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the corner LldJ heV. H. A. hester.
you can use for that purpose until
you can do better"
The small house, at what is now
316 G street NE, became the scene
of the Sunday Schools first meeting
with Mr.. Lane, a mother and her
child and two boys and three girls
at the session. This was on March
13, 1858. Three days later, with II
persons present, the group was for
mally organized and Mr.. Lane
chosen superintendent.
The mission continued under the
guidance of Wesley Chapel after
the Home Missionary Society of
Washington, under whose sponsor
ship the small mission was started,
was discontinued. On July 26, 1853,
a group was organized by the Rev.
James H. Brown, pastor of Wesley
Chapel, with John r. Zimmerman
as leader.
Mr.. Hanson offered the front
room of his house at what is now
800 G street NE. to the group. This
also proved inadequate within a
short time, so e. tent was raised on
the adjoining lot.
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Mr.. Hanson told Mr.. Zimmerman,
"I am going to build a house for
the Lord. You come UP here to-
morrow and you will find the old
tent down and the foundations OF a
new house commenced"
The next day the foundation for
the house was started. 1t was oc-
cupied in October, 1858.
Plans for church building were
initiated in December, 1858. The
present site was purchased in 1854,
with additional space in 1873 and
ground for the present parsonage
in 1884. The cornerstone was laid by
Bishop Waugh on September 5, 1854.
The church basement was dedicated
May 13, 1855, and the completed
structure February 7, 1858. Subse-
ouent improvements were made, oc-
casioned by he growth of the con-
gregation and a fire on January IL,
1926.
The Rev. r. L. Dashiell, assistant
pastor at Wesley Chapel, was in
charge of the mission 1854-55. In
June, 1855, the quarterly conference
decided to make Capitol Hill Mission
an independent charge. The Rev.
Gideon H. Day became its first full
time pastor. Among the new men,
bers In 1854 were Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Middleton. A daughter, Selma
now Mrs. Robert B. Bare, joined the
church In 1878 and has been a men,
Der ever since.
Members of the church for more
than so years are Miss Mary L.
Weiss, Mrs. I. H. Entwistle, Clarence
Fries, Mrs. Lucretia Hardy, Earl
Marsh, Miss Edith Mcdonald, Miss
Goldie Randall. Mrs. josephine
Riecks and Miss Rosalie Walker.
Pastors since 1925 are the Revs. w.
M. Hoffman, A. F. Poore, A. F. Nc
Kinley, c. R. Banes and S. E. Rose.
The present pastor, the Rev. Hirl
A. Kester, came in 1916. A graduate
of Western Maryland College and OF
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Eighfy-First Anniversary
OF West WASHINGTON

The 81st anniversary of West
Washington Baptist Church will be
observed during the week starting
tomorrow. The speaker tomorrow
at II am. will be the Rev. DR.. C. C.
Coleman, the only living former
pastor of this church.
DR.. Robert L. Haycock, member of
this church for 81 years, will preside
st the anniversary service Wednes-
day at pm. The Rev. Walter c.
Scott will speak. Special music by
Mr.. and Mrs. John Newton. Albert
Fowler will read a scripture lesson
from the Bible his great grand
father, Hamilton Fowler, gave the
church about 80 years ago. All who
were baptized in the Gay street
building or the present building are
invited to be special guests.
The senior member of this church
is Miss Blanche Beckham of Marion,
ILL.,, who has ben member CT years.
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Dr.. J. w. Hastings PIons
Futher's Duy Sermon

