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Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30
Bridegroom Broke EarIyj
Had No Cash Cor the License

DETROTT.-Elmer H. Dupke, 81
year-old prospective bridegroom.
thought he had. taken care of every
thing when he appeared with pretty
Margaret Traub, 20, to apply for a
marriage license.
But he neglected one important
item. Asked for the fee, a red-faced
Elmer searched in vain until the
bride-to-be handed over the bill.
But he'd better not let this be-
come a habit" she said.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30
1t Takes Plenty
To Meat Argentine

BUENOS AIRES -(R)- People
who live here are proud of Argen-
tine meat-and prove it by eating
an average 25 pounds month
each. Since a lot of the three mil
lion inhabitants of the city are
children, this means the adults
eat more than a pound of meat a
day. The U. S. average is only three
ounces.
The average consumption of meat
is nearly twice the bread average
-l2 pounds of bread per month
compared to Is pounds of meat
One. reason is that the great mum
Der of Italians here eat spaghetti
instead of bread.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30
Communist Fined

IPOH, Malaga = (P) - A Ja-
macia-born Chinese who became a
Communist leader here has been
convicted on three charges of caus-
ing a public nuisance.
You appear to think you are a
pocket Hitler" said Mr.. ]. G. Ad-
ans, district judge, in pronouncing
sentence on the accused, Mr.. Lew
Yit Fun.
Liew received maximum fines of
$3.50 or five months Imprisonment
for using loudspeaker without
permission and lecturing on the
roadway.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30
Any Port in a Storm Is
Motto Of Montana Pilot

WINNETT, MONT. = Gary Sim
mons believes that the seafaring
adage of "any old port in storm"
should apply as well to airfaring.
Unable to locate an emergency
landing field when he was running
low on gas, Simmons plunked his
twin-engined plane down on a Win.
nett city street, TAXED five blocks to
a gas station and order the amazed
attendant to ''fill 'er up"
After gassing up, he wheeled the
plane around, TAXED back to the
edge Of town and took OF down the
highway.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30
Veterans Leg Is Saved
BY Alert Subway EmnloYe

NEW YORK. IAN alert employee
on a subway train in Brooklyn pulled
the emergency cord Of his train just
in time to save a 22-year-old excl.
from being crushed between sta
tion platform and one Of the coaches.
Police said Irving Epstein. former
soldier and a student at Brooklyn
college, made a dash for the train
just as the doors closed, slipped and
fell so that one leg was wedged be.
tween the train and the platform.
Frank Augustinski, 80, who saw
the mishap, pulled an emergency
signal so that the train did not start,
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30
U. S. Girl Held In Hungary;
Reason for Arrest Denied

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. = Miss
Elizabeth Pallos, 81, American sec
retary in the Associated Press Office
in Budapest, was in custody Of Hun
garian police on unspecifed charges.
Three Hungarian plain clothes men
arrested her at her home. They re-
fused to say why, despite inquiries
from three American legation Off
cials.
Miss Pallos is a native Of Pitts
burgh. Her father, Francis Pallos,
served in the Hungarian embassy in
washington from 1918 to 1886, when
he retired. His daughter came to
Budapest just before the war to care
for him when he became i'll.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30
ood Supplants
apons On Ships
olds Of CARGO essels Now
Packed With Products
10 Gid Germany.


BREMEN. - TO help keep post
war Germany from starvation, an
encient ship has emerged from the
graveyard for ships. She is the SIS.
Parkersburg Victory. She looks just
ike another freighter. And she is
She once carried cargoes Of de-
struction against Germany. But she
has been called out Of postwar re-
tirement to join a feet Of more than
100 ships now bringing food and
other products to help Germany
live.
Holds formerly loaded with tanks
o. guns now are flled with food.
fertilizer or cotton under the Brit
ish-American aid program.
Docks Suffered Much.
How these cargoes arrive and are
distributed was described By James
Z. Wayland, chief Of the military
government export-import section.
Amid incredible bomb wreckage
70 the rectangular-shaped harboE
the quays are lined surprisingly
with 54 shoreside cranes. Some sur.
vived the war undamaged; others
have been, repaired.
Tied alongside the quays are
eight American ships. facing to.
ward the harbor mouth so they car
make a run for safety in case oi
Gre.
They are mostly Victory and LIB
erty ships which transported the Al
lies to triumph.
Their wartime gray coats have
yielded to new paint Jobs -biacl
bulls. white superstructure and col
orful smokestacls.
Not Worried.
Typical among them is the Par
kersburg Victory. out Of Baltimore
Her cargo is 9,O0O tons Of fertilizel
ammonium nitrate. the same typ
0f cargo that exploded in the Texa
City disaster.
The chief mate appeared unWor
ried. But a navy fireboat, gray witt
red trim. stood alongside. just i
case.
Nearby was the John Clark, un
loading $500 tons Of four. and tn
stella Lylxes. discharging 1000
bales Of cotton from New Orleans.
The food and fertilizer pass iut
German contrel the moment th
crane deposits It from the ship, IN
eargoes are forwarded to their des
tinations by barge over the vas
canal system or by train.
Both American and German AZ
thorities said there was .'very littl
looting'' Of the food while It was e
route. Because it travelled in bull
Il did not lend itself TO pilferini
they said, and was without guard
except for German railway policl
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30
Small Zoo" For
SIN all p ark

