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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19
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REBECCA C. MCKEITHAN-
Top left, of Hartford, Conn,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
S. McKeithan of Wilmington,
whose engagement is announced
today to Gerald T. Sisson, of
Newington, Conn.,, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William M. Sisson Of North
Plain, Conn.
MRS. SEYMOUR BROWN -
Top right, of Goldsboro, the
former PAMELA Rhoda Acker-
man, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Emil Ralph Alderman of Wal
lace, whose marriage took place
Sunday, October IL, in Goldsboro.
Mr.. Brown is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Brown.
ANNE ELIZABETH P A D.
GETT-Center, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Deems Boylan Padgett
of Wilmington, whose engage
ment to William Harold Bond,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George C.
Bond of Montclair, N. J., IS an
nounced today.
SARA RUTH W~ELSH-Lower
left, of Lumberton, daughter of
Mrs. S. N. Welsh Of Lumberton,
whose engagement to 1t. James
Campbell Buie, AAF, son of Mr..
and Mrs. D. C. Buie of Fayette-
vile, is made known today.
NANCY HALL INGRAM -
Lower right, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. I. j. Ingram of Lilesville,
whose betrothal is announced to-
day to Lemuel Thomas Landen,
Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. T.
Landen of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19
Miss Ruth MCNEIL Biqgs Becomes
Bride OfRumbough Chapple Tweed

will be at home in Charlotte.
For travelling the bride changed
to an aqua gabardine suit with
which she wore black accesso-
ries and the orchid from her
bouquet.
Mrs. Tweed is a graduate of
Agnes Scott college in Decatur,
Ga, and did graduate work in
social science at the University
of North Carolina. After
a period of employment with the
Robson County Welfare depart
ment, she held a position with
the Children's Home Society in
Greensboro for the past
two years.
The bridegroom was gradual
ed from Emory university, At
lanta, Ca, where he was a
member of Pi Kappa Alpha,
and studied later at the Univer-
sity of North Carolina. Since his
release from the Army he has
been employed with Motors In
surance Corporation in Char
lotte.
The bride was honored at a
number of social courtesies in
recent days. The wedding lunch
con on Saturday was given by
her aunt, Miss Esther Mcneil,
at Hotel Lorraine. The brides
maids, Misses Mcleod and
Caldwell, were hosteses at a
rehearsal party on Friday even
ing. Entertaining at luncheon on
Wednesday were Mrs. Frank
Holmes, Misses Martha Bow
man and Ora Parham. Mrs. Will
Lennon was hostess at a COT
fee hour on Tuesday afternoon
Courtesies extended the week
before included a coca-cola hour
given by Mrs. T. c. Phelps; a
dessert at which Mrs. russell
Livermore, Jr., of Pembroke
and Mrs. A. R. Pittman, Jr.. OF
Camp Lejeune were hostesses at
the home of Mrs. Livermore; a
tea given by Mrs. J. R. Poole;
q luncheon at Hotel Lorraine,
where Mrs. j. N. Britt, Mrs.
E. A. Allen and Mrs, e. II.
Livermore entertained; a bridge
party given by Mrs. M: F.
Caldwell and Mrs. L. ]. Britt
at the home of the former; ana
a tea at which Mrs. John C..
Fuller and Mrs. Donald r. Full
er were hosteses.
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RebecCa C.. McKeithan OF Hartford,
Engaged To Wed Gerald 7. Sisson

