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NEWTON. JAMES r

NEWTON, JAMES
have only thoughts of you dear
To remember my whole life through
And you are the one will never forget
Because l am always thinking of you
To you. who meant the world to me
AT At this time and all others.
Who was and always will be
The dearest Of all brothers.
YOUR LOVING SISTER. GLADYS.
SIMMS, ELLA NJ In loving memory
OF our dear mother; ELLA M. S1MMS,
who departed this lie four years age
today. october 8. 1949.
lust a line Of sweet remembrance,
Just memory, fond and true,
Just a token of loves devotion
That our hearts still long for you.
The years of her life were numbered
When the messenger whispered low.
The Master has come and called for
She answered. I'm ready to CO."
Though dark and lonely is the day.
We. would not mar your rest.
And from our broken hearts We say.
GRANDCHILDREN.
sIMMS. FANNIE E. In. loving remem-
blsnce of my dear mother. FANNIE E.
SIMMS. who entered into eternal rest
1887.
OF a loved one laid to rest:
In memory'S frame l shall keep 1t,
Because you were one of the best,
/ can see in a soft dim light.
A face l loved the best
And / think of you when the suns
last ray
Goes down in the far-of West
From this. world of pain and sorrow
To the land of peace and rest.
God has taken you. dear mother,
Where you shall have eternal rest.
HER LOVING DAUGHTER, BEATRICE
MAY S1MNdS.
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Col. P. v. Kieffer, 50,
Public cReIationsC Chief
For Army in 1881

Col. Pierre v. Kieffer, U. S. A.,
retired, chief of the public rela-
tions branch of the War Depart
ment general staff in the early
1930s. died Wednesday in Bris-
tol. VT. He was SO.
Col. Kieffer was with the lst
Corps Area Headquarters in Bos-
ton when he retired in 1945.
A native of Pennsylvania. he
was graduated from West Point
in 1906 and was assigned to the
Cavalry. Later he transferred to
the Artillery.
Artillery Commander.
Col. Kieffer commanded the
I'd Battalion of the 5th Field
Artillery. lst Division, in France
in 1918.
He was graduated from the
Mounted Service School at Fort
Riley, Kans.. the Command and
General Staff School at Fort
Leavenworth and from the Army
War College here in 1928.
In 1929 he became chief Of
the Latin American section Of
the intelligence branch of the
general staff at the War Depart
ment. About 1881 he was made
chief of the public relations
branch.
National Guard Instructor
Col. Kieffer was an instructor
in the Connecticut National
Guard in New London and later
at Hartford.
Survivors are his widow, a son,
Col. Pierre v. Kieffer, jr., 1901
North Ivanhoe street, Arlington,
on duty in the Office of the chief
of engineers at Gravelly Point.
Graveside services will be held
at 3 pm. Monday at Arlington
Cemetery.
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Ivy Baldwin, 81, Retired
BdlIOonisf and WireWaIker
BY the AssoeIoted Press

BOULDER, Colo, Oct. o.
Ivy Baldwin, 81, famed trapeze
artist, parachutist and wire
walker, died yesterday in a cot
tage he occupied alone at Edo
RADIO Springs, south of here.
Mr.. Baldwin celebrated his 82d
birthday July 81, 1948, by walk
ing a 300-foot cable stretched
across South Boulder Greek Can
yon. Two days later he again
crossed the thin strand 125 feet
above the ground and returned
to the retirement he began in
1928.
MIR. Baldwin was born in
Houston. Tex. July 81, 1866. He
began his wirewalking career 70
years ago, and travelled with
circuses until 1892 when he be-
came a skilled balloonist, put
ting on daring performances
which included parachute leaps.
During the Spanish-American
war he served with the Signal
Corps III the Philippines. His
balloon was. shot down in the
battle of Santiago.
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Lord StraboIgi, 81,
British Laborite
sy the As.Oeroted Pres.


