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Evening star., 1953-02-22
Maryland, Texas First
In Raising 1852 Vote
BY the Asseeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Mary-
land and Texas tied for first
place in an American Heritage
Foundation competition among
States for the greatest increase
in the 1852 presidential election
vote over that of 1948.
Each showed an increase of
1T per cent, the foundation
reported tonight in announcing
a number of awards to States,
cities, counties. organizations and
individual for nom partisan
register and vote" efforts.
Rhode Island was chosen as
the State which conducted the
most intensive and effective
Statewide registration drive,
although Utah, as announced
earlier. was the State in which
the greatest percentage of adults
(79.6 per cent? cast votes.
Among cities, Philadelphia was
chosen for "the most effective
city-wide register and vote ef-
fort" by a non-partisan citizens
committee, and Cleveland for
"the most effective city-wide
registration effort"
Allegheny County, Pennsyl-
vania, was declared the National
winner among counties in "regis-
ter and vote" competition.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Carl Gray Honored
By Gold Star Wives
AT Regional Meeting

Carl r. Gray, ir., Veterans Af-
fairs Administrator, was honored
at a reception at the Mayfiower
Hotel yesterday by the Gold Star
Wives of America.
Presentation of a certificate of
appreciation from the associa-
ton to Mr.. Gray opened the
groups fifth annual conference
of the Gold Star Wives Middle
Atlantic Region. The conference
will last through tomorrow.
Work Appreciated.
Mrs. Marie Jordan Munoz,
founder of the group, told Mr..
Gray 1--WE appreciate your ever
present personal interest and
sympathetic understanding of
the needs of the dependents of
our Nations deceased service
men,"
The reception was attended by
members of the diplomatic corps,
the Congress and officials Of the
armed services.
Received at White House.
Officers Of the association, in
cluding Mrs. Margaret Dahlmeir.
national president, were received
at the White House yesterday
noon by Mrs. Eisenhower.
Today's program includes a
ceremony at the Mayflower Ho-
tel at 6:15 o'clock when Sir
Christopher Steel, minister Of
the British Embassy, will present
Mrs. Veronica Brown. Hemp
stead, N. Y, with a copy of the
London Times Memorial Book.
Col. Irene Galloway. director
Of the WAC, will address a /
o'clock luncheon meeting at the
Mayf1ower tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
7 Killed as Blast
Levels Newark Plant
Doing Navy Research
AY the Assoeiuted Prasa

NEWARK, N. j., Feb. 21.-A
small plant doing secret Navy
research blew up in a thunderous
explosion today, killing two air.
craft fuel experts and injurine
at least five other men.
Some II other plants in a
packed industrial block suffered
an estimated 81 million damage
In the blast.
A one-and-a-half STORY brick
structure sitting atop a steel
superstructure at the end OF
double row of small factories and
housing the Nitro Form Co.,
disappeared in a swirl of dust
and rubble at 1884 pm. today
It was the second major explo-
sion in highly industrialized New
Jersey within a week. A series
of blasts and a fire wiped out
q block-long factory and q string
of frame houses in Patterson
last Saturday.
Richard w. Mahoney, 26. Of
Elizabeth, q partner in the firm
which authorities said was ex-
perimenting in new secret types
Of aircraft fuel for the Navy.
was one of those killed by the
blast.
The second man killed was
another partner in the small
firm, Edwin C. Kraemer of Cald-
we'll, chief chemistry clerk in the
Newark College of Engineering.
His body was found a few hours
after the blast, lying nude under
q heap of rubble.
The FBI Is investigating the
explosion, as are the Newark
police and the Essex County
prosecutors Office.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Sofety Circus
Inspector MonsfieId's s
Schedule for Week


Inspector Dick Mansfield, di-
rector of The Stars School Safe
ty Program, will give his "Safe-
ty Circus" chalk talks at the
following District elementary
schools this week:
Tuesday-Ketcham, $3.50 am. :
10:30 am.
Wednesday-West. II am:
Health, 1880 pm.
Thursday - Whittier, $3.50
am; 10:30 am.
Friday-Takoma, 2 pm.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
james Garfield RunduII
Biogrupher Of Lincoln
BY the Asseeiated Pres,

