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BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Business Failures in the week
ended April z totaled all COM
pared with 237 in the previous
week and 246 In the like week q
year ago.-Dun g. Bradstreet.
Retail Sales over the Nation in
March totaled $l4.6 billion. up
IL from February, after seasonal
adjustment, and 80 above the
like month q year ago.-Com-
merce Department.
international Paper Co. mailed
a proxy statement to stockhold-
ers recommending approval OF q
proposal to double the authorized
common stock from IL million to
"a million shares. The annual
meeting viii be May IL.
E. I. dupont de Nemours q Co.
reported sales Of approximately
$40 million for the first quarter.
about l7q6 above the like period
q year ago.
N. Y, N. ii. and Hartford an
nounced it has authorized the
purchase Of 200 lightweight, low
extraordinarily piggy back"
cars.
RKO Pictures Corp. an
nounced election Of Albert A.
List to his second term as chair
man Of the board. Sol A.
Schwartz was elected to his fifth
term as president.
Gulf, Mobile g. Ohio R.R. re-
ported net income Of 5000. 745
or $500 for 1854. Earnings in
1858 were SLOT.
Standard Oil IN. j. g. Subs.
in year ended December 81
earned 1884, 793.l58 or $9.56 a
share VS.. $581, DOT 1851 or $3.50 in
1858.
Superior Oil Co. (Calif.) in 6
months ended February %
earned $3,614.255 or 1856 a share
VS.. $6,336.901 or $15.0l in 1854
period.
Allegheny Ludlum Steel in 8
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CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. April IL tP.--Heavy selling
shook down wheat and soybean prices on
the Board Of Trade today. Feed grains,
particularly corn, held up quite well.
At one time soyheans declined as much
IS cents while wheat was down around I'd
from their extreme lows. registered dur
ing the first is minutes Of trading. Sell
ing was based on yesterdays Agriculture
Department crop report.
Wheat near the end Of the hrst hour
lower TO " higher. May i.4sh; oats
unbalanced to. V lower. May 70se; rye
"a lower to higher, May a7,aa: soy;
beans / to ga lower, May 2.4Ss4, and
lard 8 to Z cents hundred pounds lower
Selling in wheat reflected the Agri-
culture Departments forecast this years
winter wheat crop would total 662.252,-
900 bushels, down about IL million
bushels from the estimate Of last De-
Evidently quite a few traders had ex.
Rec Wss 'h Th 1s have been many reports
OF damage to winter wheat from drought.
In soybeans the main reason for the
selling was the department's report
stocks on farms on April totaled H.
77e.000 bushels compared With 81.
sesrss Se ksfr o. ss the asds
bean supplies still remain TO be marketed.
New crop soybeans were down with the
old crop months because the figures In:
dictated there would be substantial
carryover Of beans into the new crop
Corn held u quite well in. the early
trade, some contracts even making gains.
| Cash corn receipts were light at 70 cars
| and stocks on farms at 1.410,0O6,00O
bushels were under year ago.
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months ended March 81 earned
81, 4l0,s06 or $l.37 Q share vs..
81, o6s. $50 or So cents in 1854
period.
Industrial Rayon Corp. in 3
months ended March 81 earned
$2.729.s51 or $1.4s a share vs..
$1,s74.887 or SLOT in 1854 period.
Eddy Paper Co., Ltd, In year
ended December 81 earned
81. 1871 $50 or 1851 a share VS..
$862.161 or $4.31 in 1853.
Devoe & Reynolds in 8 months
ended February % earned SIC, $50
or Is cents share VS.. $3.079 or
l cent in 1854 period.
Monterey Oil Co. in 6 months
ended February % earned $415..
219 or Is cents a share VS.. Sat-.
528 or 80 cents in 1854 period.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, April IL R.-Foreisn
dollars, others in cents, Unbalanced
unless otherwise notedf:
Canadian dollar in New York open
market 1889 per cent premium or
l01 .53b United States cents on 1882.
Europe: Great Britain tpound)
s.79 ii i3a, up iIi6; 60-day futures
27S 81 k32, up Ii32: 90-day futures
2.7S SIG; Belgium (franc) 1.99. UP
.O0s France tfranc) 25ss Of cent;
~ IS: Holland tguilder) 1888: italy
(lifal 1874 Of cent; Portusal tescudol
$50 Sweden fkrona) 1894: Switzerland
(franc) free) 1894; Denmark Ckrone)
1850.
Brazil tfree) 1.25; Mexico S.02.
Far East--Hong Kong dollar 1850.
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GRAIN SUPPLY

