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Evening star., 1946-04-14
Weddings Yesterda)
of Much Interest
(Continuad From, pooo NJ,
Continued From Page R-3

Mrs. Fulton Lewis, jr., and Mrs. Mil
lard Lewis. assisted in receiving.
Following wedding trip to Day.
tona Beach and Bennington, VT,
the newly married couple will re-
side in Washington. The bride is a
granddaughter of Mr.. James F.. du
Hamel OF Washington and of Mrs.
Q. M. Barber and the late Judge
Barber OF Washington and Benning-
ton. Capt. Cockrell is grandson
of Mrs. Fulton Lewis of Washington
and OF Mr.. A. w. Cockrell, jr., Of
Jacksonville, Fla.
Another wedding yesterday of in
terest to society in the Capital was
that of Miss Anne Tenant Fowler,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Alvah
Tenant Fowler, and Mr.. Albert
Edward johnson, son of Mr.. Arthur
Johnson of Lakeville, Conn, and the
late Mrs. johnson.
Canon Theodore o. Wedel offici-
ated at the ceremony at S o'clock in
st. Augustine's Chapel of the Ma
tional Cathedral of st. Peter and st.
Paul, and reception followed in the
home of the brides parents. A pro-
fusion OF spring flowers, including
daffodils, narcissuses and lilacs, with
white candytuft and dogwood bank
ing the mantle, decorated the Fowler
residence for the occasion.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a white satin gown
with insets of duchesse lace on the
bodice and skirt. Her finger-tip veil
was draped from a coronet of seed
pearls and her shower bouquet was
Of white orchids, gardenias and lilies
of the valley.
Mrs. Terry A. Cordner of Troy,
N. Y, was her sisters only attend
ant, wearing an aqua net gown and
wreath of fresh pink carnations
matching those in her bouquet. Mr..
Cordner served as best man for Mr
Johnson.
The bride is a native Washington
ian, was graduated from the Ma
tional Cathedral School and Smith
College and is on the editorial staff
of the American Petroleum Institute
in New York.
Mr.. johnson attended Columbia
College and was editor and pub
Usher of the local newspaper at
Washingtonville, N. Y, before en-
listing in the Army Air Forces. He
spent most of his three and half
years service overseas with the
Public Relations Staff of the Air
Forces and now is completing spe-
cial course at Columbia University.
The couple will reside at q Wash
ington Square, New York.
En- route to Miami by motor are
Mr.. and Mrs Kenneth j. Wood
whose marriage took place last eve
ming in McKendree Methodist
Church The bride is the former
Miss Hazel Logan Fleet, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Lee Fleet of
Washington and Bristol, Md, and
Mr.. Wood is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Wood of Deale, Md. The
Rev. Lewis C. Robson officiated at
the 7:3O o'clock ceremony and
reception followed at 2407 Mime
sofa avenue Sc
Given in marriage by her father.
the pride wore a white satin gown
and tull-lergth veil draped from
tiara of orange blossoms. She car
ried a prayer book with white
orchid and lilies Of the valley on
its cover.
Mrs. Mary E. Catterton was ma
tron OF honor. wearing a yellow
chiffon gown with matching picture
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Wide LIST Of PivotaIs
Tend 10 Decline in
Stock Market DEALING.
BY T. {. Apologize

NEW YORK, April "a (P.-A wide
list of pivotal stocks tended irregu-
larly lower in today's market, al
though special situations propped
individual issues.
Total transfers approximated L.
500, 900 shares.
Dealings quieted after fairly ac-
tive opening and declines were held
generally to fractions near the
fourth hour.
News Of stock splits proposed or
approved and some good f1rst-quar-
ter earnings comparisons gave sup
port to selected favorites. Brokers
said sentiment was restricted by
doubts regarding dividends, by an
nouncements of further shutdowns
resulting from the soft coal walkout
and by tendencies to await compile
ton of congressional action on OPA
Legislation.
Under water most OF the session
were Bethlehem, Western Union "A, ii
Southern Railway, Kennecott, Amer
ican Smelling, Philip Morris, Good
iyear. Youngstown Sheet, Sears Roe
buck, Chesapeake 81 Ohio, Phelps
Dodge and Public Service of New
Jersey. Higher at times were War
ner Bros, Eastern Air Lines, Union
Carbide, International Harvester
Goodrich, Standard Oil of New Jer-
sey, Air Reduction, j.. I. Case and
Boeing
Evening star., 1946-04-24
N. Y. Bond Market
SELECTED LIST OF ISSUES.

