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the Bach-Busoni "Toccata and Fu-
que in D Minor" followed by
Beethoven's Sonata No. 49," Cho-
pins "Barcarolle, op. co." "Valse, op.
"a, No. 2" and "Etudes Op. 10, Nos. 3
and s." Debussy's "Ref1ets dams
leau," Critics "Notturno'' and
"Scherzo," Villa-LoboS' Alma Bra
sileira" and two Albeniz compost
tions, eel Puerto" and "Triana."
Tickets for the concert may be
secured at the Willard Hotel or may
be purchased at the door of the
Sapphire Room in the Mayflower,
where the concert will be held, On
that night.
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District Veterans
Will Participate
In Massing Colors

Leolin H. Neville Thompson, COM
mander, District of Columbia De-
partment, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
his staff and the VFW Guard of
Honor will participate in the mass
ing Of colors next Sunday at 3:15
pm. in the Washington Cathedral
ampitheater.
Frank Topash, junior vice depart
ment commander, has been indorsed
for the Office of department COM
mander by Front Line Post, Of which
he is the adjutant. The post also
voted to support Edward T. Sped
den to succeed himself as depart
ment quartermaster.
Annual election and installation
OF department officers will be held
June II at Carpenters Hall, Tenth
and K streets NV, at the annual
encampment.
Comdr. Hanger of Equality Walter
Reed Post last week made the fol-
lowing appointments: Elmer LIE Roi,
service officer; Arnold Farley, legis-
lative officer; F. B. Chambers,
guard; Hargas Dillon, sentinel;
Paul Stillwell, color guard; C.. c.
Pribek, public relations; George Nc
Leish, employment: w. P. Grant,
sergeant major; c. T. Reynolds,
quartermaster sergeant.
George S. Barr, Louise Engel, G..
M. Ferriter, Eugene Fisher and r.
M. Garsha were obligated. C. c..
Johnstone, A. T. Maupin and L. S.
Murphy were elected to membership.
Comdr. Gerald Ryan will head the
delegates from Washington Post to
the department encampment.
All-American Post and its aux
iliary will sponsor an excursion on
the S. S. Mount Vernon next
Wednesday night.
Meetings this week are: Tuesday,
Pentagon Post, 1919 K street NV;
Wednesday. Police and Fire, 713 D
street NV; Thursday. Potomac
Post, 1919 K street NV; Friday,
Internal Revenue, 1919 K street NV.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
By Frank B. Lord

DR.. N. j. McHugh was elected
president Of the Washington Bridge
League Wednesday night at its an
nual meeting in the Shoreham
Hotel. He will succeed Mrs. Agnes
White. DR.. w. H. Gorton was chosen
vice president. Both DR.. McHugh
and DR.. Gorton are members Of the
Federal Bridge League, and there
was a determined effort on the part
Of members of that organization to
control the election as the Women's
Auxiliary had united last year to
elect Mrs. White. Paul E. Golden
was unanimously elected secretary,
and ]. L. Dickermann, treasurer.
Mrs. Marian Barre and Mrs. Jack
Bennett were chosen members of
the Executive Committee.
The meeting was held prior to the
second round contest for the Eynon
Bowl The trophy was won by the
team composed Of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Hamlin and Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Athey. DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Steinberg
and Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Rossan
were second, and George L. Kathan,
Henry Steinbeck, Rudolph Ashton
and Miller Roberts, third.
In the second section. composed
of players holding less than 10
master points, the leaders were Mrs.
Paul E. Golden and Mrs. w. H.
Gorton. Oscar Rackle and J. P.
Peterson. In second place, there
was a tie between the foursome of
Mrs. Doris Rockwell, Miss Paris
Keener, Mrs. Ida Terrant and Mrs.
Mildred Linderman and the team of
Mrs. E. Scott. Mrs. T. Turner, Col.
A. P. Dewey and Mrs. Virginia Dye.
The Federal Bridge League con-
cluded the final game of it's three
game sectional playoff series at the
Wardman Park Hotel Tuesday eve
ming. The several teams were
frozen in the sections where the
percentage ratings made during the
series had placed them. The
victors were the Army team in Sec
ton A in tie with the Jeeps, the
Penguins and Mixed Party in tie in
section B, the Greyhounds in section
c and the Scotties in section D. The
and the Scotties made
the best showing in the series, the
former winning 421a boards and
losing 291a, while the Scotties won
AZ boards and lost 33. In the final
the Jeeps, the Bees and the
Scotties each won 16h boards and
the Vols Is.
The cumulative scores Of the three
games was as follows:
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Guild Offers Award

