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} PERISH IN SUDDEN FIRE; TWO TRAPPED

MOSTON, Jan. 29-lR-Two wom- en and a man perished in flames, II were injured and several hundred persons were thrown into a brief panic today when sudden fire in an elevator shaft sent flames and smoke through shafts, stairways and platforms of a subway station.
 Trapped on stairway of the un- der-harbor tunnel to East Boston, two women fled through smoke- filled confusion past the street. level exit to perish on a stairway leading into the stations super structure.
 They were.
 Ethel Marie Butler, 52, a tele- phone company clerk, and an un- identified woman, alout 35.
 Killed in an upper part of the two-story superstructure of the sub way station was Robert Lever, of Boston, 83, an employe engaged in repair work at the station.
 Fire chief John F. McDonough said a spark from a workman's acetylene torch ignited accumulated grease of many years within one of the stations four elevator shafts.
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NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL
 REPORT OF ExECJJTOP

NOTICE IS BREEZY GIVEN that Dayton G. Fleek, Executor of the Last Will and Testament and Estate of William A. Fleek, Deceased, has filed herein his Final Report and petition for a decree of dis tribution to distribute the residue of said Estate to Dayton G. Fleek. Dale Fleek, Albert Fleek, Irwin Fleek, Wilfred Fleek, Clayton Fleek, Fife Fleek Harvey and Alfreda Fleek Bore.
 A Hearing will be held upon said Report and Petition before the undersigned at Juneau, Alaska, on March 31, 1949 at 1000 o'clock A. M. at which time all persons objecting to said Report and the manner in which the Estate has been administ- cred or the distribution of said Els tate, may appear and be heard, and file their objections herein.
 WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Probate Court for the Juneau Precinct, Territory of Alaska, this 2ath day of January.
 si FELIX CRAY,
 U. $. Commissioner and Ex-Oficio
 Probate Judge -- Juneau Precinct. First publication, Jan. 29, l949. Last publication, Feb. 19, 1949.
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INTl. MaCHINISTS
 INsTAll OFFICERS
 THURSDAY MIGHT

Over 30 members of the Interna- itional Association of Machinists, Local 5l4, and their ladies met at the Moose Hall on Thursday eve ming and enjoyed a social party following installation of officers for the coming year.
 Installed by Dave Mcintyre, Grand Lodge representative, were: c. F. Wingerson, President; John Camp, President Ed Dull, Treasurer; Walt Herfnanson, Fin sncial Secretary; Arnold Brashier, Conductor; and Wendall Schneider, Sentinel. Van Vert was elected lustee for 13 months.
 Nut Splitters Anderson, Ehrnlan md Schneider took command of the. Galley and Jim Rollison con- iucted the games.
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SENATOR THOMAS ELEVATORS

Senators were amazed and anus ed when Chairman Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, the speculating Sen ator, put forward an idea for curbing speculation. The man who was once up to his neck in the commodity market urged laying aside tremendous stocks of cotton and grain in order to discourage speculation. By taking large bulks out of circulation, Thomas argued, the spectators would have less to work with.
 One Senator bit his tongue to keep from smiling. For it was the very same Thomas who delivered speeches on the Senate floor blast ing the OPA for trying to restrict speculation, together with other speeches bound to influence the commodity market, following which his friends cashed in. When col- leagues started Investigating Thom- as. he scared off super -snooper Senator Homer Ferguson of Mich igan with a letter threatening to expose some of Ferguson's actiyit- ies.
 Note-Maybe the reason Thomas has changed his tune, now favors Government purchase of warehouse and grain elevators, is that his sreculating friend, Dyke Cullum, has been urging this.
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Daily Lessons in English v. v [. GORDON

kind of movies Say,
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: E POOR, or last
 OFTEN MISSPELLED Impossible feeing).
 
 WORD STUDY: "Use word three times increase vocabulary SUBLIMATION that which suhed uplid; purifying Religion the perfection ion morality
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f5-MAN "RAiLR0AD TO ALASKA" COM. IS NAMED, SEATTLE (.(.