. Associated Press,
Q Int HydroEl6s44 %
olInt Paper Is Al 1o2iA
Int T&T 4ias 52lo2
Int TIT IS IS 1o6
KnCtFtSc As 38 81
4 Leh vi 4Ias2OO3 81
O Leh vi Is 2003 53A
IS SO 1o4A
Lou g. Ark $3.50 lob
IMichCnt 41as79 1o43A
hIM-K-T IS 81 A lo1A
AIMo Pac 6las 40 3oiA
Mo Pac bs 77F 9@h
O Mo Pac IS so H "a
hIMo Pac IS 81 l 09Aih
htMo Pac gn AZ 75 S4h
"A IINatDairy2As7O 1o3N
Nat Steel IS 65 lo3lz
INewEngRR5s45 los
hINYC RI 5s 2013 %
4hs2O13A 92i4
|NYC con Is 9S o3A
\ g. 4S 7oA
NYNH&H3Has54 6oss
6oih
zINY Pol 2As75 lo4
a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Nor Pac 4has 75 loAA
Nor Pac As 81 1874
A IOgGLkCh Is 4S IS
q Pac 6&E 3s IA lo7iA
Pac G&E 3s 70 1ooM
P&Lt 1915 loAia
MsS4E127ih
3hs b2 1o7iA
AIPhila Ell 2As II lo7
StLSnFr bs50 b olM
a stL6nFr 4ss7s @AA
5tLsnFr 1s5O A SIN
hlStLSW RI $500 lolh
Il ISoBeilT&T 3s79 liz
also Paciflc4 hEsl 1864
HISo Pac Ans 90 los
SWBellTl2 Ass5 1854
TRRAStL2 Hsss5 lo7lh
"A Third Ave IS 80 66iA
n Va ElAP 2As75 lo@iA
West Eh 4s2361 90
WsPac4 Ias20l4 l1lM
"a WPac4 Ha2014cl 1o1h
" West Un sb1 9eA
West On Is so ooiA
u West Un 4Has5O 1914
Wise Cent 4s49 81
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Po|icyCash Surrender
Payments in February
APer Cent Above AS
By Edword c. Stone

By Edword c. Stone
Policyholder calls for life insur.
ance cash surrender values durin.
February, amounting to $23, ,718, 600
were 40 per cent greater than il
February of last year, but are still
running at about half the rate O.
prewar 194l, the Institute of Lift
Insurance reported today.
This increase in surrender value
payments reflects the increased
number of families which have haC
to turn to policy values for emer-
eency use since VI day, ever
though the income of the Natior
as whole is at its current higf
rate, Holgar j. Johnson, institute
president, said.
Life insurance death benefit pay.
mentS in February amounted tC
S104 ,642, 900, down 13 per cent from
January.
Imitation Curbs Urged.
Washington bankers brought bacl
from the spring ABA Executive
Council meeting these four none.
tary proposals as further curbs or
imitation:
Cd Continued vigorous sale Of
Treasury savings bonds; ~ contin.
ued use by the Federal Government
of its war loan balances to repay
Government debt: this, the ABA
stated reduces bank deposits which
are potential buying power; 81
offering by the Treasury of long.
term refunding bonds with attrac.
tive interest rates to encourage pri.
vate investment; "a action to re.
duce speculation in Government Sc.
curities.
The bankers at French Lick also
took the ground that balancing o1
the national budget continues to be
the greatest single necessity to re-
sist imitation"
Check Limit Helps Banks.
The Federal Reserve Boards April
Bulletin publishes the full text OF
the new law which provides relief
for banks, merchants and others
who handle Government checks
which prove to be worthless.
The act, which recently became
law, places a SiX-year limitation Oh
claims by the United States against
banks for cashing checks that turn
out to have been forged or bearing
unauthorized Endorsements.
Washington banks were especi-
ally anxious for the passage of this
law. They suffered severely under
the old law which allowed legal ac-
ton any number of years after a
bad check had been cashed. A great
er number of Government checks
are cashed here than anywhere else
in the country.
Thompson New Chairman.
Dennis j. Thompson, County
Trust Co., Annapolis, was elected
chairman of group 4. Maryland
Bankers Association, at a meeting
Of 100 bankers at Annapolis, last
night. He succeeds j. Robert Sher-
wood, Hyattsville Rodger ]. White
ford, washington, was the guest
speaker and Matthias F. Reese, Sec
retary, outlined plans for the Mary.
land bankers annual convention.
Lawrence Koenigsberger, member
sole of the District Court of Ia,
Appeals, will address the D. c. In.
stitute of Certified Public Account.
ants at the Hamilton Hotel this eve.
ming, on Problems Affecting D. C
Income and Personal Property
Taxes" William H. Dame will
preside.
Fred G. Nordstrom, Arlington
former employment manager in tn,
Pennsylvania Central Airlines of
fees here, has been made manager
of the airline's terminal at Lansing
Mich.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
N. Y. Curb Market
LIST INCLUDES ONLY SELECTED ISSUES
CHANGED FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE.

