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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Burgop Church
Rc:ces 1920
For Construction

Sunday, October 5, was Build
ing Fund Emphasis day in the
Bureaw Baptist church, The
guest speaker for the occasion
was the Reverend Charles W.
Duling, pastor of the Hartford
Baptist Church, Hartford, NC,
who brought a forceful message
on the responsibilities of Chris
tan stewardship in the light OF
present-day e~Xigencies. At the
close of the Morning Worship
Service a special Building Fund
amounted to 1920 in cash and
pledges. This was a gratifying
offering and adds considerably
to the total amount on hand for
the construction of d new church
building,
At the next church conference
on October u, the church will
consider the plans for the new
building, with view to starting
construction at ar early date.
The new church building, as
planned, has an auditorium
seating capacity of 352, and an
educational plant with a capa-
city of 300. The architecture is
colonial.
The present membership of
the church is 472. Reverend
William A. Poole is the pastor
of the church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

the present date, October g.,
1916, the membership is 49,.
"Within the membership
there has been 2 deaths, and Is
marriages."
"The building has grown from
a one roora auditorium to a
plant large enough to take care
of a fully organized Sunday
School. The membership OF
which has reached 594. At the
present writing there is a fully
organized Sunday school, a
Baptist Training organlzatlon'
Womans Missionary society; It's
affiliated organizations and a
brotherhood.
GIN April of this year, 1916,
the church employed MISS
Louise Adams as educational
worker for the summer months.
Then. in August, the church ex-
tended Miss Adams call to a
full time educational director.
"The church has a library OF
1877 volumes. The library was,
and is sponsored by the aoult
BTU and has a fund WHEREBY
a stream of new books Will De
added monthly"
The present and former
deacons are:
c, A. Lies. present chairman
of deacons; C. A. Riddle, char
man of first board OF deacons;
{. R. Spry, R. W. Rowers'
chairman of finence commltteei
T. Teachey, J. P. Covngton
Lonnie Carter, Elliot Rich, T.
s. Sloan, E. G. Pridgen, ]. A.
Jackson. T. L. Robinette, now
acting church treasurer; ). 4
Byrd, J. M. Stevens, "A. +.
"God has richly blessed Us
this var of l947. We
have had good attendance IN
Sunday school, BTU, and
brotherhood. There has been
1873 ba2tisms and a large NUM-
Der added to our membership
by letter."
cat the September monthly
conference the church voted to
start a building fund, hoping IN
the near future to build a per
manent building"
"The church has grown under
he leadership of our pastor the
Rev. Mr.. Nix. He finishes his
bird wear as our pastor on DC
:ober /, 1947, having resigned to
Furman university
.roenville. S. c."
"The future of this church IS
still great: a permanent village.
With a host of people to be Won
10 Christ. Gift up your heads
and look for the fields are white
already to .9rvest."
"Let God be glorified, and all
praise given unto Him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Army Engineers
To Hold Open House
On Bugs Island

BUGGS ISLAND, Va, Oct IL.
-P-Buggs Island, the federal
Governments power and flood
control project on the Roanoke
river, will hold open house Oct.
II.
Army engineers, who have
charge of the project, will con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

duct ours to show the people OF
the Roanoke River basin and
other visitors the progress that
has been made. The Bugs Is
land project was planned to pre-
vent floods along the Roanoke
river in North Carolina and
Virginia and to furnish electric
power for developing the valley
industriously in the two states.
The burrow of a prairie dog
goes straight down 10 to Is feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

Dutch clocks are made in the
Black Forest and are really Ger
man clocks.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Edmund W. H. Wood
Dies in ENGLAND

