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Evening star., 1949-03-14

NOT ONE SINGLE CASE OF
THROAT IRRITATION due to smoking CAmElS

.Ma'sey-&ac@ 9ssn'n''~s!
Try Camels and test them as you smoke
them. If, at any time, you are not con-
vinced that Camels are the mildest
cigarette you've ever smoked, return the
package with the unused Camels and
we will refund its full purchase price,
plus postage. (Sisned) r. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem. NC
Evening star., 1949-03-14
by fha Assoeiafad Prass

DOWNEY, Calf, Mar. IA
Flights to and from planets will
come "as sure as the Amen in
church." says the man who per-
fected the Nazi's dreaded W. buzz
bomb.
DR.. Walter Riedel. chief de-
signer and director at Germany's
fabulous Peenemuenae rocket
plant in Pomerania, Is in this
country helping the Air Force
build even deadlier missiles at
North American Aviation Co.
In an interview yesterday, he
said:
Space will be conquered in
definite stages. First. in five to
10 years, there will be created a
satellite that will whirl endlessly
around the earth.
Evening star., 1949-03-14
LEGION Post Services Set

The Washington Gas. Light Co.
Post No. A, American Legion, will
hold memorial services marking
its tenth anniversary at 8 pm.
Wednesday in Stansbury Hall,
Georgia and Missouri avenues
INV. Ceremonies will include in
stallation of Albert L. Loring as
post commander.
Evening star., 1949-03-14
SpeeiaI Note TO
Washington Cd. c.)
C1oeerS . i. :.

croeers -.
A HORNED salesman will be In town few
days from now to tell you how to stage
HORNED Day in your store. If by chance
he should not call on you, send postcard
Geo. A. HORNED 81 Co., 105 National
Marine Bank Bldg, Baltimore 2, Md.
-cEo. A. HORNED & CO., Austin, Minnesota
Evening star., 1949-03-14
LET ECA Aid u. ). Too,
Committee Urges
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BY the Associated Press
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee today called on the
Economic Cooperation Admins
tration to use its vast purchasing
power to support the American
economy whenever it can without
injury to Europe's recovery.
A report to the Senate on the
s5, $50, 100000 European Recovery
Program said:
THE committee wishes to go on
record" as having agreed unani-
mously that the administrator
paul G. Hoffman, should give
sympathetic consideration and at
Evening star., 1949-03-14

Let YOUR own "T- Zone" IT for taste,
T for throat) be your proving
ground for Camel flavor and Camel
mildness. See if your taste doesn't
prefer the rich, full flavor of CamePs
choice tobaccos. See how much your
throat welcomes Camel's cool, cool
mildness.
Evening star., 1949-03-14

Q How mild can a cigarette be?
Make the Camel 30.day Test -.
and you'll knoW!
Yes, join the smokers who've tried
who've compared and who
know it's Cansels for Mildness!
Make your own test! Smoke Camek,
and only Camels, for 80 days!
Evening star., 1949-03-14

An American farm equipment
firm is enlarging its plant at
Saltillo, Mexico, to add new
machinery items not now pro-
duced there.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-11-28

on Wednesday, December IA, the
Viking Folk Dance club will pre-
sent an evening of entertainment.
CHI urc h choirs representing
nearly all of Billiards. Is churches
will participate in torchlight pa
rade Friday night, December 16.
The parade will include hundreds
of persons, including many Scan
dinavians, who will sing carols and
songs in native and foreign ton
CUES and carry flashlights, repre-
senting candles. The parade will
start at oath and Market Streets
and proceed to Goth, and seth
where participants will congregate
and lead in community singing.
Another feature of the festival
will be the playing of recorded
Scandinavian music daily through
public address systems in the Bal
lard business district. A prize will
also be awarded for the best dec
GRATED house and yard in Ballard.
Large crowds are expected at
the opening of the festival Friday
and at subsequent events.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-11-28
Swedish Gold Rush Pictures That
Caused Riots Published In Book