DR.. ]. Warren Hastings will de-
liver special Fathers Day SER
mon tomorrow at the National City
Christian Church, speaking on Men
to Match Mountains" Assisting in
the service will be the Rev. Myron
w. Chrisman, minister Of the First
Christian Church, Yukon, Okla.
Mr.. Chrisman will address the
Young Adult Fellowship at Z pm.
in the social hall, 1908 Vermont
avenue NV.
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AClkVAA&S< o6S /.
there was preacher who established
himself and his message on this
same premise. He had nothing but
blistering words for the popular
preachers of his day who proclaimed
only what the people wanted to hear.
Challenge of Brave Soul.
BY far the great mass OF minis
tiers today are Gods men and god
" men. They are set apart to
deal with the sublimitieS and to
declare to the world the whole
gospel of God. But today as in
Jeremia's day there are preach
ers who follow the intellectual pat
tern of their times.
Also in every age we encounter
the stupid and time-servlng poll
tician. Jehoiakim, King of Judah,
was a specimen OF this corrupt
breed. His father, Josiah, had been
a righteous ruler of supreme worth,
but JehoiakIm, playing the selfish,
political game Of a little Oriental
kinglet, plotted against the might
of Babylon and thus prepared his
nation for catastrophe. Over and
over again the Prophet jeremiah
pleaded for justice and righteous
ness and real religion as the only
amendment that would avert doom.
Folly In Modern Garb.
Jeremiah and Jehoiakim DOM
mate our lesson today. The for
mer was a great and human figure,
who dared to tell unpopular truth
and who kept close to God for his
life and message. When one Of Je-
hoiakim's messengers brought the
king the roll on which jeremiah had
written his message against the
perversity and sin of king and peo-
pie, Jehoiakim contemptuously cut
the roll into pieces with his penknife
and cast them into the fire. The
time came when, as jeremiah proph-
isied, the nation was destroyed and
the dead body of the king who had
disregarded warning was cast out.
Judah was called upon to- decide
what she would do in world where
great nations were struggling for
domination. Jeremiah's message
was that Judah should keep her
soul while the conflict between
stronger nations ragged about her.
He insisted that the whole problem
was reduced eventually to the
spiritual condition of the individ-
ual's life. It was his dictum that
we must have better people before
we can have a better world.
The Sunday School Lesson for
June Is is "Judah's Last Days"
jeremiah, xxxvi.2-3, 1881; Kings,
xiv 1 a
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BaccaIaureaie Services
Al the Cathedral

Two baccalaureate services will be
held in Washington Cathedral to-
morrow afternoon.
The graduating class at Woodrow
Wilson High School will hear q ser
man by Dean John Wallace Suter at
a I pm. service, and at $50 pm
the Wilson Teachers College class
will assemble in Bethlehem Chapel
The preacher will be the Rev. w.
Curtis Draper, jr., canon precentor
Holy communion at 7::30 and 9.3o
am. and morning prayer and SER
mon at II am. The Rev. George J.
Cleaveland, canon librarian, will
preach at II am.
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brye, Mrs. Mary Rollins, vice presi-
dents; Miss Mary Lucy Campbell.
recording secretary; Mrs. William
Purnell, corresponding secretary;
Miss Edna Jordan, treasurer; Mrs.
George L. Myers, registrar and Mrs.
John l.. Wann, teacher.
The Bolgiano-Foxall Glass of
Foundry Methodist Church elected
Clayton D. Hutchins, president;
Fred J.. Rossiter, vice president:
Frederic M. Waid, secretary; r. B.
Rench, treasurer; Robert P. Green
and Karl T. Waugh, teachers.
The Clyde Kelly Glass of Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church will have
Olicer Scott Reading as guest
speaker.
The Naomi Glass of Ninth Street
Christian Church elected Mrs. Edna
Swift, president; Mrs Iva Mason,
vice president: Mrs. Sadie Kuntzel-
man, treasurer; Mrs. Ruby Creel,
secretary and Miss Frances Church
| ill, teacher.
The Young Adult Glass of Mount
Rainier Methodist Church joined
the Organized Bible Glass Associa-
ton. Officers are: Mrs. Minnie
Negus, teacher; F. Stuart Taylor,
jr., president; Cora Hayden Raynie,
vice president, and Mrs. D. S..
Marsico, secretary treasurer.
Representative j. Percy Priest Of
Tennessee will be the guest teacher
of the Harrison Bible Glass of St.
Luke's Methodist Church.
The Mems Fellowship Glass of
Arlington Presbyterian Church
elected DR.. J. j. Osuna, teacher;
Walter K. Handy, president; Leroy
r. Slower, vice president; James
F. Luxford, secretary and c. A.
Ehrman, treasurer.
The Unity Bible Glass of Wood
side Methodist Church elected Mrs.
Dorothy Black, president; Mrs.
Elsie Stewart, Mrs. Ada Markle,
vice presidents; Mrs. Lillian Burch,
treasurer; Mrs. Lucille K. Peirce, sec
retary; Mrs. Betty Graham, cor
responding secretary and Mrs. Mar
jorie Hansen, teacher.
Mrs. Brooks Hays will teach the
Burial Glass of Calvary Baptist
Church.
The Trinity Mems Glass will have
Frank Kimmel at their guest
speaker.
Mrs. Ethel Daley will teach the
Hummer Memorial Glass of Epworth
Methodist Church.
The Mems Glass of Luther Rice
Baptist Memorial Church elected
H. Oscar Bryant, president; Clifford
r. Carter, teacher. The Younger
Mems Glass elected Weaver Doyle,
! teacher.
The men of National Baptist Me-
mortal Church will have DR.. Rod
riquez of Porto Rico as guest
speaker. This meeting is spon-
sored by the Pinkham Bible Glass
and the Roger Williams Glass.
During assembly the adult de-
partment of Calvary Baptist Church
will recognize the splendid leader
ship for the past five years of its
outgoing superintendent, Charles
Cooke. Carl Tiller is the new super
intendent.
The Mems Bible Class of New
York Presbyterian Church will meet
in Room A of the George Washing
ton University Medical Building at
$50 am. Senator Wherry from
Nebraska will be the guest teacher.
The Stevenson Mems Bible Glass
of Bethany Baptist Church will pre-
sent a special Fathers Day pro-
gram.
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Chevy Chase Community
Vacation Bible School

