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Arlington Rites Set
For Mai. Mcguire, AZ Ace

Maj. Thomas B. MCGUIRE. Army
Air Force ace, who was killed in
action over Negros Island in the
Pacific on January 7, 1945. will be
buried with military honors in Ar
lington Cemetery on Wednesday.
His father, Thomas B. Mcguire,
OF Ridgewood. N. J. and a num-
ber of relatives and friends of the
officer. will be joined at the service
by New Jersey members of Con-
gress and high-ranking Air Force
officers,
Maj. MCGUIRE, who was % at
the time of his death, was awarded
the Congressional Medal Of
Honor, Distinguished Service
Cross, three silver stars. six Dis
tinguished Flying Crosses, two
Purple Hearts, two Distinguished
Unit Badges and the Air Medal
with IA Oak Leaf Clusters.
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III. 5. Issues Warning
On 0xyIin Tablets
by the Assccicted Press

The Food and Drug Admins
tration issued a warning yester-
day that a drug sold as "oxylin
tablets, uncoated" may cause
poisoning.
The tablets have been on the
market for a number of years as
an internal antiseptic for use in
certain intestinal. kidney and
other infections.
FDA said in statement that
it discovered this week that the
formula was changed a year ago
by the addition of boric acid in
dangerous amounts" for SEN
sitive- persons"
The agency said the distributor,
Drexel Laboratories and Louis E.
Evon, of Drexel Hill and Upper
Darby, Pa. had issued a recall
for $4,000 "uncoated" tablets sent
to known customers-hospitals.
physicians and pharmacists.
1t said the plant had no ac-
counts on the sales of about 49,
900 tablets. Available records show
the tablets may have been distri-
buted in Maryland, New Jersey,
New York and Pennsylvania.
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tion's committees and boards are
George B. Fraser. executive com.
mittee: the Rev. j. Ray Garrett
Foreign Mission Board: the Rev
Frank K. Brasington. Home Mis-.
sion Board; the Rev. Herbert w
Baucom, IT.. sunday School
Board: the Rev. j. Herrick Hall,
relief and annuity board.
Named to Seminary Boards.
The Rev. Edward B. Willing,
ham and the Rev. John E. Briggs,
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary board of trustees: the
Rev. Michael War;, Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary
board Of trustees: the Rev. A.
Lincoln Smith. New Orleans Bap-
tist Theological Seminary board
Of trustees; Robert S. Cooper,
Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary board of trustees.
The Rev. M. P. German. COM
mittee Oh committees; Lewis L.
Morgan, Southern Baptist Hos
pital; Mrs. j. NJ. Dawson. Educa-
tion Commission: the Rev. Clar-
ence w. Crawford and the Rev.
Frank B. Burress. Social Service
Commission; the Rev. M. Chand-
Ter Stith, Historical Society: Her
bert Ludwig, Baptist brotherhood.
and Mrs. viii E. Ivie, Women's
Missionary Union.
Representative Hays. Democrat,
of Arkansas, who was elected sec
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Rites Held in Delaware
For Mrs. James Cassidy

