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think build this hospital here When man faces
begins think of the good he has done his
life That is the reason contributing to this hospital"
weathet of ball players past and present
While stars make 1y did
hang to most OF his money and
invest it prohtably.,
Griffith Told Him to Invest His Money
Some years ago. after spending active days with the
Philadelphia Athletics Washington to see Clark
Griffith He wanted some advice
maybe ball club at least buy into team nave you any
suggesions?"
How much do you asked Griffith.
got hundred thousand can lay my hahoS Oh
right now" Cobbs
Look Ty Griffith, IF had 100000 cash wouldn't
v ball club I'd take money invest and then sit back
and enough turf with those spikes ana
fought enough ball players. You deserve a rest
Cobb must Ghs advice for ne made no turtner
attempt to buy he did, it kept quiet He IN
vested money-a good hunk of in famous soft
enred ran it into modest went California
to copuent interested IN golf than In baseball
No Hitter Had Record Like Tys
player rated the greatest OF all mehs only cnel
rival seems Hans WagnerCobb has dropped almost
out of sight Only rarely does he see ball game OF
talk about the profession which he dominated for so many years
one of his last interviews was following 1946 World Series
when Cobb Williams would have to learn to nt
maintain big BY learning to n ~ mea'
that he to hit to all fields.
Cobb who safely give Williams OF any
other hitter since Ty has come anywhere
close to euuang winning nine straight batting titles ana
th losing Speaker in 1916 coming back to win three
more in row which models of constencyo3
.384. -
In winning his nine straight Cobb $780,
42o 4C $780, 1863 and 3e And ne was hltng wnen
was legal sters balls and other trick ptche
other great were at their peaks
Cobb speaks when he advises Wnhams 10
spread out" He field not only in games but
batting practice artistry he employed in spraying
with drives better pesame show than Williams
power displays today
Evening star., 1947-01-24

Ten years ago-International
League approved transfer of Al
bany club to Jersey City as farm
team of New York Giants.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Win, Lose, or Draw
When Cobb Come Home to Royston
By FRANCIS {. sTANN

these recent times when sports have been filed with
Investigations and countercharg law suits contractup
pursuit Of dollar namecing and the like has remained
contribute something
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Totals rs 957 Totals SIS 10 46
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season and that Lee Artoe, cur
rently Of the Los Angeles Dons, Is
next in line for a shot at 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-16
Boy,12,Admits Killing
Sister, Is, With Rifle;
Says She Nagged Him
BY the Associated Press

LAS ANIMAS, Colo, Dec. TO-
Sheriff L. E. Brookshire said today
q. 12-year-old boy had confessed
killing his 16-year-old sister with a
.22-caliber rifle because she was
always nagging me about bringing
in the fuel"
Sheriff Brookshire said the youth,
Jimmy Melton, signed a confession
shortly after midnight that he had
shot his sister Phyllis Marie as she
sat on a divan in their frame home
looking at snapshots.
II never liked her anyway" the
sheriff quoted the boy as saying
The sheriff and Deputy District
Attorney Fred Sisk said the thin,
slight youth told them this story:
He stayed away from school all
day, planning to kill his sister.
After dinner, when his father, j.
H. Melton, was still at the hard
ware store where he is employed,
Jimmy went into another room and
got rifle.
He fired once from the doorway
and the bullet struck the girl in the
shoulder Then he went around in
front of her, fired shot through
her forehead, and pumped three
more bullets into her head and body.
After she slumped over, he dragged
her body to the basement, then ran
from the house.
Sheriff Brookshire said the boy
first told Police Chief M. L. Cline
that two masked men had entered
the house and knocked him uncon-
scious. He said that when he re-
covered. his sister had gone and
that he feared she had been kid
mapped.
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Edward 5. Holland Dies;
Retired Treasury Worker

Edward S. Holland, 10, retired
employe of the Treasury's Procure
ment Division, died yesterday at
Doctors Hospital after a two-week
illness. He lived at 3416 Mckinley
street NV.
Mr.. Holland was born and edu-
Gated in the District. His great
grandfather, David Holland, was an
early District Commissioner.
He began work at the Treasury
Department in 1918 and was retired
in July, 1916.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs
Estelle M. Holland; son, Edward
Stewart, jr., surveying engineer of
Alexandria, and a daughter, Mrs.
Mary K. Glasgow, Bethesda, Md.
Funeral services will be held at II
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yesterday as flames swept through
their frame farmhouse In nearby
East Finley township.
Killed with Mrs. Ealy were two
sons, George, Is, and Wright, 10
and a daughter. Gertrdue, 8.
Mrs. Ealy's husband Wayne car
ried another child, Elmer, 8, and
led Ellen, 10, to safety, while sixth
child, Wilma, 16, escaped from the
burning building by leaping from
a second-story window.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-16
Envoy to Poland Flies
To Report to Marshall
By the Associated Press

