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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-27

Mrs. Arthur, Armayor, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred J. Veal and son,
Terry, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Carlyle
Roberts, Miss Florence Boza,
Miss Betty Bozas Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Archer, Miss Alma Rash,
Robert Archer, Mrs. Hattie Bak-
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Meek
lenburg, Cyrus E, Bode, Glen
Kinzer, Mrs. Ruth Rutt, Mrs.
Evergreen Watkins; Mrs. Vernon
Lowe, Sr., Mrs. Pearl Curry
Mrs. Ida Thompson, Robert
Knowles, Mrs. Sally jerks, Mrs.
Rhoda Baker, Mrs. Katie Sweet
ing, Mrs. Edna johnson, Mrs.
Christina Bunting, Mrs. Sally
Roberts, Mrs. Henry Archer, Mr.
and Mrs. John Fleming, Rev. and
Mrs. Vernon L. Booker, Mrs.
Christopher Knowles, Miss Marie
Knowles, Miss Mary Alice Pitts,
Miss Dorothy DUNCAN, Mr.. r. G
Albury, Mrs. T. r. Pitts, Mrs.
BERTHE l.. Higgs, Alice M. Clel-
land, Mrs. Frederick Babcock,
Mrs. Florida Thompson, Mrs.
Ronald Bach, Miss Betty Arma-
yor, Mrs0 Percy M. Roberts, Capt.
and Mps!IWm. w. Demeritt, Mrs
]. r. Pinder, Mrs. J. w, Roberts,
Mrs. Emma Albury, Mr.. and Mrs.
George r. Archer Mrs, Mabel.
N. Booker, Mr.. and Mrs. John VI
Archer and daughter, Jayne LOU
Miss Isabel Lazo, Bill Anderson
and Howard Shand,- Mrs. Hazel.
Henson and daughter, Joyce, Mrs
Adrenna Sands.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-27
Mrs. Lopez
To Wed oss

Wedding of / the former MRS,
Juana Lopez and John r. Watson
of st. Helena. California, will be
celebrated Friday.
Mrs. Lopez is from Havana,
Cuba and is a resident of Key
West. Mr.. Watson has been in
Key West for various periods of
time for the past eight years. He
is manager of the "Cowboy and
Sons" landscaping group here.
The couple will leave on their
wedding trip Saturday and will
be at home next week at 1117
Duval street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-27
BY BARBARA JACKSON
APP Newsfeatures


AP Newsfeatures
NEW ORLEANS, La.-Any re-
semblance between Cinderella
and the Queens-for-a-Night of
New Orleans Mardi Gras is
purely eoipcjidental., -,,,e.--.
The, bellies who reign OYER The
inerryhnaking ofitherdn9ior local
carnival "Krewes" Ir1aFe almost
unanimously daughters of old
families who start as tiny tots
to play-act for the night OF
nights when their dreams come
true. There's none of this bust
ness of a waif transformed by a
fairy godmother.
Moreover, it takes more than
a pass with magic wand to
create the glamor and grace
which the crowned debutantes
radiate at the New Orleans MUM
cipa1 Auditorium. 1t means plenty
of work, training and coaching.
Debutanfe Matilda Geddings
Gray. who portrayed Queen
Berengaria Of England at the
annual BALI lofN the Krewe of
Osiris this year. probably
spent as much time learning
fhe regal manner as the orig
inal queen did.
Matilda went to dancing school
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to be tutored in the royal art of
curtsying. Her hardest task was
learning to walk gracefully while
supporting an redible aIapr unit
of weight thai of her elaber ate
gown headdfass and ailing
mamie
Thea there were hours and
holsE when Matilda had to stand
motionIess, like a manikin, while
the queens dress was fitted to
perfection. All the fittings were
accomplished in secret in a
sepcial queens room at the Town
and Country shop. On the day
of the ball a marquee was erect
ed from the shop to the street so
that rain, which has a way of
falling without warning in New
Orleans, would not spot. the white
satin or loosen the rl1inestones
of the gown. Matilda dressed at
the shop and rode to the ball in a
limousine with police escort,
The setting for the tableau was
a grand ball in Westminster
where Richard Occur De Lion
and Berengaria, his queen, were
entertaining in honor of the Earl
of Warwick and the Duke of
Gloucester Among specially, in
vited guests were Robin Hood
from Sherwood Forest and his
principal lieutenants.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-27

soldier, Michigan governor, sec
rotary of war in Spanish-Ameri-
can War, born in Lafayette, O.
Died Jan. "a, 1900.
1850-Laura E. Richards, popu-
lar author her day, daughter Of
Julia Ward Howe, born in Bos-
ton. Died Jan, Il, 1943.
185o-Henry E. Hutehington,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-27
Cpl. Harry Sawyer
Leaves After Visit

