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Evening star., 1951-09-05
IBA President to Speak.

Laurence M. Marks. national
president of the Investment
Bankers Association, and Murray
Hanson, general counsel. will dis
Evening star., 1951-09-05
NADIA Points With Pride.

The National Association OF
Automobile Dealers NADIA Maya
zine devoted its lead article this
month to the associations part in
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-. sales

Hourly Sales on the Exchange Today;
IL 100 am. 800 600 1900 noon $50 900
100 pm. o1o 600 200 pm. 600 900
tUnit OF trading 10 shares. I'm pank-
ruptcy or receivership or being reorganizeo
under the Bankruptcy Act or securities
assumed bv such companies. Rates Of divi-
dends In the foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
wise noted special or extra dividends are
not included cid Called dividend.
stock dividend Cash or stock Paid
last year fPayable n stock estimated
ciared or paid. after stock dividend or
split-up K Declared or paid this year an
accumulative issue with dividends in ar
rears. p Paid this year. dividends omitted.
deferred or. no action taken at iast. 6ivi-
dssRdd %sst9E pss 9tock dVdanG 1Sa
dividend. PAYABLE in stock, exact cash
Vafiie vnSe<aruns1ed on declaration data
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N. Y. Bond Market
FURNISHED BY the Associated Press.l

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Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. Sept. 5 OP,. - Dividends
announced:
Increased
Evening star., 1951-09-05

California Water Service Co.
has sold So million in mortgage
bonds as part of its construction
program.
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Washington Exchange

Pot Elee Pwr com@70 al 14K so =. ga,
90 at l4M 70 W at 44Ts'
Southern Co com-33 at f11h
Wash Gas COMO at 26I.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-03-22

Ne veltui karta Shame laik-
rastyje teko pranasauti, jog Te-
vynes Myletoju Draugijos Los
Angeles skyrius, nauiosios val
dybos skatinamas, gales duoti
vietos lietuviu visuomenei to-
kia, taip sakant, pramoga, ko-
kiu clio ligi siol veik nebudavo
- nei kilbasu, nei kopustu, Q
visdelto grazu ir idomu.
Skyrius uzsimojo kovo II d.
suruoSti Los Angeles primal!
Iliteraturos ir muzikos vakara
il suorganizavo staciai vienas
zmogus, T4MD skyriaus nauia-
sis pirmininkas Vladas Baku-
mas, vos keliu bendradarbiu tai
kininkaujamas. Vietiniai lietu-
vial menininkai pakviesti me-
vienas neatsisake prisideti.
vakara susirinko apie 100 EMO
niu, neziurint, kad tue metU
siaute gripo epidemija ir dau-
gels lietuviu sirgo. Keturi as
menys ir is programmes vykdyto-
ju negalejo dalyvauti, iu tarpe
prof. M. Birziska ir dali. P. Pu-
zinas. Apsirgo ir pats pirminin-
kas Bakunas, kurio vietoje va
karo programa pravede sky
riaus sekretorius K. Barauskas
Per pustrecios valandos susi.
rinkusieji isklause tikrai mar.
ga, ivairia ir idomia programa
o. Birziskaite Barauskiene pa.
skambino pora Ciurlionies pre-,
liudu, saksafonistas Kreptavi
cius pagrojo lietuviu liaudies
dainu, DIR. A. Andrekus atlikc
iris smuiko numerius, solistas
Vladas Baltrusaitis padainavc
iris dainas. Muzikiniu numerir
tarpe buvo imaisyta literature
ne programos dalis. E. Trus.
kauskaite nuotaikingai paskaite
N. Mazalaites legenda apie Ka.
reivio Grizima, Ona Mitkiene
suiaudino klausytoius savo eli.
lerasciais, Br. Raila perskaitf
Pulgio Andriusio naujausia fel.
jetona "Iskasenos' ir ilgesne
lietuviu poezijos pyne, ia progs
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-03-22
KASKAS IR LIEPA DAINUOS CHICAGOJE