WARSAW, Dec. 16. - American
Ambassador Stanton Griffis left by
air for London yesterday to report
to Secretary of State Marshall on
the Polish situation.
Mr.. Griffis intends to go to Wash
ington from London, having been
summoned for consultations. He is
expected to return to Warsaw with
in a few weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-16

On. tomorrow at Gawlers chapel
1856 Pennsylvania avenue NV
Burial will be in Rock Greek Gene
terry.
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Mother, 3 Of 6 Children
Die in Farmhouse Fire
BY the Associated Pres,

WASHINGTON, Pa, Dec. 49,
Mrs. Martha Ealy, 40, and three of
her six children burned to death
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-16

Mr. Lester NoNn1an
2s15 Brandywine Street,
Washington, D. C.
Mother, Grandmother,
Doctors Wife, Member
Of National Council of
Jewish Women, active in
Community Chest Cam
paign, says:
II had heard many
stories about Mrs. Nellie
Proctor Hewitt winning
prizes for her baking, so
naturally, I was one of
the first to try County
Fair Bread. It's every
thing the ads say it is
simply delicious!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-16

Wt3S neJou - mIulet
1922 Biltmore Street,
Washington, D. C.. In
charge of Teen Canteen
of Young Women's
Christian Association,
says:
County Fair Bread is
really grand, but that's
only natural--for with
a woman like Mrs. Nellie
Proctor Hewitt behind
County Fair Bread, it
would have to be some
thing special.
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ding breakfast followed at Indian
Spring Valley Farm.
the bride wore ivory satin and a
crown of orange blossoms which
held her veil. She carried white
roses and baby's breath. Mrs.
Charles j. Sweeney of Coaldale, who
was matron of honor, wore a Kelly
green MORE taffeta gown with a
matching wide-brimmed crownless
hat.
Mr. J. Carroll Curran served as
best man for his brother and Mr..
Robert Finnell of this city and Mr..
Harry EiSenbeiss of Norfolk were
the ushers.
Following a honeymoon through
New England the couple will live in
Bethesda.
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AIexandria

The trek homeward from vacations
is well under way now and among
those just back is Mrs. Clyde Box,
who spent the summer in San Diego,
Calf, with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hal Hotchkiss. On her arrival
here she was greeted by her cousins,
DR.. and Mrs. Richard Kiene of
Philadelphia. who came especially to
welcome her home. DR.. and Mrs.
Kiene had been spending the sum-
mer at Spray Beach. N. J.
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Robert Gro
zier Barnes also are back after
spending the summer at Lake of the
Woods in Canada. They were hosts
Friday evening at a farewell party
for 1t. Comdr. Lee Goolby, who will
leave soon for his new post. More
than a dozen other guests attended
the party, which was a supper.
1t. Col. and Mrs. Charles w.
Neuendorf, whose trip with their
children included Atlanta, Chicago
Evening star., 1947-09-21

for the past two weeks Mrs. STRAIT
tons mother, Mrs. N. L. Mahan OF
Charlottesville, who has been max
ing the Acquaintance of her new
grandson, Richard Macleod STRAIT
ton, jr.
Miss Katharine Simler OF Johns
town, Pa, is the guests of her
brother-in-law and sister, Maj. and
Mrs. George B. Simler.
There was a lovely party Monday
evening in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. T. Androus in Belle Haven
when they entertained in celebra-
tion of the birthday anniversary
of their sub-debutante daughter
Miss Jean Ellen Androus.
The party was given in the newly
decorated recreation room which
was designed by Mr.. and Mrs. An
drous and furnished in keeping with
the murals of Greek mountain
scenes.
Guests who were there for the
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and Cleveland, are again in their
home here.
Mrs. Louis Guam has returned
from vacation at Boulder Dam, and
with Prof. Guam and their children
will leave Wednesday to make their
home in Charlottesville, where he
will be member of the faculty OF
the University of Virginia.
1t. Col. and Mrs. Arnold Summer
are back after spending the summer
at Oak Orchard on Lake Ontario.
Comdr. and Mrs. Donald j. Ram
sey and their children, Elizabeth
Anne and Ellison, have returned
from Newport, R. l., where they
spent the summer.
Capt. and Mrs Richard Macleod
Stratton have had as their guests
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CNryan-Breslm
Ceremony Is Held