SEATTLE1s Jan. 29. ---tR- The Seattle Chamber of Commerce named at 15-man "Railroad-to-Al- aska" committee today to promote such project.
 President Nat s. Rogers said bill is expected to be introduced soon in Congress, seeking appro- Eriations for construction of railroad to the northern territory.
 The committee members are. Charles B. Lindaman, publisher Seattle Post-Intelligencer, chair man; Lawrence Arnold, board chairman, Seattle First National Bank; William K. Blethen, pub fisher, Seattle Times; volney Rich mond, Jr., vice president, Northern Commercial Co.,; E. L. Steel, presi- dent, Pacific Northwest Trade As sociation; Earl Knight, publisher, Alaska Weekly.
 Bruce Barkley, Seattle attorney; M. Dederer, president, Seattle Fur Exchange; Fred Smith, secretary treasurer, Seattle Building Trades Council; Nick Beg, Seattle Fish ing Industry executive; Glenn Car rington Seattle; Joseph Drumhell- CT, president, Spokane Chamber of Commerce, Reno Odlin, president, Washington National Bank, Ta- coma; Lawson Tmcott, president, Ketchikan Pulp and Timber Com pany, Bellingham; Capt. A. E. La- ,hrop, Fairbanks, Alaska, Alaska publisher and financier.
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Income Taxes
(Anchorage News

The Territory now has a new personal income tax bill calculated raise millions of dollars for opera tion of the Territorial affairs setting us up in 1act as self qudating top bracket Territory rather than poor step- child of Uncle Sam.
 The income tax is one of part of a three fold pro- gram which the administration has advocated for the Territory The other phases of the tax program property tax law and uniform business tax law. Theseatte aspects of the tax program have run into great dark cloud which the legislators must circum vent if it is not to boomerang The newborn pulp industry for Southeast Alaska has said 1t cannot do business under the proposed laws that taxes on it's great investments will preclude it from entering busi- ness in Alaska
 However, the income tax law seems to be fair and not too harsh It collects per cent of the Alaskan pays to the Federal government in with holding This simple procedure will yield $20 GOO annually.
 There two cumbersome parts that have been pointed to in making collections. The law provides for the tax incomes made in Alaska That means that if an individual works for two days in two days In case of sailors ships who get their pay at their home ports, it is going to be very fusing, indeed
 This loose feature will have to be worked out, and should serve to warn legislators committed to raming through an administration program that their zeal for pleasing their boss shouldn't let them make careless mistakes that going to need revision later.
 It is fine thing to have lots of money handy to spend here and there, and the many bills slide through assuring more and more funds let the lawmakers remember there is bottom to the well of plenty, and that they should view with great de- liberation measures which will call for the spend ing of this new-found wealth.
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Dakota Renu6i:can, sssed whether Branhan favored support prices kept as high as 100 per cent Of parity, such as demanded by the Farmers Union.
 Tt is desirable" replied the Sec retary of Agriculture, but looking at the other aspects of the price support program, don't believe It is at all possible
 He pointed out that the Agri- culture Department not only could not stretch it's money that far, but that 100 per cent of parity would encourage even more over- planting. Result would be an over supply of commodities supported by the Government and scarcity Of commodities not under the price support program.
 Tn the end, it would be the housewives who would pay the bill, cautioned the Secretary of Agri- culture. Abundant commodities would cost more because of the high prices paid by the Government to farmers, while scarce goods would also cost more because there wouldn't be enough to go around.
 "The American people, Grammar shook his head, will not stand fo. ax+rorao ooctcv
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MODERN ETIQUETTE g RoRrprA LEE

O. If girl has refused a propriety give the dance to another
 A rudness both the first and to her hostess Neither girl popular when guilty such practices.
 meeting parting public places?
 Mo- this and considered mark of lbreedng e. Should with a the bill guests?
 A. No; if discussion necessary, step aside.
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LOOK and LEARN sy ay c. GORDON

l. S 3. him do have today? What States from the Indian dark and
  it? connecting the mouth and the stomach? 5. What is the reproductive
 ANSWERS Nile, Egypt. 3. Janus; the month of January 8 Kentucky
  5. The
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ment would rather help farm CO., ops build storage, he said.
 The Secretary of Agriculture also dropped this significant hint to the closed-doo- Senatorial meet ing:
 This years crop will not be
 used as a basis fer figuring fu-
 ture acreage allotments under
 crop controls.
 Many farmers arc planting heav- fly in order to increase their acre. age allotments, Grammar explained just in case crop controls are or dered. But expanded production won't do them any good, because this years crop won't be taken as the yardstick.
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BRANNAN SAYS NO

Secretary Brannan didn't think much of Senator Thomas sugges- tion. He wants Congress to remove the GOP-imposed restriction lim- iting the storage space which the Government can lease, but he did not want the Government to go into the business of buying or constructing elevators and ware houses. The Agriculture Depart
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20 YEARS AGO {yGm 4 z F. rup1pr
JANUARY 29, 1929

