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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31
Copper-Cromton Act at Stake

The future Of the Capper- Cramton pro-
gram of park development in the Washington
area may hinge on what Congress does with
relatively minor item to be presented to House
Appropriations subcommittee next week. The
request is for $134,0 900 toward purchase of three
Stream-v valley parks in nearby Maryland. II
Congress should reject the request for the
fourth time in as many years, reappraisal of
the whole park program would be necessary
And rejection coupled with past Budget Bureau
hostility toward continuance of the Capper-
Cramton park preservation plan, might result
in the death Of one of Washingtons key
Improvement enterprises
It is important that the new session of Con-
gress understand the urgency Of granting the
$134000 item as part Of the National Capital
Planning Commissions budget. This money
represents one-third of the estimated cost Of
acquiring parkland in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties that Is threatened with COM
mercial encroachment. The remaining two
thirds of the cost is to be put up by the
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning
Commission through bond issue. The esti-
mate of cost was made when the purchase was
planned four years ago. Since then, as residen-
tial building has increased in nearby areas Dor
dering the parks. the value of land has risen
steadily. Park officials have said that If this
acquisition fails, the increase in property values
will necesstate reappraisal Of the properties and
probably either request for more money later
or curtailment of acreage sought. If the
small amount asked now should not be forth
coming there seems little likelihood that later
request for larger amount would be favorably
considered.
The Budget Bureau at the past session indi-
. Gated that it was weighing proposal to scrap
5 the Capper Cramton program, insofar as Fed
eral appropriations were concerned That would
" leave the development Of parks around the Dis
trict to Maryland and Virginia, without Federal
aid Such an unwiSe course would mean the
dropping of long standing plans for park expan-
sion in the Metropolitan Area. It would mean
reputation by the Federal Government Of bar
gains made with both States and nearby coun-
ties for the completion of the George Washing
ton Memorial Parkway on both sides OF the
Potomac River, as well as of other projects.
These projects have been carried forward on a
partnership financing basis
Congress should inform itself thoroughly
on all aspects of any proposal to undermine
the Capper- Cramton program. II, for reasons
of budget retrenchment, it should be found
advisable to make some reduction in park funds
next year, it would be we'll If Congress made 1t
plain that it has no intention of going back on
its long-kept agreement under the Capper-
Cranton Act. To abandon that worthwhile
undertaking at this advanced stage would be
carrying economy too far.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31
No More Holidays

For more than 700 Anericans-those who
met violent deaths during the three-day
Christmas week end-there will be no more
holidays.
More than 500 of the accident victims met
death in traffic mishaps that Uttered the public
highways with mechanical and human wreck
age. The recorded tentative total Of 523 ex-
ceeded the estimate of the National Safety
Council, whose experts had warned that, unless
extraordinary care were exercised by all drivers,
about $40 persons would lose their lives during
the festive Christmas season. The traffic toll
was alarmingly close to the all-time high OF
545 for three-day holiday period, set in 1850.
There is something Enthusiastically wrong
when so many Americans go out in their cars
and kill themselves, or kill or are killed by
some one else, during the traditional season of
peace and good will The statistics are especially
SOLDERING when one realizes that another holiday
week end is just ahead. For how many more
celebrants will this be the final holiday?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31
Progress Against Cancer

