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boxes that might be called col
lectors' items.
'We sent scouts through the
South looking for good specimens
One came back all excited. He
said he had found the biggest box
wood in America, and it was in
perfect shape.
"We went down to take look
at that one. It was in Grayson
County, Va. The farmer was a
little reluctant about selling it
He said it had been in the family
long time. It sure had, it was
about 200 years old. It seems his
daughter needed $500 to go to
teachers college. When he heard
we would give him $500 for the
tree, he sold it to us, together
with the patch of land it was on
Ready to Pay $4,000.
"We went to Pierre Dupont al
Kennett Square, Pa. and told
him we had the biggest box in
America for him. He looked al
photograph of it and asked
How much?' We told him $751;
900. He said. I'll take it.
"Then we went back and started
scouting the roads to find route
on which we could truck the tree
to Norfolk to bring it up the Della
ware by boat. The tree was only
8 feet tall, but it was IS feet wide.
We found it couldn't be done. The
tree is still down there in Vir-
ginia."
That was only an incident in
cornering the boxes. Every good
looking tree that could be moved
was purchased and transplanted
in Cockeyville. Md, near Balti-
more.
"One day." Mr.. Labar said, "a
woman stopped in who had mo-
tored down from Greenwich,
Conn. She mentioned that she
had made some money on the
stock market and that she would
like to buy something nice for
her place. I showed her our
growing collection of old boxes.
In Is minutes she spent SIS, 900
on boxes.
Money Put Back in Trees.
after that we knew we had
something. We put the money
back into more trees. Before we
were through. we figured we had
$400. 900 worth of boxes. had
about 100000 worth, and my
partners in the venture, Towson
Nurseries Of Towson, Md, and
Andorra Nurseries of Philadel-
phia, had about 100000 each.
Then one day. in 1928, there
was an "a degree variation in the
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CHEERFUL IN THE HEAT

r PAID HER a visit on a scorching
/ day. found her sorting a huge
family wash. And wasn't she
cheerful, humming to herself!
Don't feel sorry for me-" she said,
"I just think of when Mama used
to wash those dozens of sheets,
towels and tablecloths, the big
coverall dresses, yards of apron,
and no Clorox." She patted the
bottle. This true friend makes me
so proud of my wash line, I guess
I never mind the heat" She held
up pair of muddy overalls and
laughed. II hate to wash the fun
out of these knees. Junior wore
them, then Ted, now they're ready
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Financial Corner in Boxwood Recalled at Nurseymens Talks

