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Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25
Items Of a Purely
PersOna al Nature

John Beverly Baker left Wednes-
day for Sanford Preparatory School.
near Wilmington.
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Mr.. and Mrs Carl Collel are
leaving today for a months trip
through New England.
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Miss Martha Law, who has been at
Slaughter Beach most of September.
will return to Philadelphia this
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. James b. Clements
of Baltimore were Weekend guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. David A. Clements.
Sr.
Claude Tease left Tuesday for the
University of Maryland Law School
to begin his final year of studies
there.
Lietenant and Mrs. Robert Redden
will leave next week for Fort Bliss,
Ell PasO. Texas, where Lieutenant
Redden will begin his training at the
Artillery School.
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. jamie
son and daughter, Nancy. of Els
mere, are spending the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. John w. War
ringtOn.
Mayor and Mrs. Edward c. Evans
and son. Donald, returned to their
4 South Walnut Street home last
week after spending the summer
at their cottage at Slaughter Beach
-
/ Miss Eleanor Humes left Wednes-
day for Wellesley College where
she will work for her masters
degree i'm American literature. Miss
IIumes has been a counsellor at ;
camp in Maine for the summer.
.
Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth NJ Kepler
Miss Mary Kepler and Kenny Keplel
returned last week from a motor
trip to Mexico City They were away
for months vacation. Returning
they left Miss Keplcr at Whcatol
College to begin her studies there
Mrs. Harry J. LatChum and Mis-
Ann Hall Wilson returned the frs
of the week from an enjoyable triI
through New England States. whicl
took them all Of the past week The,
went as far north as Poland Springs
Maine.
Mrs. Grover Denney and Mrs
Joseph LOfland, Sr., left yesterda
for COrdele, Ga, where they will
be guests of Mrs. Emily Vinyar
Moore for few days. O
their return they will bring Bac
to town Mr.. and Mrs. B. p. Vineyard
who have been visiting their daugh
ter.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25
Hospital Births

September IS: Girl, Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett StaytOn, Pennington; Boy,
Mr.. and Mrs John Schlegel, Jr.,
Denton.
September Is: Boy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore L aytOn, Pennington ;
Boy, Mr.. and Mrs. William Belts,
Georgetown.
September 19: Boy. Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Esham, MillsborO; Boy, Mr.,
and Mrs. Clifford Blessing, Milford
September 90: Boy, Mr.. and Mrs
Arnold Jester. Milford; Boy, Mr.
and Mrs Hollis Wright, George
town; Boy, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Smith, Laurel; Boy, Mr.. and Mrs
Newton Brown, Milford; Girl, MIR
and Mrs. Thomas Berry, coiored
Viola.
September %: Girl, Mr.. and Mrs
Amos Harmon, cOlored. Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25

