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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-09-14
COOPERATIVE
HOSPITALS In
Northwest
Three More Cooperative
Hospitals Being Organized
In Pacific Northwest; DIR.
Shadid to Move to Seattle
To Aid New Hospitals.

| WALLA WALLA, Wash. (CLNS)-
The whirlwind tour of the Pacific
northwest which DR.. Michael Shadid
made in August is already bearing
fruit. A Cooperative Hospital Asso-
citation has been organized at Sand
Point, Idaho and application is being
made for charter. A second organi-
and plans are being made for coop
hospital at Salem, Oregon with very
strong interest in Bremerton, Wash
ington; Seattle, and Rupert, Idaho
During DR.. Shadid's tour, he trav-
eled 1000 miles by auto from Salem,
Oregon through Washington and Idaho
and met with moer than 1000 coop
erative leaders according to R. M.
Mitchell, educational director of Pa
cific Supply Cooperative, who trav-
|eled with him.
Preliminary plans for hospital asso.
Citations were already under discus
sion at several points. More than a
thousand people gathered at the an
nual cooperative picnic at Sand Point,
Idaho to hear Dr. Shadid discuss the
very practical plan of organization
and few days later the coop wired
to the Pacific Supply Cooperative in
Walla Walla saying the organization
had been completed and application
was being made for charter for the
hospital
At Bull, Idaho, representative of
the local cooperative, the Grange, and
the Chamber of Commerce have been
talking about building community
hospital for more than year. Two
hundred people took time away from
celebrating the end of the war, August
IA to listen to DIR. Shadid. Twenty
five Immediately signed up for 800
lifetime membership in a community
coop hospital.
At Salem, Oregon, the Farmers I'm
ion has been working for several years
on a proposal for coop hospital.
The meeting with DR.. Shadid pushed
things forward rapidly.
In Seattle, labor, church and coop
erative leaders filled the hall to hear
DR.. Shadid and remained to discuss
prepaid medical care into the small
hours of the morning. The goal in
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-09-14
SURVEY SHOWS
WOMEN LACK
VOTING INTEREST

NEW YORK.-Believe it or not, the
average working girl isn't much in
terested in voting.
That's the conclusion of Columbia
University Professors Paul LazarsfeId
and Bernard Berelson, who wrote in
recent issue of the Public Opinion
| Quarterly that the womens vote con.
stitutes major problem for the CLIO
Political Action Committee as it girds
for the municipal campaigns of 1945
and the 1916 congressional elections.
The Lazarsfeld-Berelson study, con-
Quoted during the last campaign
among 1000 women in key industrial
centers as New York, Chicago, Cleve-
land and Kansas City, produced the
disturbing fact that while only 1919
of the women in professional or semi
professional positions or the wives of
men in these fields failed to vote,
232o of wage-earning women or the
wives of wage-earning men did not
visit the polls.
While the 1914 presidential cam
paign evinced greater participation by
women than in 1896 and 1910, the edu-
Gators poll disclosed the unavoidable
fact that greater stimulation is needed
among the employed of the fairer sex,
CIO-PAC officials stated this week.
The study further indicated that the
failure of the working woman to vote
was not just accidental but was deep
seated and revealed a "lonp-run anti
suffrage prejudice. Clearly, the high
est per centage of non voters is to
be found among the low income :.
housewives-many of them the wives
of union members, many of them the
wives of men who followed PAC lead
ership in 1914" According to the
poll takers, if PAC's drive to bring
more women to the polls, is success
full "it would have tapped the major
reservoir Of political power in the
United States"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-09-14
MVA INTERESTS
FURTHERED I'm
STATES'MEETINGS

