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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-17

those now existing in the National
Housing Agency, to be known as
the Federal Housing Administration
the Federal Public Housing Author
ity, and the Federal Home Loan
Bank Administration. Each unit
will be under a commissioner to be
appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent Of the
Senate. The functions grouped I'M
der each new constituent unit par
allel the functions of the predeces-
sor unit in the existing National
Housing Agency.
U. S. H. C. Dissolved.
Dissolution of the United States
Housing Corp. (existing pursuant to
the acts of May 16, 1918, 40 Stat
$50, oh. IA, as amended and June 4,
1918, 40 Stat. $3.50 is directed by the
provisions of the plan, and the
Federal Home Loan Bank commits
sioner is required to wind up the
affairs of the corporation.
The Office of Federal Housing
Administrator, the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board and the office
of the members thereof. the Board
Of Trustees of the Federal Savings
and Loan Insurance Corp. and the
Offices of the members thereof, the
Board of Directors of the Home
owners Loan Corp. and the Offices
of the members thereof, and the
Office of administrator of the United
States Housing Authority are also
abolished by this plan. -
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quate housing for our returning vet.
Grams will tax to the utmost the re.
sourcefulneSs and vigor of all parts
of the Government that are con-
cerned in any way with housing
And in the months and years aheao
the goal of decent home for every
American will demand the fullest
use of all of the Governments re-
sources in the housing field.
If the Government is to mobilize
to fullest effectiveness it's resources
for dealing with the housing emer-
gency, an indispensable step-ano
one which we cannot afford further
to delays the establishment Of
a housing agency on a permanent
basis.
The fact that we have had a uni
fed housing agency, even though
temporary, has enabled us to move
more efficiently toward a solution
OF postwar problems, in co-opera-
ton with private enterprise and To-
cal communities, than would have
been possible without unification OF
the Governments housing activi.
ties. But the present National Hous-
ing Agency has been handicapped
in its operations by its lack of 8
permanent status. Having beer
created during the war emergency
it is not infrequently looked upon as
an organization which, now that
peace has come, may be abolished in
the relatively near future. This has
made for uncertainties which have
inevitably placed the National Hous.
ing Agency at a disadvantage.
In order that it may proceed or
its program with the fullest conf.
dence that it Has position equiva.
lent to that of any other permanent
Government agency, its organization
should be confirmed at the earliest
possible date.
Wartime experience has full,
demonstrated the necessity for uni
flying the Governments housing
functions. When the defense hous
ing program began in 1910, housip,
functions were scattered among /;
number of different agencies. = -"
The plan provides that the func
tons consolidated in the Nationa
Housing Agency are to be admins
tered under a national housing ad
ministrator to be appointed by tn
President, by and with the advic,
and consent of the Senate. The ma.
tional housing administrator is au'
thorized to appoint deputy hous
ing administrator, who shall be il
the classified service.
The plan establishes three con.
stitutent units corresponding II
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Reorganization
Continued From First Page