Chicagos lietuviai per pasku-
tinius dvejus metus tureio vi
sokiu koncertu ir jau prireike
pajieskoti nauju jegu. Tiesa:
naujesniu jegu atkvietimas ne
"a toks papratas dalykas. Ia
ciau pereita rudeni Chicagos lie
tuviams buvo atkviestos geriau-
sios lietuviu literaturines jegos
is Bostono. Ana literaturoa va
kara tada organizavo Amerikos
Lietuviu Tautines Sajungos Chi
cagos skyrius. Tas pats skyrius
|dabar ryzosi atsikviesti viena is
geriausiu musu solistu - st.
Liepa is Bostono, ir is Blooming
tono = garsiaja A. Kaskas,
buvusia Metropolitan Operos So
liste.
Stasys Liepa naujakuriu dau-
geliui puikiai zinomas, bet visis-
kai dar nepazistamas seniesiems
chicagieciams. O Anna Kaskas
'priesingai - pazistama ir kars-
tai garbinama senuju, bet reta
kienO girdeta is nalliak1ri,1-
Vasario menesi Anna Kaskas
dainavo Margucio pokylyje, bet
ten tegalejo butt ribotas sveciu
skaicius ir daugelis vistiek netu-
rejo progos isgirsti A. Kaskas
dainos. o toji DANA buvo tikrai
zavinga. Chicagos lietuviai, ypa6
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-03-22

|naujakuriai, pageidavo, kad jos
koncertas galetu ivykti tokioje
vietoje, kur galetu keli tukstan-
ciai isgirsti. Deja, tokios dideles
sales nepavyko gauti. Visdelto
|gauta gera Sokol sale, su 1,5OO
vietu. Toje saleje ir bus A. Kas-
kas bel ST. Liepos koncertas -
balandzio Is diena.
Bilietu j koncerta jau galima
gauti Margutyje ir pas platinto-
JUS. Tikimasi, kad, kaip literatu-
ros vakaras, taip ir Sis koncer-
tas susilauks didelio chicagieciu
susidomejimo ir taip pat bus
maloniai bel ilgai minimas.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-03-22
Literatwos If muzikos vakaras Los Angeles

|pateikdamas komentaru ir pa
|aiskinimu: istrauka is Jurgio
Baltrusaicio poemos prologo,
Marijos Sims eilerasti, dn Hen
riko Radausko eilerascius is
naujosios jo knygos "Strele
danguje", j. Aiscio Draugystes
DANA, Runces Dandierino sa-
tyrini eilerasti ir specialiai Siam
literaturos vakarui prisiusta
Antano Gustaicio "Pasveikini-
ma naujQju laiku proga".
Priesingai rengeju nugasta-
vimams, Sis iteraturos ir muzi-
kos vakaras klausytojuose SUI
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-03-22

|kele visuotini pasitenkinima. Ne
vienas pareiske, jog noretu dau-
giau tokiu parengimu, nes jau-
test idomiau ir dvasioje turtin-
giau, negu per siaip jau vaka-
rus, kur daugiausia puotauja-
ma ir sokama. Net poezijos da-
lis, siaip sunkiai megiama, bu-
vo pilnai suprasta ir priimta su
|pasigerejimu. Su toxic pobudzio
parengimais TMD tikrai pasi-
rinko labai gera kelia ir pilnai
pateisina Draugijos uzsibreztus
luzdavinius. Tevynainis
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-03-22

BILIETAI $500. $500, $lOO r 75c
DIRvoS redokcijoje, $3.50 Superior Avenue,
P.P. MULI0LI0 istoigoje, 6606 Superior Ave-.
Spoudos kioske. ar uzsokius teIefonu G. 1-0531
BoIondzio : PUBLIC AUDITORIUM KASoJ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
SIlerman'S Body
On Way TOT. S.