Almost cOincident with the ex-
element about gold on the Yukon
River recently is the announce
ment of a new book on the first
gold rush to the nOrthland.
The book is a compilation of
! gold rush pictures and is the work
of an Olympia woman, Ethel And
erson Becker. Mrs. Becker is the
wife of C. E. Becker, principal of
Washington School in Olympia.
The book is titled Hegg's Album
of the Gold Rush to the Klondyke
and contains a rare collection of
Klondyke gold rush pictures taken
by Eric Hegg. Mr.. Hegg was one
of the most famous, if not the
most famous photographer, of the
gold rush days in Alaska and the
Yukon. His pictures have been ex-
tensively reproduced and widely
shown, but they have never before
been gathered into one volume
and edited.
When his gold rush pictures
were displayed in 1898 on New
YOrk's Fifth Avenue, there were
near riots and traffic was blocked
on the famous street as the gold
fever hit men and women alike.
Mrs. Becker Is SOurdOugh
Mrs. Becker, appropr e y
enough, is herself a sourdough.
She thus seems qualified to judge
the quality of the pictures taken
by Mr.. Hegg in the land of gold.
AS a child of four years, Mrs.
Becker made the arduous trip "in-
side"-as sourdoughs say-wi h
her mother and two brothers. This
meant going over rugged Chilkoot
Pass, where so many gold-seekers
persisted. Her father, P. B. Ander-
son, had preceded the family and
found plenty of demand for his
services as a woodsman. He hauled
timbers for mine shafts, cabins,
stores and so forth. He made the
acquaintance of Eric Hegg and
built a boat for him on Lake Ben
nett. The Andersons spent four
years in the rugged northern land.
AS for Mr.. Hegg, he spent
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-11-28
TickIed Lucia

Continued from Page u
most any girl in the Northwest
this fall
Worries About Hair
Her only worry arises from the
fact that she is concerned about
not having light hair, which is al
most an earmark of the Lucia
Bride of the old country. But the
contest rules did not say any con-
testant had to have light hair and
on the basis of her physical ana
mental attributes, she surely has
nothing to worry about.
I'm very thankful for having
met all the participants in the con-
test and the festival and I sincere
ly hope the Ballard Scandinavian
Christmas Festival will be big
success again this year."
Friday, December 2, Lucia
leaves for New York, after OPEN
ing the festival, and from thereon
she will enter a new exciting phase
of her life. Good Luck, Lorraine!
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-11-28

twenty years in the Klondyke,
travelling extensively while making
his famous photographs. He oper-
ated studios in various town in
the Klondyke and Alaska. Some
how, his pictures were never put
into any semblance of order, until
Mrs. Becker set herself to the
task.
Il wanted to make sure that
these excellent and historic pic
lures were preserved for reference
work" Mrs. Becker explained. She
says she is the only person with
written permission to compile and
publish these pictures.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-11-28
Folkddncers'
Nordic Trip
Is Publicized
Continued from Page u

about six couples during the
Scandinavian tour, has prepared
a prospectus outlining the char
acter, activities and aims of the
folk dance club with long list of
names of prominent persons in the
the club and its project. Copies
have been sent to large number
of individuals, lodges and societies.
The group has received further
assurances from DR.. Bertil krOck
of the Swed:sh Cultural Society
that the latter will arrange the
demonstration tour in Sweden.
Many Engagements
The Scandal Folkdancers, led by
the clubs founder, Gordon Ekvall
Tracie, gave a demonstration of
folk dances at a smorgasbord af-
fair sponsored by the Norwegian
Nordmannaforbu in the Seat
tie IOGT Hall last Sunday. Tues
day, November 20, the club was
the featured attraction at the
meeting of the Swedish Cultural
Society in Seattle at the Swedish
Club.
Club members, who have been
booked for seven different engage
.ments during the past month, will
present a demonstration of Scan
dinavian folk dances during inter-
mission at big ball sponsored by
the Seattle Day Nursery Friday,
December 2. in the Spanish Ball
Room of the Olympic Hotel, Sc
attic.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-11-28
United States Pays
Finnish War Claims

