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St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01

Army engineers found the I've
most feasible railroad routes 10 TIE
Pacific coast IN exploring the IN
known west In the les0s. Today pas
ssngerS on railroad streamliners
are carried smoothly over the
mountains on lines laid out By the
engineers. The nfth route 10 used,
BY sections. by local lines.
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01

Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. HiIyard win
leave with Mr.. and Mrs. caVstt
Aug. / 10 spend a week visiting
there.
Mrs. II. Courtney HiIyard, 7s2
st. Anthony, was pleasantly sur
prised on her birthday, July %,
with a picnic given in her honor
by the Birthday club Of st. Paul
at Minnehaha Park.
Mr.. and Mrs Kenneth Wilson,
800 st. Anthony, have as their
house-guest Mrs. Kathleen Quebec
Of New York City, N. Y. Mrs. Que
bee Is a former elassmate Of Mrs.
Wilson.
Mrs. Jim Christensen Of Cumber-
land, Wis, Is in st. Paul visiting
her children and attending the
Church Of God in Christ eonvoca-
ton in Minneapolis. Her children
are Mr.. Eugene Moore Of 1000
IglehArt Ave-, Mr.. Willard Moore,
4i9 Sherburne Ave-, and Mr.. Ray
Moore Of 32s st. Anthony Ave.
While in the city, Mrs. Christensen
is staying with her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Moore, 1913 st. Anthony.
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01
Page s, ST. Paul RECORDER Friday, August i. 1s47

Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Thomas Of
3lS W. Central Ave. Among those
helping to celebrate were: Misses
Dolores Dollar, Dolores Lewis,
Johnnie Marie Lewis, Lois Milsap,
Lois Faison, Shirley Martin, Silvia
Moore, Barbara Powers, Barbara
Elkins, Barbara Anderson, Helen
Harvey, Myrtle Caldwell, Alma
Camp, Mary Harris, Addie Arm
strong, Phyllis Geary, Gladys
Belleson, Dorothy Clark and Vir-
ginia Robinson; Messrs. Donald
Haskins, Edward Temple, Henry
Moore, Richard Thomas, Rollin
Smith, Jimmie Davis, Harrison
Thompson, Eugene Thompson,
Frank Thompson, Henry Rice,
David Fowler, Roy Moody, Homer
Brierley; Mines. Hortense Baker,
Wylda Moore and Evelyn Thomas
and Miss Coree Thomas and Mr..
James H. Thomas.
Also celebrating their birthdays
Saturday, July 26, were; Miss Sill
via Moore and Mr.. Donald Haskins.
Virginia received many lovely gifts.
Mrs. Louise Grice was hostess to
the Pedestal Lanes Club at her
home, 666 w. Central, July 20.
Mines. Billy Carter, Mary Ann Fai-
son, Patricia johnson, Katherine
Thomas, and Betty Lewis were the
members present. The hostess
served refreshments. Pat Johnson,
lO1 Olson Blvd, will be hostess at
the next meeting August IL,
Returns Home: Mrs. Eva Ball Of
S4S N. Dale St., and Mrs. May
Williams, 597 Rondo Ave, returned
home Tuesday, July 20, from a ten
day vacation in Chicago, where
they visited friends and relatives,
Mrs. Ball was the house guest Of
her cousin, Mrs. zeb Rudd. Mrs,
Jennie Webb, formerly Of st. Paul,
entertained at a dinner party on
July %. Mrs. Ball met for the first
time her cousin, Mrs. Rose Reed
Wilson, who entertained at a dinner
in her honor. A luncheon was
given by Helena Wilson, president
of the international BSCP auxil-
iary, While in the city, Mrs. Ball
and Mrs, Williams also attended the
Musical Festival and the East West
baseball game. A farewell party
was given the visitors July 30, by
Mrs. Rudd.
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01
ATTEND ANNUAL MEETING
OF CHURCH OF GOD