LONDON, Oct. 9.-Lord Stra-
bolgi. 81. a Laborite leader in
the House of Lords, died yester-
day of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Lord Strabolgi. a former naval
officer, turned politician after
World War I and sat in the
House of Commons from 1919
to 1881.
He moved over to the House
of Lords on inheriting his title
in 1884.
He was a former chief Labor
whip and deputy leader of the
opposition in the House of Lords.
His title was one of the oldest
in the British Empire. 1t was
created in 1918.
He was divorced by his first
wife in 1941 and later that year
married again.
Lord Strabolgi's mother was
the former Elizabeth Florence
Coupar of Sacramento, Calf. :,
and his gradmother was said to
have been one of the first white
women to cross the American
continent in a covered wagon
in 1849.
A prolific writer, Lord Stra-
bolgi first attracted attention by
his many books on Socialist top
les. In Singapore and After"
he vigorously assailed the con-
duct of the defense of Malaga
and Singapore and British
strategy against the Japanese.
A heavily built man, Lord
Strabolgi was a champion heavy
weight boxer in the British Navy.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Mrs. Asa (. Phillips,
Widow OF Sanitary
Engineer for District

Mrs. Asa Emory Phillips, IS,
one of the early residents of Ia
koma Park. Md, died yesterday
at Suburban Hospital. She had
lived at 6851 Eastern avenue,
Takoma Park. for 60 years.
The former EStelle Randall,
she was born in Philadelphia.
She was graduated from Central
High School in 1885 and from
Washington Normal School. She
taught in District elementary
schools for several years.
In 1891 she married the late
Mr.. Phillips. who was sanitary
engineer of the District for
many years.
Mrs. Phillips worked at the
Commerce, Post Office, Treasury
and Interior Departments from
1910 to 1888, retiring as a statis-
tician in the Bureau of Mines.
She was a member of the Ia
koma Park Women's Club.
Survivors are two sons, Air
Force Col. Donald B. Phillips. re-
tired, Adamstown, Md: Charles
E. Phillips, 9010 Burning Tree
road, Bethesda, president of the
Equitable Life Insurance Co.:
two daughters. Mrs. Dorothy P,
Meyer, Peoria, ILL.,. and Mrs
Ruth P. Martinez, GAIL Beech
wood drive, Chevy Chase, Md; a
brother, Arthur F. Randall. BoS-
ton, and seven grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow at the Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV.
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nnurtlinn

EvRY. MAX. The unveiling ceremony
for the late MAX EVRY will be held on
Sunday. october IL 1888. at the Ezras
Israel Cemetery Friends are invited
and are requested to meet at 902 18th
st. ne. at pm. In case Of rain
ceremony will be held on Sunday, Oc-
HIS WIFE. ANNA EvRY, AND chill
DREN. 10
MANDEL. BESSIE. The unveiling. OF a
monument to the memory OF my
mother. the late BESSIE MANDEL.
will be held on Sunday october II.
1888. at 2.30 pm. at the King David
Memorial Cemetery. Relatives and
NORMAN. MAX. A monument in the
memory of the late MAX NORMAN viii
be unveiled Sunday October IL, 1853.
at pm. at the Talmud Torah Gene
terry, Alabama ave. Sc. washington.
D. C. Friends and relatives are in
vited. (In case of rain. unveiling post
poned until further noticeO 10
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Raymond c. ChenouIt,
Retired Army Colonel
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, Oct. 9.-Raymond
C. Chenault, so, a retired Army
colonel with 80 years service,
died here yesterday. Col.
Chenault served as chief of
transportation when Gen. Doug
las Macarthur was chief of staff
in the early 1930s. From 1910 to
1916 he was chief inspector for
the Detroit Ordnance District.
He lived in suburban Birming-
ham.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Marion c. Erwin,
Retired U. S. Admiral
BY the Associoted Press