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Feb. al
James Garfield Randall. II, Lin
coin historian and former history
professor at the University oi
Illinois, died last night in Nc
Kinley Hospital.
Mr.. Randall was the author
Of three biographical volumes
on the life of Lincoln and was
working on a fourth when he
died. He retired from the Uni
versity in 1949.
Survivors include his widow
Ruth and a sister, Mrs. Walter
E. Jenney of Indianapolis.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Polar Explorer to Speak

| Richard Black, who was a
member of one of Admiral Byrd's
Antarctic expeditions, will speak
at the North Dakota University
Alumni meeting at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow at the National Press
Club.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Industrial Exhibit Building

A downtown building in Santi-
ago, Chile, has been purchased
by a group planning to use the
structure as a site for industrial
exhibitions,
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Cocoa PIunts Studied

Scientists are studying wild
cocoa plants in the forests Of
Colombia, with a view to i'm
proving those already under cul-
tivation, Bogota reports.
Evening star., 1953-02-22

"A.D." Enamel Gloss White
Gives Frssher Whittier Look TO The lob
EXCELLENT DURABILITY
SUPERIOR HIDING" QUALITIES
-Resvlor Price
$4.s5 per solIon Sl.6o per quart
SALE PRICE
$3.2e per gallon sse per quart
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Nc
Clung last week. They returned
home on Sunday and Butch" Nc
Clung accompanied them for a Wis
it until time for him to return for
school. Am sure Butch" will be
missed by his many little friends
as well as by his dad and mother
Mr. and Mrs. Swainey Bennett
are on a Grip this week on their
boat to New Jersey shores.
Guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Fv-
ans on Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs
Andrew McClung.
Mrs. George Ii. Townsend and
sisters, Mrs. Campbell and Miss
Fause of Pittsburgh. Pa, were the
guests of The Addys" at Bethany
Beach on Monday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14
MILLsBoRO


Mrs. Ralph Billings Of Balti-
more, is spending several days
this week with her sister, Mrs.
William r. Bachelor
Mrs. w. Norman Hickman and
Mrs. Sara c. Rogers were among
the guests who enjoyed the birth
day party given Mrs. N. c. Cham
berlain Of Frankford by her
daughters, Mrs. Roland Cobb and
Mrs. Clarence Truitt, Tuesday
night at the home of Mrs. Truitt
in Dagsboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hastings
and son, Ronald, Of Hartford.
Conn.,, spent part Of last week
with Mrs. Henry Hastings and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hastings.
Mrs. Henry Hastings, children
and grandchildren, attended a
family reunion and beach party.
at Bethany Beach son Tuesday.
August 4th. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hastings
and son Of Hartford Sgt and
Mrs. Lester Hastings and children.
Dwight and Allen, of Alexandria.
Va Mr.. and Mrs. Robert MaulI
and children, Janice, Joyce, and
Bobby, of Rehoboth; Mr.. and Mrs.
Arnold Steele and children, Donna,
Daryl, and Brenda, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Hastings, all of Mills
bOro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Donawav
and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Baker
spent Thursday to Sunday in
wildwood, N. J.
Miss Marilyn Cahall, studen.
nurse at Peninsula Hospital, Sails
bury, is vacationing this week
with Mr.. and Mrs. William Crosby
and family in Baltimore. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Harry Wes-
coat, who will visit her father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Baker and
daughters, Iva Lee and Sandra,
were weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Kleinschmidt in Bal
timOre.
Tamara Monroe is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Edward Esham. in
Philadelphia for two weeks.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Grier Matthews Of
Wachapreague, Va, motored here
on Saturday and attended the Tun-
nell reunion, after which thev
spent Saturday night and SUNDAY
with their friends, Mr.. and Mrs
Virgel D. McCabe. Mr.. Matthews
was a former coast guard at Beth
any Beach and several of his coast
guard friends called on him IN
Sunday morning at the McCaba
nome They left ON Sunday after
noon to visit friends in Berlin.
Md, on their way home.
Mrs. Lena Derrickson spent Sun
day afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs
Ward Bennett.
mir. and Mrs. John Johnson and
son Michael Of Ruper, w. Va, were
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

