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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-23

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ADAM A. WESCHLER SON. auctioneers
ONCE furniture. By auction at Wesch-
September 70. commencing 1880 am
a double pad desks. 90 single pad desks,
10 typists' chairs, 125 side chairs, 20 swivel
long-carriage typewriter, IS steel legal and
letter full suspension filing cabinets, $50
new 3x5. Axe and 5xS card file cabinets.
Now on view. Take elevator to fifth floor
BY order WAR ACTIVITY ORGANIzA-
TON AND OTHER CONSIGNORS. -24
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THOS. J. OWEN b son, kQctioneers, 435
Southern Building.-Trustees sale OF valu-
able two-story semidetached brick, two
family fat. being known as premises No
deed Of trust duly recorded. in Liber No
1851, Folio Fl ct sea-, of the land records
OF the District of Columbia, and at the
request of the party secured thereby, the
undersigned trustees will sell, at public
auction in front Of the premises, on Friday
the 18th day OF September. AID. 1947 ct
$3.50 O'Clock PIN, the following. described
land and premises, situate in the District
OF Columbia, and designated rs and being
Lot in Joseph M. Carmody's subdivision
IN In Liber 80 at folio s5 in the surveyor
Once of the District OF Columbia. with
improvements thereon known as 23Ol N
st. NV. Terms: Sold subject to q prior
flrst deed Of trust for $3.50 40 with in
terest at pa per cent Per >annum from
May II, 1947, and a prior second deed OF
trust for S3.350S1 with interest at 6 per
cent per annum from March 26, 1917,
further particulars OF which will be an
nounced at time OF sale; the purchase price
above said trust to be paid in cash. A
deposit of $500 required. conveysncins.
Fec cor ETC. At purchaser. cost. Terms
wise deposit forfeited and the property
may be advertised and resold at the dis.
cret!on of the trustees B. RIDDEN
COWARD, NORRIS w. CLARK, Trustees.
se16,lS,2O,23,26
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:. EMMETT MeKENzIE. Attorney.

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
HeIsiss' Pss5.ts a. s'-fs ss "a
That Il. q the District Ei s oa ee
lumbta has obtained from the Probate
G9prt Of The District Ct Columbia Letters
ianbis' deceased: All persons havinr
against s.h sas s ssa. are With hs,
to the .t sSS,eriSsr or before ths en-
benent Of said estate. Given under my
F% T1F zSi. SfkzSa g.s si Ss:fds 4Is
he District Of Columbia, clerk Of the the
McHA ~ 4 4, LA A. y Ast'rne''
DISTRICT couRT Or THE UNITED
Ho Ssass' p lSt The plttrft Of 9m a.
That ina the subscriber, Of the District Of
Court Of the District Of Columbia, Letters
A. Umhoitz. late Of the District Of colum-
- s1S,h TIE deceased are hereby .a,nsd
thereof, legally authenticated, to the sub
temo$r, al. 1895: otherwise they may by
law be excluded from all benent Of said
estate. Given under my hand this 9Th
day Of September, 1947. ADAM C. UNI
HoLTz. 2IIo Y ST; s; e, Zone 20. iseaI)
OF Wills for the District Of Columbia, Clerk
Of the Probate Court. se1623.30
ARTHUR G. KEEPER, ARTHUR C. ELGIN,
Attorneys, WashinEton Loan & Trust Bids.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
States for the District Of Columbia,
Holding Probate court.-No. 69,787. Ad-
miniStration.-This is to Give Notice
That TIE subscriber. Of the District Of
Columbia, has obtained from the Probate
Court OF the District Of Columbia. Letters
Parliamentary on the estate Of Myrtle M.
smith, also known as Martha Myrtle
District Of Columbia, deceased. All per-
sons having claims arainst the deceased
With the vouchers thereof, legally anthem
ticated, to the subscriber. on or before the
8th day Of September, AID 1915: other
wise they may By law be excluded from all
benef1t Of said estate. Given under its
hand this 11th day of September. 1947
THE LINCOLN NATIONAL BANK OF
WARRINGTON. By RICHARD 4. NORRIS,
Exseutiys Vice President. tseaD Attest:
THEODORE COGSWELL, Register of Wills
for the District Of Columbia, Clerk Of
the Probate Court. se16,23,3O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-23

