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Aluminium Device
Stops Door Drofts;;
Firefighting Aid
By HiIson Munsey

The bottom of the outside door
has always been a problem because
of its habit of permitting drafts
and driving rain to enter the house.
This has the effect of reducing the
temperature in the hall and also to
lesser extent in the house. That
increases the cost of heating In the
winter. A new weather. tight saddle
for the outside is being sold that
stops all water and drafts and yet is
extremely simple in operation. It
is made OF aluminium alloy, which
gives 1t strength and durability.
When the door is open, the saddle
is smooth and there are no ridges,
over which to trip. The weather.
proofing is done with center riser
that works automatically. The bot
tom of the door is grooved to make
a place for the riser as it is raised
with the closing Of the door.
On the edge of the door Is an
inset key. This key engages under
the riser as the door closes and
raises it into it's proper position in
the groove, sealing the door COM
pletely against the elements. The
action is entirely automatic and
there are no springs used in its
construction, which means no repair
bills. Carpeting can be installed
right up to the edge of the threshold
1Ceo GAnCETS paoo p-CD
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(See CADETS, Page BID
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(See LEWIS, Page
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The Weeks
Housing Picture

Applications for 1,020 houses,
apartments and rooms were filed
this week with the District Housing
Center. In the same period. 81
houses and apartments and 29s
rooms were listed for rent.
During the week, the local FILA
Office authorized construction Of
259 new dwellings, of which 23 per
cent were to sell for $500 or less,
or rent for $50 monthly or less.
Since January Is, total of q 1895
new units has been authorized, of
which 23.8 per cent were to sell for
less than $500.
Applicants for rental units this
week were classified as follows:
Veterans and Nonservice
~
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Meeting Set 10 Form
Citizens Unit for
|Sesqui-Centennial

The Washington Building Con-
gress has called citizens meeting
to organize for the celebration IN
1850 Of the sesqui-centennial Of the
establishment Of the United States
Government here, 1t was announced
today.
The meeting will be held at 4
pm. Wednesday in the United
States Chamber of Commerce build
ing. Representatives Of 1877 organi-
cations have been invited to be
present.
For a year, the Building Con-
gress' sesqui-eentennial committee
has been at work on plans for the
observance.
In its announcement the or
ganization said that, while the COM
mittee members have contacts with
many District organizations, the
"time has come to broaden the
movement by organizing central
citizens committee to advance the
project"
The first Congress to convene in
the new Federal city met November
20. 1900, the group pointed out.
Members Of the Building Con-
gress' sesqui-centennial committee
are Horace w. Peaslee, chairman;
j. S. Bartlett, Morris Cafritz, Theo-
dore Irving Coe, Miles l.. Colean.
Joshua Evans, James A. Foliin,
Francis F. Gillen, Maj. Gen. U. S.
Grant, III. retired, Arthur B. Hea-
ton, P. Y. K. Howat,
Comdr. F. A. Hunnewell, Louis
Justement, A. w. Lee, Edward D.
Merrell, Robinson Newcomb, Charles
T..Penn, Homer Phillips, E. r. Pur-
YES, w. E. Reynolds. Charles H.
Tompkins, Brig. Gen. Gordon p
Young,
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District Building Permits
Drop to S180,597 for Week

street NV, owner and builder
Frank G. Beatty, Metropolitan Bank
Building. architect; to erect five. Q
story brick and cinder block dwell
ings, 45oe-13-17-21-25 Clark place
NV, to cost $22, 500.
David Brown, Thirteenth and N
streets NV, owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers. 2209 L street
NV, architect; to erect four 2-story
brick and cinder block dwellings
101-3-5-T Sheridan street NE, to
cost $4,000.
ST. Vincent,s Home and School
(See PERMITS, Page B-3.)
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FHA Project Approved

The Federal Housing Administra-
tion's District Office has approved
a 2i6-unit rental housing project tc
be built at Georgia avenue and
Forest Glen road, Silver Spring
Md, for mortgage insurance.
Announcing this, James A. He
witt, local FILA Office director, said
the project would be called Wood
side Manor. The builders are Louis
H. Berman and irving S. Rose. The
FHA-insured mortgage will be for
81 ,621, 100.
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j. 5. 10 Return
|528 Apartments
TO Local Owners
Units RemodeIed
To Boost Housing
During Wortime