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~ Miss Doris Irene
Ward, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wright Ward, of Haven Lake,
became the bride Of Mr.. Her
bert Donald Clifton, son of Mr..
and Mrs. J. Willis Clifton, of
Houston. The Reverend Ralph
c. Jones of the Methodist
Church in fredericksburg, assist
ed by the Reverend Charles
LouhOff. pastor of the Houston
Church. oficiated at the cere-
mOny. Mrs. William Johnson
played the wedding music and
accompanied Mr.. John Bun
nell, sOlOist. Palms and white
flowers decorated the altar. The
bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore a
ballerina len 9Th stTapless
gown of white lace over satin,
with a fitted lace jacket, long
sleeves and a Queen Anne col
lar. The bouffant skirt of lace
featured at the back tiers of
pleated nylOn tulle. She wore
a finger tip veil of imported il
lusiOn, which fell from a cap of
matching lace, satin and seed
pearls. She carried a prayer
book topped by a white orchid.
with attached stTeamers tied
with stephanOtis. Miss Janet
Ward, the brides sister. at
tended her as maid of honor.
Her gown was of ballerina
length and was of wood violet
nylOn tulle with a velvet mid
riff and a shrug of matching
color. She wore a small velvet
calot with an eyeveil Of wood
violet and carried a colonial
nOsegay of lavendar and purple
asters, tied with white ribbon.
Miss 10 Anne Wood and Miss
Barbara Jacobs of Salisbury
were bridesmaids. They wore
gowns and calots in duplicate
color and style of the maid of
honor. They carried lavendar
and purple asters. tied with
lavendar ribbons. Mr.. Samuel
r. Davis, Jr., of fredericksburg,
brOtheT-in-law of the groom,
was best man. Mr.. Richard C.
lingsworth and Mr.. Andrew
Simpson were the ushers. The
mother of the bride wore an
afternoon dress of teal crepe
with navy accessories. The mo-
ther of the groom wore two
piece afternoon dress blue in
color, with which she wore
navy accessories. Both had
cOrsages of red roses. A recep-
tiOn followed in POcahOntas
Hall after which the young
couple left for a honeymoon
trip to Niagara Falls. Canada.
and through the New England
States. Both are graduates of
Milford High School. Mrs. Cliff
ton is a graduate Of the Della
ware Hospital School of Nurs-
ing, Mr.. Clifton is associated
with Chrysler Corporation in
Newark. They will live in
Houston.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25
Engaged

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Revelle, of
Georgetown, have announced the
engagement of their daughter,
Doris Jean, to Pvt. Donald Filings
worth, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Ellingsworth, of Glendale. Pvt.
Ellingsworth is stationed at Camp
Polk, Louisiana.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25

Announcement has been
made of the marriage of Miss
Louise Elizabeth Donovan and
Mr.. Earl w. Messick of FELTON,
which took place in Centen-
airy Methodist Church in Lau-
rel, on Saturday at 3:45 p. m.
The ceremony was performed
by the Reverend David w.
Baker. They were attended by
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Mills.
Mrs. Messick chose a dress of
powder blue faille for her we'd
ding. Her maid of honor wore
a dress of orchid rose faille.
Also present for the cere-
mOny were Mrs. S. e. Thomp-
son of SeafOrd. Miss Myra
Mills and Mr.. Ronald Messick
of FELTON,. Mr.. Messick is a
foreman in the plant of Inter
national LateX of Dover. Mrs.
Messick is associated with
the c. D. HOlzmueller Insur-
ance Office here. They will live
near Frederick. A small re-
ceptiOn followed the cere-
mOny in MillwoOd Hall.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25

Congratulations go to Mrs.
George II. Baynum and Mrs. T.
Ralph SnOwberger, who were
awarded degrees in education
and science respectively at
cOnvOcatiOn exercises at the
University of Delaware this
last weekend.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25

More thar 1000 species of plants
are found in Great Smoky National
Park.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25

RUMMAGE SALE-Friday and
Saturday, September 25th and 26th,
Circle No. of Avenue Methodist
Church will sponsor a Rummage
Sale in SCOTS Garage, formerly
occupied by Vinal Bennett, oppO-
site the Community Building on
Church Avenue.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25

ORGAN RECITAL - The public
is cordially invited to a cOnsecra-
tiOn service and organ recital on
Sunday, September q, at 2:30 p.
m, in Grace Methodist Church, Mil
ton.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25

The first fall meeting of the
Captain Jonathan Caldwell
Chapter, Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution. will be held
tomorrow at the home of Mrs.
ElwOOd Gruwell, near FELTON,.
The members will gather for
a covered dish luncheon. al
ter which the meeting will be
held. Mrs. Wilbur Jacobs of
Harrington will assist the hos
tess. Miss Catherine Downing
will be the speaker for the
meeting, giving the many in
teresting items of her sum-
mer trip to England, the coro-
nation, and her visit on the
Continent.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25

