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Evening star., 1946-11-28

poles or umbrellas?
Is 1t Vandenberg, who is big
enough to give his mind to the OPP
position party when his heart Is
with his own party2
Is it Warren? Is it Stassen7
No!
No!
The biggest threat to the Demo-
cratic hopes OF 1948 Is the cap that
Mr.. Truman wears whenever he gets
two hundred yards from the White
House grounds.
Better . Sink Stopper.
Caps are no novelty. They were
worn in BIC. and AID. Daniel
Boone had a cap. Pappy Boyington
had q cap, Conway Twitty had a
cap. But no one ever had q cap
like the cap that Mr.. Truman wears.
Why Mrs. Truman hasn't taken 1t
OFF the Presidents head and burned
it In the nearest fireplace is a mys-
terry to me. II Mrs. Truman never
thought of doing this to Harry's hat,
it seems to me that Margaret would
have been obseryant enough to take
it of her fathers head and give 1t
to the White House kitchen staff for
q sink stopper.
Let us try to describe this cap in
everyday terms. 1t has visor, but
the visor is too long, while at the
same time it is too short. know
that the above sentence makes no
sense, but / am talking about a cap
that makes no sense. Mr.. Truman
wore 1t In Key West where the palm
trees waved and the tropical breezes
blew, yet the confounded thing
looked as II 1t had ear muffs on 1t
to keep him from getting cold.
Adding to the confusion Of the
Presidents cap, is some sort Of
ventilation system which have not
been able to figure out from the
newspaper photographs. There are
a series OF openings over each ear
and Just above the forehead con-
structed Of what must be copper
mosquito netting.
A Most Dismal White.
Now, to get into the pure heck Of
this cap, we will touch upon its
color. 1t Is the most dismal white
yet thought up by man. 1t is q
color that Is a cross between corpse
and q Grand Rapids end table.
Now, II Mr.. Truman would wear
this cap as most men wear 4 cap,
It would only frighten 90 per cent
Of the voters In America. But, due
10 some misfortune In his early Mis-
sotlrt youth, he chooses to wear 1t
pulled squarely down on his head,
the effect of q man who
has been hit over the head with
what we in the South call . store
pie.
As q Democrat, as q supporter and
contributor to the Demo-
cratic national campaign fund, as q
friend Of the national Democratic
chairman, as q guy who Is shooting
for a postmastership,-I demand that
President Truman either quit wear
ing that cap or give the Secret
Service men who guard him orders
to shoot the first photographer who
lines him up In one Of those super
modern streamlined, chromiunl-
plated Brownie No. Is.
Unless something drastic-like this
is done, Mr.. Truman will be back
selling ties in Kansas City, come
1948. And that would be a shame.
because he is a gentleman who had
to undertake job that no man In
the world could have undertaken
and carried out successfully.
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the bows at NV school say the
smells visit that school and give them
SO wanted to the short talk
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merger ship ana nope tnat Somepouy
would pass a miracle? The miracle
preferred: A single department Of
national defense giving the air
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lao, ,000, 900 people mentioned. But
what about President Roosevelt?
His relation to John L. Lewis and
Evening star., 1946-11-28

@. What is the divorce rate in the
United States at the present time?
III. E. B.
A. The divorce rate was nearly
3.6 per 1000 population in 1945. The
ratio of divorces to marriages was
81 divorces per 100 marriages.
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NICELY FURNISHED APARTMENT -
for couple. All Chestnut ST.
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Builders & Supplies

'~d1icE-sAsH, DOORS, BLINDS, WIN
onE So door frames, screens, turned
WI cabinets. Oldest, best equip
NJ p Snop in city. Roderick and Land.
CITATION PERFECTION ROCK
dauol gives "shade-tree' temperature
e.'ring the summer Saves you fuel
low. the winter. Cost surprisingly
"". Dial Becker's, 77e1.
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KING BLOCKS AND SUPPLY co. FOR
peter concrete and cement blocks.
See P. J. King one block from Ship
yard. on Southern Blvd. Night phone
2-3714.
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Fresh water reels --------- S 2.25
Salt water reels. Star drag --- $685.
Remington portable noiseless type
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Unclaimed PLEDGES