C. G. SLOAN h CO., INC, Auctioneers-
Storage Sale-Household goods and per-
sonal effects Of every description by
order of the Security STORAGE Co. for
storage charges and from other sources
At Public Auction at sloans, 715 18th st.
Wednesday, September Gath, starting at
@. SLOAN Il CO.. INC, Aucts.. Established
1891 -23
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ADAM A. WESCHLER & SON, suctioneers
Attorneys sale to close an estate Of
eight lots on Spruce St. Oak Crest, Nd,
blvd. and B. g. o. r. R.: partially Inn
proved by frame dwelling, composition
roof and several outbrildines. BY virtue
OF authority. vested, the undersigned will
oner for sale by public auction, on the
premises, on Wednesday. October 1, 1947,
at o'clock pm, Lots 10, II, IA, 10. II,
IS, 10 and 20, Block %, in the subdivision
known as Oak Crest" per plat recorded
among the land records Of Prince Georges
County, Md, in Liber J.WB. No. 8, folio
462, as corrected by plat filed in Mise
Petitions No. >, June Court, 1922 This
plat is not recorded. The undersigned was
informed the lots are each 5Ox15O feet
Terms: One-third cash, balance payable
in installments of S25 per month until
paid, including principal and Interest at
Tue. or all cash at option of purchaser
Deposit of $500 required at sale Terms
to be complied with within 30 days from
days Of sale, otherwise right is reserved
to resell property at risk and cost of
defaultins purchaser after I'VE days ad-
vertisement of such resale in some news
paper published in Washington, D. C., or
deposit may be forfeited as liauidated
damases, at discretion of attorney. VIM
CENT A. SHEEHY. Jr.. Attorney, Wash
lngton Loan d. Trust Building, Liquidating
the Estate Of Julius A. Schwartzer, de-
ceased.
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AUCTION SALES.
TODAY.

ADAM A. wEsCnLER SON, auetienesrs
United states MarshaTs sale Of 1910
ensne H. 4, bubble suction
at rear 905 Z st. NV, Tuesday. septem-
Der %. 1917. 10 m. Re: william Walton
466-87g. Terms: Cash w. BRUCE NAT
THEWs, United States Marshal in and
for the District OF Columbia. = seI9,23.
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BANKRUPTCY NOTICE

m THE DISTRICT CoURT Of the United
States for the District of Columbia.
Holding Bankruptcy ceurt.-1n The Mat
ZEN so oF TFRsT
MEETING OF CREDITORS to the credit
ors of John r. Leps, Of the city OF
Washhington' District Of NGsiss
r. Leps has been duly adjudged bank
rupt on 9 petition filed by him on the
da, s o Ps sa 'nd ss Be h
on the LIST day Of October. 1e47. at
400 PM. at the once Of the Referee in
K streets NV. washington, D. C.. at
which time and place the said creditors
may attend, prove their claims appoin,
sranssst such other 'n Business sfu ps maS
properlr come before said meeting. JOHN
A BRESNAHAN. Referee in Bankruptcy
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HELP WQMEN.

ALTERATION HANDS for women's ap-
parel; must be experienced; 5-day, 40
hour week; 205 discount on purchases.
Apply employment ONCE, 4th floor, LANs-
BURGH g. BRO, 1th, sth and SITS NV.
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k; car allowance. Phone
1865. 3
hit MAN for apt. house.
,ly MR.. GENAU, 1901
Wed. morning, between

married, colored man;
lrge apt. house; must be
epairs and understand
utilities. S75 mo. Call
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On SUPERVISOR

/ Job supervision on
S. Must have prac-
121-C, Star. -2G
rner work, cleaning
See MR.. HUTTON,
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perienced; D.
discount on p
ONCE, 4th foo
FURNITURE
day week; 2t
Apply nth hoo
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Tvo Study Groups
To Oben Activities