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 9.-Rear
Admiral Marion Corbett Erwin
(retired), so. Of San Diego.
Calf, died Unexpectedly at
Cuernavaca Tuesday while visit
ing friends. The United States
consulate said yesterday the
body will be cremated here and
the ashes taken to the United
States for burial.
He was travelling with his wife,
Mrs. Helen Beatrice Erwin, and
his son, Corbett.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Jose Tinoco Acero, 70

MADRID, Spain, Oct. 9 P.-
Jose Tinoco Acero, 70, Spanish
astronomer, former director of
the Madrid Observatory, and
president of the Royal Spanish
Photography Society, died yes
terday.
Evening star., 1953-10-09

in an automobile accident in
1945,
Funeral services will be held
at II am. Monday at the Blessed
Sacrament Catholic Church,
Chevy Chase Circle. Burial will
be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The family suggests that contri-
buttons be made to the Little
Sisters of the Poor, 229 H street
NE.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Chester {. Weston,
Horse Exhibitor

JACKSON, Mich. Oct. 8 (P.-
Chester E. Weston. 49, an inter-
nationally known breeder and
exhibitor of Clydesdale horses,
died here yesterday of infantile
paralysis.
Mr.. Weston operated a large
farm at nearby Concord and
had won more than a thousand
awards with his horses.
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FRANCIS CoGLAN. President.

.ANAUGH o, uouu -..,aou.
Rev. FRANCIS GARNER, s. j.,
CHM. ROBERT ARNoLD. Sat5IiSal on 1'5sS Tgssdaz,
October 6, 1888; ROBERT ARNOL4 26,o1a3
husband Of Mrs. Carrie A. Chinn. He
also is survived by two brothers, four
sisters. nieces. nephews, other relatives
Friday, October 9: friends are invited
to call at his late residence. Funeral
pm, at KINGDOM Hall 1885 NaI1onti 9tq ST
coNWELk, sS1sfSLE 6EAcoN 6tIHH5Se DAVID A. on
5hGvr1day IavI6 oc59peE oG%E1 of l92a PhG99 RRode
Mrs. Nancy J. Conwen. father--in- law
of Mrs. Mary E; jackson; n :rotEeromdi and
Bertha Conwell. Ee also is survived iy!s b! BY
After ! pm. Sunday. October II.
friends, may call at his LaSe resIdenSe: ne
L.. at pm. at the First. Baptist
NV, Rev. T: ETell Hopkin5' rndInttfT ministeT'
DAY. AfFansfmfntf HRfHuR y + fIazl?T At 7os St
on october r. 1853. husband OF Ne,tie
?. Day. father Of Mrs: Guy Hall slarlInS Mrs'
and Mrs Mabel Hiegs; brother of viii
liam. John and. George Day. Services
st. Sc, on Saturday, October 10: at
pm. Interment Bells Methodist
DINNIS. JAMES s., SR. At 612 t4th
ave, Seat Pleasant, Md. on October
!. 1855, father of James s.. ir.; Earl
r Horton, Mrs Grace o. Nurpny,
Mrs. Anna L. Costenbader aud Mrs.
Emma l. Di Pietro; brother OF George
and l; Grace Dinnis mis-. Serves, it, a. At
Sc, on Saturday. October lG. at 10
am. Interment Washington National
DRAKE. CARRIE NJ. On Wednesday,
October :, 1853, at 1l9 Defense DR..
Fails Church, Va, CARRIE NJ. DRAKE.
beloved wife of Charles A. Drake. sr.'
and mother of Charles A. Drake, II.
and Helen D; Beatty; sister OF Leo i;
Funeral Home. 4th St and Mass: aye
ne, until s am Saturday, OCTOBER
10. Requiem mass will be offered at
ST. Marys Catholic Church. 80 Royal
terment st. Marys Cemetery, Alexan-
Dunn. dFsaN WILLIAM F. Suddenly. on wed
nesday. october :, 1888; at St; MaryS
Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. WILLIAM
loved husband OF May Hancock Dunn
father Of William F., Jr.; ROBERT B.
John E. and Roger H. Dunn. and Mrs,
Mary D. stifflemier: brother Of Mary
CO. Co funeral Home. 1901 l4th st. NV.
on Saturday, October 10. at 9:4o am.
thence to St. Anthony's Catholic
Church. l2tn and Monroe SITS. ne, where
the holy sacrifice OF the mass ,S. WILL ranoos be
Of his soul. Interment Mount Ollvet
Cemetery.
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DFatha

