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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
Frank Parker Returns
To Nets With Confidence

copied some of his stvle r,.,;.
larly on the high bounce ,hnt va "u
I believe it strengthened NV ana
greatly" my game
30 II was an even newer parl,o.
Who flew home from Guam Ats +b;.
summer to defend the covetas l,s
championship it took him 81 Ioea I,eu
to win. This Parker is even WI. ao'Is
aggressive than the one who w woe
in 1914. '' won
However, he still is not one :.
bellttle an opponent and So who'' W
questioned about the red-bot "Pjr Bin
Ialoert who is regarded his ehiet
threat, Parker replied: ''
Il hear he's better than vbo,
beat him in the finals last vow
And an improved Talbert ~. !.
enough for anybody to worrS
about" willy
But you can feel that Parker
isn't too worried. That stretch in
Khaki has ironed out those menta
Kinks which chained him in tba
back court and the background for
SO long and it's going to take :.
lot of tennis to knock him off the
top. 'Ns
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
The Sports Trail
By WHITNEY MARTIN

away from the game and the old
er generation OF players probably
is through"
Resumption of Davis Cup play.
he said, is largely up to the Aus
tralians, as they are the holders
of the trophy. He does not think,
though, that it will be attempted
before the winter of 1916. He ex.
planned that Australian summer is
wintertime in Britain and the Unit
ed States.
British Tennis suffered the loss
of a fine player in the death OF
Ronald Shayes, killed in flying
accident. With typical British
hopefulness as exemplified by
Churchill's historic utterances dur
ing bleak days of the Blitz, how
ever. Mr.. Glanville said he be-
lieved there was nice crop OF
Youngsters coming up and the peo-
ple were keen for the early
resumption of competition.
With some hesitancy we asked
him what he thought Of open tour
naments such as are conducted IN
golf. He looked off into space and
half smiled.
Il have heard talk of such COM
petition" he answered. Il do not
know. I have great respect for
tradition and somehow
And yet, times are changing.
There was a time when golf pros
in the British isles were looked
upon with cold, unrecognizing eyes
but a blithe, happy-go lucky Amer
lean named Walter Hagen chang
ed all that. No easing unobtrusive-
ly in side doors for Sir Walter. He
met Britons on his own terms
and made them like it.
Maybe some such rugged pio-
neer will bring class-conscious
tennis overlords down to the hori-
Zon level some day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
By WHITNEY MARTIN

PARIS Aug. 81 - (P - One
thing about this flea hopping from
country to country, you miss SC
many stories that should have
been written. Maybe miss" IS not
the right word. You get them, but
before you can use them you are
in new surroundings with new in.
terests and you forget yesterday S
leftovers when there is a fresh
roast on the table today.
There was the talk with c. r..
Glanville at Wimbledon Stadium in
London, for instance. Mr.. Clan
vile is chairman of the Brit: sn
Lawn Tennis Association n d
can't make up his mind whether
Don Bulge or Bill Tilden was the
greatest player he ever saw in
more than so years Of association
with the sport. The only thing ne
is sure of is that it was one of the
two.
Mr.. Glanville is a very alert,
very courteous gentleman in his
70's and is as English as by jove.
He fairly worships the game and
it's traditions, particularly the vine
sheathed Wimbledon Stadium
which he watched grow from a
pip. Standing in the shadow of the
war ravaged edifice he comment
ed half apologetically, half wist-
fully:
1T is very pretty when the flow
ers are in bloom"
He is a firm believer in the
theory that great tennis players
are born and not made and, as he
is not sure whether any great ones
were born in England in the past
20 years he is in the dark as to
Davis Cup prospects.
/. six years." he sad. sis long
time for a mature player to be
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
Former Georgia Star
Is Awarded The DISC

