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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
Willie sRaincheck
Oakley
BY CHARLES NETHAWAY
United Press Staff Correspondent


NEW IBERIA, La, May 8-W.H
Willie Francis vas ready to-
night to cash in last years rain.
check for a trip to heaven.
He doesn't want another mira
Gle. He's had his hell on earth
II want the machine to work
this time" Willie said f%orlornly.
Il want to Gle because as soon
as l do I am going to the Lord"
Francis, 18-year-old Negro muir
derer, will sit in Louisiana's port
able electric chair for the second
time tomorrow between noon and
8 pm, est.
The U. S. Supreme Court
squashed the last chance this af-
ternoon that the burly slayer
would be reprieved.
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson
announced from the bench in
Washington that the court had re-
jected two appeals filed by Will.
lies lawyers, Bertrand De Blanc
and J.. Sicily Wright.
Wright had asked for a writ OF
habeas corpus. He told the court
that last years abortive attempt
to execute the Negro was a 'dis-
graceful and inhuman exhibition"
Executioner Drunk
He said the executioner and
other officials at the scene were
SO drunk it was impossible for
Continued On Page Three; Col. 81
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MERCHANT PRINCE
DIES IN ND0N
Harry Selfridge, Former
American, Victim OF
Bronchial Pneumonia

LONDON, May 8. - up Harry
Gordon Selfridge, Wisconsin-born
merchant prince of Britain, died
in his sleep in his modest subur-
ban flat today after several days
illness from bronchial pneumonia.
The one : time American errand
boy left unsolved the mystery Of
his age. A family spokesman said
he was 80, another relative said
SO, e close friend 80, and news.
paper records ranged from SO up
wards.
The man who revolutionized
British shopping habits also left
unsolved the mystery of his own
wealth. He had made two huge
fortunes in his lifetime, but a
spokesman for his family said he
was mot a wealthy man. when
he died.
His stock in trade imagination
and showmanship, Selfridge intro
duced American "go-g tie r"
methods of merchandising to an
ultra : conservative Britain. His
early competitors snubbed him as
a vulgar American tradesman'
but Selfridges, Ldt., became one
of London's biggest department
stores.
Fields Partner
Born in a one-story house in
Ripon, Wis, Selfridge went to
work at 10 when his father died.
He soon quit a $1.20 a week er-
rand boy job to be a salesman
for the store in Chicago that be-
came Marshall Fields. Barely 20
years later he retired as Fields
partner with a fortune estimated
at $1,000, 900.
Fortified with cash and Fields
merchandising lore, he came to
London quietly observed the con-
servative merchandising methods
of the Edwardian era, and decided
he could do better.
In 1909 he opened his great
Emporium in downtown Oxford
street, the only store in London
where you could buy anything
from a pin to a gramaphone. He
started with 1000 employees and a
smash-bang advertising campaign
that old timers still talk about.
He displayed Bleriot's airplane.
first to cross the English Channel,
/r.-+,vaa Or pau e Three. Col. ~
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ment, says Simmons, is to have
the person being cured stand over
the water jug until the powers
take it upon themselves to act.
One alleged victim of the curing
powers of Simmons testified at
the hearing that he gave the
doctor" SIP. The fee was $500
with an added tax of $12.
He said Simmons came into his
house predicting, that bad things
were just around the corner for
the patients. .
The sex charge against Sim
mons grew out. of his attempts to
to cure an aged grandmother Of
her ais and pains. He took the r.
year-old Negro girl to an out-of-the.
way spot and buried the jug OF
water. And while there alleged.y
had intimate relations with the
girl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
OLD MAN WINTER
"CHASES" SPRING
0ff-Season Weather Brings
Snow Flurries From
Michigan To n. Y.