The Sewing Circle members
went to RehObOth on WedneS-
day as guests of Mrs. Jack
NAPLES and Mrs. David A.
Clements, Jr. They had lun-
cheOn at the Dinner Bell Inn.
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With the prevalence of tele-
vision these days the radios
and record players or the COM
bination of both have been rel
egated to the back scat, as it
were. The Nurses Home
would appreciate the gift of
either of these means of enjoy
mcnt ana the giver would be
rendering a service as well.
There are many times when the
girls are off duty that they
could sit and appreciate the
use Of "A radio or Il COmbina-
ton. Share this with them.
if you can.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25
Local Happenings

SUPPER-The. Greenwood Meth
Odist Church will hold a Chicken
Salad and Oyster Supper on Sat-
urday evening, September 26th.
RADIO STAFF-Garfeld Nc
DOwell and his radio staff will
appear at st. Paul Church, in Mil
ford, on October 10th, at 1880 p.
IN. Many outstanding chOirs and
quartets will be heard on the pro-
gram. The public is cordially in
vited to attend. Admission, 25c.
Benefit of The Methodist Men.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25

FAMILY REUNION-The fifth
annual reunion of the descendants
of Jacob and Mary Jones of Sussex
County will be held October Srd
IN Bethany Methodist Church at
Lewes Cross Roads.
The family dates back prior to
the signing of the Declaration of
Independence in 1878, when the
first Jacob Jones came from Wales.
Registration is scheduled for
1880 a. m. The WOman's Society
of Christian Service of Bethany
Church will serve a chicken dinner
at 1880 p. m, followed by spec
ial program.
Family officers are the presi-
dent, Mrs. Fulton Downing of Har-
ringtOn; vice president, Mrs. Nella
Moore Sturgis, Delmar; treasurer,
Mrs. Doris Jones BOyce, Laurel,
and historian, Mrs. Pauline Jones
Mills of Chance.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25

GENERAL LANK HOSPITALTZ.
ED-Milford's Grand Old Soldier"
General William z. Lank was ad-
mitted to the Veterans Administra-
tion Hospital, Brack-Ex, on Tues
day, for treatment Ninety years
"yohng," General Lank-or Colo
mel" as he is known from one end
of the state to the Other-has long
been active in veterans activities.
and is believed to be Delaware's
Oldest active member of both the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and the
American Legion.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-25

SPAGHETTI DINNER-At the
Harrington Legion Home, Route 13,
near Harrington. on Saturday eve
ming. October 10th. Serving from
4 to 8 p. m. Tickets, $LOO, adults,
and 60c, children, including des-
sert. Tickets may be purchased
from any member of. the Auxiliary
Unit Of the Callaway-Kemp-Raugh
ley-Tee Unit No. Z, or at the door.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
BY the Associoted Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 26.
Puzzled lawyers said today
there is no legal precedent to
many of the angles stemming
from the complex case of
Thomas C. Buntin and his for
mer secretary. who were found
in Orange, Tex, yesterday after
AZ years.
They said they could not recall
q case in which a State court
had declared a man legally dead.
his insurance had been paid un-
der that ruling, and the man
reappeared alive-as did Mr..
Buntin
One attorney said the Ten
neSSee Supreme Court could set
aside its decision. handed down
in 1912. declaring Mr. Buntin
dead. This. he said. might re-
move some of the complications.
Others said that payments of
insurance to heirs of supposedly
dead persons who later are found
alive usually are handled under
q mutual mistake of fact
ruling.
No Mutual Mistake"
But they added there was nc
mutual mistake in the Buntir
case.
The New York Life Insurance
Co, which paid $4,000 in in
surance on Buntin's life. hao
never been party to mis-
take" The company, believing
staunchly that Mr.. Buntln was
alive, resisted payment through
the State court. 1t paid only
when directed to do so by the
State Supreme Court.
Then, after % years of hunt.
ing their man. the insurance
company disclosed earlier thi'
month they'd found him to beal
Evening star., 1953-11-26