The Chevy Chase Community Va
cation Bible School will begin June
% at 9 am. The sessions meet from
9 to II every week DAY.
The beginners and primaries will
meet in the All Saints Episcopal
Church and the juniors will meet in
the Baptist Church.
The churches assisting in the
promotion of the school are Chevy
Chase Methodist, Chevy Chase
Presbyterian, All Saints Episcopal,
st. Paul's Lutheran, Chevy Chase
Baptist and Wesley Methodist.
The school, in addition to primary
emphasis upon religious education
and character training, will have
other features such as handicraft,
basketry, woodcraft and games of
various kinds.
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Enelishmon to Speak
AT Columbia Heights

John Mycliffe Black OF Leicester,
England. = laynan Of the English
and Scottish Churches Of the Dis
ciples Of Christ, and for many years
member Of the English Paflia-
ment, will speak at 1880 am. to-
morrow at the Columbia Heights
Christian Church.
He came 10 this country TO It
tend the World Convention Of the
Disciples of Christ in Buffalo, NJ r.,
August 81 and is making q tour Of
the country. ~
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Westminster Theological Seminary
he served as pastor of Congress
Street Church here from 1910 to
1945. He came to his present charge
from Kingsley Church, Cumberland,
Md.
Mr.. Kester is Shriner, member
of the Washington Federation Of
Churches and Of the Washington
Ministerial Union and chaplain OF
the Metropolitan Police and Fire De-
partments. Mr.. and Mrs. Kester live
at 308 A street NE. They have q
daughter, Miss Jane Kester.
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Qu8uueQ pSi-
ton that the rise
and fall Of ma
tions depend up
on sp ir i t u a /
factors. Lik e
jeremiah of old,
Toynbee insists
that disloyalty to
the clear COM
mands of God
is the sin that
threatens disin-
tegration to a
nation and sure
punishment to
its people.
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By Casper Names