0;Int Petrol hi n
Super A 2A
Pr.20- 8
LGM h.04 1N
blLanstonMon ,4e 1914
Leonard Oil Dv- 3N
hILitt Brothers - 19h
Distill 1917
Alone Star G.20e 19
q Long Island Ltg 2sds
LGE. 40 12h
bIMcWill Dredge 2oA
AIMesabi Iron eh
mid w Corp Ae 29la
hIMidwest OIL 80. IA
siz
hIMonogram Pict loN
NI Mount Pred 80 lois
~ Natl Bell H .07g 7N
b Nat Fuel Gas.S0 15iA
"a Nat Union Rad 1oih
y NiAgra Hud Pwr bh
y No. Am 1t g. P 1o3s
= Northeast Airln- 1e
. Pan Am Air wr 9h
% Pantepec Oil ga 12ss
70 Pennroad 1ag 81
70 Pitney-Bow.40a 12iA
70 Prem Gold ole zAs
:, Producers Corp 2h
nlR-K-O opt war 12h
70 Raytheon Mfg n
- Rome Cable 80 2oM
70 Rotary Elec Stl- 36H
~ St Regis Paper. 11h
Select Industr 5h
" Shat-Denn .10e eb
. Solar Aircrft so 2Ab
" Sterchi Bros l 47s6
Sterling Inc 15iA
"a Texon o d. LAO 1oM
Tonapsh M .03e 3ss
70 Transwest o la S6iA
WV 4zS
70 Unit Air Prod / IS
70 Unit 1t & Rvs / u
" Unit Profit Shar 3is
~ U S & Int Sec 5Hs
50 Unit WallP .15g 1oiA
u Utah-Ida s 15e SN
NJ ~ 1oiA
Is in the foregoing table
,mentS based on the last
nnual declaration. Un-
d. special or extra divi-
luded. a Also extra OF
* dividend. d Cash or
Dr. paid SO far this year.
& Paid last year. b Pay
funds. K Accumulated
eclaTed this year. n New
warrants. Nv Without
Evening star., 1946-04-24
N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE

SAle8-
Stock and Add Net
Dividend Rate. 90. High. Low. 200. chse.
Cutler Ham soc 3 @2A 42h AN + n
Evening star., 1946-04-24
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, April "a O0.-Foreien ex-
change rates follow {Great Britain in dol
lars. others in cents):
Canadisn dollar in New York open mar
cents. UNCHANGED.
Europe Great Britain, 4.O3la, un-
changed; France tranc), ,S425. un-
changed.
Latin America-ArRentina free. "a 46.
unchanged; Brazil. free. 5.25: Mexico,
20.65
Evening star., 1946-04-24