welfare, social insurance-and their
Significance for the future of the
country demand for it the highest
level of administrative leadership
and voice in the central councils
of the executive branch
Accordingly, I shall soon recon-
mend to the Congress that legisla
ton be promptly enacted making
the Federal Security Agency an
executive department, defining its
basic purpose and authorizing the
President to transfer to it such
units and activities as come within
that definition" The agency now is
headed by Watson B. Miller.
The reorganization program also
recommends as an important stel
the establishment of the National
Housing Agency on a permanent
basis, and the consolidation within
its framework of the principal Gov
eminent housing activities.
Another proposal is for the aboli-
ton of the Office of the High Com
missioner of the Philippines, in view
of the imminence of independent
status for the islands.
Termina ton of the National La
Dor Rela lions Board function of con-
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the establishment of housing
agency on a permanent basis"
The President explained that the
plan carries on the present setup OF
the MIA and recommends that spe-
cial provision be made to continue
the $4,000 salary of the administra-
tor, which a section of the Reorgan-
ization Act otherwise would cut to
$4,000 annually.
In one move to avoid overlap.
ping, the President proposes to shift
to the United States Employment
Service the functions of the Selec.
tive Service System and the director
with respect to assisting ex-service.
men to obtain new positions.
The Office of Contract Settlement
would be abolished and its functions
be given to the director of War Mo.
bilization and Reconversion.
Lesser Provisions.
: Lesser provisions of the three plans
have the following effect:
Consolidate the General Land Of
flee and Grazing Service of the In
terror Department into a Bureau OF
Land Management. This would dc
away with the commissioner and as
sistant commissioner of the Gen.
eral Land Office; director and as
sistant directors of grazing, registers
of district land Offices, and super
visors of surveys, although Their
functions would be continued.
Unity in the National Park Serv-
ice responsibility for housekeeping
functions" at the Franklin D. Roose-
welt Memorial in Hyde Park.
Transfer photographic Office and
Naval Observatory from Bureau OF
Naval Personnel to Chief of Naval
Operations
Consolidate paymaster's and quar-
termaster's departments of Marine
corps into single supply depart
ment
Transfer responsibility for Canal
Zone Biological Area to Smithsonian
Institution.
Most of the rest of the program
involves intra-agency shifts,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-17
British Really Intend
TO Leave India Now,
Mission Declares
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW DELHI, May 1.-THE three
members of the British cabinet
mission, facing the questions of .
corps of newspaper correspondents,
asserted repeatedly today that this
time the British definitely intended
to leave India.
The Congress party's working
committee met today. 1t may de-
eide whether to cooperate along
the lines of the missions recon-
mendations yesterday that an indie
pendent federal union of India be
organized and that an interim gov
eminent of Indians be formed to
rule until the new constitution is
effective
Mahomed Ali Jinnah, president
of the Moslem League, was ex-
pected to state his views tomorrow.
The big question whether the Con-
gress party and Moslem League
will participate in setting up the
machinery for writing the new con-
stitution then will be answered.
Early indications were that the
Moslems were displeased with the
plan drafted by the cabinet mission,
but that the Congress party, midas
largest, would go along with the
proposals.
Thanked by Sir Stafford Grips.
president of the British Board of
Trade, and by A. " Alexander, First
Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Pethick-
Lawrence, Secretary of State for
India, stuck resolutely at the press
conference to the theme that Brit
ain wanted to surrender control Of
the country at the earliest possible
moment
Liquidation of the India Office
already has begun, he said. The
cabinet mission will remain in India
because our next job is to get the
plan accepted by the two main
bodies-Moslems and Hindus," he
said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-17
Sale Of Nay|or Gardens
Gets Approval Of RfC

The Reconstruction Finance Corp
has concurred in the decision of the
Defense Homes Corp. to sell the
Naylor Gardens apartment de-
velopment at Thirtieth street and
Naylor road Sc. to the Veterans
Cooperative Housing Association
for $5,l25,00
Details will be submitted to the
War Assets Administration which
has five days within. which to offer
objections, DHC officials said. RIGS
approval was needed since that
agency is the mortgage holder.
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Quoting strike ballots-for which
Congress has denied funds this year
also is called for.
Mr.. Truman launched into his dis
cussion of revamped FSA by recall
ing what had been done to estab-
lish the agency in the last reor-
ganization act, and declaring that
the time has now come for further
steps to strengthen the machinery
OF the Federal Government for lead
ership and service in dealing with
the social problems Of the country
On the shift of the Children's
Bureau, with the exception of those
activities relating to child labor I'M
der the Wage and Hour Act, Mr..
Truman said the latter is the only
permanent program of the Chill
dren,s Bureau that is properly la
Dor function"
Abolition of the Employees Com
pensation Commission would re-
move three-member board which
always has been influential. This
independent unit Is headed by Mrs.
Jewell M. Swofford, and numbers in
it's members Mrs. Hattie Caraway,
former Democratic Senator from
Arkansas. The board would be sup
planted by three-member appeals
board, an arrangement the Presi-
dent said has proved both ad-
ministratively efficient and satisfac-
| tory to claimants in many similar
programs.
Full-Time Board an Anomaly"
In proposing to wipe out the So
clal Security Board as an entity, Mr..
Truman said that "a full-time board
In charge of a group of bureaus
within an agency is at best an
anomaly"
The board has three members,
with Arthur j. Altmeyer as chair
man, but the Presidents order pro-
vldes that the FSA head may not
be allowed more than two new as
sistants to administer the social Sc
curity program.
The change also would result in
| abonShment OF the office of Assistant
Commissioner of Education, Federal
Board of Vocational Education and
Board of Visitors of ST. Elizabeth's
Hospital. In regard to the last
named, it was explained:
! These functions overlap the re-
sponsibility of the Federal Security
administrator for the general super
vision and direction of the hos
pital.'
The recommendation for creation
of a permanent National Housing
Agency was incorporated in plan
and Of it, the President said: If the
Government is to mobilize to fullest
effectiveness its resources for dealing
with the housing emergency, an in
dispensihle step-and one which we
cannot afford further to delays
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Strike Control
Continued From First Page