NAPLES, July "a. TIL The
body of Admiral Forrest Sher-
man, who was the youngest man
ever TO be chief of naval opera
tionS. is on its way back to the
United States
A four-cngined Navy trans
port plane took off early today
from Naples airport, after = brief
funeral services aboard the Us
warship. Mount Olympus
The S4-year-old admiral died
Sunday while on one OF the most
important missions Of his career.
He was touring Western Euro
pean defenSeS. and had just con
cluded talks with General Fran
co of Spain. Apparently he had
reached an agreement on Amerl-
can use OF some Spanish air and
naval bases.
The plane bearing his body
is due in Washington tomorrow
afternoon.
The Admiral will be buried at
3 pm. Friday Al Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery with high mill
tary honorS. The Navy said to-
day that the body Of Sherman
will lie in state in Washington
Cathedral from tomorrow after
noon until time tor the funeral
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
Deaf And Blind
School Is Free
For State Youths

Deaf end blind children be-
tween the ages Of six and 81 in
Monroe county can so to a special
school next fall free of charge.
Superintendent of schools. Ho-
race O'Bryant has received let
ter from Clarence ]. Settles, Phi.
D.. president of the Florida
School for the Deaf and the
Blind at ST. Augustine confirm
ing the fact.
The letter states;
Our next session of school
will begin Tuesday September 4.
/ will appreciate it very much if
you win let me have the names
Of any deaf or blind children in
your county between the ages Of
six and Il who are not enrolled
in this school, Board. tuition and
medical attention for temporary
illness are free.
Parents must furnish clothing
and deposit a small amount of
money for incidental expenses. "
The school is supported by the
state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
No Place For
Photographers,
Cops Reveal

PROVIDENCE, r. I-t4L--The
cops in Rhode Island don't want
another Drinks eese There's roth
ing they want as much as a lit
tle peace and quiet. So they were
out in force guarding two armor-
I'd cars that were about to trans
fer some millions Of tax dollars
from one internal revenue office
70 another
About that time. this particular
Woman--We'vc promised not 10
mention any names and anyway
our operator in Rhode Island
neglected 20 get The names.
Well. tins woman. as we say.
stepped up with a camera. She
didn't look to the left or the right.
but only INTO the camera viewer.
What She saw was one of the
armorcd cars and also a mess of
cops with riot guns. About now.
this woman looked up out of the
viewer and looked again She Still
saw mess of cops with mot guns
also tense looks ON their faces.
The woman explained she just
wanted a. take Il picture. She
was the wife of an executive OF
the armnrcd car company
Tho cops suggested, gently. too.
tbi'f 4bsy.,s yt.er.. a.. &c ,-..tt, g,.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
Coast Guard Sends
Out Alarm For
Missing Youth
Citizen Staff Photo

PHILADELPHIA.-iP).- Next
time your 13-year-old daughter
volunteers 10 take your five-year-
Did sen 20 tho movies, better make
arrangements first to have the
riot squad on the ready-the fire
department on the alcrt--and the
Coast Guard sending out a gen.
efai alarm
After making all those. prepara-
lions, tell your i3-year-old daugh-
'cr would prefer if she left your
five year-old son home.
Now. in one case where pre-.
cautions weren't taken. here's
what happened. Patricia Harmon,
W,.0 is l3. took her brother Ed
ward who IS five all right, to
The movies. Came the middle of
the plcture-where the hero tend.
orlr embraced the heroine and
marmured that hey honey brown
haic had dandruff-and Edward
started 10 tidGet not enough &C.
tloo, rnu know,
So 1e whispered TO sister Pat
that he was going out for drink
water. that is He'd be right
back That was fine with Pat who
Nas intent ON some Of the finer
points Of this love scene. any.
way. she didn't even notice that
Edward didn't return.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
Bill Prohibiting Google Fishing And
Crayfishing viii Go To Supreme Court
Judge MilIedge Refuses To Grant
Restraining Order In Circuit Suit

dock and other fishing equip
ment.
He asked the court for an in
junction and declaratorv de-
cree, saying that the bill de-
stroyS the right OF individuals to
fish in public waters. He added
that the law against crayfish
trapping and gogele fishing
within the mile limit does not
actually protect or influence the
fishing industry.
The original suit was flied
July II in Dade county. On July
10. State Conservation Agent
George VathiS. said he would try
to Get an injunction against
Hunts court action.
Sheriff Berlin Sawyer is vaca-
tioning in Salt Lake City, Utah.
with his mother. He was sent
notice of the initial suit last
week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
) Charges Placed
Against Martinez