CHICAGO, April 10 @.--visible sup
ply Of wheat decreased 100000 bushels
to 33S.730 900 bushels this week. the
Board Of Trade reported. Corn de-
decreased $50, 900 to 1904. 900, rye
decreased $4,000 to 1885 900. barley
decreased $4,000 to 1897. 900 and soy
beans decreased 265,000 to 2.256. 600.
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, April IL R.-Switching
months highlishted slow trading in cotton
futures during the forenoon TODAY. First
notice day for May contracts comes up
clined to take sideline. position. because
OF uncertainty over the Governments
policy on exports and the heavy surplus
cotton supply this season.
Noon prices were B. to IS cent sales
bale higher than the previous close.
May, 33.4g: July. 1870. and October,
$3.50.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE
priI 10 IN (usDA,-
y. Receipts l.2IS.7s7

NEW YORK, April 10 IN (UsDAl.-
Butter about steady. Receipts l.2Is.7s7
Cheese steady. Receipts 543.247
Prices unchanged.
Wholesale egG prices steady. Receipt
low: Midwestern: Mixed coiors: Extras
(4S-50 lbs. 3eM -40ia: extra large f45-'
48 lbs.l 3sH-391A;. extras medium 81
sa 's saTasns res ,siss airsss
33-a4: checks ALSO. Whites: Extras
1880 lbs) 42-42z; extras large f45-
Browns: Extras t4s-50 Ibs) 42-43; extras
large t4S-4R lbs) A1-A2.
Nearby whites: Top quality f4s-5fi
Top quality $3.50 bal 4s-43: Medium
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METAL QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. April ~ @.--spot nom
ferrous metal prices today: Copper 80
is cents q pound New York. Zinc IL
cents q pound. East st. Louis. Tin
g1h cents pound. New York. At
Pittsburgh scrap steel No. heavy was
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ODD-LOT DEALINGS

NEW YORK. April ~ l1--The. New
tnsse odd LOT trsnssctions, y principal
furchsses Of 30a. $3.50 shares; sales OF
27e,443 shares includins Lisa shares
solo mort so. r
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Stevenson Youth
To Lose Kneecup

CHICAGO. Dec. "a (P).-John
Fell Stevenson. 10. youngest son
of Adlai E. Stevenson. will un-
ldergo surgery next week for
removal Of his right kneecap,
which was shattered in an auto
mobile crash Wednesday.
DR.. James K. Stack. bone spe-
icialist treating young Stevenson
iat Passavant Hospital. said yes
Iterday he is doing fine" and
after the operation will be able
to pursue normal activities.
| Dr.. Stack, assistant professor
of orthopedic surgery at North.
western University and chief OF
staff at the hospital, said surgery
will be performed Monday or
Wednesday. If all goes well, DR..
Stack said, the youth will be
released from the hospital 10
days after the operation.
Young Stevenson, whose father
lis a former Governor Of Illinois
land a Democratic candidate for
the 1856 presidential nomination,
was injured when his car and q
truck collided near Goshen, Ind.
Two Chicago area youths were
killed in the crash. They were
len route home from Harvard
University for the Christmas
holidays.
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$4,000 in Bonds
Vanish in Bank