Study groups on the government
of Montgomery County and on Ii
brary problems will be launched this
week by the Montgomery County
League of Women Voters.
Mrs. Donald S. Bliss announces
that the library group will meet
at 10 am. Wednesday at the Noyes
Subscription Library in Kensington
for an informal discussion by Paul
Howard OF the American Library
Association. This is the first of a
series of meetings that will take
the group into various sections of
the county.
The group planning to study the
county government will hold a meet
ing at 10 am. Thursday at 21o Rose
mary street, Chevy Chase. Mrs.
Ralph Himstead will be in charge
The league will send delegates to
the area conference on international
trade to be sponsored by the Ma
.tional League of Women Voters
Wednesday and Thursday in Pierce
Hall. Those participating in panel
discussions will include Mrs. Miner
Hostetler, Mrs. Francis Russell and
Mrs. Cleon Swayzee. Mrs. J. Rene
Hemingway, president of the
Montgomery County league, will be
among the delegates.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Bric-a-Brac Tea Set
For October 25

Officers of the Montgomery County
Thrift Shop in Bethesda will give
their third annual white elephant
and bric-a-brac tea on October Is at
the home of the first vice president,
Mrs. Frank P. Wilcox.
The party, which annually brings
together volunteers and friends of
the Thrift Shop. also serves to COL
lect articles to be sold later at an
auction.
The gardens of Mrs. Wilcox's home
at 9121 Burning Tree road, Bethesda
are expected to be at their best for
the tea. Flower beds filled with
roses, chrysanthemums and other
late fall blossoms are edged with
lockwood, while the scene is made
more colorful by the autumn woods
surrounding the gardens.
The two previous teas were at the
home of Mrs. Edwin A. Merritt,
whose gardens also were special at
traction.
The president, Mrs. Clifford Rod
lun, and members of the board, will
issue invitations to all who have
been connected with the shop, either
as donors or volunteer workers.
The shop is located at ATS Hamp-
den lane, Bethesda. Proceeds are
used for educational and welfare
work in Montgomery County by four
participating agencies - the Sub
urban Hospital at Bethesda, Mont
gomery County General Hospital at
Olney, the Planned Parenthood
League of Montgomery County and
the Chevy Chase Chapter of the
OAR.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
EPISCOPAL Women VIII Hold
Second Diocesan Conference

Members of the Woman's Auxil-
iary and Unified Organizations of
the Episcopal Diocese of Washing
ton will hold their second annual
diocesan conference here tomor-
row, with between 300 and 400 In
attendance.
Events during the day will take
place at st. Pauls Church, Rock
Creek Church road, while a dinner
meeting will be held at st. Adams
Church. Mount st. Alban, for those
unable to attend the earlier sessions.
The conference will open with
the service of holy communion at
10 am. followed by a general busi-
ness session in the parish hall Of
st. Pauls. The principal speaker
will be Miss Edna Beardslee, men,
ber of the National Woman's Aux
iliary staff, who recently returned
from an extensive trip through
South America. Miss Beardslee,
whose subject is "The Church in
South America" will also address
the dinner meeting.
The combined branches of the
Woman's Auxiliary Of Rock Greek
Parish will serve luncheon, under
the craftsmanship of Mrs. Kenneth
J. Bousquet and Mrs. I. Jones
Parker, The dinner will be served
by members Of the st. Adams
Auxiliary,
Evening star., 1947-10-06
C0lHmbians Plan
Tea ON Saturday

Mrs. John S. Kennedy will be
guest artist at the first fall tea Of
the Columbian Women of Georgs
Washington University from to 9
pm. Saturday at the Woman's Ma
tional Democratic Club. 1926 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Mrs. Kennedy, who formerly was
Senorita Enita Columbo, will pre-
sent a group of Spanish songs in
costume.
Honor guests will be DR.. Cloyd
Heck Marvin. president of the uni
versity, and Mrs. Marvin and Mrs.
Joshua Evans, jr.
Assisting at the tea table will be
Mrs. Anthony McAuliffe, wife of
Maj. Gen. McAuliffe; Mrs. Anna
belle Ward Olson, Nine. Elvina Ry-
bar, Mrs. Jackson Davis, Mrs.
George Dewey, Peter Carter,
columnist, and Sonora Salvador
Quinones.
The affair is being planned by
Mrs, Tomas Cajigas, first vice presi-
dent: Mrs. Elsie Green, Mrs. Vivian
McNitt and Miss Lillian Alvather.
Miss Ruby Nevins, president of the
group, will introduce the new COM
lnittee chairmen and new members
at the tea.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Goodwill Auxiliarv
Plans Oben House