The Boston meeting of the American ASSO-
citation for the Advancement of Science has
heard encouraging news about cancer. The
news is that the deadly scourge one OF mans
worst killers, has become much less OF mystery
than 1t used to be and that researchers and
experimenters have at last CROPPED their way to
what seems to be straight, clear road toward
its control and ultimate conquest.
This good prospect has been set forth before
the AAAS by DR.. Cornelius p Rhoads, director
of New York's famous Sloan-Kettering Institute
for Cancer Research. His qualified but rela-
lively optimistic view is embodied also in the
Institutes latest biennial report. Although en-
phasizing that no miracles are in sight and
that the road ahead is long one full of many
major obstacles, he has nonetheless indicated
that there is every reason to look forward to
important new progress-continuing progress
against the disease in the coming years.
II Thus, as Dr. Rhoads has summed up the
. outlook. nearly all the great advances against
the scourge have taken place within the past
seven years or So and it will be surprising If
the next decade does not produce major devel-
opments" leading to considerably better dag
nosis and control Of the disease in its several
forms At present, only rs per cent of cancer
cases lend themselves to surgery and irradia-
ton, but noteworthy gains have been made in
increasing the effectiveness OF these TWO types
of treatment and further improvement along
the same line seems more than likely.
Similarly, as regards non-surgical nom
rradation cases (patients who constitute rs
per cent of the total of cancer victims), SUBJ
stantial advances in treatment have been
achieved in recent years, and Dr. Rhoads be-
lieves that it "will break all scientific precedent
If more adequate control Of the disease by
chemical means does not follow in the near
future" He has not suggested, of course, that
a positive cure is Just around the corner, but
he has held out the hope that eventually-per-
haps within the next two or three decades
science will discover and develop substances
that can be introduced into the body to seek
out and to destroy cancerous tissue effec-
lively as penicillin now tackles certain forms
of infection.
Such hope does not seem unreasonable in
an age when the atom (Which incidentally is
highly important research tool in the hands of
men like Dr. Rhoads) encompasses within itself
an enormous promise as well as an enormous
threat--a promise of better health and better
living for all mankind. Because of that promise,
it is by no means inconceivable that on some
not-too-distant day, at another meeting of the
AAAS, paper will be read listing cancer, like
smallpox, among the definitely conquered
diseases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31

stories Of real and mature insignifi-
canoe. But it was difficult to sift the
wheat from the chat. So many stories
turned out to be chaff
With television stars firing singers
and Moscow announcing new minis
ter Of something -other every day or
so. the competition was keen. At any
rate, these stories-all of which seemed
outstanding in an unobtrusive sort of
way-landed on the front pages during
1858:
On January 20. the Navy announced
it was changing from winter woolens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31

Is a person to be condemned, then,
for going through life with a bass,
baritone, or contralto voice?
BY no means These are the ANAL
gam Of countless ages and persons, and
mean a great deal in their own right.
Some Of them are pleasant, and most
endurable.
Their best service. undoubtedly, is
to set OF the soprano voice in all its
purity and life
Other voices are half-dead, to begin
with: the soprano voice. alone of voices,
scars to the heavens, pointing the way
to the stars.
Become not angry. then, when some
old tomcat on the fence makes the
wel1in ring.
Realize that it is akin to the beauti-
full voice on radio or televiSion, or at
the opera house, the voice that causes
shivers to run up and down your spine.
You cannot help this; it is the gift Of
the gods to the musical soul.
Fortunately, music must have the
other voices, too. Their blend seems
lovely to us, because we are as we are.
But in every choir, whose voice stands
out? You know; and 1t is the same In
the largest city church or the smallest
village chapel.
Virtue must be soprano, else heaven
itself, as the poem said. would not
stoop 70 her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31
Forgotten Men

AS we near the end of 1858. and spec
ulate about who should be named man
of the year." let us not forget those 944
American servicemen who> are being
held behind the Iron Curtain by the
Chinese Communists. They went out
to fight under the u. N. banner, but
who said the U. N. has heart?
These 944 Americans are truly the
forgotten men of 1853.
It looks like the American eagle is a
very sick bird.
M. b. Shea.
Why all the fuss over the ~ pris-
oners who do not choose to come home?
They can stay there until they rot so
far as am concerned. The ones am
interested in are the ga who would
like to come home but are being held
by the Chinese Reds. So far as we are
being told, no effort whatever is being
made to obtain their release. Dulles and
Eisenhower each recently said that they
did not favor the entrance of Red
China into the United Nations lat this
time" Perhaps little later they will
favor such entrance in order to obtain
the release of these ga Americans.
G. r. Simcox.
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Nehru's Attitude Toward U. S.