Benjamin Maritime has five
charges against him today after
running his TAR over Sidewalk
and knocking down 4 pole that
supported the porch Of Morcno's
Furniture store. yesterday al 900
am Acting Chief Harry Lee
Baker announced today.
MARITIME. police alleged. lcft
the scene OF the accident without
stopping THIS store Is At Truman
avenue and Duval street
He was followed by Police Of
fjccr Bicnvcnido G, Perez. who
caught MARTINEZ at the corner of
Duval and Southland street.
Perez arrested MARITIME on
charges of driving without a IL
ccnSe. causing an accident. de-
stroying private property. leaving
the scene of an accident and reck-
les driving
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24

Judge Stanley Milledge. Mi
ami Circuit Court Judge, yestcr-
day refused to grant the restrain
ing order in a suit by W. W.
Hunt filed against Sheriff Ber-
lin Sawyer, Conservation Agent
Joseph knight Of Monroe county.
and against J. J. Lotus, chief
conservation agent for Dadc
county. The suit was in connec-
ton with the bill prohibiting
google fishing and crayfiShing
within one mile Of U. S. High
way No. /.
Hunt said ne would take the
matter to Supreme Court, claim
ing that the bin is unconStitu-
tlonal Joseph Knight revealed
today.
Hunt is a commercial fisher
man from Conch Key. owner of
235 crayfish traps. three boats,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
Escaped From City
Jail; Captured

billiard V. Moore. USN. who
escaped from City Jail some
weeks ago. &ss Captured this
morning and returned to Jail by
Shore, Patrol Chief 4. a. Case and
Patrolman w l. Jancs. Acting
Chief Harry Lee Baker announc-
ed
Moore was arrested on June 5
for speeding and lack of a driv-
er'S license. He was given q 90
day sentence IN City Jail
Moore's capture came about
this morning through a Tip given
to City Police by the Shore pa
troll He will serve out his sem
tence and then be turned over to
Navy authorities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
Erwin Issues
Number Opinions

TALLAHASSEE, July 24.-tRl.
Attorney General Richard w.
Erwin has ruled that property ac-
quired and used for school pur-
poses may not be taxed for street
Improvements without special
authority Of the legislature.
Erwin also held that county
commissioners must reimburse
81 eI4ts for money paid for en-
plaEine guards In another opin-
lau, Inc ruled that cities have the
power 20 arrange for confinement
VT city prisoners in the county
la.I but there is no general law
requiring counties 10 accept city
prisoners.
Meanwhile. the Attorney Gen
crd advised Broward county
commissioners to delay adoption
nj their tentative budget,
lie suggested the delay until
esults Of a referendum vote on
creation Of a county economic de-
ycjopmcnt fund are known.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
Fence Hit By Car;
Driver Departs

an unidentified shrimpcr hit q
fence with his 1898 Buick yeStcr-
day Afternoon and left the scene
of the accident before police could
find him, Acting police Chlct
Harry Lee Baker reported TO-DAY
The Buick hat fence at 622
Margaret street. Police Officer "
l.. james had the car brought
down 20 Swccung'S garage with "a
passenger Willie Dudley Ia d.
Dudley. off the shrimpor Little
Sarah said he didn't know the
name OF the driver.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
Funds VIII BE
Expended If
ApprOUed BY
Congress