Mother D. L. Bostick of St. Louis,
Mo-, is attending the annual meet
ing of the Church of God in Christ
in Minneapolis, July 29 to Aug. 7.
Mrs. J. o. Sims of Milwaukee,
Wis, and her co-workers and hus-
band, will spend the week end at
tending the ConvocatiOn Of the
Church of God in Christ.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Riddeaux of
TOT Rondo Ave, are in Jefferson
City, Mo-, where they went to at
tend the graduation of their daugh-
ter, Muriel Holiday, from Lincoln
University.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Patterson,
964 st. Anthony Ave-, and Mr.. H
F. Mcintyre were hosts at an over
night fishing party at Pine Lake
Mimi, Monday and Tuesday, July
1929. Others on the trip were
Mr.. and Mrs. James Todd of Chi.
cago, ILL.,, Mrs. Isabel Tucker and
family of Detroit, Mich, and Mrs
Martha Trant of Montana, mother
of Mrs. Patterson.
The Junior EIks Pioneer Lodge
100, will hold their picnic on Sun.
day, Aug. 8, at the home of Mrs
Cassie Smith, Dayton Bluff Sta.
tion, Route 4, at 2 p. m.
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01

Mrs. r. J. Willis, 1914 18th Ave.
S., entertained friends from Waco,
Texas, who are first semester stu
dents at the University Of Mime
sofa summer school. Others pres
ent were members of the B.T.W.
Study club. Mrs. Willis house
guests, Mrs. J. N. Jenkins and Mrs.
T. S. Arnold, and another couple,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Welburn, all
of Waco, Texas, were the guests of
honor.
Miss Louise Walker, a registered
nurse at Harlem hospital, New
York, has been visiting her mother
and family, Mrs. Violetta Walker,
512 Twelfth Ave. S. A dinner
party was given in her honor July
%. The guests were Misses Lenore
Bond, Marion Smith, and Rosetta
Thomas, and Mines. Arthur Slaugh-
ter, and Robert Chatham. Miss
Walker left July 25 to visit in Chi
cago before returning home.
Mrs. Arthell r. Jackson, the first
Negro New Orleans kindergarten
teacher in public schools, will leave
Sunday, Aug. 8, after spending a
week with friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eli Rice, 1929 Emerson Ave. N.
Mrs. Jackson, a graduate of Xavier
University, came here from Chicago
and will return there to join her
husband, Mr.. Wilford Jackson.
They will visit Washington, D. c.,
before returning home.
MRS. NETTIE COOK, SISTER
OF MRS. ELIZABETH EWING,
DIES IN CHICAGO, ILL.
CHICAGO-Mrs. Nettie Cook of
Chicago, ILL.,, passed away Monday
morning, July 81. She had been
very ill previous to her death.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ewing, 1920 goth
Ave. S., was called to Chicago,
July 20, because of the serious i'll
ness of her sister, Mrs. Cook. She
passed away the morning of the
21st before Mrs. Ewing could get
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01

ports sister city, Rock Island, Ill.
Mr.. Butler is the first Negro in
20 years to hold a job as machine
operator in this plant. When Mr..
Butler was first up-graded there
were threats of a walk-out by 500
whites in the plant. The ring-lead-
ers quieted down and now Butler
is favorably treated by his fellow
workers.
Mr.. Butler and his fine wife
take an active part in the civic and
religious life of the community. He
is president Of the local NAACP;
trustee of the Baptist church and
president of the church B.Y.P.U.
After his factory work hours he
finds time to engage in the truck
ing business.
We were informed that about
800 Negroes live in Davenport. Five
hundred colored men were brought
in during the war period to work
at ALICE Aluminium, French-Hecht
Foundry, Rock Island Arsenal, Red
Jacket Foundry and the ]. l. Case
Co.
The Buffers live at 415h West
Ninth st.
At Washington, Iowa, we stop
ped at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Howard and Mrs. Eva
Turner. Mrs. Turner is the mother
of Mrs. ]. C. Crowder Of Mime
apolis and Mrs. Howard is her sis
ter.
The Howards served the party a
delightful lunch and snapshots were
made Of the group. Mr.. Howard is
a stock buyer. Mrs. Howard, the
former Mildred Quinn, is a beau
tician and was an instructor at the
former Mitchell Beauty School in
Sioux Falls.
On the highway, returning home,
we stopped at a roadside lunch
stand. As we waited at the counter
to be served we noticed a sign "No
Colored Trade at Lunch Counter"
Rev. L. C. Harris, president of the
Sioux Falls NAACP, talked with
the proprietor about the necessity
Of such a sign. The proprietor ad-
mitted that the actions Of two or
three Negroes from a nearby town
had caused him to put up the sign.
Rev. Harris pointed out the man
ifest unfairness Of penaliZing and
insulting all colored people for the
acts of few. The man claimed he
had no prejudice. After a brief
talk he promised to remove the
offensive sign.
We arrived home happy but a
trifle tired after covering 1000
miles.
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01

Paraguay's unit Of currency. ne
guarani, b named for . warliks In
dian tribe.
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01
Social and Personal
MINNEAPOLIS .

Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Gates, SO2
Bryant Ave. N, were hosts at q
picnic given at Theodore Wirth
Park, Tuesday, July 20. Their
guests were Mrs. Elaine Childress
and children, Margaret Anne and
Elmer Lee, Jr., Mesdames Opal
Stone and Gloria Green, DR.. B. B.
Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil E. New
man, Miss Connie Turner, and
Messrs. Wilbur Grissam and Donald
Gates.
The E.E.B.P. club met Tuesday
night, July 20, with Mrs. Ann
Walker, 2S14 Elliot Ave. N. Those
winning prizes in bridge were Mrs.
Patricia Davidson, first prize, Mrs.
Allie Wilson, second prize, and Mrs.
Beatrice Cassius, third prize. No
meetings will be held during the
month Of August. The first meet
ing in September will be held at
the home of Mrs. Allie Wilson,
3749 Fourth Ave. S.
Mrs. Hilda Ferguson from Win
nipeg, Can, spent two weeks visit
ing Mrs. Connie Atkins, 1141 Lyn-
dale Ave. N.
Miss Lula Rogers of 1927 w.
26th St., left the city last week to
visit her mother in Calhoun Falls,
S. C. She will also visit relatives in
Alabama and Atlanta, Ga. En- route
home she will visit in Highland
Park, ILL.,, returning home Sept. /.
Mr.. H. E. chatham of Duluth,
Mimi, spent his week vacation with
his daughter and son-in-law, Mr.,
and Mrs. Thess Smallwood of $40
Hoag Ave. N. Mr.. chatham re-
turned to his home July 6.
Mrs. Paul Mayes, 3616 Chicago
Ave-, presented her husband with
a seven pound four ounce baby girl
born Sunday, July 27, at Abbott
hospital. The baby girl was named
Paulette.
Messrs. Ralph Wilson and Carl
Carter left July 80 to spend the
weekend in Keokuk, Iowa.
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01

Dinner Party: Mr.. and Mrs.
Simon Arnold entertained their
nieces, Ernestine and Erma Louise
Carter, formerly of Gary, Okla,
at a dinner party, Tuesday, July
20, at their home, 1899 Sherburne
Ave. The table was covered with
an Indian linen cloth and had a
centerpiece Of fresh garden flowers.
The guest list included Mrs. Willie
Brown; Misses Leola Graham,
Betty Lewis, Ida Marie Saunders,
Charlotte Perfect and Edith Price;
Messrs. Boyd and Roy Crawford,
William Coins, Walter Hayes,
Brewer Lee Clark and Terrell Jack
son. Ernestine plans to attend the
Manchester college and her sister,
Erma, will complete her high school
education at Wilson High school.
Mrs. Elizabeth MeCraeken re-
turned to Dayton, Ohio, after six
weeks study at the University of
Minnesota. She was staying with
her mother at S52 Albemarle. Mrs.
Thomas Wright was the guest Of
Mrs. McCracken while en- route to
Japan to join her husband.
She will make her home with her
aunt, Mrs. Boyd of S37 Iglehart,
and will enter Lees School Of Beau
ty' Culture, Sept. 2. Her favorite
hobby is dressmaking.
Among the guests will be: airline
and Jack Allison, Robert, Jr., John
D., Mary, and Georgia Ann Skel.
ton, Shirley and Connie Jones, Olga
and Reginald Anderson, Charlotte
Wilson, Ruth Manning, Wanda
Owens, Frank and Janet Winfield
Helene Johnson, Albert Durant
Gloria Williams and Rhoda Lee
Lyell, Helen, Lavenne, and Brad,
ford Benner.
The PinOchIe Breakfast club will
meet Aug. Q with Mrs. o. C. Driz
zle, $40 N. St. Albans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene CaVett OI
Chicago are house-guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. H. Courtney Hilyard
1872 St, Anthony. They arrived
Tuesday, July %. Many courtesiei
were extended to the couple while
in the city. Among those entertain,
ing for them were Mr.. and Mrs
Andrew Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ
X. Knight, Mr.. and Mrs. s. Hart.
ley Johnson, and Mr.. and Mrs
James Green. They were honored
at a dinner at Taylors Falls and
Opals in Somerset, Wis, July "a,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cavett were also the
guests Of honor at the Postal Al
lance picnic, July 81, at Raleigh
Lake.
Returns Home: Mrs. Hattie
Oliver, 943 Iglehart Ave-, returned
home Saturday, July 26, from Cali
fornia where she had spent a month
visiting her son, Cleat.
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01