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh S. Nc
of Wilmington, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Rebecca C. of
Harrington avenue, Hartford,
Conn, to Gerald T. Sisson of
Newington, Conn, the only son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Sis
son of North Plain, Conn.
Miss McKeithan attended
schools in Durham, and in
Greensboro, graduating from
Senior High school in Green's
boro. She received a BIS. de-
gree in Home economics from
the Woman's college of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. After
her graduation from the Wom-
ans college, Miss McKeithan
attended North Carolina State
college in Raleigh for a year
on a Pratt and Whitney Aircraft
Fellowship. She is now employ
cd as an assistant buyer for G..
Fox and Co., in Hartford, Conn.
MI. Sisson graduated from
Suffield Academy, Suffield,
Conn, and from Yale univer-
sity with a BIS. degree in In
dustrial Engineering and Bust
ness Administration. Since his
graduation, he has been en-
ployed at Pratt and Whitney
Aircraft where he holds the po-
sition of Secretary, Suggestion
Committee.
The engagement was made
known to friends of the couple
at a party given Saturday eve
(C~onfinuad mn Dora 9 roT-- ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19
American Home
Group To Hear
Howard Canister

Howard Canister will address
North Carolina Sorosis mem
bers attending the American
Home department meeting In
the Sorosis clubhouse Thursday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, it was
announced Saturday.
Preceding the meeting at 4
O'Clock, the garden club di-
vision of the department will
meet at 3 pm. to make plans
for a future luncheon.
Mr.. Ganstier's subject will be
announced later.
Officers of the American
Home department include: Mrs.
John Knox Ward, chairman;
Mrs. Lewis L. Merritt, vice
chairman; Mrs. Donald Sewell,
secretary; Mrs. Kenneth Mar
shall, treasurer; Mrs. William
Struthers, corresponding secre-
tary; and Mrs. N. D. Edwards,
historian.
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Problems Of Elect Equal
Preparation Worries Of Bride Elect

bridegroom discusses that with
the bride = elect and after she
makes up his mind concerning
same, the groom strives to lay
by sufficient funds to cover said
trip.
According to the pamphlet, the
groom-to-be acts as errand boy
when delivering the social I'd
bits to the local press. Next day
when the engagement and APP
preaching marriage appear, his
office associates make enough
wisecracks about the announce
ment to prove that "men don't
read society news is a fallacy.
Concerning the minister and
church, the bridegroom is out,
with the exception of paying the
good pastor SIS to $40 for per-
forming the operation.
The bridegroom should remind
his family to visit her family so
that both can have the pleasure
of mutually climbing the family
trees.
In connection with his grooms-
men and best man, the bride
elect will allow the bridegroom
to select the best man, but she
will have her say in asking the
ushers. All the bridegroom's ex-
pected to do, according to the
book, is ask them, send the we'd
ding ties and gloves, and present
them with a little remembrance,
such as a collar pin, cigarette
case, cigar lighter, gold pencil,
belt buckle, etc.
After perusing the pamphlet,
we'd say the wedding flowers
were the groom's responsibility.
It's a must for him to pay for
the bridal bouquet, both
mothers flowers, and the bou-
tonniers, and unless the brides
parents insist, he's to shell out
for the bridesmaids bouquets.
In procuring the marriage liz
cence, which is paid for by the
best man, the bridegroom
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
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Betrothal Is
Made Known

Of interest here is the an
nouncement of the engagement
of Miss Barbara Browe Burch
of Memphis, Tenn, to the Rev.
Henry Mutt Parsley of Memphis,
son of Mrs. R. A. Parsley and
the late Mr.. Parsley of this city.
The Rev. Mr.. Parsley is asso-
ciate minister to DR.. Lor-
ing Clark at St. Johns Episco-
pal church in Memphis, and is q
graduate of the University
of North Carolina and the Theo-
logical Seminary in Alexandria,
Va.
Miss Burch attended Lausanne
school.
The wedding will take
place on November 8 in Men,
phiS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19

