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their suggestions resulting in
more economical operations in
VAS Allotment Accounting Sec
ton of the Office of Finance. 1t
was the largest group award
made by the agency since the
inception of the agency's en-
ploye suggestion program.
Those receiving awards were
Harry T. Eldridge, lima R.
Ruoss. Ethel Hantzmon, Mona
Huddleston, Nora r. Johnston,
Frances H. Altman, Jose @.
Aquino. Violet r. Catterton,
Florence M. Clarke, Stella A.
Clayton, Adele r. Harmed, Ber-
tina c. Hollis, Lillian v. Inscoe,
Olive E. Joynt, Almira M. Lytle,
Anna M. McMains, Jose j. Ro-
SIGH. Charles B. Vaughan, John
v. Whaley, Adele Hungerford,
Benjamin E. Yanik, N. Osgood
Davis. Margaretta v. Quaid, Os-
car Chupreck, George w. Powell
and Alice H. Anderson.
=
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-James
Baugh, the Civil Service Com
missions congressional liaison
representative in the Senate. has
retired after A years of Federal
service. John D. Guyton OF
the Navy's Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery has received a $225
cash award for beneficial sug-
geStion to improve the produc-
ton level in his section. Ar
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81 East Zone Army
And Police Members
Flee 10 West Berlin
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

BERLIN, Aug. 5.-Thirty-
seven East German soldiers and
policemen fied to West Berlin
today in the second largest mass
desertion of Red armed forces
this year.
The fugitives, including one
officer, deserted from the food
blockade which the Soviet zone
government set up around Berlin
last Saturday to kill of Ameri-
can relief for 18 million East
Germans.
Twenty we're from the Red
Wehrmacht and II from the
Peoples Police.
The record for one days flight
was set June "a, a week after the
East German revolt, when 46
soldiers and policemen applied
here for political asylum. The
total for 1853 is 2,555-two-
thirds Of them army troops.
Food Rush Sauelched.
The Communist hunger block
Rde and a rash of terror trials
cut sharply today the rush of
East Germans to receive free
American food packages in West
Berlin.
The first death in anti-Com-
muniSt clashes last week end
with police and Red civilian
gangs was reported today by the
Free JuriSts League, a West
Berlin intelligence organization.
It said anti-Red fishermen
from ZoSSen. a town 20 miles
south Of Berlin, fought a pitched
battle Saturday night with Com
muniSt Free German Youth
(FDO and a police patrol at
Mollen Lake.
One fisherman was wounded
In the arm with a pistol shot
by a blue-shirted FDJ, and the
latter was then beaten to death.
Drumhead Trials On.
The Communist government
added terror with a series of
drumhead trials to punish people
who had come to Berlin to fetch
the American Judas parcels"
last week. Communist papers
printed long blacklist" of East
German relieferS, sometimes
with pictures, denouncing them
as traitors and provocateurs."
The Communist press was
stonily silent about the United
States offer to release $1.4 mil
lion of frozen East German
funds in American banks if it is
used only to buy food for the
Soviet zone.
But the Communist Party's
central committee indirectly an
swered with a bitter TRADE de-
claring:
Those who take American
food will die of it."
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Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Hirst Challenges sec
On Fairfax Water Firms

Omer L. HirSt, Democratic
candidate for the Virginia House
of Delegates from Fairfax
County and Falls Church, today
challenged a statement by a
State Corporation Commission
spokesman that none of the
private water companies under
its jurisdiction in Fairfax are
earning an excessive profit.
Mr.. Hirst, in a letter to j. Irv-
ing Smith, assistant chief engi-
neer of the sec, asked for the
facts on which Mr.. Smith based
such a statement. He also re-
iterated a demand that the sec
hold hearings in Fairfax on
adequacy of service, rates
charged, connection charges and
corporate structures of the
private water companies serving
residents of the county"
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Refugee Says Czechs Fear
Germans More Than Reds
By the Asseeieted Press