accident in 1886 while in the
service.
She was told, too, that her
mother had died in 1882.
after all these years!" she
said biting her lip.
MY brother" she then asked,
was he married?"
She was told that he had mar
ried and there is son, Robert
F. McCuddy, a freshman at Duke
University.
When Betty McCuddy was de-
clared legally dead her share of
a one-million- dollar inheritance
from a great-uncle, George Ed
wards. was awarded in 1887 to
the brothers son.
Once, the neWSman reported,
he offered to tell Mr.. Buntin of
his family in Nashville. but that
there was no reply, Later Mr..
Buntin told him he had heard
nothing of his family since he
left in 1881.
In Nashville, there was no
comment from the Buntin family.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Discovery of Dead Couple
Raises Knotty Legal Problems

out their contention that he was
very much alive.
The legal status of Betty Nc
Cuddy. who was found in Orange
living as Mr.. Buntin's wife un-
der the name Of Palmer. pre-
sents a somewhat different
problem.
No insurance problem was in
volved. but she did have an in
terest in a million dollar estate
left by a great uncle. 1t went
to the son of her only brother.
The brother is dead.
Might Recover Legacy.
The Fidelity and Columbia
Trust Co. of Louisville, KY,
trustee for that estate, could
possibly bring action, an attor-
ney said, asking Kentucky courts
to determine her status.
Some legal sages here con-
tended that since the estate
still is in trust, only court di-
rection might be needed to re-
turn her inheritance. But there
again is the possibility OF re-
sistance by other heirs.
A similar problem arises in the
matter of Mr.. Buntin's possible
interest in an estate. His
mother, Mrs. Dan c. Buntin,
holds major interest in an es-
/ tate which includes valuable
/ downtown Nashville property.
Most attorneys appear to
agree on one point-that the
wife Mr.. Buntin deserted. now
remarked to a bank president
is legally divorced from Mr..
Buntin.
A Tennessee law says that
I when one spouse is unheard OF
for five years and the other
contracts a second marriage. the
SECOND marriage is dissolved.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Prince Charles 10 Exhibit
Cattle in Show-by Proxy
BY the Associoted Press

pT IHe NsSUeTuIeu FIeSs
LONDON, Nov. 26. - Two
Devon steers will take part in
a cattle show here next month
in the name of the Duke of
Cornwall-one of the titles of
5-year-old Prince Charles.
Asked last night whether
Charles had been consulted
about the exhibits from his
duchy, a Buckingham Palace
spokesman exclaimed:
Gracious, no. He doesn't
even know he is the Duke of
Cornwall"
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Dead Couple Found
n Years After
Having Disappeared

Continued From First Page.)
injunction obtained by the in
surance company tying up part
Of the insurance money which
had been paid into a trust fund
for Mr.. Buntin's heirs. Until
that action there had been not
the slightest clue to the where
abouts Of Buntin and Miss Nc
Cuddy.
It was then that the Tennes-
sean took up the search which
ended in locating the couple who
now live in a white frame house
in the small southeast Texas
citrus center.
The newspapers staff, under
the direction of publisher Silli-
man Evans. himself a former re-
porter on Texas newspapers, had
a clue they were somewhere in
Texas. Within Is days they
were located.
Both Admit Identity.
Yesterday Tennessean report
er John Seigenthaler and pho
tographer Jimmy Holt talked
with Mr.. Buntin and Betty Nc
Cuddy in Beaumont, where both
work, and later with them at
their home in Orange. Both
readily acknowledged their iden-
tity.
Asked why they had divorced
themselves so thoroughly from
their past that they had been
declared legally dead, Miss Nc
Cuddy was quoted by the news
men as saying:
I'VE were in love. Money
didn't mean too much to us. If
money had meant anything, We
wouldn't have done what we
did"
They refused to go into details
of their life after their departure
from Nashville, the newspaper
reported. except to say that they
lived in Brownsville until five
years ago.
Mr.. Buntin was reported work.
ing in a Beaumont television ap-
pliance store, and Miss McCuddy
as a court reporter in the office
of the circuit court judge in
Beaumont. They daily commute
the "a miles from their home in
Orange to Beaumont.
The newsmen said both were
recognizable from their photos
Of % years ago-he still tall and
thin with his blond hair changed
to sandy gray; she middle
aged, plump and neat.
The reporters account said he
firSt introduced himself to the
woman in her small office next
to the circuit judge in Beau
mont, and told her who he be-
lleved she was.
After a brief conversation he
said she asked: do you mind
ii we go and pick UP my hus-
band?"
Then, the account went on,
they went to the TV shop where
Mr.. Buntin works, picked him
up, and, at his suggestion, drove
to coffee shop"
"Our daughter is going to have
a baby" she was quoted as say
ing as they sat in the car out
side the drive-in drinking their
coffee.
1T was due last Sunday. We
wouldn't want her to suffer from
shock. She doesn't know. None
of the children do. We'd like
to break the news to the children
ourselves.
Life is a strange thing. We
have to tell our children we are
two people when all this time
they think we have been two
other people.
If we had wanted to be those
people we would never have
changed in the first place. It's
bad to have to tell them one
thing for so many years and
then to change it. suddenly.
1T was just that we were in
love and we wanted to change
our lives.
Asks News of Father.
do you know if my father is
still alive?"
"Yes," the newsman replied.
"How is my brother?"
She was told that her brother,
William Ross McCuddy, is dead.
He was killed in an airplane
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Hungary Officiul Named