Fresh water reels ------------ 5 2.25
Salt water reels. Star drag So. s5
Remington portable noiseless type
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winchester repeating shotgun. 10
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Schick electric shaver. New - S17.95
Elgln double case watch. AK solid
gold case. Is jewels - S45.oo
Six extra heavy sterling silver din
ner forks and knives Plain pat
tern $685. so
zl-JeWel Hamilton railroad watch.
Will pass inspection. With SIM
mons chain $500
Portable electric photograph. Can
vas covered case. Leather rein
forced ESQ IN
Hollinger sun glasses. All metal
frames with carrying ease S.. o.
Hawaiian electric guitar and am
plltler set $685.
Gehts onyx ring with diamond set
IN center Yellow gold -------- $42.5C
z4-pc. service for six set of silver.
In felt-lined chest $40 o.
buescher alto ~saxophone. Factory
repult $125. 0C
Unuieie WIN case -------------- SO. 81
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so steamer trunk. Dustproof. Re-
lnfofced with heavy brass fit
S' AiNiuulllS TAX SAT 81
oHoo military binoculars. Individual
eye focus with sun shade at
tachments and case s57 5e
french antique clock. Beautiful de-
sign; Hand painted - s145.oC
complete drum set. Good as new s65. OC
Laoys diamond dinner ring. Three
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Eversharp pen and pencil set S.. rs
Bridal Set. Diamond solitaire with
band to match GO, 5c
Gents yellow gold ruby Ting IS. 81
Ladys yellow gold princess ring
~ beautifully cut diamonds s295. nm
Gents 21-jewel Bulova wrist watch
yellow gold with stretch band S37. 81
Sold gold Masonic ring with ruby
so insignia $500
oono leather pigskin keyholders.
upper all around ---- $3.50
very fine French made Oboe
Ebony. With case SAT in
Remington bantam typewriter with
n use s15.95
McDonald golf clubs. Set of 8.
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NEWLY DECORATED AT 5 ID AND
Is IL Princess. Apply BIT Grace, after
$3.50.
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20-Laundry 4 Cleaners

RUGS AND UPHOLSTERY SAFELY
Cleaned. Prompt. courteous service.
Pickup and delivery. Home Furnish
ing Service, Burnett Ave, opposite
Shipyard. Dial 4825.
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SHEET METAL WORK, ROOF REPAIR-
ing and painting, cutters and drain
pipes. Furnaces installed and repair
ed. C w. Fales, Phone 6798.
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MIRRORS REsILvERED - WoRKM1N-
ship guaranteed. Pickup and delivery
service. Dial 1925. Home Furnishing
Service. Burnett Ave, opposite Ship
yard.
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2l-JeWel Hamilton railroad watch.
VIII pass inspection. With Sim
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| ANTIQUES FOR SALE, CHEST OF
drawers, finger and grape carved
ladies and gents chairs, drop-leaf and
card table. 1918 Market st.
JUST ARRIVED. VORNADOR FANS,
Wagner carpet sweepers, pressure cook
ers, deep freeze freezing units. Scar
Radios. Sellers Furniture company, VIII
mington. Dial 1885. Southport. Dial 1852.
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S0-Houses For Sale

six ROOM BUNGALOW. 210e KLINE
Road, Princess Place. Good condition.
Large lot. Well financed, Early pos
session. H. F. Wilder, phone 4932. =
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FISHERMEN

YOU WANT A REAL SEAGOING
aT aI have one brand new 28-foot
cI,,55ttcel motorboat Full equipment in
u'ng 5O-HP Universal Marine en-
Ss3o pe Wlu sell for 81, 200 Cash. Phone
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14-Business Services

LOWERS METAL WORKS ROOFING
ano sneet metal work. R. w. Smith.
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is YOUR RUG DIRTY? LET US CLEAN
it for you. Sunshine Laundry. Dial
1886.
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MAKE BRICKS. MILLIONS ARE NEED
ed. Start a quick CASH business, re-
turns can start in two weeks will, an
inexpensive, easily hand operated
TYRA BRICK MAKER, only sand and
cement and n old shed needed.
Build your HOME of brick. Get a
TYRA-PLAN. See what can be done.
r. K. TYRA CO., WYOMING, MINI.
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WE ARE NOW EQUIPPED 70 DO Pc
finishing. We have a nice selection
OF materials in spring patterns. VIII
st. Phone 2-1452.
Evening star., 1946-08-11