N T 4oaS d Ad a. '9@4 on sH1bsT
s, 1858. beloved husband Of Stella F.
zo Mrs asF 0 sFf safham M'aad and
bert Kemp Andrews stepfather of Mrs;
Charles Simmons. He also is survived
BY ve srandchIdEsn Ean, Remains G,.v at
land ave- Riyerdale. Nd. until Fridsyi
interment Front ROYAL. Va.
BARTON. OTHO J. On Wednesday, Oc-
tober Z. 1858. oTHo J: BARTON. be
neral from the w. w. Deal Funeral
Home 4sI2 Ca aye DIV NV. on Satur- {atIr
Gag @snt 0SeSSsF ceasr Hi e cemeserg etc pm teF
BEALE, MAGGIE. On Tuesday octo-
NJ st. NV. MAGGIE BEALE, mother Of
AlphonSo Beale and sister. of the lat. !ate
e sSa can G.t Il ths Mcclure ,,a.. Egn,sfal Home
pm gao sth 81 October 6F SfF}'si Onion
fnterment nj Ti Church Cemetery.
BECKHAM. HENRY. On Wednesday,;
SSS6. 3stG9sJ Hospta thf PStEHi HSNRa =
Of Mamie Chisholm. grandfather Of
Jamie AnthSny He ui,lSto slSo - leaves txo
relatives and friends. The late Mr..
Beckham may be viewed at the Stewart
pm. Friday. october Q, where services
will be held on Saturday, october 10.
at / pm. Interment Payne's Cemetery.
BOSSERT. BEATRICE HINES. On Fri
BEATRfcE HINES BossERT beloved
wife OF Harry F. Bossert, mother OF
Bill BosSsrt and daughter OF Frank INK
cal at the Ives Funeral Home. 2S47
Wilson blvd. Arlington. Va. Notice
OF funeral services later.
HRofK s T9% fou 81 RR0cR o a8 9ctGSf5 s6
st. NV. Notice OF funeral later. Ar
ransements by Jarvis.
BURGETT. JOHN E. On Wednesday,
f@tgS 3etq5er 1871 at nanSsd dsEsl9nS Ssband Ind
Of Dorothy Burgett Of Lakeland, Fla:
father of Mrs. w. W. De Milly of Lake
land, Fla: Friends may call at .,dhe the
4th st. NV, after II AM Saturday.
October 10. Services al the. above
funeral home on Saturday, october 10.
at ! pm. Interment Chestnut Grove
Cemetery. Herndon, Va.
BURNS. CHARLES X. Suddenly; on
Monday. october 5, 1858, in Washing
ton. D. G. CHARLES X BURNS. He
Samuel Green of Darnestwon. Md, After
call at the Robert L. Snowden Funeral
Home, Rockville. Md. Funeral services
on Saturday, october 10 at ! pm,
at the Pleasant View Church, Ounce
Orchard. Nd. Rev. T. H Barrinston
officiating. Interment, ounce Orchard
BURNS. CHARLES X. special COM
n Lodge, No. =, F 4 4. NJ,
& 5: :: ::: ::::
" the last rites for our late past
master. CHARLES K. BURNS. Services
at Ounce orchard, Nd. by permission
of the grand master Of Maryland.
w HATHAWAY MANSFIELD. Master.
THOMAS w OVERTON. Secretary
CAyANAUGH, TIMOTHY l. Suddenly,
on Thursday October s. 1855, TIM
OTHY 1. CAVANAUGH. beloved hus-
band OF Mary E. Cavanaugh and father
Of Joseph l. Cavanaugh: brother OF
De Vol Funeral Home. 2224 Wis; ave
NV. on Saturday, october 10. at
SIS am. thence to Holy Trinity
Church, 36th and o SITS. NV where
requiem mass will be offered at 40
an Friends ana relatives invited.
1nterment Mount Oliyet Cemetery.
Please omit flowers.
CAYANAUGH. TIMOTHY 1. Holy Trim
ity Holy Name Society Will
MSM assemble at the De Vol Flu
M&6&M neral Home, 2224 Wis. ave.
WE %E&iI on Friday. october .. 1898,
WMS2 of the rosary for our deceased
brother, TIMOTHY I. CAV
Evening star., 1953-10-09
NO OTHER RANGE ON THE MARKET
GIVES YOU ALL These FEATURES