| NEW YORK. Dec. "a (R.-
Twenty-Five thousand dollars ir
negotiable Treasury bonds dis.
appeared yesterday from the
shelf outside a Wall street dis
Itrict bank teller's cage.
Harold Davis, IS, a messenger
for the brokerage firm Of c. F.
Childs & Co., told police he
placed the bonds on the ledge
for a moment and stepped back
to look into a pouch he was
carrying.
When he turned back to the
cage In the Marine Midland
Trust Co. the legde was bare
Mr.. Davis said only one othel
customer was in the vicinity al
the time. The missing securi.
ties included two $4,000 bonds
land five of $1,000.
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WIN. Ellsworth, ST.,
81, Small Business
Contract Specialist

William M. Ellsworth, ST., 81,
a contract specialist with the
Small Business Administration,
died Unexpectedly Thursday of a
heart attack at his home at 1900
Cathedral avenue NV.
/ MIR. Ellsworth, VINO had lived
in Washington since 1884, began
his Government service in the
Procurement Division of the
Treasury Department. He served
there until 1912, when he trans
ferred to the Federal Public
Housing Authority and became
assistant director of the procure
ment division.
/ He went to the Civil Service
Commission in 1913, where he
served for nearly three years as
an organization and methods
examiner. Mr.. Ellsworth be-
came business specialist in the
Commerce Department in 1850,
later was employed In the same
capacity in the Small Defense
Plants Administration, and be-
came a contract specialist with
the Small Business Administra-
tion in October. 1858.
Mr.. Ellsworth was a native of
Chattanooga, Tenn. He served
las an ensign in the Navy in
World War I.
He was m ember of All Souls
Episcopal Church here.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Anna Marie Ellsworth, of the
home address; his daughter. Mrs.
Frances Young, of Miami, Fla:
his son, William M. Ellsworth.
Ijr., of Washington: a brother,
Guy T. Ellsworth, of Hollywood.
Calf, and two grandchildren.
Services were held yesterday
in the s. H. Hines funeral home.
Burial, with military honors, was
in Arlington Cemetery.
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Detroit Mediutors
Ask folks Tuesday

DETROIT. Dec. "a R.-Me-
Idiators said today they hoped to
|get at least one Of three striking
unions and publishers Of De-
troit's three closed newspapers
together for a bargaining ses-
sion Tuesday.
The morning Free Press and
Afternoon Times and News were
closed by a walkout of stereo-
Itypers December /. Matters and
printers Joined the strike later.
BY agreement, no pickets will
be on duty at the three news
paper plants from 3 pm. today
until S am. Tuesday and no
attempt will be made to resume
publication during that time.
The agreement was worked
out between the publishers and
strikers by Police Commissioner
Edward S. Piggins to give Christ
mas at home to policemen as
signed to guard duty around the
newspaper plants.
The publishers have reached
agreements with two unions, the
Ipressmen and the paper and plate
handlers.
Contracts with the Detroit
Newspaper Guild, the teamsters
and the engravers also have ex-
lpired.
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Mrs. J.L Auguste.
So, Bank Teller

Mrs. Mabel S. Auguste. So, a
teller at the Mount Rainier
(Md0 branch of the Suburban
Trust Co.. died Thursday in
Prince Georges General Hospital
Mrs. Auguste. who lived at
37l0 Forty-first avenue, Cottage
City. Md. had been hospitalized
since October.
A native Of Reliance, Va, she
came to Washington as a small
child with her family. She at
tended schools here and worked
for the s. Kann Sons and Sears,
Roebuck Co.. department stores
prior to her employment with
the Suburban Trust Co.
Mrs. Auguste was a member
of st. Paul's Presbyterian Church
lat Cottage City.
She is survived by her hus-
band, John l.. Auguste, a son,
John L.. jr., Of Cheverly, Md, a
daughter, Mrs. James McGough,
of Hampton. Va. and her
mother, Mrs. Lucy E. Garretson,
|of Kentland, Md.
Funeral services will be held
|at 1870 am. Tuesday in Cham
|bers funeral home, SIT Eleventh
street Sc. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
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Family Of 5 Killed
On Christmas Trip