LUMBERTON, Oct. 18. The
marriage of Miss Ruth Mcneil
Biggs, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis Walter Biggs of Lumber
ton, TO Rumbough Chapple
Tweed of Charlotte and Pensa-
cola, Fla, son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. R. C. Tweed OF Pense-
cola, was solemnized on Satur-
day afternoon, October IL, at
$50 o'clock in the First Pres
byterian church Of Lumberton-
The double ring vows were
spoken to the Rev. R. l.. Alex
ander, pastor of the bride. Wed
ding music was rendered oy
Mrs. Sidney Query of Morgan
ton, vocalist, and Mis- Allie
Bird McKinnon, organist.
The bride was given in mar
rage by her father. HN we'd
ding gown Of ivory satin was
fashioned with sweetheart neck
line, sleeves ending in points
over the wrists and full skirt
extending into a train. Her full
length veil of illusion fell from
a coronet of seedpearls, and she
carried a bouquet of brides
roses and valley lilies centered
with a purple-throated orchid.
Bridesmaids were Misses
Louise Mcleod and Mary Eliza
oeth Caldwell, whose frocks OF
olue satin were made with off
me- shoulder effect, the skirts
9uraped to bustles in the back.
n1hey carried cascades of Better
llmes roses tied with the same
shade Of satin and wore SINGLE
1Vreouds in their hair.
attending the bridegroom as
ceSt mar was Milton Harding OF
greensboro. Groomsmen were
larry Clarke III of Chapel Hill
p W. M. Sessler of Tampa,
b. 3D. and Chapel Hill. Dennis w.
Eggs Jr. of Winston7Salem and
SSnalmers Biggs, brothers of the
''1oe' lighted the candles.
me mother of the bride wore
o~~rlloor-length gown of royal blue
sepe, with a pink orchid at her
Immediately after he cere-
l,ony the brides parents enter
t t1tiieo at the cake = cutting at
u IeIF home for out-of-town
fis'S' the family and close
s ,saas. The couple then left for
Wedding trip, after which they
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19

For the ladies who thought
that being a bride-elect or the
mother of a blushing bride was
hard work, there might be a
slight satisfaction in discovering
that the bridegroom-elect has a
few problems, not only none
tary, that probably equal the fe-
male confusion of the pre-nup-
tial day.
So, if the bridegroom-elect OF
your acquaintance had been sit
ting back quietly Sinking at
your mad confusion in choosing
the right colors for the bride
maids, he's probably been
inquiring around about the prop
err clothing for the ushers and
whether it's essential to
throw in extra gifts for his lady
love - aside from the rings, of
course.
Visiting a mems apparel es-
Enlistment the other day,
namely Mr.. Lewis J. Stein's)
we came across an Informative
pamphlet, entitled "Knowl-
edge for Bridegrooms and
Others" Believe us Emily Post
never thought up as many in
structions as this little pamphlet.
Discreetly placed on the last
page was a chart "wed
ding clothes, masculine gender"
Inc chart described every piece
of apparel possible for the bride
groom to wear at the formal
evening wedding, the semi-form-
al evening affair, or the day.
time formal. AS a tip straight
from the book boutonniers for
evening should be white or dark
red carnation; for semi-formal
evening, dark red carnations or
blue cornflowers; for daytime
formal, white carnations.
First instructions for the
bridegroom were to buy The
bride-elect a diamond, for which
he was to attempt to pay before
returning to the jeweler for the
wedding band.
AS for the wedding trip the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19
Sarah Welsh,
It.. James Buie
Are Betrothed

Mrs. S. N. Welsh of Lumber
ton, announces the engagement
of her daughter, Sarah Ruth, to
Lieut.. James Campbell Buie,
AAF, son of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
C. Buie of Fayetteville.
The wedding will take place
in December.
Miss Welsh is a graduate of
Duke school of Nursing, class
of 1947, and Lieutenant Buie is
a student at Duke university.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19
Cape Fear Navy
M o hers Club
Meets Wednesday

A called meeting of the Cape
Fear Navy Mothers club will be
held Wednesday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock at the American
Legion.
Members are requested to at
tend as plans for assisting the
RONS in observance of Navy
Day will be completed,
and plans for the continued work
at the Naval hospital at Camp
Leieune will be made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19
Music Clubs
Plan District
Meeting Here