Edmund w. H. Wood, 40, who as
a British Army liaison officer used
to brief Washington newspapermen
on the progress of the war, died
Friday in Suffolk, England, accord
ing to- a cable received yesterday by
the British Embassy.
The cable said Mr.. Wood died
"after long and painful illness
valiantly borne" His Washington
friends knew he was aware of q
dangerous heart condition while
serving here.
A man of great height and girth
with dense black mustache, he was
remembered for the heartiness and
penetrating quality of his laugh.
which ended many a press confer
ence with a cheerful note. He was
an acting staff major. With Col.
Douglas Saunders, he undertook to
give American newspapermen in
formation from British army
sources in brieflngs at the offices of
the British Information service.
He was former member of Par
lament and had an enviable rec
ord in World War I with the Life
Guards. He was younger son Of
q baronet, Sir John Wood. Sir
John, who is in his COS, survives him.
He also is survived by his widow,
Mrs. May Wood, and daughter,
orna
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Irving Samuel Cohen
Retired Grocer, Dies

Irving Samuel Cohen, SO, retired
grocer, died yesterday at Emergency
Hospital after long illness. He
lived at GIT Shepherd street NV
A native of Baltimore, Mr.. Cohen
spent his early childhood in Arling-
ton and Alexandria and studied at
the Washington Conservatory OF
Music. He came to Washington in
1888 and was employed by the Dia-
mond Cab Co. Later he was presl-
dent of the General Amusement Co
here and was owner and operator OF
Irvings Market, Fourteenth and
Irving streets NV, from 1945 until
he retired last year because of i'll
health.
Mr.. Cohen entered Johns Hopkins
Hospital for an operation year ago
and while there invented a back
rest for patients with back injuries.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Leah Hofberg Cohen; three young
children, Wallace Joel; Joyce Cor
don and Alan Robert Cohen; his
father. Sol D. Cohen, owner of the
General Cash Register Co. here, and
three sisters, Mrs. Julia Spivak, Mrs.
Ruth SimkowitZ and Mrs. Evelyn
Belkov.
Funeral services were held at II
am. today at Dan.ansky's funeral
home, 3501 Fourteenth street NV,
with burial in Bnai Israel Gene
terry, OXon Hill, Md.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Harold Lloyd S Father
Who Mapped Career
OF Comedian, Dies
BY the Associoted Press

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. l8.-The man
who started Harold Lloyd in the
movies-his father, j. Darsie Lloyo
is dead.
The comedian-producer's father
died yesterday at the age of 83 in
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
after a week of pneumonia COM
plicated by heart trouble.
1t was the elder Lloyd's flip OF a
coin that settled his acting sons tu-
ture, the comedian-now 54 and q
multimiilionaire-recalled.
Young Harold had been bitten by
the acting bug in Omaha and his
father had decided to let him have
a good whirl at it, The only ques-
ton was: Where to start, New York
or California, where the new-fan-
gled movies were being made.
The father tossed a coip and the
flip set them westward. A year later
1918, Harold made his first film
appearance as an Indian in an ole
Edison company production at Sar
Diego.
A decade later, after Harold hao
become famous as the bespectacled
grandma's boy, he formed his own
Harold Lloyd Corp, and installed
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Mrs. Mathew J. Angevine
Rites Planned Tomorrow

Requiem mass for Mrs. Bertha M
Angevine, 66, club organizer and
retired Treasury Department en-
ploye, will be sung at $50 am. to-
morrow in st. Anthony's Church
Twelfth and Monroe streets NE
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
Mrs. Angevine died Tuesday in
Providence Hospital after a six
month illness. She lived at 2711
Twelfth street NE.
She was borne in Alexandria, the
daughter of William D. and Mary
E. Chichester, and attended st
Mary's Academy. She had worked
for the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing from 1909 to 1919 and in
the treasurer's Office of the Treas
ury Department from 1888 until her
retirement in May, 1914.
Mrs. Angevine organized the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Father
Francis j. Hurney Post 112 of the
Catholic War Veterans in 1910 ano
served three terms as president
She also was member of the
Third Order Of st. Francis and
was publicity chairman of the
Ladies Sodality of st. Anthony's
She had been president of the
Ladies' Auxiliary, Police and Fire
Unit, Of the American Legion and
also Of the Second Division Associ-
alton.
|, Survivors are her husband, Math-
ew j. Angevine, and a son, Joseph
p Tavlor sp
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Mrs. Anna 6. Jarvis Dies;
Resident Here Since 1901

