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Evening star., 1949-12-04
ARMY Tester Avoids D. C.. Colds
By Spendinq Winter in Alaska

derstand the hazards and know
how to meet them" Mr.. Slauta
said. "You must learn how to util-
ize what you have and how to OBJ
tain the maximum efficiency from
your clothing and equipment be-
fore you venture into the Arctic
weather.
"Our boys are learning very well
how to live up there"
Award Privately Financed.
The award, which is financed
privately by the civilian directors,
was instituted a year ago as q
means of recognition for out
standing work by the research and
development branch personnel.
Presented by DR.. A. Stuart Hun.
ter, the branch's technical Sxlirec-
tor, it cited Mr.. Slauta for his "ss1-
perior knowledge" and "keen per-
ception of climatic and environ
mental influences on Quartermas-
ter Corps supplies" and added
that adjustments were thus made
possible "to reflect the true needs
| of military troops under adverse
conditions.
Mr.. Slauta, World War II vet
eran, first came to the Quarter
master Corps on assignment from
the wartime Office of Strategic
Services and served at AnZio, in
Italy. He is married and has one
child.
One of Mr.. Slauta'S hobbies Is
swimming but he doesn't recon-
mend it in Alaska.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
MICHAEL SLAUTA.
In the neUest thing in cold
Deather trousers,

{ ;aDeGtheT trousers.
under such conditions and te
help test and develop special cold
weather clothing and equipment
For his efforts he was presented
yesterday with the first annual
citation and award of the civilian
directors of the corps research and
development branch. S
Coolest Was 63 Below.
The coldest weather he has evel
experienced was 63 degrees below
zero at Fairbanks, Alaska, in the
winter of 1946-47, and he usually
does his best work with the mer-
(cury hanging around so below and
sthe wind whistling by at 80 miles
ian hour.
/ AS an Arctic field observer, he
not only has worked with task
force troops in Alaska but other
,Arctic regions. He studies the ef-
Effectiveness of new types of cloth
ling, tentage, sleds, skis and other
equipment and from his data his
associates here attempt to make
improvements He also instructs
the troops iii the proper use Of the
clothing and equipment and has
prepared manuals on the subject
"The problem Of living under
extreme cold conditions is to un-
Evening star., 1949-12-04

Those pesky colds that plague
District area residents each win
ter never bother Michael Slauta
he just heads for the below
zero temperatures of Alaska.
Il never have a cold until I get
back to Washington" said Mr..
Slauta, who has spent the last four
winters in the far North for the
Army and will leave again for the
colder climes shortly after Christ
mas.
THE climate up there is dry,
and while it presents many serious
problems and hazards, if you learn
how to live you can survive with
out disability" he added.
Mr.. Slauta, 33, of 4411 Seventy
first avenue. Landover Hills. Md.
is employed by the Quartermaster
Corps to teach soldiers how to live
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06

For Sale:-Dry tamarack, $425 per
rick. Also partly green slab wood
$500 per rick. Call 0-236-M at 900
p. m. or write Eugene La Belle, Box
l043, Libby. 2l-3X
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For Sale:-6 rooms and bath. Gar
age and woodshed. lots on high
way No. 2. Fine location for cabins
or other business. Fruit and shade
trees, also 40 acres land miles out.
All for $3.50. Write Box 233 or
phone 226-M. Libby. 20-tfc
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06