The Chicago Singing Teachers
Guild announces its ninth annual
competition for the w. w. Kimball
Co. prize of 500 to be awarded for
the best setting for solo voice with
piano accompaniment Of a text Sc
lected by the composer. In addition
to the award, the guild guarantees
the publication of the winning
manuscript.
Information regarding the rules
of the competition may be secured
by writing E. Clifford loren, North
Park College, 1925 Foster avenue,
Chicago Is, Ill. ALI inquiries must
contain q stamped, self-addressed
envelope.
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Events in Music

A violin and double bass recital
will be given in the Phillips Gallery
this afternoon at 5 o'clock by Sergt
Ferdinand Pranzatelli, violinist, ano
Sergt. Robert M. Scott, double bass
both Of the Marine Corps. Irving
Owen will be at the piano.
The program will consist of An.
toniotti's Sonata" "Andante,
from Dragonetti's Concerto; piano
accompaniment arranged for the
two selections by E. Mertz; Bot
'tesini's "Tarantella," Debussy's
Sonata in G Minor" Bartoks "Six
Roumanian Dances" Schulman's
"Valse," Cigars LA Capricieuse, .
the Corelli-Torello Largo, Sara
bande and Gavotte" and Bottesini's
Grand Duo Concertant."
The song recital by Grace Breiner
Bradley, scheduled for tomorrow has
been postponed until June 18 on
account Of her illness.
Leonard Shifrin, oboist, will be
the soloist at the concert given by
the National Gallery Sinfonietta this
evening in the National Gallery of
Art at O'Clock. Richard Bales will
conduct. Mr.. Shifrin will be heard
in Handel's Concerto for Oboe and
Strings in B Flat Major" and Bar
lows THE Winters Passed"
The orchestral part of the pro-
gram will consist of Beethoven's
"Coriolanus" overture, Howes "Cou-
lennes," Tableau de Genre, given
its local premiere; Dance of the
Buffoons," from imsky-Korsakoff's S
"The Snow Maiden: Mozart's
Symphony No. 80 in E Flat Major,
Kochel 1-543" and overture to Ros-
sinis William Tell"
This evening at 8 o'clock the choir
and quartet of Wesley Methodist
Church will give the last of the
Sunday evening musical services for
this season. The program will COM
prise solo, quartet and chorus num-
bers. OF especial interest will be
quartet and a trio from Verdi's Re
quiem," in memory of those who
have died to make victory possible,
and Gounod's motet, "Gallia," for
soprano solo and chorus. The
members of the quartet are Hilda
Evening star., 1945-05-20
SWV Auxiliaries