Winter pushed spring into the
background Thursday with snow
~flurrles from Michigan Eastward
to New York and freezing tenn
peratures in IA states.
Warm weather. continued in the
Rocky Mountain region. The
Southern plains had rain.
Cold records for the date were
broken in numerous cities. in
GLIDING Buffalo, N. Y, which rec
! orded 80 and New York City,
which reported 36. Chicago had a
~ reading, within one degree Of
The record.
Coolest spot on the weather map
Was five degrees above at Spoon
or Wis. Freezing temperatures
also were reported in Pensyl-
wanna, Maryland, West Vii ginla,
kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
mlchigan, Iowa, North and South
dakota and Minnesota.
In Ohio, snow squalls peltec
Cleveland, snow covered roofs In
several cities and bird baths were
ice-coated. Syracuse, N. Y. hac
nearly two inches Of snow on the
ground at n time.
Warmer weather was over
spreading the Dakotas, however
shd weather forecasters said nor
lllal mid-spring temperature:
were in prospect for most of the
midwest by Saturday or Sunday
along with some rain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
BAPTIST DEMAND
PUBLIC AID END
Convention Wants School
Help Terminated d,
Taylor Recalled

ST. LOUIS, May 8.-UH-The
Southern Baptists convention to-
night demanded an end of public
aid to parochial schools in an eff
fort to restrain what it called "the
present powerful drive of the Ro-
man Catholics to capturo Ameri-
ca"
Tie Southern Baptists again
urged President Truman to recall
his ambassador, Myron y. Taylor,
from the Vatican. The convention
recommended the admission OF
800, 900 displaced persons to the
United States.
A proposed resolution favoring
the establishment of universal mill
tary training was greeted with
ieers and catcalls. It was finally
referred to a committed or a point
of order.
The resolutions condemning pub
lie aid to church schools and urg-
ing Taylor's recall were contained
in a report of the conventions pub
lie relations cOmmlttee.
Common Peril
It urged Baptists to join otter
denominations against 1.-The com
mon peril' and continued:
"Unless this is done in relation
to the present powerful drive OF
the Roman Catholics to tie
America, We shall fight a los.'g
battle"
The report warned all Baptist
institutions against what it said
was the danger of accepting
grants of money from the govern
ment for ~uilding or equipment OF
for any other purpose" in order
not to weaken the sect's principle
of separation of church and state
Election of officers was SEIZED
] Continued On Page Three; Col. g.
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TRU UNI
WILL MAKE TOUR
Presidents Daughter Ia
Give Six Concerts In
Middle West Cities

NEW YORK, May 8-PCMar-
garet Truman, daughter of the
President, will begin her first con-
cert tour as a singer with an APP
pearance May 20 in Pittsburgh
her teacher said today.
Mrs. Margaret Stricken said the
concert would be held at the syria
Mosque there, and would be 1ol-
lowed by concerts at Cleveland.
May %, Dallas, May %; Fort
Worth. May 2e; Amarillo, May %;
and Oklahoma City. May 30.
Mrs. Stricken said Miss Truman
would make two additional ap-
pearances during the first week
of June, but that the dates were
not yet definite.
She said the President and Mrs:
Truman were enthusiastic about
the tour, but would not attend any
of the concerts.
Miss Truman recently mace nel
radio debut in Detroit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
Witch Doctor, Complete
With Water Jug, jagged

A Wilmington Negro who claims
that, as a faith healer, he works
with the friendly spirits, not evil
ones" is being held under 81, 500
bond in the Edgecombe county
jail, charged with having OBJ
tanned money under false pre-.
tense and with having carnal
knowledge of a 12-year-old Negro
girl.
The Negro, John Thomas Sim
mons, who, repeatedly informed
Rocky Mount police that he was
a Wilmingtonian, was given a
hearing in the city's Recorders
court this week. And out of the
testimony offered by the doctor
came such claims as being able
to "caste away the aches and
pains of the body "by first burying
a jug of water in a hole dug by
a spoon.
The next phase of the treat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
TIT FOR TAT

