Evening star., 1947-08-31

Visitors In town this week end fol
the American Air Mail Society con.
vention at the Raleigh Hotel are
M. o. Warns, president, Milwaukee
Fred L. and Earl H. Wellman, Brook.
field, ILL.,; Miss Laura J. LIE Vasque
Newton Centre. Mass; L. B. Catch
ell, Upper Montclair, N. j.; j. P. V
Heinmuller, New York City; Marcus
w. White, Worcester, Mass; Louise
S. Davis, New York City; Mr.. ano
Mrs. Elmer Long, Harrisburg, Pa;
Edward R. Markoff, Richmond, Va;
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Mccoy and F
w. Kessler, New York City.
Airmail service to Japan will be
inaugurated on route FAM-28 Fri
day, September S. Collectors are
notified that souvenir covers will
be accepted for transmission at
Is cents half -ounce. Send STAN
dard-size 634 stamped envelopes in
care postmasters at Minneapolis, St
Paul, Seattle or Anchorage with
address in each case in name OF
sender, courtesy Station Manager
Northwest Airlines, Inc, Tokyo.
The projected Gold Star Mothers
stamp (Which, by the way, ought te
take into account Gold Star Fathers
too) may be printed in gold color
the American Bank Note Co. doing
the production job instead of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Mrs. Mary McCullough, postmaster
at Boswell, N. Mex, writes tina
credit for the neat and clear ma
chine cancellations originating II
her Office really should 60 to c. H
Austin, chief dispatch clerk, wnt
has spent IS years working con-
sistently and efficiently" In the
service.
S., The design for the stamp in hon.
age to the U. S. S. Constitution
cold Ironsides'D still is under fire
even among the Post Office Depart
ment and Bureau of Engraving and
Printing personnel obliged to work
over it.
James w. J. Stedman will pre-
side at a meeting of the Depart
ment of Agriculture Stamp Society
in Room 124, East Wing Admin
istration Building, Thursday even
ing at 6:15, and will exhibit por-
tions of his collection. Later an
informal exchange of duplicate
stamps is to be staged.
Local collectors attending the'Pre-
cancel Stamp Society convention
August % to "a included: Edward
S. Conger, Ellery Dennison, Major
James T. De Voss, 1t. Col. Crawford
L. Donohugh, Mrs. James T. Earn
est, C. G. and Barbara Fisher, DR..
G. G. Frazier, Will Goodwin, Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest A. Grant, H. E. F.
George w. Hawse. Joseph
A. Herbert, jr.; Jack Hester, T.
Russell Hungerford, Jackson A. and
John L. Kessinger. Bernard Kirk.
DR.. Frederick l.. Lewton, Mrs. Grace
Lowering MacKnight, e. L. Marques,
James P. Oxenham, j. o. Peavey,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Eugene Raleigh,
Victor Rotnem, John P. Simpson,
T. Sinto, Mr.. and Mrs. Irving w.
Smith, Ralph E. Smith, E. j. STAN
brough, William M. Stuart, Mrs.
Emily w. Suess, Warren G. Sum-
mers, Joseph l.. Taylor, DR.. and
Mrs. Chester r. Taylor, Charles
H. Vaughan, Max M. Virgins, Mrs.
Mabel Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Ver-
non M. Wilson.
Additional out-of town registrants
were: Lou e. Bennett, Bethel,
Conn; Lester E. Fetter. Wilmington,
Del; Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert H. Lev
erage, Elsmere. Del; Hix Long, jr.,
Baltimore; Robert F. Nicodemus,
Md; George P. Swan,
Wilmington, Del: and Mr.. and Mrs,
Henry Tolmsn, Orange, Conn.
Costa Rica Is the latest country to
cash in" on the popularity of
Franklin D. Roosevelt by issuing
stamps in his memory.
A portrait of Confucius, the phi
losopher, is slated to appear on
new stamp of China.
The plane shown on the 1o-cent
black airpost stamp released IN
exclusively yesterday Is
q Martin 2-o-2, 40-passenger twin
engine airliner. the first completely