Aero Sp B .20s-
| Alum Co Am 2
Am Cn Mfg .20g
Am Cynamid Ia
Am GGE / Goa
Am Maracaibo
AmPot&ChBIla
Am Superpower.
Ark Nat Gas A.
Atlas Corp WV
Beauntt Mills
Berk&Gay Furn
Bliss tE w
BMe Ridge .30g
Breeze Cp 80
Brown-Form 80
Bnk Hill&S kA
Burma Ltd
BURY Biscuit
ButlerP H. .35e-
ICatalin Am 40
Gent g. s w Util
ICities Service
lClaudeNeon.0 .05e
Colonial Airlines
Col Fuel&Ir WV.
Colts p r Arms
Com & Sou war.
Cons Biscuit l
ConsTextile.3 e.3R
ContFd&Mh Ae
lCreole Pet 1laR
Croft Brew .05g
Crown c Pet hg
CubanASug l hg
Delay Strs Ae
Dennison A zoe
DetMichSto.30e
DuvalTexS i4e
Elec Bd&Share
Equity Corp
Fsirchild E .20g
Fansteel Metal
FordM Ltd. 1g
Goldheld Cons
IGreenTGD.60g
Groc st Pd .60a
Hazeltine h4e
Hecla Mining ] &C.
Hum-Ross .40a
Evening star., 1946-04-24
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. April "a GP.-Cotton fu-
lures drifted lower in quiet trading today
under the influence OF scattered LIQUIDATION
and hedging. Mills broueht contracts
against textile orders on the scaledown.
favorable weekly weather report on the
new cotton crop now being planted and
May liauidation prior to first notice day,
April %. were unsettling factors There
was considerable switching from near TO
new crop months.
Late afternoon prices were 35 to 20
cents bale lower. May, 2t.11; July.
q 81; October. q 81
Evening star., 1946-04-24

far this year. e2% ext'a. f3% extra.
b ST. 90 extra. 1Oc extra. p Faid In
Il 1945 $4,000 axtra.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Odd-Lot Dealings

PHILADELPHIA, April "a LP-The
Securities and Exchange Commission re-
ported today these transactions by custo-
mers with odd lot dealers or specialists on
7,l31 purchases involving 2l3244 shares;
6.907 sales involving 1911 457 shares, in
cludins 25 short sales involving l,O24
shares.
Evening star., 1946-04-24

Hourly Sales on the Exchange Today:
II 100 am $50 coo 1890 noon $50 600
100 pm. 100 900 200 I'm. o4o 600
tUnit Of trading. 10 shares; sales printed
IN full s1n bankruptcy or receiversfip or
being reorsanized under Bankruptcy Act.
or securities assumed BY such compa niex
Rates OF dividend IN the foregoing table
are annual disbursement based on the last
quarterly or semiannual declaration On.
less otherwise noted special or extra dtvi-
dends are not included. xEx dividend
xr Ex rights. Also extra or extras. B Plus
stock dividend. Cash or stock. eDe.
clared Or paid % far this year. Z Payable
Canadian funds ( Accumulated dividend1
paid or declared this year. New issue
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Market AVERAGES

Sales
Stock and Add Net
Dividend Rate 90. High. Low. 200. chse
2OthCn-F pr4h / lo3 1o3 lob + n
Twin City RpTr - 73A 2zA 27A
Twin CITY pr2n IS eeM 81 81
Twin Coach 22St 22M PA IA
Evening star., 1946-04-24

FURNISHED ~ th
TREASURY. 30
2s 53-51 - 1o2 >
2As 62.b9 lo2 8
2As $3.50 Dec 1o2 9
NEW YORK CITY
3s so 123i
FOREIGN go
Argt As 72 Feb 1oO1
Australia 5s 6b 100
Braz 324s l ser s.
Denmark Is AZ 99i
Peru 1st Is go 26I
Sac P st 7s4Ost. 50
DOMESTIC. go
Am u FP6s2030 lo8i
Am T&T 2AsSO lo5i
ATSF IS 95 1891
Att e. Birm4s33 los
Att CL 1st As 81 Ill
Atl DIV 1st4s4S 49,
BIO 1000 D o1i
B&O cy 90 ~
BOPLEWV4s51 1o1l
BRO So Wsn so 1o4
B&O TolCn4s59 1o2l
Beth Stl gas 70 1o3l
Bost Me As 80 1ooi
BufRoch&P57st 80
Can South IS 62l21
Cent Ga1st5s45 1o6i
Cent Pac 6s 80 1o53
CentPac1st4s49 1o6
C&O 31as 90 d 1o6i,
Chi&Alton3s49 60i,
CB&Q 3hs S5 lob
Chi Ind&Lo5s47125,
CMStP4hs2019 %
lCMStp4hs2044 02l
Chi&NW 4Ks99 81
ICRIP RI As "a 81
tCinUnTr3bs69 113i
CCC StL 4Ias77 SAi
IContBaking3s551o41
Dn&RG As 36 81
Dull sS&A 5s 81 40
DUO 1t gas 65 1o5i
Erie 4Hs 2O15 o5i
Erie 3hs 10000 LOB
HarlmR&P4s54 1o9
Hud&M IN IS 81 36i
&c 4As SO -,
ICCstLo 41as63 80
Int ct No 6s 81 %6'
int GIN lst 6S52 96
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, April "a pa highly err
grain market today The price nuctuated
over a wide range, going UP to a new
time high at one time and then losing
much of its gain. The market was thin
and a relatively few transactions were
able to create large price swings.
Oats ran into profit-taking during most
of the session and slipped fractionally
below yesterdays close Most of the SELL
ing came from professionals while Q
little scattered buying was attributed tc
commission houses. Activity in wheat
and corn was at standstill.
At the close, wheat, corn and barle.
were UNCHANGED At ceilings. Oats were
unchanged to "a lower, July, 80, and rye
was sa lower TO "a higher. May. 2.632 GA
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Gill Suspension Term
Extended 80 Days 10
Complete Hearing
The District Commissioners today