ISTANBUL, Turkey. Nov. 26:
(P.-Radio Sofia said today that
Antel Apro, assistant minister of
construction, has been named
vice premier of Hungary.
Evening star., 1953-11-26

Men find ohns exclusive sound for their sne
leather of and long Come choose from wide
Of styles according complete 3 "A to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
Victorian Revival

In Britain, perhaps because a
Queen is on the throne again,
there appears to be a revival of
interest in the Victorian era.
There are two excellent books:
albert and Victoria" by Fran
coise de Bernardy (Harcourt.
Brace, and Queen Victoria and
Her Prime Minister'S" by Algernon
Cecil Oxford.
The first definitely is about AL
bert and Victoria: only the final
chapter is devoted to the long
years she was the widow of
Windsor" The second is a Sc
ries of essays on her 10 prime
ministers, written in the easy and
engaging style of which English
essayists appear to be masters. OF
the 10 1.-The ghost of Disraeli
(stilD walks, haunting the scene
in a way that is achieved by no
other figure of the age, and cannot
be laid. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06

any newspaper the discussions on
the rearing Of children, the hand
ling of criminals or even the rea-
sons why an American P. o. w.
would want to remain with the
Communists. Perhaps some day
we will even see-if we are not
careful-Paul NUM- in a movie as
DR.. Freud, billed as 1.-THE man who
undid the i'd" DR.. Jones' book
has been praised widely by laymen
as well as scientists.
Freudian psychology is employed
to explain the tragic climax to the
success story that Charles Dickens
lived. The new two-volume biog-
raphy. Charles Dickens: His
Tragedy and Triumph" by Edgar
Johnson Simon and SchuSter),
has enjoyed a wide and deserved
success
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
The Freudiun Era

1t is a far cry from Victoria and
George v to Sigmund Freud. So
far, in fact, that the Victorian era
and the Freudian era may be
taken as antithises. DR.. Ernest
Jones, associated with the Vienna
doctor for 40 years, is writing "The
Life and Works Of Sigmund
Freud (Basic Books). The first
of three volumes, now published,
is on 1.-The Formative Years and
the Great Discoveries"
Great discoveries in psyche
analysis they were. How they have
influenced daily life may be COM
pretended by reading in almost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
The Lincoln Volumes