THE Thursday Morning Music
,,ub will be hostess chapter
S,ben the Southeastern district of
Mo North Carolina State Fed
walton of Music clubs meet
wore all day Saturday, October
* in St. Andrews = Covenant
church.
Mrs. Lewis F. Ormond, direc-
tor of the district, is chairman
for the conference.
among the several state Off
oors who are expected to at
tend are: Mrs. C. M. Hassell,
.tate president; Mrs. A. J.
Fletcher, first vice president;
Mrs. Maurice Honigman, nation
a board member; and Mrs.
Fred McMurray, state junior
counselor.
In addition to the business
meetings, a musical program
will be given in the morning by
tbe senior members, and a pro-
gram in the afternoon by the
Junior musicians.
Mrs. J. D. Edwards is district
director of the junior music
clubs.
luncheon will be served buff
tet. with each member bringing
her own sandwiches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19
MurraY-HoneYcutt
Wedding Planned
In Watha Saturday

The marriage of Miss Stella
Vaduell Murray, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Haywood Muir
raw of Watha, to Joseph New
man Honeycutt, will take place
on Saturday, October Is at 4
o'clock at the Watha Methodist
church.
No invitations have been is
sued but friends are cor
daily invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19
Miss Padgett, W.
H. Bond Engaged

Mr. and Mrs. Deems Boylan
Padgett, 1916 Grace street, this
city, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Anne Eliza
beth, to William Harold Bond,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George c..
Bond, College avenue, Mont
clair N
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19
BIRTH

Nh. and Mrs. w. H. Skipper
announce the birth of a son,
Martin Earl, October IA at
Marion Sprunt annex. Mrs.
Slipper is the former Alene
Ward of this city.
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Ingram,
L. T. Landen, Jr.,
Engaged To Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. I. j. Ingram of
Lilesville, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Nancy
Hall, to Lemuel Thomas Land
en-, Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. l..
T. Landen of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Mer-
rift of Warsaw, announce the
birth of a son, Henry C. Mer-
rift. Jr.. October is at Marion
snrunt annex. Mrs. Merritt is
the former Edna Reeves of
Mount Olive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-05
Onslow Citizens
Seek Protection
From Carnivals
JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 4.

JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 4. -
Business men and citizens of
Jacksonville are rising in anger
against gambling at carnivals
which pitch their tents just out
side the city limits when the Ma
rines at Camp Lejeune get paid
and have circulated a strongly
worded petition, called in with 81
signatures attached.
Four copies of the petition were
carried around, and in only one
instance did a person approached
hestitated about signing.
Carnivals have been a sore sub
ject in this town for sometime
now, and merchants have started
definite action to stamp at least
one phase of the portable shows
which carry the Marines money
away from here.
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of public lands at between 81
and $40 an acre.
Youpe says too, that a beat
ing was taken by the Seneca,
Oneida, Tuscarora, Onondaga,
Mohawk and Cayuga tribes who
sold about one-third of north
western Pennsylvania and the
western one-sixth Of New York.
"These poor people," he says,
"got about SO, 900 worth of gro
ceries for about 20, 900 square
miles. They now ask about
$3.50, O0O."
Other instances Youpe cites
are the deals by which the Osa-
ges got about $4,000 for the
southern two-thirds of Missouri
and the northern half of Arkan-
sas and the one by which the
same tribe sold the northern
half of Oklahoma and about one
third of Kansas for only a little
more.
But after IL years with the
Indian service and as publisher
of the Indian Journal at Duluth,
Mimi, Youpe has learned to be
realistic as he hurries around
the country examining old land
titles and working with Indian
lawyers.
He doubts that the Indians
will recover more than 80 per
cent of their claims.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-05
COUNTY SCHOOLS
ACCREDITED NOW
Nine OF II Receive Certifi-
cation From State
Saturday