ATLANTA, Aug. 31.-p,-Tbe
Distinguished Service Cross. thf
Nations second highest military
decoration, has been awarded If
George W. Poschner, former Uni.
versity of Georgia football star
who killed 20 Germans in one.
man charge before he was critical.
ly wounded.
Poschner was presented the
DISC yesterday by Brig. Gen. vii.
liam L. Sheep, commander Of
Lawson General Hospital, where
the former footballer is a patient
In the battle of the bulge at
Kohlhutte, France, last Jan. 8.
Poschner lost both legs and part
Of his right hand. He lay unat.
tended on a frozen battlefield for
two days.
His home is in Youngstown,
Ohio. He starred in the 1943 Rose
Bowl game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01

Garden State and the Sis, 900 Mer-
chants and Citizens handicap at
Belmont.
For its 41st running over the
six and one-half furlongs of the
Widener straightaway course, the
hopeful has drawn field of Is.
The list includes such consistent
performers as Vera S. Bragg S
Mist O'Gold; DR.. E. Asbury's Re.
voked, the colt that once was turn
ed down because of suspicious
that he might be a wind sucker;
Crispin Oglebay's Air Hero, winner
of four straight races and c. "
Whitney's entry of Cojie and En-
filade.
Mist O'Gold and Revoked will
carry top weight of 126 pound:
each, giving as much as 10 tc
their rivals.
Mrs. Louise Dorovan's Fighting
Frank heads a field of clever
named for the six furlongs of the
Prairie State stakes with John
Marsch's Mi r ' Story figuring
strong in the money picture.
The mile and one-eighth of the
Trenton has drawn Mrs. Ed. Null
remains First Fiddle, one of the
top handicap performers of the
year; Henry Lunger's Alexis and
Megogo; William Helis' Kicks
Raft and Founders; and Charles
Turner'S Bon Jour, last year S
winner.
The Fiddler is the probable
choice although asked to carry 124
pounds and given eight to Roun.
ders, who was good enough to win
the Dixie handicap in June.
Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Sty1nie, the
bargain horse of the year, shapes
ac the big favorite in the mile nd
three-sixteenths of the Merchants
and Citizens. He'll carry 126
pounds but should Lave little op
position from his six rivals unless
it be Helis' Olympic Zenith.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01

festants on the green before the
final date for filing. Results of the
Qualifying rounds must be posted
at the municipal clubhouse by Sep.
iember 10.
After each contestant has play
ed an 18-hole qualifying round
he will be placed in flights accord.
ing to relative scores on the basis
OF 16 entries to each flight.
Every round of match play will
be 18 holes, except the finals
which will be 36 holes. Dates
will be set for each round of play
at the beginning of the tou-na
ment. One week will be allotted
for each round of play.
Winner of the championship
flight last year was Jimmie Her
ring, who has indicated that hs
will be out defending his title this
year. Herrings name has beer
engraved on the championship
cup, which has been placed on ex.
hlbltlon at the municipal club.
house.
First to announce intentions OF
entering the tournament was Billy
Dyke, also a former Ciyt cham.
pion.
Directionof the tournament will
be handled by the City Coli
tournament committee, composed
OF William Crichton, R. B. Barn.
hardt and Neal J .Cockerham.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
Don Uniforms
For Coming Grid Season