In M. B A. Koneri's recent letter on
the subject Of aid to Pakistan. he voices
the fear that any arms aid might
threaten the very existence of India as
free and sovereign nation
It is hard to understand why nation
of 1865 million Indians should have any
fear of aggression from its neighbor
Pakistan. with only 80 million popula-
ton
The real fear of India should be from
its powerful and aggressive neighbors
to the north-Red China and the
U. S. S. r. To date have heard of no
howls of anguish from Prime Minister
Nehru over the new complex Of air
bases and military build-up by Red
China in Sinkiang Province and Tibet.
nor in that area of the u. S. S. r. south
of the Urals adjoining the borders of
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir.
Mr.. Koneri claims that India has
made no attempt to advise Pakistan as
to how she should conduct her foreign
affairs, adding ut is none of midas
business" It should be none of India's
business how Pakistan or the United
States conducts their foreign. policy.
Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Of
Pakistan, according to press dispatches,
has made it clear to Moscow. Peiping,
and Delhi that he resents attempts to
interfere with Pakistan's foreign policy.
He also made it clear that both Russia
and China were absolutely wrong in
presuming that Pakistan's military
strength was directed against anybody.
About American aid to Pakisan, he
said it was not threat, but on the con-
trary, assures peace in Asia. Weakness
invites defeat. he said. and vacuum
Of power leads to aggression.
AS an American who believes in the
free worlds policy Of non-aggression,
and also the strengthening Of the econ
omies of underdeveloped areas such as
India. do not understand Nehru's We
hement campaign Of anti-Americanism
in India. According to Robert Trum-
bull Of the New York Times, the news
papers of India, following the lead of
Prime Minister Nehru, have modified
popular sentiment to point where
tremendous wave of anti-Americanism
might sweep India if substantial arma-
ment grants were made to Pakistan.
Delhi reports Nehru has ordered his ma
tionwide Congress Party machine to
organize demonstrations in all of In
dia's % states. Village committees have
passed resolutions for boycotting Amer
lean goods, and one dispatch reported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31
Year Remembered

Year OF sun. of golden afternoons
And radiant mornings: green gold
FURNISHED le1ves;;
Bright. molten gold across the RULED
lake:
Burnt-gold of summer wleat In
bursting shedpes:
The fragrant. blotDtn0 gold of open
fields;
The clean. sharp notes of gold from
soaring birds:
The cledrest gold of laughter on the air:
The sculptured gold OF phrase and
quiet iDordS:
The tranquil gold OF slotD. unreeling
dusk;
The fluid golden grace that ,Ddlked
tDith you;
The supple gold of hand enfoidtnO
These tciH haze tUhen less-brtcht
years are through.
Bonnie Elizobsth Parker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31
By Jock lonos

Nov THAT the most important"
IN news events of the year have been
duly listed, 1t seems only proper to
compile some Of the least important"
stories.
Many items Wed for low honors dur
ing 1858. Indeed it was easy to discover
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31

On August 10. the mercury reached
98 in Tokyo, the hottest day there since
the end of World War II.
On September ~. Helen Traubel re-
signed from the Metropolitan Opera in
dispute over her singing of popular
songs In outside appearances. II
In Oslo. Norway. on October 3, Crown
Prince Harald was made an honorary
member of Montana's Crow tribe Of IN
dams. and gained the new name,
Mountain Bird"
On October 10, the Duke of Kent, q
private in the British Army, celebrated
his 18th birthday with tea party for
fellow soldiers in his barracks
And finally. on December %, it was
announced. In London that the British
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31
Questions and Answers.