thence over the way debate has been
prolonged. He told newsmen it
seemed very clear that a filibuster
tsson." He took issue on this with
Chairman Murray of the Labor
Committee who rejected the fill
buster charge when it was raised on
the floor yesterday by Senator Ball,
Republican, of Minnesota
Senator Ball made a futile move
to have debate limited, but it was
evident that even supporters of pro-
posed new labor legislation were not
yet ready to back such a curb.
Meanwhile. individual Senators
turned thumbs down on a sugges-
ton by Civilian Production Admin
istrator Small that Congress outlaw
strikes for six months. The general
verdict seemed to be that lawmakers
considered the idea unavoidable.
President Truman told his news
conference yesterday that Mr. Small
hadn't consulted him on the SUBJ
ject, and most Senators took that
to mean the proposal had no i'm
AlCOidIC dulllllllSlI dtlOu SdllCJlOIl =
In typical comment, Senator
Hatch, Democrat. of New Mexico
said he didn't think it possible for
Congress to outlaw strikes effective
ly. He added, however, that he would
support plan for compulsory arbi-
tration of disputes in industries di-
rectly involving public health, safety
and welfare.
Brief Stir Subsidies.
Mr.. Small's idea, which he said
he made as private citizen. created
a brief stir at the Capitol 1t quickly
subsidized, however, when the Presi-
dent washed his hands of it.
It is Mr. Small's job to get produc-
ton of goods needed to keep the
civilian economy running. He said
in his statement that the coal strike
had thrown all industry into
'cnaoS."
Senator Byrd. who has said just
about the same thing concerning the
coal strikes effect, was one, of those
who saw no merit in Mr.. Small's
suggestion.
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ave 10 Ask Senate
To Restore 100000
For j. ). Broadcasts

The Washington Chapter of the
American Veterans Committee, con.
WINGED the armed forces "botched'
their relations with foreign peoples
will ask the Senate to restore So
100000 cut by the House from the
budget for the State Departments
international information and Gull
tural affairs program.
The chapter today was on record
as strongly supporting the original
request, to prevent another war by
promoting understanding among
nations, after Assistant Secretary
of State William Benton charged the
House action would abolish two
thirds of the program.
Mr. Benton told an AVG forum in
the Interior Department auditorium
last night that the State Depart
ment cannot operate short-wave
broadcasting, the only instrument
for overcoming censorship barriers
on the slo,oOO,O0o appropriated by
the House.
Chat Patterson, AVG national
legislative representative, asserted
that veterans would back the work
because they had found that with
very few exceptions" the opinions
people in foreign countries held OF
the United States we're false and
distorted"
William l.. Shirer. radio common
tator, scored the directors of the
Associated Press and the United
Press for refusing to sell their news
services to the Federal Government
though selling it to agencies of other
governments.
The voice of America has been
reduced to feeble whisper" he re-
marked For this we can thank
Representatives in Congress and the
directors of the AP and UP"
Preference for a United States
department. of information, indie
pendent OF the State Department
and with a cabinet officer at its
head, was expressed by James P
Warburg, author While urging a
greater flow of information, he ad-
vocated that the United Nations
agree to refrain from psychological
aggression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-17
Two Cardinals Get Insiqnio