A total of 528 District area apart
ment units, converted by the Gov
ernment at a cost of $887, ,046 and
now rented to private families by
the Government, are involved in q
national program to return all such
dwellings to their owners, 1t was
revealed today.
The dwelling units are in 113
separate properties converted by
the Home Owners Loan Corp. as
part of a wartime drive to expand
the number of living quarters here
by utilizing existing structures to
the utmost in meeting housing
needs of war workers.
RemodeIed by United States.
Under the program the Government
leased properties, which the owners
themselves were unable or unwilling
to remodel, and remodeled them.
The program was undertaken in
the belief that accommodations
thus could be provided at less cost
than if new houses and apartments
were built.
Throughout the country, 8,816 Of
such properties we're leased. Re
modelled, they provided q total OF
1858 apartments.
Up to November 80, the Federal
Public Housing Authority, which
took over administration of the So
called conversion management pro-
gram" from HOLC in 1914, had re-
turned 1884 properties, or IA per
cent of the total, to the owners. OF
those, nine properties in the Dis
trict area have been returned, FPHA
said.
FPHA's present policy, publicly
disclosed today, is to return the
properties to the owners before ex-
piration of the Government leases,
under terms that protect the Gov
ernment's financial interest
That means that, to get his prop
erty back, the owner must pur-
ClidSc tdlC ullCApnC GU PO1 tiO14 "a tk1O
lease and agree that veterans will
be given preference in filling vacan-
cies as they occur.
Can Request Return. =.
The rights of present tenants
must be respected, FPHA said.
| Most of the leases were for seven
years and have about three more
years to run. The properties are
managed by private real estate firms
as contract managers for FPHA.
All income after payment of operat-
ing costs, such as rent to owners
taxes, mortgage payments, etc.. Is
turned over to the Government
FPHA explained.
Property owners who wish to have
their properties returned to then
by termination of the Government
lease were advised today to get il
/ touch with the FPHA regional ofics
here, of which Oliver C. Winston il
director.
OF the total units in this area,
All are in the District, IS in Alex
andria and 80 In Arlington, FPHA
said.
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D. {. Rent Issue
Due for Lively
Debate Soon
Citizens Group Fires
Opening Gun; Trode
Board Will. Act
By Robert J. Lewis
Real estute Editor Of The Ssor.

What shall be done about District
rent control In the light of changes
apparently on the way in the ma
tional rent control picture is ex-
pected to become lively issue here
in the next few weeks.
Opening gun Of the battle was
fired early this week by commit
tee formed at meeting called by
the Citizens Council for Community
Planning.
Representing more than score of
civic, veteran, religious and welfare
groups, the Temporary Committee
on Rent Control addressed a letter
to District Rent Control Admins
traitor Robert F. Cogswell in which
blanket increase" in residential
rents was opposed.
Control Level High.
Heart of the committees argu-
ment was that District rents had
already risen to higr level" when
rents were frozen as of January /,
1941, because of an earlier influx of
defense workers and service and
Government personnel to Washing
ton.
Che group also pointed to a 1915
Bureau Of Labor Statistics report,
which the committee said, showed
'Washington'S average monthly
rental was the highest of all aver
ages of SO key large cities measured" :"
The organization also maintained
that in view of $4,000 rent adjust
ments here, the rent control system
has been operating successfully in
the interests of the owners" and
that a blanket increase" Is thus
not needed,
On the other hand, landlords
point out that, while the Admins
tration has freed the rest of the
economy from restraints, property
owners generally have been dis
eliminated against in that the re-
turn on their investment continues
to be controlled.
Fairer Than OPA.
District landlords, as rule, say
the District Rent Control Admin
istr&tion's system has been fairer
to the property owner than the
more-or- less inflexible policy pur-
sued by the OPA.
OPA was quick to point out in
the past that it. had made many
readjustments throughout the coun-
try, but officials privately admitted
that the basis for OPA increases was
largely unrelated to that used in the
District, and that OPA adjust
ments were somewhat difficult to
obtain.
President Truman's action this
week transferring OPA rent control
functions to the newly created Of
flee of Temporary Controls carried
with it no direct indication OF the
Administration policy with respect
to the immediate future of rent
levels.
While he said he had no inten-
ton to lift controls or raise rents,
Mr.. Truman added he did not know
what OPA's plans were.
Coupled with what has been de-
scribed as the logic of the situa-
tion," his statement was taken as
an indication that the new national
rent control agency sooner or later
will authorize blanket rent in
crease for properties the rents of
which it now controls.
Pressure Expected.
When this happens, the District
-.ent Control Administration would
Immediately be under considerable
,ressure to follow suit, it was indi-
ted .'
Preparing for that day, opposing
ICoa n IIIIIC Page R.2l
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Building permits issued during the
week by Robert H. Davis, District
building INSPECTIONS director. totaled
s1S0.597, a drop of S237,7 from the
week before.
Permits valued at $1,000 and more
were as follows:
Continental Baking Co., GAL S
street NV, owner; r. NJ. Hamilton,
1852 Florida avenue NE, builder;
Otto Vogt, architect; to construct
boiler room and install boiler CHM
ney and stack, 641 street NV, to
cost $4,000.
Frank S. Phillips, 927 Fifteenth
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stresses the necessity of both econ
omy and self building possibilities.
With these fundamental ideas in
mind, we present the best plan
which has crossed our desk since
the housing shortage made itself
evident.
To begin with, this house can be
built without basement or cellar
The measurements, over all, are only
20 feet by rs feet 6 inches, and
these are subject to reduction.
The roof is what is known as
ashed construction. In other words,
the roof supports are laid from
front to back wall in parallel lines
without any ridge board, roof raft
ers, tie-beams, mitering or other
complicated carpentry or framing.
The interior partition which di-
vides the living room and the htch-
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Choice of Foley and Creedon
Hailed by District Builders