The Admiral George Dewey Naval
Auxiliary will celebrate its ami
versary with party at s pm. May
81 at the Northeast Masonic Tenn
pie. Everybody welcome.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary
will hold an evening Of games at the
Odd Fellows Temple at 8 pm
May Is.
The G. A. r. Memorial Day Corp
will meet May % at the Central
High School auditorium to make
final arrangements for services on
Memorial Day. This will be an open
meeting.
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Three prizes, all payable in War
Stamps, will be awarded in each
section on June 19. One other play
of series remains to be played. 1t
will be for the leagues major trophy,
the Luther C. Stewart Cup presented
by the Federation of Government
Employees. 1t will be played in two
rounds. starting Tuesday evening,
but there will be only three COM
peting teams, the Government four
some, which won both halves of
the season series; the Gruesomes,
who were second an the second half,
and the Cascades, having the high
est aggregate score for the two
sessions. In the first half the Gov
eminent teams percentage was .579
and in the second, .57l. They, there
fore, have elected to play as repre-
senting the first half of the season.
These playoff games will occur
simultaneously with the first of the
summer season pair games, which
will start Tuesday and continue
until the opening of the team of
four series in September. They will
be open to nonmembers of the
league and rating points will be
awarded to winners. The leagues
monthly master point pair game
will be played May 30.
James G. Stone and Mrs. Cath
crime Cotter of Washington cap
tured the open-pair trophy of the
Central Virginia League tourna-
ment at Lynchburg last week. DR..
w. H. Gorton and Miller Roberts,
also of Washington, were second,
while 1t. j. j. Parrish of Washing
ton and Mildred Whitefield of Rich
mond were third.
The surprise of the tournament
was the success of a foursome of
more or less novices winning the
eam-of-four match against the
Solaski-Folline team of veterans
from Richmond. The latter team
has won this contest for two Sue
cessive years and was expected to
win again, but had to take second
place to new team from Green's
boro, S. C.
The National Press Club duplicate
players played combination game
for the Marvin H. Mcintyre Cup
and the regular club awards last
Monday night. High score was made
by j. P. Snyder and DR.. C. c. Nc
Donnell, but inasmuch as DR.. Nc
Donnen is not a member of the
club and played only as Mr.. Sny-
der's guest, the cup was awarded
to the runnersup, William M. Ny
lander and Charles Van Devender.
The womens prize was won by
Mrs. Doris Vosburgh and Mrs. Ray
Richards. The fourth and last of
the clubs series of games for major
trophies will be played on May %
for the Mexican Ambassadors Cup.
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pa I r o n ag e OF
Mrs. Harry S.
Trum m a n, the
Ambassador of
G. r e e c e and
Nine. Diaman-
topoulos, M r S.
H arlan Fiske
S t on e, Justice
and Mrs. Wiley
Rutledge a n d
o t h e rs promi-
nent in social
and musical cir
cles.
Miss Kopulos
will open her
nrnoran with
Evening star., 1945-05-20

Do you know that a college educa-
ton for your child costs about $1,000?
Your regular purchase of War Bonds
will come In hand for his or her
education.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Fleet Reserve

Branch No. 4 will meet tomorrow
night at 1912 Ninth street NV.
Branchmates and eligible shipmates
In the Metropolitan Area Of the
Potomac Valley are invited. Re-
freshments will be served.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Ben Hur News

Representative Michael j. Kinds
father and Richard A. walker, pres
ident Of the Congress, win address
Potomac Court In Pythian Temple
at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Pianist to Give Recital
At the MayhOwer

Marie Kopulos, brilliant young
Washington pianist, will give a con-
cert in the Mayflower Hotel on
Wednesday at $3.50 pm. under the
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Concert Schedule