The recent Nebraska statewide con
ference on MVA featured talks by
Glenn j. Talbot, chairman of the Ma
tional Farmers Union Natural Re-
sources Development Committee, Ray
mond R. Tucker, vice chairman of the
Regional Committee for MVA, and
Harry Trustim, Omaha city commits
sioner C. Petrus Peterson, speaker
of the state legislature, presided. The
conference was sponsored by the
Omaha Progressive League, an organi-
cation promoting wider understanding
of current public issues, in conjunc-
ton with leaders of various Nebraska
and Omaha organizations.
The CLIO meeting addressed by
Erickson, a conference of CLIO state
industrial union council officers, reg
ional directors, international repre-
sentatives and PAC leaders, mapped
plans for CLIO participation in the
mass petition drive and other pro-
grams of the Regional Committee for
MVA The ALL meeting was Ne
UIdohd It tQCl dIiOll VI lJdOOl OOhfCh7
ton, with ]. ]. Guenther, federation
president and vice president of the
Nebraska MVA Committee, presiding.
The Luverne, Mimi, meeting Thurs
day was the first large public meet
ing on MVA in Minnesota. 1t was
attended largely by members of REA
co-operatives in the southwestern
corner of the state, the only portion
of Minnesota lying directly within the
Missouri river drainage basin. The
films "TVA" and "The River" were
shown at the meeting, which was or
ganized by Leroy c. Sable of Pipe
stone, Minnesota representative on
the Regional Committee for MVA ex-
ecutive committee.
Further evidence of Minnesota
awakening to the urgency of the MVA
issue was reflected in the action of
two labor groups meeting August %.
Both the CLIO state executive board,
in session in Minneapolis, and the
Building Trades Council
(AFL) endorsed MVA. Minneapolis
Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey is a
of the executive committee
of the regional organization.
In Topeka, Kansas, September 5,
ITS persons attending statewide edu
cational conference on MVA voted I'M
animously to organize Kansas Com
mittee for MVA The group adopted
a resolution supporting the Murray
Cochran MVA bills and sharply at
lacking the Army Engineers and Rec
lamation Bureau, agencies seeking to
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-09-14
ERICKSON SPEAKS TO
LABOR GROUPS

Vigorous activity in support of Mis-
souri, Valley Authority legislation was
urged by Left Erickson, chairman OF
the Regional Committee for MVA, in
a series of talks this week.
Erickson, on his way east for the
opening of hearings on the Murray
bill, S. 555, completed a three-day
speaking campaign with an address
before a Nebraska statewide confer
ence in Omaha Friday. He addressed
CLIO and ALL groups in Omaha We'd
nesday and Southwestern Minnesota
MVA meeting at Luverne, Mimi,
Thursday. He is presiding at a meet
ing of the Regional Committee for
MvA executive committee in Omaha
Saturday.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-09-14
Of the Country.
ICKSON. Chairman. Regional Committee for MyA

BY ERICKSON, Chairman Regional Committee for
Spanked by organized labor the Missouri Valley Regional
Committee conducting petition drive aimed at
providing evidence of broad popular support for the Missouri
Valley Authority legislation pending in congress
The committee expects reach every trade unonist and
small farmer in combination international and petition drive
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-09-14
CHAIRMAN OF REGIONAL
MvA Committee Tells
need FOR development

Cites Fact That the Missouri Valley Is An
Observation-Disclosures and Economically
Declining Region; Calls Attention To
Effect of This Condition On Other Sections
OF the Country.
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announcements
Ot ENGAGEMENTS

Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Shea
Of Washington and New York an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Carol Virginia Shea
to 1t. Vernon Joseph Witkowski
u. S. N r., son of Mr.. and Mrs
Vernon Joseph Witkowski of Detroit
The wedding will take place Sat-
urday morning. January 6, at 10
o'clock in the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart.
Miss Shea attended the Catholic
University of America and has been
doing radio acting in New York. 1t.
Witkowsh was graduated in 1941
from the University of Notre Dame.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence w. Barker
OF Silver Spring, formerly of
Spencerport, N. Y, have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Arlene E. Barker, to 1t. NAH
Ion Arthur Pettibone, A. A. F.. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Arthur
Pettibone of Denver.
Miss Barker is a graduate of
Spencerport High School and at
tended Michigan State College. She
now is attending Strayer College.
1t. Pettibone was graduated from
East Denver High School and at
tended Colorado State Agricultural
College at Fort Collins before en-
listing in the air forces in December,
1912
Evening star., 1945-01-01

hospitals. Both she and her hus-
band are deeply interested in
problems Of the servicemen CMr.
Hurd is veterans editor Of the
New York Tines, and one OF
Mrs. Hurd's favorite assignments
with the canteen corps Is dishing
out refreshments to the troops in
transit. Another is her work at
the Blood Donor Center. She told
us there was tremendous need
for more daytime canteen work
ers and for women who want to
take the accelerated 10 hour
course which entities them to be
canteen aides. So If you're In
terested do call the Red Cross
Republic $500. and ask for can
teen and volunteer your services.
You're very much needed and,
like Mrs. Hurd. you'll find the
work interesting and helpful In
running your own home efd-
ciently.
The Hurds live in Spring VAL
ley and Mrs. Hurd is that almost
rarity, native of Washington.
She went to school here at
Gunston Hall and also attended
Goucher College. She says she's
good cook, only her maid won't
let her cook very often!
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Here for Visit

Mrs. Louis D. Young of Indian
apolis, with her children, Ruth,
Barbara and Foster, Is spending the
holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron
Cohen in their home on Twenty
eighth street.
There is why for every bond you
buy-buy War Bonds today and
make them nav.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Recent Weddings
Are 4 AMnOnnced