PEKIN, Ind. = (P) - The Pekin
Banners campaign for a town
park has reached a point of des-
peratiOn. This southern Indiana
town has no park yet, but readers
have already filled the newspapers
back yard will donations for a
wildlife exhibit for the park. Now
the editorial voice is amplified by
those of a fox, three goats and
white mice.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30
COTTON AT THE TOP
OF THE LIST

In an official report to Wash
ington cotton prices gained almost
50 per bale in the last week of
1947 The parity price for cotton
reached new high in December.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30
etter Col

SOMERVILLE, Mass. (P)-The
1--WE little Kings Of West someryille
may claim their father Is a MAN
of Letters s"-twice over.
Parent Walter King works at the
post Office. When the family was
eyicted he found a new home in a
vacant section ef the local library.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30

About the year 1910, the Vikings
established a lumber camp on the
coast Of North America, probably in
Labrador and maintained it for
three years.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-30

The world production in 1888, last
normal" year before World War
II, was estimated at more than two
million pounds.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-11-05
Funeral Rites Here
For Mrs. Ossinskv

Private funeral services were
held last week for Mrs. Emma o.
sinsky, who died in a local hos
pital.
Rites were at the Jewish Tenn
pie cemetery, with Rabbi Israel
L. Kaplan and Rabbi Sidney Lef-
kowitz officiating. Burial was in
Jewish cemetery.
A native of Poland, Mrs. Ossin-
sky had lived in Jacksonville for
go years.
She is survived by three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Lawrence M. Lippman,
Mrs. Edward M. Morgan, and Mrs.
Leonard H. Grunthal, Jackson
vile; two sisters, Mrs. Sam Fem
berg and Mrs. Isaac P. Levin, New
York City.
Mrs. Ossinsky is survived also
by six grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren. The grand
children are Mrs. Edwin w. Held,
Mrs. Julius L. Mack, Jr., Lawrence
M. Lippman, Jr., Mrs. Eli H. Fink,
and Leonard H. Grunthal, all of
Jacksonville and Mrs. Richard Ro-
bias Jr.; Lawrence, L. I.
The great-grandchildren are JUL
ius L. Mack III, Edwin w. Held,
Jr., and Ilene L. Held, all of Jack
sonville.
Mrs. Ossinsky belonged to the
Council of Jewish Women and to
Hadassah.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-11-05

or ITO SETTLE" The term in its
reference to Palestine is thus a
Hebrew term meaning the "settle-
ment."
X
QUESTION: What is a "Mos-
hav"?
ANSWER: A "Moshav" is the
name given to an agricultural vii
lage in Palestine. It is character
lied by the fact that the colony is
settled on land secured from the
Jewish National Fund with each
family owning its own home and
farm implements. The profits in
such a settlement are generally re-
tanned by the individual. The buy
ing and selling is done cooperat-
lively.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-11-05
The JEWISH
QUIZ BOX
nv RABBI SAMUEL j. FOX
copyright, 1e4s, Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

QUESTION: What is the
AYishuv"?
ANSWER: The Jewish commun-
a., in Palestine was commonly re-
xo-red TO as the "Yishuv" before
+be establishment of the state of
1.rael. The term comes from an
AID Hebrew word meaning Ito sit"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
ST. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL
UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH

Mems Day will be observed in St.
Paul's Evangelical United Brethren
Church, Franklin and Locust streets,
on Sunday. Mr. Roy H. Stetler, Har-
risburg, Pa, publishing agent of the
Evangelical Press and publisher of
the Telescope-Messenger, will ad-
dress the Busy Mems Bible Class at
9:45 a. M, the Sunday School hour
Mr.. Stetler will also deliver an
address at the morning church serv-
ice at IL o'clock. Charles Poffen-
berger, director of adult work, will
preside at this service; Charles Bar
Der, teacher of the young mems class,
will read the Scripture lesson; and
j. Arthur Speicher, president of the
mems class, will offer the prayer.
A supper and reception will be
held at $50 p. m. by the young
peoples department of the Sunday
School, honoring Rev. and Mrs. Ger
aid D. Kaufman Howard F. John
ston, director of youth work, will
be in charge.
Taking Jesus Seriously" will be
the sermon subject of Rev. Gerald
D. Kaufman, assistant pastor, at the
7:30 o'clock evening service
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
SERVICE AT FIRST CHURCH
OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