Waugh Methodist Church at Third
and A streets NE. was originally
called Capitol Hill Mission in recog-
milton of it's location near the Cap
itol. The present name was taken
in honor of Bishop Beverly Waugh
in 1858.
The beginnings Of the congrega-
ton owe much to the persistence OF
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tenQent OF the
a d ult division.
Judge David A.
Pine, Judge Eu-
gene Black and
Chi e t Justice
Bolitha j. Laws
will participate
in the program.
The Mizpah
Bible Glass of
National Bap-
ist Memorial
Church elected
Mrs. Nan Street,
president; Mrs.
= w paYpp
nEs NE. IT,
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one man and
the generosity Of
another. In the
spring of 1853
Charles H. Lane
made three at
tempts to find a
place to hold
Sunday School
meetings before
he met Hanson
B r O. W n. Mr..
Brown, learning
of Mr.. Lanes
efforts, said, II
have q little
shanty around
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n Lesson
For the Week
By WiIIiom r Ellis

Prof. Arnold Toynbee Of Oxford
University has written q series of
books entitled "A Study Of History"
This eminent scholar takes the un-
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Organized
Bible Glasses
By Dr.. Pace Mex. Etchison

The A. B. Pugh Glass Of Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church will
observe Chester Sheppard Day"
tomorrow In honor of the superin-
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Trtrnna

FRIENDS MEETING OF WASHINGTON
gill Florida Ave.
Meetings for Worship First Day tSunday)
at IL am. AL interested are welcome
Young People, $40 pm.
FRIENDS MEETING
18th and Irving Streets NV.
IL a.m.-Meeting for Worship. Welcome
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The Sunday School Lesson for
June Is is "Judah's Last Days"
jeremiah, xxxvi.2-3, 1881; Kings,
xiv | a
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ROCK CREEK PARISH

ST. pAULS CHURCH
Webster st. and Rock Creek Church Rd.
REV. CHARLES d. WOOD.
SUNDAY, JUNE 18th.
End Sunday After Trinity.
$3.50 a.m.-Hoiy Communion.
$50 am.-Church School - Closing
day. All departments assem-
BILE in Church.
IL 100 a.m.-Morning Prayer and Sermon.
Wednesday, June 18th.
$3.50 a.m.-Holy Communion.
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cr IIIKe Corner Coiesvilie Road =
-. aSN. Highland Dr.. 8. Spring.
REV. ROBERT e. LEE, Pastor
9:30 a.m-Sunday School
IL 100 a an-Morning worship.
The Friendly Church With the Red Doors.
Evening star., 1947-07-30
Bosic State-Army Difference
'On Germany Denied by Lovett

with the British for raising the
level of industry in the British
American zones of Germany, pend
ing consultation with the French.
Mr.. Lovett pointed out that the
United States and British govern
ments had merely promised France
to consider any comments she might
want to make on the level of in
dustry agreement, and said any an
nouncement was being Withheld
until the French comments were
received. He did not indicate that
plans to increase German produc-
tion had been abandoned, as had
apparently been feared by Amerl-
can officials in Germany.
On other subjects, Mr.. Lovett
said no agreement has been reached
for a new date for preliminary
conference on the japanese treaty
which the United States recently
suggested be convened in this co,In-
try August 10. That proposed date
conflicts with a British Common
wealth conference in Australia.
He does not know of any decision
to discharge any more State De-
partment employees on disloyalty
grounds. but pointed out that the
situation is under constant fview.
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Retirement Pay Bill
Signed by Truman

President Truman today signed
the Jones bill permitting laid-on
Government employees to withdraw
their contributions to the civil serv.
ice retirement system.
Under terms of the bill, dismissed
Government employees with less than
10 years service to their credit can
withdraw their retirement money.
The old regulation permitted only
those. workers with less than flve
years of Federal service to draw out
their money.
Sponsored by Representative
Jones, Republican, of Washington
the bill will benefit thousands OF
Federal employees losing their jobs
during the Observation-Disclosures pro-
gram. These employees entered Gov.
ernment work In 1910 and 1941 and,
consequently, were not eligible under
the old law to withdraw their con-
tributions. The contributions WIN
average about $500 to $4o0 per
person.
Government employees are not
entitled to unemployment compen-
sation benefits and refunded re-
tirement money will help tide over
dismissed workers until they can
find new jobs, sponsors OF the bill
said.
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FB| Starts Study Here
On Crime Reporting