Nine Of the II New Hanover
county elementary schools to-
day were on the accredited list
of the State of North Carolina,
with a report on Carolina Beach
missing and Maffitt Village def
initely out of the picture be-
cause it only has four grades
and cannot attain generalization.
The official records on school
standards threatened tw
schools, William Hooper and
Washington Catlett, with losing
their rating unless certain
changes were made this school
year.
Wrightsboro, Winter Park,
Sunset Park, Maffitt Village,
and Forest Hills all were COM
plimented on growing interest in
visual education.
A special study of promotion
policies was recommended to
Hemingway and Chestnut Street
by the state department of edu-
cation, which, through Miss Ju-
liza Wetherington, associate
from the. division of instruction
al service, pointed out that 49,
per cent of first grade pupils
were retained at Hemingway and
1913 per cent at Chestnut Street.
This, said Miss Wetherington, is
an unusually high average.
Lake Forest was congratulate
ed for special emphasis on
health and physical education.
The need for 10 U. S. history
maps and at least 80 supple
mentary readers for Grade 8 at
Bradley Creek and for a set of
tools at Tileston was cited.
William Hooper. compliment
ed for improvements in its
lunchroom, library and play
ground, was reported short on
magazines, pens and ink, art
prints, and lockers. Catlett was
cited for being short on 30 sup
Elementary readers per grade,
N. c., U. S. and world black
board outline maps, and pens
and ink.
The written reports on all
schools were filed yesterday
with H. M. Roland, county
school superintendent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-05
TABOR CITY SALES
EXCEED LAST YEAR
Tobacco Market Records
Transactions OF $751;
O87 During Season

TABOR CITY. Oct. ETobac-
co market figures were released
here today by John W. Barlow,
sales supervisor. who revealed
that 8,437,0 7 pounds were re-
corded during the 81 days OF
weed sales for the 1947 season.
Observers felt the local one
sale market did extremely well
this var in view of the condi-
tons that reduced poundage and
price average as compared with
the 1916 season which was an
all-time high on the majority OF
markets. Lateness of the crop
and excessive rains in this area
accounted for decreased pound
age and fair to poor quality.
Growers who sold on the Ia
Dor City market this season
banked a gross revenue of SO,
500, 608.61 or an average of $44.-
IS per hundred pounds. This
price average is considered
quite favorable, Barlow said,
and should be one of the high
est of the Border Belt markets.
Last year, he related, Tabor
City was high in price and all
predictions this year pointed to
a slump of ten cents a pound.
The market dropped approx
mately nine cents, he said, on
the basis of present figures.
However, it is impossible to
make a. comparison of other
Border Belt markets until the
state tobacco marketing figures
are released, he concluded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-05
Beaver Dam Man
Likes His Goat
And Coda Straight

C~HADBOURN, Oct. Avery
man to his taste in the matter
of eating and drinking, one per-
son having a natural fondness
for one dish or one beverage.
In the case of Hubert Hinson,
his greatest crave and his
favorite combination is goat
meat and lemonade. Several
evenings ago, Hubert attended
a gathering of family folks in
the Beaver Dam section and
sure enough goat and lemonade
were spread before him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-05

