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E ARRIVE; 27 SOUTH
 26 TO FAIRBANKS. PAA

Seventy eight travellers flew with Pan American World Airways over the weekend with g arrivals, 27 southbound and 26 going to Fair banks.
 From Seattle: Pat Barkley, A. w. Bolley. Beverly Lysne. David flaw ley, E. Buchanan, Esther Commet. Richard Dale, Mrs. Nels Furness, Sigrid Harris, Lisle Hebert, E. Be- bert. Claude Hoffman, Ed. Matters. James Mark, J. Milligan, Dr. Cath erine Nelson, c. w. Peters, Charles Ross, H. D. Rowell, G. Workman, Cynthia, Norman and Virginia Sal lis.
 From Annette: G. I. Reese, liar " White.
 To Ketchikan: Karl Binzer, John Reed.
 To Seattle: Arthur Seeley, Avis Amot, Rosalyn Hermes, Juanita Wilson, Dora Hayes, Joseph Nor gan, Ray Chiles, Louis Slaughter. Audrey Feero, Susie Vim, G. Mayberry, MT. and Mrs. L. L. Far mer, Bonnie Hanson, Jack Fly, Dr. Ed. Bach, Ana, Marcia and Gary Paxton, Gay Hulberg, MT. and Mrs, William Campbell, William Carson, J. B. Reber, c. J. McArdle.
 To Fairbanks: Teddy Kayman, A. John, Rose Gabriel, Margaret Ad- ans, Bertha Medley, Jessie Berg, w. Wallue, c. Beggite, T. Titon, A. Ivy, Harold Sinclair, Hazel Myers, Charles Hirdceny, Ethel and Ray Evans, Vernon Wright, Irma May and John Wright. Jr., K. Martin, Mrs. Fisher, Margaret Amacone, Alice Connolly, Jimmy Kingik, R. and Ann Sheldon.
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The Great Wall of China was begun in PA B. c.
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EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY
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LOST
 OFF COSTA RIGA;
 CREW OF 10 SAVED

ASTORIA, May 28 = R - The Columbia River Packers Association received word today of the loss of it's 76-foot tuna clipper, Swiftwater, off the coast of Costa Rica.
 Officials received a telegram from John Marincovich, skipper of the vessel, asking for funds for sub sistence, clothing and transporta- tion to the United States.
 The crew of 10 was saved. The boat, built in 1945, was valued at s100,0O0.
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SEVEN TRAVEL ON
 ELLIS AIRLINES

Six passengers arrived on Ellis Airlines Monday with one travelling on interport.
 Arriving from Ketchikan: Grace Berg, Janet Edwards, L. Lucas.
 From Petersburg: Dewayne Var ness, Cyril zuboff, c. D. Tandy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-29
BOTTOM FISHERMEN
 GET 2-CENT RAISE

ASTORIA, Ore, May 29, = R = Bottom fishermen were back at sea today after accepting one to two cent increase in the price of fish from packers.
 The boost brought prices for bot tom fish to five to 10 cents a pound. The fishermen, members of the Otter Trawlers union, had been idle three weeks in the price dis pute.
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ATTENTION TOURISTS

For an intimate acquaintance with s. E. Alaska on the mailboat Yakobi for a 600 mile 4-day scenic 'oyage. Sailings once a week, de- parting Wednesday am. 816-tf
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TAKU LODGE OPEN

Taku Lodge now open for your patronage. Contact Alaska Coastal Airlines at Baranof Hotel for res- ervations. 816-7t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10
Life Compensotes for Loss
Of Sight, Blind Veteran Finds

