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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-16

Veteran Newspopermon Dies
BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. is Dr.
William H. johnson, 80, assistant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-16

No Money Down . 5 Years to Pay
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-05-02

ern, adult approach to the lang
uage. The vocabulary, though
necessarily limited, centers around
daily life and Hebraic culture in
modern Palestine, and should thus
be of particular interest to anyone
planning a visit to the Holy Land.
Both the lively and easy-to-fol-
low text and the amusing illus
trations by Siegmund Forst i'm
part a pleasant humor to the les-
sons, which are so arranged as to
make the self-teaching of Hebrew
a pleasurable pursuit. In view
of the widespread interest in Pal
estine and the budding renais-
sance of the Hebrew language, this
book bids fair to becoming a best
seller in it's field.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-05-02
zOA PUBLISHES BOOK ON HEBREW

A unique method to assist be-
..oors in learning the fundamen-
e Pie of everyday conversational
. I is embodied in Hebrew
ceslf-Taught," by zevi and Ben
nj scharfstein, the first book
- its kind, just published by the
n =, of Education of the
zionist Organization of America.
resigned primarily for use as a
.ovthook for adult classes or for
:adividuals who wish to teach
+hemselves the principles of con-
sensational Hebrew and simple
Hebrew grammar, Hebrew Self
Taught" will also be of consider
ob1e help to the youthful student
If Hebrew. Unlike other books
for beginners, it employs a mod
Evening star., 1947-05-28

the post until his retirement last
September /. 80.
He was born April 6. 1874, and
was educated in Willoughby schools
and at Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, and Columbia University.
After teaching science in the
Wllloughby High School, he was
named superintendent of schools
there. position he held from 1896
to 1909. From 1909 to 1921 he was
superintendent of the Andrews
School for Girls in Willoughby.
During five of those years he also
served as a member of the Ohio
House of Representatives.
His appointment in 1921 to the
school administrators post caused
him to become known nationally to
school authorities and in 1916 he
was given the American Education
Award at meeting in Chicago. He
also was presented a new automobile
on his retirement.
In July, 1904, Mr.. Shankland
married Ethel A. Haskell, who sur
wives him. He also is survived by
two daughters, Miss Virginia Shank
land of Washington and Mrs. Ro-
land A. Ball of Santa Monica,
Calf; a brother, Frank, of Will
loughby, and sister, Mrs. Nelson I.
Long of Akron, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at 7:30
pm. tomorrow in Calvary Methodist
Church here. Burial will be in Will
loughbY.
Evening star., 1947-05-28

with his political H. Clay Piummer.
foes in 1888 and ran against Walter
johnson, Republican, for county
commissioner. He was the only
candidate on the Democratic organ
ization slate who lost.
Mr.. Plurnmer was sheriff of Mont
gomery County about 20 years ago.
In 1886 Mr.. Plummer ran against
David J. Lewis in the Democratic
primaries for the congressional NOM
nation in the 9Th Maryland district.
Operator of two large dairy farms
In the county, Mr.. Plummer lived
at IL Brooks avenue, Gaithersburg.
He was member of Epworth Meth
odist Church there.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
RosabeI Kanode Plummer; his
mother, Mrs. Alice Mullican, CATH
ersburg; a daughter, Mrs. j. Harry
Britt of Bethesda; a brother, Frank
Plummer of Washington; two half
brothers, Harry and Ward Mullican.
and a half-sister, Geneva Mullican
of Gaithersburg, and a grandson,
James Clay Britt.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. Friday at his home. Burial
will be in Forest Oaks Cemetery,
Gaithersburg.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
DR.. +. |. Bartlett, i,
Washington Dentist
For 46 Years, Dies

DR.. Frederick /. Bartlett, IA, q
native of Washington and dentist
here for As years. died yesterday in
Providence Hospital after brief
illness.
DR.. Bartlett, who lived at 1916
High street Sc. and had offices
at 1903 Good Hope road Sc, was
seeing patients three days before
his death.
A graduate of Columbian College.
now George Washington University.
In 1901, he was a dental instructor
there for q short time after his
graduation.
He was member Of the Dis
trict Dental Society for many years
and also was q member of the
Anacostia Citizens Association. His
hobby was gardening and during the
war he was prominent among the
victory gardeners in his community.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Anna L. Bartlett, and five daughters
and two sons: Mrs. Aloise j.
Schwartze. Mrs Merrily Van Fossen,
Miss Ellen L. Bartlett, Mrs. Linda
M. Bartlett, John A. Bartlett and
Fred D. Bartlett. all of Washington,
and Mrs. Ilsley Brooks, Carmel,
Calf, and five grandc children.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. tomorrow at the Thomas
F. Murray funeral home, 2007
Nichols avenue Sc. Burial viii be
in Washington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Union Offers $1,000
For Harris Slayer