Miss Margaret Ann Breslin OF
Washington and Coaldale, Pa.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L.
Breslin of Coaldale, became the
bride yesterday of Mr.. Marian D.
Curran, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs
Curran of Silver Spring.
The Rev. Lawrence McGlone
ofdciated at the ceremony in the
Church of the Nativity and a we'd
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Marian Hobbs We'd
To Il. f. Brav

The Woodside Methodist Church
was the scene of the wedding last
evening of Miss Marian Stoneham
Hobbs, daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Elmer Eugene Hobbs of Silver
Spring, and Mr.. Albert Franklin
Bray, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
John Bray of Hazleton, Pa.
The Rev. William Firth officiated
at the ceremony, assisted by the
Rev. Philip c. Edwards, and a re-
ception followed in the banquet hall
of the church.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore ivory slip
per satin and a bonnet-style head
Evening star., 1947-09-21

the farewell dinner given by 1t.
Col. and Mrs. Frank H. Stone for
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Ralph B.
Lovett before they leave for his
new assignment to the Philippines.
Col. and Mrs. E. w. Rulings also
were guests,
Evening star., 1947-09-21

celebration were the Misses Mar
garet Clarke, Judy and Jean Mac
Pherson, Nancy Thurman and
Helen Marie Collins and the two
brothers of the honor guest, Ted
and Lynn Androus.
Another party of the week was
Evening star., 1947-09-21

dress trimmed with orange bios
SONS which held her veil She car
ried white roses and stephanotis.
Mrs. Robert Ralph Wurtz, who
attended her sister, wore an autumn
gold taffeta gown fashioned with
hooped skirt and a matching head
dress. Her shaped bou-
Quet was of talisman roses and ivy.
Mr.. Ray Klingerman of Hazleton
served as best man for the BRIDE
groom and Mr.. John Mumaw of
Hazleton and Mr.. Alvin Hobbs of
Silver Spring seated the wedding
guests.
Following trip through North
and South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, the couple will reside in
Baltimore
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pAA FLIES II INTO
JUNEAU ON TUESDAY

Pan American Always reported
regular flights through Juneau
yesterday, bringing in passengers
from Seattle, Whitehorse and Fair
banks. Outbound passengers were
carried to the same points, with
one to Ketchikan.
Seattle to Juneau-Elinor Alex
ander, Pearl Rold, Dan Moller, Mrs.
Inez Anderson, E. F. Anderson,
Harold Pryor
Winton C. Arnold, David Bur-
nett, Mrs. Ethel Burnett, John
Weise. Rosemary Weise, Danna
Weise.
Whitehorse to Juneau-Richard
Sears, Katherine Sears
Fairbanks to Juneau - Francis
Alley, Ruth JOY Lois JOY.
Juneau to Seattle-John WHITTIER,
Ann Sayer, Dorsey Kretzer, Alfred
Dahl, Leo Numsen.
Juneau to Ketchikan-William
Baker.
Juneau to Whitehorse--Gordon
Goodbrand, Paul Westfall, Donald
Westfall
Juneau to Fairbanks - Albert
Genthner.
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pNA MAKES ROUND
TRIP ON TUESDAY

Pacific Northern Airlines re-
ported regular flights yesterday
between Anchorage and Juneau
and waypoints Eastbound a
ship under Capt Jack Dean, First
Officer Tom Constant and Stew
ardess Helen Roth carried the fol-
lowing passengers:
Anchorage to Juneau: H. l..
Bailey, M Mitchell Jim Dinner
Leo Monson.
Outbound for Anchorage from
Juneau Capt. Maury Heating,
First officer Church Davis and
Stewardess Gladys Newell carried
the following:
Juneau to Yakutat: A. George,
Mrs. Anne George.
Juneau to Anchorage: Perry Hill
larry Harold Gronroos, Pearl Rod,
Elmer Alexander.
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BOOKED IN
la. Staying
Second Of Yesterdays Vic
Tins Identified by
Fingerprints