Mrs. Anna G. Jarvis, Washington
resident since 1901, died yesterday
in her home, 2039 New Hampshire
avenue NV, after an illness Of
several months.
A native of Springfield, Tenn, she
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. j. Garrett. Mrs. Jarvis attended
schools in Springfield and Wards
Seminary in Nashville, Tenn.
She came to Washington in 1901
and married Grant Jarvis, a Gov
eminent employe, the following
year. Mr.. Jarvis died in 1882.
Mrs. Jarvis was a member of
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. c. B. ElWell of Havre, Mont,
and Mrs. c. j. Winslow of Berkeley,
Calf, and two sons, Walter B. Jar
Wis, 4514 Connecticut avenue NV,
and Roy F. Jarvis, Sneedville, Tenn.
Funeral services will be held in
Gawler's Chapel, 1756 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. at pm. tomorrow.
The Rev. John w. Rustin, pastor
Of Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, will officiate. Burial will be
in Glenwood Cemetery,
Evening star., 1947-12-18
James J.. Davis Leaves
$4,000 10 Five Children
BY the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1.-THE will
of the late Senator James j. CPud-
dler JIM Davis, probated today,
divides $4,000 in personal property
between his five children.
They are Jane, Jean, Joan, Jewel
and James j., jr.
The Republican legislator died
November % at the Washington
Sanitarium, Takoma Park, at the
age of "a. He came to America from
Wales as an immigrant boy and rose
to be Secretary of Labor under three
Presidents and to win three elections
to the Senate from Pennsylvania
He was a steel worker in early life
and later served as Secretary of
Labor under Presidents Harding,
Coolidge and Hoover. ..., =
Evening star., 1947-12-18
William Prentiss, L., Dies;
Former Deputy Controller

William Prentiss, jr, 6S, who was
Deputy Controller of the Currency
from February, 1886, to January
1888, died yesterday in an ambulance
en- route to hospital in Los Angeles
the Associated Press reported today
Mr.. Prentiss had undergone a
major operation about three weeks
ago and was recovering when he
suffered a hemorrhage after a fall
associates said.
He was born in Macomb, III.
where his father was a well-known
trial lawyer. While in Washington
he lived at the Dupont Circle Apart
ments.
He went to San Francisco where
he was chief national bank examiner
of the 18th Federal Reserve District
He had been a receiver of some
Pacific Coast businesses, a manu-
facturer and f1nancier.
Survivors include two daughters
Miss Ruth Prentiss and Mrs. Helen
Soest, and son, Paul Prentiss, all
of Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Peter B. Prenfis, Jr., Dies;
Born and Educated Here

Peter Bowdoin Prentis, ir., 50
former Washington resident, died
yesterday in New York after a long
illness.
He was born in Washington and
attended Tech High School He
worked for the American Railroad
Postal Service prior to World War
II when he served with the 18th
Division.
After the war he moved to New
York and was an executive with
the P. Lorillard Co.
Survivors are two sisters. Mrs.
Duncan G. McGregor, Mrs. Thomas
j. Kehoe, and a nephew, Thomas
Prentis Kehoe, all of 1904 lockwood
road, Silver Spring, Md.
Requiem mass will be said at 8
am. tomorrow at Fort Myer Chapel.
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
DR.. F. ). Johnston Dies;
Smithsonian Scientist

DR.. Earl S. Johnston, So, chief of
the division of radiation and Or
ganisms at Smithsonian Institution,
died yesterday at his home, 4409
Beechwood road, College Heights,
Md, after several months illness.
From 1917 until 1881 DR.. Johnston
was researcher in plant nutrition
at the University of Maryland and
had collaborated with Prof. D. R.
Hoagland at the University of Cali
fornia in 1926 and 1927 in discover
ing that minute portion of boron
was essential for plant growth.
After serving year as consultant
at the Smithsonian he began full
time work there in 1881.
DR.. Johnston was born in Quarry
vile, Pa. In 1913 he was graduated
from Dickinson College, Pa, and in
1917 he received his Phi. D. from
Johns Hopkins University.
He was a past president of the
plant Psychologists, Botanical So
ciety of America and the Washing
ton Dickinson Club and was mem
Der of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science and the
Cosmos Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Virginia Andes Johnston. Funeral
services and burial will be private.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Hopkins 6l Student Ordered
To Hospital After Burglaries
By the A.saeiatsd Pr.s,