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Alfred Walker
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Emily Barnes
Walker, to Capt. James Turner
Buchanan, A. A. F., son of Mr.. E. T.
Buchanan of Sanford, N. C. The
ceremony took place December Is in
Richmond.
The bride recently has been con-
nected with the Lumber Division or
the War Production Board. Capt.
Buchanan has been on duty in
Australia for nearly three years.
Announcement Is made of the
marriage of Miss Julia Langley
Dutton, daughter of Col. Donald l..
Dutton, U. S. A., and Mrs. Dutton,
to 1t. Frederick L. Ingham, A. U. S.,
son of Mrs. Thomas S. Ingham Of
Newark. Del. The ceremony took
place Christmas eve in the First
Presbyterian Church in Newark, the
Rev. H. Everett Hallman officiating.
The marriage Of Miss Florence p.
Silverman, daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Silverman of Takoma
Park, to Mr. Jack r. Kaplan, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Aphroim Kaplan.
took place December % in the home
of Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld, who
officiated at the ceremony in the
presence of only the immediate
families.
Following a wedding trip to New
York, Mr. Kaplan and his bride will
be at home at 705 Greenwood ave-
nue., Takoma Park.
Peace and plenty, co-owners Of
Americas future-buy that extra
War Bond today.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Mr., Mrs. DaDies
Hosts at Lunch

An interesting party on the calen-
dar yesterday was the farewell
luncheon given by the former United
States Ambassador to the Union Of
Soviet Socialist Republics and Mrs.
Joseph E. Davies In honor of the
Ambassador Of Belgium and Count
ess van der Straten- Ponthoz.
Guests at the function were the
Vice President and Mrs. Henry A.
Wallace, the Secretary Of Commerce
and Mrs. Jesse Jones, Vice Admiral
and Mrs. Emory Scott Land, Admiral
and Mrs. Adolphus E. Andrews, Mai.
Gen. and Mrs. Edwin Martin Wat
son, Former Ambassador to the
Argentine and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss, the counselor of the Belgian
Embassy and Baroness de Gruben,
Mrs. Robert L. Grosjean, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Krock, Miss Nedenia
M. Hutton and Mr.. H. B. Close and
Mr.. Jean Gordon, who are house
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Davies.
Evening star., 1945-01-01

1t. Col. and Mrs. William S. Gull
bertson will entertain at an in
formal party this afternoon to an
nounce the engagement Of theii
daughter, Miss Mary Josephine Cul-
bertson to Lit. Edmund E. Pendle-
ton, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Pen
dleton Of Chevy Chase and Temple
Tex.
Miss Culbertson is a student at
Connecticut College for Women In
New London. AS part of the regu-
lar college course, she is majoring
in art
Col. Culbertson was United
States Minister to Rumania, and
Miss Culbertson was born in the
Legation at Bucharest during the
time Col. and Mrs. Culbertson were
there. Later Col. Culbertson be-
came Ambassador to Chile. Col
Culbertson is still on active duty
with the General Staff Corps Of the
Army. Recently he returned from
the Middle East and Europe where
he served as chairman, with the
rank of Ambassador, of special
economic mission.
1t. Pendleton's grandfather was
the late Mr.. George G. Pendleton
formerly member of Congress
from Texas, and, also, 1t. Governor
of that state.
The bridegroom elect was grad
uated from the Peddie School for
boys in 1889 and from the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsyl-
vania in 1943. He is member of
the sac fraternity. At present he
is serving with the Armed Forces
temporarily located at Jackson, Miss
The wedding probably will take
place in June.
Evening star., 1945-01-01

the District and Mrs. Thurman Ar
mold, Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Bait,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bean, Mr.. Hans
Bull, Mr.. Lucius Beebe, Comdr. and
Mrs. Ford Brown, Mrs. Robert l.
Ameno, Mr.. and Mrs. Chad Brag-
giotte, Nine. Julia Brambrilla, Mrs.
Fulton Cutting, Mrs. Aft Heiberg,
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip O. Coffin, Capt
Humphrey Totten-Munchin, Mr.
John l.. Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Littell, Maj. j. G. Lockhart. Mr.. Paul
Mallon, Capt. Jean Markey, Mrs
Eleanor Patterson, Mrs. Richard
Patterson, Mrs. Mitchell Palmer, Col
Angus Mcdonald, Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Lee Pierson, Wing Comdr
Roeld Dahl, Mrs. Harold Coolidge
and Mrs. Raymond Clapper and
Miss Janet Clapper.
Among those from out of town
were the Governor of Georgia and
Mrs. Ellis Arnall; M. and Nine.
Pierre Cartier, NJ and Nine. Paul
Claudel, Mrs. Victor Morawetz and
Miss Beth Leary of New York.
Others at the gala affair were
former Attorney General and Mrs.
Homer S. Cummings, the Hon. and
Mrs. Julien Chetwynd, Mr.. Chuck
Clegg, Capt. Stuart Farrar-Smith,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. U. s. S. Grant,
Mrs. Leon Henderson, 1t. Col. and
Mrs. William B. Chase, Miss Mamie
Chase, Vice Admiral and Mrs. EN-
ory Scott Land, Col. Wynant john
ston, and a number of others.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Federation PLANNING
Educational Study