LOS ANGELES. March 12-lR--
The Sheriffs office booked two
men on suspicion OF murder early
today after fingerprints Identified
the second of two women found
brutally slain yesterday the third
and fourth such victims in Los
Angeles and vicinity in two
months
Sergeant Robert T. Carney OF the
SheIifts Bureau of Investigation,
said nngerprints identified a red
haired woman found along the San
Gabriel River near Norwalk.
trangled and with her head bat
tered. as MIS-. Mae Lorena Pres
ton, 46, of nearby Bellflower, Cal
ifornia.
Sheriff's Capt Gordon Bowers
said he had booked Frank Funk
So. a cement contractor, and his
son. Myron, %, a foundry moulder,
Of South Gate, near Bellflower and
Ncrwalk, on suspicion of murder
after they told Of being friendly
with Mrs. Preston, although deny
ing they knew how she was kill
cd.
The other woman slain yesterday
was Miss Evelyn Winters, 40, for
years film studio legal secretary,
who of late had been drifting,
without permanent residence. Her
mother, Mrs. Harriet Winters. frail,
7G-year-old baby sitter, said her
daughter had become a bar room
habitUe.
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liam Paul, Jr. conducted the ini-
tiation part OF the program by
lining up the victims Tor a de-
bate with penalties in the offing
for the losing team Earl Bost
and Henry Leege won on the af-
firmative side of Resolved that
mortar keeps bricks together and
John Oberg and Thomas Crooks
paid The penalty of being on the
receiving end Of an appropriate
gag. Following the humorous por-
ton Of the initiation, Paul read the
objects of the organization from
the standard bylaws Of the XII
wants Club constitution and then
all joined in the singing o.
You're In Kiwanis Now
Wallis George brought the mem
bers up to date on the car award
ing project planned in the near flu
ture and a motion was made and
carried to order a De Luxe Ply
mouth 4-doCr sedan for the Library
fund undertaking. Eckley Guerin
spoke on the Red Cross canvass
now under way throughout the
city and suggested six volunteers
from Kiwanis take over two allot-
ted districts in cooperation with
other civic clubs of the city.
President Ed Shaffer introduced
the following guests attending to-
days luncheon Curt Jones of Sc
attic, Jack Talbot CT Ketchikan,
Paul Wiseman Of Seattle. Bill
Walker. charter member of the
Kiwanis, and w. E. Donaldson OF
the Portland Kiwanis.
The president then turned the
program over to Douglas McKen-
zie who introduced the guest speak
er for today, John Manders, former
mayor of Anchorage. Manders adj
dressed the members on the sub
ject OF Americanism which he de-
scribed as the great comma spirit
which everywhere pervades the
land and is the spirit OF individual
liberty, properly protected and duly
restrained.
The speaker reviewed the long
upward struggle Of the human race
for individual liberty from the days
CT extreme slavery to the caprice
of one man and the final establish
ment Of a government based on the
rights Of man by the American pa
triots.
Let Empire 't~dn-tads'' run your
errands. Cheap and Efficient
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COOLING HERE TO
OPEN OFFICE OF
COMMERCE Dept

VIII Cooling, District Manager
of the Department of Commerce,
arrived in the city Monday from
Washington, D. c. Cooling is here
to open a district field office I'M
der the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Congress at the sugges-
ton Of the Department of Com
merce Committee on Alaska. This
followed the appearance of the
Governor, Delegate Bartlett, and
George Sundborg sometime ago be-
fore the Departmental office of
Domestic Commerce urging the es-
adjustment of such a field office
in tIe Territory
The function of this office will
be to bring the facilities of the
Department of Commerce out to
the business communities of the
Territory and lend as much assist
ance to the business men as pos
sibla by furnishing regular Stats
teal and departmental data and
information.
Although the Juneau office will
be the first field office to be set
up outside the United States
proper, the Department of Com
merce maintains branch offices in
every major commercial center in
each of the states, in order TO
bring information closer to the
business people Of individual
areas.
Goding's office will represent
the five departments Of the Office
of Small Business, Domestic Com
merce, International Trade, Bust
ness Economics, Technical Ser
vice, and Office of Information.
While the proposed office will be
q permanent one IN the Territory
Cooling stated that present plans
for size of staff are indefinite.
Cooling will first determine the
size and scope of the job and this
will determine the extent of the
undertaking.
Cooling was accompanied by his
wife, Mrs. William Cooling, and
his secretary, Miss Pearl Conover
also of Washington, D. c., who
will assist the District Manager
in retting up the local office
Cooling is former resident OF
Skagway.
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JULIA MARSHALL TO
Be INSTRUCTOR AT
GIRL SCOUT CAMP