BAND INSTRUMENTS. For Rent
or Sale. First Three Months Rent
Applies Toward Purchase Price. We
Carry Conn, Buescher, Selmer, Buff
fet, Reynolds and many other lines.
DICKINSON'S The Music Center,
PIT Main St, Kalispell, Montana.
2-tfe
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For Sale:-Table model Cream Sep
arator, reasonably priced. Almost
new. This is the Farm Master sep
arator as pictured in the Sears-Roe-
buck catalogue. George Enders.
2l-2x
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USED PIANOS:-Spinets, Bunga-
lows, Uprights. Real Bargains, on
very easy terms. We carry Chick
ering, Kimball, Wurlitzer, Lester
Betsy Ross, Story and Clark and
Gable. DICKINSON'S The Music
Center, 217 Main St., KalispeN,
Montana. 2-tfc
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For Rent:-Sleeping rooms. 81 East
Second St. Phone 22-M. 2-tfc
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For Sale:-Singer sewing machine,
foot treadle type. Very good con-
dition. Priced low from quick sale.
Phone 22S M or call Neils Apt No. 8.
21-2x
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WANTED WORK:-Ironing in home
or dish washing and preparing veg
etables in cafe. Call 218-W. 20-2c
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Fish, boat, swim, picnic, relax and
play at the beautiful ''NARROWS''
resort on Flathead lake $500 for
two, $1,000 by the week. All
linens, bedding, dishes furnished.
Coffee-shop, store, and free picnic
Camp grounds and trailer
space. Use our seaworthy boats or
bring your own. 9 miles on West
Shore out of Poison, or take Flat
head Water Taxi from Poison. l3-tfc
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For Sale:-Dry tie slab. Cut stove
length. $100 per rick. You haul it.
Irv J. st. Onge, McGinniS Mead
ows. 20-3x
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FOR SALE:-Desk Blotters, several
colors. The Western News. If
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06

For Sale:-lS49 Travelon Trailer
House. PAR #. aluminium exterior
Gumwood Interior. Butane gas
stove oil heater, electric refrigerator,
hot water tank and shower. Price
$1,000. Eugene A. Lien, Troy, Mont.
2l-tfc
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Will care for children by day or
month. Mrs. L. Schikora. TX
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For Sale:-One pole saw rig 6 h. o.
engine. Table 40 inches long mount
ed on a slip with saw and belt and
belt tightener. Prize Sl00 J. l..
Cox, Troy, Mont. 20-tfc
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For Sale:-Electric washing ma
chine, 2 small kitchen tables, / high
chair, l dish cupboard, / electric
portable radio, l white enameled
wood stove, and many other small
articleS.-Mrs. Frances Filiatreau,
Eureka, Montana. l8-4c
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MISCELLANEOUS

FOR RENT:-Sleeping rooms, phone
Jaw, 400 Montana Ave. 20-3x
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06

For Rent:-Furnished cabin. Char
les Haschke, Ski Jump Road. Phone
43-J-2. 1c
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We'd rather sell than store our 712
Gu. #. Frigidaire refrigerator Ex-
cellent condition. Priced right. Call
0227-M after 500 p. m. 20-2c
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CLASSIFIED

Classified advertising running in
this column Is charged for at the
rate Of Sc per word per issue with a
minimum charge of soc for the ad.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06

For Sale:-HAY. Baled and deliv-
cred. Box 1917, Libby. 20-2x
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06

For Sale:-48 one year old New
hampshire red hens. Mrs. H. B.
Hudson, Rexford. 21-lc
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For Sale:-Baby Chicks, N. H. Reds.
R. I. Reds, w. Rocks, Leghorns;
$500 per 100000 per 100 de-
post. U. S. approved and Pullor-
UNI Controlled. Bitney's Poultry,
Kalispell. S7-tfc
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-10-06

For Sale:-Mangle, full size. Easy
washing machine. Both good condi-
ton. Phone 272-W2. lc
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orchard fresh, fullmeated,
delicious. Roast for winter treat.
10 lbs. 1895 post paid L. Lasater,
1922 S. E. River Drive, Portland,
%. Oregon. 21-3X
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For SaIe.-NeW, just compIeted
modern 2 bedroom house. A real
buy at $4,000. Call or write M. L.
West, Eureka. 1l-tfc
For Sale:-Very desirable two bed
room home. Beautiful yard. Four
full corner lots. $1,000 down, balance
like rent. No phone calls. Inquire
Tinker's Service Station. l3-tfc
Evening star., 1949-11-30

