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Evening star., 1947-03-18
Britain MobiIizes
Troops 10 Rescue
Thousands in Flood
BY the Associotsd Press

LONDON, Mar. 18.-Britair
modified fresh troops and vol
unteers today to rescue thou
sands of marooned families ano
bolster sagging river banks In
the country's worst floods ir
more than half a century.
Murky waters Tapped over thou
sands of square miles of Southern
England, isolating villages, snarline
transport, spreading vast property
damage and leaving families strand
ed in upper floors of homes with
dwindling stocks Of food and water.
Rains fell through the night but
the steady rise of rivers, some of
them 6 feet above the flood stage,
appeared to have been checked. The
Air Ministry forecast mild weather
with scattered showers.
Floods were reported from Bel
gium and Holland, but elsewhere in
Evening star., 1947-03-18

Europe weather conditions were gen.
orally favorable
Berlins weather was springlike
after one-day windstorm In which
five were killed and many injured
by falling bomb ruins.
The count of the dead in Britain s
hurricane of early yesterday has
risen to Is.
Uprooted trees combined with
mountainous SHOWS in Scotland and
Northern England and submerged
roads in the south to leave British
transport and communications clog
ged and industrial transport snarled.
Only one highway remained open
between England and Scotland.
Troops with amphibious tanks
and jeeps carried on rescue work
in the Thames Valley and the Fen
lands-a marshy area in the east.
The Thames-side town of Wind
sor, virtually inundated, appealed
to the Army for more duck"
Evening star., 1947-03-18

vehicles TO speed excavations and
called for mobile food kitchens to
feed refugees housed in public build
ings.
A nursing home In Maidenhead,
isolated and with the telephone out
of order, sent out an SOS in a
corked bottle asking for fresh milk
for the children. A doctor answered
the call
Women and German prisoners of
war helped to erect sand bag bar
riers against the rivers in the Fen
lands.
Soldiers sandbagged a suburban
London pumping station to save the
water supply for 2,500,000 persons.
Legend says the first glass manu-
factured by men was made when
ancient Phoenician sailors banked
a fire on a sandy beach with blocks
of soda.
Evening star., 1947-03-24
High School Advisory Unit
For Handicapped Planned

To give physically handicapped
high school students a better chance
to find jobs and security, Student
Advisory Committee will be formed
tomorrow at a meeting of school
representatives with District Re-
habilitation Service officials, David
Amato, service chief, said today.
The meeting will be at 3 pm. in
the Social Security Building, Fourth
and c streets S.W., Room 5544.
Representatives from each Dis
trict senior high school and public
vocational school will be named to
the Advisory Committee. 1t will be
the committees work to interpret
the vocational rehabilitation pro-
gram to the physically handicapped
youth.
In addition to the student rep
resentatives, Mrs. Mildred S. Percy
and Mrs. T. c. Alexander, divisional
heads of the District Schools De-
partmept of Guidance; Miss Bertha
Taylor, associate director, special
classes for exceptional pupils; and
DR.. Joseph A. Murphy, director,
school medical inspection service,
will attend.
Evening star., 1947-03-24
District viii be Host
To Top Nurses From
81 Countries in May

Washington viii be host six weeks
from TODAY to leaders Of the nirs-
ing profession from 81 nations who
are coming to America for the first
international conference Of nurses
since the war.
Delegates to the Congress of the
International Council of Nurses will
meet here May 4 for a week of
committee meetings, inspection of
medical facilities and sightseeing
in the Nations Capital.
From Washington. the group will
go 70 Atlantic City. N. j., for final
week of conferences and medical
lectures designed to promote an in
terchange of the latest ideas in the
field of nursing.
Entertainment Plan Outlined.
The Graduate Nurses Association
of the District, an afdliate OF the
American Nurses Association, will
be the host organization during the
first week of the congress.
Plans to entertain the visitors
were outlined by Miss Edith M.
Beattie, executive secretary of the
nurses group here. She said the
American Nurses Association,
through the State Department, had
invited IS nations to send delegates.
All major powers, except the
Soviet Union, which is not mem
ber of the organization, were in
cluded. Acceptance has been re-
ceived from all but four-Bulgaria,
Yugoslavia. Germany and Japan.
Will Visit White House.
The nurses will be quartered in
five hotels, Miss Beattie said. Busi-
ness sessions will be held at the
Mayf1ower Hotel. Delegates will be
given an opportunity to visit Cath
olic University. st. Elizabeth Hos
pital, the Naval Medical Research
Institute and Walter Reed Hospital.
The weeks social high light will
be a White House reception, sched-
uled for May Z.
In order to give the foreign visi-
tors an opportunity to sample
American home life, Miss Beattie
revealed, nurses here are planning
to invite small groups of delegates
to their homes.
Only once before, according to
Miss Beattie, has the International
Council of Nurses met in the United
States in Buffalo, N. Y, in 1901.
Evening star., 1947-03-24
Program Will Be Discussed
For AIDING Children Abroad