ABILENE. Tex. Dec. "a (R.-
A family Of five. en- route to
Grandmother's for Christmas
was wiped out yesterday in q
blazing auto-train crash about
q miles west of here.
Killed were Mr.. and Mrs. Elda
Aron Starr of Levelland, Tex,
and their three children, Ro-
berta. 8. Everett Lynn Z, and
Cloe Anne. 4.
Mr.. Starr was a water well
Idriller in Levelland.
A telegram found in the
wreckage indicated the family
was en- route to the home of the
children's grandparents at Jacks
boro, although Highway 277, on
which the accident occurred. is
not a direct route between Level
land and Jacksboro.
The telegram, addressed to
Roberta, Lynn and Cloe Anne
Informed the children that San
Tia Claus would visit them at the
home of their grandmother In
Jacksboro. Tex.
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Florence Clark,
We|fareAdyiser

Mrs. Florence A. Clark. 46
who joined the staff Of the Chill
dren's Bureau Of the Department
Of Health, Education and Wei
fare on October II as their spe-
Icial consultant on foster-family
care, died Thursday night Of a
heart attack in her room in the
Meridian Hill Hotel.
Mrs. Clark came to Washing
ton from the Delaware State
Department OF Public Welfare,
where she had been chief Of the
bureau Of social services. since
January. 1865. For three years
before that. she was chief of the
child-welfare services Of the de-
partment. Mrs. Clark worked In
Delaware as a social worker from
1912 until she came to WASH
ington.
Born in Massey, Md, she was
the former Florence Naomi An
thony. She went to high school
lin Sudlersville, Md. She received
her bachelor of arts degree from
Washington College in Chester
town. Md. and her masters
degree from the University OF
Pennsylvania School OF Social
Work.
Mrs. Clark was a member q
the American Public Welfare
Association. the National Asso-
citation Of Social Workers and
the Delaware Citizens Confer
ence on Social Work.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Henry Sockwood Clark. OF
AIS Marsh road. Wilmington. Del
Funeral arrangements are in
cou1plete.
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r. 6. Kunze,4 AZ,
.CAA Official

| Royce G. Kunze. ~. an ofiicia
Iof the Civilian Aeronautics AID.
ADMINISTRATION. and one of the
founders of the Knox Presby.
terrain Church In Fairfax, dice
Thursday in Coral Gables, Fla.
after a long illness.
Mr.. Kunze transferred tc
Miami, Fla, as the chief adviser
Of the international district Of.
fee Of CAA in 1851. Before that
during 1850 and 1851. he was q
staff officer for CAA here ir
Washington.
While living In Falls Church
he and two other men founded
the Knox Presbyterian Church
at Arlington boulevard and Allen
streets in Fairfax. just beyond
Falls Church. Mr.. Kunze also
was active in the work of the
Boy Scouts and the PTA of Falls
Church.
A pilot, Mr.. Kunze went with
ICAA in l948. He was employed
in the international region Of the
Organization and headed a mis-
sion to Bogata. Colombia, until
his transfer to Washington In
1850.
MIR. Kunze served in the Ali
Force during World War II, from
1912 to 1915.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs
Margaret Kunze. and three chill
Idren, Diane. Donald and Robert
all of Coral Gables.
| A memorial service was con-
Quoted last night in Coral
Gables. Burial viii be in Fort
Smelling. MINI
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JOKESTER FLOORS
OFFICER, BUT TAKES
COUNT HIMSELF

SEvENoAKS. England
R.-"oops. sorry" said
Donald Henry Overall as his
leg made contact with the
chair beneath Police Inspec-
tor B. r. Powell and sent
the inspector tumbling.
But Inspector Powell
didn't think it was an acci-
dent and didn't accept the
apology. He had Just
brought Motorcyclist Over
all into court on charges Of
speeding.
Inspector Powell picked
himself UP and added q
charge of assault.
Magistrate @. F. Rogers
fined the cyclist $40 for
speeding and $28 on the
assault count.
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Women Survives
Eiqht-Story Fall