tor of the Home Builders Assocla-
ton of Metropolitan Washington
said both men appear to be amply
qualified and said their appoint
ment "does a great deal TO increase
the confidence Of industry in the
Governments housing program"
Two Points Evident.
Charles J. Rush, secretary of the
Washington Real Estate Board, said
the appointments were very satis-
factory" OF Mr.. Foley, he said he
(See FOLEY, Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1946-12-14
By w. Wordsworth Wood

The tremendous number of the
letters and inquiries received by the
distributors of small-house plans
Evening star., 1946-12-14

The future of the Governments IS
housing program awaited clarifi-
cation today after appointment this
week of Raymond M. Foley as ma
tional housing administrator, and
Frank f. Creedon as nationa4 hous-
ing expediter, two posts vacated by
Wilson W. Wyatt when he resigned
a week ago in a controversy over
housing measures.
The two appointments were hailed
by Washington building and rea,
estate industry representatives
Ernest F. Henry, executive direc-
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wall and the small inclosed e.-try
can be made by any one familiar
with a hammer and a saw, in two
lSee WOOD. Page Bed
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Newest Economy Plan for House
Calls for Simple Carpentry

en- from the two bedrooms and the
bathroom, provides the necessary
support for the 20-foot span. No
construction could possibly be
cheaper or more simple. The front
wall is about 6 or 8 inches higher
than the rear wall and thus pro-
vides ample slope for drainage. AS
far as the exterior goes, the over
hang at the front simply adds in
terest to an otherwise blank front
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-08-29

M. G. Samaha and daughter Cecile
have returned home from a trip to
Washington, D. c. and other Cities
in the east. They were met in Mem
phis on the return trip by Mrs. Sam
aha and daughter, Angelina.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Bogue and Earl
Fisher left last week for a motor
trip to Springfield, Mo. where they
will visit Mr.. Fishers relatives. Mrs.
Earl Fisher and baby, Patsy will re-
turn home with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Moss have
had as their guest this week Mr.. and
Mrs. D. U. Owen and children, of
Brookhaven.
Mrs. w. c. Perry visited her son,
Courtnage Perry, in Memphis, Tenn
and her mother, Mrs. Crosby, in
Waynesboro, last week.
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Paul. Mrs. Crabtree has accepted a
position there and will make her
home with her son, Edwin Crabtree.
Mrs. Eugene Sheppard complim-
ented her neice, Ann Jones of Lau-
rel, with a coca-cola party Thursday
morning.
Mrs. E. l.. Gordin had as her guest
last week Mr.. and Mrs. v. H. Cor
din of Canton, and Mrs. Henry We'll
lace and daughter, Lucy Love. of
Kosciusko.
Bridge PcrtY
Miss Ouida Woody was hostess
Tuesday afternoon when she enter
tanned with three tables of bridge.
Lovely summer flowers were used
in the reception rooms. Miss Sue
Henry was hign scorer of the after
noon. Miss Evelyn Kazar was awar-
ded low score prize and Miss Mary
Bailey, house guest of Miss Woody,
won the bingo prize.
The hostess served delicious re-
freshments to the guests.
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/. Eniistments for ia, 2 or 3
years. (l-year enlistments permitted
for men now in the Army with 8 or
more months of service.)
2. Enlistment age from Is to "a
years inclusive (l7 with parents
consent) except for men now in the
Army, who may rcenlist at any age,
and former service men depending
on length of service.
3. A reenlistment bonus of $50
for each year Of active service since
such bonus was last paid, or since
last entry into service, provided
reeniistment is within 3 months
after last honorable discharge.
4. A furiough for men who re-
enlist within 30 days. Full details OF
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Highlights Of Regular Army E-nIIstrnents