BERLIN, Aug. 5.-A young
Sudeten German refugee said
today that the June II East
German revolt didn't inspire
the Czechoslovaks to rebel
against their old Communist
masters"
Instead. according to the "a
year-old refugee, sit scared them
because they thought it meant
the Germans were uniting and
would return to grab again the
Sudetenland."
The young man. who for his
own safety can be called only
Helmut, fed from Prague to
free West Berlin by pedaling his
bicycle for six days across 400
miles Of Red-ruled territory.
THE Czechs hate their own
Communist rulers. but they fear
the Germans more" said the
young man.
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The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Partly
cloudy and cooler tonight and
tomorrow with low tonight about
66.
Maryland-Partly cloudy and
cooler tonight and tomorrow.
Low tonight 1864 in west por-
ton and 64-68 in east portion.
Virginia-MoStly fair and COOL
er tonight and tomorrow with
showers near the coast tonight.
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ToxFeeIs Route Into Golfers
OF Party Interests Probers

paid of the fee in easy-to-count
new bills-"quite a pile of
them" The client did not ask
how the case had been won.
II think he took what the
Lord sent and let it go at that. "
Mr.. Mayock testified.
After dividing shares with Mr..
Solomon and Mr.. Markus, Mr..
Mayock said, he took the $50, 900
to Louis johnson, later Secretary
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Drought Damage
To Cut Harvest of
Virginia Peaches
BY the Associoisd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. S.
Virginia's peach crop has been
widely damaged by the drought,
according to the. State Agricul-
ture Department. Some growers
expect to harvest only about half
of their normal CROP.
Some of the fruit is falling of
the trees before it ripens. The
size will be generally smaller
this year than usual. a spokes-
man for the department said.
The apple crop, however, is
still holding its own against the
dry weather, he said.
Tomato canning in the north
ern neck is expected to last only
two weeks instead Of the usual
month because Of the drought's
effects on the volume Of toma-
toes and because early pickings
Of green tomatoes were larger
than usual.
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State Tax Plan Urqed

Two Maryland State Senators
-Turnbull of Baltimore County
and GoldStein of Calvert County,
both Democrats-have promised
to work for an automatic tax
reduction plan in the next State
Legislature.
Their statements were prompt
de by the disclosure that Mary
land had accumulated a $14
million surplus on June 80.
Senator Turnbull was one of
the sponsors of a bill defeated
in the 1853 Legislature which
would have returned all State
surplus funds over 81 million to
the taxpayers. That's similar to
the program now operating in
Virginia-AP
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thur w. Crocker has taken office
as assistant commissioner Of the
Patent Office. Employees re-
Gently promoted at the Navy's
Bureau of Supplies and Ac-
counts include William c. Butler,
Mary E. Caldwell, Mrs. Ruth
Casey, Perry M. Dickerson, Mrs.
Beatrice S. Edwards, julius F..
Evans, William Jackson, Letha
L. Stull, Mrs. Katie T. Taylor,
James H. Thomas, Mrs. Mabel I.
Turner, Fred P. Wacker, Lillian
M. West, William j. Wilken,
Marvin w. Wofsey, Mrs. Ida L.
Arlington, William S. Dinsmore,
Margaret A. Harm, Bernice
Kleckley and Bernice L. Rob-
ertS.
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japanese to Search
For Hidden Tin Inqots
by the ASseciefed Press

TOKYO. Aug. 5.-The Japa-
nese government is going to stage
a treasure hunt for about $780,
900 worth of tin ingotS believed
to be hidden in the former Japa-
nese navy fuel depot near Ma
goya, Kyodo News Agency said
today.
The Eastern Smelling Co. Of
London suggested the search
last year and claimed the Japa-
nese Army took 200 tons of its
tin ingots from Southeast Asia
during World War II.
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Sanitary District Asked