Washington residents interested
in the rehabilitation of abandoned
and destitute European children will
meet at 8 pm. Wednesday at the
Institute of Chinese Culture, 2200 r
street NV. They will form an Or
ganization to help sponsor the Do
mus Nostra (My Home) Interna-
tional Institutions.
The first Domus Nostra institu-
ton was established last year in
Rome after Mrs. Maria Tinto Rocca,
Washington area resident for
the last 20 years and a former
UNRRA worker in Italy, became in
terested in the childrens' plight.
Mrs. Rocca, who will return to
Rome next month after Wash
ington visit, will address the group
about establishing similar homes in
other wartorn countries She will
be introduced by Mrs. Elsa n. Ash
ton, who will serve as temporary
chairman.
Evening star., 1947-03-24
Miss Robinson Resigns
Labor Publicity Post

Miss Mary v. Robinson, publicity
chief of the Women's Bureau of
the Department of Labor, has re-
signed after serving as staff men,
ber "a years and head Of the divi-
sion for II years, it was announced
today.
Miss Robinson will continue to
live here, devoting her time to
special writing projects.
Evening star., 1947-03-24
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ALL That's
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To would
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Evening star., 1947-03-24

Prices effective until close Of business Wednesday,
March 26, I941, except produce prices which are
subject 10 daily market changes. NO SALES TO
DEALERS,
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04

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Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04
GOOD HOPE
Bessie /. SockWelI

Mr.. and Mrs. E, B, Sockwell
were dinner guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Tommie Alexander Sunday
Mrs. Mandy Curtis has returned
home after her operation and Is
on the road to recovery. Mrs.
Sula Morris died in Camden
Hospital June 22nd after a long
Illness. Funeral services were
held at Good Hope AME Churcyh
June cath, Rev. Cross delivering
the eulogy -. lobe Alexander
and his brother, Eli spene the
weekend with their niece Mrs.
Lula Nixon of Bluff. Mrs. f. Jones
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Box Is spending her summer va.
cation in Rockford. Illinois. -.
Lee Henry Sockwell Is improv.
ing rapidly at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T.. B.
Sockwell. He was injured in an
accident at coal mine in Super
lor, Wyoming.
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04
MT. MORlAH
Cleveland Newburn

County Agent L. J. Jackson
and Miss Fairilla Simmons, Home
Demonstration Agent visited the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Hun
ter and took pictures Of the T.
H Club projects A delicious din
ner was served. Odessa Hunter
received first place for Judging
chickens at the All club County
Rally held May 30th. Regular
services were held at Pleasant
Hill AME Church Sunday. 1--WE:
sa-ay listen, one B. Nee. couldn't
come to the party on account OF
another B. VIM. So what do you
think of that. Well, don't tell
me that F. r. N. is on the ball
with c. H.. viii someone please
help Harry Byrant, Jr. make up
his mind between S. l.. Jones
and M. S. Hunter, because he
can't ride them both on that
beautiful bike Read the STATE
PRESS,
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04
ATKINS
Mckindra Fletcher

Mrs. A. l.. Ousler was home on
the weekend from Philander
Smith College where she Ia at.
tending summer school,. :. We
were sorry to hear of the death
of Brooks WILSON,. Myrtle Buff
fert left for Kansas City Sun
day to be employed =. Eugene
Fletcher and his brother, Jones
are employed here. :. Pilgrim
Rest Church No 2 went to Cen.
ter Ridge Friendship Church
Sunday to attend Rev. Whit.
mans sixth anniversary. They
had nice trip. Collection. $13S.
co.. Mrs. Maggie Buffert made
a business trip to Russellville
last week. =. Mrs. Helen Conway
OF Little Rock visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Fletcher.
Please have your news ready
when the paper boy comes by.
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04