plans two years OF graduate
work.
Meanwhile, he has acquired g
wife, two children, James Joseph
IT months, and Elizabeth Ann, six
months old, a car, and a house
in Northeast Washington-"all
paid for except the house." he
said, with quiet pride.
How do you see your chill
dren?" he was asked.
Primarily by their bottoms!
he said with a chuckle.
You change them?"
HE does the laundry. too" his
wife said, with quiet amusement
No one wants pity, he urged
The blinded veterans want to be
accepted as normal men. He was
a football and baseball player in
high school, but he doesn't miss
playing. He does miss driving a
car and knowing that he never
will drive. He enjoys the talking
books from the Library of Con-
greSs-he and his wife often listen
to them together. They play
cribbage on a Braille board. and
go to the movies and listen to the
radio and she reads to him aloud
Mr.. McKenna, like other blinded
veterans, receives about $500 a
month in disability compensation.
"Of course. some men with a
hangnail can't get along in the
everyday world" he commented.
There are 80 blinded veterans he
knows of in Washington. Two or
three are lawyers, others run small
businesses, one is in the chair
Gaming business, another is a
piano tuner, there is a physio-
therapist, a teacher, and an ex-
pert radio repair man.
Il can't see any difference be-
tween us and anybody else" Mr.
McKenna said firmly.
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mendations, including citations
for faithful perseverance to duty
that led to the solution of the
Charles Hines murder case in 1913,
and the Lansburgh murder case
in 1850.
He served in the Traffic Divi-
sion, and in the fourth and fifth
precincts. He was promoted to
captain IN 1948 and assigned to
the first precinct, and has served
as assistant executive and per-
sonnet officer in the executive
office Of administrative headquar-
tiers.
1t. Hartman, Sc, came to the
force as a No. 3 precinct private
in 1928. He was appointed lieu
tenant in 1910, transferred from
detective bureau to administrative
headquarters and later to the
communication and records divi-
sion. He has IS police commenda-
| lions.
1t. Hammann, 81, who has beer
acting captain of the communica.
lions and records division for the
last few months, joined the force
in 1922 as private at No 7. HI
has received IL commentator!
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DR.. Condor Quits u. S. Post;
Was 7 orget in Loyalty Probe

Ucll6Ncu LII. AOIluOU SILL SIlOulQ
be given a chance to testify, but
that 1t was a matter for the COM |
mittee to decide.
Pleased by Resignation.
Il think his resignation is ex-
cellent for the security of the
American people. but because of
the controversy over whether he
wants to appear, or the commit
tee wants him to. he should testify
to clear the record" Mr.. Velde
said.
The White House made public
the exchange of letters between
Mr.. Truman and DR.. Condor.
The Presidents letter. dated
today, read:
| MY dear DR.. Condor:
Il accept with regret your resig-l
nation as director of the National
Bureau of Standards, to be effec-
tive September 80. 1851.
You have served in a most
critical position with continued
and loyal attention to your duties
as director, and by reason of your
standing among scientists and the
supervision you have given to the
Bureaus activities. you have made
of it a more important agency
than it has ever been before.
Commends His Services.
ST appreciate the reason for
your resignation. While the
Government should have the right
to ask any citizen to give a
reasonable part of his time to the
public service. I do not feel that
We can properly ask you to pro-
long your service to the detriment
OF your personal affairs. You
have certainly done your part"
i DR.. Condor wrote the President
on August 8 as follows:
Dear Mr. President:
II hereby submit my resigna-
, ton as director of the National
: Bureau of Standards. the position
to which you appointed me in
November, 1945 l would like to
suggest that this resignation be
made effective on September 80
1851.
, 1T has been a satisfying expe-
rience to work for our Govern
ment during your administration
. My own reason for leaving the
: Federal service is one that is all
, too familiar to you: I can no
, longer afford to accept the severe
). financial sacrifice involved.
Your own recognition of the
Importance of scientific research
! in the Government, and of the
work of the National Bureau OF
' Standards in particular, has made
my job much easier than it might
have been, and for this I am CRATE
. full. shall always remember with
= warm appreciation your confidence
and friendly support the years OF
: my service within the Govern
ment.
Again assuring you of my loyal
friendship and desire to contribute
in every way to the welfare of our
country, I am,
Sincerely Yours,
Il E. U. CONDOR.
+. DR.. Condor became director in
= November, l945, on the retirement
= of DR.. Lyman j. Briggs. For eight
!, years before that, he was director
liof the Westinghouse Co. labora-
tories in Pittsburgh.
Y Expert in Atom Work.
n He acquired a reputation as one
= of the worlds leading physicists
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Sergt. Bohannon.

and for two years was an inStruc-
tor at the Police Training School.
He was promoted to lieutenant in
1948.
1t. Fletcher, of No. 8 precinct,
has been on the force since 1929
and has received five commenda-
tons. He was made a lieutenant
in 1948 while station at the sew
enth precinct, then transferred to
No. 8,in l949.
1t. Hunt. So, will be the new
head of the robbery squad. He
joined the force in 1922. His
career as a detective began at No
6 when he was appointed precinct
detective in 1912. In 1948 he was
made a lieutenant and transferred
to administrative headquarters
He has received Is police COM
mendationS.
1t. Layton, holder of % com.
mendations, joined the force ir
1896. The 39-year -old policeman
became a precinct detective il
1941 and was made detective
sergeant at headquarters in 1943
He was promoted to lieutenant ii
1913.
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D. {. Air Warning Horns
To Gel Test Next Month