Corporal Harry Sawyer, attach
ed TO the Medical Corps, United
States Army, left Monday night
for New Orleans after a visit in
Key West.
Corporal Sawyer is a son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernell Sawyer OF
l4l7 Catherine street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-27
Social Calendar

WEDNESDAY ,.ll ,,-..r /
Z Bridge Club, Officers, Club,
- Whitehead and yUnitedg Sts.
500 pm. R auq nfs.i
Junior Chamber of, Commerco,
~ Clubhouse. Flagler Avenue.
800 PM. ~ s3Srfs. r+e,ht.5
.l9 7c X 4 lk,f1 yiur
THURSDAY
Junior Woman's Social, Wom-
ans Clubhouse. 800 pm.
Ladies Auxiliary, Sewing ColI:-
mittee, Municipal Hospital.
200 pm.
Rotary Club, st. PauPs Parish
Hall. 1915 pm.
Lions Club, Clubhouse, Semin-
airy Street. $50 pm.
Army Dinner Dance, Officers
Club, Whitehead and United
Streets.
X 4 Il
FRIDAY
Card Party and Buffet Supper,
Woman's Clubhouse, given
by Jay Shoes.
Troop 4, Girl Scouts, st. PaupS
Parish Hall. 400 pm.
Weekly Winter Visitor Social,
Sponsored by Hotel Associa-
ton, uSO Club, corner Duval
and Caroline Streets. BOD
pm.
4 4 4
SATURDAY
Brownies Meeting, 1000 ans
Fleming Street Methodist
Church Annex.
X 4 4
MONDAY
Key West Players, 800 pm,
Barn Theater.
Jay Shoes, 800 pm, j. C. Club
house.
4 4 Il
TUESDAY
Woman's Club Meeting, Won.
ans Clubhouse. 400 pm.
Gifts An the Ped Croec oalIac
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-27
Your Lodge Meets

Fern Chapter, OES, End and 4th
Fridays of each month, $50
pm, Scottish Rite Temple,
POcahontas Lodge, LIST and 3rd
Tuesdays, 1880 pm, Red Mems
Hall.
Pythian Sisters, 1st and 3rd Mon
days, 1880 pm, Knights of
Pythias Hall.
Rebekah. lst and 3rd Fridays, 1880
pm, Golden Eagle Hall
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-27
Smiths Return
From Orlando

Mr.. and Mrs. David L. Smith
have returned to their home at
2210 Staples Avenue after spent
ing several days in Orlando with
MIR. and Mrs. /. w. Groves.
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TodaY's Anniversaries
Know American

la07-Henry Wadsworth Long.
fellow, famed, beloved poet, a
gentle. pure soul. born in Port
land, Me. Died Cambridge, Mass,
Mar. "a, 1882.
1886 Russell A. Alger, Union
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-27

railroad head, financier, donor of
the great California library, born
at oneonta, II. Y. Died May %,
1927.
1853 - Kate stephens, pioneer
woman professor of Greek at the
University Of Kansas, born at
Moravia, N. Y. Died May 10, 1888.
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BEETLE STRONGEST

BROOKLYN. - The strongest
living thing in proportion to its
size is the beetle. A man pro-
Fort onately strong could lift 10
tons.
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Gifts to the Red Cross called
aid to international goodwill.
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-01-19
Cambrian Test Is Failure;
Deep Tests Hold Interest

CASPER Kirk Pacific Western Conaghan No well that
caused excitement when cored promising showngs of light
oil in the Cambrian in South Oregon Basin basement test has
been plugged back the Madison lime after falling make
mercial production out of the showings.
While this well commercial producer the
showngs found by regarded being of significance
and likely additional deep testing adjacent Wyoming
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-01-19
Explanation
Of Symbols

re ssws szas@s amsnaxwus s1ms0zs are
une6 Iva Theses Wyoxnsmx well reports.
Hss@ss whss fhex naemns
H}0Fp--~h&xxmxn ~ oil pnr day.
B0KH~-&4rrxts 81 skJ ser Es9zF.
IS y W---honte npGsz<enz ana water.
DIST or D@T---&xsB saaxn t@~e.
A4xHT-~@xew5mx In rateFy s0osas
M0ET~~4S0xt1x "a cxhae soeAa-
IL or p-8<~~pzNHxed tsxk-
kU81-~x3Gx1n9 ~ xok@zy tools
I'D. or Tu~~&o3a1 depth.
WOC~-~wafkan2 ON exnsems
W0Rx--waixia& ora Rotary t@o1s.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-01-19
E0st Lunce Greek
(NaOhrara Coum1y)
Elk B0siu Field
Park County,