A $1,000 reward was offered last
night for the capture and conviction
of the murderer of James E. Harris,
union official found dead in his home
April %.
Richard Bancroft, president OF
Local No. 471, United Cafeteria
Workers (CIO), made the offer in
behalf of the union, friends and
associates of Mr.. Harris, at memo
rial mass meeting in Shiloh Baptist
Church.
Mr. Bancroft told of how Mr..
Harris, who was business agent of
the local, made possible the growth
of our union" Mr.. Bancroft called
upon the police to assign more men
to the case and ito work day and
night until the murderer is caught. -
Speeches of tribute were made by
Henry Beitscher, president of the
Washington Industrial Union Coun-
Gil (CIO); Robert Weinstein, ma
tional director of the organization
of United Public Workers (CIO),
and Charles Hill, business agent Of
Local No. 80 (AFI).
Mr.. Beitscher called for the police
to investigate along political and
racial lines"
A resolution unanimously adopted
demanded "the Metropolitan Police
double and redouble their efforts to
find the killer, that this blot of
failure does not continue to
shame our city"
Other speakers we're Mrs. Minnie
Harris, widow of the union Official:
the Rev. E. L. Harrison, pastor of
Shiloh Baptist Church; Belford ".
Lawson, attorney, and Oliver T..
Palmer, business agent of Local All,
who presided.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Suspect in Woman S Death
Identified in Virginia
Ev fhe Axsoeiotee} Press

WISE, Va, May 28-A prosecution
witness In Wise County Circuit Court
yesterday identified Willie B. Lyle,
Kingsport, Tenn, colored automo-
bile mechanic, on trial for murder
in the death of Mrs Hester r. Tiller
of Appalacllia, as the man who took
the woman from a roadside cafe on
the Appalachia-N Norton highway on
March rs short time before she was
found unconscious In culvert.
A. B. Ossea, operator of the cafe,
testified that he had assisted Lyle IN
taking Mrs. Tiller from the cafe and
placing her in the truck in which
the accused was to take her to her
home
Thelmar Adkins and Charles
Brady, timber haulers, testified they
had been in the cafe while Mrs.
Tiiler was there and told the jury
Lyle was the man who took her away.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
District Woman Rescued
From East River by Police

A woman identified by New York
police as Mary Garcia, 35, OF Wash
ington, was rescued early today
from East River near the Triborough
Bridge.
Authorities said the woman either
jumped or fell from the lift span,
near where she was found. She was
taken to Harlem Hospital and
treated for immersion.
Nobody cares, nobody cares, "
rescuers said the woman replied
when questioned about relatives.
New York police said she had
been registered at Lexington ave-
nue. hotel. She left handbag con-
tanning bank book with the room
clerk, they stated.
Associated Press reports from New
York gave the Woman's address here
as 1879 Jay street Me- but resi-
dents of the apartment building at
that address, said they knew no one
of that name
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Mass 10 Be Held Tomorrow
For Archbishop CurIey

The Most Rev. John M. Nc
Namara, administrator of the
Archdioceses of Baltimore and
Washington, will celebrate a solemn
requiem mass for the late Arch
bishop Michael j. Curley at 1890
am. tomorrow at st. Matthew's
Cathedral.
Members of Congress and the
diplomatic corps, representatives of
more than 20 Catholic organizations
in the city, and all the diocesan
clergy will attend the service, which
is the official Washington diocese
mass of requiem for the late arch
bishop.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Most Rev. Lawrence J. Shehan,
auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore and
Washington.
One of the moons craters is as
large as Rhode Island,
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Joseph Y. Reeves, 50,
Court Probation Chief,
Dies Of Heart Attack