they are not necessarily blessed with an abundance
of this worlds goods For Cadillac is a practical
car to Own-and is a splendid selection for the
family of moderate means.
The following established facts must surely prove
this to be true:
there are twenty-five models of other makes of
American motor cars which actually cost more than
the lOwest-priced CadiIlac
"a Cadillac will travel many more miles on
gallon of gasoline than you could ever logically
expect from car of its size and stature!
"a Cadillac is so dependable and long-ived that
it is just about as economical to service and main
tain as any car you could buy
and, fnaly-accordng to authentic used car
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Noble, Jr:,
and son Stephen Of Salisbury. Md.
visited their parents here on Sum
day.
Mrs. Nettie Hooker accompanied
her grandson and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kendall Noble and son Mark
to their home in Hagerstown, Nd,
for few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiley and
daughter Helen Mae of Baltimore
are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Wiley this week.
Callers of Mrs. Estella Holt on
Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
West, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton BEN
nett and daughter Donna Kay and
Mr.. and Mrs. Weston Holt.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

Eddie Carey spent the weekend
in Milton with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wells.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon R. Galley
of Washington we're house guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Belts sew
eral days last week.
Many from Millsboro attended
the bFidge-luncheon given by Mrs.
w. B. Atkins and Mrs. Andrew
Burks at the Rehoboth Country
Club, Friday.
Linda Lee Baker spent the
weekend in Easton with Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Townsend.
Mrs. George A. Wharton enters
tanned at a dessert-bridge, We'd
nesday, Mrs. Armel Long, Miss
Kathleen Dobson, Miss Elinor Dob
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

son, Mrs. Harold Gardner, Mrs.
Walter Belts, Mrs. Matte Shock
ley, Mrs. Harold DObsOn, Mrs. H.
B. Mitchell, Mrs. Charles Mitchell.
Mrs. G. Vernon Foster of George
town and Mrs. Wilbur Shockley
of Philadelphia.
Sunday, August 10Th, Rev. DR..
DisstOn Jacobs of Rehoboth will
be the guest speaker at Grace
Methodist Church during the
morning worship service at 10
a. m, and at Carey's Church at
2:30 p. m.
Rev. Harry o. Hufnal of Reho-
both, will be the guest speaker at
Grace Methodist Church, Sunday,
August 2Srd, at 10 a. m.
The FiTemen's Auxiliary will
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

Sunday School at 10000 a. m. Ro-
land J. West, superintendent.
= Worship Service at 1900 a. m.
Sermon by the pastor.
Captain and Mrs. Clinton Evans
and family of Upper Darby, Pa.
are spending the month of August
here in their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan ShOckley spent
the weekend visiting their chill
dren.
Guests of Mrs Clara Setman and
son West last week were her son.
George r. Setman and his son,
George, Jr., of Quakertown, Pa,
Robert Setman and son Billy of
Philadelphia, and three friends.
who came with them to enjoy some
nice fishing trips.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

evaluations-a Cadillac may be expected to return
greater percentage off cost at the time of resale
than any other car built in America.
In view of all this it is no cause for wonder that
fourteen wise and practical people, residing in a
single small neghborhood, should have taken
delivery of new Cadilacs during the Aeeting weeks
of a northern spring.
The ooOndsr is that more people don't buy
Cadillacs For when car combines SO much ouaI;tv
and beauty and comfort and prestge-with such
outstanding overall practcality is very wise
choice for very great many people.
Maybe it's the car for you If you think it is, YOU
are most cordially invited to come in and see us
today.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

sponsor a bake Saturday. August
18th, beginning at $3.50 a. M in
front of Mitchell and Jones'
Store.
There will be an ice cream and
cake festival at the Zoar Church
grounds on Friday, August 21st
The rain date is Saturday, August
22nd
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14
That Makes II New Ones on This Street,