$4,000 to get bulldozers in there
and remove the trees to make the
ground ready for other use"
His listener remarked that Mr..
Labar was quite cheerful about
telling such a sad story.
'Oh WELL" he said philosophi-
cally, "the Wall Street boom col
lapsed a year later. There would
have been no market for them
ANYWAY"
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temperature in Maryland-some-
thing that had never happened
before in the history of the
Weather Bureau. Boxes that were
not getting special attention with
stood it.
"But we were nurserymen, and
we had fertilized our boxes into
a soft growth. The quick change
in the temperature killed every
one Of them. We had to pay
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covered to 8 minutes. This mush-
room dressing made with butter
Drowned BinB Mushrooms is extra
delicious-and here's why. BinB
Mushrooms are hothouse beauties,
picked when their havor's perfect,
and broiled to a savory turn in pure,
creamery butter. Then they're
packed in their own broth-which
I use to its last delicious drop! And
I keep all 8 ready-to-use BinB
styles on hand-Whole Mushroom
Crowns, Sliced Mushrooms, Chop
ped Mushrooms. With BinB Mush-
rooms there's no peeling, no trim
ming, no waste - and that's all
around good economy.
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Energy than the fresh sweet milk
you make them with. There's a
flavor for each taste. T,po choco-
lates-Royal Chocolate for the
nilE-chocolate taste; Royal Dark
m Sweet-rich and ertrG-choco-
laty. Then there's mellow Vanilla
and excitive Butterscotch. Try this
Royal treat:
Bvfferseofeh.Spense Dssssrt: Prepare
Royal BvtfsFseofeh Pudding os package
directs. Cool. Sprsed between TIVE
layers Of bakers sponge coke. Chill.
Top with whipped cream and srutsd
ehoeeIata.
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clean, really sweet. Doesn't surprise
me! I've known for years that Arm
& Hammer or Cow Brand Baking
Soda sweetens as it cleans.
quickly emulsif1es greasy film !.
kills "icebox odor."
Help keep your food safe by
giving your refrigerator the real
protection of a weekly soda bath.
Simply wipe insides with soda on
q damp cloth; wash ice trays In
soda solution e Tbsp. to a at. of
water). Soda care costs less than
NJ a week!
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20 60 to Sonny, Clorox is that
gentle on clothes. You'll see how
little rubbing I have to do with the
Clorox rinse" CYou're telling me?
I thought) Would you guess this
apron was eight years old? It's
been through jelly-making sea-
sons, too, and that means plenty
of stains, but Clorox gets it so clean
I don't have to worry"
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ieve the stress and discomfort Of
wind, dust, sun or strong lights. Let
me help you get this instant COM
fort for your eyes. I'll send you
purse-size sample bottle of Murine
for only 10e-and won't you be glad
youwrote for it! Mail dime with your
name and address to me-tod1y.
Jessie DeBoth, Box 1855,
q Grund Central P. O., q
New York II, NY.
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partment. And
the advice of %
leading n1anufac-
turerS is use
baking soda to
keep your refrig-
orator sparkling
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it's cold Uncle Ben's rice is never
gummy. And for the first time you'll
have polished rice which hasn't lost
its natural B vitamins. Uncle Ben's
exclusive new process seals them
into every grain. Yes-this rice is q
wonderful buy-it's beautiful-easy
to cook-delicious to eat-and extra
nutritious. Try this:
Cook I cup Uncle Bsn's Rice in boiling
saifed chicken stock (ses pkg. direetiens)
ill rice obserhs all liquid. Blend In
JbsP. saeh chopped onion end green
pepper pon-sried in Tbsp. oil.
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cleanses delicate
eye tissues as
gently as a tear.
Simply put 2
drops in each
eye, as often as
YOU like. to re.
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THE BUSIEST DESSERTS

In many an American home are
Royal Puddings. Grown-ups like
them as much as the children do
because Royal Puddings really have
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Mushrooms the
only broiled-in-
b ut ter m s h.
rooms add Il
cup butter and /
t a b | e S p o o n
onions. Simmer
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fGDor. Delicious
S m o o t h -
creamy -textured
they're good
for you, too, be-
cause Royals"
give more Food
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Our Eyes Work Hard wher-
ever we are. So I've learned to carry
Murine with me everywhere. Murine
gives tired eyes wonderfully quick
relief, you know. It soothes and
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PERFECT ICED COFFEE

.. Is made slOsc acith COLD
acGfer! wonderful New In
slant G. Washington's coffee dis
solves instantly a.
in cold water -
gives you rich, 7A 4
delicious iced e ME mP
coffee in 80 sec ~ ~
onds. Never S il
again need you
have weak and watery iced coffee
made by pouring boiling coffee over
melting ice. Only cold water is
needed with G. Washington's! So it
gives you the full strength Of this
superb blend of coffee-fresh, full
bodied, and nndiluted. With In
slant G. Washington's you've got
the ideal setup for Summer-really
perfect coffee every time.
rs This EGsy: Measure on inch or 50 Of
Geld wofsF infe glass. Add 4 teaspoons
New lnsfant 9. Wushington's, stirring
siii dissolved. Add ice, wateE, and IL do
sirsd-seFvs with sugar and cream.
OF course, G. .Washington's makes
a perfect cup Of hot coffee, tool
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Rice. Without
fail it cooks up
fufy-white and
1ig h t wit h
every grain ten
der and sepa-
rate. Even after
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You're The Boss of the kitchen,
but the men who make refriger-
ators are the experts in that de-
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Then-When IT'S cold ond set-poroffin
so that liquid porafFin slips up on
edses-eivine you q perfect seal eleor
70 the top.
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HERE'S EASY LUXURY