Funeral services for Mrs. James
Cassidy, 81, q native of Washing
ton, who died Monday at her home
in Wilmington. DEL, were held
yesterday in Wilmington. Burial
was in Cathedral Cemetery.
Mrs. Cassidy the former Leila
Price, was the daughter of the
late Frederick and Julia Price of
Washington. The family lived
at 631 G street S. E.
She was member of st. Paul's
Catholic Church, Second and c
streets S. E., and of st. Thomas
Catholic Church, Wilmington.
Surviving are her husband,
James H Cassidy. q daughter,
Marie, and son, James, jr., all
of Wilmington; ALSO surviving are
three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Nc
uen, 906 Prince street, Alexandria:
Mrs. Isabel zMcGarry of New
London, Conn. and Miss Julia
Price of Wilmington.
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Age-HeraId Merges
With Seripps-Howard
Birmingham Papers
BY the Assoeioted Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May Ia
=. Consolidation of the Birmingham
Post, afternoon daily. and the
Birmingham Age-Herald, morn
=, ing daily, into a six-day morning
. newspaper. the Birmingham Post
Herald, was announced today.
The move will be effective next
. Monday, when the first issue Of
>. the paper will be published.
The new daily will be Scripps-
Howard newspaper. edited by
James E. Mills, who has been edi-
tor Of the Post since 1881.
" It will be published from the
newly enlarged plant of the Bir-
mingham News, which will remain
in the afternoon and Sunday
field.
The News also will handle all of
the business affairs including ad-
vertising and circulation of the
Post-Herald In addition to its
own.
: Editorial staffs of the News and
the Post Herald will be entirely
separate, and, ownership will re-
main separate.
A statement today in the Post
said the News and the Post
Herald will be completely inde-
pendent and agressively competi-
tive"
Last annual circulation state
ments listed the circulation of
the Post at 1898; the Age Herald
at 45,804: the News at 166.017
and the Sunday News at 1877 ,030.
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By cospor Nonnes
Star S,cH correspendens

CHICAGO, May l2.-The ap-
pointment of lS Washington area
ministers and lsvmen to important
committees and boards Of the
Southern Baptist Convention was
announced here today.
The announcement was made
as the ESD Southern Baptist Con-
vention entered the last of four
day annual meeting here. A giant
evangelistic service. expected to
attract $4,000 worshipers in the
Chicago Stadium. will bring the
convention to a close tonight.
Those from Washington who
were appointed to the denomina-
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Jews Hit Cemetery VondaIs

BERLIN. May IL (B.-The
Jewish Community of Berlin to-.
day protested to the Communist
controlled government of East
Berlin against the desecration of
a Jewish cemetery in the Russian
sector of the city. The Jews said
this was the first deSecration of
a Jewish cemetery in Berlin
since 1945.
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Reich Reds Gust Mueller

FRANKFURT, Germany. May
~ (R.-West Germany's Com
munist Party disclosed today it
had expelled its No. 2 leader, Kurt
Mueller, as an "ehemy agent" for
o foreign power. The foreign
power was not identified, but
Party Chairman Max Reimann
bitterly assailed the United States
at the special secret party meet
ing which ousted Mueller.
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Capt. William Blair Presented
Cheney Award PosthumousIy

The Cheney award for human
itarian actions performed in con-
nection with aircraft today was
presented posthumously to Capt.
William E. Blair in a ceremony at
the Pentagon.
Mrs. Elizabeth r. Blair of Tor
rance, Calf, received the award
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social security coverage lay EN-.
ployeS of religious denominations
and of organization owned or
controlled by religious denomi-
nation"
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Six japanese race horses reached
Venezuela by plane-the first Of
16 horses bought.
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from Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenburg,
Air Force chief of staff, in the
presence Of William Randolph
Blair, S, son of the late captain.
Capt. Blair maneuvered his
burning B-25 aircraft beyond the
city limits of Chattanooga, Tenn,
on September 80, 1949, before
abandoning the disabled plane. He
jumped a few seconds before the
plane erased and at too low an
altitude to permit his parachute
to function. His action permitted
the ohter eight occupants of the
plane to bail out.
The Cheney Award was estab-
lished in memory of a World War
flyer, William H. Cheney, and
consists of a certificate, a bronze
plaques and a $500 check.
Also present at the ceremony
were Mrs, Ruth Cheney Streeter
of MorristoWn, N. j.. and Charles
w. Cheney of Boston. Mass, rela-
tives of the pilot for whom the
award is named. They presented
a replica of the bronze plaque to
Gq vapdenberg.
Biltmore House, George VAN
derbilt estate at Asheville, N. c.,
contains 110-bedroom suites. 1t
takes about five hours to visit
all the rooms.
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Mrs. Philip Garnett Dies;
WasResident Here 10 Year,