COntinensal-N. p. No. 3
RWA 20-67-00
Landed 7Anch. 1890 Installing pump.
Confinensal-N. r.. No. s
NE Sc NV 20-57-89
Drilling, 26p4.
C0ntinemtal-Eda Goo4steam No. 5
SW NE SW 20-67-e8
Spudded 7-12-45; second Frontier, peri.
437844z9, tested SA million 4. 9ns
daily. Perforations cenent@d off. I'd,
590S. PERI. Dakota S46z-72, "a h0lee.
Flowed $500 NJ gas COMPLETION.
Saved for Dakota sand gas.
ContinemkaE-Eda Go0dsasam NO.
NE SW SW 20-5T-99
Moving on. (FTRST REPoRT)
GrlCnd Field
big Horn County,
Generai az.-zsahaa No.
Lot SO, T. S5N-e7W
Preparing 20 pump. 1920.
G9newsa Pe4.zsmb@a no.
Lot 50. r. IS NJ. 81 w
Running rods and tubing; I'd, 1887.
Ofakc- Kammsy Coastal No. -
NV NV 3z-S6~S7
Testing. I'd. 4421. P.B, A2S6.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-01-19
BuileY Dome
carbon County,

Wasatch-Cameron No.
CIVIL SW SW 13-26N-S9W
Top first Frontier. 3172; drilling, A
Sinclair Unit No.
NEh 21-26-S9
El. e609. COMPLETION. Swabbed 5
) hbis. water, hrs
Sinclair Unit No.
Sec. 16-26N-S9W
Testing. I'd, 5255. P-B., 521S.
Phillips Pet. No.
c Sc SW SW 15-27N-SoR
Installing new rig. I'd, 5499.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-01-19

lw&90&E AP9K4@
(Washakie County,
Parker Bros.-Caiasornza Co.-Maseer Ne.
Lot Sec. Ie-4S-02
Rig burned by large gas slow ct 6575.
Gas In Cody shaie, est. 20 DOC, 600 Gu. II.
TO test Tensleep. expected at 10000.
North Bcxter
(8weefwassw County,
Transcal-Camerom-U r. No. 3
DIST, 4o7s-s7. open 20 min, rec. bbls.
oil. plus drilling mud; coring, 6152.
Oil Mountain Field
(Natrona County,
Texaco-C1ark Ne.
NE NE SW 3b83hs62W
ing IT'S bbis. OH per day; = water.
Oregon Busin-
Park County,
Kirk-Pae. wessern-Consghan No.
resting Cambrian and cleaning up fish
ing lob. I'd, CAST, SM casing peri,
e3008304. Showed water only. Top best
saturation. $3.50 P b. to test lower Madi-
son, 5206.
OhIO-Bas No. e
NV NE NE 8-50-10O
I'd. ABB. p b.. $3.50 Testing Embar.
Ohio Baaton ID. No.
NV &z SW b-6U1UV
I'D. aces. P.B- $500 Testing Embar.
Ohio wilson No.
NV SW NV 8-5O-1o0
I'd, 413o. Installing pump.
Rex Luke
(AIbany County,
Wasntch-CoughainN No. 2
NV 26-16-77
Drilling. 3e98.
Continued ON Page ~
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-01-19