Ito dress up plain meat or vege-
tables. To one 3-oz. can of BinB
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TRY MY FAvoRITE RICE

-. and put away your strainer. You
don't have to rinse, drain or steam
Uncle Ben's Concerted Long Grain
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d a in ty or a S
hearty as you
wish. Originated
85 years ago, this
deviled ham has
been Americas
favorite sand
Wich spread.
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Cool Off With Lemon.
0de for real hot-weather
comfort. Fresh lemonade
does more than leave q tart

d e II 6 n t =
full taste e
/ n y o u r
m o u t h .
Lemons re-
place the
e ne q v .
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JE55IE5N25.z;ziZ;h!; I. e; g q!

the urest way have perfect seal when you're poronins
jam ios and Jelly glasses Porofn while the fruits hot.
it's cold and se-poron again. This time tilt yoy jars and CLOSES
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so fast in summertime.
That's why lemonade is
really cooling-it keeps you
cool longer. There's no
better thirSt-quencher for
the children when they
romp in hot and tagged out.
SGDe yourself tDork:: Squeeze
a dozen or more juicy
Sunkist Lemons at q time
enough for 2 or 3 days.
Sweeten, store in refriger-
ator in tightly covered glass
jar. That way lemon juice
keeps its fresh flavor and
vitamins. Then-in 10 Sec
onds, by adding ice and
water, you're ready to off,
set heat and fatigue with
delicious lemonade every
body loves.
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THERE'S ALWAYS TIME

90. for an Underwood Deviled Ham
sandwich! You can make one as
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Tender, pink meat from WHOLE
HAM, skillfully minced, blended
and seasoned with finest spices and
condiments, makes it rot1rishing
and f1avory. And its versatility is
practically endless. You can depend
on Underwood Deviled Ham to be
the most popular item in picnic
basket or on a party tray. And, my,
what it adds to casserole!
NlBBIE TREATS: Cut bread with Isuf-
shaped cookie cutter. Spread with
Underwood DsViled Ham. decorate with
minced parsley to 90 with salads for q
pretty buffet.
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5-stripe Natural
Canadian Beaver
This IOsC Price INCLUDES
Federal Tax!

Newest lAoaHe-te distinguished ouo wear dessp luxury
Finest BeaVee noto seored Canadian Deep vekeN
pile ond osh pe construction hot brings all the beauty silver
its flores
Other Beaver Goats from S420 upwonds incl Fed
And should be interested Maska Coat Pon Lon
rel Mink Aoo Seo you'll find these splendid
priced specially low for the Jeheff quohN they representa-
Poy for Coat easy stoees VIII charge till Nov
See the New our Branch
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acafer! wonderful New In
slant G. Washington's coffee dis
Evening star., 1950-01-16

$50, don't expect too much this
year. After all, we're facing an
election and we want to hold
down expenditures as much as
possible. Next year is another
year, so be patient"
Despite all this, employe groups
still hope to obtain passage this
year of at least several employe
measures which do have the Dem
ocratic leadership's approx
These include the veterans credit
bill and the measure to extend
survivorship annuity benefits to
those Federal workers already re-
tired.
Several other measures also will
be strongly pushed, but enact
ment of any other major Federal
worker benefits this year is ex-
tremely doubtful.
X X X
SECURITY RISK POWERS
The Defense Department was
blocked by top Administration Of
ficials in its request for blanket
authority to fire employees sum-
marily on "bad security risk"
charges, without even giving &C
cused employees an inkling of the
charges or hearing.
Instead, the Administration has
agreed to recommend to Congress
the right of the Army, Navy and
Air Force, as well as the State
Department, the Atomic Energy
Commission and several other Sc
curity agencies, to dismiss en-
ployes on security risk charges
after the workers have been
granted a hearing. In the proc
ess. the employees will be given
as much of the nature of the
charges against them as security
considerations warrant.
At present, these agencies have
these dismissal powers on a tenn
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BY the Associated Press