There two of smallpox reported DeVghne Kenneth kbrough and F. Smith Both isolation at the Kimbrough
 pamphlet entitled "Pulp-time written Frank Hentzan Department Horticulture.
 Brice Howard Mrs and passengers Queen
 Over 300 people party given by the Eastern in the new Scottish Rite Temple given in Juneau there being sion Prize-winnes Mrs H. Harold smith A. Laurie, George Kohlhepp After the dance natey danced and Nordlng Fargher J. W. Lev and Lester
 
 Mrs James Martin of Association Others elected Willis Aaron Wilson, James M. Davis.
 Weather: 30; 30 clear.
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BACHELOR SAM RAYBURN

Friends are kidding Speaker Sam Rayburn about how he is going to spend his new S10,000 salary in- crease, with $10,000 extra for ex- penses.
 Whenever I go to dinner with you, Sam" chided delightful Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer, you always have the food sent from Pierre's Restaurant across the street to your apartment. And by the time it gets across the street and the snow is wiped off, it's stone cold. With this new expense account, I'm ex- pecting you to take me out to dinner"
 Sam, however, is not expected to change much. He wouldn't be Sam Rayburn if he did.
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CITRUS FRUIT

Florida's Senator Spessard Hol- land raised the question of price supports for tree crops-such as Florida's citrus fruits, tung oil and oceans. He cited a letter from Ralph Trigg, head Of Pro- duction and marketing, reporting that the Agriculture Department contemplated no supports for tree crops.
 Grammar replied that these com modities are indirectly supported by heavy Government purchases for school lunches and the Europ- can Recovery Program.
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Gelatin, of which more than la million pounds are used annually as desserts, is also used in photography and in msdicine-to make capsules to bind pills.
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MASONIC NOTICE

Special meeting Mt Juneau Ledge 7:30 p. m. Monday. Work in F. c. degree.
 (C5 2N Glenn A. Abraham, VIM
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CREATIVE WRITERS MEET

The Creative Writers will meet Monday evening at 7:3O o'clock at the home of Mrs. Ed Sweeney, SIT North Franklin Street.
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LODGE BILL FOR WORKERS

A little-noticed bill affecting sev- eral million workers and several thousand factories has just been introduced by Senator Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts Republican,. It would require firms that do busi- ness with the Government to hire their employees by the year.
 The company that has the secur- ity of Government contract, ar- gues Lodge, should pass that se- curity on to it's employees.
 The employee who receives this assurance then knows where he stands" explains the Senator from Massachusetts. He can make commitments for the education of his children, for necessary dental or medical work, for payments on his house and for the other things which raise his standard of liv- ing.
 Unless he receives a guarantee that his wages would be paid for a year, he cannot make these eom- mitments. Although he might by the end of the year have earned as much money, the fact that he had no assurance of it would have required him to live virtually a hand-to- mouth existence"
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Flexible Fiier SIeus at Madsen's. 1pen noon until 6. 79 If
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"The taxpayer should be given breathing spell asserts Congressman Indeed, yes Is there a pull motor in the house?
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14

MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. SECOND and FOURTH
 Monday of each month fA in Scottish Rite Temple E~sN beginning at 7.30 D. m. $g>W : N GLENN o. ABRAHAM, wv Worshipful Master; " JAMES w. LEVERS, Secretary.
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The Washington keYry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON

Continued from Page One,
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pamphlet entitled Puptimer Resources Alaska by Frank Henteman by Department
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Brice Howard, Mrs Howard and their children Brce ey Jane, passengers aboard the Queen from Seattle
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Police Ordered to Crack Down
On Sunday Street Vendors

A city-wide breakdown on street
vendors who ply their trade on
Sundays in violation Of police reg
ulations was ordered today by In
spector Floyd A. Truscott. assist
ant superintendent of police.
In an order to all precinct COM
manders. Inspector Truscott said
the department has noticed that
vendors of ice cream, balloons and
other wares are on the streets on
Sundays.
Police regulations prohibit such
selling anywhere in the city be-
tween 10 pm. and Z am. and on
Sundays.
Today's order said the violations
of the regulations are not only a
source of annoyance to residents
of the city, inasmuch as various
Evening star., 1949-06-08

devices are used to attract atten-
ton. but also create q hazard in
that children dart across the street
through heavy Sunday traffic 10
make purchases"
Inspector Truscott ordered
proper police action" to remedy
the situation whenever violations
are observed.
He explained to reporters that
policemen have been very leni-
ent' in enforcing the regulations.
but that increasing instances OF
violations have been noted re-
Gently.
Street selling of ice cream in
residential neighborhoodS and near
Fairgrounds has become increas-
ingly prevalent recently.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Southwest Library TO Hold
Sidewalk Fair Tomorrow