Members Of the Women's Auxil-
iary Of the Goodwill Industries will
serve as tea hostesses and guides
at the open house Wednesday and
Thursday at headquarters of the in
dustries, 1910 New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV. The event has been ar
ranged in connection with National
Employ the Handicapped Week.
Mrs. James Fly, hospitality chair
man, will be assisted by Mrs. Charles
DAILY, jr.: Mrs. James Jardine, Mrs
Stella Kopolous, Mrs. Elizabeth
Murray, Mrs. Howard Nichols, Mrs
Brent Clark and Mrs. Rene Taylor
Serving at the tea tables will be
Mrs. Wiley Rutledge, president OF
the guild; Mrs. Karl Fenning, Mrs
Samuel Herrick, Mrs. Louis Renfro
Mrs. Ernest H. Daniel and Mrs. Sid
ney Heckinger.
Mrs. Harry Rochester, chairman
OF guides, will be aided by Miss
Cynthia Hill. Mrs. Albert Warner
Mrs. Roy Bowker, Mrs. Nathan
Grover Mrs. Wilbur La Roe and
Mrs. c. H. Orchard.
Wives of the Board of Trustees
of the industries who will lend their
aid include Mrs. Leland S. Nc
Csrthy, Mrs. Randolph G. Bishop
Mrs. Edwin Davis, Mrs. James C
Dulin, Mrs. Richard Harris, Mrs
Paul Seltzer, Mrs Arthur S. Flem-
ming and Mrs. Beulah Drake.
Hours for the open house are
from 10 am. to S pm. Wednesday
and from noon to $50 pm. Thurs
day. Tea will be served from 8 to
5 pm, both days.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Handicraft Display
ToOffer Gift Ideas

Handicraft articles designed to
suggest gift-making ideas for the
Christmas season will be exhibited
at meeting of the Mount Vernon
Homemakers Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. Leslie Shomo, 2404
Davis avenue, Alexandria.
The craft display, featuring items
easily produced in the home. will
include examples of metal craft,
textile painting, leather tooling,
wood carving, block printing, bead
weaving, plaster casting, shell work
and needle work.
Mrs. K. j. Plucknett. chairman of
the handicraft group and secretary
of the homemakers section. is in
charge of the display. Mrs. j.
Arthur Harris will be assistant hos
tess. College and university grad
yates in home economics, living in
the vicinity and eligible for men,
bership, are welcome to attend.
Evening star., 1947-10-06

The afternoon will be devoted to
group meetings divided according
to special interests, such as supply
work, devotion and Christian edu-
cation. Plans for the coming year
will be formulated at this time.
A two-day program was arranged
for the conference last year. but the
evening meeting was planned this
year as a substitute for an addition
al daily session.
Mrs. Waldo Burnside of Hyatts-
vile is president of the diocesan
auxiliary and Mrs. Theodore Wedel
Of Washington is first vice president
Other officers include Mrs. Leonard
NJ Elstad, vice president of the Dis
trlct of Columbia; Miss Emma Mum
caster, vice president for Montgom-
cry County; Mrs. Myron Scribner
vice president for Prince Georges
County; Mrs. Berry Simpson, vice
president for Charles County, and
Mrs. Granville Lewis, vice president
for st. Marys County.
Still others are Mrs. Stanley
Machen of Hyattsville, recording
secretary; Mrs. Halert c. Shepheard
of Washington, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Robert M. Eaves of Chevy
Chase, Md. treasurer and Mrs. l.
A. Borah of Washington, assistant
treasurer
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Fwst-Nigbters
To See Premiere
OfPrize PIav