VATICAN CITY, May II (Py.-
Pope Plus conferred cardinautial
insignia on Jose Cardinal Caro- Ro-
driguez of Chile and Jules-Geraud
Cardinal Saliege of France in To-
minute ceremony.in the throne room
of the Apostolic Palace today. Both
cardinals were unable to receive
their red hats at last Februarys
conSiStOry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-17
CeyIon Gets New Charter

LONDON, May II (P).-The gov
eminent announced today a new
constitution of Ceylon, giving the
island colony a large measure OF
elf-government.
Evening star., 1946-04-25
Misses Sportsweor

100 Originally 2.29 Cotton Tee
Shirts, stripes ond solids. sizes Il
to 10 100
IS Originally 5.95 Jr. Miss Skirts,
powder blue. brown, navy. red,
sizes 9 to IS, oil wool l.99
4 Originally $50 to $50 Jerkin
Suits. labeled os to wool content.
wa Hlo in navy; 1/l6 in
lime and IVA in brown and
white cheoks---5 5.95
s Originally $50 BoIero Suits.
sizes 9, l3 and IS. They're
royon in black and maize 1.99
S Originally 2.90 White BIouses,
broken sizes l.9o
5 Originally 3.99 White Cotton
Botiste Jobot Front BIouses, size
The Hecht Co., Downstairs Store.
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Curtoins

Ia Originally s.98 Printed Cot
ton Cretonne Studio Couch
Covers - 500
40 Originally 2.e9 to 1913 Odd
Lot of ToiIored curtoins, 54 and
ga inches long 90 pr.
so Originally 1913 Extra Long
Tailored Net Curtains, 81 inches
long l.oo DR..
"a Originally BIZ Cottose Sets,
ruffled tops, cotton morquisette,
1.99 set
II Originally 4.9e Cotton Nor
quisette RuffIed Curtains. 81
inches vide to the por, and 81
inches long; soiled --2.ee pr.
5 Originally 4.95 Printed Cotton
cretonne Dropes. "a yords long,
blue only - 2.o9 Or.
The Heeht Co., Dounsfairs Store.
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Misses coots

le Originally 1895 Wool coo.s
-Boxy Chesterfield dress coots;
lOOGo wool, in black yorndye
grey. Misses sizes $500
s Originally 1896 Wool coots
Exclusive California fitted
toppers; 1000 wool, in black
ond white checks. Sizes 10 to
J Originally $500 Wool sorties
1000 wool. suede finished,
fitted toPpers. Navy, royoI,
aqua. Misses sizes $500
! Originally $500 Wool jacket,
1000 wool. in red; size 10,
$500
; Originally ss.s5 Wool ches-
terfieIds-AII-wooI Melton cloth
'boxy coots in brown ond green.
Sizes 10 and 2O-------15.oo
z Originally $500 Dress coots
Fitted styles in 1000 wool.
Green. Sizes 10 ond y 1000
z Originally 1895 coochmon's
coots-lOOoo wool pile, boxy
oooohmon style. White. Sizes
IA ond l6------25 $500
- Originally 1926 PIostie Rain
eoots-YelIow, pink, white, 200
8 Originally $500 Wool Fleece
Coots - Grey, oquo, beige.
Misses sizes $500
Misses Goats. E Street Building.
Third Floor.
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Boys Wear