The Third Quarterly Confer
enee was held here last Saturday,
and Sunday Each report made
was full. Amount raised was $50.
IS -. There was cornerstone
laid here last Sunday by the Mas
ons from Prescott. The sermon
VS. preached by the Presiding
Elder of the Hot Springs Dis
trict, Rev w. M. Eason. Visiting
preachers were Rev. ]. B. Neal
and family, OF Prescott; Rev. r.
Younge, Prescott; Rev. w. L.
Lomax from Arkadelphia. Mrs.
Susie Bell is visiting her husband
in Milwaukee,. GOSSIP :. -.
A certain girl Is back on the
beam. She said she was going to
Jump from now on and h WON'T
pay any man to trust her because
IL ne turns his back she will get
crooked c. Scott is sparkling
i. d. Neal. wonder why J. w.
Austin was looking so dusty and
down hearted at the picnic. Was
It because L. B. Bowman defea-
ted him with Miss Murdoch? :.
A certain person said J. w. was
feeling bad. think this person
was feeling little bad himself.
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04

ing Mrs. Patterson's sister Mrs.
Leather Shaver and family. -.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clay Of Akron is
visiting relatives here She is
house guest of Mrs. l.. C. Steele
The Months Ending of Newport
Relief Society was held at the
home of Mrs Hattie Smith .....
Miss Clarene Hendrix and Ker-
meth Rogers We're quietly mar
ried Saturday at the home of the
bride. Rev. II. G. Martin perfor.
med tile ceremony. Mr.. and
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04

WIZ. Sso'e davenport
Mrs. Abbie Pc and Jack Mich
OILS Of st. Louis are visiting
friends and relatives. Mrs. jess
sic Parker OF Tulsa, Oklahoma fs
the guest of the Clarence Robin
son family. Mrs. Dora Johnson
spent the weekend in Dermott..
Nose Hill was called to st. Louis
to attend his mothers funeral.
Mrs. Mary Moorehead spent tho
weekend In Rayville, Louisiana
visiting friends and relatives. :.
Mrs. Matte Griffin made one of
her rare visits to Town Saturday
and her company was enjoyed.
Come again Matte. :. Mrs. Rosie
Colbert Of Crossett made a spec
ial trip to Portland Saturday.
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04

Mrs. c. l., Borders are the proud
parents of a baby girl, Gwendol-
yn Yvonne. Both mother and
daughter are doing WE'LL. A
bus load motored to Marked
tree to attend Electoral College
Prof w. F. Branch of St. Paul
AME Church was elected dele
gate to the General Conference.
c. w. Pickens and Renus Stew
ard returned to Chicago after
pleasant visit here with relatives
They enjoyed a fish dinner FRI
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04
WILTON

Edna N. Mario
8. Hawkins and family, MI.
Turner and Miss Cook are here
from California visiting their
mother. sisters and brothers and
friends. .. Mrs. H. Harris spent
Sunday with their mother and
father who are Ill :. Sam Ester
and sister were in Wilton Sunday
night. Rev. w. M. Byrant spent
the night with Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Griffin Saturday night. The
Missionary Sisters OF Davis A. M
h. Church held rally Sunday.
The Home Demonstration Club
met at the home OF Mrs. M. Har.
ris Wednesday and quilted. They
were served ice cream, cookies.
and cocktails. The club will meet
next at Mrs. A. Hawkins. Mrs.
M. M. Parker Is on the sick list.
Please have your seven cents
ready for your paper.
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04
NEWPORT
Gladys Mays

Gladys Mays
Jesse Berry has returned from
a visit with friends in Walnut
Ridge Mrs. Juanita Williams
and children, Richard and Billie
Rice of st. Louis are visiting
their father Willie Rice and fam
lily. Cleoria Burse is vacation
ing here with her aunt. Mrs. vii
lie Johnson. Evangelist Wal.
ker Of Forrest City closed a sue
Cessful meeting at Reeds Chapel
Sunday. The Missionary Soc
iety Of st. Paul AME Church
rendered a program Sunday even
ing at the church.. Mrs. Cora
Ice Scott entertained the White
Rose Club Monday. An enjoyab
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04

here for a short visit. Mr.. and
Mrs. Holbert Oates of Saginaw,
Michigan are visiting his mother
and sister, Mrs. Emma Oates and
Mrs. Adell Kelleybrew E. Miss
Lena ODaniels is improving 80.
Lucy Oates and her daughter left
for Saginaw, Michigan to join
their husband and father, Willie
III. Oates .. Revival Is in session
at st. John Baptist Church. Rev.
Elliott is assisting Rev. Taylor.
Travis Scott, Milton Harold and
Monroe Cole cleft for Washington
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04
day with Mrs. Steele.
DARDANELLE