IODAY.
Sergt. Ferdinand PranZatelu, violin.
Sergt. Robert M. Scott, double bass;
Joint recital, Phillips Gallery,
National Gallery, sinfonietta, Richard
Bales, conductor; Leonard Shifrin,
oboe soloist, National Gallery Of
Musical Service, choir and quartet,
lanes lanes 1: McLain. director: Wesley
Harold Fink, % orsanist; & Lorraine
johnson Nolan, soprano; Grace
Lutheran Church, 8 r.m.
TOMORROW.
Wade N. Stephens, organ recital, L.
d. 8. Chapel, s pm.
TUESDAY.
Marine Band. Marine Barracks, 1890
WEDNESDAY.
Wade N. Stephens, organ recital: l..
Marie Kopufos. piano recital s.p-
phire room, Maynower Hotel, $50
Frances Coates Grace, soprano-dis-
euse, Pfc. Emo Valasek, violinist;
Capt. Arthur Loesser, pianist,
beneft recital. Music Canteen, 1905
Reservoir road, $50 pm.
FRIDAY.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks, p.m.
SATURDAY.
Wade N. Stephens, organ recital, L.
d. o. Chapel, pm.
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Davenport street NV, where she
gave informal piano recitas last
Saturday and Sunday.
The Washington Missionary Col
lege A Cappella Choir of so voices,
under the direction of Minnie Iver
son-Wood, will present a concert OF
sacred music at the Second Presbv-
terrain Church, Prince street and
South st. Asaph, Alexandria, Va,
tonight at 8 o'clock.
On Tuesday students of the piano
department of Holton-Ar School
Will be presented in recitals under
the direction of Katharine Frost
Those from the primary school ap-
pearing at II am. at 2138 Bancroft
place will be Bonnie and Jane Nc
Pherson, Lee and Jane Sawyer, Sandy
Leonard, Margaret and Sue Oakes
Maria Phillips, Sara Harris, Breeksie
Bishop, Roberta Henry, Jane Casey
Anne Hornthal, Cici Lombard, Ivy
Harjes, Betsy Fulbright, Suzanne
Walker, Elizabeth Stirling, Pat
Howell, Virginia Ford and Susan
Poore.
At 4 pm. at 2119 S street NV. the
following from the upper school will
play: Elizabeth and Dorothy Os.
borne, Bette-Barron and Peggy
Smith, Kitty Graham, Suzanne Paine
Marilyn Medlin, Ada Souza, Molly
and Susan Matson, Laurel Whel-
chel, jeanne Holbrook, Gurder
Howells, Ruth Page, Elizabeth May.
bank, Sally Wilson, Betsey Arthur
Henriette Myers and Barbara May
On Thursday afternoon Nell Mac.
Cracken, Nancy Lee Hand, Caro-
Rowell, Ann Coe, Ann Frederick
Eugenie Hess, Bonnie Seal, Sunny
Sturtevant and Sally Hayes of the
Middle School played at 2119 S
street.
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BILB0 DENOUNCES
FEPC CASH BILL
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duel between Bilbo and Senator
Chavez D-NM) who was authorlz-
ed by a majority of the Approprla-
lions committee to offer an amend
ment for FEPC funds. Chavez
agreed later to ask only for $780,
600 for FEPC to January /, 1916.
Bilbo said he wouldn't mind that
if the amendment contains
1eath sentence" requiring FEPC
to fold up at that time.
Chavez didn't say so In these
words but he said in effect, no
death sentence.
Bilbo read from c i p i n g S
speeches and books, castlgatlng ad-
vocates of the FEPC. He let fly
at Eleanor Roosevelt, who has
backed the committee in her syn
Dictated column. And he said:
If this good woman had given
one-half of the attention to the
rearing and directing of the lives
and affairs of her brood that she
has been giving trying to force re-
cognition and social equality for
the Negro in America, she would
not today be embarrassed with
headline stories about some of her
offspring"
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BRAGG TO DEFEND
SERVICE TITLE