II Originally $50 to 1I.o0
Navy Blue and Foney Weave Top
Goats, broken sizes 3 to II, 800
8 Originally 1850 Leisure jock
cts, sizes 40 and 42-----3.9o
9 Originally lI.70 to 1899 Suits
with loneies and knickers, in
brown and blue; sizes s, 7 and
l6 -5.O 500
SO Originally Las to 2.99 Boys
Wool and Corduroy Shorts; some
with belts; broken sizes STE
Properly labeled as to wool content.
The Hecht Co, Downsfairs Store.
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Scissors

4S Originally 2.1o Handy Me-
dunn -sixe Scissors, with good cut
ting edge and nickeI-ploted
finish 75c
100 Originally Its Scissors soc
IS Originally soc Cleaning Tis-
sue Envelopes port royonl 1oe
z Originally 500 Troys. for dress
ING table 800
5 Originally l.5o Boxes Of Soop,
bruised ond broken n---75e
II Originally 800 Toilet Kits
for Men. Tox included $50
3 Originally ZOO Tissue Boxes.
LOO
Z Originally $500 TraveI Kits
for men. Tax included 1000
l3 Originally 500 Imitotion
Leather Picture Fromes soc
SO Originally l.2o Deodoronts,
soc
Toilet articles and ToiIeries.
Street Floor, The Hecht Co.
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WY J. 7 .
Royon 6 Cotton
Knitted Curtoins
1913 psir

WeII-tollored curtains of sturdy,
oirIIy cool royon and cotton .
in attractive block pottern. Il"
wide to the poir IS" Iona.
Reody to hang in creamy
ivory color.
as Originally 4.9s cottose Cur
toin Sets As" long
tforoI top plain sosh
trimmed in red 36" Iona,
2.9S set
81 Originally 5.ss Royon and
Cotton Knitted Curtains IS"
vide TO poir 81" long.
Reody to hang, in eeeshelI color,
LOO poir
Curtains, Sixth Floor,
The Hecht Co.
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Fobric Center

IS Yards Originally LOO yd.
Duxkin for shower curtains.
er-repeIIent fabric 49e yd.
100 yds. Originally l.e9 Royon
ket-white, pink 4ee
81 yds. Originally $50 Checked
Wool, 54" wide. Assorted colors,
2.95 yd.
Fabric Center, Street Floor.
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, Ort9inoily ! 4. s !
Woil Cobinets
o.oo

Doubie-doo woII cobinets; they
measure q vost 35x23xl2".
Sturdily built, enoreIed spic n
spon white. Morred.
s Originally l7.25 Porcelain Top
cobinet Bases, IONA" "os is, "
10 Originally 1879 1ex2o"
Porcelain Top Cobinet Boses, "os
is" 800
II Originally 1895 Double
Door Utility Cabinets. 63x27x
", slightly morred ---l2.e9
s Originally 1898 Utility cebi-
nets, double door, 63x27xl2',
n1orred -----I4.99
3 Originally 1875 Single Door
Utility Cabinets. 66xl8xl2"
floor samples e.e9
II Originally 1902 Single Door
Wardrobes, "os is" "13.e9
leo Originally lie and 3oe
ovenproof Gloss Casserole and
Dessert Dishes. Set Of 4. Each Sc
Is Originally l.49 Aluminium
soueepots, without covers 100
Housewares Dept,
The Recht Co., Seventh Floor.
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Cotton Dresses

IS Originally 4.99 Printed Floral
Dresses with contrasting belts.
button to the waist style, in sizes
38 to AZ 1913
80 Originally 2.99 Printed FloroI
Brunch Goats, red only, in sizes
Ia to 20 2O--1. 100
The Hecht Co., Downstairs Store.
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Hollywood Beds
27.o5