FBI Director j. Edgar Hoover
says his G-Men have LESS than
ITO telephone taps in existence
and they are confined to internal
security cases.
Mr.. Hoover made public last
night statement aimed at what
he called IAN increased circula-
ton of inaccurate information
and half truths on overlapping
motivated for the purpose
of confusing the public.
Every time the idea of listen
ing in with a telephone wiretap
is under consideration, he said,
"the facts and recommendations
are presented to the Attorney
General, who must authorize the
use of the tap before such tech
nique is utilized"
Mr.. Hoover added that the
continuing policy is to authorize
overlapping in espionage, sabo-
tage and kidnapping cases when
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Mincey Takes Stand
To Deny Attack on Girl

Hugh G. Mincey, 33-year-old
iron worker, denied on the stand
today in his District Court. trial
that he is guilty of carnal knowl-
edge involving the little girl whom
he is accused of attacking.
Mincey testified the child, who is
5 years old. had gone, to a bath
room in the apartment hotel where
they lived at 518 II street. NV,
while he was in the room. He said
she kicked the door and that he
went to the door and demonstrated
with her. The girl cursed him,
he said, adding:
II took her across my knees and
spanked her"
, Mincey denied a part of a state
! ment to police in which she is
quoted as admitting having beaten
the child severely. =
He was called to the stand by
defense Attorneys T. Emmett Nc
sKenzie and Harry J. Ahern after
the prosecution had rested. He
told of having four young children
OF his own, the eldest 9 years ole
and the youngest 16 months.
Under questioning by Assistant
United States Attorney Cecil r.
Hefin, Mincey admitted he had
served time on a burglary charge.
The trial began last Wednesday
before jury of eight men and
four women with Judge T. Alan
GoldSborough presiding.
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Ross D. Thompson
Dies OF Brief Illness;
Lifelong DC. Resident

Ross Debruler Thompson, SIS.
member of an old Washington
family and a lifelong resident
here, died today in National
Homeopathic Hospital, Second
and N streets NV, after a brief
illness. He lived at 1922 Glover
driveway, Wesley Heights.
Mr.. Thompson was the son of
the late Ross Thompson and Mrs.
Wena Debruler Thompson. His
grandfather, the late John W.
Thompson, was president of the
National Metropolitan Bank here
for many years.
Born in Washington, he was a
graduate of Friends School here.
In 1919 he was graduated from
Lafayette College.
Mr.. Thompson served in the air
corps in World War I. He was a
member of the National Presby-
terian Church for more than As
years.
Surviving him are his widow,
Mrs. Doris Wagner Thompson; a
son, Ross Thompson, jr., and a
brother, John w. Thompson, sr,
of 4919 Sedgwick street NV.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow at Gawler's
funeral chapel, 1855 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. Private burial will
be held in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Less Than 40 FBI Wiretups
In Existence, Hoover Says