Mrs. Philip M. Garnett, 10
widow of a retired official Of the
Riggs National Bank here, died
yesterday at her home, 1880 Wis
consin avenue NV. She suffered
a stroke two months ago.
A lifelong resident of George
town, she was the former Miss
Florence Weaver. She was grad
uated from Western High School
and married MIR. Garnett in 1909.
He was a former manager of the
savings department of Riggs Ma
tional Bank.
Mrs. Garnett belonged to ST.
Adams Church and was active in
Red Gross work here in World
War II.
She is survived by a son, Comdr
Philip w. Garnett, U. S. N, COM
mander of a submarine squadron
at Norfolk; daughter, Mrs.
Marion Garnett Shallenberger OF
Montreal. Canada; a brother,
Ralph Weaver of Washington;
two sisters, Mrs. Lena Weaver
Mcleod of Victoria, British Co
lumbia, and Mrs. Jessie Weaver
McCurdy of Washington, and
three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. tomorrow in st. Albans
Church on the Cathedral grounds.
Burial will be private. N
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Mrs. Francis Popp Dies;
Lived Here S. Years

Mrs. Francis A. Popp, 70, a
resident of Washington for SIS
years. died Wednesday night after
a long illness.
Born in Jacksonville, Fla, she
came to Washington at the age
of 18. Her husband, an engineer,
died in 1880. She lived most of
her life in Northeast Washington.
Mrs. Popp was a member of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights
of st. Johns and the Sodality at
Holy Comforter Church here.
Surviving are three daughters.
Mrs. James A. Kelly of District
Heights. Md, with whom she
lived for the last year; Mrs. Felix
j. Belair. jr., Alexandria, and
Mrs. Theresa Elam. Washington,
and a son. Richard j. Popp,
Washington; two brothers, nine
grandchildren and one great
grandchild, also survive.
Funeral services will be held
at Q am. Monday in the Holy
Comforter Church, Fourteenth
and East Capitol street. Burial
will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery
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Chinchillas were struggling to-
day to keep their eyes open In
the Shoreham Hotel.
Every last chinchilla had been
up all night. Being herbiverous
and nocturnal, too, the slate-blue
gray animals would have pre-
ferfed a night registry for their
exhibition tomorrow and Sunday.
The National Chinchilla Breed
ers' Association of America, how
ever, is expecting 800 entries for
its national show and cages had
to be set up. Judging starts
early tomorrow and the exhibit
lis open to the public from 10
am. to $50 pm. Sunday hours
will be 10 am. to 4 pm.
While the chinchilla industry
leaders are banqueting tomorrow
night with members of the Dip
lomatic Corps and Agriculture
Department officials. their furry
charges will begin the evening.
What does a chinchilla do for
night life?
why they race around their
cages, picking UP speed until their
feet never touch the bottom" Z"
Wilfred Kleinschmidt. Andover,
Conn. declared. Listen, when I
first started raising them in my
basement at home-sometimes
they kept the family awake all
NIGHT -
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William 5. Kies, II, Dies;
New York Banker
BY fhs Assoeio,ed Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-William
s. Kies, u, former vice president
of the National City Bank OF New
York, died yesterday.
He began his career with the
legal department of the Chicago
City Railway. After a term as
State treasurer of Illinois he
joined the National City Bank in
1913. Two years later he was
named a vice president.
Three years later he resigned
to become vice president of the
American International Corp. In
1921, he organized the first Fed
eral Foreign Banking Association
and became board chairman Of
that group.
In 1925, Mr.. Kies organized an
investment banking Arm bearing
his own name. He was vice pres
ident of the University OF Wiscon-
sin Foundation and o director of
the West Virginia Coal and Coke
Co., the Bangor & Aroostok Rail-
road and the Ohio River Co.
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Mrs. {. N. Jarboe,
Retired Teacher, Dies