The fourth Sidewalk Fair spon.
sored by the Southwest branch OF
the Public Library will be held from
noon to 8 pm. tomorrow at
Seventh and I streets S.W.
There will be demonstrations
and exhibits of the services of 26
agencies which are cooperating
with the library in sponsoring the
show, including a special display
by the American Cancer Society.
At 7:30 pm. at the covered
wagon exhibit, speeches will be
given by Jarvis M. Morse. educa-
ton director of the Treasury Saw
ings Bonds Division; Ralph l.
Thompson, Public Library assist
ant librarian; Jesse o. Thomas OF
the National American Red Cross
and Carl F. Hansen, associate
superintendent of school. Music
and songs of the covered wagon
period will also be presented.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
State Insurance Enough
For Cabbies DRIVING Here

The Public Utilities Commits
sion today amended its regula-
tions so taxicabs licensed In other
Jurisdictions will no longer be re-
quired to carry District insurance.
The change in regulations VIII
save about $50 q year for hack
ers who may have been carrying
insurance both here and in their
home State.
PUG members said they know
Maryland and Virginia taxicab
drivers are required 10 carry liza
biiity insurance and said they
considered Ii an undue burden TO
require hackers to carry insurance
In two Jurisdictions.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
North Cleveland Park Unit
Confirms Segregation Stand

The North Cleveland Park Citi-
zens' Association last night re-
iterated its stand in favor of
segregation In the Districts public
Fairgrounds.
In adopting the motion. the
group recommended that letters
stating it's opposition to nom
segregation be sent to Congress,
the Commissioners and other
Government officials.
| Charles Foltz. jr., chairman of
the japanese Beetle Committee
read a report on the groups cam
paign to rid the area Of the
beetles.
John B. Dickman. president
and Mr.. Foltz presided over the
meeting. which was held in the
Hearst School. Thirty seventh and
Upton streets NV. 1t was the
associations last meeting until
next fall.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Symphony Orchestra Fund
Reaches $40, 900 Goal

The National Symphony Or
oheatfas 1925 so sustaining fund
has reached It's goal Of siso ofn.
officials announced to-day
Begun In February the fund
drive took four months isaa than
half the time required in lsat
years drive. although tbr goa
was s25 900 higher.
Underwriting Of ti1r Water 8mss
concerts by a single basksr Prank
X Jeiiesf. vas . major factor In
the success Of tlse drive. sym
phony President Raymond r Cor
said The summer concerts wtii
start july 3
In addition. abou. 1000 more
contributions weTs received this
year. bringing the total Of sym
pssony supporters 10 nofe thar
1000. More business concern
xere among the donors. Nj Cox
kasd.
Campaign leadsTs xers Etnt1-
son Meyers. chairman. and Ats.
Theodore DoEnInlek ard Mrs.
Hans A. Klas s1T1Inns vsor chat.
man.
With reference 10 The campo 39a.
MT. Cox cofnmrG1led
The National Syrnptars1y AAsss-
claiion ard tlar city cau1sot h~
loo grateful 10 tls@ *olantt*F
workers for this annual sToTf std
TO the more than s.0oa ~.fse cor
tFspute.d.
The goal sAs tlas laTEsHt IN tise
cyrclsesiyaa history
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Funeral Of Mrs. Lanahan,
Widow OF Fireman, Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Jane
Ward Lanahan. II. lifelong resi-
dent of Washington. were held
this morning in st. Aloysius
Catholic Church, followed by
burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery
Mrs. Lanahan died Sunday on her
48th wedding anniversary.
She was the widow Of Cornelius
B. Lanahan. retired District fire.
man, who served with the Fire
Marshars ONCE. He died seven
months ago.
The daughter Of the late VIII
liam N. and Mary @. Ward, Mrs.
Lanahan lived for many years
at 507 K street NE. before moving
to her late address. She was
member Of the Sodality Of St.
Aloysius Catholic Church. the
Royal Neighbors and st. Anthony 5
L..rish
Surviving are three daughters.
Mrs. John J. Walsh. Thirteenth
and Webster streets NV. and the
Misses Katherine L. and Loretta
c. Lanahan. both Of 450s Seven
teenth street NE: a son. Daniel
r. Lanahan. 124 Thirteenth street
Sc. and two grandchildren
Another son. John J. Lanahan.
died five years ago.
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NV, executive vice president
and secretary of the American
Drug Manufacturers Association,
and William Montgomery. $500
Nebraska avenue NV, president
Of the Acacia Mutual Life In
surance Co.
DR.. Frailey received the Doctor
of Pharmacy degree from the
University of Maryland in 1908
and the honorary degree Of Doc
tor of Science there in 1916. He
is a member of the Board OF
Trustees of Southeastern Univer-
sity and president Of the Board
of Directors of the YMCA.
Mr.. Montgomery. born and
educated in North Ireland and in
the schools of the Washington
YMCA, has been directing head
of the Acacia Mutual Life In
surance Co. for more than
IS years.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Harry Mitchell to Get
Worker League Aword