other furlough privileges can be OBJ
tanned from Recruiting Officers.
8. Mustering-out pay Chased upon
length of servicel to all men who
are discharged to reenlist.
G, Option to retire at half pay
for the rest Of your life after 40
years service increasing to t.s.ee-
quarters pay after 30 years service.
All previous active federal military
service counts toward retirement.
Z. CT Bill of Rights benefits 40
sured for men who enlist ON or before
October 5, 1916.
8. Choice of branch Of service
and oversees theater (of those stin
open) on 3-year eniistmsnts.
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Mrs. ]. ]. Kazar and daughter,
Marian, have retured home from a
pleasant visit with relatives In
Chicago, Ill.
John Edgar Hays, and Robert
Jones made a business trip to ole
Miss last week.
Mrs. Vines Jones underwent an
operation for appendicitis in 1azoo
City Monday. Her daughter, Miss
Sara Ellen Jones, and sister, Mrs.
Boyd Sheppard attended her.
Miss Jeanne Shields visited her
aunt, Mrs. j. p. Lacy in Jackson last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George. E. Darneli,
of Twist, Ark. were guests OF his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Darnell
in Tchula last week.
Herbert Hill was a visitor in Mem
phis, Tenn. last week.
Jackie and Linda Mulholland, OF
Yazoo City, spent last week with MI
and Mrs. Boyd Sheppard.
Carl Brown took Mr.. Oscar Brown
to Hot Springs last week foI
treatment.
Newton and Victor Jones, of Lau-
rel, were recent guests of their gran
dmother, Mrs. v. Reinhard.
MI. and Mrs. F. M. Clark were
Jackson visitors Tuesday.
Miss Sara Ellen Jones and Ber-
nard Jones made a trip to Jackson
Thursday. They visited her mother
in the Yazoo City hospital enroute.
Anne Hampton Ray, Sybil Griffith
Jean Maggie, Boo Stay, ]. T. Gray
and Abe Tahir Jr., were visitors In
Greenwood Thursday.
Mrs. w. j. Penn, Mrs. George
Buck, Mrs. Guy Sharpe, Jr., Mis-:
Ann Penn visited Maj. and Mrs
George Buck near Fl. Walton, Fla
last week.
Mrs. w. w. Gwin, and Edgar Gwir
went to Memphis Thursday.
Mrs. Tom Bunch of Pickens, Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. Frank Darnel
Thursday.
Mrs. Edwin McKibben and child
rem, and Mrs. Ivy Smith visited re
latives in Zieglerville, Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Earnestine Darden, Mrs. Lii
liam Brannon and daughter, Bonnie
were Jackson visitors Wednesday.
DR.. and Mrs. J. ]. Kazar made
business trip to Jackson Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Buster Read visited
in Memphis, Tenn. Thursday.
Mrs. H. L. Brown and sons, Of
Baton Rouge, La. were guests in the
home of her brother, ]. r. Shields
last week.
Miss Mary Bailey, of Laurel, has
been the house guest of Miss Ouids
Woody.
Mrs. G. L. Lyon and Mrs. ". H,
Gordin visited in Yazoo City last
Thursday.
Miss Matte Kimmerly has return
edfrom her vacation in West Point,
and New Orleans, La.
MI. and Mrs. D. Watkins left Sum-
day to spend the week at Anison's
Wells.
Mrs. w. J. Paul and Mrs. Marian
Crabtree Of Jackson, left last week
for Berkeley, California. The former
win visit Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
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NEW PAY SCALE

n AddIssea 10 cieshIRs. Feed.
isdsiss. Msdicsl ssd Dssssi
Gore.
In edition 70 pay shown o.
right: 7o3. Increase for Services
Overseas. sox " Member Of
Flying or Glider Crews. s% In
crease In Pay for Each } Years
Of Service.
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TCHULA

Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Sweet visited
their daughter, Mrs. c. M. White in
Jackson, Sunday.
Mrs. L. w. Rabb and daughter,
Betty, of Lexington, Mr.. and Mrs.
George E. Darnell, of Twist, Arkan-
sas, and Mrs. Frank Darnell of Tch-
ula visited the Darnell family on
Wildwood Plantation Monday.
Mrs. A. Tahir and daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, are visiting in New
Orleans, La.
MI. and Mrs. B. M. Jones and dau-
ghter, were weekend visitors here.
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Listen to "Warriors Of Peace,s
~Vofce Of the Army" Proudly
We Hail." Mark Warnow's Army
Show, Sound OF" Harry Wiz
n,er Sports Review" and Spot
Light Bands' on your radio.
EnIiss ssw af yesr assrsst Army r.
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PRINTING: When you need print.
ing phone THE ADVERTISER. Nc
job too lurge-No job too smull-
for US to hondle promptly. Phone
lis. 22-t.
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NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE
THE ARMY HAS A
GOOD JOB FOR YOU!
NoN-coMMIssIoNED GRADES NOW OFFERED
TO FORMER ARMY occuPATloNAL SPECIALISTS