Joseph Y. Reeves, 50, chief proba-
tion officer at District Court. died
at Mount Alto Hospital last night
after being stricken with q heart
attack.
Mr.. Reeves, native of Washing
ton, assumed his post at the court
on April /, 1885. He was at his
desk yesterday.
Chief Justice Bolitha ]. Laws
today issued the following state
ment:
"All of the justices of the court
and the other associates of Mr.,
Reeves were deeply shocked at his
passing.
For more than 80 years he has
been active in the courts, first as a
practitioner; later as secretary to
Justice Hitz tthe late Justice VIII
liam Hitz of the United States
Court of Appeals, and then as the
able probation officer of the District
Court.
His counsel, as we'll as his fine
personal contacts, will be greatly
missed"
Law School Graduate.
Mr.. Reeves was graduate of
National University Law School.
He was the first commander of the
Sergt. Jasper Post of the American
Legion here. He served in World
War I.
His home was at SCOT Thirty
ninth street NV.
Born on August 20, 1887, Mr..
Reeves was the son of Commodore
I. S. K. Reeves, u. S. NJ, and Hen
rietta Young Reeves. He was a
descendant of Motley Young, one
of the District founders.
Widow Survives.
His grandfather was Joseph N.
Young of Geisboro, Va, and his
grandmother the former Joanna
Howell, daughter of Maj. Casanova
Howell, U. S. M. c., of Washington.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Gertrude Reeves; three daughters,
Sister Anita Joseph of Holy Cross
Convent, st. Marys, Ind; Mrs. Will
liam MCGOWAN of Washington and
Miss Margaret Reeves, in training
to be a nurse at Georgetown Hos
pital, and a son, Joseph Y. Reeves,
jr., of Washington.
Also surviving are brother, Capt.
T. S. <. Reeves, retired Navy medical
officer, and two sisters, Mrs. Marian
Scott and Mrs. Joan Glover, wife of
Capt. H F. Glover, U. S. NJ, retired.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Ernest Hisied, IS, Dies;
Was Royal Photographer
By The Assoeiused Prsss

PALM BEACH. Fla. May 28.--
Ernest Walter Histed, 86, portrait
photographer to~ BritaiIl's royal
family in the days of Queen VIC
toria and for notable Americans
since 1881. died here yesterday.
He was commissioned by Queen
Victoria to make portraits of the
Duchess Of York, who as doWager
Queen Mary celebrated her 80th
birthday recently. and of the EN-
press of Germany. another Of Vic
toria's daughters.
Many other titled Europeans posed
before his camera. In 1881 Mr..
Histed came to the United States,
first living in Chicago and then
Pittsburgh. He went back to Eng
land but returned to open a studio
in New York in 1898 and moved to
Palm Beach in 1900.
Among subjects for his portraits
here were President TAFT, william
K. Vanderbilt, Henry nj. Flagler,
E. T. Stotesbury and John Bur-
roughS.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Boy Saves Mother, Self
After Finding Suicide Note
By the Associated Press

PORTLAND, Me. May 28.-Be-
cause David Cross, IL, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, found note in time, he and
his mother were alive today.
Police Capt. Harold X. Mcguire
said Mrs. Mabel Cross, about 40,
gave the boy and herself overdoses
of sleeping tablets in a Portland
hotel room, apparently late Monday.
David, who had assumed the tab
let's to be vitamin pills, woke up
last night feeling kind of funny" he
told police. He tried to revive his
semi conscious mother and, finding
the note, ran to the hotel clerk, who
called police.
A postscript of the note said:
IF David doesn't die, please send
him back to Brooklyn and tell who
ever takes him to have his teeth
Strengthened"
Mr.. Mcguire awaited improvement
of Mrs. Cross to try to ascertain a
motive The Maine General Hos
pitai said her condition was fair and
David's good.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Third Body Recovered
In Virginia Accident
By the Assoeiotsd Press

ROANOKE, Va, May 28.-The
body of 14-year-old Carol Seay, one
of three drowned when a boat over
turned on Cave Springs Lake, was
recovered yesterday by life-saving
crews graphing in about 10 feet of
water.
Some Of the water had been
drained from the artificial lake to
facilitate the search but the girls
body was found in the channel of
an old creek bed in the middle of
the lake where the bodies OF Berlin
Fisher, rs, and Jeannette Anderson,
IS, both of Springwood, were re-
covered Monday night.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
F. B. Crawford, 80, Dies;
Prominent in Frederick
By the Asseeiotsd Prsss