Claiming that overfowing sep
tic tanks are creating a health
menace, residents of the Brilyn
Park area near Falls Church
have petitioned Fairfax County
Circuit Court to create a sani-
tary district.
The petition was filed yester-
day in behalf of the 146 resi-
dents within Brilyn Park and
the z. B. Groves subdivision.
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PubHcist Hired

E. K. (Mike) Stabler, 81, for
mer Washington and New York
newspaperman, has taken on the
job of public relations director
for the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, which has
been under public fire since it
drastically raises rates in April.
Mr. Stabler, who lives at 9505
Woodley avenue, Silver Spring,
will receive an annual base sal
ary of $500,
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are to elimi-
ma tie 250,000
surplus posi-
ms estab-
lished as a
tentative goal
by some Of
hcials of this
a d m i nistra-
ton"
Th ere al
r e a y h a S
been a reduce
tion of about
100000 job S
since the Eli
n.-A@-,1.
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ministration took over and Mr..
ReeS feels that at least $50, 900
positions can be eliminated. The
Kansas Republican, incidentally.
feels the reductions could be
achieved by not filling vacancies
and that actual dismissals would
not be necessary.
In his letter. Mr.. Rees noted
that the number of Federal
employees increased by several
thousand last month, after five
or six months of steady decline.
Even though some of this in
crease resulted from seasonal
employment, Mr.. Rees said, de-
partment and agency heads
should take immediate steps to
make sure that Federal employ
ment again drops.
He asked the department and
agencies to submit reports to
his committee, showing what
plans they have for further re-
ductions and what they expect
the figures to be. Also. Mr.. Rees
asked for a month-by month
breakdown of agency employ
ment figures since last February.
the reductions achieved and the
number of new appointments
made since then.
X \ X 4
FEDERAL PAY-Chances for
a more liberal Federal salary
scale were improved when Con-
gress. just before adjournment.
approved the bill pointing to-
ward a pay raise for members Of
Congress. The legislation sets
up a private 18-member commits
sion to recommend. not later
than next January Is, what it
considers an adequate pay raise
for members of Congress and
Federal judges.
A pay increase for members of
Congress next year would aid
greatly the chances for liberaliz-
ing the entire Federal pay struc-
ture. Congress, in the past,
has been reluctant to lift the
ceiling on Federal salaries be-
cause it would give top en-
ployes more money than mem
bers of Congress. However, if
congressional pay is increased,
it would improve the chances of
adjusting Federal pay from top
to bottom.
~ -
RETIREMENT - Before ad-
journing, Congress approved
$250,0o0 for its. special commits
tee studying the civil service
retirement system. This will en-
able the committee. headed by
Eliot Kaplan of New York, to
complete it's work.
NEW AGENCY-The new
Small Business Administration
now located in the old Wash
ington Post Building, is expected
to move soon to the present
quarters of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. The RFC is being
liquidated and will wind up its
activities by June 80, although
most of it's employees will be
dismissed before then. The new
SBA will be composed mainly
of former employees of the Small
Defense Plants Administration,
as we'll as some from RFC. Very
little hiring among outsiders is
contemplated at this time.
Meanwhile, William D. Mitch
ell, SBA administrator, yesterday
Swore in his two deputy admins
traitors, Donald A. Hipkins OF
Arlington, Va, a Government
career man, and Harold r. Smet-
hills of Wheatridge, Colo.
II Il 4
WA joint cash award has
been made to 26 Veterans Ad-
ministration employees here for