Plans are being made for test
late next month of the Districts
air warning horns, District Civil
Defense Director John E. Fondahl
said today.
The test, timed to be held after
schools reopen, will check on the
air raid rescue program. To date,
only about $4,000 or the 100000
volunteers needed in the program
have signed up.
Installation of warning horns is
supposed to be completed by Au-
gust 20, Col. Fondahl said. He
added that he would try to find
some old building on which his
workers can practice fire-fghting
and rescue work.
Reports from the Public Build
ingS Administration indicated that
shelters have been designated in
$50 Federal buildings and that
l, 300 building guards are taking
first-aid refresher courses.
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a scientist of the new school grow
ing from the Einsteinian revolu-
ton. He became an expert on
the interior of the atomic nucleus
and the behavior of ultra-short
radio waves.
AS member of a select, inter-
national group of new era
thinkers. he advocated the free
exchange of scientific data. Even
during the long period he was I'M
der fire, he defended that prac-
tice, but insisted that such ex-
change should not include data
vital to this Nations security.
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Man Held in StranguIafion
Of Common-LaW Wife

Mack Thomas. colored, 30, OF
the 100 block of Quincy place NE,
Will face a coroner's jury at an IN
quest today into the death of his
common-law wife, Ella Leverett
colored, %, who was strangled in
their home yesterday.
Thomas was charged with MUIR
der after an autopsy disclosed the
cause of the woman's death. She
was found dead in bed by her
brother.
A note found in the house said
I'm sorry for you and the family
and for myself and my family. .
She made me do it." Thomas is
a laborer.
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D. {. Man, A Others Fight
Liquor CHARGE in Illinois
By The Associated Pres,

DANVILLE, Ill, Aug. 10.-Two
of ten men accused of transport
ing liquor from Cairo, ILL.,, to dry
areas of the South pleaded guilty
yesterday.
Federal Judge Casper Platt de-
ferred sentencing of the two de-
PENDANTS, Grafton Burgess and
j. Cohen Icenhour, both of Tay-
lorville, N. c.
Five other defendants moved
to quash the indictment and
Judge Plat granted them 10 days
in which to file briefs. They were
Joseph Wenger, Cairo; Frederick
P. Winner, Julius Markoff and
Lou Jacobson, all of Baltimore,
and Rubin Wishnia, Washington.
The three other defendants have
not been arraigned. They are
Erwin r. Davis and Wayne j..
Morris, both of Winston Salem,
N. c., and Wilmer E. Harris,
Lexington, N. c. All are out on
bond.
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By Frances Burns
North American Newspaper Alliance

| BOSTON, Aug. 10.-A young
veteran who lost both eyes SO days
before the end of the fighting in
Europe in World War II, says that
life has compensated him for the
loss of sight.
There's a kind of excitement
about being blind and beginning
to accomplish things" Peter j.
McKenna, jr., of Washington, said
as he prepared to read his treas
urer's report at the sixth annual
meeting of the Blinded Veterans
Association. In a way, blindness
is like moving into a new house
or beginning life over again. But
mostly for me, having my wife and
children has meant happiness.
TO think that a woman you'd
never seen would have faith
enough in you to marry you is
quite an incentive in itself"
He turned inStinctively toward
his attractive wife, whom he met
when Mary John was a nurse and
he a patient, in a Veterans Ad-
Iministration hospital.
Never Mentions Blindness.
MARY never mentions my blind
ness" he said. She expects me
to carry on like any husband
around the house"
Il never think of Peter as
blind" his wife rejoined. Once
in while I have to remind my
self that he can't see. He carries
on in the house better than any
husband l know Of"
One of 1874 men blinded in
World War II-there are so more
from the Korean conf1ict-young
IMcKenna was Is and just out of
high school in Washington when
he went into the service. He is 81
now.
He was in the 80th Infantry of
Gen. George Patton's Sd Army at
Kassel. Germany, when German
tank shell exploded in front of
him in one last counterattack of
the expiring German effort.
Fourteen days later he arrived
by plane at Valley Forge Hospital,
one eye already out, the other
sewed up to prevent infection, his
face powder burned, his right arm
broken, and with two fingers gone
from his crippled left hand.
Wasn't Surprised.
Two weeks later, when they
opened the remaining eye, they
found that it, too, would have to
be removed.
THE doctor told me in the OPP
Grating room, as gently as you can
tell a man, that l was not going
to See," Mr.. McKenna remem-
bered. ut was no surprise to me.
I really had expected it, and, in a
way, it was a consolation know
ing it. I could settle down to do
what I had to do to meet the
conditions. The first couple of
days, I admit, I felt quite low,
but other men in the war, who
had suffered more than I, helped
me. They told me all they'd been
able to do already. I think l felt
more grieved about the loss of my
two fingers"
He had 80 operations at Valley
Forge to reconstruct his face and
repair his arms, and three more
at another Veterans Administra-
ton hospital. He spent two years
at Valley Forge, broken by four
months of rehabilitation at Avon
Center, in Connecticut, where he
learned to get about with a cane,
to orient himself, read Braille,
feed himself properly, and think
about a career.
Attends Catholic University.
1t was there he decided that
he wanted to go to college and
to prepare for a career as a social
worker. He has one more year
now at Catholic University, and
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Two Types Of JETS
Set New Records
Ry ths As.nein,sd Pres,