List the features on this NEW
RCA ESTATE. Then check
them, one by one, against any
other range on the market.
ONLY RCA ESTATE HAS
THEM ALL! The Hide-Away
Grid-All, a handy built-in griddle
that outmodes your skillet for
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Dratha

October S. 1863, at Arlington Hospital
MOZELLE NJ. GAUNT of 1921 North
21th St. Arlington. Va, beloved mother
line Dutrow, Mrs. Lula Kennedy Mrs.
Ada Shenk, Mrs. Joseph Barbour and
Irwin, Masemer: sister Of MIS-. Stuart
Farnham. Samuel and George Updike
Home, @S45 Wilson blvd. Arlington
Va, where services will he held on
SATURDAY., October 10. at 10 am;
Church, Front Royal. Va. where fu-
neral services will be heid at pm
Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery,
Winchester. Va.
GINSBURG. SARAH. ON Thursday. oc-
East Braddock I'd, Alexandria, Va.
SARAH GINSBERG tnee Rubin. beloved
mother of Mrs. Bessie Rossen. Mrs:
anna SchEartz, Goodman and Samuel
brother Barnett Kahn. Funeral serv-
ices at her late residence on Friday.
October 8. at ) pm. Interment Mount
Lebanon Cemetery.
October 8. 1858 CARROLL E. GORDON
STo!hsr of Louise s. n. Gordon S and uncle
are a friend, otheiia Irving: other
relatives and many friends. After 3
pm. Friday: october 9, friends are in
Nlleu 70 eau at the MCGUIRE Funeral
Home, 1870 9th ST. NV. Services at .
pm Saturday. october 10. at Hearts
Delight Baptist Church. Catlett Va.
Interment church cemetery.
GORDON, CARROLL E. oficers and
49,, members of Columbia Lodge,
MCN6 No. So. l. B. P. o. E. of W.
HW1\ are hereby notified of the flu
N~ neral of Brother CARROLL E.
N GORDON on Saturday, Octo-
~ ber 10 1858. from the Hearts
Delight Baptist Church. Catlett
Va. at > pm. Session of sorrow on
Friday. october g. at s pm. Elks'
services on Friday, October g. at sac
pm. at the Mcguire Funeral Home.
1920 9th st. NV
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Zenith Appoints WRIGHT