FederahBureau Of Investigation
experts D6day started an inquiry
into the Districts crime reporting
methods. at the request OF Police
Superintendent Robert j. Barrett.
This was disclosed in brief state
nent from the FBI, revealing that
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had
ordered the inquiry to start at once
Mai. Barrett requested FB1 ss-
sistance in his efforts to modernize
the departments crime reporting
and statistical methods. A formal
request for survey was carried to
the FBI yesterday by Chief OF De-
tectives Floyd Truscott.
It was because of Maj. Barrett's
announcement that he intended te
ask FBI assistance that Senator
Johnston, Democrat, of South Caro-
lima blocked a proposed $25,000 Sem
ate investigation of the department
Several experts from the bureaus
section on uniform crime reporting
are repeatedly engaged in the sur
vey, which is similar to one the FB1
has conducted in other cities. The
FBI statement said:
cat the request of the Metropoli-
tan Police Department, J. Edgar
Hoover, director of the FBI, has
instructed that the FBI Immediately
begin a thorough inquiry into the
crime-reporting practices, proceed
ures and systems of the Metropoli-
tan Police Department with view
to making such recommendations as
may be necessary in line with uni
form crime reporting and records
procedure. The inquiry began this
morning"
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Senator, Quoting
Bible, Refuses to
Join inDispute
Objects to Serial
Form Controversy
Over Contracts

With the declaration that he
will not engage in running con-
troversy," Chairman Brewster OF
the Senate War Investigating
Committee dismissed today an
assertion by Howard Hughes
film producer, that Senator
Brewster sought to "coerce" a
merger of Mr.. Hughes airline
interests with Pan American
Always.
Shown press accounts of the
Hughes statement, Senator Brewster
commented to reporters with q
smile:
"They seem to be running a serial
out there. After I see the complete
text of this one, then I will decide
if I have any comment
Refers to Bible.
At press conference later, Sena-
tor Brewster referred reporters to
the Bible for his answer to the lat
est Hughes charges.
I'll simply refer anyone inter
ested to Chapter six in the book Of
Nehemiah" said the Senator from
Maine. Il don't think there is any
profit in going any further"
The chapter related false accuse
tions made against the Prophe
Nehemiah by his enemies, Sanballa
and Tobiah. Passages from tht
chapter read:
And I sent messengers unto them
saying, I am doing a great work
so that I cannot come down; why
(See BREWSTER, Page A-5D
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AttIeePIantoCul
Troops Abroad
Declared Ready
Army Slash in Reich,
Italy, Greece Seen
In British Caucus
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, July 3O.-A Socialist
source said Prime Minister
Attlee told Labor legislators
today that Britain would slash
her military commitments in
Germany, Italy and Greece al
most Immediately because Of the
nations looming economic
crisis.
Mr.. Attlee won a virtual vote of
confidence from Labor members of
Parliament after explaining to them
the broad lines" Of his plan for
meeting the crisis.
The Socialist source, who Is con-
nected closely with Labor members
of Parliament, said Mr.. Attlee PROM
ised quick and complete troop with
drawals from Venezia Giula sector of
Northeast Italy and from Greece and
substantial reductions in the British
occupation forces in Germany.
Left wing Labor Party members
have been demanding reductions in
the armed forces, which totaled l.
297 300 men July l.
Queried on Palestine.
A we'll Informed source said Mr..
Attlee also had decided to ask
miners, now on a five-day week in
the recently socialized coal pits. to
work an extra hour day to increase
production of critically needed coal,
the mainstay of the British economic
structure.
After Mr., AttIee told the Labor
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96 Degrees, Years Peak,
Forecast Here Tomorrow