Mrs. Clarence Mckee Jarboe
70, teacher in the public schools
here for more than 80 years, died
of a heart ailment Wednesday al
the home of her son in Bethesda.
Mrs. Jarboe lived at 1910 Jenifer
street NV. but had made her
home with her son, Clarence Nc
Kee Jarboe of 1928 Custer road
since December "a.
Mrs. Jarboe sang for 10 years
in the choir at Epiphany Church
and was former organist at
Soldiers Home. Her husband re-
tired from the Interior Depart
ment before his death in l947.
A lifelong resident Of Washing
ton. Mrs. Jarboe was the former
Miss Edith Mckee. She was a
graduate of Central High School
and studied teaching at the old
Normal School here.
She began her career in 1897
at the Emery School and before
her retirement in 1929 she was
teaching at Southeast schools.
Besides her son. she is survived
by daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth j.
Hobbs of Bethesda, and two
brothers. Fred Mckee, vice presi-
dent of the Security Savings &
Commercial Bank here, and Ralph
Mckee, former proprietor of the
old Metropolitan Hotel here.
Funeral services will be held at
IL am. tomorrow at Gawler's
Chapel, 1756 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be In Rock
Creek Cemetery.
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Col. Ralph kingman,
50, Dies in Florida

Col. Ralph Wilcox Kingman,
SO. USA retired. who had served
for 81 years in the Army, died yes
terday of a cerebral hemorrhage
at his home In Homestead. Fla.
Col. Kingman at one time
taught military science and tao
tics at the University OF Tennes-
see, the New York Military Acad-
emy, Peeksville, N. Y, and Kansas
State College. T..
He was born at West Point
N. Y. the son of Brig. Gen. Dan
C. Kingman, one time chief OF
Army Engineers.
Appointed a second lieutenant
with the Infantry in 1902, he
served for the next II years in
the Philippines. Alaska and va
rious stations in the United
States. In 1916 he taught mill
tary science and tactics at the
University of Tennessee for a year
before going to school in France
In 1918 he served in France
with the 11th Infantry Division as
battalion commander. He later
taught at the New York Military
Academy and worked in the Office
of the Chief of Infantry here.
Col. Kingman is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Katherine Corcoran
Kingman of Homestead, Fla; a
son. Mai. Dan Christie Kingman,
now stationed in Korea; and a
daughter, Mrs. Katherine King
man Weber, wife of Col. Fred
erick w. Weber of West Point,
N. Y.
Funeral arrangements are in
rNy,or1ofa
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Tito Warns Bulgars 10 Halt
Activities Of Spy Band
By the Assoeioted Press

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Feb 8.
|-Yugoslavia yesterday warned
neighboring Bulgaria against pur-
suing its alleged policy of sending
into this country terroristic and
spy bands as part of the Russian
led Cominform plot to overthrow
Marshal Tito's government.
The note, just a step short of
an ultimatum, was delivered by
the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry
here to the Bulgarian Embassy.
1t was expressed in extremely stiff
terms.
At one point the note. said
Yugoslavia protests most ener-
getically to the government of
Bulgaria against organizing ter
roristic and subversive bands by
the Bulgarian state officials and
against their action in smuggling
them. into the territory of Yugo-
slavia in an effort to promote ag-
gressive intentions 50 ="
It demanded" that the Bull
garian government Immediately
stop such hostile activity"
Evening star., 1950-02-03
George Deforest Lord,
New York Lawyer, Dies
By the Associotsd Press

| SAVANNAH, Ga. Feb. a
George Deforest Lord, sr, 50. Of
New York, died last night of a
cerebral hemorrhage four, days
after he came South for vaca-
ton.
He was a member of the New
York law firm of Lord, Day and
Lord-the fifth generation of the
Lord family to be a member OF
that firm. 49,.
Mr.. Lord had been visiting the
winter home of brother, Frank
lin D. Lord. also Of New York,
near Estill. S. c., for hunting.
But it had been too warm for
that and he went yesterday to
Savannah Beach to swim.
He was stricken about pm.
and was taken to a Savannah hos
pital.
Mr.. Lord was president of the
Maritime Law Association, the
Children's Aid Society of New
York and the Downtown Associa-
ton, director of the New York
Public Library and counsel for
the British Ministry of Shipping.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Matthew A. Dillon,
Accountant, Is Dead