Zenith Radio Corp, Chicago,
has announced appointment of
Joseph S. Wright as general
counsel, succeeding Irving Her.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Nov 23 Up (USDA).-Sal-
so higher on butchers; sows also around
20 higher; most choice 1S0-2S0-pound
butchers. 81 $3.50. little below 21.75
few 200-220 pounds at % 90; most 800
650-pound Sows, 1S.00-19.70, few ia
1000 early clearance.
Salable cattle. $4,000; salable calves
500: general market active although
trading retarded somewhat by sharply
hgiher asking price; slaughter steers
fully so to LOO higher. Instances ur
more: heifers. 1.00-50 higher: cows. 25
mostly 80 to mostly LOO higher: vealers
fully steady; load high prime 1.213.
pound fed sters. 31.50; high choice to
average prime steers. 26.50-29.75; mos
good and choice grades. 19.50-26.25
utility and commercial grades, 1880;
$500; two loads price 1.025-pound fec
hpeeifedrs;; he $500; choice heiters largely
2l.50; utility and commercial cows
9.75; utility and commercial bulls, II so
400; few good medium weight fat bulls
1l.00-50; commercial to prime cealers
15.00-23. 90.
salable, sheep. $500: moderately ac-
tive: lambs adm yearlings largely steady
with. late last week: slaughter ewes
steady to % higher most sales good
and choice lambs, 1S.5Q-2O.50; some
choice and prime held higher; most Gull
to low good. 10.00-1S00; two loads
good choice No. l skin shorn lambs
10 90; load around 110-pound good and
choice fallshorn yearlings. 1925: Gull
to choice slaughter ewes Salable
5.O0-7.00.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
$241, ,704 Estote Left
By Senator Mcmahon

NORWALK, Conn, Nov. 23.-
The late Senator Brien Nc
Mahon left an estate amount
ing to $241. .704, according to his
will filed in Probate Court here
Saturday.
The Senator's widow and their
daughter, Patricia, are the bene-
ficiaries. Mrs. Mcmahon, the
former Rosemary Turner, was
recently married to Baron Rob-
ert S. Silvercruys, Belgian AM
bassador to the United States
She was named an executor OF
the will with DR.. William II
Mcmahon. the Senator's brother
and Walter Fitzgerald, Wash
ington lawyer.
Evening star., 1953-11-23

III Cnarge OF
compliance for five years before
his resignation. The company's
legal staff has been expanded
generally.
The board of directors of the
Capital Transit Co. today de-
clared the regular quarterly divi-
dend of 40 cents a share payable
January 2, 1854, to stock of
record December 4, 1853.
Committee Appointments
The Watch Material Distribu-
tors Association of America has
appointed four merchants to
serve on committees.
Edward Schleifstein will be
chairman of the auditing COM
mittee, on which Arthur C. Wo-
diska and Harold Sobel also will
serve. Stanley G. House will be
program chairman for the asso-
ciation's 1854 convention in Chi
cago.
The William BOnbrest Distrib-
uting Co. is having two officials
of the Kendall Oil Co. to talk to
Washington automobile dealers
tomorrow noon at the Sheraton
Park Hotel. The officials are
Cedric Hulme, chief engineer,
and Harold Osborne, vice presi-
dent. There will be an illus
trated lecture on the modern
high-compression engine and its
problems concerning the Car
dealer.
Service Expanded
About 800 executives of trade
associations in Washington are
expected to benefit from a recent
expansion of service being Of
fered by their professional So
ciety, the American Trade AS
ISOLATION Executives, $40 Dupont
Circle Building.
The association has added two
men to it's staff, one for public
relations and editorial services,
the other to direct the society's
library and loan service. Duane
L. Cronk of Kensington, Md,
will direct public relations and
edit the three periodicals. He
formerly was with the Associated
General Contractors of America.
Robert F.. Coleman of Falls
Church, Va, will direct the Ii
brary and loan services. He for
merly was with the Treasury
Department.
Two men from Washington
attended the national sales
meeting of the FOrmica Co. last
week at Cincinnati. They were
w. C. Hill, jr., of the Formica
Co.. and Thomas A. Buckley Of
Wall Products, Inc. This years
annual sales meeting differed
from others in that it was the
first time the key men of For
mica's 73 distributor organiza-
tions were invited to attend. The
company deals with plaStics.
John F.. Hamilton has been app
pointed manager of the WASH
ington branch of Motors Insur-
ance Corp. Starting with the
company in Chicago in 1886, he
served subsequently in Indian
apolis, Davenport, Iowa and
Louisville.
Almost $50 million of State
and municipal bonds will hit the
market today and tomorrow.
They will include State of West
Virginia. So million; City of De-,
troit, $4,315.000; Florida State
Board of Education, SIS million;
City of Los Angeles, 81 million:
North Carolina State. $31 mil
lion; Morris County. N. j., ST.
256. 1000.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Foreign Exchunqe

