N. Mexico announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Mary Lee, to Cpl. Earl R. Hartley.
Cpl. Hartley is now serving over
seas in the United States Army
Air Forces.
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Miss Leila Gray.
Victor Proctor
Engaged TO Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Gray Of
Washington formerly Of Raleigh,
announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Leila Gray, to Victor
Proctor, son of Mrs. Clare Proctor
and the late Mr.. Proctor Of Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Mr.. Proctor is with the Maritime
commission. Before going to Wash
ington in 1914 Miss Gray was a
member of the Carey High school
faculty.
The wedding will take place in
the early fall.
Candidates for public office in
ancient Rome distributed peas to
the people in order to make them.
|
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PERSONALS

Colonel and Mrs. Francis Curtz-
wiler left Friday evening for
weeks stay in Toledo, Ohio, with
Colonel Curtzwiler's mother.
Mrs. w. H. Sprunt and daugh-
ter, Nancy, If Winston-Salem, ar
rived Friday and are stopping at
the B c h a n d at Wrightsville
Beach.
Mrs. John Caffery, of Franklin,
La, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Alex Sprunt at her h m on
Wrightsville Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Cheatham
have as their guests at their home
in the city Mrs. H. B.. Adreon and
Mrs. D j. Foley of Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. K. Cooper left
Thursday for their home in Pratt
vile, Ala, after spending a week
with their son and daughter-in-
law, Major and Mrs. A. K. Coop.
err, Jr., on Wrightsville Beach.
Maurice H. Moore, Jr., left Sat
urday morning to spend six weeks
at Camp Elliott near Old Fort ir
Western North Carolina.
Miss Thelma Warters has re
turned to her duties at St
Joseph's hospital at Tampa, Fla.
after being here to attend the wed
ding of her sister on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Edmund
Rodgers have returned from &
visit to Dayton, Ohio, Philadelphia
and Washington, D. c.
Miss Katherine Barrier of Ra.
leigh, is spending the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wade B r e on Wrightsville
Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Johnson d
Raleigh, are the weekend guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. Willard Cant
well at their home in Oleander
Mrs. T. W1ngate Andrews o.
Salisbury, is the guest of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Wade Barrier on Wrightsville
Beach.
Mrs. Norton L. Barron has re
turned from Charleston, S. c.,
where she has been visiting hel
husband, Ensign Barron, whose
ship is in port there. Ensign Bar
ron will leave shortly for overseas
duty.
Mrs. Robert L. Veerman 1eft
Friday morning for Lexington
Va, to visit her husband, Cpl
Veerman, who is at Washington
and Lee university for a specia
course before being assigned t
overseas duty.
Mrs. L. 4. Raney is spendin,
some time IN the mountains .
Western North Carolina.
Mrs. Homer Whitley Of Windsor
Va, is the guest of ner daughter
Mrs. W. A. Raney.
Mrs. Ethel G Shepard, who ha
been i'll with pneumonia, is recu
perating at James Walker Me
mortal hospital.
T-5 Marcus L. Go1dstein, VIII
recently returned to the state
from the European Theatre, j
spending his Through here wit
his wife at their home, 1905 An
street.
Robert w. Holmes, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert S. Holmes, 81
Grace street, has left for his boo
training at the U. S. Naval Train
ing center, Bainbridga, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis H. Howes,
Henderson street, Wrightsvil]
Beach, have as guests for sever;
days French Aviation Cadets Hel
ri Cavalloni, who is a nephew
Mrs. Howe, and Sgt. Martin. Tn
Cadets are on leave from Cal
Field, Selma, Ala.
Mrs. Ursula Ratclffe of the Ca:
DINA apartments, and Mrs. E.
Neuer, 2O03 Woolcott avenue, lie
Friday for California. Mrs. Re-
cliffe will visit Capt. and Mrs. V
H. Pryde, 40 Arballo drive, Par
MERGED, San Francisco. Mrs. Pryt
was the former Miss Lille Mur
Of Wilmington. Mrs. Neuer W
| visit her son. Major Meier. of Il
Evening star., 1945-04-19