The chief event during the year
for the Lincoln followers was
the publication of 1.-THE Collected
Works of Abraham Lincoln" in
nine volumes, edited by Roy P.
BaSler (Rutgers). 1t contains 40
to SO per cent more of Lincoln'S
papers than the Complete Works."
by Nicolay and Hay.
The range is from state papers
and other formal documents to
notes and even messages jotted
down on cards. But nowhere is
there anything petty or mean,
which certainly would have been
preserved by an enemy.
How some of his contemporaries
pictured him is shown in Lincoln
in Caricature" (HoriZon. Here
are both American and British
cartoons collected by Rufus Rock
well Wilson, who has added nee
eSSary commentaries and identi-
f1cationS. Some of the cartoons
are savage.
Lincolns wife and mother are
both subjects of new books. Mary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
The American Scene

On the American scene one of
the most valuable contributions to
historical writing has been that Of
Mr.. Brant whose James Madison:
Secretary of State, 1800-1809"
(Bobbs-Me has recently been
published. This is the fourth
volume of Mr.. Brant's work. The
little Madison continues to grow
in stature. Here he is shown as
a great Secretary of State and a
skillful negotiator who out
thought foreign diplomats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
By Francis P. DouqIos

ANY YEAR IN THE FIELD of
history and biography that in
cludes book by Sir Winston
Churchill is a memorable one.
This year it is the more memoir
able because Sir Winston's writ
ings and speeches have been
crowned with the Nobel Prize in
literature. The prize will also be
regarded as a reward for valor
which he made articulate.
Triumph and ragedy'
(Houghton Mifflin) is the sixth
and concluding volume in his
personal narrative of the Second
World War. The Tragedy" in
the title is a poignant reminder
that Triumph" brought no peace,
but only resumption by the great
democracies of the "follies which
had so nearly cost them their life"
The publication of this book
capped the record of year which
provided many first-rate books
on wide variety of subjects. Irv-
ing Brant added another volume
to his great work on James Mad
ison. There are biographies of
the founder of psychoanalysis, of
writer's, kings and knaveS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
Memorable Yeor Of Histories ond Biographies

Lincoln: Biography of a Mar
riage," by Ruth Painter Randall
Little, Brown goes far to cor
rect the unfavorable portrayals
of Mrs. Lincoln. She was, Mrs.
Randall maintains. an attractive
and intelligent woman, even if
she had her foolish moments, and
a devoted wife.
Nancy Hanks Lincoln: A From
tier Portrait" (Bookman ASSoci-
ates), is by Harold E. Briggs and
Ernestine B. Briggs. The portrait
of Lincoln's mother is probably as
complete as could be done, taking
into account the parts of the
picture lost by time.
OF the Lincoln period is Proud
Kate: Portrait of an Ambitious
Woman" by Ishbel Ross (Harper).
Kate is Kate Chase Sprague. Lin
coin thought her father, Salmon
P. Chase, "a little insane" in his
ambitions for the presidency. Kate
was more than a little insane in
her ambitions for her father and
herself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
Military History

Also by Prof. Morrison this year
is by Land and BY Sea" (KnopD.
It Is q collection of Is essays and
addresses. They vary in subject
from history as a literary art to
the demolition of Charles A.
Boards book laying at the door
of Franklin d. Roosevelt the re-
sponsibility for our having to fight
in World War II.
In the Army'S series on World
War II there is the third volume
on the War Department. 1t is
Strategic Planning for Coalition
Warfare. 1941-1942," by Maurice
Matlof and Edwin M. Smell, and
published by the Army's Office OF
the Chief of Military History.
It might be pointed out the
coalition referred to is the coali-
ton of the Allies. not of the serv-
ices. The difficulties of unif1ca-
tion-a note on the Nays plans
written by Gen. Eisenhower docu-
mentS these difficulties-is covered
but not unduly stressed.
A volume in the series on the
China Burma India theater is
"Stilwell's Mission to China" by
Charles F. Romanus and Riley
Sunderland. This blunts some Of
the barbs of criticism that were
aimed at Vinegar Joe" Stilwell.
Turn now to Big Business as q
subject of history. One of the
Nations leading historians, Allan
NevinS of Columbia, has produced
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