BALTIMORE, Dec. 1S.-An East
ern Shore student attending Johns
Hopkins University under the CT
education program and charged with
three hurglaries was put on proba-
ton today on condition he go to
a veterans hospital for mental treat
ment.
DR.. Manfred S. Guttmacher, medi-
cal adviser to the Baltimore supreme
bench, told the court that Morris
Leonard Renshaw, 81, of Centreville,
Md, apparently had committed the
burglaries because he was driven by
an inner fear that he would commit
another crime.
Judge Michael j. Manley said he
would put Renshaw on probation
provided he enter the veterans hos
pital at Perry Point, makes full resti-
tuition for the burglaries and pays
the court costs.
Renshaw was charged with three
thefts last month near the Hopkins
campus, where he was president Of
the dormitory student council.
He became naval aviator after
graduation from high school.
Evening star., 1947-12-18

bassy reported indications Of ironic
comment to the effect that the
government, which had asked the
farmers to. grow all the food they
could for sale in government stores
was able to retain most of the
profits from the store operations
While the farmers lost most of their
profits through the devaluation
move.
The Moscow Embassy reports, Mr.
LoVett added, reflected some mysti-
hcatlon over how the tightly regu-
lated Soviet economy would 90
through this severe adjustment. He
emphasized that the devaluation
move was not necessarily an indica-
ton that the fundamental economy
was falling apart, but said it does
snow the Communist economy is
subject to human frailties as are
other tVpeS.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Dr.. John {. Bowers Funera
Will Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for DR.. John E
Bowers, 10, general practitioner al
T. B., Md, for more than 40 years
and former resident physician at
several Washington hospitals, will
be held at pm. tomorrow at the
Lee funeral home, Fourth street and
Massachusetts avenue NE. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
DR.. Bowers died Tuesday night at
Providence Hospital.
A native of Fort Wayne, Ind and
a graduate of the George Washing
ton University Medical School in
1908, DR.. Bowers came to Washing
ton to practice about 1912 He at
one time was resident physician at
Gallinger Hospital and Blue Plains
Home for the Aged. He moved to
T. B. in 1920.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Frances Johnson Bowers; two sons
David and Arthur Bowers, all of
L. B.; two brothers, Will Bowers,
New Haven, Ind; Harry Bowers, and
a sister, Mrs. Glenola Girard, both
of DAYTON Ohio
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For J. Irvinq Jarboe

Funeral services for j. Irving jar
Doe, 64, manager of the Silver Spring
Office of the Atlantic & Pacific Tea
Co., will be held at 2 pm tomorrow
at Fort Lincoln Chapel. Burial will
be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Mr. Jarboe died Tuesday at Chev-
erly Hospital after a brief illness.
His home was at 3505 Thirty sew
enth avenue, Colmar Manor, Md.
A native of Ridge. Md, Mr.. Jarboe
was the son of John S. and Eliza
beth Mckee Jarboe. He was a
descendant of French family that
came to Maryland in 1884.
Mr.. Jarboe attended schools in
st. Marys County and came to
Washington in 1912 to begin work
with the grocery chain. He had
been manager OF the company's va
rious Offices in this vicinity. He
moved to Colmar Manor about
seven years ago.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs
Bertha Aukam Jarboe: a niece, Mrs
Alfred Hobbs; a nephew, C. M. Jar
Doe, jr, and two sisters -in-law, Mrs
George c. Aukam and Mrs. c. M
Jarboe, all of Washington.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Youth, 19, Pleads Guilty
In Robberies al Garfield