A reader can get the answer to an, ouest,on
81 iact by writing The Evening Star Informa.
pon Bureau 1900 Eye st., NV. Washinston
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31

an awesome new weapon, and that they viii
bear close watching.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31

Pen-11n1es may be used II letters carry
aDriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Where is the grave Of the man
who was the original Uncle Sam"?-
A. " r.
A. There is an Uncle Sam" tablet In
lakewood Cemetery. Troy, N. Y, that
marks the grave of Samuel Wilson, the
original Uncle SAM" who was an Army
beef contractor in the War Of 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31

Turkey Federation had given Sir Wins
ton Churchill the biggest bird it could
find-a 40-pound turkey.
All Of this was q part of 1853. and
somehow it seems just as well that
we're stepping into new year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31
Letters to The Star.

the burning Of American goods near
Bombay.
It is reminiscent of the hate cam
paigns stirred up in the past by Hitler,
MuSsolini, and the men in the Krem-
lin. It is unfortunate to find chiefs of
state in civilized nations resorting to
such efforts to create hysteria and mob
violence as means of playing power
politics. How much better it would be
If Nehru were to accept United Nations
plans for a free and impartial plebi-
scite in KaShmir, and also reasonable
development program for the joint use
and fair apportionment Of the Indus
Basin waters between Pakistan and In
dia. II he is sincerely interested in re-
ducing the tensions between these two
nations In South Asia, he should apply
his efforts in that direction rather than
developing hate campaign behind
shield Of neutralism and Indian i'm
perialiSm.
Charles G. Anthony.
Russio's Waiting Come
I read a statement made by one of
our leading politicians, Danger Of War
With Soviet Russia Is Lessening."
hope that it is true. But I, who wit
messed the bloody birth of bolshevism
in Russia, and fought in guerilla war
fare in different countries of Eastern
Europe. see the situation exactly the
opposite.
The present so-called cold war which
Russia is waging against us demon
strates that Russia is just waiting for
the time when the Western powers, in
Guiding our free America, will be ripe
for the world conquest, through revo-
luton, by the proletariat, for which
many pro-commie organizations are
working overtime.
We know that communism is q
worldwide criminal syndicate and not
political organization, therefore Rus
STA should not be treated in world af-
fairs as equal with peace-loving. decent
nations.
A nation whose members are capable
of committing a crime such as the
Katyn Forest massacre or which keeps
many millions of its own citizens as
slaves, should not be trusted.
We should know that communism is
still governed by the Lenin and Stain
bylaws; therefore it is foolish to
say that the Russian war danger is
lessening.
Ex-GuerilIa Fighter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-31

O. Do children or grownups suffer
more from colds?-F. OH.
A. The occurrence of colds is highest
among children under 10 years of age.
The average employed worker is esti-
mated to lose three working days year
because Of colds.
Evening star., 1953-07-30

NEARBY MD. - Brick rambler q
bedrms }. gas heat. CT financed
Immed. poss. Price, $4,000. A. H.
SEIDENSPINNER, Realtor. WA
T-l010: ewes. WA 7-46aS. -2O
UNFINISHED HOUSE; 100 #. on
Lanham Severn rd.. water. and cleo
tricity installed A real buy for
the handyman with plenty of build
ing material to work with, incl. a
complete bath room. Must sell
! Sacrifice at So. 800. Worth much
! ham School. Open Saturday noon
till dark and all day Sunday. West
River h2l7 .
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1901 Conn. Ave. NV. D1. 7-31oo
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HnllsEs roR sAls.Mn.
FORESTVILLE
5318 4th AVE.