Matthew A. Dillon. 80, retired
accountant with the Martini,
Commission, died Wednesday al
Providence Hospital after an ill.
ness of three months.
Mr.. Dillon came here in 1919 az
an accountant with the old Ship.
ping Board and was with its sue
cessor, the Maritime Commission
until his retirement in 1889. He
lived at 205 Peabody street NV.
Born at Beaver Creek, Md, near
HagerstoWn, he attended Mount
st. Mary's College at Emmitsburg
Md. He was in the lumber busi-
ness in Hagerstown for more thar
20 years before coming here.
Mr.. Dillon was a fourth degree
member of Keane Council, knights
of Columbus, and belonged to the
Holy Name Society of Nativity
Church. ..4.
He and his widow, who survives
him, would have celebrated their
56th wedding anniversary next
month. A daughter. Sister Pas
chal, of the Order of Saint Fran
els, Chicago; two sons, Francis B
Dillon of Washington, and Robert
A. Dillon OF Bethesda; six grand
children and two great grandchil-
dren, also survive.
Funeral services will be held al
8 am. tomorrow at the Church OF
the Nativity, Georgia avenue and
Peabody street NV. Burial will
be in Rose Hill Cemetery In
HaperStOWn
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Karl Seitz, President.
.0fAustria in '20s, Die!
BY the Asseciatsd Press

VIENNA, Austria. Feb. 3.-Karl
Seitz, former president of the first
Austrian Republic after World
War I and one of the country's
leading Socialists, died early today
after a long illness. He was 81.
Mr.. Seitz's political career COW
cred nearly so years. He was a
member of the Austrian Parlia-
ment under the Hapsburg mon
archy in 1901. At the time of his
death he was honorary president
Of the Austrian Socialist Party
and a Socialist member of Par
lament.
He was twice jailed for his po-
iitical views-once in 1884 after
the abortiEe Socialist rebellion
and 10 years later by the Ges-
tapo. He had been in Ill health
after his internment in the
notorious Ravensbrueck concen-
tration camp.
Mr.. Seitz was elected president
OF the first Austrian Republic ir
1920. He had been president oi
the provisional National Assembly
after the fall of the Hapsburgs ir
1918. He held the post of mayor
and governor of Vienna from
1923 to 1884.
Mr.. SeitZ was one of the most
popular figures in the Austrian
Parliament and never missed a
session. He appeared there fol-
the full session last Wednesday.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
IWindsors Leave Texas
To Visit Mexicon Ronch
Dy the Assoe;oted Pres,

SANsANTONIO, Tex, Feb. B.
The Duke and Duchess of Wind
sor leave Texas today for Mexico
and q visit to the fabulous ranch
OF a Texas tycooH.
They received % royal welcome
at Houston last night.
A crowd estimated at $500
showed up at the railroad station
there for glimpse of the former
King OF England and his Ameri-
can wife. Portions Of the crowd
mostly wornen-broke through
police lines and begged for auto
graphs.
The Windsors were guests at a
small dinner party. at Gilman
Glenn McCarthy's Shamrock Ho-
tel and then boarded a train for
San Antonio. .g... y-
In Mexico they will be guests
of Clint Murchison of Dallas at
his ranch, IS miles northwest of
Tampico. He repeatedly has spent
more than 100000 on the CEN
trail house.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Senate Group to Consider
3 Judge Nominations

