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e-bedrns. apt. near Hseht CO. and
Kanfis Ipslds PARKING. ist-fir
"a. 7-eSss. "a. 5000 :.
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'Yu|e Shopping
|PicksUpSpeed
.ThrouqhoutU.S.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 tP.-
Christmas shopping picked up
momentum in the Nations
stores this week. lifting total re-
tail trade we'll above the boom
levels of a year ago, Dun & Brad
street reported.
Biggest gains were scored by
specially shops and department
stores. Total dollar volume was
"noticeably" higher than the
previous week and moderately
above" last years buying pace
Hottest" items this week in
Icluded gifts for the small fry
toys, children's clothing and ju-
'venile furniture.
Shoppers also spent freely OF
Iwomen's accessories such as
handbags, jewelry and gloves
Mems furnishings sold well
particularly neckwear, hats anc
white dress shirts. Merchants
reported strong demand fol
mems winter suits and topcoats
boys Jackets and sweaters, anc
misses blouses and skirts. TV
and appliance sales dropped
sharply.
Total retail volume for the
week ended Wednesday ranged
from to S per cent higher than
in the like week last year. Dun
a. Bradstreet estimated. All
parts of the country improved
their performance.
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Market Turns
Prices
Higher

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 tP.-The
stock market was quite irregular
today with prices slightly higher
in the early afternoon.
Aircrafts, steels and motors
were the most active of the major
groups, but all displayed mixed
to steady price situation.
Trading was moderate at a
pace Of around 2.5 million shares
for the day. Benguet Console
dated Mining, which pushed the
total up yesterday with 567, 800
Shares, opened today on $4,000
shares up 70 to 17s. The stock,
however. wasn't very active to-
day. Yesterdays sales total for
the market was 100000 shares.
Price changes usually covered
a small range.
At noon the Associated Press
average of so stocks was up 20
cents at 1.60. That is a new
high mark for the average on an
intraday basis.
The market hit high Sep
TENDER % of $181.50. That was
Immediately before the market
swept into a major reaction on
news of the Presidents illness
Last Monday the average got
back to the exact level again
and then held unchanged the
following day. Yesterday il
climbed to within a dime of the
old high.
Corporate bonds were mod.
Ierately higher. United State.
Government issues were steady
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CHICAGOLNESTOCK

CHICAGO, Dec. . Up, tUsDA}. -
aalable hoss. 900; market on bulk
butchers active, $3.50 higher. but trade
closed slow with most OF the advance
mos Of these No 2 and butchers under
geo 10; sows uneven. mostly around IS
higher. instances up more early. ap-
proximately half OF the receipts sold for
shlpment, but some local interes.
noueht sparingly; most mixed grade lots
No. ! to IS 1S0-22U ID butchers IL 90
HIS; little below 1l25; several hun,
No: ! and . and at 400, and arouad
is head lot 1850; most mixed No :
and 3s n30-26 h. lo.N0-il .35: late
sales 250-260 ID. l0.OO-l0 rs; 28o-3o0
70. 9.50-l o. 50: most $4,000 ID. sows
in larger lots S.00-9.50.
eo SSalaole cattle 1000; salable calves
steady; cows and vealers steady: bulls
steady to weak; stocke-s and feeders
about steady few good to high choice
steers l5.00-22.00 no sales prime steers
or METERS; odd lots commercial steers
DOWN to 1900: occasional choice heifers
mereial eews s.75-lo;oo: Gamers and
eial bulls II SOFA 25. good heavy weight
fat bulls 10.00-lI 90: good TO prime
vealers 20.00-25oO Gull and CONNER
eial 1O.00-19 90; common TO low good
S14-940 ID. feeders II 25-l6 so; medium
to good 1854 ID, steer calves 1850
tive; mostly steady on all classes: wooded
lambs grading mostly choice los H.
and down ls.50-1s5O: culls to low good
S:50-l6.5o. one double deck choice
shorn lambs "a ID. No. pelts 1925;
Gull to choice slaughter ewes 450-6 80.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK Dec. . GP-Foreigr
exchange rates follow fGreat Britain IL
dollars others in centsl.
Canadian dollar in New York opel
market "a per cent premium or 100. l:i!
U S cents UP | f32 of cent.
Europe; Great Britain pound
S" sos. up ] f32 of a cent Great +, BRIT
a cent; Great Britain 60-day futures
, 799s unchanged; Great Britain 94-da!
futures 2.79. UP / 1852 OF cent: Be.giuH
tiranci l99ls unchanged; Franc
(franc, asa of a cent. unclaimed
Germany western tDeutsche marx
~ 81, UNCHANGED: Holland fRuilder
e615 unchanged; Italy ,ltrai .l6ls 0
a cent, unbalanced; Portuhal ,esend d !,
unchanged: Switzerland franc (free
30 "a unchanged; Denmark krone
IA 80 unchanged.
unchanged: Brazil dreei l.54, un
changed; Mexico 500. unclaimed; Vene
zuela Bolivar 1908. unbalanced.
Far East Hong Kong dollar 1850
unchanged.
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BALTIMORE
MARKETS