A prize combination for sound
sleeping! The coil sptlnq IS
sturdlly constructed and stonds
on husky legs. It's topped with
firm comfortable nottress. 81"
wide.
z Originally 1880 Soto Beds,
opens into q "a size bed, up
hoIstered arms, wine cover 1895
4 Originally 1880 Soto Beds,
with upholstered arms, blue COW
er, opens into 24 size bed 1895
IS Originally 1850 Felt Mot-
tresses, twin ond double sizes,
1000
10 Originally 1896 Heodboords,
tiowered cotton covering. twin
size tponeI con be removed ond
recovered To suit 900
10 Originally $3.50 and 1895
Box Springs, covered with sturdy
striped ticking----------l9. 9.e5
20 Originally 12.75 Steel Coil
Springs, plotform top, double
SIZE only 8.75
Sinmber Shop, The Hecht Co.,
Fourth Ei0or.
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Girls Undies

81 Originally l.55 White Cotton
BuiIt-Up Slips, size z only; soiIed,
100
a. Originally e3e Cotton ond
Royon Briefs. white backgrounds
with contrasting stripes; small,
medium ond large sizes soc
Al Originally 58e Cotton Briefs,
teorose only; medium size 25e
Girls FURNISHINGS. Second Floor,
The Hecht Co.
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MEMS RAINCOATS
6.95

A group Of 200 roincoots guaranteed to be lOOoo
waterproof. They'll resist oil, grease ocid and ink
They can be washed with damp CLOTH Heat and
cold will not cause it to dry out, stick or crack Olive
drob shade in sizes "a to 49,
The Hechf Co., Downsfairs Store.
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Misses Goats and Suits

J Originally 22.5o to $500 AL
wool Spring Suits, broken sizes,
1000
6 Originally 2l.oo All-wool
Goats, broken sizes and colors,
1000
IS Originally 1850 to $500
Ali-wool Spring Suits. broken
sizes ---- 500
II Originally 27.75 to $500
AII-wooI Suits, broken sizes and
colors 1900
The Hechi Co, Downstairs Store.
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Corsets

9 Originally 100 TO $50 Long
Line Botiste Brossieres, Two-woy
Stretch GirdIes. kulife Abdomi-
nal Belts and kulife Shoulder
Braces, broken sizes soc
] Original 7.5o p & N Corset,
size 81 - 800
SO Originally $50 Lightweight
Foundations, lightly boned, sizes
"a TO AZ 400
The HeCht Co., Downsfaiys Store.
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s Originally 1895
Checked BeIIhop Suits
$500

1000 wool in black ond white
checks. Cardigan jocket with the
new brief beiIhop look. Sizes
10 to IA.
3 Originally $500 cordison
Suits. 1000 wool covert, cordl-
gan style. Blue and brown, sizes
IA and dl6---2o 1900
9 Originally $500 Dressmoker
Suits, California design in all
wool with snokeskin accents.
Block with red, beige with brown.
Misses sizes ---5 $500
3 Originally 1895 Suits, 1907
wool with royon sotin accents.
Black, sizes 10 ond 1890
Misses SuifS, Third Floor Of
Fashion, The Hecht Co.
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Mems Clothing

] Originally 1880 White Cot
ton and Mohoir Summer Suits,
slightly soiIed. Single ond double
breasted. Sizes: ABS reg; 2I35
short; 1876 long ----7.95
Originally 1850 sinsIe-breost-
ed White Cotton and Mohcir
Tuxedo Coot, slightly soIed, size
AZ short t----------5 500
News Clothing. Second Floor,
The Hechf Go.
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Girls Apparel

z Originally 7.s5 Porty Dresses,
size l2-- 3.9o
8 Originally 4.30 and 5.99 Royon
Dresses, broken sizes 1880
"a Originally 2.95 and 3.o5
Strow Hats l,95
40 Originally l.e5 White BIouses,
sizes 7 to l4----..- CSC
Girls apparel, Second Floor,
The Hechf Co,
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Evening Wraps

/, Originally 1888 copes-
Black royon velvet 1000
4 Originally 24.oo coo.s, 1000
wool in coroI and oquo with Sc
gums 1S. 500
5 Originally 1913 Copes-BIock
royon velvet copes 1000
All in Sizes 10 to IA
Evening Wraps, Third Floor,
The Hechf Co.