SO4o 1U4A 4AN
Blk. on Marlboro Pike Busline
New brk. ramblers; 2 twin-Size bed
rms, tile baths; exceptionally lge.r
beautifully equipped kits. with built.
in laundry facilities; dinettes; 4
generous-size closets: stairways to
storage attics; oil &C. heat; in
sulated and weather stripped; level,
wooded and Handicapped lots 50xl40
It. Ready for immed. occupancy.
$12,500, with $4,000 down. Your
present home or vacant lots constd-
OPEN FOR INSPECTION WEEKDAYS
4:30 TO 8 PM; SAT.-SUN, IL
ANS PM.
Drive out Marlboro pike
ga miles beyond D. c. line to 4th
ave. turn right "A blocks beyond
O'DonnelPs FARM. Or drive out
Suitland pkwy. to Forestville rd.,
turn left at Marlboro pike, left again
+. D. BURGESS
10. 9-9513 Till .
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RCIAL LOCATION
SHANNON & LUCHS co.
BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR RENT

tire bldg; 4 units; lease. Must
have Al refs. NE. S-U4S6. -3L
6,1OO SO. FIT, approx. 81 by 100:
ample free parking in lge. close-in
shopping center. Well suited for
wholesale business or contractorsi
S1."5. So, #. ALBERT II. COHEN
CO. ia. 2-l66l. 10
DUPONT CIRCLE - Beautiful apt,
residential or commercial; 3 rms,
kit. and bath. CO. 5-5770. al
68O7 WIS. AVE, BETHESDA, Md
5000 It. floor space, $500 ~.
!parEtns. OIL. 2-66a5; ewes. OIL.
REsTGURANT-close-in Va: seats
80; parking. Large development
nearby. BOX lS4-K. Star. -29
:. ?. 90x1S. Power facilities. secre-
tarial service and parking area.
Win air-condition. Cheap rent for .
long lease. HU. $4,000. p
2nd AND 3rd FLOOR HALLS, suit
able for Offices, meetings, church.
storage. etc. 1902 14th st. NV.
DESIRABLE 1st-FL. SPACE, $40 p
St: nv. showcase privilege. Apply
sPLENDGiD LOCATION for doctors, @
dentists, large accountants or en-
gineers; 1870 50. IT. OF space, lst
moor. 10th and Jefferson pl. NV.
dupont Circle area1: 4-car parking;
$3.50 per month. Call RUSSELL F.
BARRETT or Miss Blanche Weaver,
RE. 7-41S7. 1904 M st. NV a.
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N, FORESTVIK,LE

NEfAIL AN1J1tGW ! lEID
-bedrm. house; fully equipped kit.
with washer and dryer, deep freeze
unit, refsr,, exhaust fan: lee. level
lot with barbecue pit and patio.
Assume As 81 $4,000 s{ GI Il Loan S2o9 ;oS
taxes and insurance. Call Mr..
Miller. 10. 9-9110; ewes. 10. S-1s51.
Puffenberger & Moore, Inc.
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FOR LEASE
Prime Retail Location
1900 So. Ft., 1st Floor
Reinforced


Concrete Construction
Located opposite Sears Wis.
consin Ave-. presently occu-
pied by Giant Market. IT,
600 square feet on first floor,
6,300-Sq. 1T. basement and
$4,000 square feet of roof,
parking SIS cars. Rental far
below present reproduction
costs. A bargain at the
present market.
Phone Ii. 3-1675, Monday
through Fri, 9-5, Mrs. Head
Ewes. and Sunday, EN-. 2-8228
or See Your Broker
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FOR LEASE

Beer tavern--Lge. cinder-block bldg.
35x65. on Hwy. No. 3S1, AQuasco,
ing lot; operating now as q tavern;
on-and-oR sale beer and wine; doing
good business. VIII lease with IL
cense to continue same or an ideal
spot for grocery or any other
business requiring lge. bldg. FAR.
view 2-2467. 80
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PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY
BRENTWOoD-chqrming bungalow