A 19-year-o youth today pleaded
guilty before Municipal Court Judge
Almond Scott to eight charges OF
petty larceny arising from thefts
in the nurses quarters at Garfield
Hospital.
The youth, Hunter Lawson. 19
colored, 1419 Chaplin street NV.
was arrested early yesterday on the
hospital grounds after student
nurses at hospital complained @
proWler had entered their rooms In
the early hours and taken jewelry
Detective w. B. SatterthWaite OF
No. 13 precinct, said Lawson ad-
mitted entering the nurses quar-
ters last Sunday and Monday morn
ings as well as yesterday. Most OF
the stolen jewelry, including rings
brooches and fountain pen, have
been recovered, he said. Some were
found on Lawson when he was ar
rested and the rest at his home.
Judge Scott postponed sentence
and referred the case to the proba-
ton officer, holding Lawson under
5000 bond on each of the eight
charges.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Russion Formers Hardest Hit
By DevuIuotion, Lovett Saws

Russian farmers have been hit
particularly hard by the Soviet
governments devaluation of the
ruble, according to reports to the
State Department from the Ameri-
can Embassy in Moscow.
Undersecretary of State Lovett
relaying the reports to a news con-
ference late yesterday, said the Rus
sian peasants appeared to take a
rather dim view of the situation.
The Soviet government has
ordered all rubles held in cash ex-
changed for new rubles this week at
the rate of l new ruble for 10 old
ones. A much more favorable con-
version rate is provided for savings
bank deposits.
Apparently the farmers in Russia
had the greatest proportion of saw
ings in cash.
Mr.. Lovett said the Moscow En-
Evening star., 1947-12-18

the National Guard for three years
and was in the Army Infantry for
two years prior to 1917. He worked
at the Navy Yard before he went
with the baking company.
He was member of Kenna Main
Post No. 81 of the American Legion.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Bessie Goldsmith Pfeiffer; his
mother, Mrs. Mary Pfeiffer, and a
brother, Kirby Pfeiffer, both of 1922
I street Sc.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Warrenton Rites Scheduled
For Hugh R. MoffeH Today
SpseioI Dispoteh 10 The stor

WARRENTON, Va, Dec. 1s.-Fu-
neral services for Hugh R. Moffett
rs, for 36 years a rural mail car
rier, were to be held at 2::30 pm
today at the home. Burial will be
in the Warrenton Cemetery. Mr..
Moffett died Tuesday.
Mr.. Moffett was a schoolmaster at
Piney Mountain School, Cliff Mills,
in Upper Fauquier, before he served
as mail carrier. He covered his route
with horse and buggy for many
years. After his retirement at 65
he carried the star route mail to
Washington, Va, until the past July.
He is survived by four children.
r. Nelson Moffett, Hugh R. Moffett,
jr.; Mrs. Sidney Jeffries and Miss
Wilma Moffett; four grandchildren,
Weber Jeffries, Mrs. Daniel Kelch-
ner. Charles Jeffries and Spencer
Moffett, and two great grandchil-
dren, Patsy Jeffries and Michael
JeffrieS.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Record Christmas Mail
lis Predicted by Burke

Vincent Burke, city postmaster
sees indications of a record volume
of Christmas mail for Washington
this year, he said today.
Nationally, the Post Office foresaV
the biggest Christmas business ir
the history of the postal service.
Postmaster Burke noted an increase
of 20 per cent in outgoing parcels
for the first IS days of December
as compared with the same perioc
last year, and a 10 to Is per cent
increase in incoming packages.
The largest previous record for the
Christmas season was set in 1914, he
said.
On the national scene a 26 per
cent increase in mail-car loadings
was reported for the II days ended
last Friday.
During that period the Post Office
Department reported, mail filled
10 ,945 full cars. which would be 8
solid train 227 miles long. The num-
ber Is 4,112 cars more than last
year.
A rise in railway express rate:
may have been partly responsible
for the parcel post increase, it wa:
believed. !
Evening star., 1947-12-18