The Navy plans to spend
more than $14,000,000 in
Key West during the next
twelve months, Captain c,
c, Aden, Commander of the
Key West Naval Base, has
been notified.
The proposed expenditures are
part of an appropriation bill cur
rently before Congress. Captain
Adell was informed by Captain
w T, Eckberg, Public Works Of
ficer of the Sixth Naval District
Captain Eckberg added that plans
are being formulated for the con-
struction. and architectural and
engineering contracts for the vari-
Gus projects will be let soon Bids
for construction will be invited by
late October, Captain Eckbcrg be-
lieves.
Of the total allocated for Key
West by the appropriation bill,
$8,3l7, 900 IS to be expended at
the Naval Air Station Airfield
pavemCnts. hangar construction
and a new operations building and
control tower are estimated to
cost $4,200,000; additional fuel
storage. S25O,000; and barracks.
utilities, warehouses and mosquito
control. SO, 867 600.
Improvement of the Naval Base
harbor facilities, including bred
ging. construction and reconStruc-
ton Of certain finger piers and
reconstruction of the Naval Sta
ton mole will cost 50. 347 $50, Cap
tain Adell learned from the dis
trict public works officer.
improvements to the Fleet Son
ar School viii cost 50, 788, 500, &C
cording 10 estimates and a new
underwater ordnance test build
ing, to be part of the Naval Ord
nance Unit, is expected to cost
more than $500, 600
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
Capt. AdeH Officially
Makes Knonm Spending
Report OF &1400Q0O0
Navy, County, Stale, City Officials
Meet TIL Afternoon On Health Matter

eomethinc that viii xiii not only
flies, but the larvae and maggots
that congrcgatc at the city
DUNN"
King and the other officials
are going into a huddIc to see if
they can't get some chemical
that win not be sppetizing to
flies.
The new Dyna-fog spraying
machine will be used at the City
Dump only part Of the time for
fly-control The city's mosquito
control machine h as broken
down and requires extensive re-
pairs The new Dyna-Fog must
therefore be used to combat mos
quitoes in the city limits as we'll
as flies out at the city dump.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24

City Manager Dave KING hopes
e. get the answer this afternoon
10 question that has been
plaguine hlm Zen weeks
What ran 90 about shcs"
KING ami other eilr officials
viii meet ~ith Navy end Cousty
and State health Officers thus af-
tcrnoon at 3 O'Clock t0 discuss
which fly-killers are most effcc-
tive and should be used at the
City Dump
King had been told that cloro-
dane was the best fly-killcr He
has tried it for some weeks.
The flies evidently built up
an immunity to the clorodane in
six weeks Now We must find
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
Garbage Disposal
Summons official

The fly and odor nuisance
emanating from the garbage
disposal area here. brought
Mr.. N. Mssfro. regional ssni-
tarY engineer. Bureaus of
Sanitary Engineering. Florida
State Board of Health 10
Key West yesterday.
DR.. Earl K. Langford. Mon.
rec County Health Director
said the sewage disposal sYs.
tenn would be investigated
and recommendations sub
niffed 10 the proper authoTi-
lies.
Naval Sanitary Engineer
J. n. Hutehcraft and DR..
Langford viii both assist the
Board Of Health official in his
Investigations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
RexfOrd Tusvell, Leader
In Roosevelt Era Here
Finds XIV Perfect Plac.
To Escape Hay Fever:
Family And Student
With Him Till Sept.