Returns Home; Mrs. Earl Brent
of 975 St. Anthony Ave-, and her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Lottie Brent,
1877 Carroll Ave, returned home
Tuesday, July 29, from Chicago,
where they spent the weekend as
the house guests Of Mrs. L. Brent's
daughter, Mrs. John Jordan. A
Buncton, Mo-, reunion was held at
the time with 80 guests attending
from Joliet, Kansas City, South
Bend, St. Louis, Indiana and Chi
cago.
Luncheon: Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Milsap, 800 St. Anthony Ave-, en-
tertained at a luncheon Friday,
July %, honoring Mrs. Ella Master
son of Louisville, Ky. Her center
piece was Of red and white earna-
tions on an old-laee table cloth.
Guests included Mrs. Mary Edding,
Mrs. Paul Wood, Mrs. Phil Hall and
Mr.. J. w. Pate, who took the party
on a sightseeing tour after the
luncheon. =
House Guest: Mrs. Ella Master
son Of Louisville, KY, Is the house
guest Of Mrs. Mary Edding, 71s
st, Anthony Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Todd Of
Chicago, ILL.,, are the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. Chester W. Patterson,
S64 st. Anthony Ave. Mrs. Todd,
formerly Miss Nina Patterson, is
the sister Of Mr.. Patterson.
On Vacation: Mr.. and Mrs
George Manning, 943 st. Anthony
Ave-, left by motor Monday, July
2l, for Seattle, Wash, for a two
weeks vacation. They will be tn,
hOuse-guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. vii
liam Hobbs, who is Mr.. Manning'l
steptather.
Mrs. Judy LittlejOhn Of S49 St
Anthony Ave-, left the city Sun,
day, July %, for Kansas City, Kan
She will return this week with her
daughter, Sharon, who has beer
visiting with Mrs. Littlejohn'i
cousin, Mrs. Mae Flowers.
The Matinee Bridge club sehed,
uled to meet with Mrs. NJ. ]
Rhodes, 800 Carroll Ave-, was post.
poned until the fall.
Miss Virginia Thomas Of 4O5
Harrington St., daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Cowan of Topeka,
Kans., celebrated her 18th birth
day Saturday night, July 26, at
the home Of her aunt and uncle,
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01
to her bedsida

to her bedside.
Funeral services were held at
Cooks undertaking parlOr Thurs
day, July "a. The burial took place
at Vurroaks cemetery, Chicago.
The pastor Of the AME church
held the service with Chapter Q,
Order of the Eastern Star, offiei-
ating also.
Her survivors are her husband,
Harvey Cook, two sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Ewing, and Mrs. Cora
Willis Of St. Paul, three sisters-in-
law, two step children and two
brothers-in-law, Charles Cook Of
Chicago and VIM. NJ. Ewing of
Minneapolis.
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01

active progress
sive citizen here
in the person OF
Nathaniel Butler
Jr.
Mr.. Butler op-
crates a Lee e
Drummer machine
(called by work
ers "the merry
go-round") at the
Intern at iona
Harvester tractor
plant in Daven-
St. Paul recorder., 1947-08-01
Mrs. Bridgewoter
Finds Iow0ns
Active Folks
By Mrs. Oscar Bridgewater

By Mrs. Oscar Bridgewater
DAVENPORT, la. - Tall corn
grows in this state and so does a
wonderful character in this city.
We found a most
Evening star., 1947-01-31
3 Fined al Alexandra
In Liquor Violations