BRENTwOOD-Charming bungalow,
5 rms, hot-water oil heat. sleeping
porch; screened front porch: fenced
lot with an, abundance Of shrubs,
Fla. ESeiS Priced I 0f FOR immediate % % sale at a.
$4,000. DUNN & CO.. .Realtor, 1888
7-O04s; ewes. KE. 7-0466. 81
CHILLUM, st. Johns Parish--6-rm.
brick; gas h;;,Ta h;5E;h.; basement; srnsn; ~ IA
TSSS 5sS;si SSSESS aSsR TS, Es.y 7ts5gS ts5%S
COLLEGE PARK, HOLLYWOOD,
Small down payment, or will accept
small home In trade on this =
bedrm. sep. din. rm.. brick rambler
Nth hchRLsEE tq Sfpt d: auto EozEs hfas E.s.0F aSs0
CofiEGE PARK-New, 3-bedroo !
ramblers; full bsmts., many feature
not usually found in this price
range Of $1S.75o. To Inspect: Out
left ann On RhSSt fR .na asnS % eSs So sG offRSs
KenesSw st. JAMES N. CARR. INC.
44lO Knox rd., College Park. wa.
1-0202; ewes. WA. 7.7359. 81
GREEN MEAD0WS-d-rm, Colonial,
A. AAlF:soSzz 'ozzNsoN R5sos%S VA. EE 5OsS pSs' s6 196N
sis. 4.eSO-sI 500 Cash buys brick
rambler. Liv.- rm.. din. rm., kit, 8
bedrms. and bath:autil. rm. and lge
Sereened-in side porch; Large lot
partly fenced. kewisdAle. ALVIN
RLING. UN. 4-0313. 81
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LYON VILLAGE
ELITE CENTER-HALL
BRICK COLONIAL with 24-ft. Iiv
rm., family din. rm., huge kit, scr.
pch.: 3 lge. bedrms. on Ind flr. with
9 tiled baths; sun deck; full bsmt;
recr. rm. with f1repl. and half bath;
det. gar; slate roof. copper cutters
buyer owner will hold a lge, lst
trust. The price is S2S,75O.
JUDSON REAMY g. SON
1922 N. Irving St.. Arl. ia. 2-0SOO
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.
BOOTS AND SADDLE

Horse and home lovers-do not miss
this one. Two attractive cleared
D. c.. z mi. .cf bridal paths adjoin
this attractive property; mellow,
immac., older home, shaded by
beaut. trees; 3 bedrms., 14x24 liv.
rm., 2x14 din. rm.. mod. elec. kit,
hot-water Dashboard heat, porches.
bs 6smt:; MT, sars stables, board-tenced
JOSEPH w. SEAY co.
Exclusive Realtors JE. 2-o62O
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BRICK APARTMENT BUILDING
Tifey built; i apartment of = bed
rms, living rm. with picture win.
dow kitchen and bath; with
and bath; excel. NV. location
transportation at the door. Ideal
for owner-occupant; investment,
Price, S11,950. Gail LEGUM &
GERBER REALTY CO.. EN-. 9
5000, 3315 Connecticut ave. once
open It'll q pm. al
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STORES FOR RENT

306f -66 NJ ST. N.W.-Store, apts.:
auto. heat: bsmt.; parking; $3.50
STORE 17x90. central located on
18th st. NV. Suitable for pawn eX-
change or used furn,. etc; rent
reas. Contact ia. 9-ll44. Il
W; OF DUPONT CIRCLE, 2l33 P
ladies spec. art supplies. 80
1th AND KENNEDY SITS. NV
Store and basement. Suitable most
any type business. Auto. heat, rent
$95 mo. KENNEDY REALTY CO.,
KENT iES HAi VILLAGE LACE Prime. Geors.s ST
l7i7x75; ready for occupancy Feb.
!. AP. 7-0l6s. -
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$500 CASH
SPARKLING BRIGHT

SPARKLING BRIGHT
Clean, neat and attractive asbestos
shinEle bungalow, with appealing
floor plan; fireplace In living room.
large separate dining room. large
kitchen. oversize porch for summer
made into Two large bedrooms, fully
plastered: in addition to one large
bedroom on 1st. Full basement.
with shower bath roughed in.
Level lot. trees, driveway. An eX-
ceptionGl home for S14.950. Call
JU. 9-S010. till 9.
MONTGOMERY
INVESTMENT & INSURANCE CO.