Quotations Supplied by the United
States Department OF Agricultural
Poultry Market steady on flyers ant
l:ht type fowl. Prices on some TOT
quality iryers senerally . cents higher
Lieht to fair demand for more thar
ample supplies, Some sold to dresser
20 cents Thursday in an effort to clear
Market weak on heavy fowl as price!
gcnerauy l." cents lower Very lieh
demand Ducks slow and not clearing
No sales reported Broilers or tryerrS
3 lbs and over 49,, mostly "a -
Hens. Heavy type !O-22; lieht type Is
Eggs, Market weak on large whites
Prices declined Ia cents. Very ligh
b. own and medium egss. Prices IN;
changed Ample offerings met ligh
demand. Receipts light Prices paic
bv hrst receivers delivered FOB Balti
more cases included ~
Large min so per cent A quality
whites l-54ia browns and mixed color:
5l-54 Mediums. min. 80 per cent 4
qualify whites 1891; browns and mixec
colors iS-hl
Receipts EEss 1854 cases by truck
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YorE CT 20 IS asa 23 23ls- N
YngSh%Tu "a loo34 1907 looH3+ N
Ynss SIT Do la 2o34 2o'4 2osa+ n
Zenith Rad 5g as l37M l3A l37l4+At4
Ionite Pd Ia. 9 y
HOsrlS Sales on the tXchanEe
u,,n o2o 100 ~ noon 40 IoL
I 90 o n, / $50 COO 3 10 m 900 COO
tt1nn o' trading 10 shares 81 sat- y
fulI
Rates VI diVloehuS IN lne IoI ewUtLk
table are annual disbut sementS based or
tht aSt luartefS ~ semi anuua dec
lafatlUI unIeS< otherwise uote0 sapria
~ extra divldsnus arc no. tncuntd
Also eXtTs VI eSirAs Annua at
pIus stock dividend lJeClart0 ~ paIc
in lg5h pIus stock 1igidend taiC last
veal oaysplt IN stocA aSllmateu cast
vau. o. ex dtvrdenr o. * distributor
iate DECLARED o psld SC tai this wear
b Declared o. paid after stock dividend ~
split up K Declared =, uaic thih year
an arrunuiatlve 'ssut with dNrdends b
arrears Palo thr vtai dividend
omitted ieterteo VI NJ acton taker ~
last divtuend meeting Declared o. paio
In 1854 olu. stock dividend llauIdat
ina dividend cid Calico xt1 1ivideno
x.dls ES distribution Il En- fights
wd When distributed vi When issued
'In bankIuptcv OF receivership OF helms
reorR sniZed under the Bankruptcy Act
or securities assumed By such companies
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Goose River Pines
Stock Issue Sold