WINCHESTER, Va, May 2S.-
Francis Baldwin Crawford, 80,
member Of a prominent Frederick
County family, died yesterday at
Memorial Hospital.
He was the son of the late Rev.
William A. Crawford and Elizabeth
Leche Crawford. His father, for
many years was pastor OF historic
Opequon Presbyterian Church at
Kernstown, 3 miles south of here.
Mr.. Crawford was educated at the
Shenandoah Valley Academy in
Winchester and at Washington and
Lee University, where he received a
bachelor of arts degree. For 26
years he was an instructor at the
McDonough School for Boys at
Owings Mill, near Baltimore.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Driver HaIts Loaded Bus
Before Dying at Wheel
By the Associated Press

BRADFORD, Pa, May 28.-A
driver for the Edwards Lakes-to-Sea
bus line yesterday halted his loaded
bus at a downtown traffic light, cut
off the ignition, and slumped over
the wheel-dead.
1t was several minutes before the
10 passengers, bound from Buffalo,
N. Y, to Du Bois, Pa, discovered
anything was wrong.
Elmer Beatty, Mexican County
coroner, said the driver, Harold
tBilD Clark, about 40, of Du Bois,
apparently died of heart attack.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
HIT mrnturtattt

DAVIS, CICELY d. tribute Of love
and devotion to the memory OF our dear
mother, CICELY D. DAVIS, who departed
this this life twenty-five years ago today May
HER DEvoIED CHILDREN, LUCILLE
AND JACKSON.
DEMAREsT, FRANK B. ]. In sad and
and father, FRANK B. j. DEMAREST, who
passed away five years ago today, May IS,
HIS LOVING WIFE. FAN, AND HIS Chill
DREN. ADELINE, REGINA AND FRANK.
GAYHART. WILLIE IRWIN. A tribute of
love and devotion to the memory Of my
who departed this life three years ago to-
day. May 2S, 1914.
Three years ago you left me
For better place to rest.
But you are not forgotten
By the one who loved you best.
Your face is ever before me,
Your voice I shall never forget;
Your smile will finger forever,
YouR n Ry pEaorEp asaes EfS aTecE sTf sns AMELIA KsI
NORRIS. SERGT. HARRY MARVIN. In
loving memory Of our dear son
A an and bTother, sergt-. HARRY
many three years ago, May IS,
1914.
To be remembered by those who loved
f4AL1 Is dIl tldL ItS WuuiQ nave ASKED.
MOTHER. DAD AND LUCILLE
NORRIS, FL. SERGT. HARRY M. In
loving memory OF our nephew,
FL Sergt. HARRY NJ NORRIS,
A. A. F.. who was killed in ac-
tion over Germany three years
ago, May rs, 1914
Sadly missed
STANLEY SOWREy. FRED j. SOwREY.
ALBERT SOWREY AND FAMILIES .
WHITE. VIRGINIA r. In memory Of
VIRGINIA r. WHITE, who died May %.
1943.
Four years have passed, dear mother,
Since YOU quietly slipped away
God only knows our sorrows,
How We miss you day by day.
Your life was unseIfsh, for others you lived,
Not for what you could get, but for what
you could give;
We do not forget you, nor do we intend,
We think OF YOU often and will to the end
Your loving smile. your tender touch,
Your understanding we miss so much.
Some day, dear mother, we'll meet again,
In that beautiful world, where there'H be
no pain. THE FAMILY. :
Evening star., 1947-05-28

illness.
Born at Am
sterdam, N. Y,
he was educated
at Princeton I'm
/ v e rsity and
Johns Hopkins
University. He
was a. member
of the Princeton
Club of Wash
ington, the Dis
trict Medical So
ciety and the
Luthern Church
of the Reforma-
tion.
Evening star., 1947-05-28