Pauline Burns
Miss 0. V. Jordan OF New York
is visiting her mother Mrs. Liz
zie A. Cunningham. She is accom-
panied by little Charles Peter
son.. Frank Perry left for his
home in Gary, Indiana after a
short visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Perry. Talmadge
Perry of Kansas City, Kansas is
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04

where they will be employed =.
Acie Burn OF Tulsa. Oklahoma Ia
visiting his brother, Ed Burn -.
Mrs. Mytel Goldman of Kansas
City, Mo-, Mrs. Chairman and
Lawrence Edward King Of Sagi-
nav, Michigan were recent guests
of Mrs, Emma Oates and Mrs.
Adell Kelleybrew.
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04

program was rendered and de-
licious rcpast was served, Mrs.
o. Reeves Is president Of the
club. Mrs. Maudie Tatum and
children of St Louis are visiting
their grandmother, Mrs. Mary
Alcorn and family. Mrs. Ivy
Lee Patterson and Mrs. Gasorine
Tatum of Toledo Ohio are visit
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-04

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Evening star., 1947-10-31

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Evening star., 1947-09-27
Miss Lila Deyo,
lanes Garnett
engaged to We'd

OF interest to Washington society
Is the announcement made today
by Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo,
commandant of the LIST Naval
District. and Mrs. Deyo of the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Lila Mayo Deyo, to Mr. James
Harper Poor Garnett. Mr.. Garnett
ID the son of DR.. and Mrs. A. Y. P.
Garnett, prominent in Capital resi-
Dental circles
Miss Deyo attended the Shanghai
American School in Shanghai, the
Bishop Trent School in the Philip
pine Islands and is a graduate of
Miss Halls School in Pittsfleld,
Mass. She became a member of
the Junior League Of Washington
during the years she made her
home here before moving to Boston
q year ago. Her father came to
Washington as an aide to the late
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox.
Mr.. Garnett is a graduate of the
Episcopal High School in Alex
andria and of the University of
Virginia. He was captain in the
United States Marine Corps and
saw: combat service in the Pacific
campaigns during all of World War
II from Guadalcanal to Two Jima.
At present he Is a student at the
George Washington School of Medi-
cine.
Their wedding is planned for
sometime around Thanksgiving.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Mrs. Cornelius Y. Wbitnev
To Become OfticialHostess
Br Betty BeaLe

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whit
ney Is thrilled about coming back to
Washington. The wife of the newly
appointed Assistant Secretary of the
Air Force flew down to the Capital
yesterday to see her husband sworn
In and they both flew back to New
York late in the afternoon. On Oc-
tober Is they will move into an
apartment at the Shoreham Hotel.
The vivacious and stunning wife
of the famed Sonny" Whitney will
once again become one of Wash
ington's most prominent hostesses.
During World War II Col. Whitney,
who served as pilot in World War
1sand as an official in Pan American
Always for many years, was sta
toned in Washington for two years
as an officer In the Ninth Air Force.
The Whitneys first lived in Chevy
Chase on Melrose street and later
bought a house on r street across
from Dumbarton Oaks. Their par
ties were among the smartest in
town.
The former Eleanor Searle of Ply
mouth, Ohio, is noted for her many
ktndnesses for others. A musician
herself, she gives frequent scholar
ships to the Eleanor searle Whitney
School Of Music which she founded
ut Florida Southern College and
Evening star., 1947-09-27

from which she received her doctor
of music degree. Before her mar
riage, radio audiences and audiences
at performances of the St. Louis
Opera Company heard her lovely
rich, soprano voice regularly, and
Washington remembers her concert
at Dumbarton Oaks. She sings
often in churches now.
A guiding light in the National
Society of Arts and Letters, she was
very active In the Washington
Chapter. In fact, its former presi-
dent, Mrs. Dorothy Nicholson Bates,
is her closest friend here and was
on hand at the airport yesterday to
meet her.
The Whitneys sold their r street
house but they still have an impos-
ing list of abodes. There's Whitney
House in Old Westbury on Long
Island. whence they will go up from
Washington for numerous week
ends. There's a beautiful apart
ment at River House in New York,
another place at Saratoga Springs,
still another in Hamilton County,
Sabattis, N. Y, and their lush blue
grass estate just outside of Lexing-
ton, KY, where their race horses
are trained. Col. Whitney's horses
now rate third among the top
money winners of the country. f,
Evening star., 1947-09-27
League announces
.Endncational Drive
On World Trade