OGDEN, Utah, Dec. "a GA
34-year-old woman fell eight
stories yesterday and lived.
She was reported In serious
condition with fractured skull,
two broken hands and cuts.
Mrs. Vivian London said she
was leaning out the window Of
the top floor of the eight-story
Eccles Building and slipped, fall
ing through a skylight two
stories below, then five more
stories to a temporary PASTE
board roof built over the first
floor of the Kuehler- Bingham
mems clothing stores.
AS she got up, she said: II
guess I'm all right. I was scared
to death"
She started to walk away, but
was taken to st. Benedict's Hos
pital, where X-rays showed Q
fractured skull,
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|Dr. HurIbut,
Taught in D. {.

CHARLESTON. s. c.. Dec. "a
R.-Dr. Stephen Augustus
Hurlbut Of Charleston. retired
professor Of Latin and Greek at
st. Adams School in Washing
ton and a well known amateur
printer-publisher. died at a hos
|pital here yesterday.
DR.. Hurlbut. who taught at
st. Adams for more than 20
years, had lived here since his
retirement in 1913. He was edu-
Gated at the University Of Wis
consin, the University of Munich
and Belhoit College. Trinity Col
|lege awarded him an honorary
doctor of human letters degree.
DR.. Hurlbut's hobby was print
ing. He operated the st. Adams
Press in Washington and later
in Charleston. editing and pub
fishing many works--most OF
them Of an ecclesiastical nature.
He owned q rare collection of
type and chose the lettering to
suit the particular work he was
publishing. He first became in
terested in printing when he
found many materials he needed
in teaching Latin and Greek
were not available. When he
needed such materials, he just
printed 1t.
He was also a poet and pub
Ilished on his own press In l948
a collection Of poems he had
written years before.
Funeral services are incom-
nlete.
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Former 81 Exoneroted
In Collaboration Case

the men. Mr.. Cooley and Col
May criticized the use of infor-
NATION and charges by unnamed
persons in the claims cases.
Mr.. Cooley called the commits
Ision's procedures "Gestapo prac-
tees" and said. II have every
reason to believe other cases will
be opened. / don't believe Con-
gress will tolerate the star cham
Der practices which have been
used in approximately $50 cases
In which the men were appar-
emily denied their constitutional
rights"
At the hearing. Mr.. Wheeless
and Mr.. Walker categorically
denied or explained the charges
made against them. The charges
were similar. but not identical
Requests that the names Of the
accusers and any documents of
the accusers by made public
were denied by the commission,
Col. May said.
The claims, $3.50 a day for
POWs during their captivity.
were voted by Congress for all
POWs, except those who col
Elaborated with the enemy vol
unfairly. knowingly and without
duress."
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p. B. Whitoker, 81,
Brother of JUDGE

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Dec
"a lP.-Phillip Bailey Whitaker
"a, widely known Chattanooga
attorney and civic leader, died
yesterday at a hospital.
Mr.. Whitaker, a resident OF
Chattanooga since 1909. suffered
a heart attack Tuesday. He was
taken to q hospital where he
suffered a second heart seizure
Thursday.
A native of Birmingham, Mr.
Whitaker was educated at the
University Of the South, the
University Of Michigan and the
Chattanooga College of Law,
from which he received his
degree.
His brother. Sam Whitaker. is
judge Of the Court Of Claims in
Washington.
Other survivors are his widow
the former Miss Tavenner Hazel
wood; two daughters, Mrs.
Edward Finlay. ir., Of Chat
tanooga and Mrs. E. c. Kinder
Of Columbia. S. c.: a son, Phi
B. Whitaker. jr.. Of Chattanooga
and a brother. Col. Ken Whitaker
Of Chattanooga
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Jordan Riot Dead
Put at IS or 10