AAASA (AAaA "a 0AA(kAOlA OAk Va nix "a
While this well was not compile
showings found by it are regard
and likely to cause additional d.
structures.
The spotlight IS now shifting to
other deep tests, results of which
may be even more important
Chief among those is the test
being drilled in the hitherto UNI
prospected area toward the center
of the Big Horn basin by the Pure
OH Company This test is on River
Dome, near Worland, and has al
ready shown for commercial pro-
duction by getting wet gas and an
estimated 200-barrel daily flow of
condeusate from the Muddy at
$3.50.
1t is now drilling past 1926 feet,
in the Embar.
Pure Oil Company is the first
concern with sufficient imagina-
ton, finances and intestinal forti-
tude to venture out into the center
of the Basin, which is ringed by
about two dozen producing oil
fields. Drawbacks to previous ex-
ploration of this area have been an
absolute lack of surface structural
indications, necessitating the use of
geophysical methods for structural
determinations, plus the knowledge
that conclusive testing would In
volve drilling to great depths and
expenditures of great sums.
A companion we'll is being drilled
by Pure, a short distance from the
deep wildcat. This well is making
hole past 1870 feet and repeatedly
will test possibilities of the horizon
in which the deep wildcat found
the distillate, as well as any other
promising zones that may have
been passed up by the deep test
Another promising venture, also
somewhat out toward the center
of Oregon Basin, at its southern
end, is Parker Brothers California
Co.-Nieber No. l, on what is mapped
as the Nieber anticline, though 1t
appears TO be merely a northwest
ward extension of the Zimmerman
antlcline, on which Pacific Western
recently uncorked commercial pro-
duction
The Parker Brothers test got off
TO a significant but inauspicious
start when it hit a large gas flow
in the Cody shale Volume of the
gas was estimated at 20,OO0,O00 feet
The flow ignited, burning down the
rig, at total depth of 5575. New tools
are being moved in, and it is under
stood this well is to be carried
down to test all horizons to the
Tensleep, expected at about 10000
feet
Another deep test attracting
mounting attention is that of tbs
Mountain Fuel Supply Co. on tn,
Church Butte structure, in the
southwestern corner of Wyoming
This well has installed very heavI
rotary equipment and at last repor
was drilling ahead past 11.600 feet
The full Wyoming report:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-01-19
Buggs Prospect
Carbon County,

Buqqs Prospect
Carbon County,
Texaco-Isagxs unaa Nc. I
I'D, 745o. DIST open y hrs packer set
1850, rec drilling mud only. Moving In
spudder.
Big Horn Structure
big Horn County,
Hagsman-Pond-Hanlom Ne 1 Hsrron
NE Sc NE 31-6SN-8zW
Drilling, 1889
Big Muddy
Converse County,
ContinentalCrary No. 81
NV NV e-S3~7e
Corning, zsI5. Dakota saturation cored
423O4237. Bailing 70 test casing. 1881.
Byron Field
Chg Horn County,
Taylor on Ce>-Fee No.
Lot 47-S6N-97W.
Drilling, 5s90.
Church Butte Structure
(Uinta County,
Ap ne sw E Ssss s ssgsliy IS; I
New rig installed at 11.le7. Drilling.
1859.
Cole Creek
General Pes--weU No. 7Gx-&1aG
Sec. ~, T. 36N, r. 77W
Derrick up.
Crooks Cop
(Fremont County,
slnclsir-Umit No.
Sc NE NE 1S-2SN9SW
I'd, 1888; no report (Ttght well)
Generates. No. g7-1e-P
Sec. 19-2sN-02W
Re-setting whipstock. I'd. $500; P.B..
1851. Re-drfiiings 1873.
Dubois Are0
Fremont County,
| Eineaafr~ Dubols Umie No.
NE NE 1i-A2N.1OTW
Top e m bar, 203l, water only. Rig
burned, $500.
Eusi Lunce Creek
(Niobrara County,
Continenfaz-Apex No. 4, Well No. Is
SW NE NV 35-3686
Top Dakota 3400. Swabs4d rs bbls. In
3 hrs, 80 30 and 40 bbls. drilling water.
Swabbed 40 30, no water, IN hrs. from
Sundance I'd. z0S8 installing parap.
ContinenfaI-Wright No.
SW 2S-3sN-6AW
VOC, 3071.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-01-19