In one small area in a certain American town,
fourteen new Cadillacs were delivered during the
early weeks of the recent spring.
One OF the new owners gave party for the other
thrteen-Presumably to discuss the virtues of their
wonderful new cars.
We suspect it was most congenial gathering
for Cadillac owners have many splendid things in
common.
First of all-taking them by and large-they are
exceptional people. For the most part, they are men
and women who have held to high standards of
achievement for many years. They have common
feeling for the finer things in life And they have
sound sense of values
But-desplte what so many mistakenly believe
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

MillVille Methodist Church
Rev. w. Stanley Grant. Pastor
Services for Sunday, August 16:
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14
MILLVILLE

By Mrs. John 8. Noble
Phone Dickinson ROS
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29
u. ). Workers Give
$117,O76 for Cancer

Federal Government employees
have contributed $117.076 to the
fund campaign of the American
Cancer Society.
This was announced yesterday
by William P. McCahill, chair
man Of the Government unit of
the campaign, at a luncheon yes
terday in the National Press
Club. Last year, the Govern
ment unit donated $112,758.
The goal this year was $117,-
600, Mr.. McCahill said, adding
that the total may reach $780,
600.
The luncheon was addressed
by Representative Kersten, Re-
publican, Of Wisconsin. Awards
were presented to % Government
employees who have headed can
Ger drive units in agencies for
FIVE years. They are:
Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury Edward F. Bartlett, ma
tional chairman Of the Federal
Government Division; William
G.. Barr, William E. Becker.
Frank Bentley. E. Roy Bergholz,
Everett L. Butler, Gerald Conk-
ling. Harold E. Craig. Floyd Dot
son.
Also Mrs. Maybelle Fickel,
Joseph Gauges, Willard L. Hart,
G. H. Hatfield, William c. Hull,
A. S. 1mirie, e. B. Jackson, E. H.
King. M. D. Lewis, A. j. Loda,
j. Francis Moore, Gerald Ryan,
Mrs. Dorothy Sherr and Mrs.
Maxine Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29
French Lawyer Urged
To End Cabinet Crisis
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, May 20. President
Vincent Auriol has asked a law
yer-economist, Pierre Mendes-
France, to try to end this coun-
try's week-long cabinet crisis.
Mr.. Mendes-France, As, said
he would study a number OF
documents President Auriol gave
him during a conference and an
nounce today whether he would
try for the premiership.
The new candidate is a men,
Der of Frances radical Socialist
Party, conservative despite its
name. 1t is the party of Rene
Mayer, whose government fell
last Thursday just as London
Washington and Paris an.
nounced the scheduling of a mid
June Big Three meeting in Ber-
muda.
Mr.. Mendes-France, once the
nations youngest lawyer and
youngest Deputy elected to the
National Assembly, was Minister
Of National Economy in the first
post-liberation government. He
has attended a number of eco
nomic conferences in the United
States, including that at Breton
Woods in 1914. He also served
as Frances delegate to the
United Nations Economic and
Social Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29
Building Strike Threat
Ends as Pact Is Siqned

F Prospects Of a strike that
might have thrown $4,000 con-
Struction workers out of their
jobs were ended today with an
agreement on a new contract
for the operating engineers.
James C. Turner, business
manager for Local II of the
International Union of Operat-
ing Engineers (AFL, said the
new contract was signed yester-
day with the Construction Con-
tractors Council.
The engineers had asked a
wage increase of Is cents an
hour. The contract, which runs
to next April 80, gives them S
cents more on June 20 and an
other S cents on october /. Mr..
Turner said some job classifl-
cations were upgraded and en-
ployerS also agreed to a number
Of fringe benefits.
The new contract applies to
800 members of the union. But
if the engineers had struck on
Monday as they had threatened,
Mr.. Turner said it would have
meant other construction work.
ers would have stayed off the
jobs.
Mr.. Turner said the new con-
tract may set a pattern for set
ting a contract dispute between
sewer and water line workers
and the Associated Public Works
Contractors. A new contract is
under negotiation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29
Il. DeAt|eY ingalls, Davis,
Retired Navy Officer