Theater Guild subscribers who
had not returned to the Capital
from summer vacations in time to
be present at the premiere of the
first Theater Guild-American The
ater Society subscription play, will
be out in full numbers at the Ma
tional tonight for the American pre-
miere of the British prize drama,
The Winslow Boy.
Prominent Washingtonians in Of
f1cial, social and service sets here
who will be seen tonight are Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles S. Abel, Mrs. Norman
Baxter, Miss Cornelia Bowie, Mrs.
Martin Vogel, Mr.. and Mrs. David
K. E. Bruce, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
D. Burchard, Mrs. Levi D. Cooke,
Mrs. w. Wallace Chiswell, Mrs.
Jackson Davis and Mrs. Mark Davis.
Also Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis,
Mrs. Edward Foley, Capt. and Mrs.
James Gawne, Mrs. Walter B. Guy,
Gen. and Mrs. John N. Greeley, Mrs.
James H. Patten, Mrs. Gilbert
Hitchcock, Mrs. Lawrence Hough-
telling, Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Everett S.
Hughes, Mrs. Irwin Laughlin, Mr..
and Mrs. Mark Lansburgh, Mr.. and
Mrs. Pinckney Love, Mrs. Atherton
Macondray. Mrs. Randolph Hunt
ington Miner, Mrs. Albert P. Nib
lack, Mrs. George Parsons, Mrs.
John L. Sullivan, Rear Admiral and
Mrs Paul Stewart, Mrs. c. c. Schif-
feler, Mrs. Louis Simon, DR.. Rich
ard H. Todd, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Taliaferro, Mr.. and Mrs. David L.
Thompson and Comdr. and Mrs.
William Bradley Willard.
Evening star., 1947-10-06

congratulations of the line OF guests
that was forming. He was wearing
white tie, a white gardenia and
tails. Mrs. Proctor was wearing a
black satin gown with embroidered
sleeves and an orchid.
Unlike many long-lived couples
the Proctors have not been saddened
by children predeceasing them.
They have two children, a son and
daughter. Both were there last
night.
The son, Francis E. Proctor, who
lives in Landover. Md, and works at
the Bureau of Engraving, has two
daughters. One of them made the
elder Proctors great-grandparents
three month ago with baby boy.
The daughter, Mrs. Louis E. Calls
and her husband, live in the house
in Jonquil street.
Space does not permit listing all
those who turned out to congrat-
ulate the Proctors. His cronies from
the Old Union Firehouse, the meet
ing place of the Oldest Inhabitants,
were there, Charles Bates, Fred
Emery and A. j. Driscoll. Members
of The Stars staff were there. Mrs.
Proctor's niece, Mrs. Mary e. Youse
OF Seattle, Wash, delayed her re-
turn to the West Coast to attend.
Perhaps the most devoted friends
were younger couple, born after
the Proctors were married. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry A. Sanderson Of Provi-
dence. r. l., met the Proctors at
Atlantic City at Shrine conven-
ton in 1923. They have seen them
every year since. At the 50th we'd
ding anniversary they promised to
come down for the 60th. The San
dersons came down with their son
and his wife and four grandchil-
)dren, three boys and a girl of three,
all dressed up for the party.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Farewell Party
For Mrs. Wbibble

Mrs. Allan Cunningham gave a
farewell luncheon yesterday in
honor of Mrs. Emmett Whipple. who
left today to join her husband
Capt. Whipple, in Heidelberg, Ger
many, where he is stationed.
Old friends invited for the occa-
sion. the last in series of similar
events, included Admiral and Mrs
Arthur Mayo, Mrs. Charles c. Hart
igan. Mr.. and Mrs. John Coodloe
Comdr. and Mrs. Cedric Worth, Col
and Mrs. Claude B. Micklewaite,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mac Cauley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Dolan. Miss
Emma Perley Lincoln and Baroness
van Asherberg.
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Minister Offers 10 Give
Taber Names Of Starving