GREENSBORO, June 7.-tR-
Ft. Bragg will defend its North
Carolina servicemen's baseball
championship against a four-team
field in the annual Tournament start
ing here July 4. ~
Opening round pairings were
announced tonight as follows: July
4, Greensboro Ord. Hawks, man.
aged by 1t. Jim Castiglia, VS.. Camp
Davis, managed by Capt. Ken
Kavanaugh July 5, Ft. Bragg.
piloted by Sgt. David Diamont, VS..
Cherry Point Marines, led by Cpl.
Will Scott.
The championship finals are ten.
tative at present. The Marines
death finale, that being one game
are able to play only a sudder'
on Sunday, July 8. The other
three teams desire a two-best-of'
three-game series. If Cherry Poiri
enters the finals, it will be one
game, otherwise the three-game
series, officials stated.
Fl. Bragg is led by Max Lanier.
star St. Louis Cardinal pitcher,
but the post representatives will
likely have rough shedding against
the strong field.
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Inc consultants, in addition IN
entertaining with sports ouizzies
movies and similar shows. con,
quoted six sports schools in Rome
Leaders chosen from the various
service units attended in groups of
oo' sopping up information on the
conouct OF their special branch of
endeavor and taking it back to i'm
part to their, units.
The athletic officer of the
mediterranean area is Maj. AL
Baggett, b est remembered as
coach Of the towering West Texas
State Teachers College basketball
teams. Major Baggett, Hobson re-
ports, has been doing a bing-up
job and had 1900 cage teams alone
competing in his area.
Getting back to Hobson and his
survey, he says a record of Hank
Lusietti's shooting was kept over
series of games. Lusietti, it was
revealed, hit about one third of his
shots. In other words, he is con-
slstent 1888 batter, and as he is
about as good as they come in
scoring on basketball court, that
percentage must be nearly tops.
Hobson says he has noted one
marked change in cage play dur
ing the war. Before the war a team
took on an average 60 shots a
game. Now the average is closer
to 80 shots.
He attributes this to the fact that
coaches nowadays don't have the
players under their direction long
enough to give them sound
schooling in fundamentals. He be-
Heves the situation! will correct it.
self after the war when tutoring
returns to normal.
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Roberts Dies OF Burns
From Hotel Suite Fire

MIDDLESBORO, KY, June 27.
-W.R)-Burns received early today
when fire broke out in his hotel
suite caused the death of James
B. (ReO Roberts, an all-Ameri-
can member of Centre College,
famous praying colonel" football
team.
Roberts managed the Cumber-
land Hotel where he and his wife
lived. Mrs. Roberts was hospitaliz-
ed with less serious burns.
The 1921 team of which Roberts
was star member won national
recognition by defeating Harvard,
6 to 0. Huddling for hasty prayer
before each game, Roberts and
Bo Mcmillan, Indiana coach, and
the rest of the spirited team ran
up one of the best records in that
nation that season.
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REDS WHIP BRAVES
i'm D0UBLEHEADER

BOSTON, June 81 R -Cincin-
nati's Vern Kennedy, the 36-year-
old highlander, won his Tooth
major league pitching triumph
and Boston's batting lea der
Tommy Holmes hit safely in his
23rd consecutive game today while
the Reds were sweeping a dou-
bleheader from the Braves, 5-4 in
10 innings. and ~.
Kennedy, who has performed
for seven clubs in both leagues
since breaking in with the Chisox
in 1884, hit his century mark by
taking the overtime opener after
five previous failures this season.
While vieing with Mort Cooper,
Kennedy had Al lead until
Holmes deadlocked him in the
seventh by smashing his eighth
homer of the year with two on
bases. The Reds 10th inning de-
cider, made against Ira Hutchin-
son, came when Al Libke doubled
and Frank Mccormick singled.
Tribesman Bob Logan held the
Reds to two hits until the night
caps sixth inning, when two
passes, single and Steve Mesner's
double to right resulted in a three
runs explosion.
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CHESHIRE ALLOWS
MARINES TWO HITS
BUGS Have Ten Game Win
ming Streak Against
Two Defeats