8 COOSA PINES. Ala. Dec.
R.-Sale of $4,000 shares OF
Coosa River Pines Newsprlnt Co
common stock has been COM
pleted, a company official re-
ported.
5 The new issue, worth $8,540,O0O
at $40 a share. was offered on a
one-for-three basis to holders
Of a previous issue of 100000
shares. A. G. Wakeman, Coosa
president, said stockholders
picked up all shares of the new
issue.
Southern newspapers own a
substantial part of the COM
pany'S stock.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK, Dec o R (USDA) -
Wholesale egg prices were weak on
large and generally steady on other
offerirgs today. Receipts ?0.4S5. Whole
sale selling prices based on exchange
quotations follow: Includes Midwestern
Mixed colors: Extras t4S-5u lbs,l 30
i5Iha: extras large t45-4S lbs.) 1920;
Standards large 4S-bo. dirties $685.
cheeks 35-3sFa whites: Extras las
50 lbs 5000: extras Iaree !45-4S lbs.)
49-5U extras medium 4g-49la, Browns
nearby. Whites: Top quality t4S-5O
bsl 53-54h, mediums 50-5l; smalls
42I.-43I2. Browns, Top quality t4S-
80 lbs 5000 mediums 5o-51; smalls
43ta-4%
Butter about steady Receipts $685.
Ii1i Prices UNCHANGED.
Cheese steady. Receipts 30.646
Prices unchanged
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CHICAGO GRAIN

! CHICAGO. Dec. q GA faiI
amount OF profit taking at the enc
Of an advancing week kept grains undel
restraint on the Board OF T-ade today
some contracts pushed above the pre-.
/ Vious close.
Dealings proceeded at a fairly active
/ pace There was some early buying II
March and May wheat but they quickly
gave UP their gains. New crop wheat
futures suffered from mild liquidation
at the start but soon stabilized.
Wheat near the end Of the FIRST hout
was unchanged to 81 lower, December
- .usas: corn IL TO as lower December
lSl.27ta oats - to % lower. December
63is: rye unchanged to ;. lower, De.
Icember STl2i2; soybeans y, to ! cent
IL cents a hundred pounds lower, De
cember $1,000
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. Dec. o tF-Cotton fu.
lures extended their decline in listleSs
trading during the forenoon TODAY Scat
tered LIQUIDATION and some Liverpool
Ideman1 for contracts Most traders
Iwc-c hesitant, because II uncertainty
lever the Governments plans for cotton
next year. Nearby December remained
lfrm at new hgh for the current move
tof "a as cents p pound Covering orders
There met mostly scale up offerings from
lSpct houses and other sources
Noon prices wer" IL cents bale
ihtaher n 50 cents lower than the pre-
Iviora close December 344S March
Ir.t 70 End May }. "A.
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ODD-LOT DEALINGS

NEW YORK. Dec. Q P-The New
/ York Stock Exchange reported today
/, these odd-lot transactions by principal
/ dealers on the exchanse for December 3:
Purchases Of 313lf5 shares sales OF
/ 207,57l shares including s65 shares
/ sold short.
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METAL QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK Dec. q tPl.-Spot non
ferrous metal prices today Copper 43-4.
cents pound Connecticut valley. Leas
1871 cents Il pound New York. Zinc /;
cents pound, East Ct. Louis. Til
cien silver 90 10 cents per troy ounce
New York Pittsburgh scrap steel No
Il heavy was quoted at 40. 00-50.00.
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Top Rail Chiefs Confer
On 100 Freight Rate Rise

railroad industry met here today
Commerce Commission
! freight rates.
i weeks ago by Eastern railroads.
ers said they would not go along
lanta and decided to join in the
involving a Is per cent advance
authorized by ICC on a tempo
rary basis only. However. the
commission a month ago granted
a railroad petition that this
hike, scheduled to expire at the
emo of this year. be made part
OF the permanent rate structure.
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Top traffic executives of the
to work out a proposal to the
for another 7 per cent increase
The plan was initiated sever
At that time the Southern carr.
but they got together later in A
proposal. Western railroads in
dictated they would follow any
action decided upon by the car
riers east of the Mississippi
River.
Today'S meeting was to work
out details.
The last general freight in
crease was granted in April, 1852,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-09
MUTUAL FUNDS

Noon Quotations.
NEW YORK, Dec. R.--National
Association OF Securities Dealers, Inc
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

'nrrt<h-A b. the Associated Press
sales
stock ana Ado Mel
DIVIDEND Rate ~ High Low 1910 chg
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Sales
Stock ana Add Net
dividend Ratt 90 High Low lla cnt
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DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK, Dec. . A.-Dividerds
! FSY
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D. c. SECURITIES