ly since being elected to Congress
in 1886.
He rose to prominence in 1946
when the Republican congression-
al victories gave him chairman
ship of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities.
The spotlight beamed on him
with Hollywood intensity when
the committee investigated a
group of movie writer's suspected
of Communistic leanings. The
hearing resulted in conviction Of
10 for contempt.
Two others investigated by the
committee. Eugene Dennis, secre-
tary general of the Communist
Party in America, and Gerhardt
Eisler. reputed No. l Communist
in this country, also were convict
ed in trials growing out of hear
ingS.
Born in Jersey City January Is.
1895, Thomas attended the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. He en-
listed in the Army in World War !
and rose to the rank of captain. He
later became an insurance broker
and entered politics in 1925. f1rst
as a borough councilman in Allen
dale and later as mayor Of that
town.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
China
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xContinued From First Pageo
growing dissatisfaction with the
Reds was reported in North China,
where the Communists have ruled
for year.
In Taipeh concern was ex-
pressed for the armies of Gen
Soong Hsi-lien. Soong's troops
supposedly are defending the
Szechwan Human border. but
they have not been heard from
in 48 hours.
These troops, Taipeh headquar-
ters said, bore the brunt of Red
Gen. Liu Po-cheng's drive on
Chungking.
Four divisions of Chang Kai-
shek's best troops repeatedly were
airlifted from Northern Szechwan
for the defense of Chungking
third Nationalist capital hit by
the Reds this year.
Acting President Ii Tsung-jen
who has obtained a passport to
visit the United States, still was
in Hong Kong. '
Evening star., 1949-11-30

sined plane which remained in
the air seven days in the first
successful attempt to refuel in
the air for a protracted period.
During the last war he first
commanded fighter planes in the
North African theater, and then
participated in the Normandy in
vasion. After all beachheads had
been secured and the Allied
armies were beginning to move
deeper into France. he became
commander of the 9th Tactical
Air Command. which worked in
close cooperation and co-ordina-
ton with the 1st Army.
Since the first bomb was ex-
ploded at Almagordo, scientists
have been working to produce
more efficient" explosions. That
is. to have the bomb utilize more
of the atomic powder charge"
instead of burning up the greater
mass into a waste of fashionable
material. The first bombs used
only about one-tenth of l per cent
of the mass. The rest of the ma
terial contributed nothing to the
explosion.
Progress Indicated.
That progress along this line
has been made is indicated in the
guarded official comments on the
1948 tests. Mr.. Truman said the
tests demonstrated that "our posi-
ton in the field of atomic weap-
ons has been improved substan-
tally"
Since the President made that
statement. however, he also has
advised the public that there has
been an atomic explosion in
Russia.
1t is largely because each bomb
is. extremely expensive that the
testing operation for each type
is one of great complexity. For
the Bikini operation there were
set up more than 1000 scientific
instruments of many sorts in
order to record with maximum
efficiency and thoroughness every
aspect of the bombs behavior
Bikini had insufficient land to
permit mounting of all the in
strumentS needed for measuring
results of the blasts. Eniwetok
also is more isolated, which means
that bad Pathological effects are
less likely to reach populated
islands Of sea lanes.
Enewitok has never been opened
to visitors and apparently is to be
used for some time for further
tests of newer bombs.
Seasonal weather in that area
of the Pacific usually assures more
favorable atmospheric conditions
between April and August.
Evening star., 1949-11-30