Eight Alexandria residents, arrest
ed in series Of raids in downtown
Alexandria last Friday, were fined
for violation of the alcoholic bever-
age control law in Alexandria Civil
and Police Court yesterday.
Leslie Mcmillan, 1900 block King
street, was fined 500 and costs, and
given a four-month suspended
sentence.
Mary Mcmillan, alias Mary
Knight, also of the 1900 block OF
King street, was fined $100 and costs
and sentenced to serve four months
in jail. Her attorney, Paul Delaney
noted an appeal.
Those fined $50 and costs and
given four-month suspended SEN
tences were:
Charles L. Treger, 300 block North
Henry street; Alice Pollen, 100 block
North Payne street; Taylor e. Whit
tington, 1900 block King street;
Jamie Reeves, 100 block South
Alfred street; Nina Vaughn, 110C
block Duke street, and Wade Pollen
1400 block Prince street.
Fines and sentences were levied
by Judge James r. Duncan on
recommendation of Assistant Com
monwealth's Attorney Howard w
Smith, jr.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Woman Fined S225
After Auto Strikes 7

Mrs. Victoria Bailey, %, Of Balti-
more was fined $225 in Hyattsville
Police Court yesterday on charge:
of striking two pedestrians while
driving with an expired learners
permit.
Mrs. Bailey, who was married only
two days before the accident oc-
Cured on January % at East River
dale, was fined 500 for reckless
driving, 500 for leaving the scene
of an accident, and $25 for not hav-
ing valid permit.
The injured pedestrians, both
treated for minor injuries at the
Leland Memorial Hospital, Riverdale
were Edward w. Kennedy, Is, OF
5316 Powhatan road, Riverdale, and
his daughter, Donna Jean, 2.
Prince Georges County Policeman
Lee Pumphrey told Trial Magistrate
Alan Bowie the young woman struck
the pedestrians while attempting to
make a left turn from Riverdale
road, near Edmonston road, into an
alley. Two passengers, including
her husband and sister with whom
she was visiting, also were in the
car, Mr.. Pumphrey testified.
In another hearing. Max L. Rog-
ers, 80, Cherryville, N. c., was fined
500 for driving while under the
influence Of liquor and $25 for reck-
less driving by zig-zagging. He was
arrested Tuesday on the Washing
ton Baltimore boulevard at the
University of Maryland by State
Troopers Irving Armstrong and E.
r. Griffith.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Ma, yIand Senate Confirms
Browning as Magistrate

Warren Browning, attorney, was
confirmed by the Maryland Senate
yesterday as trial magistrate for
Bethesda, Md.
Mr.. Browning, who lives with his
wife and two children at 5000 Moor
land lane, Bethesda. will succeed
James Christopher, WHO has resigned
effective tomorrow.
A graduate of the University OF
Maryland and Georgetown Uni
versity Law School, Mr.. Browning
served during the war in the Judge
Advocate Generals ONCE. He was
discharged as captain.
Last November MIR. Browning was
defeated as a Democratic candidate
for the House Of Delegates. He is q
member of the Edgemoor Citizens
Association and the Bethesda Cham
Der of Commerce,
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Sergeant From Maryland
Reported Suicide in Reich
sp.eiaI pisputeh io. .rhe stur

FREDERICK, Md, Jan. 31.-The
War Department reported yester-
day that MiSergt. Clyde w. Hull
son Of Mrs. Frank T. Hull of Clea,
Spring, Washington County, Md.
had committed suicide at Stuttgart
Germany, because of mental IA
tigue."
Sergt. Hull received the Dis
tinguished Service Cross, the Pur-
pie Heart, the Bronze Star and Sill
yer Star during the war. He was
given a battlefield commission as
second lieutenant, but reverted to
master sergeant after the war, his
family said. He re-enlisted last Au-
gust and was sent to Germany.
American authorities in Germany
were quoted by the Associated Press
as saying Sergt. Hull was found
fatally wounded in his jeep in a
Stuttgart suburb. More than $4,000
was on his person.
Sergt. Hull married the former
Miss Pauline G. Best of Clear
Spring, who joined him in Stuttgart
last August. They had two daugh-
tiers, Barbara Elizabeth, 4, and an
other born after Mrs. Hull's ar
rival in Germany. Sergt. Hull's
father died severals years ago..
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Tests Indicate Leak
In Bus Company's
Unused Gasoline Tank