Julia d. Marshall, instructor OF
physical education at Muskingum
College, New Concord, Ohio, will
be the waterfront instructor at
the Girl Scout Camp this summer,
j il was announced by Mrs c. c.
Garter. Camp Chairman at the
local Scout board meeting at the
Methodist church chapel Monday
evening
/ Scouts will be interested to know
that Miss Marshall's nick name is
fitringly "Davy Jones" and she
has sent out word that she and
Robin" Mrs. OnstodD are mark
inc off the weeks until time to
some to Juneau to begin camping
and swimming.
1 The Eagle River Camp will be
conducted for period OF one
month. The board voted that the
Brownies will be taken to camp
for a period of one week, and that
1.-THE older Scouts will be limited
to a ten day period each-making
two ten day periods and one seven
day period. The camping fee for
ore week win be $3.50 and the
fee for ten days will be $3.50
This change in the camp scEe-
dule from that of former years is
due to the expense of camp main
tenance for a longer period and
to the fact that the director will
also operate other camps in the
Territory
Intensive instruction will be CIV
en- in swimming for all girls in
terested in really learning how to
handle themselves well in the
water Miss Marshall has been
instructor or director of physical
education at the Muskingum Col
lege, Union College at Barbour
vile, KY, st. Mary's Jr. College
at st. Mary's City, Md, and Kent
state University at Kent, Ohio. She
has also been waterfront director
or unit leader for Girl Scouts at
Klamath Falls, Ore, Barree Girl
Scout Council, Charleston, w Va,
and at Sharon, Pa. Miss Marshall
is also experienced in nature, gen.
eral out -of-door activities, archery,
folk dancing, dramatics, etc.
Mrs. E. L. Keithahn, Chairman
Of Court of Awards, announced the
date of Court of Awards as May
Il, at 2:30 o'clock at the high
school gymnasium. Mrs. Burr
Johnson will have charge of the
program; Mrs. Jack Fletcher the
awards and Mrs. Don Foster the
refreshments A splendid exhibit
is also being planned that will
be representative of the work being
done by the various troops.
Mrs Henry Harris, leader rep
resentative from the Brownie
troops reported that the Brownies
OF Juneau and Douglas are plan
ming a big get-together meeting
with a health film and other en-
tertainment. TIE date is March
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In Juneau-MaXimum, SO:
minimum. "a.
AT Airport-Maximum, 81;
minimum, IS.
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20 and the place will be announc-
ed later
Plans for the finance drive will
be announced later The April
meeting will be luncheon with
all members of the association par
ticipating and will be planned to
Immediately precede the finance
drive.
A meeting of the camp COM
mittee was held at the Methodist
parsonage Immediately following
the Council meeting.
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WEATHER REPORT

Temperatures for 24-Hour
Period Ending 7:ou O'Clock
This Morning.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Duncan and Xicinityl

Cloudy with occasional
light rain and northeastern
winds 1920 miles per hour
tonight and Thursday.
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where he visited a sister and
friends while the steamer was in
port and then continued south to
Seattle Gerald plans to assist his
brother-in-law Ralph Mortenson,
in preparing the latter's new troll
ling boat for the coming fishing
season. Mortenson's new boat is
being built at Gig Harbor, Wash.
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OES TO PRACTICE

Helen Carlyle, Worthy Matron of
Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order of
Eastern Star, announced this
morning that there will be a prac-
tice meeting of Nugget Chapter
on Friday evening at 1880 O'Clock
and on Sunday afternoon at 1870
o'clock. All officers of the Chapter
are urged to attend to prepare for
initiation.
WALTERS VISIT SKAGWAY
Mrs. C. E. Walters and three
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children left on the Princess Norah
for Skagway. where they will visit
the VIM. Feeros and Orrin Edwards
families. Mrs. Feero, mother OF
Mrs. Walters has been i'll for the
past several weeks.
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FIREMEN MEET

The Douglas Volunteer Fire De-
partment will hold regular meet
ing tomorrow evening in the Fire
Hall. Nominations for officers for
the ensuing year will be the order
of the evening, with elections to be
held at the following months
meeting.
All firemen are expected to be
present.
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EIWANIS Initiate
FOUR, HEAR kANDERS

-Four new members were initiated
into the Kiwanis Club today at the
regular luncheon meeting in the
Terrace Room CT the Baranof. Will
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RAINBOW GIRLS DANCE

Postponed from March 10 to %.
Bring your cakes to the Dance.
adv. 524-tl
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DOUGLAS
NEWS
SOUIHBOUND

Gerald Cashen was a passenger
on the Princess Norah to Skagway,