the Attorney General deems that
the circumstances warrant it.
The statement was given origi-
.nally to a House Appropriations
subcommittee last Friday. Last
week, Representative Rankin
Democrat, of Mississippi, reported
that several Congress members
had reported their wires were be-
ing tapped. but Mr.. Rankin said
he did not think the FBI was doing
it. James Lawrence Fly. former
chairman of the Federal Commu-
nications Commission, has been
outSpoken against wire-tapping.
Mr.. Hoover said. without identi-
flying. any critics of the FBI:
THE facts contradict the hys-
terical utterance of those who
would have us believe that wire
tapping by the FBI is unrestricted
and is utilized on a wholesalesbasis
The fact is that the F'BI has less
than ITO telephone taps in exist
ence confined to internal security
cases throughout the United
States and it's possessions.
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porary basis. The forthcoming
request to Congress will be for
legislation to make this authority
permanent.
Some administration officials
candidly say that they are afraid
of abuses of security risk author
ity. That's why they insisted on
the right of employees to some pro-
cedural protection, before they
gave the pending legislation their
approval. But even SO, they still
are worried over possible abuses.
There have been charges made
that the agencies already are
abusing their temporary powers in
getting rid of employees.
Security risk cases do not in
volve loyalty, but include other
factors such as drinking, gossip
ing, gambling and other personal
faults. However, an employe fired
as a security risk is often confused
in the public mind as a Com
munist or an otherwise disloyal
person. Some top Federal officials
strongly feel that it is unfair to
stigmatize such persons and rec
ommend that the security agen-
cies instead get rid of these
employees on ordinary firing pro-
cedures based on charges of in
competence or insubordination.
BOOKLET The Civil Service
Commission will have ready on
February 7 its up-to-date ques-
on-and-answer booklets on the
various retirement benefits to
which Government employees are
entitled.
According to present plans, the
booklets will be distributed by the
various Government departments
and agencies.
LEGISLATIVE employees -
Senator Flanders, Republican. of
Vermont has introduced legisla-
ton to give greater retirement
benefits to employees on Capitol
Hill.
The bill would compute the sal
aries of legislative employees on
their actual salary, rather than
their base pay. For example, a
legislative worker may earn $4,000
a year, but his base pay may only
be $4,000, and it is on this latter
figure that his retirement is COM
puted. The Flanders measure,
which would compute the retire
ment benefits on the larger figure,
would mean considerably more re-
tirement benefits to these en-
ployes.
X X
JOBS-The more than 5000
Government Jobs in Puerto Rico
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Condition Of Girl, 8, Hurt
In Fall , Remains Critical

Elizabeth Accrocco, 8, remained
IN a critical condition today at
Providence Hospital, her parents
said, from an injury she suffered
Saturday after falling from a tree
and striking her head on stone
The third grade student at St
refers School was playing with
nelghoor children in woods near
her home, 728 Yuma street Sc
when the accident occurred.
elizabeth tried to walk home
after she fell" her mother, Mrs,
Russell A. Accrocco, said. "A
nelghbor found her lying on the
Sidewalk unconscious. She couldn't
il1t her and notified me and nv
husband. We rushed her to the
hospital"
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Seized Drugs: Offered
In Evidence Against
Roberts and His Wife

A small quantity of drugs,
which the Government contends
came from the apartment of James
M. Roberts, was introduced into
evidence today as the trial of
Roberts and his wife resumed in
District Court. They are charged
with illegal transfer of narcotics.
The evidence was introduced by
Assistant United States Attorney
Arthur Mclaughlin in the course
OF testimony by Howard Chap
pell. a Federal Narcotics Bureau
agent. According to testimony,
Mr.. Chappell and a former friend
OF Roberts visited the defendants
apartment in the TOO block of
Girard street NV. over the week
end of October 8.
Mr.. Chappell today repeated
much of the testimony given by
his companion under-cover man
Both Mr.. Chappell and the other
witness, James Watson, have testi-
fled that marihuana cigarettes
were smoked, that Roberts sold
Mr.. Watson a small quantity of
cocaine and that Mrs. Roberts
gave Mr.. Watson a quantity of
marihuana.
Today's evidence included six
cigarettes which the government
claims contain marihuana, II
ounces of bulk marihuana which
Mrs. Roberts allegedly poured into
Mr.. Watson's handkerchief, and
nine cocaine capsules which Mr
Watson testified he bought from
Roberts for $50.
Mr.. Chappell testified today
that Roberts agreed to sell Mr.
Watson ounce of cocaine for
$500. But the line of question
ing indicated that this deal was
never consumated.
Defense Counsel Joseph LYMAN
obtained from Mr.. Chapel an
admission that at the time of
MS visits to the Roberts home
ne had no personal KNOWLEDGE of
whether the substances passed
around in the Roberts home were
drugs. Roberts is colored. His
wife. Evalina, is white.
Evening star., 1950-01-16
Fights Are Fatal 10 6
Over Week End in
Washington Area