Probation after Death" is the
subject of the Lesson-Sermon at the
First Church of Christ Scientist, 235
N. Potomac Street, at HOO a. m. on
Sunday.
The Golden Text will be from II
Cor. 5:17-''If any man be in Christ,
he is new creature; old things are
passed away; behold, all things are
become new"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible-Phil. 3:17-
Brethren, be followers together of
us, and mark them which walk so
as We have us for an ensample."
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures,
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page 584-'Death.
An illusion, the lie of life in matter;
the unreal and untrue; the opposite
of Life"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
Rev. Luther Miller
Will Be Honored
Bethany Lutheran Church, Bal
timore, VIII Celebrate 5Oth
Anniversary Of His Ordination
On straightforward Miller
Will Preach The Sermon.

Bethany Lutheran Church, Lake
wood Avenue & Madison Street,
Baltimore, will celebrate the
fiftieth anniversary of the ordin-
alton of Rev. Luther F. Miller, re-
tired Lutheran minister now resid-
ing at 900 Hamilton Boulevard, Ha-
gerstown with special service
next Sunday morning. Pastor Mil
Ter will preach the sermon and the
Pastor of Bethany Church, Rev.
Richard c. Rife, will be in charge.
Pastor Miller, who is son of the
late DR.. Victor Miller, formerly Sec
rotary of the Maryland Synod and
Pastor at Leitersburg, Md, for many
years, was born near Clear Spring,
Md, on October 16, 1872. He was
graduated from the high schools of
Washington County and was a
member of the Glass of 1891 of Get
tysburg College, where he was hon.
or man of his class. From 1895 to
1898 he attended the Gettysburg
Lutheran Theological Seminary,
graduating with the Glass of 1898.
In October, 1898, he was ordained
minister Of the holy gospel at Trim
ity Lutheran Church, Taneytown,
Md, by the Maryland Synod
Reverend Miller's first charge was
at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church,
Westernport, Md, of the West Vir-
ginia Synod, where he served until
1904 In 1905 he toured the Luther
country, visiting Germany and var
ious parts of Europe. On January
l, 1906, he became Pastor of Bethany
Lutheran Church, which was then
located on Cough Street near Wash
ington The work there was diff
cult and discouraging until 1909,
when the building was condemned
and the church was forced to change
its location. In 1910 the church re-
located in fine and growing neigh
borhood and during Pastor Miller's
in Baltimore he built and
paid for fine chapel, and the mem
bership in the Sunday School and
Congregation was greatly increased.
Pastor Miller left Bethany in 1923
to accept a call to the Manassas
Parish in the Virginia Synod, from
which he retired some years ago
and moved to Hagerstown, where he
resides with his two sisters. He is
A member of Trinity Lutheran
Church. p
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21

This is your town, boost it.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
Battle Against VD

The State Health Department has
launched special county by county
drive against venereaI disease, with
the principal attack at present be-
ing conducted in the nine Eastern
Shore counties. DR.. Robert H. Riley
head of the department, pointed out
that syphilis ranked first among all
communicable diseases reported from
% Maryland counties, while gon-
orrhea ranked second. tuberculosis
wound up a poor" third, and was
followed by chicken pox, pneumonia,
whooping cough and measles, in that
order.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
ST. PAUL'S EV. LUTHERAN
CHURCH, JAMESTOWN

Morning services will be held at
st. Pauls Lutheran Church, Funks-
town, on Sunday at $50 a. M, when
the Rev. Raymond Miller will preach
on the subject, 'Effectual Attain
ment." The World Council of
Churches message for World Order
Sunday will be read.
Sunday School at 10:40 a M; Jun
Tor and Senior Luther Leagues at
$50 p. m; and an illustrated lecture
on ''The History of the Reformation"
will be given at 7:30 p. m.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
Carol Noel, Scribe