Behind the two hit pitching of
Louis Lefty Cheshire, the Will
mington Pirates defeated the Camp
Lejeune Marines, 8 to 0 last night
at Legion Stadium in the second
game of the series.
Lefty was in fine shape as he
whitfield a total Of II Marines while
his control was good, he allowed
four free passes to first. Cheshire
also took the batting honors Of the
night getting a triple and single
out of four times at bat.
The Pirates opened their end of
the second inning by pushing
across three runs. Stanley struck
out, Roy Lamb doubled to center,
Willard was out at first, Station
was safe at first on the third base
mans error and Lamb scored.
Cheshire was safe at first on a
fielder's choice, when the third
baseman made a wild throw trying
to catch Station at second, Nc
Keithan was hit by a pitched ball,
Coward singled to score Station,
Cheshire raced home on a passed
grounded out second to first to
end the inning.
In the fourth stanza the Buc-
cancers crossed pay dirt four times.
Station was hit by a pitched b;1l,
Cheshire singled, McKeithan sacri-
feed, Coward walked to fill the
bases. Allen was safe on an error
scoring Station, Paxton doubled to
right scoring Cheshire. Coward was
out at third on the play. Stanley
doubled to score Allen and Paxton.
Lamb was out at first to end the
inning. The eighth run was scored
in the sixth inning. Allen walkeS
and was thrown out attempting to
steal second. Paxton was safe on
Testa's error, Stanley struck out,
Lamb singled. Paxton was safe at
home on the catcher's error. Will
lard flied out to center to end the
scoring.
Cheshire pitcher hitless ball I'M
til the first of the eighth when
Cpl. Howard Terry doubled to deep
left field. The only other hit al
lowed by the lefthander was a
scratch infield hit by Pvt. Joe
Morgan.
Cpl. Charley Rulings on the
mound for the Leathernecks was
relieved in the fourth inning after
allowing seven hits and three bases
on balls. Cpl. Phil Roy then took
over the hurting duties giving up
three hits and one free pass to
first.
Bert Kite, manager of the Cor
sairs, announced that the BUGS
will play the 32nd Artillery Corp
club from Fort Bragg at Legion
Field Saturday night.
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Pirates Blank Camp Lejeune Nine, go
SENATORS WALL0P
LEAGUE LEADERS

DETROIT, June 27.-tP)-With
Emil Dutch Leonard scattering
four hits, the Washington Sena-
tors walloped the Detroit Tigers
9 to ! before 24,366 fans today in
a twilight game.
Leonard, feeding the first place
Tigers his knuckler with rare eff
fectiveness, allowed but two men
to reach second and retired the
last IS Detroit batsmen in order.
Paul Dizzy Trout's third inning
homer prevented a st1utout as
Leonard rang up his seventh vic
tory against three defeats.
Trout, who was tagged for four
hits and three runs in the first
inning and three more runs in
the sixth, suffered his eighth de-
feat. George Case, George Wyatt
and Joe Kuhel of the Senators each
made three of their clubs Is hits
off three Tiger hurlers.
Trout gave six runs and eight
hits in six innings before giving
way to Joe Orrell.
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CASANOVA COURTS
DEATH TO REPAY
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men," Hardy told Long. II don't
know what attracts them to me.
But I've lost all my faith in
them
Police, who said they would file
bigamy charges against Hardy to-
morrow, pieced his story together
from the three Mrs. Hardys.
They all said they met him in
a dance hall. They agreed he was
a good dancer. They agreed, too,
that he was a model husband-un-
til he inexplicably disappeared,
with several hundred dollars of
their money.
Mrs. Della Mast Hardy said he
married her in Orange, CAL, on
March "a, 1912. They were happy
for three months. He BORROWED
$3.50 and stranded her on a street
corner.
Mrs. Helen Sisson Hardy said she
became Hardy's bride Oct. 5, 1914.
at Long Beach, Cal. They were
happy, she said-for six months.
He vanished, again with $3.50 Of
his brides money She showed up
at the Jail with Hardy's 13-year-
old daughter, Frances. by pre-
vious marriage and said she was
still taking care of her.
Mrs. Betts-Hardy. a tiny gray
haired widow, said she married
Hardy in Santa Ana, Cal, last June
8. Their happiness was shorter-liv-
ed. She gave him $500 of her late
husbands insurance money to buy
a car three days after they were
married. That was the last she saw
of him. III
Until she had police track him
to dance hall and arrest him,
that is.
When his three mates appeared
at his Jail cell. chorusing, hello,
David" Hardy said:
IT hope this makes everyone
happy"
I'm not very happy" said Mrs.
Betts-Hardy.
ri never felt better in my life. :"
said Mrs. Mast-Hardy.
Police counted no two more "cer-
tain'' wives - Lillian Alexander.
who married Hardy in 1919 and
died in 1921; and Pauline STRICKEN.
mother of Frances, who wed Hardy
in 1928 and died in 1882.
One other, they said, had died,
and one had been divorced.