The United States has paid Fin
land S5,574,739.27 to settle claims
arising from the wartime requisi-
tioning of Is Finnish ships then in
American ports.
Congress approved the payment
just before adjourning. 1t was
told Finland is the only nation
still repaying World War I debts
and would continue to do so.
The Finnish ships were taken
over in U. S. ports in 1941 and
1912. Shipowners filed suit for
compensation in the u. S. Court of
Claims, but the suits were dis
missed.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-11-28
Smoirgasbords Now
Part Of BILLIARDS.
Christmas Festival

One of the big attractions in
last years Ballard Christmas Fes-
tival was the six SmOrgasbOrds
sponsored by the Breidablik
Lodge, Daughters of Norway.
The good citizens of Ballard and
surrounding territories were
standing in line, anxious to reach
the tables in time to get their
share of the many delicacies. More
than three thousand people were
served Smorgasbord during the
festival and every one of them
seemed to be satisfied.
It was therefore only natural
that the Breidablik ladies' were
asked to take charge again this
year and provide for as many
Smorgasbord as possible.
One drawback in Ballard is the
question of getting a suitable hall
for such an undertaking. So far
Smorgasbord dates are set for
opening night, December 2. $50
8 p. M, in IOOF Hall, 18th and
Market ST. The second and third
will be held Dec. 9th and 10th
same place and time of evening.
General chairman of the COM
mittee of Smorgasgord is Mrs.
Sina Finnestad (last years chair
NAM and assisting her as chair
man of special groups are Mes
DANES Clara Wick, Lisken Larsen,
Onne Stoke. Josephine Melley,
Tommy Olsen. Helen Hansen. Jen-
ME Woog, Gunhild Larsen. Annie
Hammer. Margit Reines, Anne
Stoke, Olga Sigurdson. Olga Es-
] tad and Gunvor Bjerkeseth.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-11-28
Scandinavian Christmas Festival

Continued from Page u
to each submitted article put on
display.
Those who wish to participate
in street dancing are urged to
register with Mrs Arnold Friborg,
call HEmlock 4355.
Huge Singing Torchlight Parade
Street dancing will continue
from 4 until p. M, Monday and
Tuesday, December ~ and 10, and
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-11-28

"BishOp Jon JarasOn" Has Pre-
miere at the Royal Theatre, CO.
penhagen-The Royal Theatre pre-
scented on Nov. 6 the Icelandic
author Tryggvi Sveinbjornsson's
new play. Torkild Roose had the
main role as the Icelandic Bish-
Cd Jarason.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-11-28

Golden Laurels Booksellers
Club in Copenhagen has instituted
new decoration-a Golden Laur-
els emblem. The first recipient
was the Danish poet Martin A.
Hansen
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25
Leipsic

Mr.. and Mrs. William Short of
Smyrna visited Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
lard Tigner on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Pepper
have returned home from their
trip.
Miss Jean Cooper of Lincoln, Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. william Thomas
and family on Sunday.
Mr.. Reedy Thomas and family
of Philadelphia are spending a
week in Mrs. Mollie Wertz's house.
Miss Becky Tigner spent the
weekend with her aunt, Mrs. Mollie
Biddle of Middletown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Burrows
and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Killen
spent Saturday at Mahon's on a
fishing trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Pardee of
near Dover visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Marshall on Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Ida Kirk of Chesapeake
City visited Mr.. and Mrs. John
Tigner of near town for a few days
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Thomas
spent the weekend in their summer
home.
Mrs. Ray Wilson and children of
Baltimore spent the week with Mr..
and Mrs. James Pugh. On Sunday
Mr.. Wilson joined them and they
returned home with him.
Mrs. James Lafferty of Wyom-
ing and Mr.. Lee Lafferty of Har-
risburg were callers in town on
Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mofitt has re-
turned home from the hospital and
is much improved in health.
Miss Janet Carey is visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. Black, of Phil
adelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Disch spent
Thursday at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carey called
on Mrs. Mary Willis and Mr.. and
Mrs. Morton Melvin of Wyoming
on Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25
BIackbird