BEAUTIFUL PASADENA mn
The ideal vacation spot Ali land and
water sports Excellent fishing Nearby
and reasonable Restricted clientele
FRED HARPER, Royal Oak, Md
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have taken to bring our people the
truth of this war"
Devers Pays Tribute.
Gen. Jacob Devers, commander OF
the 9th Army Group, said:
The immeasurable tragedy of war
is emphasized by the death of this
beloved journalist"
1t. Gen. Alexander M. Patch
commander of the 7th Army now
fighting for Nuernburg, said: His
great courage and Geep patriotism
were unsurpassed by our Nation S
purest heroes"
Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell, COM
mander of the Army Ground Forces,
telegraphed Mrs. Pyle:
Il have just learned of the death
of your husband on an American
battlefield. All American soldiers
will keenly feel the loss of a man
who has done SO much to tell their
story. Be assured that he lies in
dignity with the men for whom he
wrote and with whom he lived and
died. The Army, and more specific
ally the infantry, has lost great
friend and fellow soldier"
Looked Happy as He'll"
What the soldiers on the global
fronts had to say did not make the
cables, with one exception-the COM
ments of medical corpsman on Ie
Island who talked to Mr.. Pyle few
minutes before he was killed. He
was Sergt. Thomas Kirby of Balti-
more.
I'VE thought Ernie Pyle was one
of the swellest guys We ever met.
Every corpsman thought him his
best friend. It's funny thing. We
told him the news about the new
combat medic's badge being ap-
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Often Consulted Minister.

At a Spiritualist church in the
neighborhood, it was said that Mrs.
Woodward was In frequent attend
ance and often consulted the min
ister. 1t was denied, however, that
any one there ever advised her to
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I proved In Washington. He told US
he had worked on Washington a
long while to get approval for the
medics to wear a special insignia.
but that this was the first time he
had heard it had been approved.
He grinned and looked happy as
hell when we told him. Then he got
into a jeep and drove off"
Edward Kennedy, Associated Press
correspondent cabled from Paris:
II can hear Ernie laughing now If
any one were to call him a genius,
and I know he would have good
comeback. For, with all his mild
ness, he could get in a sharp crack
now and then.
Il remember his arrival in Anzio,
the beleaguered beachhead where
we were constantly under artillery
fire. He didn't like to come to the
beachhead, he said, but he had
heard that some soldiers had in
quired if Ernie Pyle was around.
That was enough for Ernie, who
never let soldier down. He came
there to report their war and when
the word spread through that tight,
shell-pocketed beachhead that he
mad arrived, every one felt better"
Noyes Gables From Italy.
Newbold Noyes, jr., war corre-
spondent of The Star, cabled from
the 5th Army front in Italy:
1--WE are getting accustomed over
here to learning of the death OF
people who mattered to u.s.
At the Capitol, Indiana House
members took pride in pointing out
to their colleagues that Mr.. Pyle
was a Hoosier, and Representative
Weiss, Democrat, of Pennsylvania,
suggested retroactive pay bonuses
to all frontline combat infantry
men as "a tribute to Ernie Pyle"
Mr.. Weiss said he would press today
for enactment of his bill to pro-
vide so per cent increases over
base pay to all holders of combat
badges
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Secretary Of State Stettinius took
time out from pressing interna-
tional affairs today to express "sin-
cere respect and friendship" to
Louis Samuel Myers, u, colored,
State Department head messenger,
in a ceremony marking Mr.. Myers
retirement after A years in Govern
ment service.
"You have right to feel pride In
a career Of devoted and useful serv-
ice to your Government" the Secre-
tary told Mr.. Myers.
On behalf of Mr.. Myers colleagues
in the State Department, the Secre-
tary presented the retiring head
messenger a trophy-an American
gold eagle mounted on wooden
pedestal.
After expressing his thanks for
the gift and letter of appreciation
from Mr.. Stettinius, Mr.. Myers said
when you journey to California
may the blessings of God be with
you and the other delegates" to the
United Nations Conference.
A letter of appreciation from for
mer Secretary Of State Hull-one of
the nine State Department heads
served by Mr.. Myers during his long
career-also was presented to him
during the ceremony.
Among those looking on were Un-
dersecretary Of State Grew, Assistant
Secretary James c. Dunn and w.
Averell Hartman, American AM
bassador to Moscow who arrived
here by plane last night. They were
waiting for a discussion of important
policy matters with Mr.. Stettinius.
Mr.. Myers, born in Washington on
April 2, 1873, lives at l773 r street
N. w.
He was appointed by President
Theodore Roosevelt to a position in
the Commerce 6 Labor Depart
ment in 1908, transferring to the
State Department in 1912. He was
made head messenger in 1910 and
in l943 was given the additional
rank Of clerk assigned to the
Secretary Of State. He has served
Secretaries OF State Root, Bryan,
Lansing, Knox, Hughes, Kellogg and
Stimson in addition to Mr.. Hull
and Mr.. Stettinius. For the last
several years his principal duty has
been receiving ambassadors and
other persons calling on the Secre-
tary Of State and escorting them
into the Secretary's office.
Although his retirement is not