Special study groups are being
planned by the District Federation
of Women's Clubs for the purpose
of studying different educational
systems in various parts of the
world.
Under the general direction of
Mrs. Maurice A. Emerson, chairman
Of the Department of Education,
and under the Craftsmanship of Mrs.
c. H. Lane. study group meeting
will be held each month this winter
on the third Monday.
The division is made up of two
groups, one of which will study edu-
cational systems throughout China
and the other will study the system
followed in Canada. Leaders of the
two groups are Mrs. Web Woodfill
and Mrs. Leonard Harter.
The next study group meeting will
be held at II am, January II, at
the YWCA, with Mrs. Harter in
charge of discussions.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
delzsl ~ /
Party Marks
Three EUents

A delightful party celebrating a
wedding anniversary, presenting an
attractive young lady to society. as
well as being the annual New Year
eve function of the hosts, was given
last evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Els
worth Chapman Alvord.
1t was the 23rd anniversary of
the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
word. The function was given at
the Burning Tree Country Club.
Their attractive debutante daugh-
ter, Miss Betty Alvord, who has
been widely entertained since her
arrival home from Vassar, stood
with her mother to receive the
guests. The bud wore becoming
gown of white chiffon, the bodice
studded in opalescent sequins and
her bouquet was of white orchids.
Mrs. Alvord likewise chose white
for the occasion. Her gown was of
white crepe with bugle beads on
the bodice and she wore a spray
of pink butterfly orchids. Miss
Joanne Alvord, the other daughter
of the household, wore a gown of
white net and wore flowers like
those of her mother
There were about 300 guests in
vited to the gala affair which began
at 1890 o'clock and at midnight
the guests enjoyed breakfast.
A merry party of friends watched
the old year out last night at the
home of Squadron Leader, the Hon.
Charles Winn and Mrs. Winn. The
affair was subscription party ar
ranged by the Winns and Capt. and
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
By the Way
BETH BLAINE

As vice chairman of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Chapter of Red
Cross Canteen In charge Of emer-
gency and special service for the
corps. Mrs. Charles Hurd's duties
include anything not in the sus-
tanned detail. She has person.
ally helped in two local floods
and two major train wrecks, and
If you've ever been In either
train wreck or flood you'll know
that soothing outstretched
hand bearing a steaming hot
drink of coffee or soup and a
sandwich can be mighty comfort
ing. Last year Mrs. Hurd ran
the canteen corps luncheon for
the war fund workers at the
Chamber of Commerce Building
and did such a splendid job of it
that the workers themselves gave
a lot of the credit for their sue
cessful collections to the canteen
workers who fed them so, well!
This year Mrs. Hurd Is helping
with the refreshments served at
special parties at five military
Evening star., 1945-01-01