don't like the sign near the ticket office urg-
ing the customers to hiss and cheer. But
showboat audiences always did that whether
solicited or not. so Captain Menke has finally
recognized an unpleasant fact and tackled up
the sign.
Some of his artists, like the leading heavy,
Eustace Fletcher, and heroine Vida, have been
with him for more than decade. The chief
requirement for showboat success is versa
tility.
For instance. Miss Blanche Forbes not
only turns in fine character portrayals. but
plays the fiddle in the pit The last of the
showboat pianists is the ex-accompanist for
the Cherry Sisters, who were once billed as
the rottenest act in vaudeville. Menke's
musician isn't the rottenest pianist in vaude-
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way through Lure of the City" The town
marshal came aboard and tiptoed up to Old
Bill at the rear of the theater with the news
that a two-gun desperate had robbed the
bank at Tyler, Ark that very afternoon, get
ting away with 81 500. The critters sitting
right up there in the box right now," said the
marshal. Help me catch him and we'll split
the fifteen hundred dollars reward"
Crime Didn't Pay
MENKE, not trusting soul, led the marshal
into his Office and made him sign contract
guaranteeing him half the reward. Then he
organized posse. Twenty men in the audi
ence happened to be toting revolvers. Silently
they surrounded the thug who was being
lured by the city. Not 50 silently, they
slugged him on the head before he could reach
for his own brace of gats, cooked for business
at his feet The stolen money was found
stuffed in the mans hat and shoes. He got
six years. Menke delegated the reward
collecting to a law firm and ended up with a
measly $40.
Another show-stopper was the time fish
with Shakespearean aspirations suddenly
Topped out on the stage, did brief fandango,
curled up and died in full view of the paying
customers. No one ever furnished salts
factory explanation for the ham-hearted bass.
Some say he was washed onstage by wave
from passing scow. Others swear they saw
hand sneak up from the orchestra pit and
let the Shiny Thespian ooze into the spotlight.
Menke says the slight swaying of the show
boat has never made any of his playgoers
seasick ''But some people, says the own
er of the Coldenrod, ''notice the name of
the boat and have a sneezing fit" Mari
time danger is negligible. The old boat
has only sunk three times SO far.
Just before tying up at St. Louis, the old
queen hit her fourth snag. This time it looked
as if the river planned to gobble its last show
boat for good Water was flooding in through
gaping hole in the bow. Old Bill reacted
like captain in the true tradition OF the
word. He stuffed the hole - with his own body.
From the waist down he dangled in the
chilly October water. From the waist up he
sweated on the inside of the boat as work
men toiled frantically to build concrete box
around him. After five
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how dastardly the felon, he could only pull
the trigger and say, Bang" Death under
those circumstances was especially humiliat-
ing for the hero and not very convincing to
several tough customers who Indignantly
demanded their potatoes back.
Everlasting fame narrowly missed the
Goldenrod one day back in 1925. In the
spring of that year telegram arrived that
said: MOST ANXIOUS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH
YOUR BOAT PLEASE WIRE DETAILS OF SUM-
MER ITINERARY 1t was signed Edna Ferber,
already hot on the trail of material for her
Show Boat" Now in case Miss Ferber's
still wondering what ever happened to that
telegram - Menke filed and forgot it.
How the blazes was supposed to know
who Edna Ferber was?" he says now. i
thought she probably was some crackpot
actress"
As a result, Miss Ferber based her work on
another showboat whose captain answered
telegrams. But Menke came in for few
crumbs of immortality anyway Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer fished one of his sunken calliopes
out of the river and squeegeed the water
out of it for use in the movie production of
Show Boat
He Missed the Boat
1T SOUNDED pretty fair says Old Bill,
heavy with the knowledge that Show Boat
was one boat he really missed Yellow with
age and futility, Miss Ferber's telegram is
now posted on the wall of his combination
Office and living room aboard ship. And 1t
was a great show. I've seen it many times,
he admits with trace of tear in his eye.
Actually Miss Ferber shouldn't feel at all
sighted about the telegram. Captain Menke
ignores EN- ALL For instance, once frantic
telegram, all out of breath from urgency, was
thrust in his hands. One of his other show
boats, the Sensation, the wire said is entirely
demolished by storm Come at once to
Mound City" Captain Menke Just tore up
the telegram and rehearsed Trail of the
Lonesome Pine.
When not disregarding kilograms Bill has
his hands full with unruly audiences When
he first tackled the showboat business, both
he and his troupe took their art IN deadly
earnest The drama ranked close to the river
in his esteem But for
some reason especially
in the big cities - the so
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phisticates got the idea H
that kissing and razzing
were de rigenr. Captain -
Bill suffered for his actors.
He stalked up and down II rrT
the aisles. trying vainly to D., .rESJx
keep order Il was so mad E4RRRI
Icould have gladly conked --1a-1A4.
the whole noisy audience
on the head"
Then one night came
the straw that almost
broke the spirits of his cast. man IN Fits
h,roh suddenly leaped up onto the stage.
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broke the spirits of his cast. A man in Pitts
burgh suddenly leaped up onto the stage
scooped the villain up in his arms and threw
him. false mustache and ALL into the rusty
Monongahela River.
We never played Pittsburgh again,
Menke relates bitterly.
Although NIenke felt Pittsburgh had
more money to spend than St. Louis. he
left the iron and steel metropolis forever.
Instead of one dollar, we only charge sixty
cents in St. Louis" Menke reveals. But at
half price, St. Louis only makes half the noise
and ruckus. So it's worth the difference.
Menke prefers being paid in cash in big
cities, will accept potatoes, eggs, strawberries
and spring chickens at small country wharves.
Once in little Tennessee town, Captain
Menke caught a bank robber, 1t was halt
Evening star., 1946-08-11