We adjourned with the Friendship
Circle and Taps.
Carol Noel, Scribe
Troop 8, sponsored by Broadway
PIT. A, Mrs, B. J. Hagedorn, lead
er, and Mrs. P. w. Brady and Mrs
K. E. McElroy, assistant leaders
held regular meeting on October
l3 at Broadway School. We hac
twenty girls, our leader and assist
ant leaders present. Seventeen girls
were in uniform.
Our meeting opened with the
song, when Fer You Make A
Promise" after which we went out
side and played Salute Relay. Miss
McCulloch then helped the girls with
their preparations for their coming
overnight camp, to take place Octo-
Der %, and we learned how to make
a blanket roll. We closed with taps,
MdIIH OtOl6I, OCTlD6
Troop 16, sponsored by the Mar
garet Hess Bible Glass, Mrs. John
leader, and Mrs. Bernard
Green and Mrs William Troupe, as
sistant leaders, held regular meet
ing on Tuesday, October II, at the
Presbyterian Church. We had fifteen
girls, our leader and assistant leaders
present. Three girls were in I'M
form.
Our meeting opened with the re-
peating of the Scout oath and pledge
to the flag, led by Louise Brown. At
ter reading the minutes of our last
meeting and taking dues and at
tendance, we decided to elect an as
sistant secretary. Bobby Wade won
the election. We then planned the
menu for the Halloween party we
are going to have at Mrs. Hinkle's
home on October 81. Decorating
and Food COMMITTEES were also ap-
pointed.
We then divided into three groups.
The First Class scouts, under Mrs.
packed and mailed the two
clothing kits which our troop is send
ing overseas; Mrs Troupe and the
Second Class scouts worked on the
Dancer badge; and Mrs. Green help
ed the Tenderfoot group to pot some
plants which they must care for as
one of the requirements for second
class rank. The meeting closed with
the wishing circle and taps. We
were glad to welcome two new mem
bers, Bobbie Wade and Nancy Cum
Last Friday night Barbara and
Beverly Sprankle and Beverly
Sprecher met with Mrs. Hinkle to
make stuffed toys for Santa Claus,
Inc.
Ann Bair, Secretary
Troop 26, sponsored by Surrey
School PIT. A., Mrs. Samuel Gordon,
Jr., leader, and Mrs. H. H. Layman,
assistant leader, held a regular meet
ing on Thursday at Surrey School.
We had twenty-six girls, our lead
er, assistant leader and two visitors
present. Three girls were in uni
form.
Our meeting opened with the
Brownie promise and salute then we
sang the Brownie Smile Song. A
short business meeting was then
held, and this was followed by the
girls taking turns in making a bed
and in arranging fall flowers in a
bowl. We then played the Shoe
Song game, and the meeting closed
with the singing of "Good Night
Brownies" through the arch forma-
ton.
Mrs. Samuel Gordon, Jr., Leader
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
A "Nutty" Squirrel

Most squirrels have an overpow-
ering yen for nuts, but not so Frisky,
the two-year-old squirrel belong
ing to Rev. c. H. Wakeman, of Cum
berland. Frisky- prefers ice cream.
He is also nuts about candy and
apple pie. Rev. Wakeman adopted
the squirrel, an orphan, when it was
just a baby.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Services this Sunday at the Pres
byterian Church, corner of Pros
pect and Washington Streets, will
be held as follows:
Church School at GAS a. M; morn
ing worship at II a. m, with the
Rev. j. Russell Butcher occupying
the pulpit; and vesper service at
p. m. by the Hagerstown A Capella
Choir, under the direction of Ray
mond K. Hollinger.
The vesper service will take the
place of the regular evening wor-
ship hour.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
Church NeUS
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S
METHODIST CHURCH

At the morning service at II a. m.
on Sunday at st. Pauls Methodist
Church, North Potomac Street, his
excellency, Mr.. Norman Maxim, the
Australian Ambassador to the Unit
ed States, will be the guest speaker.
Mr.. Maxim is a distinguished Meth
odist and a lay preacher in the Meth
odist Church of Australia.
In the evening at 1880 o'clock the
minister, Rev. Norman L. Trott, will
preach on the topic Walking With
God"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21

Mr.. Leonard Wakenight, of Ron
ey Brothers, left on Tuesday night
for a business trip through Western
Maryland
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
PONDSVILLE
UNION CHURCH

The Rev. Harry L. Fehl, Jr, of
Chewsville, will be the guest speak
err at the Pondsville Union Church
service on Sunday afternoon.
Sunday School will be held at 2:3O
p. M, and the public is cordially in
vited to attend.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
Girl Scouts

Troop 3, sponsored by the Daugh-
tiers of Trinity, Mrs. James l. Dud-
ley, leader, held regular meeting
on Thursday, October IA, at Trinity
Lutheran Church. We had seventeen
girls, our leader and one visitor
present. Ten girls were in uniform.
Our meeting opened with the re-
peating of the Scout oath and the
pledge to the flag. We then discus
sed going out to Starland Roller
Rink, after which we formed our
patrols and then packed the CARE
packages that we will send over
seas.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21