SHREVEPORT, La, Aug. To-
Barksdale Air Force Base report
ed that an RB-45 jet bomber
averaged a speed of 1856 miles per
hour-believed to be a record for
that type of plane.
This speed was made possible.
it was explained yesterday, by a
"jet air stream" which travelled
at a speed Of from 225 to 800
miles per hour. The stream is
an air current which encircles the
earth at certain stratas of the
atmosphere.
Barksdale sources said the
planes average was made on a
recent l3-minute 50-second 205-
mile fight from Fort Worth, Tex,
to Shreveport.
An air force "stratojet" BAT
medium bomber has flown $500
miles nonstop at an average
speed of 500 miles an hour. The
flight yesterday-from Fairbanks,
Alaska, to wichita. Kans.-set a
new distance record for planes of
this type.
| The five-hour, 36-minute flight
was made to collect long-range
cruise control data.
Yesterdays flight exceeded by
200 miles one made last May by
BAT between Hawaii and
California in five hours, Sc
minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10

The National Geographic So
ciety says beef did not become an
important part of the American
diet until after the Civil War.
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First oil we'll to be drilled by
Baritons in the Middle East dates
hack to 1904. e
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LOST.

BLACK COCKER SPANIEL, female. 8 mos.
wheaton. Md. LO 5-2O98. 10
BLACK COCKER SPANIEL dog, answers
70 name 'Whimpie" or Man; lost Aug
at 4:45: reward. OIL. 1900. -I2
DOG male. part German police and ter
land St.. AND Glebe I'd; answers to name
oil Butch" Reward. Call ia. 4-O5l1
PURSE. mans between 18th and pa,
on 81 bus or at BEND 0 and " Varn num- ST. Ct
ne; $50 reward for return of full con-
EMS uN, 1913. CHARLES M. BUEH-
SMALL BARPIN. white and blue stones; on
P ST. between 34th and 35th SITS. or 35th
between and o SITS. NV. or on o st. to
holy holy T Trinity y, Church; sentimental value
TOY MANCHESTER. black and tan. fe-
male, name Little Ninety" from Union
Station. July 20. Elk. 1900, Ext .53:}
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roy eeLI cbdr sn aP BET " hsa y &c sa9
WHITE GOLD WRIST WATCH, blacE
Icord. small diamonds surround face
we snd 7h and OfIW sR k kew dnd Ca.
GRACE HILL, RE. 1870 or DT. s39S
$500 A, 7. & T BOND between Riggs Banl
j. FRANKLIN BELL, Army and Nav
Club. MA. $500. Ext. 4O9. liz
FOUND.
CUTE BLACK AND WHITE PUPPY, male
owner or good home. Call XII 9-:3959
DOG, Germans Shepherd. female, darb
brown. Call ia. 1854.
DOG, brownish- BLACK white chest, 4
white paws, white tip on tail; founC
vic. 9th and Constitution ave- Owner
call WI. 095l
FOUNTAIN PEN in $500 block Conn, ave
shout June Is Cali EN-. 03Il anC
identify.
sGoTTIE; male BLACK; found near
WHITE MALE SPITZ type dog: about
June In Mt. Rainier; real pet. fond
of children; owner may have upon
identification WA. 1889.
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Patricia Robinette was shy, timid and
lacked confidence in herself. A few les-
sons at Arthur Murray's not only re-
stored her confidence, but made her a
popular dance partner. She is now a
teacher at Arthur Murray's and helps
others gain confidence.
Come in for FREE guest
lesson and Dance Analysis!
Phone Elk. 400
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llo5 King St., Alexondrio, Va.
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FOUND.

COCKER OR SPRINGER SPANIEL. black
very. very friendly; found in Riverdale'
CynCaA Wa. 1891.
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FOUND.