Maverick Springs
Fremont Comfy
Rtveraom Oas CeJTxzAzz NO. a
Sc Sc NE z14HM-8W
Drilling, 1890.
Mellum Dome
(Nasrona Counsyl
Confsmem&aE We.
NEM 13-Z9-S2
Drilling 3A25
Middle B<xxfer
(sweetwater County
Moamt@an Fmss smpeaysEzesxsew No. g
Sc Sc So 8-zSN-1o3W
Drilling. ESQ. (FTRsT REPoRT)
MidwuY
(Nasrona County,
ksxEyn-Gsovs- Me-
c SW SEE 14-ssN-7DW
DIST Be8i-7S, open 30 mkn-, recovered
1900 II. mud and 900 n otkcsxt uzud
from Dakota. T.D.s $3.50. P-H., zzQ1s %
test Dakota. No oil la Tanszs@p or Madk
son To be completed ty Phifl1Ds Pc
troleum Co. Testing Dako&a, 610A. Swmk-
bling oil and water. PERI $3.50 6070.
Testing Muddy. Balled dry. PERI E1se-
1896, les shots. Peri. 403516E-66. We'll
making 80 gals. water per hour. Slight
oil stain, no gas. Dec. "a swaDbed 1B 30
and rs bblg water In "a hrs. Dec. 30
swabbed ~ 30 and 80 bbls. water
To plug Dakota and test Muddy.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-01-19

Parker Bros. California Co.-Mieber Nc. 1
Lot Sec. Ie-45-02
Rig burned by large gas Tow ct 6575
Gas In Cody shaie, est 20, 600, goo Gu. II
To test Tensleep, expected ct 10000.
The Valley settler., 1946-08-22
MATANUSKA DINNER GIVEN FOR SEC. KRU0
 AND PARTY.

NND PAX I.
 On Saturday August IT, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, LA. Krug ,and Party came to Palmer via Special Train from Anchorage. They arrived in Palmer about ll:00 am. and left shortly after l2:OO noon. small party of local citi- zens met the trai at Echo Lake where some of tho members disembarked and made a tour by bus to the Matenu ska Ezper iment Station and then to Palmer through the farming area south of town. Those who met the tra in at Echo Lake were: Mr. Walter E. Huntloy, Repre- sentative Territorial Legislature; Mir. Don L. Irwin, Manager, of tho flask Rural Rehabilitation Corpora tion; llr. E.E. Harriss, Manager of the Matanusko Valley Farmers Cooperating Assoc iation; Mir. Carl Ra znus sen, connnan- der of the American Legion Post No. 15; Mir. Harold Rice, Ass istant Director of Exton sion work in Alaska; Mrs. Dorothy M. Bell, Editor of tho Valley Settler; and Mir. Ray Gather and Mir. Duane hnt1oy, drivers of the busses.
 Secretary Krug and part of the party TO- neinod on the train which came into Palmer whero they were met and conducted to- the Dining Room of tho School at vhich place 0 lntanuska Dinner was prepared and served by the Hoanemokers Council. They uoro joined by the roma indor of the party.as they rel turned from the Exp orirncnt Station, and other residents of Palmer and tho Valley.
 most delicious Mhtonuska Dinner, for which our ladies are becoming famous, was served to 9l persons. Although tho party did not remain in the Valley long enough to inspect many gardens or farms, they at least had on opportunity to sanp1o tho products from the farms as prepared for tho table. They were served: Baked Hom, Now potatoes with fro sh peas, buttorcd broc coli, Groen onions, Rodi shes, Carrot Sticks, Matonu ska Maid Icocreom with Fro sh Strawberries, coffoo with fresh croam, fresh milk, and whole wheat rolls ith butter.
 Cont. on pp. l3
The Valley settler., 1946-08-22
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF EXTENSION SERVICE IN PALMER THIS WEEK

ritorios, hns boen in tho Valley tho past few days. Ho arrived here from Fairbanks and was accompanied by Director oldroyd, Head of Exton sion Work in Ale ska, and Mrs. oldroyd; Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hon sen Demon stro- tion Leader; al 50 Miss Margaret Martin, District ..gent for this oroo who So head quarters arc in Anchorage; and Mir. Harold Rice, Assist Director to lIr. Oldroyd who is now temporarily stationed in Palmer On Tedne sday evening of this weok, Mir. Wilson spoke to the Valley residents at 0 Special meeting called for that purpose in the Grange Hall. Thirty-ono' people voro pre- sent uhich vas not too bad considering tho 7ory vet weather that evening. Cake and icocreom were served os rofro slments.
  PALMER IS CENTRAL STATION FOR ALASKA RADIO
 INC.
 Under the direction of Mir. Henry Perozzo, the Ala ska Radio Inc., en Ala slsan organ izati tion, is installing a Radio conunmica- tion system vi tn central station in Palmer It is tho main purpose of this company to reach isolated towns ond settl aments in the Torr itory, but tol egrans will bo tran & mi ttod by Radio to cl1 points in tho Terri i. tory and States when the system is con- pie tod.
 At present tho Palmer stat lon has contact with Hopo, coopers Landing, Konoi, Honor, Anchor Pc int, Tustwneno, Chalotno Lodgo, end at McGrath is relay station with contact points at Candle Creek, ophir, Folger, Nixon Mine, Poormnn, and Timber Creek.
 The company is installing wireless te1o-' phones. Of tho 133 telephones they hnvo, 8 arc now in uso, and arc usod by tho company.
 Tho local station in Palmer is located in tho front of tho Valley Theatre Building, first door to tho right. Vince Stephan is in charge of tho sub- station at Kenoi.
The Valley settler., 1946-07-25