Harry l. Mitchell. presideu, oi
the National Farm Labor Union
AFL,. viii receive the annual
Workers Defense League Glen
denim Award today for his dis
tinugished service in the fight fog
workers rights"
The award is to be presented
by Max Delson. national counsel
of the Workers Defense League
at a reception at the Institute OF
Contemporary Art. 1922 New YORK
avenue NV. Senator Douglas
Democrat. OF Illinois. and Repre-
sentative Helen Gahagan Doug
las. Democrat. OF California and
various union ofictais are 70 at
tend the ceremony.
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Jurors Illness Halls
Judge Carrots Suit
For Injury 10 Wife

Trial OF Judge Finis J. Garrett q
5000 900 damage suit against Doc
tors Hospital and a physician was
suspended today because OF q
jurors illness.
II will resume at 10 m tomor-
row in District Judge r Alan
Goldsborough's : courtroom II Is
expected the sick Juror will be able
70 return then.
Judge CARROTS wife. Elizabeth
SO, joins her husband In the suit
in which they claim the hospital
was negligently responsible for a
fall in which Mrs Garrett broke
her hip.
Mrs. Garrett, who testified from
a stretcher last Monday. wai
wheeled into court again today 10
testify further. She viii return
tomorrow. her attorneys said
The Carrots charge negligence
Robert H 0roh. q psychoneuroio.
giSt, Of 2025 r street NV Mrs
CARROTS right hip was broker
IN a fall while under electric
shock treatment for q mental con.
ditIon In March. le47.
Infection subsequently set in
as a result OF which the Judge
wife has become permanently
crippled. her attorney has argued
In his testimony yesterday
Judge Garrett said that when hs
visited his wife the day of her in.
jury. no one al the hospital woulc
tell him what the injury vas ol
how IL came about. Efforts of hi
lawyer. Austin r. Garfield. u
bring out the .lirisi y list Of med.
cal expenaex he incurred weft
stopped by Defense Counsel John
II. Burnett.
The Carrots live al 5sSf
Springiand lane NV.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Man Held for Jury
In Theft Of PAINTINGS

A suspect in the theft of six
paintings whose value now is esti-
mated at $4,000 from the Wash
ington home of Sumner Welles
was held for the grand jury today
charged with HOUSEKEEPING. The
paintings, originally reported by
police to be worth only $50. were
recovered.
Rico D. Tancous. %, was placed
under $500 bond after waving q
Municipal Court hearing before
Judge Armand w. Scott. His at
torney, Basil Mezines, entered q
plea of not guilty.
According to Mr.. Mezines, his
client was an innocent party to a
scheme prepared by a second man
known only to him as Johnny
The lawyer said Tancous came to
Washington from Cincinnati re-
Gently to register with the George
town University Foreign Service
School. Last Friday, he said, Tan
cous met johnny who asked him
to accompany him to the Welles
home at 2121 Massachusetts, ave.
nue. NV. ''to pick up some per-
Sonal belongings.
Mr.. Mezines added that TancouS
helped carry the pictures to his
own house in the 1900 block OF
Sixteenth street NV. He said
Tancous waited until yesterday
for Johnny" to return to pick W
the pictures and then decided he'd
better go back to the Welles home
to make further inquiries. He was
arrested at the door of the house
Police reported that all the
paintings were recovered in the
defendants rooms.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Soldier Fatally Injured
In Camp Hill Exercises

T1e Army la investigating -
death last rlRiaI Of . soldier sssssr
chest was crushed By = falling EsTs
d1ftng ss1afses2sers III cassp A r.
hill. Va
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Bsrrnangtzakn Ala ased NJ Wa4tfr
Resss Hospital He was Stationed
nj Furr Meade With tls~ - casaaTF
Regiment
An Array reSogt sasd Bs was Faa
Ina III . tank retriever wfahen sas
attempting 10 sxsreats o tan1
during naAEseasefs TIE sstals %
apparently Gaa2ossFe6 . large isT
iylng on an RrsKis ezn tale EEcstfsf
ard u fsIl ca PIT. TonpEasss. itas
Army sNld-