CUTE BLACK AND WHITE PUPPY male.
owner or good home. Call XII 9-3959
DOG, Germans Shepherd. female, dark
brown Call TIA INA
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NO MORE. PLEASE! Not long ago we
quoted trade publications heading for a
column devoted to engagements, weddings
and births - Shared, Paired. Heired." Since
then. readers have bombarded us with yaria-
tons, and to put a stop to the business once
and for all, we've decided to pass on the latest
to arrive. In volume observing the 25th
anniversary of Harvard's class of 1926.
member reports that he finally met the girl
and romance ensued. He lists developments
from then on as, Signed. sealed and - after
an appropriate interval - delivered"
REMINDER. IT, like many of us, you've
delayed your Christmas shopping until now,
most likely you've overlooked the fact that
this week end and the next few days are
loaded with important anniversaries. Just
few:
December Is is the 178th anniversary of
the Boston Tea Party; the Wright brothers
made their first successful airplane flight at
Kitty Hawk on December IL. 1903; the Pill
grims landed at Plymouth Rock December
81. 1920. Also. in case you've forgotten the
22nd will be the first day of winter.
PRESTO! Author Corey Ford (see London
Holiday on Page 81 is an ardent New Hamp-
shirite. and as such enjoys taking sides in
the perennial Vermont VS.. New Hampshire
controversies. Latest story he's told us is
about the Vermont farmer who because OF
state boundary shift. suddenly found himself
and his property in New Hampshire. Thank
heavens. he said. Now won't have to go
through any more of those Vermont winters
When one of our editors caustically said:
THE trouble with New Hampshire is. it has
more cows than people, MIR. Ford responded:
The trouble with New York is, it has more
people than cows" THE EDITORS
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fusion lie in the future. Yet those words, said
to me and repeated to Others who also needed
them. have no accent of despair.
His words are practical. They are simple,
but they seem to me to create the mood in
which one should live today Excitement and
fear are what we must control and eliminate
when we can. To act quietly spreads peace
With work. and only work, comes confidence.
He recommended that way of living to
each of us. and that too is profound For it
will take all of us to build up enough calmness
and fearlessness and diligence to defend us
against the forces of destruction which roam
through our world
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HE kEXI WAY by Margaret Culkin Banning
LdL

>Ohe best soay is for each of
us. quietly, sgithost excitement on
feor, to do the daily job before US"
JAMES HANDAsYD PERKINS
Evening star., 1951-12-16

THIs is the advice of man who knew thor
IL oughly and was deeply troubled by the
problems of the modern world. James Perkins,
New York banker, advisor to several govern
ments kindly gentleman farmer and friend of
people in every income bracket, died only
few years ago. He knew and often said that
this was no time for easy optimism. He
believed that great upheavals and much con-
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INVITATION FOR BIDS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska June 19, 1851 TERRITORY OF ALASKA
 SEALED BIDS, in single copy subject to the conditions contained herein will be received until 10 AM. AST. July 20. 1851. and then pub licly opened, for furnishing all labor and materials and performing all work for construction of an Airport Landing Strip located near Haines, Alaska.
 Plans, Specifications, and Project Documents may be obtained from the Director of Aeronautics, Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commission, Glover Building, F. O. Box 2215, Anchorage, Alaska. upon deposit of S2500.
 Bids will be publicly opened in the Office of the Director of Aero nautics, Glover Building, Anchorage, Alaska, at 10 AM, A.S.T., on July 20, 1851
 Where copies of plans are re- quested, a deposit of $25.O0 Will be required to insure their return.
 Guarantees will be required with each bid as follows: Five Percent (5qs). (See Paragraph 2 of 1nstruc- lions to Bidders) Performance Bond will be required for an amount not less than 5Oqo of the Contract. Pay ment Bond will be required for an amount not less than 5O4o Of the Contract. Liquidated damages for delay will be as stipulated in the General Contract Provisions for Air port Construction Specifications.
 Partial Payment will be made monthly. Minimum wage rates ap- plicable to the contract shall be as .isted in Special Contract Provisions.
 Bids must be submitted upon Pro- posal Form and the successful bid der will be required to execute the Standard Form of Contract for Con- 
 structiOn.
 The right is reserved, as the in- crest of the Territory of Alaska nay require, to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality in bids received, and to reject any items of any bid, unless such bid is qualified by specific limitation.
 Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked, and addressed as follows:
 Bid for Airport Landing Strip, Haines, Alaska, to be opened at 10 AM, A.S.T. Date July 20, 1851
 Bidder
 Address First publication: June 20 1951 Last publication: July 19, 1851.