enough for in the first place.
interest. )
The government itself invited
this. Under terms of the Indian
claims act of August, 1916, the
Indians were given five years
in which to file claims for COM
pensation for lands they coded
to the government many years
ago.
Right now Indian adding ma
chimes are hotter than the depot
stove. When all the returns are
in, it is expected there will be
bills for all the land of many
states and large chunks of the
remainder.
Behind it all is the Indian
claim that the palefaces used
blackjack methods sometimes
with the military poised behind
the chief doing the signing
when tribes yielded some of the
richest land in the country.
The biggest single tab, rum
ming to at least S., 900, 0C0, 900,
will come from 80 tribes which
make up the northern confeder-
acy, according to Youpe, a five
eighths Cree Indian from Min
neapolis who is tn Confeder-
acy's legislative counsel.
He estimates that the remain
ing tribes, which were less pop
ulous, will bill Uncle Sam for
at least 81, 800, 900, 600.
No claims actually have been
filed because the Indian Claims
commission hasn't started func-
tioning. When they are filed,
many tribes are expected to
pool their claims.
In all, the government made
about 800 treaties of cession
with the Indians in the process
of taking over the lots between
the Atlantic and Pacific. Of
these, Youpe says, about 1870
treaties were made with the
Northern Confederacy and the
Siouian tribes.
The Northern Confederacy,
alone, wants to be paid for all
of Iowa., Missouri, Kansas, Ar
kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi-
gan, and Wisconsin and for big
parts of Nebraska, New York
and Pennsylvania.
AS an example, Youpe cites
the Platte Purchase. This Gov
cred 1900, 900 acres in north
western Missouri, a triangle
bounded on the West by the
Missouri river, on the North by
the Iowa line and on. the East
by a line from Kansas City
north.
On Sept. II, 1886, ceremonial
ly dressed chiefs from the Sac,
Fox and Iowa tribes, including
White Cloud, No Heart and Bald
Headed Eagle, gathered at Fort
Leavenworth, then a frontier
post.
Specifically, it looked like a
trade but, says Youpe, "the In
dians had no other choice at the
time but to sign the treaty.
"The Iowas and the Sac and
Fox were informed that if they
didn't sign war would follow.
The white man wanted and
would take the land by force"
The price of the land, Youpe
says, was fixed by congress at
$1.25 an acre. At this rate, they
should have received 81, 582, 300.
But, insists the Indian adviser,
the cash they did receive wasn't
enough for the signatory tribes
"to buy groceries with, even at
the prices of a century ago."
So now the tribes r prepar-
ing a claim for $35, 900, 900 to
cover the Platte Deal.
"These tribes" says Youpe,
seeded in the aggregate some
$50, 900 square miles of territory
embracing some of the worlds
most fertile agricultural lands;
some of the worlds most ex-
tensive virgin forest and some
of the richest mineral areas in
the world-all for paltry sums
not exceeding, on the average,
of one cent an acre"
This was done, he says, de-
spite the fact that Congress had
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-05

American Indians Figure
u. S. Owes SIS Million
For Coded Real Estate

NEW YORK, Oct. +P-The Indians want at least
$500, O00,000 from the United States. Then they'll be
willing to call it a deal and stop dunning the present owners.
The figure is an estimate by Lewis Allen Youpe, an
Indian representative, of the total bill which ESQ tribes will
hand Uncle Sam for real estate they claim he didn't pay
enough for in the first place. The tab includes accumulated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15
Stock Market Rises
Fractions 10 Point
In Brisk TRADING
By Victor Eubonk
Associated Pres, FinoneioI Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Led by
selected rails. steels and assorted
industrlals, the stock market today
extended its recovery on expanded
dealings.
Rising tendencies were present at
an active opening While there were
a number of exceptions, and the
pace slowed at intervals, gains of
fractions to a point or more pre-
dominated near the fourth hour.
Short covering by professionals
and other buying credited to the
thought that reinvestment demand
should become more insistent, as tax
selling Wanes, provided bullish in
spiration. Some customers held
aloof to await final congressional
action on anti-inf1ation proposals
and developments abroad. Carriers
were spurred by hopes for freight
rate boosts.
In front most of the time we're
Union Pacific. Pennsylvania Rail-
road, Nickel Plate Railway Cat a
1947 peak. Chesapeake & Ohio,
Great Northern Railway. Southern
Pacific. United States Steel, Bethle-
hem Steel, Follansbee Steel, Youngs-
town Sheet, Pacific Western Oil,
Shelly Oil, Mission Corp, United
States Rubber, Montgomery Ward,
Deere, Douglas Aircraft, Western
Union, Dow Chemical and Catepil-
lar Traetor Noco Siopol ct,,r,llere
included Chrysler, American Tele-
phone. Kennecott, Du Pont, Allied
Chemical and j. C. Penney.