Mr.. Riley Anderson spent from
Friday to Tuesday in New York.
Mrs. w. F. Anderson and Riley
spent part of last week at Reho-
both.
Mrs. Ada Riehm and Mrs. w. G.
Roosevelt were Middletown visitors
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noel Urquhart and
daughter, of Merchantville, N. j.,
visited Mrs. Victor Kohl over the
weekend.
Mr.. G. Fred Heinold has return
ed from West Virginia where he
visited his mother at Joseph Mills.
Mrs. Robert Guessford returned
from the Kent General Hospital on
Thursday, where she had been a
patient for several days.
Mr.. Martin Mofitt was a Will
mington visitor on Monday.
The Woman's Society of Scott
M. E. Church will meet with Mrs.
Clifford Pryor on Wednesday, Aug
ust 81 for covered dish luncheon
at IL o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25
Smyrna Landing

Mr.. Jake Brown, who has been
i'll for the last two months in the
Marine Hospital in Baltimore, has
been discharged and is now at his
home in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Ford of
Dover, Mrs. Isaac Warner and
children, Margaret and Doris, of
New Castle, Miss Virginia McClain
of Taylor's Bridge, and Mrs. Walk
er Warner of Fleming's Landing
were Sunday visitors of Mrs. w. e.
Wrench.
MIR. and Mrs. Ralph Boyles of
Smyrna spent visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. Emma Davis Sunday. !
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold JacksonS6f
Middletown were Sunday visitors
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. F.
jackson.
Mrs. Charles Brown and children
Russell, Donald, and Beverly of
Taylor's Bridge were Monday Wis
itors of Mrs. w. e. Wrench.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Wilton and
grandson, and Mrs. Florence Ken
ton of Magnolia were visitors on
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
Smith. Mrs. Smith served birth
day dinner for Mrs. Wilton, Mrs.
Kenton and Mr.. Smith whose
birthdays all come in August.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25
Clayton

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stewart of
Clayton have had as their guests
Mrs. Muriel Stewart. of Washing
ton, d. c.
Mrs. Ray Williams of near Clay
ton and Mrs. Robert Robinson OF
Arden, spent several days at the
Cochran cottage in Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turk Orvis and son
and Miss C. Bennett of Clayton
spent Sunday in Rehoboth and Wis
iting at Camp Barnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Attix of
Clayton have as their guests Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Ivy, of Augusta, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Short
at Camp Barnes had as their week
end guests Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Ford.
MIR. and Mrs. James Stewart of
Clayton are vacationing at Clifton
Forge, Va.
MIR. Richard Comegys has been
the guest of Master Hal Bodley
and parents at Bethany Beach.
On Friday, Masters Richard
Comegys, Hal Bodley, Jack Gra-
ham and Billy Doughten visited
their scoutmaster, William Short,
at Camp Barnes. Bill and Phil
Denney also being at Camp made
1t seem like a special meeting of
Troop 135.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Robinson
and children of Arden are spending
the week with Mr.. Harvey S. Far
row, Delaney Road.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25
TaylOr's Bridge