The nominations of three Fed
eral judges here will come before
the, Senate Judiciary Committee
Monday. They were approved yes
terday by subcommittee headed
by Senator McCarran, full COM
mittee chairman. i
The nominations are Of James
r. Kirkland and Charles F. Nc
Laughlin for District Court, and
David L. Bazelon for the United
States Court Of Appeals.
The only witnesses yesterday
were John L. Laskey. president of
the District Bar Association, and
Milton King, former association
president. who indorsed Judge
Kirkland.
Evening star., 1950-02-03

To the casual observer, the doz-
ing entries today looked like car
bon copies of each other in the
small cages. Besides slight dis
Icrepancies in size, the only other
distinguishing features were the
tatoos in the ears. One mark was
the animals number, the other,
the ranch brand.
But here's what a chinchilla
Judge looks for. Fur quality, of
course. then density and thick
ness of the bar (the width of the
white portion of each tri-colored
strand of hair), density of the
guard hair (that part which sticks
up) and the coloring of the under
body.
THE rest is pretty technical"
c. Edward Bottomley, Rockville,
Conn, explained. Mr.. Bottomley
had two entries.
Early arrivals for registration
were the Alfred Dirzuweits of the
Willows Chinchilla Ranch of Bait
imore and their five chinchillas
Mrs. Dirzuweit was wearing a red
scarf decorated with hand
painted chinchilla. Her husband s
red silk tie also bore a similar
design.
The model was Lotus Bud, one
NJ -.
welt said. Sure wanted to enter
her +" but we're hoping
we'll, you see she's expecting"
Evening star., 1950-02-03
Mrs. Jacob Comras, 78,
Dies After Long Illness

Mrs. Jacob Comras, 7S, of 108
Battery Park lane, Bethesda. died
yesterday at Suburban Hospital
after a long illnesss
Mrs. Comras was born in Poland
and formerly lived in Syracuse.
Her husband, a merchant in Syra-
cuse, died in 1918. She came to
the Washington area eight years
ago.
Surviving are her daughter.
Mrs. Asher Achinstein. with whom
she lived; a son, Manuel Comras,
Miami Beach. Fla. and four
grandchildren.
Funeral services were to be held
this afternoon in the Danzansky
Funeral Home, 350l Fourteenth
street NV. Burial was to be in
George Washington Memorial
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-02-03
John N. Kline, II,
Actor for As Years,
Dies of3-Week Illness

John M. Kline, II. an actor
here and on Broadway for As
years. died yesterday at Mount
Alto Hospital. He had been a pa
tient there for three weeks.
He was the son of John M
Kline, the last Washington resi-
dent to see action as a Union
soldier in the Civil War, who died
in 1914 at the age of II. The
Civil War veteran was the last
commander and survivor of the
Department of the Potomac,
Grand Army of the Republic.
The younger Mr.. Kline began
his long and varied acting career
here with the Charles B. Hand
ford Co., playing Shakespearean
roles on road tours throughout
the country. Other theatrical
groups in which he was active in
Washington included Columbia,
Polls and the National Theater
Players.
Mr.. Kline later turned to Broad
way where he took part in such
productions as ziegfeld's Three
Musketeers." High Tor" "She
Loves Me Not" and "In the Next
Room" He was a member of The
Players and the Lambs Club.
Born in Washington. Mr.. Kline
served in the Spanish-American
War and was a member of Henry
B. Lawton Camp No. 4, Spanish
American War Veterans, here. He
lived at $50 Rhode Isalnd avenue
NE. -. --
Mr.. Kline is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Margaret M. Kline; a
son, John M. Kline. jr., of the
Rhode Island avenue address; a
daughter, Mrs. Margaret K. Platt
of Caldwell. N. j., and q, brother,
Edwin M. Kline of ATS Nebraska
avenue NV.
A brief service will be held at
$3.50 am. tomorrow at the Hines
Funeral Home. 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Funeral services will
be held at 8 am. at st. Martins S
Catholic Church, 1900 North Cap
itol street, of which Mr.. Kline was
a member. Burial will be In Rock
Creek Cemetery.