around hun. Alter flve
hours of half-frigid, half
suffocating torture he ex-
uicated himself from the
hole. The water gushed in,
but was contained in the
concrete trap. The Gay
Nineties got a new lease
on life.
Evening star., 1946-07-02
News of D G.. Men
In Armed Forces
Decorated

1t. Col. Donald S. Funk, executive
officer of the supplies section of the
Fifth Corps at Fort Jackson, S. c.,
whose home here is in Arlington. re-
Gently was awarded an Oak Leaf
Cluster to the Bronze Star Medal
Tor his wartime services, in which
his thorough knowledge of supply
procedures enabled him to handle a
multitudinous number of details i'll
cident to evacuation and supply and
to solve the difficult problems con-
cernlng the proper treatment of
freed Allied personnel, displaced
persons and German prisoners.
1t. Comdr. James Gerberding
U. S. N. 1905 Sleaford road, Be-
thesda, Md, has received the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross for heroism
and extraordinary achievement in
flight as patrol plane commander
of a Navy patrol bomber operating
against the japanese at Hammama
tau and Hammanoko on May 10
and May l8 last year, when he
"daringly pressed home" effective
loW-leVel bombing and strafing at
tacks on railroads, highway bridges
and an enemy encampment. heavily
damaging two enemy freight trains
as we'll as numerous fishing vessels
and destroying several hundred
officers and men.
1t. Wayland X. Coston, U. S. N. r,
4835 Van Ness street NV. recently
was presented the Distinguished
Flying Cross and a Gold Star in
lieu of second Air Medal for COM
pletion of Is aerial combat flights.
respectively, in areas where anti
aircraft fire was expected to be
effective or where enemy aircraft
patrols were active from December
ID. 1914. to March 81 1q45
Evening star., 1946-07-02

A heavy demand for seats at
Americas Cavalcade of Freedom, -
Independence Day celebration on
the Monument Grounds Thursday
night, was reported today by Robert
Ayres of the Ticket Committee.
Although there is no charge for
the show, $4,000 unreserved seats are
priced at 81 each for the 31a-hour
spectacle, with music and fireworks.
John La Touche, author of Ballad
for Americans" arrived in Wash
ington last night TO assist dress
rehearsal of the 3O0-voice choral
group. He presented the original
manuscript of the ballad to the
Library of Congress today.
Tickets for chairs are on sale in
The Evening Star Building, the
Navy Annex in Arlington, the Penta-
gon Building concourse, the. Amer
ican Automobile Association, Seven
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV; the keystone Auto Club,
1643 Connecticut avenue NV; Peo-
pies Drug Stores and the FairWay
Sport Store, 1928 G street NV.
They are available at neWsstands
Evening star., 1946-07-02

torial nominations to succeed Gov
Rob S. Kerr, Democrat. who under
the State constitution may not sue
ceed himself.
Regarded as leading the Demo-
cratic race to succeed Gov. Kerr are
Roy J. Turner, Oklahoma City oil
man and rancher; H. C. Jones, Okla
homa City, former collector of inter-
nal revenue for Oklahoma; Dixie
Gilmer, Tulsa County prosecutor,
and William o. Coe, Oklahoma City,
attorney and only World War II
veteran in the race.
Olney F. Flynn, former Mayor of
Tulsa and son of a territorial Okla
homa delegate to Congress, is gen.
orally conceded to be the leading
opponent in the Republican contest
for the gubernatorial nomination.
Oklahoma's two Republican House
members and five of the six Demo-
cratic incumbents are seeking re-
Evening star., 1946-07-02