Have or to Have Not" There also
was music for those who wished to
dance and at the stroke of II o'clock
there was singing. with tunes such
as Aud Lange Syne" resounding
throughout Friendship.
From the official set at the dinner
were the Vice President and Mrs.
Henry A. Wallace, the Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs. Claude r.
Wickard, the Postmaster General
and Mrs. Frank c. Walker, Associate
Justice Frank Murphy, Mrs. Stanley
Reed. wife of Associate Justice Reed
and her son Mr.. John Reed, Asso-
ciate Justice and Mrs. William O.
Douglas, the Undersecretary of Com
merce and Mrs. Wayne Chatfield-
Taylor.
Included in the congressional con-
tingent at the dinner were Senator
James j. Davis, Senator and Mrs.
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Senator and
Mrs. Joseph C. OMahoney, Senator
Arthur Capper, Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers, Senator Richard B.
Russell, Senator and Mrs. Warren
r. Austin, Senator Alben W. Bark
ley, Representative and Mrs J. Will
liam Fulbright, Representative Sol
Bloom, Miss Vera Bloom, Senator
and Mrs. Edwin c. johnson, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Charles S. Dewey,
Senator Eugene D. Millikin, Rep
resentative and MIS-. A. S. Mike
Monroney, Senator and Mrs. Harry
S. Truman and their daughter. Miss
Margaret Truman, Senator ard Mrs.
Millard E. Tydings, Senator and
Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler
Among those representing the dip
lomatic corps were His Britannia
Majesty's Ambassador the Right
Hon. the Earl of Halifax; the Am
bassador of Uruguay and Sonora de
Blanco, the Brazilian Ambassador
and Senhora Martins. the Norwe-
gian Ambassador and Nine Munthe
de Morgenstierne ard the Irish
Minister, Mr. Robert Brennan.
Others at the dinner were Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, Admiral and
Mrs. Adolphus Andrews, Mr.. and
A'AAo' FhAOAA oCi4C, JI, Ulic 1Oi illcI
United States AMBASSADOR to the
Soviet Union and Mrs. Joseph E.
Davies, Mrs. George Mesta, Mrs.
Ann Meem Mclean, Comdr. Turner
McBain, Mr.. Charles Nicholson,
Miss Paulette Guffey, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul H. Gore-Booth of the British
Embassy, Mr.. Frank Hanighen, Mr..
Clarence Hewes, 1t. James Hewes.
Miss Nedenia Hutton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick A. Sterling, Mr.. Raymond
SCHNEIDER, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Sloane of Warrenton, Va; Gen. and
Mrs. R. L. Maxwell, Mrs. Paul Nc
Mutt, Mr.. Pendleton Turner. the
Right Hon. Ben Smith, Col. Doug
las Partmier, Dr. Esther Richards.
Mrs, Benjamin Rogers and Mrs,
Huddleston Rogers.
Also former Senator Henry Ash
hurst, Mrs. Noyes Lewis, Associate
Justice of the Court of AppeaIs for
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Mrs. Mclean Gives Traditional Fete
Friendship Brilliant Scene
As the Ne1U Year Is Welcomed

Mrs Edward Mclean
night Friendship home in
famous hostess the
happier
capital a
Friendship with lights and with
flowers red white pouson
forming the guests
seated miniature Christmas ponsetas
white The bright with
lovely evening with
uniforms the servicemen added briance
about 80 invited
friends Mclean
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Mrs. Elliott Thurston an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Virginia Thurs
ton to Midshipman Peter Mac
Dougall Coope, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Frederick Coope of
Carlsbad, N. Mex.
Miss Thurston is a graduate of
Western High School and now is
student at Smith College. Mr..
Coope was graduated from New
Mexico Military Institute and
completed his course in Annapolis
In June. The father OF the BRIDE
elect Is Mr.. Elliott Thurston, spe-
cial assistant to the Board Of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
League to Receive
Story Manuscripts

Manuscripts for the short-story
contest sponsored by the Writer'S
League of Washington are due at a
meeting at 7:45 pm. Thursday, at
the Mount Pleasant Library.
The program will include stories
by Dorothy c. Merrick, Katherine
M. Hopson, Lillian c. B. McA. Mayer
and Winifred Houghton and poems
by Beatrice Raw, Eva T. Cullip,
Lula G. Castle and John Wotten.
Winners of the recent poetry con-
test are Maxine Oberg. Elizabeth
Layman and Ellery W. Baker.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
WCTU Head TO Sbeak

Mrs. A. C. Goa .es, president of the
District OF Columbia WCTU, will
speak on International Relations
for Peace" at meeting of Chaplin
WCTU at II am. Wednesday at
headquarters, 522 Sixth street NV.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Officers to Be Elected

The annual meeting for the elec-
ton of officers for the Montgomery
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross will be held at pm,
January II, at the Woman's Club
of Chevy Chase, Connecticut avenue
and Dunlop street.
Evening star., 1945-07-04
CuvuIcude
Continued From First Page }

appear in special sketches. The
Nicholas Brothers and the De Mar
cos will dance. Gil Lamb will offer
a comedy patter
Bands Conclude Show.
The combined military bands will
conclude the program with an over
lture written especially for the cav
alcade. 1t reviews episodes of the
war in music. Edward Arnold will
read commentary written by Leon
ard Schlieder as the bands play
music significant of war memories
from Pearl Harbor to We day and
the current bombings of Japan.
Huge amplifiers will broadcast the
show over an area OF square mile.
The stage built for the performers
is the largest ever constructed here.
1t faces the Monument so that
the audience may stand on the slope
to see both the stage and the fire.
works shot of in the area closest
to Constitution avenue and Fiji
teenth street NV.
Tickets for $4,000 seats have been
given to bond buyers.