SALES
Pot Elec Pwr como at 229s, SO at
22ss.
Garfinckel com-2o at 2st4.
Amer Security d Trust-20 at 81. 10
at 81
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
Local Hems
OioI Regent 5-257l
Oiol Regent 5-257l

DR.. and Mrs. Eftrd Burris and
son, Mack spent the week end at
Windy Hill Beach.
Mrs. Oscar Broome and son,
Walter, of HartSville, S. c. are Wis
ltlng Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Broome
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Clyde Aber-
nethy and children visited Mr..
and Mrs. O. c. Cauble last week
end.
Mrs. Billy Faulkenberry spent
the week end in Hickory with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. D. P. Hart
ley.
Mrs. Charles Hornbuckle and
son, Bobby of Savannah. Ga. are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lester Good
son.
Mrs. Dorus Ballard is a patient
at the Gordon Crowell Memorial
hospital where she underwent an
operation Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. Harvey of High
Point spent the week end here
with Rev. Dorus Ballard. Mr.. Har-
vey returned to High Point Sun
day but Mrs. Harvey remained
here to be with her mother who is
i'll at the Gordon CroWell hospital.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
Rites Held For
Roscoe Gilbert

Roscoe Lee Gilbert. 81, of Bo-
ger City. died about l:3O p. m.
Thursday in the Crowell Hospital.
He had been in declining health
Tor sometime.
He was born in Catawba county
May %, 1908, the son of the late
John Levi Gilbert and Susan Bo-
lick Gilbert.
Mr.. Gilbert, prior to a recent
illness that placed him on the in
active list, was an oyerseer at
the Boyer & Crawford Mills. He
was a man of friendly nature.
and held in high regard by his
frlneds and employees.
Funeral services were held Sat-
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock in
the Boyer City Baptist Church
with the pastor. Rev. Latt Besh-
ears, officiating, assisted by the
Rev. w. L. Pitts and the Rev.
Richard Stanley. Burial was in
the South Baptist Church Gene
terry.
Surviving are the wife. Mrs.
Isabel Tucker Gilbert; five sons,
Victor L and Herbert Gilbert of
Boyer City, A. Roscoe. Jerry and
Tony Gilbert of the home: three
daughters, Mrs. Carl WhiteSides.
Jr., of Lincolnton. Route 4, Miss
Linda Gilbert of the home, Mrs.
Gladys Hall of Lincolnton, Route
Z; one brother. Marshall Gilbert
of Lincolnton: two sisters. Mrs.
E. NJ. Hallman and Mrs. John
ElmOre of Lincolnton.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
10th District WCTU
Meets At Bess ChopeI

The 10th District, WCTU will
meet at Bess' Chapel Saturday
April %, beginning at 10 A. M.
Members and friends of the cause
are invited to attend the ses-
siOns. The State President. Mrs.
L. V. Scott, will speak and Mrs.
Jennie James, L. T. L. Secretary
of Charlotte, will hold a work
shop.
At 1:30 free luncheon will be
served by the Maude AuSbourne
WCTU.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
CARD OF THANKS

We are taking this opportunity
to thank our friends and neigh
bors for their many kindnesses
and sympathy shown us in our re-
cent bereavement. We wish it were
possible to thank each of you in
person and to tell you how much
it has meant to us.
Mrs. Floyd Carpenter
and Children
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18

firemen Get Coll From
Little Girl; Find No
Fire, Nor The Collier
Was it a case of a false alarm

Was it a case of a false alarm?
Or, a frightened little girl?
The city fire department re-
ceived a phone call around 2 p.
m. Friday from a little girl, who
in a frightened voice. said that
a house was on fire on the Star
town road and for firemen to
come quickly. When firemen ask
ed whose house. the little girl,
who sounded very excited. fail
ed to answer and hung up.
A city fire truck was Dispatch
ed to the Startown road, but
found no evidence of a fire of
any nature. Nor, did they see a
little girl who might have made
the telephone call.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18