Wildcats, who have been drill
ing for the coming pigskin sea-
son for the past several weeks,
are preparing for what they
hope will be their best season
in many years. With Al players
already on the roster, the Cats
are looking forward to their
first game with New Bern
September H., at the American
Legion stadium.
Coach Leon Brogden, formerly OF
Wilson High School, gets his first
crack at the New Hanover eleven
this year. and says the lads are
showing much improvement over
last year. The Cats haven't won
a southern conference since 1929
Assisting Brogden this year will
be- Tom Davis, former Duke star,
and veteran of the Sugar Bowl
last year. Between them, Will
mington will be drilled in the ex-
ploits of the r. formation. This will
be the first time the New Hanover
lads have attempted the 'T'; here
before resort'ng to the single wing
back to the right.
Only six letternen nave return.
ed to the squad, of which only
three played Regular football last
year. So this makes it little more
binding for the New Hanover
coaches, but they say they really
have some good material. They
have indicated that what they need
right now, other than some exper-
fenced men, is the full support OF
the Wilmington fans.
David Bammerman. Louis Sykes,
Johnnie Symmes, John Hobbs and
Dick Hanson all showed up fine in
last years team, although the Wild
cats were handicapped with the
lack of experience and made a
poor showing in the conference
These players are expected to lead
the Cat attack this year.
The New Hanoverians have had
two scrimmages this week; e
Wednesday and the other yester-
day. With their first game only
two weeks away, the Cats now
plan to practice twice day, at
10 am. and pm.
The following boys are working
for positions on the team:
Backfield: Louis Sykes, David
Zimmerman, Johnnie Symmes,
James Tuttle, Jimmy Piner, Neal
Patrick, Bryan Mullinix, Marion
Rogers, Robert Venters, Jerry Free.
man, L,nwood Grissom, Homer
Brewer, Sonny Blalock, Johnnie
Crowley, Paul Maulsby, Clayton
Johnson, Jimmy Browne, Jack
Marcus. Charlie Smith.
The linesmen: Kenneth Rogers
Lawrence Robbins, Graham Bare.
foot, Chubby Paul, Irwin, Gore,
John Hobbs, Buddy Bridges,
George Gross. Harry Mathews
Bobby Steward, Don Yyatt, Bobby
Hass, William Swart, Jim Gibson
Dick Hanson, Clarence Hilburn
George Saffo, Donald Bowden, T
L. Thorpe, Dick Jordan Howell
Sharpe, and Lloyd Honeycutt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
Pittsburgh Pirates Buy
Five New Rookie Players

. PITTSBURGH, Aug. 81 (P) -
The Pittsburgh Pirates today an
nounced purchase of five rookie
players, four from the class-A AL
bany, N. Y, farm club and the
other from York, Pa, plantation.
: One of the men, Pitcher Fred
Clemence. is leading the Eastern
League with 10 games won and
five lost, and another, Outfielder
Jack Mayhem, is among the cir
cults leading hitters with a mark
of .321. Both are with Albany.
The other recruits are Outfield-
ers Eddie st. Clair and Clark
Henry, OF Albany, and Pitcher
Stanley McElmurray of York.
The consideration was not an.
nounced but all five were acquired
at figure fixed by working
agreements between the clubs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
YANKS, ATHLETICS
WIN FIRST GAMES
IN DOUBLE BILLS
New York Downs Senators
81; Philadelphia Beats
. Bostonians 6-3.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-P-
Tn. New York Yankees won their
fifth starlight victory ovNc the
Washington Senators in less than
a week by taking the first game of
a twinpill tonight, to 2, as Big
Ernie Bonham outpitchcd little
Mickey Haefner.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31.-P)-
Russ Christopher limited the Bos-
ton Red Sox to six hits AID socked
a home run to lead the Phila-
delphia Athletics to a 6-3 triumph
tonight in the opener of twi-night
ubleheader.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
MATCH ADVANCED

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-(P)-The
Tony Janiro-J ohnny Greco re.
match, originally scheduled for
Madison Square Garden Sept. %,
was shifted to Sept. 81 today by
Promoter Mike Jacobs. A Rocky
Graziano-Al Dummy Davis 10.
rounder was arranged for the Sept.
% card
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
Elwood Cooke Wins
Over Sidney Wood
In Tennis Matches

FOREST HILLS, N. y, Aug.
H.-P1-Elwood Cooke of Los
Angeles, who returned from
the Navy to play top-flight
tennis this season, had the
scrap OF the year in the quar-
ter-finals Of the National
single tennis championships be-
fore he eliminated unseeded
Sidney B. Wood of New York.
10-l2, IS, GA, rs, 60.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
App'ing Is Discharged,
Returns To White Sox

CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-P)-Luke
Appling, short sto with the Chicago
White Sox, re-joined the team to-
day after his discharge from the
Army which he joined shortly af-
ter winning the American League
batting championship in 1913.
Manager Jimmy Dykes said Ap-
pling would make his postwar
debut in Sundays double-header
with the St. Louis Browns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
PHILLIES DEFEAT
BRAVES, 6 TO 5