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point, Mr.. Kean observed that
he would not have forgotten the
details of his interviews with
Treasury officials in the tax mat
ter.
yes" the witness replied.
But Mr.. Kean, you are placing
the memory of a great states
man against that of a furtive
little lawyer"
At another point, Mr.. Eean
refused to permit a question
from the witness.
THANK you," snapped Mr..
Mayock. Sporting of you"
Another committee member,
Representative Byrnes. Repub-
lican. of Wisconsin. cut in grim
ly:
This" he warned, "is not a
sporting matter"
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OF Defense and then campaign
treasurer for the National Com
mittee.
Gave Money to Johnson.
II unloaded it on Louis john
sons desk" the committee was
told. He said. Judge, this is
magnif1cent'-and it was, too"
The question of whether he
had discussed with Mr.. Johnson
where the money came from,
the witness dismissed as IAN i'm
plication on my ordinary good
sense"
After his first enthusiasm, MIR.
Mayock continued, Mr.. Johnson
"a man of legal punctillio,"
thought it over and decided that
he could not legally accept so
information of where it came
from. So he sent it back to Mr..
Mayock.
The witness testified that he
subsequently took the money
and "funnelled it back into the
committee" as gifts from various
individuals and institutions
around the country. The meth
cd. he said, was to ask for q
contribution of a specified
amount. If the contributor"
agreed, he received in cash from
Mr.. Mayock, the exact amount
for his check to the National
Committee,
Contributors Not Named.
The witness admitted that this
procedure amounted to a very
close avoidance of the Hatch
Act" He refused fatty to dis
close the names of the contribu-
tors.
Il think my duty as a human
being who has enticed other hui
man beings into improper con-
duct is not to go out and blab
about it," he declared
In the face of persistent cues
tions from subcommittee nlem-
bers, Mr.. Mayock stuck to his de-
cision. He would try, he said, to
get the individuals To come for
ward voluntarily but would not
name them himself
And if this be contempt, there
is none in my heart" Mr.. May
ock exclaimed.
Committee members said there
was no question at this point of
citing the witness for contempt.
He was not directly ordered to
answer the questions by the
chairman.
AS for the legality of the con-
tributionS themselves. that was
matter for the courts to decide.
the witness said. He admitted
readily that he had used the
method many times.
AsSails Hatch Act.
IF it turned out to be a crime
and if I were convicted of it and
served week or 10 days for
each time did this. I wouldn't
live long enough to get out of
jail" the committee was told.
Mr.. Mayock charged Congress
with having made a dangerous,
complicated and complex game"
out of politics by passing the
Hatch Act governing campaign
contributions.
I'm a war, sir, you tend to
adopt the devils ethics rather
than ordinary human ethics" he
declared. This was a war so
far as I was concerned, and /
paid for it with a deviation of
conduct. The genesis of this
whole sorry affair that I am re-
vealing today was my effort to
raise 100000 for the committee.
And I did it, and God help me-"
On several occasions the wit
ness, in spite of his obvious will
ingneSs to testify about his own
actions clashed bitterly with
committee members. At one
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Low tonight 64-68 in the interior
and about 70 on the coast.
Wind-Northwest $3.50 miles
per hour tonight.
River Report.
tFrom U. S. Engineers.l
Potomac River clear at HarperS Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
(Rsadings Washington National Airport.)
Yesterday Pct. To-day Pct.
Noon 6S Midnight 81
4 pm. 81 3 am. ~ 95
8 pm. - ~ 10 am. ~ SO
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Peiping Radio AssoiIs
DuIIes-Rhee TuIks
BY the Assoeiated Press