JERUSALEM, Jordan Sector.
Dec. "a (R.-Informed sources
said today estimates of casual
ties in five days Of bloody rioting
i'm Jordan put the dead at Is
or Is and more than 100 in
jured.
The government imposed strict
censorship during the days Of
rioting and still has given no
casualty figures.
An uneasy peace was restored
Wednesday. The riots broke out
in protest to moves to bring Jor-
dan into the Baghdad pact,
linking Turkey. Iran. Iraq and
Britain.
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Gordon Jones',
Army Cuptuin

Capt. Gordon L. Jones, 80,
assistant troop commander at
Walter Reed Hospital since June,
1883. died yesterday in Walter
Reed. He had been a patient
there for six weeks.
Capt. Jones was in the in
fantry for Is years. Before COM
ing to Walter Reed, he was
stationed with the 4th Recon
Nuisance Battalion in Linz, Aus
Itria. He was stationed at Fort
Bragg. N. c., with the 82nd Air
borne Battalion in 1913, and
from 1916 to 1948 was with the
18th Airborne Battalion in Japan
From February to August of l945,
Capt. Jones served with the 10lst
and nth Airborne Batallions In
Germany.
He was born in Montreal,
Canada. and attended schools in
lOlean. N. Y.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Ruth A. Jones. and two children,
Kathleen. IL, and Gordon Doug
las, 10, Of Jacksonville. Fla; his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
A. Jones. Jacksonville; a sister,
Mrs. Edward Montague. of
Clean, N. Y: and two brothers.
Malcolm Jones. of Miami and
PFC. Leslie Jones, on duty in
Germany.
Services will be held at 1880
pm. Tuesday at Walter Reed
Chapel. Burial will be in Ar
Ilington Cemetery.
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NASHVILLE. N. c.. Dec. "a up
Daniel L. Wheeless. 20. Of
Rocky Mount. N. c., accused by
the Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission Of collaborating with
the Communists while a prisoner
Iof war in Korea, has been exon.
Grated.
Representative Harold D
Cooley. Democrat of North Caro-.
lima. said yesterday he was in
formed Of the action by Joseph
IN. Dewitt, director Of the com.
missions Prisoner of War Claims
Division.
The exoneration reversed the
commissions decision which hao
denied Mr.. Wheeless benefit pay.
Iments for his captivity period.
At a hearing last Monday, Mr.
Wheeless and Perry M. Walker
of Mount Olive were represented
by Col. Hubert E. May, Mr.
Cooley's law partner. No decision
was announced in Mr.. Walkers
case.
Mr.. Wheeless and Mr.. Walker
were among $50 former POWs
denied payments because Of COL
alteration charges. Secret &C.
cusers made the charges against
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Mrs. Ruth FroIIeone,
| Potent at Sc. Elizubeths

Mrs. Ruth Fralleone. 80.
patient at st. Elizabeth's Hos
|pital the past IL years. was
found hanged by a belt yester-
day, the hospital reported tc
police.
Homicide detectives said Mrs,
Fralleone's body was discovered
by an attendant who went look
ing for her after she left the
room where she had been watch
ing tslevision.
Police said the cloth belt from
her dress was tied to a steel bar
in a window in an unoccupied
room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-24
Army Denies Fort Bragg Men
Will Get Christmas DUTY

tested that the generals orders
would keep them on post pre-.
pairing vehicles and equipment
for an inspection December 81
Senator johnson himself i.
in Texas for the holidays. His
office released without com.
ment late yesterday a statement
from the Army at just about
the time Gen. Adams, com.
handing general of the 18th
Airborne Corps, issued another
through the Fort Bragg public
information Office.
The gist Of both statement.
was that December Is and 26
plus January l and 2, will be
full holidays and that other.
wise a half -day training policy
applies from December 81 tc
January 3. Some 246 of the 50th
Signal Battalion's 624 men, they
said. have been given leave fol
the Christmas week end. The
others will be entitled to New
Years of.