BOSTON,, Aug. 31.-(R-The Phil
lies set off a three-run blast in
the sixth inning against Bill Lee
to defeat the Braves, 6-5, today in
Boston's first major league game
since Sunday.
With two out in that frame, Lee
started the visitors on the victory
road by passing Vince Dimaggio.
Andy Seminick followed with q
single and Dimaggio scored when
Vince Shupe dropped Chuck Work
mans low throw on Bitsy Motifs
grounder.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
TO FACE
ARTILLERY NINE
AT LEGION FIELD
Fort Bragg Red Leg. Meet
Buccaneers For Second
Time Here Tonight

Wilmington baseball fans will
be treated to a fast game tonight
at Legion Stadium as the Pirates
clay hosts to the 32nd Artillery
Corp Red Legs from Fort Bragg.
This is the second time the Red
Legs have played here. In the first
encounter the Fort Braggers gave
the Pirates a 6 to defeat, and
according to word received from
the Army post the Red Legs have
added a few more players to the
roster, boasting now of an even
stronger team than the nine ap-
pearing here recently. W
In a letter to Manager Bert Kite,
ficer of the Red Legs said his
First 1t. A. T. Myren, athletic Of
son and lost nine. At the present
team has won 81 games this sea-
time the Artillerymen are leading
The Fort Bragg Post league and
are playing in the finals of the Red
Springs Invita- onal tournament.
The Athletic officer said a large
percentage Of his players are
former AA and minor league stars.
Expected to take the mound for
the Buccaneers is big right, handler
Johnny Wilbourne, the hard luck
finger, Johnny has a jinx that
causes him to lose bail games b.
one run margins after hurting bet
ter ball than his opponents, how
ever, Wilbourne says he is plan
uing to break that jinx toright
The line-ups, as announced by
the managers, for tonight's game,
which gets underway at $3.50 o..
clock are as follows:
2ND CORPS PIRATES
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
INDIANS SWAMP
TIGERS, 7 TO 2

DETROIT, Aug. 31.-(P)-Felix
MacKiewicz' second home run OF
the season, a three--un blast off
Dizzy Trout, broke 2-all tie in the
seventh inning today and enabled
the Detroit Tigers 7 to 2 behind
Allie Reynolds six-hit twirling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01

Before the B-29 Superfortress
was ready for intensive campaign
ing against the Japanese, some
1000 changes were made in its
engines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
FOURTEEN KILLED

.-CARPENTRAS,- France Aug
51.-(P)-TWelve men and two wo-
men were killed when a British
transport plane crashed and ex.
pioded near here last night. The
victims were not Unidentified.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01

The port of Lake Charles, La,
on the Gulf of Mexico, handled
five times as much seagoing cargo
during the first half of 1945 as it
did in a similar period of 1914
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01

PROBABLE PITCHERS
NEW YORK. Aug. 3l.-R)-PFobable
pitchers for tomorrow's major league
games (won and lost records in pa
rentheses)
American League
St. Louis at Chica go-West (3-3 VS..
Lee u3-9).
Cleveland at Detroit-Feller (2-o) VS..
Newhouser (21-S).
New York at Misunderstanding Is
y vs. Niggeling (6-9).
Boston at Philadelphia-(n (night) )-Heflin
f2-8) VS.. Black (3-8).
National League
Brooklyn at New York-Seats 6-S} VS.
Voiselle Q3-1} or Brewer (6-3).
Philadelphia at Boston-Schanz tz-1S)
vs.. Singleton (0-0).
Chicago at st. Louis (nighD-Passeau
u4-5) VS.. Burkhardt 15-D.
(Only games scheduled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
PIRATES
Qualifying Golf Rounds
In City Tourney Begin