NEW BRITAIN, Conn.,, May
8-(P)-Dr. John S. Irwin re-
ce;ved three neckties, which
he had not ordered, and an &C
companying bill for 81 in to-
days mail.
So DIR. Irwin kept the neck
wear, and sent this letter to-
the manufacturer:
"I am sending you 81 worth
of pills. They have helped
thousands of others. I am sure
you will appreciate my thought
fullness in sending them. Please
accept the pills in payment for
the ties recently sent me-"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
Could Not Happen
In Wilmington, Either

She said Boston topped the ma
ton in the eager Romeo depart
ment, Albany, N. Y, was a close
second. Atlanta, Ca, and st Louis
wer, meek and neck" but Pitts.
burgh-
II don't understand Pitts
burgh" she said. The men are
either cold or timid. Maybe il S
thei. diet. Anyway, it hurts a
MS Pride"
A. illowy, gray-eyed siren
Al lis plugging a film titled
r Love" When she finds
A Moth type he'll be wined,
delivered >screentested.
Israel f~addiag about on her as
cobs. she said, she has had
He will &c proposals, 218 date
influence nd thousands" Of let
will b. Il On Page Three; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
Strong Army
Peace Hope
Hatch Declares United
States Must Maintain
Military Strength

CHAPEL HILL, May 8. -(Pe
Sen. Carl A.. Hatch, Cd. New Mexi.
co... said here tonight that to main.
tain peace this country must
maintain it's strong military estab.
lishment.
Hatch is a member of a congress
sional delegation to the Inter-par
~iamentary Union conference. He
recently re Arned from Greece and
Turkey.
Hatch said that ''to maintain any
degree Of safety in this disordered
world, first of all - and I regret
10 say this for the time being
we must maintain our own strong
military establishment. Until the
strength of the UN is fully assured.
force will continue to be the one
power recognized by some nations.
Likewise, we must keep our own
country in a strong financial po-
sition. Right now widespread de-
preston in the United States would
bring despair and disaster to the
entire world" he declared.
Fair, just reciprocal trade re-
lstions with other nations is an es-
sentiaI step in establishing order
throughout the world. Barriers to
trade and commerce will just as
surely result in disaster as they
did when we pursued that course in
the twenties and early thirties."
Senator Hatch, commenting on
the situation he observed in Turk.
ey and Greece, said the former
country "unquestionably requires
the assistance she has asked us to
extend. 1t is a matter of common
knowledge that the aid requested
is largely of military equipment.
IN a narrow sense this is true. It
is military aid. In the broader and
better aspects the aid extended will
be Of great assistance to the eco
nomic life of that nation" he said,
pointing out that Turkey has been
forced to maintain a military
establishment far beyond her
means.
"Men who are badly needed in
productive efforts of every kind
are in the army if Turkey
could mechanic and modernize
her army she could release thou
sands of men who would return
to agriculture, industry and other
productive, peaceful pursuits where
they are so badly needed"
As for Greece, Senator Hatch
said that country is in far worse
shape than Turkey. Her economy
is destroyed, her people 'demoraliz-
ed, civil strife exists within and
there is constant pressure from
without. She cannot" he declared,
'in my judgement, maintain her
sovereignty or independence as a
nation without most substantial
aid and assistance"
And with the fall Of Turkey and
Greece, he pointed out, "the Sow.
let will spread communistic influ-
ence which already has overwhelm-
ed 80 many of the nations of Eu-
rope perhaps what little is
now left in Europe Of free peoples
and nations will likewise succumb
and fall"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
LONDONERS LET co
THEIR NOSES AGAIN;
STRIKERS RESUME JOB