A cubic foot of aluminium weighs
ITO pounds; it is three to eight
times as heavy as wood.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
Judy Miller, Scribe

Troop 6. sponsored by st. Mary's
Sodality, Mrs. R. NJ. Hanna, leader,
and Mrs. c. Jones, assistant leader,
held regular meeting on October
is at st. Mary's Parish House. We
had fifteen girls, our leader and as
Sistant leader present. Five girls
were in uniform.
Our meeting opened with the re-
peating of the Scout oath and the
pledge to the flag, and Nancy South
explained the sixth Girl Scout Law.
We then discussed the date and
plans of our Halloween Party. It
was then voted that we practice for
our Variety Show, which we did
We adjourned with the Friendship
Circle and Taps.
Carol Noel, Scribe
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Roney have
returned from Syracuse, N. Y,
where they went to visit their
daughter, Miss Harriet Roney, who
is student at Syracuse University
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21

Pfc. John D. Bussard, son of Mrs
Ida B. Bussard, 81 Elizabeth ST., is
now serving as a truck driver with
the 519th Military Police Battalion
in Yokohama, Japans major port
city and seat of the headquarters
of the Eighth Army.
Elmer Lewis Smith, seaman ap-
prentice, USN, of 258 South Potom-
&C Street, is serving aboard the de-
stroyer USS D. H. Fox, now cruis-
ing in the Mediterranean Sea as a
part of the Sixth Task Fleet.
Mr.. Robert A. Stott will enter
tain at an oyster roast at his home
in Blue Ridge Summit on Friday
evening.
Mrs. "A. McComb Campau return
ed to her home in Detroit on Sun
day night, after visiting her sister,
Mrs. William Post Duvall at Spring
field Farm.
Mrs. Catherine Overington re-
turned on Sunday, after a motor
trip through Virginia.
Miss Mary Shrader, Miss Kath-
ryn Alsip and Miss Mary Alsip mo-
tored to Atlantic CITY on Saturday,
where Miss Shrader and Miss Mary
Alsip are spending the week.
Invitations have been issued by
the Vestry of st. Johns Episcopal
Church to a reception at the rec
tory in honor of the Rev. and Mrs.
Kenneth Gearhart on Thursday,
October %.
Mrs. Fannie Eliason Pennington
has returned to her home near st.
James, after being the guest of her
Son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Washington Bowie, of Luther
vile, Md. Mrs. Pennington has TAX
en- a position as secretary to the
Rev. Kenneth Gearhart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Roney have
returned from Syracuse, N. Y,
where they went to visit their
daughter, Miss Harriet Roney, who
is a student at Syracuse University.
Mr.. Leonard Wakenight, of Ron
ey Brothers, left on Tuesday night
for business trip through Western
MARYLAND.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21
Names Make News

Lit. Cmdr Milton K. Dennis, USN,
son of Charles E. Dennis of Route
l, Clear Spring, has reported to the
Naval Air Technical Training Unit,
Glenview, Ill.
Lieutenant Commander Dennis
entered the Naval service June 5,
1941, and received his fight train
ing at Jacksonville Naval Air Sta
ton. Before entering the Navy, he
was graduated from Clear Spring
High School.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-01
75o-B0AT FLEET E TIED UP; PROTEST
 OVER '4S PRICES

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.-R- CIO union fishermen from Santa Cruz to the Oregon line kept their 750 boat fleet in port as the l94S salmon fishing season opened to- day, protesting prices offered by wholesalers.
 The CIO International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America said the Northern California Fish cries Association was offering 20 cents a pound while the fishermen want 26
 Association Attorney Joseph All ioto said per pound price negotia- tions with the CIO fishermen would violate the Sherman antitrust law
 He said the 20-cent price was for uncleaned fish, with "A cents offered for cleaned salmon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-01
BIG PLANE ORDER REPORTED GIVEN
 BOEING COMPANY

SEATTLE, April 1-tR-An Air Force order of 27 stratofreighters from the Boeing Airplane Company was reported today by the Times.
 The newspaper said it had learned of the estimated $20 100000 contract in Washington, D. c. No confirma- tion was available immediately from the Company.
 Such an order would bring the Boeing backlog of military and com- mercial orders to approximately $240, 900 00o.
 The stratofreighter is capable Of carrying 40 fully equipped troops or 41.00o pounds of cargo It is 8 300-mile an hour giant, with re- ported range of 3,100 miles.
 The plane is military version of the company's stratocruiser air liners.
 The Air Force still is taking de- livery on an original order of 1o of the air freighters.