1t. DeAtley ingalls, Davis, As,
U. S. N. (retired), died of cerebral
hemorrhage Wednesday in the
Stewart Air Force Base Hospital,
Newburgh, N. Y.
The son of the late Col. and
Mrs. Arthur James Davis and
grandson of the late Senator
John James ingalls, of Kansas,
1t. Davis attended Western High
School here. He was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1881.
His widow, Mrs. Barbara Horn
back Davis, and a son, Ellsworth
B. Davis, IS, both Of Newburgh,
survive.
Also surviving are a brother,
Col. Ellsworth I. Davis, Carlisle
Barracks, Pa. and a sister, Mrs.
Warren Price. jr.. 5407 Lambeth
road, Bethesda. Md.
Funeral services will be held
at pm. Monday in the Fort
Myer Chapel. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29
Mrs. Fred CoIweII,
Wife Of Transit Aide

Mrs. Fred T. Coldwell, 81, Of
Gaithersburg, Md. died Wednes-
day in Montgomery County Cen
eral Hospital.
Her husband is assistant to
E. Cleveland Giddings, vice presi-
dent of Capital Transit Co.
Mrs. Coldwell also is survived
by three children, Charles,
George and Arthur, who was
born on Wednesday.
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Emil Haenel, Of Austin, Tex; a
brother, and two sisters also sur
vive.
Mrs. Colwell, the former Mar
garet Haenel, a native of Austin,
lived in Silver Spring, Md, be-
fore moving to Gaithersburg last
November.
Services will be held at Z
o'clock tonight in Gartner's fu-
neral home, Gaithersburg. Bur-
ial will be in LaGrangeville, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29

WASHINGTON. GEORGE THEODORE,
dsy Ny 81 5SS$ at w EsEfSk vi
u, s. N. Of 1923 Sumner I'd: s.s.'
ington. devoted brother OF William D..
E sG1ed C. rr AND sdn 81 Il eaTs
Williams. Arie and William Washing
ton. He also leaves to mourn their
loss one sister-in-law, Mercedese Wash
ington; one nephew. William D.. Wash.
q host Of other relatives and friends.
Remains resting at his late residence
from pm. Saturday, May 80. until
friends may may ca Ho thence to Matthew
Memorial Baptist Church, 1927 Nichols
ave Sc. where funeral services will
ofaciatine 1nterment Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. Arrangements by the
John T. Rhines & Co. Funeral Home
901 Bird st. s.w. 81
NAY 81. 1853. Thomas " WAT Rdiss' 81
Ais! Meade st. ne. Notice Of fu-
neral later. ARRANGEMENTS BY Jarvis
w ss 1sss 1T TfKa Il On T WEzsK Ne.
2'es 1siseF and % G ton eEsf ooas
the v. W. Deal funeral Home. 4sG5
SeOIBl6 ave. uW.t Oh hAOuuAy. JUNE
I, at 2 pm. Interment Fort Lincoln
Cemetery. 81
WHITE. LOUISE. On Wednesday. May
~. 1858, LOUISE WHITE Of s17 I
st. NV. wife of Saul White. sister
Nd; and James Miles. After IL noon
the Carver Memorial Funeral Home:
20 H st. NV. Funeral services vii
Church on Saturday. May 80. at IL
am, Rev. Agustus Lewis, minister. Of
hciating. 1nterment Richmond. Va.
WINSTON, LYNWOOD. Departed this
life on Thursday. May e. 1853. at
his residence. 70 NJ st; Sc. HAYWOOD
tie Campbell. Mrs. sallie Upchurch,
Mrs. Carrie Euf1n, Mrs; Ella Lomax
to mourn his passing other relatives
and and friends Arrangements by 18th, the
pol 3rd st. s.w. Notice Of funeral
later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29
Arthur 6. Maynard,
ice Tariff Examiner,
Dies Of Heart Attack