Them Beam Who has been a
patient at the Gordon CroWell
hospital for the past week has
been transferred to the Memorial
hospital in Charlotte.
Mrs. Lyndon Parker. and son
Chris have returned TO their home
in Elizabeth City after visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. H.
Whiteside and sister Mrs. Willie
Ramsey and Mr.. Ramsey.
Mrs. A. NJ. Cornwell. regent of
the Jacob Forney Chapter, D.A.R.,
Mrs. Herbert Kuhn, Mrs. J. L..
Lineberger and Mrs. Jas. A. Aber-
nethy. have gone to Washington
D. c. to attend the National D.
A. R. Congress.
There will be a "house warm
ing" Sunday, April "a at the new
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Grant on Lincolnton, Route 5 Just
off the Buffalo Shoals road
Neighbors and friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grant are giving the party.
To reach the Grant home turn
right at WhiteSides store and the
home is the fourth on the right.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18
Local Markers

Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Broome
spent Sunday in High Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vivian Lackey of
Hickory were visitors Saturday of
Mrs. Bert Barlow.
Mrs. Ellen Cundiff is spending
this week in Bedford. Va. visiting
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. McCutchen
left Sunday for Bethesda. Md. to
visit MI. and Mrs. Jake Stout
fer.
Sidney Kale returned home Fri
day from the Memorial hospital in
Charlotte where he had been a
patient for the past seven weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Abernethy.
Mrs. w. A. Abernethy. and Rev,
and Mrs. H. B. Jones attended the
funeral of Rev. H. E. Stimson in
Concord Friday.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-18

Mrs. Bill George and sons, spent
the week end at Windy Hill Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seibert Lockman
have as their guest for two weeks
Mrs. Lockman's mother, Mrs. B.
E. FARRELL of High Point.
County Line H. D. club will
meet on Wednesday night April
20th at 7:30 at the home of Ed
ward Armstrong. Members are
requested to note this change of
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Martin and
Mrs. George Powell of Salisbury
and Mrs. Charleen Powell of Rt.
5 Lincolnton spent Thursday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Seibert Lockman of
Rt. Lincolnton.
Misses Edith Abernethy, Ann
HauSs, Loretta Kendrick, Mrs.
Willie Ballard, Mrs Daphne Hoff-
man spent the week end at Windy
Hill Beach at the Abernethy Cot
tage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Ballard of
Asheville spent the week end with
Rev. Dorus Ballard They were
here especially to be with their
mother who is i'll in the Crowell
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Cornwell and
children, Anne and Bill of Char
lotte we're Saturday visitors of
Mr.. Carnwells Mother, Mrs. Ed
CornWell on East CASTOR St. Mrs.
Connie Cornwell of Rt. l spent
Sunday with her aunt. Mrs. Ed
CornWell.
Evening star., 1955-02-18
lnpouuded Car Lot
Considered for PARKING

Suggestions for converting the
police vehicle -impounding lot at
Sixth and o streets NV, into
. fringe parking site win be
studied.
The request was made yester-
day Of the Commissioners by the
Northern Seventh Street BUSH
ressmen's Association, the Mer-
chant and Manufacturers As
sociation and the Federation OF
Businessmen's Associations. The
Commissioners asked police and
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency
officials to look into it.
Agency Director Milton ".
Rodes said the site had not
previously been considered. Com
missioner Samuel Spencer said
police oppose giving up the lot
for lack Of space to put i'm
pounded vehicles.
Evening star., 1955-02-18
Telephone Aide Honored
On IS Years Of Service

Mrs. Helene D. Vaughan, adj
ministrative assistant in the
executive department Of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co., was honored at a
luncheon last week. after COM
pleting IS years Of service with
the company.
Mrs. Vaughan, who joined the
company in December, 1919, as
q typist, was presented with a
diamond service bracelet by E. l..
Florence. assistant vice presi-
dent.
A member of the Hermitage
Club of Richmond and the Alex
ander Graham Bell chapter of
the Telephone Pioneers of Amer
lea, Mrs. Vaughan was appointed
to her present position in 1946.
Evening star., 1955-02-18
Military District Commander
Gets 7WoNeW Stuff Members