The assigned them to Communist
CELLS" consisting Of not more
than 10 persons.
Various Headquarters.
There were various under
ground headquarters in Washing
ton at the time" the report con-
tinued. Among these was a vio-
lin studio near Dupont Circle, run
by Helen Ware; another place was
a school in the outskirts of Wash
ington run by Alice Mendham. "
Henry Julian Wadleigh was not
mentioned in any of the early
memoranda. He is a former en-
ploye Of the State Department S
trade agreements section who ad-
mits that. as a Communist SYM
pathizer, he supplied Mr.. Cham
bers with secret data. Mr.. Cham
bers testified yesterday that Mr.,
Wadleigh was considered to be
the least useful among the sources
in that apparatus"
The Raymond Murphy notes
did, however. contain cryptic
reference to statement by Mr.
Chambers that when he broke
with the Communist his mother
received a telephone call from
one. Grace Hutchins. who said
that 'if he did not return to the
party it was a question Of his
death"
Mr.. Chambers was in good form
yesterday. Once. in an apparent
attempt to suggest that Mr..
Chambers might have secured his
knowledge of State Department
affairs from official data. Mr.. Hiss
lawyer asked pointedly:
You know. don't you, that the
State Department puts out every
year a. register, which lists its
employees together with their posi-
tlons, duties, salaries and his
tories?"
"Yes," MIR. Chambers said cas-
ually. "Alger Hiss once procured
one for me-"
Evening star., 1949-11-30

customers in the restaurant when
two employees of the. United States
attorneys Office asked him to place
a bet for them.
Mrs. Millie Plumley of the per-
sonnel office Of the Justice Depart
ment testified she ate in Hammels
every day and had meyer seen any
gambling activities.
A number of character witnesses
appeared for Kopel. Among them
were Oscar I. Dodeck of the D. j.
kaufman store. James E. Coli
flower. former president of the
Board of Trade; A. C. Mayer, a
diamond merchant; Charles E.
Barnes, auto dealer. and two men
from the Internal Revenue Bureau,
Edward j. Dowd and Burns
Garrett.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Veteran, Found Shot
In Car, Admits Killing
Wife, II, After Row
BY the Associoted Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Nov.
3O.-A distracted young Navy
veteran seriously wounded himself
today with a pistol and then ad-
mitted to police he killed his IT.
year-old wife.
The youth, Langdon Angle, jr.,
%, was found in his stripped-down
jalopy on the edge of town. Police
learned of his whereabouts when
he phoned his father. head of the
Veterans Administration Office
here.
Mrs. Angle was shot to death
last night and left in snowbank
near their apartment.
For some time Angle had COM
planned of migraine headaches. He
and his wife Lenore were recon-
ciled only a few days ago after a
series of bitter quarrels. They
had been married II months.
Shot in Stomach.
When police reached Angles
car today. gun smoke was still
curling through the air inside
and the youth was slumped over
the steering wheel with a stom-
ach wound.
Beside him was morning pa
per containing the picture OF
Lenore.
Across it Angle had scrawled:
II love you, Lenore."
He was rushed to st. Mary's
Hospital in serious condition.
Asked by police whether he killed
his wife. Detective John de Blaay
Angle said:
Il guess So"
Mr.. De Blaay happened to ar
rive at the home of the youths
parents this morning just at the
when the elder Mr.. Angle
was receiving a call from his son.
Slept in Cornfield.
II don't know where am.
I feel terrible. I have a ter
rible headache" the youth moaned
over the phone.
Mr.. De Blaay spoke to him
next. but young Angle refused to
say where he was. He said he had
slept during the night in a corn
field.
Finally Mrs. Angle. his mother,
persuaded him to reveal his loca-
ton. He was at a drugstore out
side the city limits.
Mr.. De Blaay notified police
headquarters and then dashed to
his car and sped south. But he
was a moment too late. Angle
had shot himself seconds before
his arrival.
Angles 80 caliber pistol lay in
the car.
Police said they planned to
check the bullet which doctors
were to remove from Angles body
with the bullets which struck his
wife.
Evening star., 1949-11-30