Ut M surviving a e
his widow, Mrs. Helen M. Krechting;
brother, Warren E. Krechting, and
a niece, Mrs. Philip Matchett.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. Saturday at the Church of
the Reformation, 212 East Capitol
street Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery
Evening star., 1947-05-28

q DTleI illness.
MIR. Plumner,
who liv d at,
G. q | t h ersburg,
was a leader in
the anti-organi-i
zation D e m o.
cratic ranks and
served as county
C o m m ! ssioner
for part OF q
term under q
fusion admin
istra t / IN be-
tween 1884 and
1888.
He made peace
80 .r
Evening star., 1947-05-28
John R. Fizer. 81, Dies;
Retired Baptist Minister
By shs Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N. G.. May d.
The Rev. Dr. John n. Fizer, %, re-
tired Baptist minister. died here
Yesterday.
A native Of Bedford County. Va.
DR.. Fizer was educated at Richmond
College. the Southern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary at Louisville, and
Johns Hopkins University.
He held pastoyates In Baltimore.
Easton, Nd: Williamsport, Pa;
Herndon, Va, and Summeryille.
Branchville and Columbia In South
Carolina.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Dr.. A. D. HenkIe Dies
At Home in Winchester
BIZ fhe Assoeiotsd Pres.

WINCHESTER, Va, May 28.-Dr.
Alfred D. Henkel, So, the last of the
time family doctors in the, Win
chester area, died at his home here
yesterday. He had been Ill for the
last six months.
As a member Of one of Shenan-
doah Valleys pioneer families, DR..
Henkel began practicing medicine
here more than 60 years ago.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
French Honor U.S.. Units

FORT MEADE, Md, May 28 tR.-
Ten units of the Regular Army,
National Guard and Organized Re-
serve Corps were presented the
Croix de Guerre yesterday by 1t.
Gen. Maurice Mathenet, French
military attacfe. The awards were
made for bravery in France.
Evening star., 1947-05-28

American Asso-
citation of School
A d ministrators,
died last night
in George Wash
ington Hospital.
Mr.. S h a n k
land, a native of
w i ! ] o u ghby.
Ohio, had been
a w a S hington
resident S i n C e
1921. He was
the first full
t i m e executive
secretary of the
school admins
traitors and held
Evening star., 1947-05-28
II. Clay pluIllIller Dies;
|DairYnlan and Leader
|0f Fusionisf Party

n. Clay Plummer. 81, former
Montgomery County commissioner
and prominent dairy farmer, died
last night at Garfield Hospital after
Evening star., 1947-05-28
s. D. ShankIand, Is,
School Administrators
Secretary, Dies Here

Sherwood D. Shankland, 73, of
1880 Rittenhouse street NV,
widely-known educator and for IS
years executive secretary of the
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Dr.. Wilhelm Krechting
Dies al His Home Here

DR.. Wilhelm E. H. Krechting, So, a
physician here for more than IS
years, died last night at his home,
1910 East Capitol street, after long
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Garn nf Tl1ankH

KNOCK, BENJAMIN. We wish to ex-
press our appreciation to all our friends
and neighbors who offered their sympathy
and assistance during our recent bereaye-
ment.
MRS. BENJAMIN KNOCK, Mr. AND MRS.
TED ZUH, DR.. AND MRS. J. s..
SIEGEI 70
Evening star., 1947-05-28

The highest free leaping water
fall in the world is the Yosemite
Fall in Yosemite Valley, which
drops 1890 feet.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
PROCTOR. MARTHA MAtrn,NF

Monday. MAY %, 1947, at her residence,
S93l Stanton rd. Sc, MARTHA MAUDINE
PROCTOR. She leaves to mourn a de-
voted husband, William J. Proctor; one
daughter, Mary Caroline Savoy; eight
grandchildren, one StepdauRhter. one STEP
son. two sisters, Dollie Shumate and Jo-
sephine Russell; one brother, Charley
Queen, and other relatives and friends
Friends may call at the Robert G. Mason
Funeral Home. $500 Nichols ave se
after pm. Wednesday, May 2s High
solemn mass will be said Thursday May
20, at 8 am, at Our Lady of Perpetual
HELD Church. 1900 Morris I'd Sc Inter-
ment Mount Olivet Cemetery. IS
Evening star., 1947-05-28
PLuMMER, HENRY CLAY WARD. On