TOKYO, Aug. 5.-The Com
munist Peiping radio today
labeled the talks in Seoul be-
tween United States Secretary
of State Dulles and South
Korean President Syngman
Rhee an attempt to manipulate
the post armiStice Korean
political conference.
The propaganda broadcast.
heard in Tokyo by the AS
sociated Press, asked:
Does the United States really
intend to settle the Korean ques-
ton by peaceful means?"
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The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Rees Letter to Departments
Urges Further Personnel Cuts
By joseph Younc

Chairman Rees of the Civil Committee has
sent Identical letters the heads of departments agencies
asking them to make further reductions
Il all of the department. officials to continue critical
seapprasa with view toward further reductions in
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Gave Money to johnson.

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 80, on July 80.
Lowest, -. on March ..
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High, 20. at $40 pm.
Low, 73. at 3:15 am.
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necessary functions ana posi-
tions." Mr.. Rees wrote. There
is still a long way to go, if we
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of Defense and then campaign
treasurer for the National Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1953-11-18
Wright |. Felt, Ex-Chief
Of PWA Power Division

Wright L. Felt, who was chief
engineer of the power division Of
the Public Works Administration
here from 1888 to 1886. was
killed in Los Angeles Monday
when he was struck by a street.
car. He had been area repre-
sentative of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency in Los
Angeles since 1851.
Mr.. Felt was born in Meridian,
Tex, and went to Texas A. and
M. He was graduated in elec-
trical engineering at Oklahoma
University. During World War
I he was with the 23d Engineers
in France working on road
building projects. From 1919 to
1888 he was in private electric
power and oil business, mostly
in Texas.
After serving here with the
PWA, he was State director of
PWA in Nevada and PWA prof.
ect engineer in the Imperial VAL
ley of California.
Later he was PWA regional
engineer in San Francisco and
then division engineer there for
the Federal Works Agency's Bu-
reau of Community Facilities.
Survivors are his widow, a
son and daughter. Funeral serv-
ices will be held tomorrow in
Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1953-11-18
Powell Tax Claim
Settled for S1,193

A 1945 income tax claim fo1
$2.749 against Representative
Powell. Democrat, of New York
has been settled for $1193, ac-
cording to records of the United
States Tax Court.
The agreement was reached
October % between Federal Off
cials and the colored legislator
who is minister of the AbySsin-
ian Baptist Church in Harlem
and husband of Hazel Scott
singer and entertainer.
The records also revealed that
tax officials have disallowed
SGT $40 claimed as not subject
to tax in a return filed by Mrs.
Powell for 1945. This dispute
has been set for a hearing Janu-
airy IL in the Tax Court in New
York.
In Mr.. Powell's case, the In
ternal Revenue Service disal-
lowed 1915 of contributions
claimed by the Representative,
$240 in taxes and $5,392 in mis-
cellaneous deductions, along
with an alleged error of $3.50 in
addition.
The agency, in reviewing Mrs
Powell's return, disallowd $15,-
815 of $29,73O claimed for ex-
penses in connection with her
profession; $6,748 of contribu-
tions listed; $3,410 for a loss
suffered by Mrs. Powell through
theft, and $1,677 in the amount
claimed for taxes.
Evening star., 1953-11-18
Mrs. Paul Roberts,
Ex-Red Cross Aide

Mrs. Paul Roberts. SO. former
Washington resident and Red
Cross worker here, died Monday
at her home, Midland Gardens,
Bronxville, N. Y.
The former Beatrice Wander
voort, she was graduated from
Buffalo Seminary and Bennett
Junior College. She was a
trustee of the latter school.
She lived in Washington dur
ing World War II while her hus-
band was a lieutenant colonel in
the Office of Strategic Services.
She was an official of the Red
Cross Overseas Equipment Serv-
ice and was awarded a citation
by former President Truman
for her work.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Isabel R. Hamwi; a son, Eugene
c. Roberts, and sister. Mrs.
Winifred Rand, Greenwich,
Conn.
Funeral services were to be
held today in Scarsdale. N. Y.
with burial in Arlington Gene
terry.
The family suggests that con-
tributions be sent to the Red
Cross.
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In Mptttnriat1t