The highest temperatures Of the
year may be recorded here by to-
morrow, the Weather Bureau said
today.
The mercury reached 80 at 2 pm
today. Tonight will be clear and
warm with the temperature drop
ping to 70 degrees.
The majority of employees in the
old District Building were sent home
at 3 pm. because of the heat.
Tomorrow the thermometer is ex-
pected to reach at least 96, which
would be a high mark for the year,
the bureau said. The record so far
this year is SO degrees recorded In
June. The humidity will be low,
however, the bureau predicted, af-
fording some relief from the heat.
The highest temperature yester-
day was 86 degrees recorded at 3:56
pm. and the low was SO degrees at
Sos m. TODAY,
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Nv the Assoeiutsd Press

JERUSALEM, July 30.-The
Irgun Zvai Leumi, Jewish under
ground agency, asserted today 1t
had hanged two kidnapped Brit
ish sergeants in reprisal for the
execution Of three of its men,
bers.. ..
An extensive search by Welsh
Guards, Palestine police and a
group Of reporters for two hours
along the coastal plains disclosed
no trace OF the bodies.
Police, the military and Jewish
sources said they had no clue as to
the whereabouts Of the sergeants.
An Irgun "communique'' had as
serted that the bodies would be
found within two and a half miles
of Natanya, where the hostages
were kidnapped July IL.
Shortly after the "communique"
was issued from Tel Aviv, a police
source there reported that the bodies
of the two soldiers had been found.
Official government sources, how
ever, were not Immediately able to
confirm that the sergeants-Cliford
Martin and Nervin Paice-had been
slain.
In issuing its "communique," Irgun
Zvai Leumi also disclosed that it had
received an appeal for clemency from
Paice's father, but said it had been
ignored because it should have been
directed to those who refused clem-
ency" to the executed Irgunists.
I'VE cannot do anything about it, >
Irgun said the elder PAIGE had been
told.
The underground Jewish organiza-
tion asserted the Britons, seized al
Natanya, were tried by a military
court" and convicted on charges Of
illegal entry into Palestine, being
members of an illegal British crimi-
nal terrorist organization known as
the British occupation force in Pal
estine, which is responsible for the
suppression of Jewish rights in Pal.
estine and for the deportation oi
Jewish citizens from their home
land"
AS members of the British Army
CO. DAT TSTTNTF Da-,o 1IO-
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Undersecretary of State Lovett
said today there has been no basic
misunderstanding between the State
Department and the American Mill
tary Government officials in Ger
many regarding ultimate aims II
that country.
He made this comment when asked
about reports that Secretary of Wal
Royal was flying to Germany in ar
effort to clear up reported split
between Gen. Lucius D. Clay, United
States military governor in Ger.
many, and State Department
policies.
Mr.. Royal left by plane yesterday
for a weeks visit in Germany tc
confer with Gen. Clay and othel
officials there.
Mr.. Lovetts denial of any basic
misunderstanding over ultimate
aims in Germany indicated there
may have been some difference Of
opinion over matters of timing ano
other details in carrying out the
policy.
Gen. Clay was reported IN Berlin
dispatches to have been disgruntled
by orders from Washington to hold
up announcement of an agreement
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Remnants of Beaten GuerriIIus
Tell of Aiming on Greek Border

Anastasios Pardelos, 26-year -old
guerrilla from nearby Kastoria, said
two Albanian soldiers brought the
supplies for his battalion. and he
assumed at the time he was in
Albania.
These remnants of the Demo
cratic Army" said they were told be-
fore their attack that they num-
bered 1000 men; that Grevena was
defended by only 500 Greek soldiers
and that its conquest would be easy.
I have just arrived here from
Aminteon, a village of 5000 on the
shore of Lake Petron which the
guerrillas have attacked three times
since last Saturday. Each time
they were driven off by soldiers,
gendarmes and armed peasants.
Now there are four new, stone
fortified positions in the village,
glistening amid the ruins Of gutted
houses. The defenses were thrown
up because the village fears renewed
assaults. ,-...L-