The son and grandson of fur
riers, Mr.. Fox came to the United
States from England in 1907 with
$3.50 in his pocket.
After serving in World War I
he went into the retail fur busi-
ness that was to become interna-
tionally known.
Last summer the American
Schools and Colleges Association,
after Nationwide poll of college
students and teachers, named Mr..
Fox as one of five business leaders
who best typified the traditional
American story of success from
humble beginnings.
His survivors include his widow,
two sons and a daughter.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Kurt Donoth, 81, Dies;
Former Opera Singer
BY the Assoeioied Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 18.-Kurt
Donath, 81, former opera singer
died at his home here yesterday.
He arrived in this country from
Germany in 1907 and joined the
Henry w. Savage Opera Co. The
following year he sang the leading
tenor role in Madame Butterfly"
Mr.. Donath was on the faculty OF
the Chicago Musical College for
years and later taught at
Culver Gnd) Military Academy.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Exchange Club Elects
|Henninqer President

The Exchange Club Of Washing
ton has elected officers for the
period from January to July !, 1t
was announced yesterday.
They are Perm E. Henniger, presi-
dent; Gordon Shaw, vice president;
Albert C. Borghi, secretary, and
Charles S. Borum, treasurer.
Those elected to the board Of con-
troll are Richard r. Hutcheson,
retiring president of the club; H.
Steward White, and Charles H.
IOVOer
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Miss LippoId Elected
BY Veterans Duuqhters

Miss Alice Lippold has beer
chosen president of Ellen Spencer
Mussey Tent No. l, Daughters o1
Union Veterans of the Civil War.
Other new officers are Miss Mary
M. Crawford, senior vice president;
Mrs. Geneva Craig, junior vice
president; Mrs. Kathryn Rain
treasurer; Miss Jessie Lewis, chap
lain; Mrs. Sylvia Mclaughlin, pa.
triotic instructor; Mrs. Amy L
Carr, press reporter, and Mrs. Mil.
dred Poore. musician. Council men,
bers are Mrs. Myrtle Burke, chair
man; Mrs. Anna Horn and Miss
Emma Harvard
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Rites Today for Wife
Of Bishop J. J. Gruvutt
BY the Assoeiotad Press

COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 18.-Fu-
neral services for Mrs. Helen Stew
ems Gravatt, 81, wife of the bishop
of the Episcopal diocese of Upper
South Carolina, who died yesterday
will be held here today at Trinity
Episcopal Church.
She had lived for many years in
Richmond, Va, where her father
was president of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad.
Survivors, in addition to her hus-
band, the Right Rev. John j. Gra-
watt, include brother, Cecil w.
Stevens of Virginia Beach Va
Evening star., 1947-12-18

| ISlldlllUClS D lullCl =
al home, SIT
Eleventh street
Sc, with burial
in Arli n g t o n
Cemetery.
| Mr.. P f e i If e I
died Monday in
Providence Hos
pital, after a
months illness.
He lived at 72a
Twelfth S t r e e I
Sc.
B o r n a n d
raised in Wash
i n G ton, M r
lPfaifIar served in
Evening star., 1947-12-18

his father as vice president and
general manager. a post he retained
until his death.
The elder Lloyd was a native of
Ebensburg. Pa, and engaged In
various businesses in Illinois, Ne
braska and Colorado before coming
here.
Besides his son, he is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Helen Marshall
Lloyd; brother, Fred Lloyd, North
Hollywood, and four grandchildren.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
DOYLE Buckles Dies

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Dec. 18 P)
Doyle L. Buckles, 81, field man
Iager of the Alabama Press Associa-
ton and director of the University
of Alabama News Bureau, died to-
lay at Birmingham hospital. He
had been i'll for several months.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
NBC Pays Bonus

The National Broadcasting Co.
has announced payment Of a
Christmas bonus of a half months
salary to all regular employees on
the payroll December Is earning
less than 5000 a year who were
employed on or before last July
and whose working conditions are
not covered by written contract.