Preliminary pressure tests on the
first of three unused gasoline storage
tanks of the Washington, Virginia
&E Maryland Coach Co., indicate
that it contains a leak, Investigators
said today.
The tests are continuing on the
$500 gallon tank and two others
one of $500 gallons and the other
OF 11,020 Observation-Disclosures said.
The tests are being made in an
attempt to determine the source of
mysterious gasoline seepage which
has filled wells in the area near
Fifth and North Pollard streets in
Arlington. A total of more than
4,500 gallons has been pumped from
one of three wells in the area. The
other two have yielded several hun
dred gallons. County workmen are
still pumping out the gasoline.
County Manager Frank c. Hanra-
han has warned 20 families in the
affected area to move to other
quarters because Of the danger
from the leaking gasoline and gaso-
line fumes. Two families moved.
Bureau of Standards tests failed
to determine the source. A number
of other Government agencies, called
into the investigation by Mr.. Han
rahan, are cooperating. Latest of
these is the Bureau of Mines which
began survey yesterday.
In addition to the three unused
tanks at the bus company, tests are
being made of II other storage
tanks in the area. These tests
have almost been completed and
Mr.. Hanrahan said he would an
nounce the results when all tests
are final. If tests do not determine
the source, Army engineers plan
to drill in the area.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Silver Spring Bank Branch
Protest Called in Bethesda

A mass meeting will be held at
pm. tomorrow at the Hiser
Theater, Bethesda, to protest the
establishment of a branch in Beth
esda of the Suburban National Bank
of Silver Spring.
The Bethesda Chamber Of Com
merce together with the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Post of the American
Legion are leading the fight against
the new bank, due to open the latter
part Of April.
The Chamber of Commerce has
pointed out that $375, 900 in stock
for the proposed Merchants Bank Of
Bethesda already had been sub
scribed when the Silver Spring bank
made its announcement. The State
banking commissioner has held up
the charter of the Merchants Bank
maintaining there is not room in
the community for three banks.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
HoIdup Suspect, IS, Shot
Fleeing Baltimore Police
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 81. Police
shot 15-year- -old holdup suspect
in chase last night, and the boy is
in serious condition at Mercy Hos
pital with two bullets In his side.
A 15-year-old companion was
arrested at his home about an hour
later.
Patrolman Joseph Ulsch said he
and Patrolman Vincent Reilly were
leaving a. liquor store reported to
have been robbed when they heard
a radio alarm for the perpetrators
of another holdup.
Shortly afterward they spotted a
car answering the description of
the getaway vehicle and forced it to
the curb. Two youths jumped out
and ran away. and the shooting fol-
lowed in the yards of the Western
Maryland Railway.
Capt. H. A. Winter, night COM
mander of police, said the car the
boys were driving had been reported
stolen.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Auditors Shiver, but Gretno, Va,
Is Happy Over Cash in the Bog

Harvey said. "To put our house in
order. This is the first outside audit
in II years to my knowledge, and
we knew there would be some things
to straighten out; but we can't find
fault with a man who can accumu-
late that kind of money for us
especially when the towns net
bonded indebtedness is only Sc, 900.
"I personally think it is a mighty
good report" he continued. "A man
would have to be a certified public
accountant to figure out just what
is wanted, and there are mighty few
CPA's in Gretna. The money might
not all be in the right holes but
if it's all in the bag, that's what
counts"
Evening star., 1947-01-31

in much the same manner as oil.
Sponsors of the experiment pre-
dict, if their efforts are successful,
that the lower price of coal will
keep it in the preferred fuel posi-
ton.
At present, railraod men said, not
more than 8 or per cent of the
coal burned is converted into used
locomotive power. The remainder
goes to waste in the form of smoke,
ashes and unused heat. The useful
return from oil is about Is per
cent.
Railroad men and locomotive
builders said If the useful return
on coal can be raised to 20 or Is
per cent economy will force its use
in preference to oil. Coal still would
be the unchallenged king of loco
motive fuels. E>-e:
But unless that does happen, they
agreed, the years Of the coal burner
may be numbered. The present
trend likely will continue and ac-
celerate until oil-burning Diesels
and electrics become supreme.