Two District Marine priYates
are currently attending o special
training course with the LIST In
fantry Training Regiment In
Camp Iejeune, N. G.
Pfc, Otis P. Stearns, son Of
MIS-. Dorothy M. Stearns Of l408
Maryland avenue NE. and Pfc.
Donald T. Foster, son of Mrs.
Ruth T. Foster of 4604 Kansas
avenue. are taking the four-week
course, which includes all phases
of combat training. They will
be- transferred to permanent
duty stations upon graduation.
Col. John s. Cartel, whose wife.
Mrs. Mabel Stratton Cartel. lives
at 6808 Sixth street NV, re-
Gently was ordered on q special
mission from his position as chief
Of dental service with Tokyo
Army Hospital to the Korea Civil
Assistance Command.
Col. Cartel will plan the reta-
bilitation Of the National Univer-
sity College Of Dentistry in Seoul.
o project expected to last four
months.
A graduate Of the University
Of Pittsburgh School Of Dentistry,
Col. Cartel entered the Army IA
1948 on leaye.o absence as asso-
ciate professor Of pathology at
the university.
y. y 4 4
Capt. Sidney Rosenbaum, child
of Arlington, Va, has
been assigned to Orlando Air
Evening star., 1955-02-18
Here and Abroad

Two officers have been named
to posts on the staff. of Mai. Gen
John H. Stokes. jr,s commander
of the Military District Of WASH
ington. They are CO. Delphine
D. Rasco, Of 3401 Alabama ave.
nue.. Alexandria. and 1t. Col.
Clifford F. Arnold, 23s9 South
Nash street. Arlington.
Col. Rasco win take over the
job OF executive officer of the
commands Judge Advocate Gen.
erals ONCE.
A graduate Of the Law school
Of the University of Southern
California. Col. Rasco is the for
mer chief legal officer at Fort
Sill, Okla. He also held similar
posts in Seattle. San Francisco,
Japan and Korea. the latter
while on duty as judge advocate
Of the LIST cavalry division
1t. Col. Arnold. who was for
merly assigned to the officeA Of
the Army Adjutant General in
the Pentagon. also served at Fort
Sill. He saw duty In Korea
shortly after World War II ana
again In 1949.
y y i 4
Leonard Irving Nichols Of 1924
South Abingdon street. Arling-
ton, is the only cadet to gradu-
ate from the Georgetown Uni
versity Air Force ROTC class in
midyear. The son of Maj. and
Mrs. Leonard I. Nichols, he was
sworn In as q second lieutenant.
Evening star., 1955-02-18

Force Base. Fla. as pediatrician
with the 136Oth USAF Hospital.
A graduate OF New York UNI
versity and Of Hahnemann's
Medical College in Philadelphia,
Capt. Rosenbaum served on the
staff at Children's Hospital here
for one year, then took up med
ical practice In Arlington before
his call to active duty.
Brig. Gen. Raleigh Raymond
Hendrix Of Skeedee. Okla, will
assume command Of the 35th
Anti-aircraft Artillery Brigade
at Fort Meade. Md. tomorrow.
He is replacing Brig. Gen. Tom
", Stayton, who has been as
signed to the Army's 1st Guided
Missile Brigade ct Fort Bliss,
Tex.
Gen. Hendrix, a veteran Of
SO years service. will have under
his command the launching sites
for the Army guided missile
NIKE and the more conventional
high-powered, radar-controlled.
anti-aircraft gun locations. The
brigade is responsible for anti
aircraft protection OF the At
lantic seaboard from Philadel-
phia to Norfolk.
4 Il Il
Murray Louis Howder, %, son
Of MIR. and Mrs. William j. :
Howder, 1701 Sixteenth street
NV. has enlisted in the Army
Language School at Fort Ord,
Calf. A graduate Of Mckinley
High School here, Mr.. Howder
also got his ABB from George
Washington University.
Evening star., 1955-02-18
OES Chupter to Meet

A meeting of Mt. Pleasant
Chapter No. 81. Order of the
Eastern Star. will be held at 8
pm. tomorrow in the Masonic
Temple, Thirteenth street and
New York avenue NV,
Evening star., 1955-02-18

Raeburn Van Buren, Of Americas fine illustrators and
humors brings his salty Crabtee Corners characters to
The Sunday Star in heartwarmng adventures Abbe golden
hearted spnster Stats her ctywse ready nephew
Hilarious Bathss Groggns and his beautiful daughter Becky
meet them and love them
"Abbie on Stats" now a weekly comic
section feature in The Sunday Stor
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