Arthur G. Maynard, 81. an In
terstate Commerce Commission
tariff examiner, collapsed and
died in his Office yesterday after
heart attack.
Mr.. Maynard, who lived at TAI
South Twenty-sixth street, Ar
lington, joined the ICC 80 years
ago. He was a native of Jer-
myn, Pa.
He was a member of Cavalry
Methodist Church and the Mount
Pleasant Masonic Lodge.
His widow, Mrs. Lucy H. May
nard, and daughter Joyce Of the
home address survive him. as dc
two sons, Mordecai P. Maynard
of 1920 Inwood avenue, Silver
Spring, Md, and Gardner Lee
Maynard Of 1908 South Second
street, Arlington, and six grand
children.
Services viii be held at 4 pm
tomorrow in Wheatley's funeral
home, 800 King street, Alexan-
dria, with burial in Mount Com
fort Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29
Mrs. Jack |. jeff, Al,
Mother Of 10 Children

Mrs. Jack L. Jet, Al. of Ard
more, Md, died Tuesday in
Prince Georges Memorial Hos
pital after long illness.
A native of Fredericksburg
Va, she lived in the Maryland
community nine years.
In addition to her husband,
Jack L. Jett, she is survived by
nine sons:
Richard, Is; Ronald, II; Jack,
10; William, IL; James, 9;
George. Z; Robert. 6; John, 4;
Charles, /, and a daughter, Pa
tricia, 8. all of the home address.
Also surviving are three sis
tiers, Miss Helen M. Snellings,
Mrs. Henrietta Phillips and Mrs.
Henry Finney, and a brother,
Roland Snellings, all of Fred
ericksburg. also survive.
Services were to be held today
in the s. H. Hines funeral home.
Burial in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29
Pravda BIames Capitalism
For kathy Tongay Death
BY the Associated Press

MOSCOW, May 20. Pravda
declared today the death of
Kathy Tongay, American child
swimming star, was an example
of how children are cruelty ex-
plotted under United States cap
italism.
The Communist Party organ
declared at is difficult to believe
that all this could be done, not
only by a father, but simply by
a human being"
Five-year-old Kathy died in
commissions in Miami several
weeks ago, an autopsy showed
Miami police alleged that her
father. Russell Tongay, gave her
fatal beating and charged him
with second-degree murder. He
denied the beating charge and is
free in $4,000 bail pending a
hearing June Is in Florida.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29
Royul Island Treasure
Returned to Okinowu

Treasures of the former royal
household of the Ryukyu Islands
which disappeared during the
war were returned to the local
government on Okinawa Tues
day, the State Department an
nounced yesterday.
The treasures, including a
royal guided headpiece and 20
manuscript volumes of ancient
Ryukuyan poems and chants
dating from the Ming dynasty,
were recovered In the United
States earlier this month by the
Bureau Of Customs. Of1icials said
they had been brought here as
souvenirs by soldiers during the
war. They had been preserved
for more than 400 years in the
Shuri Castle on Okinawa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29
Virgil Weaver, 80,
Retired Businessman

Virgil v. Weaver, 80, Of 21S
Peabody street NV. died yester-
day after returning from the
funeral of his son.
A retired merchant and real
estate man from Centerville, Va
Mr.. Weaver succumbed to a
heart attack in his living room
after the funeral Of Herbert A.
Weaver, 81, in Clifton, Va.
A native of Fairfax, Virgil
Weaver. operated a general mer-
chandise store in Clifton for 80
years before turning to real
estate for six years. He came
to Washington about three years
ago.
Three daughters, Mrs. Ellis
Frye, Baltimore; Mrs. Elmer
Manuel, Beltsville, Md, and
Mrs. George Corbin of the Pea
body street address, survive him.
He is also survived by a sister.
Mrs. Susie Peyton, 1913 Sewell
street, West Falls Church; eight
grandchildren and IA great
grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
Monday in the Deal funeral
home. 1912 Georgia avenue NV.
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.