The names and addresses OF StarV-
ing people in Europe were offered
publicly yesterday to Representa-
tive Taber, Republican. of New
York, who reported recently that
he had seen no underfed people IN
Europe.
DR.. Walter A. Maier, a Lutheran
minister who recently returned
from three months in Germany as
a Military Government advisor
made the offer in an address to the
Lutheran Action Council rally at
Constitution Hall.
Stating that the House Appropria-
tions Committee chairman must
have been looking in the wrong
places" DR.. Maier added, Il can
furnish Representative Taber with
names and addresses of people who
are starving and of people who have
been MANNED"
DR.. Maier is a faculty member of
Concordia Lutheran Seminary in St
Louis and conductor Of the Lutheran
Radio Hour.
DR.. Maier was introduced by John
r. Boehne, former Representative.
a member of the board of directors
of the Missouri Lutheran Synod.
Evening star., 1947-10-06

explained away. "But her father
was born here as mine was and
the family returned here when she
was small girl
There was an 1898 picture of
Mrs. Proctor in a hat with four
huge ostrich plumes rising from it,,
two white and two black.
Il paid SIT for that hat" said
John.
And there was a picture of her
Of 1901 IN a. blackspangled dress OF
the Gibson-girl silhouette.
Every merit card from her school
days was there and, further On, was
her certificate of membership in
the Daughters of the Revolution.
"They were too slow for Maud, y
said Mr.. Proctor. ''She decided
she was busy enough in the Eastern
Star"
There were mementoes Of their
two trips to Europe, a Mediterranean
cruits in 1882 and a Scandinavian
cruise In 1888.
We went downstairs and Mr..
Proctor took his place to accept the
Evening star., 1947-10-06
On the Calendar

Mrs. Bakker-Van Bosse, member
of the Advisory Committee to the
Netherlands Government on Human
Rights, will be the guest of honor
at luncheon at 1890 pm. tomorrow
at the United Nations Club, 1701
Nineteenth street NV.
Her subject will be "Todays Resto-
rat ation in the Netherlands
Mrs. Bosse is the fifth woman to
graduate as Doctor of Law from
Leyde University, and is one Of her
country's outstanding woman. She
was recently appointed vice chair
man of the Commission on Human
Rights of the World Federation Of
United Nations Association, and
Convener of the Peace Commission
of the International Council Of
Women.
The chairman of the luncheon,
Mrs. James O'Hanlon. has invited
wives of the Netherlands Embassy
staff as guests.
New women members OF the fac
ulty of George Washington Uni
versity and the wives of new faculty
members will be the guests of the
Faculty Women's Club of the Uni
versity at meeting at 2:30 pm.
Friday at the Washington Club,
l7O1 K street NV.
Mrs. Lawrence D. Koenigsberger
will be guest of honor Of the B'nai
Birth Women of Alexandria at a
membership tea from to pm.
tomorrow at the home of Mrs.
William Funger, 1908 Russell road,
Alexandria.
Prominent in community and ma
tional activities of Bnai Birth. Mrs.
Koenigsberger has served as chair
man of the Postwar Service and
Americanism Committees of the
Womens Supreme Council.
William E. Leahy, chairman of the
Citizens Study Committe on the
Community Chest, will speak on
Private and Public Social Agencies
in Washington" before the civics-
education section of the Twentieth
Century Club at luncheon at 1890
pm. Thursday at the YWCA. Mrs.
L. H. Macomber is handling reser-
vations
The clubs nature section will take
its annual fall walk up the canal
tow path Wednesday. Members will
meet at the Sycamore Island car
stop at 1880 am. "
Evening star., 1947-10-06
Unwonted Immigrants
Mistreuted in Assam

Brutal tactics against unwanted
immigrants in the Kumalia reserve
district of Assam were denounced
in Shillong by Abdul Matin
Chaudhry, member of the Work
ing Committee of the All-India
Muslin League. He said that re-
Gently the government, with the
help of military forces and ele-
plants, demolished over 500 houses
in that area rendering 1880 men.
women and children destitute and
homeless in the rainy season, and
"resorted to unwarrantcd firing
which resulted in heavy casualties"
Most of these people had migrated
to Assam Is to 20 years ago, he said,
and while the evicted persons were
prohibited from coming back hun
dreds of cattle are daily set loose
on their cultivated rice FIELDS, de-
stroying them"