Alexandria; James A. La Fontaine,
1888 Bladensburg road NE, and
Millard E. La Fontaine, also Of
the Bladensburg road address.
One equal share of the estate
will be divided between two grand
nephews, William Robert Cecil.
1921 Lincoln road NE, and Pat
rick Joseph La Fontaine, Burke
street Sc.
The will directed that the shar6
bequeathed to Mrs. Ragan ana
Millard La Fontaine should be
held in trust with the income 60
ing to the benef1ciaries. On Mrs.
Ragan's death her share of the
estate will go to her daughters,
Miss Mary K. Ragan and Mrs.
Virginia Riley. Upon Millard La
Fontaine's death his share of the
estate goes to his daughter, Mrs.
Leitch.
The II who will receive $1,000
bequests are: James Raymond
Kelly, described as my chauffeur
for many years; Charles o. Tay-
man, 1921 Thirty-fourth street,
Mount Rainier; Francis A. Nc
Guigan of Baltimore. Mrs. Anna
johnson, 201 st. Lawrence drive.
Silver Spring, Md; Gladys
Springmann, 4403 Thirteenth
place NE; Roy J. Saunders, 800
Quackenbos street NV; Mrs.
Nina Handy Merryman. 1907
Forty-eighth street, Bladensburg;
John Sayer. 5456 Nebraska ave-
nue. NV; Nicholas Di Gennara.
1922 Bunker Hill road NE; Nancy
Moran, 468 Maryland avenue S.W..
and Patricia Ann Ryan. 1908
Nicholson street. Hyattsville.
La Fontaine was Patricia Ry-
ans godfather. according to Mr..
Ford. The attorney described
Moran as "a little girl who
lived down the street from Mr.. La
The will directed that Mr.. Ford.
in addition to acting as executor.
should also serve as attorney for
the estate.
The will was witnessed by Paul
1918 Fifty-eighth
avenue, Hyattsville. and Joseph B.
Bovello, ST., of 925 Farragut street,
described by Mr.. Ford as old
of Mr.. La Fontaine.
Paarl has South Africa's first
dissemination center for
dairy cattle.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Atomic
Continued From. First Page.)

experiments is natural require
ment.".
In a recent te1evision broadcast,
Senator Edwin c. Johnson. Demo-
crat, of Colorado. talked Of new
bombs six times the effectiveness
of the bomb we dropped at Ma
gaski" and of considerable prog
ress" toward perfecting a super
bomb" with 1000 times the effect
of the Nagaski bomb. It wasn't
clear whether the Senator meant
those already tested in 1948 were
six times as powerful or whether
he was talking of some yet to be
proven in experiments.
Up to now the United States
has exploded eight atomic weap-
ons. Two of them were dropped
in wartime on the japanese cities
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and
the others were exploded at Alma
gordo, N. M, and in the 1946 tests
at Bikini and at Eniwetok.
Although thousands of persons
have worked on the tests-40,000
at Bikini, 10000 at Eniwetok-the
only people ever hurt or killed
were the intended victims, the
Japanese of the two cities. Nor
have there been any injuries as a
result of the test explosions. .
Gen. Quesada. As, will have as
his deputies Brig. Gen. Herbert
Loper of the Army. Rear Admiral
Tom B. Hill of the Navy and DR..
Alvin C. Graves of the Los Alamos
Scientific Laboratory. The chief
of staff is Brig. Gen. John K. Ger
hart of the Air Force.
Three Services to Participate.
Army. Navy and Air Force
units will participate, forming
what is known as Joint Task
Force 8. The commission recently
announced a contract with
Holmes and Narver, Los Angeles
engineering and construction firm
for maintenance and Improvement
of facilities at the Eniwetok Prov
ing Ground.
Thus the Air Force will have
charge Of the third atomic test
in the Marshall Islands. The
first was under command Of Ad-
miral w. H. p. Blandy. now At
lantic Fleet commander, and the
second under command Of 1t
Gen. John E. Hull, now directo,
of the Weapons System Evalua-
ton Group-a high level agency
has been doing some evaluation
of the atomic bomb on its own.
Gen. Quesada, who attended
Mckinley Tech High School hers
and then the University of Mary
land and Georgetown University
lis well remembered as tactica
air commander in Europe.
Until three months ago ne wa!
special assistant for reserve af'
fairs to Gen. Hoyt s. VAuden'
berg, Air Force chief Of stan. HI
was then moved to the Join
Chiefs of Staff to head what wa
ANNOUNCED as q special planning
project" for that agency ant
which now emerges as the ney
atomic tests at Eniwetok.
| Entered Air Force in 1924.
Gen. Quesada entered the All
Force in September, 1924, ant
his first duty was engineering
;. officer at Boiling Air Force Base
He first came into prominence
las a member of the crew OF tn
Question Mark" . three-en
Evening star., 1949-11-30
HummeI's
Continued From First Page.)