The District Commissioners TODAY
extended for 80 days the suspension
OF Howard B. Gill as general su-
perlntendent of District penal in
stitutions to permit completion OF
hearings now going on before a
special board of inquiry.
Mr.. Gill originally was suspended
for a total of 80 days, effective
December Ga period due to expire
Wednesday. The extension was ap-
proved by the Civil Service Com
mission, a requirement for suspen-
s1ons longer than 80 days.
The hearing on 16 charges of in
efficiency and incompetency brought
against Mr.. Gill by the Board of
Public Welfare following the escape
of five prisoners from the District
Jail November "a is due to resume
Wednesday at $50 am, The ses-
sions were postponed today and to-
morrow to permit welfare officials
and members of the Welfare Board
to defend their 1947 budget esti-
mates before House Appropria-
tons Subcommittee at the Capitol.
Mr.. Gill's period of suspension
now will terminate April 5.
The special board of inquiry ap-
pointed u by the Commissioners is
headed by Walter M. Bastian, for
mer president of the District Bar
Association, and includes Francis
w Hill also former Rar accooio
tion president, and Alfred H. Law
son, vice president of the Washing
ton Loan & Trust Co.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Three Killed, Two Hurt
As Autos Collide on
Curve Near Annanda|e

Three persons were killed and two
injured last night in head-on COL
lision of two automobiles on Route
236, about 2 miles from Annandale
in Fairfax County.
The dead are:
Mrs. Dorothy Sills, "a, of 121 Reed
avenue, Alexandria.
Charles w. Sills, 81, of 308 North
Saint Asaph street, Alexandria,
brother-in-law of the dead woman.
Alexander M. Andrews, %, Balti-
more, civilian airplane pilot.
James K. Sills, husband of Mrs.
Sills. was admitted to Alexandria
Hospital with head and chest inju-
ries. His condition today was de-
scribed as fair. His brother, Cecil a
sailor stationed at the Anacostia
Receiving Station, was treated at
Alexandria Hospital and transferred
to the Naval Medical Center, Be-
thesda.
Police said the crash occurred on
an S curve known as Dentys curve
when Mr.. Andrews, who was alone
in his car, lost control of his vehicle
and skidded into the path of an
automobile driven by James Sills.
Both cars overturned. Mrs. Sills
and Mr.. Andrews were killed in
stantly while Charles Sills died en-
route to the hospital, police said.
Both James K. and Charles w.
Sills were discharged from the Army
recently. Their father, James T.
Sills, Of the st. Asaph street ad-
dress, died Saturday. Mrs. Sills was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
B. Brady. 4 Graves avenue, Alex
andria.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Man, s., Dies in Fire
After Stove ExpIodes

John Edward Adams, SO, colored
was killed yesterday when leaking
oil stove exploded and flames swept
his home at 1922 L street Sc, police
reported.
Mr.. Adams died either of suffoca-
tlon or burns, or combination OF
both, police said. His body was
found on the second floor where he
collapsed in an apparent attempt
to get out of the window.
His son, Bernard Adams, 18. es-
capped with minor cuts when he
jumped through a second-story
window.
An autopsy will be held at the
morgue today, Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald said.
Meanwhile, Police and Fire De-
partment investigators are looking
for the person who attempted to set
fire to three-story apartment
house at 1859 First street NV
Saturday
A kersoSene-soaked door mat was
found in. front of an apartment
door by f1remen who responded to
local alarm, according to police
A trail of gasoline led from the
soaked door mat to an empty 2
gallon gas tin, investigators said.
The blaze was confined to the
doorway of an apartment occupied
by Pauline Keyes, 81, and two room
ers. Clara and Edward Drumbo, all
colored.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
USES Finds Demand Slight
As More Domestics Seek Jobs