The beginning of a Nationwide
educational effort TO awaken interest
in world trade has been announced
by the National League of Women
Voters.
Mrs. Harold Stone. national first
vice president, explained details at a
press conference yesterday featuring
a preview of the leagues new slide
film, THE Challenge of World
Trade"
Mrs. Stone said the goal of the
program Is to educate citizens on
the three big trade issues which will
come up before the next session of
Congress. She listed these as the
need for a new program of aid to
Europe, the renewal of the recipro-
cal trade agreements act which ex-
pires next June, and the participa-
ton of the United States in the
International Trade Organization.
League members will use "every
conceivable device" to get before
their communities facts on these
subjects, Mrs. Stone pointed out,
citing the slide film as one of the
methods. The film strip, which is a
series of cartoons tracing the sub
ject Of trade from the Colonial days
of the United States to the present,
illustrated the Importance of world
trade In everyday living.
Nine conferences for the purpose
of educating local league leaders in
the methods of the program will be
held in various sections of the coun-
try.
The local conference, scheduled
for October 8 and 9 in Pierce Hall,
will draw 100 delegates from league
chapters in Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania and the Dis
trict.
DR.. Michael Heilperin, author and
economist, will be guest speaker at
a dinner meeting the first day of
the conference.
Presiding at the sessions will be
Mrs. John F. Thomas, president of
the District League; Mrs. Oliver j.
Haller, second vice president OF the
Pennsylvania State League, and Mrs.
Miner Hostetler, past president Of
the Maryland State League.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
AUCTION SALES leent. |.
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THos ss... ,ss SwEMs n ysuss|s sSs
basement semidetaehed brick dWellina.
now e used. used as r9SSmins house. centaininE
burner. IRE escapes. Being known % as as
p g1S risgrgsd Sg virtue Of certain dssd of sTSs
sS4 Ct seq Of the land ne records ss of fte the
of q ths IL party party secured thereby. Ire under.
in front of the premises, on Thursday
the ninth day of October AID. 1917, at
three o'clock pm. the following described
land i, Sa, and premises, situate in the District
Lot 81 in B. H. Warmers subdivision of lots
nat fef0rdse fef ss bt b hs once q IF as
in Liber County l at Folio 95; subject to
l5-foot building line restriction as estab-
iishsd In District Court Cause No. 1473
the surveyors ONCE in Liber So at Folio
II. said lot being now assessed for taxa
to covenants of record. Terms: Sold sub
ject to a prior building association deed
1 rse4 Hst D.r9ca2s r9r * xSg s3hs -
nounced at time of sale; the purchase
price above said trust to be paid in cash.
A deposit of 900 required. Convey
cost Terms fo be Compiled conn with Mithin
fifteen days. otherwise deposit forfeited
and the property may be advertised and
WALTER F. WARD, GEORGE E DOWN
AR, Trustees. se27.30, ,oc3,6.s.
III1s Ia0s J; OWEN 9 son. auctioneers, 4s5
valuable two,stoIy row brick dwelling
certain deed Of f. trust rus w rscorded nid.de IN IN
Liber, No. s3ll, Folio 16l, ct seq, among
the land records ,of the District Of Co
sm1ia thad.bS and at the request Of parties
will sell at pubic auction, in front of the
October ger, .l, l947, A.D.. at four o'clock pm
isss, situate in The District Of colambia
and designated as and being Lot ~ in
Square 4537 in the subdivision made by
Marsaret Polwarth and Martha F. Reiss
Surveyor for the District Of Columbia in
Liber 107 at Folio 10. subject to cove
nants Of record together with all improve
N sse IN propersy ayEss viii Pc soa t
prior FIRST deed of trust for S5,71s.es,
with interest at 6 per cent per annum
from Which, S9ne viii !. s45 further
sale, the purchase price above said t'''f trust
to be paid in cash A deposit of $500
required Of purchaser at sale. Exam
the cost of the purchaser. Terms to be
complied with within thirty days from
Day OF sale, otherwise trustees reserve
and cost Of defaultns nins purchaser az aftsF ftsK
five days advertising Of such sale in
some newspaper published in Washing ton
D. n;,no;;;;+ c.; or dsRosit may be forfeited, or
avail M themselves Of any legal or equitable
GEAF4 GHARYEs Fl PIGkETT HI.asETH Tower % guiIding,
Evening star., 1947-09-27

will include present officers, past
presidents and committee chairmen.
Delphiniums and chrysanthemums
will decorate the Hall of Nations at
the Washington Hotel, carrying out
the club colors of blue and gold.
Miss June Britton will have a yel-
low rose for each of the honor
guests and Mrs. Suzanne Greer will
be In charge of the guest book.
Miss Gertrude Prisley will make the
introductions.
Miss Rito Heany, vice chairman
of news service, has acted as CO.
ordinator of arrangements for the
reception, while those receiving will
include the news service chairman,
Mrs. Mildred Blaich, and the radio
chairman, Mrs. Gertrude G. Brod-
erick.
Representing the honor guests in
the receiving line will be Miss Ruth
Cowan, president of the Women S
National Press Club; Mrs. Margaret
Hart Candy. president of the Amer
lean Newspaper Women's Club, and
Miss Ruth Crane, acting president
of the Association of Women Broad
casters.