Tuesday, May 81, 1947. at Garfield Hos
nital, HENRY CLAY WARD PLUMMER,
ner of IL Brooks ave, Gaithersburg, Md;
ather of Mrs Harry Britt of Bethesda,
Md, Also surviving are his mother, Alice
Ward Mullican; grandson, James K, Britt;
three brothers, Frank Plummer of wash
lngton, D. c; Ward and Harry Mullican.
one sister. Geneva Mullican of Gathers
burg, Nd. Mr.. Plummer will rest at
Gartner's Funeral Home, Gaithersburg.
Md, until Friday morning. Funeral serv-
ices Friday, May 80. at 2:30 pm, at his
terry. 81
Evening star., 1947-05-28

One of the moons craters is a.
large as Rhode Island.
Evening star., 1947-05-28

At GarfieId Hospitsi, -ccHRIsToPHERs sllE b.
DODSON of 1900 Irving ST. NV. beloved
husband of Nan F. Dodson, son of Bernice
Quillan and the late Emanuel Dodson,
Friends may call at the w Ernest Jarvis
Funeral Church. 1892 You st, NV, after
Il noon Wednesday, May 2S. Funeral
Thur ;day. May 20, at ! pm, from the
Third Baptist Church, 5th and Que sts.
NV, Rev. George o. Bullock officiating.
Relatives and friends invited Interment
Harmony Cemetery
Evening star., 1947-05-28

25, -1947, EARL +. PETERsoNN,, RsN,uht the son SON
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Peterson, de-
voted husband of Mrs. Helen Peterson He
Chester and Chauncey Peterson; three sis
ters, Mrs. Thelma Williams. Bernice and
Dorothy Peterson; other relatives and
friends. Remains may be viewed at the
Barnes g. Matthews Funeral Home, GA 4th
st. s.w., after 4 pm. Wednesday, May 2S.
Funeral Thursday, May 20. at | pm
Va So
Evening star., 1947-05-28
DrathH
REEVES. JOSEPH n

REEVES. JOSEPH Y. Members of Sergt.
csa12ssz Jasper Post, No. Is, American
AaGA Legion, are hereby notified of
GM3LSNsa the death OF our first past
HlEn4lR5tdKj post commander, JOSEPH X.
S&XHBREEVES. Legion services by
T3STs9R the National Guard of Honor,
HN American Legion, at his home,
5607 39th st. NV. on Friday. May 81,
1947, at s pm. Past post commanders
and members are requested to attend. In
terment Arlington National &c Cemetery
GEORGE w. LEE, Adit.
RICHARDSON, BENJAMIN. Departed
this life on Monday, May 26, 1947. at his
late residence. 1430 G. st. ne, BENJAMIN
RICHARDSON. the devoted husband of
Ethel l.. Richardson, son of the late
BENJAMIN and Sally Richardson, father of
Mrs. Mary Jones, brother of Julian, Am
brose and William Richardson, grandfather
of Arthur and Frederick Jones, and other
relatives and friends. Friends are inyited
to call after 3 pm. Wednesday. May 2S, at
Ralph Barbour Funeral Home e K St
p m. from the, above funeral home. In
terment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. 2S
ROBB, EDWIN j. On Monday, May 20,
1947. at Mount Alto Hospital, EDWIN J.
ROBB, beloved husband of Nathalie J.
Robb and stepfather of Mrs. Conrad H.
Birney. Friends may call at the Vincent
Funeral Home, 1928 Bladensburg I'd. ne.
until noon Thursday, May 90. Funeral
services at l pm. at fhe McKendree Meth
odist Church, South Dakota ave. and Law
renee st. ne. Interment Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. %
Evening star., 1947-05-28

PUMPHKEY, NELLIE E. On Tuesday.
May ~. l947. at her residence, 904 A
ter of the late A. G. and Luvenia Pun
ghrey, sister of Mrs, Erwin Wolett and
Ernest S. Pumphrey and aunt of Mrs John
jacob and Mrs Virginia Gordon. Friends
may call at her late residence until 1:3o
Pm. Thursday; thence to. Christ Episcopal
Church. $40 G st. Sc. where services will
be held at 2 pm. Interment Congress
sional Cemetery. Please note change from
previous notice. IS
REEVES JOSEPH YOUNG. On Tues
day, May q, I947. at Mount Alto Hos
pita!, JOSEPH YOUNG REEVES, husband
of Gertrude Gildea Reeves and father of
Sister Anita joseph. Mrs William Nc
Gowan. Margaret Reeves and Joseph
Reeves, jr. Notice of services later.