MIR. and Mrs. John Conner of
Baltimore spent the weekend with
Mrs. George Woodkeeper and Mr..
and MRS. Lee w. David.
Miss Marian Deakyne of New
York City is spending her vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Deakyne.
Mrs. Jennie e. Bell has been a
recent visitor with friends in VIII
mington.
MIR. and Mrs. John d. Steller, and
Mrs. William Daniels are spending
a week with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Bierman in Boston, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 2. Dukes,
Miss Blanche Kemp and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee w. David spent Thursday
at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bradley are
visiting relatives in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Deakyne
entertained on Sunday Mr.. Oliver
Deakyne and son, Rev. John B.
Deakyne, and Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Deakyne of Rutledge, Pa, MIR.
and Mrs. Aubrey Deakyne and
daughter, of Silview, Miss Mildred
Deakyne of Wilmington and Mr.
Robert Deakyne.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Steller spent
Monday with his aunt, Miss Minnie
Spitsinagel, in Bridgeton, N. j
Misses Marie, Gertrude, and Jear
Steller who have been spending
two weeks in Bridgeton, returned
home with their parents.
Miss Patsy Weis and Miss Betty
Hess are spending two weeks with
Mrs. Carrie Falls in Picture Rock
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Davidson
and family of Wilmington were
Sunday visitors with Mr.. and Mrs
J. e. Latta.
Mrs. George Woodkeeper spent
Thursday with Mrs. William Fort
ner in Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25
MarydeI

Mrs. Amanda Schwartz of STRAIT
ford, Conn.,, is visiting her mother
Mrs. Mary Autsch and her uncle
Father Berg, for the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Won Nieds
and son Richard, of Reading, Pa.
are house guests of Mr.. and Mrs
L. H. Collision for the week.
Mrs. John Powell and Mrs. Mar
garet Elliott of Wilmington, are
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Stafford.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25


Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Stewart and
daughters, Dorothy and Mildred
We're guests of his parents over the
weekend.
Miss Mary Hoffman,, of Ridge
wood, N. Y, and Miss Irene Murer,
of Maspeth, N. Y, are spending
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Oxley, Sr., who just returned
from a weeks visit in New York
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Butts,
Mrs. Mary Smith, Miss Margaret
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Smith
and son Harry, Mrs. Laura Glass,
Mr.. Charles Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth
Ruff, and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Phillips were among the 64 men,
bers of the Smith family to attend
a family reunion at Crystal Beach
Manor, Md, on Sunday, August 21.
Mrs. Herbert Butts was elected the
new president of the organization
for the ensuing year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard B. Logan
over the weekend visited with their
daughter and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Burkins at Carney's Point,
New Jersey.
The Mary-Del Fire Company
will hold its annual carnival on the
lawn of the Marydel Community
Hall beginning Thursday evening,
August 1 and lasting until Monday,
August 5. On Thursday evening,
at 8 o'clock, the main feature will
be an animal show; on Friday
evening there will be a parade, be-
ginning at 8 p.m.; on Saturday a
stage show will be presented; on
Monday prizes will be awarded.
Each evening during the carnival
ground prizes will be given away.
There will be exciting ride events
for the kiddies. Among the booths
arranged for the interest of visitors
will be the homemade pie and
cake booth in charge of the Mary
del Ladies Auxiliary; the bingo
booth, blanket, cigarette, grocery,
dart, teddy bear, soft drinks and
hot dog booths. In fact, there will
be entertaining moments for every
one present. Come out and enjoy
the fun and frolic. Mr.. Clarence
Phillips and his committee are
planning to have Marydel carnival
go over the top in big way, but
they need you and you and you to
put it across.
Funeral services for Mr.. Floyd
Joseph, who died at the Milford
Hospital on Saturday, August 13,
were held from the Carey Funeral
Parlors at Milford, on Wednesday,
August IL at 2 pm. Mr.. Joseph
was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Joseph of Milford. He has one sis
ter, Mrs. Armenia Wilson of Mil
ford, surviving him. For the past
three and one-half years he was
l.
employed by Mr.. Chris Nelson of
Marydel, where he made his home.
Mrs. Charlotte Meyer, wife of
Julius Meyer of Marydel, who died
on Friday evening, August 10 after
an illness of two years, was buried
in the Thomas Chapel Cemetery
following funeral services held at
the Rawlings Funeral Parlors on
Tuesday, August % at pm, with |
services in charge of Rev. c. III.
Atkins.
Mrs. Meyer, who was born in OBJ
erstein, Germany in 1875, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Karl |
Schmidt, is survived by her hus-
band, Julius Meyer, Sr., and seven
children, eight grandchildren, and
three great grandchildren. Her
daughters are Mrs. Charlotte Ruhl,
Marydel; Mrs. Margaret Quinten,
Dover; Mrs. Emma Gaderkund,
MT. Vernon, N. Y; Mrs. Elizabeth
Schorake, Camden. Her sons are
Otto, Marydel; George, Dover; and
julius, Jr., Ado, U.S.N., Wash
inqton ID C.
Evening star., 1949-03-02