LONDON, May 8 -R-The 10
day-old strike of City of London
employees and Billingsgate Fish
market workers ended tonight -
and high time, too, in the opinion
of Londoners who went about
holding their noses.
Accommodations OF fish heads,
tails and scales Uttered the mar
ket place. Garbage piled high IN
the cutters.
Even the dead we're unburied {,
since grave diggers we're among
those participating in the work
stoppage by 1000 employees who
struck in protest of a fishmarket
constable's promotion to sergeant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
BENSON ELECTED
LIONS PRESIDENT
Report Or Recent Fashion
Show Given AT Regular
Meeting

j. r. Benson was yesterday
elected president of the Whining
ton Lions club during the regular
meeting of the group in
the Friendly cafeteria. He sue
ceeds Joe Hood.
Other officers named to take Of
ON July 1 are: Foster Ed
wards, first. vice-president; Hardy
Ferguson, second vice-president;
Ronald Lane, third vice-president;
Wallace West, secretary; l.. c.
Robertson, treasurer; Sam Alex
ander, lion tanner; Hugh Noff-
singer, tail twister. Eugene Bull
Continued On Page Three; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
BERLIN NO INMATES
FIRST WOMAN MAYOR
in NATIONS HISTORY

BERLIN, May Mrs
Louise Schroeder, 60-year-old
Social Democrat, was chosen
temporary Lord Mayor of Berlin
today by the city council to solve
Berlin's mo mayor" crisis.
The first woman Lord Mayor in
Berlin's history, she will replace
DR.. Otto Ostrowski, who resigned
recently after his own Social
Democratic party gave him a vote
of no confidence on charges he en-
tered into a working agreement"
with its political opponent, the
Soviet : sponsored Socialist Unity
party.
Mrs. Schroeder was a Reichstag
member from 1919 until 1888 and
formerly a professor of social pol
itics at Berlin university.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
BY A CLANCY

United Press staff Correspondent
BOSTON, May 8 - UD Blonde
Beautiful Laura Wells, a Holly
wood press agent, popped into
town today wearing essence o.
invasion" perfume, carrying q
mink briefcase and expoundlng a
theory of sectional sex appeal.
The blonde mink briefcase apo
matching stole, valued at So
stopped traffic from Sc
Sol are to Beacon Hill. bu
predicted her theorv ~e"Tf
would cause mo
than the
.I'ye toured
man who re
|Niven,," she explaine,.
haven't found one, but I've
ed definitely that male oory.
a matter Of geography"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09

Since We Day, he said, a great
many things have happened and
the outlook, from his viewpoint, is
much improved.
He is still optimistic that we will
get a peace that will be lasting,
ana that the United Nations will
be able to carry out the provisions
OF its charter. He said he was just
as sure of that as he was that he
as standing there.
q Ahead of Schedule
: The President went on to re-
mark that boh We Day and VI
Day came all ad of the anticipated
CONTINUED On Page Three: Col. A.
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Truman Will Press
For Training Bill
On Birthday, Expresses Firm Opt,
mism That Lasting Peace Will Be
Attained; Philosophy High"

WASHINGTON, May 8. -(FE
Firm optimism that lasting peace
will be attained was expressed by
President Truman today but he
noted that it still is by no means
accomplished and declared he will
press for passage of univer> mill.
tary training before Co % Aad-
journs in mid summe 81
1t was the 63rd , ~ -
smiling, fit-lookj' 81
tive, and the So 81 q: =.
We Day. It H -
airy that % /%
orefront 80 - tied
-1ewsmen q Smptu
speech. 81 ~
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Bus Service
Stressed By Witnesses
"HORSESHOES"
SIOUX CITY, Ia, May SIP
Ralph Hindman was

SIOUX CITY, Ia, May S-P)
Deputy Ralph Hindman was
just sitting there In the sher-
ifs office wondering where he
might find Ben Leedom, Winnie
bago, Neb., who had been in
dicted on check forgery
charges.
The telephone rang. The
voice said "This is Ben Lee
dom. I want you to find my
wife,"
SURPRISING his excitement,
Hindman replied:
"Sure, Ben, we'll help you
find your wife. BY the way,
where are you so we can let
you know when We do?"
Leedom supplied the ad-
dress - in Sioux City - and
the next thing he knew Hind
man was there arresting him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
LOW WEEKI
PAYMFsn;y 1 Il:

"in1y-.-pay as nigh wagc(
as we do,7rhe said. furthermore
grow our mushrooms in special
built houses. These cost money.
1.-THE French" he said envious-
ly, grow theirs in caves. French
cities are honeycombed with I'M
oergrovnd passages. Just right for
CONTINUED On Page Three; Col. ~
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Thew Can Have Mushrooms
But Well Take A Steak

Imports were cut of during the
war, and SO the American mush-
room industry sprouted like, well,
like mushrocms. ~I..Ha~s50,-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
FIN STATION AUTHORIZED

The Federal Communications
commission yesterday authorized
station WMFD to construct a FIN
radio station, it was announced
from Washington last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
And So To Bed

Two New Hanover High
\ hooI students were visiting .
mate last night to get An
, on journalism.
e they were taTk1A ~
'~ lady, another Of her
n Id. who was getting his
I~N at her home, mo
~.Tle let out with q terrific
yell.
The two boys jumped aside,
half frightened and scared out
of their wits, but when they
looked at the boy he had only
found the answer to . college
mathematics problem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
The Weather

FORECAST:
south and North Carolina - Fair n
MUG .a Friday. Saturday partly cloudy M
signify warmer.
Eastern Standard Time)
ny L. S. Weather Bureau
archaeological data for the "a hours
'"uAAg 7:SO D. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
st"@ a. m. So; 7:3G a. m. So; 1870 p. m.
~ $50 p. m 50; Maximum So; Mini
"uhl 81; Mean 81; Normal SO.
HUMIDITY
~ a. m. 81: 7:30 a. m. 49; 1:30 p. m.
i" $50 p m. 81.
TOTAL since the first of the month
'o'S inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY ,
\, from the Tide Tables published by
D Coast and Geodetic Survey.
IT,, High Low
"Aninston 1890 1929 am. 1850 an.
12:45 pm. 7:E pm.
"'sohnoro 1890 1910 am. 4:28 am.
1921 pm. AIS pm.
sunrise sis; Sunset 1902; Moonrise
Aop; Moonset 3:16a.
yer stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at 6
m Thursday 100 feet.
More Weather On Page Thre.
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Continued on Page Three; Col A.
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FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Fair and
mild today; Saturday. partly cloudy and
slightly warmer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09

Continued On Page Three; Col. A.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-30
Labor ToFigght
Taft-Hartley Law
Ina Next Election
Nny Associated Prcssl

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30
Union labor leaders have intensi-
fled their campaign to support
candidates in next years election
who will pledge themselves to
oppose the Taft-Hartley Labor
Law.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
called on the members of that
organization today to begin
preparations to line up voters for
representatives and senators who
are against the Taft-Hartley
measure.
Philip Murray, President of
the Clio, will make a speech next
Monday night in Kansas City,
Mo, to his leaders about the po-
litical strategy they are to pur-
sue in efforts to have the Taft
Hartley labor law repealed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-30
Funeral Sunday
For Mrs. Stevens

Funeral services for Mrs. Vir-
ginia Thompson Stevens, rs
who died Tuesday at Camp
LeJeun, N, c., will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock in
the Fleming Street Methodist
Church, where the body will be
placed at 2 p. m. Rev. G.. Leon
Wells, of the First Methodist
Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in the family
plot in City Cemetery. Lopez
Funeral Home is in charge of ar
rangements.
Survivors: WidoWer, Harold
Stevens; infant daughter; par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mervir
Thompson; three sisters, Mrs. H
c. Jenkins, Corpus Christi, Texas;
Mrs. Jack Roberts, Miami; Miss
Doris Thompson; one brother
Mervin Thompson, Jr.
Pallbearers will be Kermit
Levin, Dick Steadman, Samue
Collins, John Marzyick, Johr
j. Romero and Gene Fabal.
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Names Of $50 Men
Drawn To Try King
In Death OF Kelly
TRIAL TO GET UNDER
WAY BEFORE JUDGE
LOPEZ IN CIRCUIT
COURT THURSDAY