NEW YORK, Nov. 23 Pr Foreign
exchange rates follow Great Britain in
dollars others in cents):
Canadian dollar in New York oper
market, 2H per cent premium or 1927
U. S. cents. off 1I32 Of cent.
Europe-Great Britain. pounds, 81 u
UP l!s of a cent? 30-day futures, 2.S1 70
up P !. Of 'ee cent; 1 90ldsy iuHI1S futuTes si
up 70 of cent; Belgium, franc, 2.0O34
unchanged; France, franc. ..28ss Of a
cent, unchanged: Holland, guilder
26.42I2. unchanged; Italy, Ira, .16h oi
cent, unchanged; Portugal. escudo
$50, unchanged Sweden ,krona, 1894
unchanged; Switzerland. franc, free
ID 81. unchanged.
Latin America-Argentina free, 7.24,
unchanged; Brazil. free. 2.10, unchanged;
bolivar. ao.03' unchanged. eU 'eneAueiS
Far East-Hong Kong dollar. 1855
of .05 Of q cent.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
By Nelson M. Shepard

The 1853 bank management
and bank operations seminar of
the Maryland Bankers Associa-
tion will be conducted December
2-3 in Baltimore.
officers and some staff men,
bers of the IL Maryland banks
in the Washington area usually
attend these special sessions.
This years seminar will be held
in the Southern Hotel, with spe-
cialiStS in various fields recruited
from within the State as well
as from other areas. All phases
of management and operations
will be discussed from the prac-
tical and progressive points of
view.
Thomas E. Mcconnell, presi-
dent of the Maryland Bankers
Association, in a communica-
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Absent Voter Laws
Need Fraud Checks,
Battle Declares
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. %
Gov. Battle said today Virginia S
absent voters law should be
fraud-proof or repealed.
The governor made his COM
ment in discussing the Russell
County stolen ballot scandal.
The governor said:
1T is my feeling the absent
voter law should be fraud-proof
or else repealed"
Under further questioning, the
Governor said he further felt
the law could be frightened up
so it could be retained.
"NOt Pre-Judging."
Gov. Battle said he wanted to
make it clear he was not pre-
judging the Russell County
case, which involved the theft
of ballots in the 1852 general
election. The votes were stolen
from the county clerks office
Friday. They were taken after
a grand jury had ordered the
records impounded for review
by authorities.
In recent years various polit-
ical leaders in Virginia have
called for a strengthening of
the absent voters law. Some of
these have said they think the
law. as it presently stands, is
not strong enough deterrent
against fraud.
United States District Attor-
ney John Strickler said last
night that cit looks like they
stole about everything"
FBI Called In.
Mr.. Strickler came here to
take a f1rst-hand look in the
matter, which has already been
investigated by a number of FBI
agents.
Clerk of Court John S. How
ard disclosed yesterday that he
had opened the padlocked clerk S
Office to five FBI men at 2 am.
yesterday and that they investi-
gated the ranSacked Office until
about am.
1t was disclosed that the thief
or thieves had entered the office
by jimmying window. A locked
cabinet containing absentee bal
lot information had been pried
open.
Grand Jury Probe.
The theft came before the bal
lots and election materials could
be turned over by Mr.. Howard
to a grand jury, according to an
order from District Judge A. D.
Barksdale. The grand jury has
been looking into complaints of
election fraud in the county.
Mr.. Howard at first refused to
comply with the order, and in
dicated he would appeal it, but
later he changed his mind and
said he would turn the election
data over to the grand jury.