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Evening star., 1946-04-08
j. :. Had Gas Makinq
Jap Mask Useless,
Patterson Reveals
BY the Associotsd Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. April B.
Secretary of War Patterson disclosed
today that the United States had
developed a war gas that would
have made the Japanese military
mask useless"
Mr.. Patterson made only that
brief reference to the gas in an ad-
dress at the opening of the lO9th
meeting Of the American Chemical
Society. He did not elaborate.
Maj. Gen Alden H. Watt of the
Chemical Warfare Service declared
in another address to the society
that chemical warfare probably
would be "as decisive a weapon in
any future war as the atomic bomb. "
Il say this advisedly, for already
we know of agents thousands of
times more toxic than mustard gas,
phosgene, the cyanides and the ar
senicalS that we have worked with
in the past" Gen. Watt said. Our
discoveries in recent years give me
more confidence than ever in the
power of the chemical weapon"
Improved" Fire Bombs Ready.
Mr.. Patterson also declared that
at the end of the war America was
just getting into stride with i'm
proved" fire bombs which would
have leveled everything the enemy
had and rendered their cities unin-
habitable."
Mr.. Patterson said IS japanese
cities with an aggregate population
of more than 20,OOO,O00 were Grip
Piled by fires from our incendiaries
He declared that beyond the terror
of fire the release of incendiaries
caused a new phenomenon called
Evening star., 1946-04-08
Robert Luce, Former
House Member, Dies

Robert Luce, 83. Republican Rep
resentative from Massachusetts for
20 years and former lieutenant gov
ernor of the State, died last night at
his home in Waltham, Mass, the
Associated Press reported.
Mr.. Luce was elected to Congress
from the 18th district of MaSsachu-
sets in 1919 and served until 1884
and again from 1886 to 1910, He be-
came the ranking member of the
Committees on Banking, World War
Veterans and Library.
Mr.. Luce was the author Of an
internationally authoritative work,
The Science of Legislation, which
comprised a million words in four
volumes - Legislative Procedure, -
Legislative Assemblies, 'LegiSla-
tive Principles" and Legislative
Problems" The work. completed in
1885, represented % years of actual
writing
A native of Auburn, Me, Mr. Luce
was a graduate of Harvard Univer-
sity. He established the Luce Press
Clipping Bureau in New York and
Boston soon after his graduation
and in 1899 was elected to the
Massachusetts State Legislature. He
served there nine years and term
as Lieutenant Governor. During the
World War he headed a committee
to study the cost of living and in
1917 to 1919 he was floor leader at
the State constitution convention.
Evening star., 1946-04-08
f. {. Buckingham,
.Confectioner, Dies

Edgar G. Buckingham, who re-
tired in January after more than
so years as candy manufacturer,
died of a heart attack Saturday
night at his home, 766 Thirteenth
street Sc.
Born February %, 1874, in Kansas
City, Mo, Mr.. Buckingham was
brought to Washington as a child
by his father, who also was candy
maker. Father and son together
we're in the candy business here for
a total of 10 years.
Mr.. Buckingham was a member
of Eastern High Schools first grad
uating class. That same year-1893
the Eastern football team, of
which Mr.. Buckingham was men,
ber, won its first championship.
AS a member of the New York
Volunteer Infantry, Mr.. Bucking
ham fought in Cuba during the
Spanish-American War. He was a
member of Henry w. Lawton Camp,
No. 4, Spanish-American War Vet
Grams.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Emma Stephenson Buckingham; a
sister, Mrs. H. E. Sprucebank; a
stepson, Edmond Henderer, and two
nieces, Mrs Everett A. Hellmuth
and Mrs Tom B. Thatcher, all of
Washington and vicinity.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at his home Burial
will be in Arlington Memorial Gem
etery.