Coop Jobs in -non-commissioned grades are being
offered no0 by the Regular Army to qualified former servicemen!
Veterans discharged on or after May IL, l945, who enlist
or reenlist for 3 years may be enlisted in the noncommissioned
grade for which qualified, provided this grade is not higher
than that held at time of discharge, and provided that at least Q
months Of former service was in one of 400 designated military
occupational specialties in which enlistment is now desired.
Important, interesting jobs are open in hundreds of sklls
and trades in the Army, with splendid training and educational
advantages! These are in addition to free food, housing, cloth
ing, medical and dental care, low-cost insurance.
There's adventure, travel, education, a secure and profitable
future in this vital, realistic profession. Get full details at your
nearest Army Recruiting Station.
Evening star., 1946-05-22
Cleveland Park Unit
Elects 0. B. French

Owen B. French was elected presi-
dent of the Cathedral Heights
Cleveland Park Citizens Association
last night. Other officers elected
were Robert M. Phillips, first vice
president; Walter E. Barton. second
vice president; Miss Esther Linkins
recording secretary; Mrs. w. A.
Sellers, corresponding secretary;
Robert c. Wales, treasurer, and Mrs.
Olive G. Faircloth and Mr.. French,
delegates to the Federation of Cit
liens Associations and the North
west Council.
After a talk by William Haight,
service director of the American
Automobile Association, on safety in
driving and walking, the members
stood and took a pledge to further
the motoring body's safety campaign.
The association authorized letter
to Washington I. Cleveland, man
ager of the District American Auto
mobile Association, recommending
that policeman direct traffic at
important intersections during the
rush hour to prevent the driving of
cars on streetcar tracks. Mr.. Cleve-
land is requested to take the matter
before police officials.
The association approved the ap-
pointment by the president of one
or more delegates to the Central
Suffrage Conference.
The meeting was held in the Guild
Hall of st. Adams Church, Massa-
chuSettS and Wisconsin avenues
NV. The next meeting will be held
on the third Tuesday in October.
Evening star., 1946-05-22
.Lynnbrook PTA Elects
Mrs. Gray President

The Lynnbrook Parent-Teachers
Association. Bethesda has elected
Mrs. Donald E. Gray, president, it
was announced today.
Carl R. Meininger is vice presi-
dent: Miss Elizabeth Robertson,
second vice president; Mrs. Horace
M. Johnson, recording secretary;
Mrs. Charles Hubbard, corresponding
secretary, and Mrs. C. A. Kinser,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1946-05-22
Deaths Reported

Margaret Follin. 81. 4513 Butterworth pl
NV.
Charles R. Lincoln. g. e2la wis. ave. W
William Ryan. 81. 430 9th ST. ne.
Conchita .. Allen. 81, 1882 Newton st. ne
Nora A. Gallagher, 72, 219 r. c. Church
rd. NV.
| Oscar A. Phillips, II, Is 3rd st. Sc
Frank Bottazzi. 81. 5000 Mckinley st
NV.
Rose Sander, 81, 52I7 Chevy Chase Park
NV.
John w. McCausland, 65. Arlington, Va
Alexander C. Johnston, "a, 1886 Kearny
ST. ne.
Elsie Fisher, 64. 1928 Rittenhouse st. NV
Elizabeth Nameth. 63, 43l6 Ind st. NV
Charles B. Gardner, 50, 1921 Iowa ave
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Lula F. Lightfoot. 90. $50 r ST. sw
Mary E. Smith, 81. 412 Rittenhouse at
NV.
Fannie Tolehinsky. so. 4617 Arkansas ave
Alfred w. Booth. SO. 3724 Yuma ST. NV.
Charles M. Millard. 80, 5S11 Pontiac st
Gilbert J. owens, 4s. 3e11 Nichols ave. Sc
George Urian, "a, 144O Meridian pl NV
Bsnnie H. May. 1s, Bealton. Virginia,
Infant Coons, no address given.
Lucinda M e. Holmes. 81, 1126 22nd st
Robert L. jackson, 70, ei4 End st. NV.
Martha Whisonant. Il. 1919 9TH st. NV