The expected flood of orders for
full-time maids from the United
States Employment Service has
failed to materialize, the USES re-
ported today.
In the first week since the Dis
trict USES announced it was now
acceptingt-and able to fill-orders
for domestics, only los housewives
called for maids. E
After all the wartime complaints
about the maid shortage, USES ad-
mits it was surprised that the orders
are so slow coming. Several extra
employees were put on telephones
in expectation that the USES would
be flooded with calls but they soon
were taken off.
Various explanations were forth
coming. Maybe the housewives
don't know yet that they can get
full-time help from the USES.
Maybe the wages asked are too
high. Maybe some women have
Evening star., 1946-03-04

center parkings along Pennsylvania
avenue Sc. near Tenth street.
Parks spokesmen would not spec
ulate on the date the cherry trees
at the Tidal Basin might bloom,
despite hundreds of telephoned re-
quests for such information. The
trees have bloomed in a time span
ranging from March 20 to April Is.
The cherry trees will continue to
be called Oriental Towering cherry
trees and not japanese cherry
trees. The change was made dur
ing the war, but A. E. Demaray,
associate director of the National
Park Service, said today Oriental
Towering cherry tree is the true
name of the trees in Potomac Park
all along.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
Mrs. AIceE. Weaver,
Doctor's S Widow, Dies

Mrs. Alice Edmonds Weaver,
widow of DR.. Clarence A. Weaver,
prominent Washington physician,
died today at Washington Sani-
tarium after a heart attack.
Mrs. Weaver was past regent of
Little John Boyden Chapter, Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution,
and treasurer of the chapter. Long
active in OAR affairs, she served as
regent two years, was a trustee of
Chapter House Corp, a past treas
urer of the State Officers Club and
served on several state committees.
A native of New Jersey, she spent
her girlhood in Norristown, Pa,
where she married DR.. Weaver.
After his death in 1910, she con-
tinued to make her home at 1914 @
street NV.
Mrs. Weaver was a member of
the Mayf1ower Society, Trinity
Chapter. Order of the Eastern Star,
Of which DR.. Weaver was once a
patron, and charter member of
Lawton Auxiliary of the United
Spanish American War Veterans.
She was member of Universalist
National Memorial Church.
Surviving are two sisters-in-l law,
Mrs. Roscoe L. Oatley and Mrs.
Alice w. Newhard, both of Wash
ington.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at Hysong's funeral
home, 1900 N street NV, with DR..
Seth r. Brooks, officiating. The
time will be announced later. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1946-03-04

Boxer in Death
OF N. U. Fighter
Services Held for
Dixon Walker at
Catholic University

A coroner's ruling Of accidental
death today exonerated Gus Gersin,
23-year-old Catholic University
boxer, in. the death Of Dixon Walker,
20, Of the University of Maryland,
who died early yesterday in Provi-
dence Hospital as the result of a
head injury received in a bout Sat-
urday night at Catholic University.
After comforting briefly with ath-
letic officials of both schools and
with physicians present at the bouts.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
called attention to a passage of law
covering sports involving bodily con-
tact which provides that fatalities
occurring in such contests consti-
tute "excusable homicide"
Mr.. Walker, only son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde Walker, Canton, Ohio,
was knocked down by Mr.. Gersin
and in falling struck his head a
hard blow on the ring floor. The
accident came after 40 seconds of
the first round.
Termed BEST Conditioned"
The Maryland athlete, who was
pronounced fit before the bouts, was
considered by Col. Harvey L. Miller,
his coach, the "best conditioned"
boxer on his squad.
Eddie La Fond, coach of the Cath
olic University team, told the coro-
ner the floor of the c. U. ring is
unusually well padded, having three
layers of thin felt and one of news
papers, with the entire surface COW
cred with canvas.
Mr.. Walker suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage from which he died at