Six persons died violent deaths
in the Washington area over the
week end, four of them from gun
shot wounds and another from
burns received when he was hit
with a kerosene lamp.
The sixth was killed when he
was struck during a fight.
In addition, one man is in criti-
cal condition with bullet wound
E in the abdomen which police
charge was inflicted by his com
mon-law wife. All the victims are
colored.
The dead:
1gnacio Butler, Is, of 1888 Sev-
enth street Sc, shot in the head
during a teen-age party argument
in front of 1868 Howison place
S.W., late Saturday night.
Mrs. Hattie Baden, %, of 12O
r street NE, slain by her hus-
band, Clyde Balden, 81, who then
shot himself, according to Cor
oner A. Magruder Macdonald.
Found Shot to Death.
Walter Underwood, 25, of the
800 block of Royal street, Alex
andria, who was found shot to
death early Sunday near the inter-
section of Oronoco and North Pitt
streets in Alexandria.
Sam Watson, 43, of 1925 Bells
court NV, who was fatally
burned when he was struck with
a lighted lamp during an argu-
ment in a neighbor'S home. He
died early Sunday in Emergency
Hospital.
Leroy Murray, 81, of 632 Nor
ton street NV, who was struck
In the mouth during a fight at
his home. DR.. Macdonald said
Murray apparently died of frac-
tured skull. An autopsy is to be
performed today.
The wounded:
Lonnie Lucas, 80, of 1248 Union
street S.W., who is in critical
condition at Emergency Hospital
with a gunshot wound in the
upper left abdomen inflicted, po-
lice charge, by Virginia Bowman.
She is held for assault with in
tent to kill,
Evening star., 1950-01-16

cial adviser to Manuel L. Quezon,
President of the Philippines. He
served in that post for three years,
retiring then to his home in In
dependence, Grayson County, Va,
where he had lived since.
Born in independence, Gen. Cox
was a graduate of the class of
1901 at West Point. He began
his army career with the cavalry
at Fort Myer and later served
with that organization in the
Philippines and at various posts
in the United States until this
country entered World War I.
Gen. Cox sailed for France in
May, 1917, with the 18th Field
Artillery Regiment. Seeing &C
tion in several major battles, he
served in the Meuse -Argonne Of
fensive and commanded a bar
rage unit consisting of the 77th
and 10th Field Artillery Regi-
ments and a French Air Corps
unit. He was awarded the. Dis
tinguished Service Medal for his
work in World War I.
Served With White Russians.
After the war the general served
as assistant military attache in
Turkey and Bulgaria and in the
field as military observer with the
White Russian armies of Gems.
Denikin and Wrangel. He later
became military attache to Ger
many for three years.
Returning to the United States
in 1924. he served with the War
Departments general staff here.
He attended the Army War Col
lege in 1929 and then was as
signed to duty as assistant to the
chief of the Insular Affairs Bureau
until 1882. He became chief of
the bureau after brief tour of
duty in Manila.
Funeral Tomorrow.
Gen. Cox married the former
Margaret Kennedy Ross of War;
renton and Washington in 1925.
She died IL years ago.
In addition to his sister, he is
survived by a step-daughter, Mrs.
John CasweH, 1925 Massachusetts
avenue NV. who is known pro-
fessionally as Betsy CasweIl,
woman's page editor of The Star;
three sisters, Mrs. S. G. Thomas,
Grant, Va; Mrs. Dudley Cole,
Chilhowie, Va, and Mrs. Boyd
Etter. Rising Sun, Md, and two
brothers, F. M. Cox and Kyle T..
Cox, both of independence.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow in Independence.
Burial will be in the family ceme-
terry there.