An alkaline powder, soothes
and cools gums made sore
bv excessive acid mouth.
Helps you eat and talk with
more comfort and conf
dence.
Evening star., 1949-01-16
District Soon May Microfi|m
And Hide Vital Documents

Documents vital to the District
government may be micro1lmed
soon and hidden away where they
would be safe in any kind of disaster,
Commissioner Guy Mason revealed
last night.
At the same time, Commissioner
Mason disclosed that one of En-
gineer Commissioner Gordon r.
Young'S assistants has completed
a preliminary report on the Hopley
civilian defense recommendations
for use in event that the President
and Congress call upon Washington
to organize for defense.
Gen Young plans to diagram a
civilian defense organization which
could be put into operation here
on a moments notice The Com
mlssioners feel, Mr. Mason said,
thai greater use should be made OF
ofnc Als in their own specialties in
ssGk of another war emergency
thar vas done in World War II when
etYiitans outside the city government
held most of the top positions.
The records which would be
microfilmed, Mr.. Mason said, in
clude charts giving the location and
other information about water
pipes, sewer facilities and public
utility lines. Such documents could
not be replaced if destroyed.
Shortly after World War II began
Auditor A. r. Kilkerton was
named chairman Of a committeeeto
handle microfilming of some doe.l-
Evening star., 1949-01-16
New CHI Policy Aids
Persons Over IS Who
Lose Jobs or Retire

Persons over IS years of age may
retain the benefits of Group Hos
pitalization. Inc. policies ever
though they retire or lose theil
jobs, under a new policy announced
by the organization yesterday.
Formerly, policies were automat-
ically dropped when persons Of this
age left employe groups from which
they had protection under the plan
The policy will not be retroactive
to include those already dropped
but goes into effect Immediately
Officials were not able to estimate
the number of participants whose
policies were dropped because OF
the regulations.
Announcing the new policy, 10.
seph H. Hines, CHI president, de-
clared:
I'VE have always realized that
the need for hospital care usually
increases in later life and we have
wanted to protect subscribers
against the financial burdens aris-
ing from illness and disability with
out regard for their age.
But we also realized that before
we could protect subscribers during
their advanced years, it was es-
sential that CHI be able to assume
the substantial additional response
bility which will inevitably follow
this action without jeopardizing in
any way the protection of other
subscribers. We are convinced this
now can be done"
Evening star., 1949-01-16

ments and destruction OF other anc
obsolete papers. This committee in
cluded Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Chester H. Gray, Budget Officer
Walter L. Bowler and a District
Public Library representative.
Mr.. Pilkerton said last night
however, that microfilming of i'm.
portant papers was halted when II
became apparent World War II was
won. The work of destroying obso-
lete and space-waSting documents
still goes on.
During World War II, Mr.. Pilker.
ton said, the microfilm bearing vita
water and utility data was stored ir
the National Archives, Seventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, where it still is.
The Districts underground net
work of water, sewer and utilit!
lines, however, has changed great!
in the years since the Axis was de
feated, Mr.. Mason said.
A great deal of additional micro
filming would have to be done tt
bring the hidden files up to date
Mr.. Mason said Mr.. Pilkerton prob
ably would be asked soon to de.
termine whether it would be cheaper
to have the microfilming done by ar
outside agency on a contract basi!
or by the Government itself.
The work was done in World Wal
II with Federal equipment at q cost
of about 5000.