by SUSAN McAVOY

RcXtord Guy TugWeli ore Of
tho 1oad;ro b,a,,s ,e+,o f.-.4 ,...o
hooseVeR Administrations, ana
former Governor Of Puerto Rice is
IN hey west VAIN ms WiIe ''f@le,
ana t,ro c,,;t,l,o, g. a...,,,. l,,,,
fever.
AZ
AeA us"e' "'o'h 1 N''l" oaeN
IN the days OF the New Deai IN
Washington said
81 act Time 7 u.ae Il, Ko,. W.,
- - -
- 90 ,s' 90 - '''> 'e''.''' >
u promote hey west as a nay
fever haven. Now l ana taking
advantage of the climate We are
stavino bora ,n,1 cant,,,,,c, IL 3,
-. -,
>''00e "S wei ''''N .i'- as Ci'"i -
mlh8 as She did = years $50, m
PRODUCED me to her sons Tyler
and Franklin AGED - and q
Tbpv had mo, hoon h.~., les, ,..,,s
" : sew 1'('' '''','-
,, ~. = ~ W 'l' - - ',o'''S ,,'c
''''''sa9 " l'A"tCH9oA O''SS d'4i 411 '+'t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
Talks Are Due
To Resume

Cease fire talks arc due to re-
sumo al . o'clock tonight. east
Crn daylight time. And the North
Korean Communist radio has in
Dictated the Reds will insist that
the issue of Withdrawing foreign
troops be placed on the agcnda.
A deadlock on that point could
wreck the cease fire talks. The
UN position is that the question
OF withdrawing troops Is a roll
teal issue, an issue 10 be debated
at higher level after the shoot
ing war stops
The Red ncGotiatorS undoubt-
cdlv have received new instruc-
ZION from Pcipinc since Satur-
day. when they asked for re-
cess SO the troops issue could be
reconSldercd. But the tone Of the
North k0can broadcast suggests
.lhe Instructions are to stand pat.
Said the radio. An our people
demand withdrawal of all for
ciGn national troops from our ter
ritorN'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-24
Lit. Craybill Has
Reported For Duty
At Air Station

1t. Arthur E. Graybilk USN,
who in 194s played a principal
role in the return of the historic
Wright brothers 1908 aeropIane,
the "Kityhawk. from London,
England 80 the land Of its birth.
has reported 10 Air Development
Squadron One, us. Naval Air
Station. Key West, Florida FOR
duty as Officer in Charge Of the
Central Office
Ii was while ne was attached to
the Bureau Of AcronautIcs that
he was given the assignment as
Officer in Charge Of Operation
Homecoming, the name given to
the Nays project OF returning
the famous Wright plane His
responsibility was the overland
transport from the Naval Supply
Depot, Bayonne, N, j, TO the Ma
tional Air Museum Of the Smith
sonian Institute, Washington, DC.
The plane was carefully packag-
ed in three crates and left England
on the Mauritania TO be unloaded
at New York. However. due to
longsheremen'S strike the MaUre-
tania was diverted to Halifax,
Nova Scotia. The Us. Navy quick
ly took efficient stops to get the
valuable cargo to New York The
USS Palau which was close by
was dispatched and ordered to
pick up the Kittyhawk" and
trasport it to Bayonnc.
The USS Pslua arrived with
little delay and after honoIs and
ceremonies accorded TO the dc
serving little plane If was loaded
on a waiting Navy van which
was appropriately decored for
the occasion.
From Bayonne to WASHINGTON
the ~Kittyhawk," although Grated.
was given many honors. Assis-
lance and protection was provided
by a. continuous state and city
police escort throughout the en-
tire journey. Ceremonies were
held at stopovers in Paterson,
Nj, Philadelphia and Chester in
Pennsylvania, and at the nations
Capital
1t Graybill recalls with pride
that the 'Kittyhawk" arrived al
its destination without any dam
age.
1t Graybill and his three man
crew, consisting of Chief Petty
Officer and two other enlisted
men, were accompanied BY Mr..
II. Roy Waite OF the Bureau Of
Aeronauiics and a member Of the
Early Birds and Paul CARRIER.
curator Of the National Air Mus
cum
Today the "Kittybawk' may he
seen in its place of honor. in the
Smithsonian Institute.
1t. Graybill has fifteen years of
naval service. He first enlisted in
1886. He served as a woman
aboard the USS Wyoming ard
later aboard the USS Barnett. an
attack transport He was COM
inissioned as Ensign aboard tie
Barnett in August 1913. He was
promoted 70 Lieutenant, Junior
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