Today the day when the qualifying Fifth Annual
Municipal Golf Tournament underway
So far u j. Cockeham of the
he
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01


zBatted for Lee in 7th.
zzRan for Medwick in 7th.
lzzBatted for Hutchings in 9th.
Score by innings:
Boston ----- 0l0 $50 l00-5
Errors: Mott, Semnick Shupe, Hen
erickson. Mas Runs batted in Antonelli
Seminick, Monteagudo q Mas. Holmes
Aderholt, Workman. Two base hits :
Monteagudo, Medwick. Home run: An
.onelli. Stolen Bases: Seminick 2. Sacri-
ices: Mauney. Double plays: Mott, Dam
lie, and Foxx, Antonelli and Foxx, Work
man, Wietelmann end Mast. Left on
bases: Philadelphia 5; Boston 7. Bases on
balls Sproull 3, Karl 3, Lee !. Strike
outs: Karl l. Lee 2, Hendrickson I. Hits,
off: Sproull 7 in 5 innings: Karl in 2;
Mauney 2; Lee in 7; Hutchings 0
in l; Hendrickson l in /. Wild pitches:
Lee. Winning pitcher: Sproull. Losing
pitcher: Lee. Umpires: Barr, Dunn and
Sears. Time: 2:l2 Attendance: 3,l74.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
"Two- Year Olds Take Over
The Racing Scene Today

YORK, 31-CPeTwo-year ods take racing
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01

American League
New York 3, Washington first game)
Boston 3. Philadelphia first game)
Cleveland 7, Detroit 2.
st. Louis at Chicago (nishD.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01

AotoAo ----------------- SZ ~
ZBatted for Richards in 9Th.
tZBatted for Mueller in 7th.
LzzBatted for Webb in 7th.
Score by innings:
Cleveland 600 1O1 ROO
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01

Michigan has more than $4,000
miles of streams.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
STANDINGS

RESULTS YESTERDAY
National League
Philadelphia 6, Boston S.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (right).
p Chicago at st. Louis (night),
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
STANDINGS

NEW YORK. Aug. 81 up -MEol
league standings including all day gam
cs of Aug. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-01
American League
PROBABLE PITCHERS

xPlaying single night game.
+-Playing twi-night doubleheader.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

gan 10 develop knocks and squeaks.
Big Babe. who lacked Byron Mel.
sons foresight, was sorely puzzled
when his body went the way of all
flesh. He wasn't prepared for the
jolt that brought his baseball career
10 a rather abrupt end
Jim Corbett, father Of m d ern
boxing, just as Jem Mace was the
progenitor Of the classical London
Prize Ring school, was able to ac-
complish the Gay Nineties miracle of
knocking out John L. Sullivan be
cause of perfect coordination Of legs,
arms, eyes and brain.
Yet Corbett had lost the perfect
coordination that had enabled him
10 vanQuish Sullivan when he met
Bob Fitzsimmons four and a half
years later at Carson City. New.
Fully a decade later when Corbett
was in England, he visited Jem Mace,
then IS, who ran a pub in the out
skirts of London. There was a gym
nasium in the back room. Mace, still
square rigger, led his handsome
young American guest there. They
took off their coats and Mace com
manded Corbett to show him some Of
his new.fangled tricks. Corb @ {
danced in and out, landing punches
and fitting out of range before Jem
could counter Very nice" COM
mented Mace with a nod Of approval.
"Now, how about showing me
some of the old tricks you say our
generation has forgotten?" asked
Corbett. Mace bade Jim strike his
favorite stance, then led to him with
a left That was the last Jim remem-
bered of the incident. But If Mace's
barman had chanced to ask: "See
what the boys in the back room will
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