35-Cent COmDlnaglOn NUMBERS
play, allegedly taken from Kopel.
In his instruction Judge Keech
pointed out that hope or realiza-
ton of gain" was an element in
any violation of the gambling laws.
Setting up a table, one of the
charges against Plummer, he said,
did not have to mean the use of a
mechanical table but the furnish
ing of facilities for gaming. If the
defendant held himself out for the
acceptance of bets he was guilty,
the Judge said.
The Kopel-Plummer trial started
Monday and is the second case to
60 to trial as a result of the raids.
The first case. that against William
(Snags) Lewis and 13 defendants
arrested in a Bladensburg (Md)
house, ended Saturday with the
failure of the jury to agree on a
verdict.
Assistant United States Attor-
|ney Arthur j. Mclaughlin
summed up the Governments case
yesterday. He said Kopel was
lying on the stand when he testi-
fed he did not know what a
scratch sheet is. The scratch
sheet, published daily, shows the
entries withdrawn in each race
and gives the probable odds and
the selections of the leading
handicappers. One was found on
a bar of the restaurant during
the raid.
Conflicting Testimony Cited.
Alvin Newmyer, representing
Kopel, said he would not call the
principal Government witness
liar even to win the case. Mr.
Newmyer suggested the witness
was mistaken. The witness
was 'Wilfred Barrett. a youth
full law student employed by
the United States Attorneys Office
He testified Kopel was in the res
taurant on March % when, the
waiter, Plummer, accepted a bet
on a horse race.
Mr.. Newmyer called the jury's
attention to the testimony OF
James O'Byrne. q United States
commissioner of conciliation, that
Kopel was in his Office in con-
ference with the walters union
on his contract at the time.
Kopels attorney pointed out
that the two scratch-pad sheets
one apparently a penciled nota-
ton. on a horse-racing bet, the
other on a numbers bet-which a
United States marshal testified
were taken from Kopel during the
raid, were not listed on the return
of the search warrant. (Undel
the code, the marshals must list
property seized in the execution
of a search warrant, and they
usually write it out on the back
of the warranty
But a third penciled slip with
three numbers having three digits
each, the lawyer said. was listec
on the warrant as being taker
from Kopel. That slip, the lawyer
said, was the overseas serial num-
ber of Kopel's son when he was
serving in the South Pacific.
"Entrapment". Issue Raised.
T. Emmett Mckenzie, represent
ing Plummer, declared the Law
allows traps to be set for crimi'
mails, but does not allow police tt
"ensnare the innocent or the law
abiding"
Plummer was a waiter, not
gambler, Mr.. Mckenzie said. ant
was at his work of waiting OF
Evening star., 1949-11-30
La Fontuine
Continued From First Page.)

r. Larkin, Ill Raymond avenue,
Alexandria; Mrs. Mary r. Bright,
2784 Military road NV; Mrs.
Louise Neuland, 1887 Ives place
Sc; Mrs. Rosina Hodges OF Ave-
nue. Post Office, Md: Mrs. Mary
F. Ragan, 112 Raymond avenue,