Names of $50 men were drawn
by Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., to
serve on a jury which will try,
beginning next Thursday, Henry
B. King, colored, charged with
first degree murder in the fatal
knitting of Samuel Kelly, also
colored.
King was arraigned before
Judge Lopez this morning and
entered a plea of not guilty to
the murder of Kelly at 800
Olivia street last May 7. Judge
Lopez said the trial would get I'M
der way at 9 a. m, Thursday.
King is alleged to have gone
TO Kelly's home to see about
some clothing left there by Mrs.
King. King is alleged to have
used loud and abusive language.
Kelly protested and in the argu-
ment King is said to have knitted
Kelly.
Kelly died later at Municipal
Hospital. King ran from the seer
and was later captured at the
home of Eddie Mcbride. colored,
728 Poorhouse lane. King was
shot in the left leg when he fled
over the rear fence.
The names of the jurors drawn
today follow: = s,ss 7ss1a'
Bonnie III. Russell Earl Munro,
George Schneider, Ramon Rivas,
Arthur j. Baeza. John Fl, Roberts,
Victor Manuel Miller. William II.
Wilson. Virgil Higgs, Angel Fruto,
Bertis Sterling. George Key. Wv
ian Pinder, Willard A. Bell. F.. ".
Speas, Lawrence Gomez, Orlando
Bravo, Robert Shultz, Albert
Acevedo, Joe Allen.
Harry A. Richardson, Milton G..
Spencer Allan l.. Mears. Joseph
n. Pinder, William r. Knowles,
Calvin M. Barnes. Norman j.
Lowe. Edward c. Roberts. Reyn-
aldo Garcia, Enrol v. Sawyer,
William B. Knowles, John Brandt,
Kermit II. Levin. Paul c.. Albury,
Fred Saunders, Thomas F. Rus
sell. George Gwynn. Jr., I.awton
T. Thornley,, Edward Lewis Ter
ry. Uric Gwynn.
Thomas Major, Charles G.. Cur
ry, j. Frazier Pinder, William V.
Sweeting Samuel v. Mccarthy,
Mervin Albury, Robert H. Thomp-
son, Pablo Marrero, c. Leon Saun-
ders, L. E. Mears, Willard Hop
kins Robert Sanford Watkins,
Tony Leto, ST., Charles l.. Russell.
Ramon Rubio. Jr.. William A.
Kemp, Charles l.. Baker, James
Continued On Page Four)
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Parade With Il Floats
To Open Full Program
Observing Labor Day

DETACHMENT HEADS PROFESSIONS
REGATTA, BOXING, JAMBOREE HICHIICHTS
OF CELEBRATION; EVENTS WILL CONTINUE
FROM AM. TO MIDNIGHT
crammed with
until midnight today Basget
rector of the JaYshee sponsored celebration.
Starting with parade including 80 units the activities include
firefghers between Stations and Bayvew
Park cupboard motorboat off Naval Air boxing
bouts of the Police Athletic League ST. Mays Parish
grand finale jamboree at Bayvew Park from pm
Capt A. Houser, commandan of the Naval Base; Capt
officer Naval Station and Mrs Norma
Dopp president of the Jayshee will sit with Mayor W. W. Demer
John Carbone the parade reviewing
the procession passes Division and Duval streets
Atwell will direct the parade parade
Carl Juh shore patrol officer of the
Navy
Among units the parade will be 81 floats of labor civic
fraena organizations the Key West High School
Wees Cornet band and other cooed units the fire
department and leading the procession crack Navy de-
tachment Capt Duan USING. The colorfu ShneTs
American Legion Honor Guard Arthur Sawyer Post No g.
other organizations expected to be represented
Baggett deal of credit to the members OF the High
has been secured for the
high school and the members of their voon yeSe
praeced under Baggets direction Gladys
lrudeau WALL be drum maJorette
The complete Labor Day program appears elsewhere ON TINS page