haVe?" at that precise moment, the
blarsted lackey would have walked
plumb into the amazing spectacle Of
the 85-year-old licensed publican"
knocking down the former worlds
heavyweight champion who was only
half his age, with the most perfectly
timed right cross ever delivered. For
that one trick, ancient Jem MaceS
coordination was still perfect.
Coordination is a coed PROPOSE
ton as such shapely nymphs as
Gloria Callan and Eleanor Holm have
proved in many a tank. Those who
have had the good fortune to see
Eleanor (now Mrs. Billy Rose) break
ing backstroke records as she
churned wake straight as a speed
boats through the water with per
fectly synchronized movements of the
arms and legs were able (more's the
pityD to forget for the moment her
divine figure while lost in admiration
of her perfect form.
But Eleanor was smart enough to
quit before other girls could catch up
with her.
Luscious Gloria Callan's voluptu
Gus physique, however, had to take
second billing to her perfect co-ordi-
nation whenever she went to work on
a backstroke record that was gather
ing mildew.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias isn't
mermaid, perhaps, but no member
of her sex compares with her in the
number of outlets she has found for
her perfect coordination in athletics.
But the game of golf isn't one
trick but whole bagful of them as
Byron Nelson, the ex-caddy, has rea-
son to know. So, at the peak Of his
remarkable career, he's already pre-
pairing to bow to the inevitable.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY o
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
Perfect olfe r
Nelson. Loo k in 9
Ahead to Fading
Co-Ordinofion. Is
Going TO Be SEN
sibIe About II and
Retire Gradually
hut EarlY
BY DAN PARKER
Sports CoIumnist and
Commentators

nERFECTION'S path -
leads but 10 the bone.
yard - and there was
tacit admission of this fact
in the recent announcement
Of Byron Nelson, golfs out
standing perfectionist, that he would
start gradual retirement from com.
petitive golf in about two years.
Perhaps il was a few 0ubbed
shots in Nelson's otherwise flawlesS
game which gave him this warning
Anyhow he's realized that perfect
coordination of mind and muscle,
which is possessed by only a chosen
few. slips in time-that perfect ma.
chinery, even when it's human, wears
out after a while.
Nelson's realization came while he
was tops in his field; while he was
known as The Mechanical Man" II
was a kindlier realization than that
which came 10 Babe Ruth, Jim Cor.
bett, and other top-notchers who were
toppled from their eminences, still
unaware that their perfect machines
had slipped.
Nelson started his golf career not
only accidentally but with more
4ld"o AlliAA Il 2isJp oOAl
taire When his parents moved to
Fort Worth. Texas. they picked out
house fringing on a golf course.
Byron worked as a caddy, started
swinging golf clubs cross-handed in
his spare time and, from that wrong
start, through prudence, persever.
ance and practice has reached heights
which those who should know say
have never before been scaled in golf.
Some athletes-Babe Ruth for in
stance-are born with perfect CO.
ordination. Nelson had to acquire his.
Now. Having developed perfection
through practice, he finds that con-
tinued practice, although necessary
for perfection, brings about eventual
deterioration new twist TO that old
vicious circle.
The priceless gift of perfect CO.
ordination was Babe Ruth's at birth.
Babes great heritage manifested
itself every time he stepped up 10
the plate and, defying the traditions
of the pitching profession, met the
ball with his bat at the precise mo-
ment and exact spot where the force
behind his swing would produce the
greatest results.
For IS years, Babes big bat
swung awesomely through its sure
slot. Then the perfect machine be-
October IL. I0f5
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
CHAPTER HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING
Rev. James Timmins Ad-
dresses Members of AL
cOhOlics Anonymous

Rev. James Timmins associate
editor of the Catholic Transcript
was the principal speaker at the
first anniversary meeting of the To-
cal chapter of Alcoholics Anony-
nous. The meeting was held Wed
neSday night at the University
Club room, The Elton
About 40 attended meeting from,
Waterbury and elsewhere in the
state despite the severe rainstorm
Other speakers included those from
Hartford, Wallingford and New
Haven.
The local chapter of the AAs is
affiliated with the national organ
ization in offering assistance to in
divituals classified as alcoholics
Comprised of persons who them
selves have conquered the grip OF
alcoholism the local chapter and
the national organization is predi-
Gated upon the belief that commu-
nal sharing of the obSessions Of al
coholism tends to free the victim OF
its major proportions. Its success
throughout the nation has been
widely publicized and endorsed by
leading medical, church and civic
authorities.
The local IA members meet every
Wednesday night. in closed session
in Room 100 The Elton. individuals
interested in contracting the organ
ization here may do so by writing
to P. o. Box. 1896. All correspon-
dence is held in strict confidence.