to use whatever means are neces-
sary" to keep them from the polls.
Forty-nine Negro votes were cast
during the first hour of balloting at
Jackson. -Four Negroes were among
the 282 persons who voted during
the first two hours at Vicksburg.
A last-minute legal move failed to
prevent voting in the all-Negro town
of Mound Bayou, in the rich, cotton
growing Mississippi Delta.
Sheriff w. E. Kent of Bolivar
County challenged the right of
Mound Bayou residents to partici-
pate on the grounds that they were
not qualified Democrats. State law
requires that voters in a primary
must have been in accord with the
political party during the previous
two years.
Sheriff Is Overruled.
But the three election judges of
the Negro community overruled the
sheriff, and permitted Is Negroes
to cast their ballots before am.
Mayor B. A. Green said that about
200 in all would vote.
-Four Negroes who went to the
polls in Natchez were challenged on
the ground that their names did not
appear on the poll list. A lone Negro
at Meridian was not allowed to vote
because he did not present his cer-
tiflcate Of exemption from paying
the poll tax. Veterans who were out
OF Mississippi during their war serv-
ice need not pay the tax.
Percy Green, colored editor of the
Jackson Advocate and a member of
the National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People, was
one of the first to vote.
Couldn't Have Been Nicer"
Il don't see how any one could
have been nicer" he said, referring
to the election officials.
There was no sign, no express
sion that any one wanted to deny
us the ballot. And there was no
sign of any trickery or indication
that our ballots might not be
counted" -.
The tone Of Mr.. Green's state
ment was echoed by T. B. Wilson
president of the Mississippi Chap
ter of the Progressive Voters
League, which urged Negroes to
vote.
Colored voters had the assurance
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U. 5. Approval Of Jap
Moves in Manchurid
Charged by 0kada
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, July 2.-Admiral Keisuke
Ckada told the international war
crimes tribunal today he understood
there was "gentlemen's agree
nent" between the United States
and Japan to permit Nippon's west
ward expansion into Manchuria for
living space"
He said the American ban on
japanese immigration had caused
Japan to attempt to solve its over
population problems by moving into
the Asiatic mainland. In 1927 Japan
acquired substantial rights in Man
churia through treaties, he declared,
and decided to develop these rights
as fully as possible.
Okada, former Premier and COM
mander in chief of the japanese
Navy, was prosecution witness in
the war crimes trial of 27 alleged
Warmongers.
The T-year-old witness did not
elaborate his statement that he had
heard of "tacit understanding" be-
tween the United States and his
country to allow Japanese move
ment into Manchuria. Sir William
Webb, president of the tribunal, said
the testimony shocked the court"
Cross examination of Okada
brought up the first mention of the
Tanaka memorial - the reported
plan for world aggression written by
one-time Premier Baron Giichi
Tanaka.
Okada testified he seriously doubt
ed if the Tanaka memorial ever
existed.
He said the army in Manchuria
had become dissatisfied with Tana-
ka's policy of negotiating with Man
churlan collaborationists, thought
the negotiations were going too
slowly, and decided to use force and
occupy that rich and strategic land
Okada said it was Tanaka's plan
to advance into Manchuria "by de-
grees"-peacefully, if possible-when
the United States acted to avoid
Japanese immigration under the 1924
Oriental exclusion law.
However, radical young army lead
ers, he said, defled both the Emperor
and the government and pushed the
country into armed conquest
Evening star., 1946-07-02

'of Attorney General Clark that the
Justice Department would back up
the Supreme Courts ruling, which,
he said, makes Federal law in this
question entirely clear
Rankin Faces Opposition.
Representative Rankin is one of
four Representatives facing opposi-
tion in the primary. The three
others are unopposed.
The Democratic primary is equiva-
lent to an election in Mississippi.
Running against Senator Bilbo
are former Representative Ross Col
Inns, Tom @. Ellis, clerk of the
State Supreme Court; Nelson T,
Levings, Navy veteran, and former
State Senator Frank Harper.
Representative Rankin, who didn't
bother to leave Washington during
the campaign, is opposed by Claude
F. Clayton and Charles G. Hamilton
in the 1st district.
Representative Winstead of the
5th district faces his former cam
paign manager, J. o. Hollis. In the
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Weather Report

District of Columbia - Clearing
slowly this afternoon, with highest
temperature in lower 80s. Fair and
cooler tonight, with lowest tempera-
ture about 64 degrees. Tomorrow,
fair, with lower humidity and mod
crate temperature
Maryland Fair and cooler to-
night. Tomorrow, fair, with mod
crate temperature.
Virginia - Clearing and cooler,
preceded by rain in southeast por-
ton early tonight. Tomorrow, fair,
with moderate temperature and
lower humidity, .---
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Automobile lights must be turned on one
half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
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election. Representative P. Eteward,
Democrat, retired from the Sd dis.
trict race because of i'll health.
Evening star., 1946-07-02

River Report.
tFrom United States Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry,
nd slightly muddy at Great Falls; Shen-
ndoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperature and Humidity.
Evening star., 1946-07-02

Record Temperatures This Ye;
Highest, a5, on June IS.
Lowest, IL, on January IS.
Tide Tables