memory Of my dear wife, MARY Z.
RICHARDSON. who departed this life
one year ago today. November 1S, 1852.
The face that is ever before US,
voice we'n never forget,
A smile that will last forever.
In memory we can see you vet.
4oTR HR6sdS sadHsBAND. A. MAcEo RICH
RILEY, MARY LENA. A tribute Of love
mot mother. 0 NARY Y sMSrS IEN4 RfLEY II SSr qsao Mho
peSSee pemser away ,Sns S5s year ago today No
Oh. mother darling, since you left us.
Each day seems lonelier than the
We miss the beautiful rose that bloOmed
which made life so wonderful in
the past.
God plucked the flower for His Heaven,
To be with the angels up above;
He must have needed you our darling,
Or We would not suffer so.
There is q sweet consolation.
One hope that carries US on.
When life is finally DER,
MER LoVNa On pauaRER saas RsaSsfIl % saors SNp
SON-IN-LAW. LEONARD CRYMES.
SMITH, WILLIAM A. In memory Of
WILLIAM A. SMITH, who passed away
seven years ago today. November Is,
Away in the land of the sunrise,
Separated by Heavens gold door.
Our loved one is patiently waiting,
Not dead. just gone before.
HIS LOVING SISTER. NJ. HANSON.
SWAMI. JOHN A. A token of love and
memory of my dear husband, JOHN
A SWAMI. who departed this life two
years ago today, November Is. 1851.
Thou callest home Thy children. one
by one.
Those who have labored from rising
Until its setting. when the day is done.
With tasks completed and their
wages won, and Heaven begun.
LOVING WIFE. ELIZABETH
SYPHAX, CHRISTINE MASON In mem
ory of our beloved aunt, CHRISTINE
MASON SYPHAX, who departed this
life one year ago today. November
The thought which comforts US today.
Is to know the one We loved
Has found eternal happiness
And lasting peace above.
THE FAMILY
Evening star., 1953-11-18
SeIph
Continued From First Page.)

\ConClnueQ From FlrSt PageO
khaki shirt and a maroon cordu-
roy coat.
DR.. Russell Fisher, Maryland
medical examiner, was perform
ing an autopsy today. Capt.
Felber said he is trying to get
permission to bring back the
rings, a tie clasp. a wrist watch
and a belt buckle for possible
Identification by Mr.. Selph'S
wife. The couple had one child,
girl born 10 days before Mr..
Selph disappeared.
Deposited Check.
On the day of his disappear
ance, Mr.. Selph had left the of
fees of the American Finance
Co., 1908 Rhode Island avenue,
just across the District line in
Mount Rainier, with $4,000 in
checks and money orders.
He went to a nearby postof-
flee, cashed the money orders
into a check, and deposited this
check at a branch of the Ham
ilton National Bank in the 1000
block of Rhode Island avenue
NE. There he cashed another
check for $3,169.29. He was to
have taken this money to the
finance company, but failed to
return.
The next day. police found his
car abandoned at Eastern ave-
nue. and Randolph street NE.
in Barnard Hill Park. In addi-
ton to the blood stains in the
car. a blood-soaked sponge was
found two feet from the auto
Police said the blood was the
same type as Mr.. Selph's.
There were scuff marks on the
floor, as if feet had been dragged
across it.
Capt. Felber theorized that
Mr.. Selph may have been
knocked unconscious by a blow
on the head, and then dragged
from the car.
Anne Arundel County police
said the head Of the body found
in the woods had been crushed.
Evening star., 1953-11-18

star in 1929. Later. he worked
for a Pittsburgh radio station.
In 1886 he came to Washing
ton with Radio Station VOL and
anpounced the Redskin football
games. He gave resumes Of
horse races on the radio and
became the unofficial mayor of
Connecticut avenue" Later he
was a sports announcer on
WINK and for about six years
on WWDC where he had the
Tony Wakeman All-Sports Pa
rade.
He left WWDC in the early
part of 1850 and went back to
VOL for a short time. For
more than a year he had a sports
show on Television Station
WTTG here, the All-Sports
Parade, a 15-minute show twice
a day. He left WTTG in the
spring of 1850.
Survivors are his widow, Mary;
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
Charles A. Wakeman, wilkins
burg, Pa, and two sisters, Mrs
j. H. Baker, New York, and Mrs
Herbert Eschbach, WilliamSport,
Pa.
Funeral services and burial
will be Saturday in Williamsburg.