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Robert Lee Lewis,
'46-Yeur Veteran
On RuiIwuy Mails

Robert Lee Lewis, 10, who
spent 46 years with the Railway
Mail Service, died Saturday at
ISibley Hospital. He lived at 572O
Eighth street NV.
Most of Mr.. Lewis career with
the mail service was spent in
supervising the dispatching o1
mail on the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad. He was clerk in charge
'of the Railway Postal Service
when he retired in 1852.
Mr.. Lewis was born and edu-
Gated in Boykins. Va, and came
Ito Washington in 1901.
He was a member of Emory
Methodist Church, a past patron
of Hope Chapter No. 80 Of the
Eastern Star and a member of
Mount Pleasant Masonic Lodge
No. 80 since 1924.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs,
Florence Eldridge Lewis, and a
sister, Mrs. Daisy Lewis Moore,
Portsmouth, Va.
Services will be held at 8 pm.
tomorrow at the Hines funeral
home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
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'E. J. Cruver
Funeral Set

Funeral services for Evander
johnson Craver, 35, who was
killed last Friday night in a
traffic accident near Upper Marl-
boro, Md, will be held at 100
pm. tomorrow at the Gasch
funeral home, Hyattsville. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Mr.. Craver, of 1909 Oliver
street, Hyattsville, was the driver
of a car which failed to make a
curve and overturned at Largo
and White House roads. A
nephew riding with him, Ronald
K. Wimbush, 10. of 6821 Laurel
street NV, was slightly injured.
MIR. Craver was married and
the father of three daughters,
Teresa, Marlyn and Susan Cra-
iver. He was an Army veteran
from World War II and con-
Quoted an upholstery business in
Hyattsville.
Besides his wife and daugh-
ters, he also is survived by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Craver, 7421 Blair road NV;
four brothers, James of Edge
water, Md; William. Mount
Rainier; Frank, jr., and Edward
Hughes Craver, both of Winston
Salem, N. c.. and six sisters.
They are Mrs. Helen Malloy,
6204 Twelfth street NV; Mrs.
Margaret Gallagher, $500 Jenifer
street NV; Mrs. jeanette VIM
bish of the Laurel street address;
Mrs. Faith Murphy. 10209 Brook
moor drive, Silver Spring, and
Mrs. Ruth Holcomb and Mrs.
Anna Cobb, both of Winston
Salem.
Mr.. Craver was a native Of
Salem. Va.
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Lawrence Norton, Supervisor
OfForeiqn Aid F Form Program

Lawrence H. Norton, 4S. o.
1015 Dale drive, Silver Spring,
Md, was killed yesterday in an
Iairplane crash in Chicago.
He was supervisor Of farm de-
Ivelopment programs in SIS coun-
tries under the foreign aid pro-
gram, as assistant director of
the Food and Agriculture ONCE
for the International Co-opera-
tion Administration. He held q
similar post in the Foreign OPP
erations Administration, ICA's
predecessor.
Mr.. Norton began his service
under the foreign aid program
in 1947 when assigned as food
and agriculture director to the
American mission in Greece
which helped fight the Com
Imunist movement in that coun-
try.
In 1948, Mr.. Norton went to
Holland as director of agricul-
Iture when the mission was alb
Isorbed by the Economic. Coop
Ieration Administration under
the Marshall Plan.
In 1851, he became FOA's ag-
riculture expert in the European
division, with Offices in Paris.
Prior to his assignment in
Greece, Mr.. Norton came to
Washington in 1916 as director
.of the Western Division Of the
Production and Marketing Ad-
Iministration. Earlier he had
been State chairman for the
PIMA in Kansas.
He was graduated from Kan
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George Clutches, u, Retired
! imber Expert for Tax Service

| George A. Clutches. 72, retired
Internal Revenue Bureau timber
expert, died Sunday at his sum-
mer home in Fredericksburg, Va
Mr.. Clutches, who lived at 391t
Jennifer street NV, had been &
resident of Washington since
1922 when he joined the income
tax service. He retired as a tim.
ber valuation engineer in 1914
due to i'll health.
A native Of East Homer, N. Y.
Mr.. Clutches graduated with q
bachelor of science degree from
Hobart College. Geneva, N. Y
and earned a masters degree ir
forestry from the University oi
Michigan.
He Joined the Government
service in 1910 as district forester
for the Indian Service in Albu-
Iquerque, N. Mex. He became
close friends with the indians
and lived a colorful life among
the tribes. One chief became SO
fond Of him that the chief wanted
Mr.. Clutches to marry his daugh-
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Postmaster General. While
serving in that position, he col.
Ilaborated in the establishment
Iof the first air mail service.
Mr.. Corridor attended night
classes and earned a law degree
from the Washington College oi
Law in 1926.
He transferred to the Treas.
ury Department Is years age
and became an attorney for the
Customs Service.
Mr.. Corridor was an origina
member of the Corcoran Cadet.
and a member of the Association
of Oldest Inhabitants.
His wife. the former Mis-.
Sarah Elams, died in 1948.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss
Marie E. Corridor, and two sons
John E. Corridor of the home
address and j. Bernard Corridor
Iof Ocean City, N. j { and two
grandchildren.
A requiem mass will be said
at 9 am. tomorrow at st. Ga
Ibriels Church, 26 Grant Circle
INV. Burial will be in Congress.
'sional Cemetery.
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,partment. taking over the Fort
Leavenworth command in l94S.
His awards included the Dis
Itinguished Service Medal with
oak leaf cluster, Silver Star and
various foreign decorations.
He was a member of the
American and Washington Phil
atelic Societies, the China Stamp
Society. the Council of Foreign
Relations in New York, the
Genealogical and Biographical
Society. Society of Cincinnati,
the Masons. Army and Navy
Club and was governor of the
ID. c. district of the Founders
and Patriots. He had lec,ured
for the Council on Foreign Re-
Ilations and had written on mill
tary subjects.
Survivors are his widow, a son,
Air Force Maj. Gen. Karl Trues-
dell, jr., 1901 Dexter terrace
NV. leader of a celebrated fly
ing Fortress group in Europe
during World War II, and a
daughter, Mrs. Edgar T. Conley,
wife of the commandant of the
New York Military District.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday with burial in Arl-
ington Cemetery.
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ter, and offered MIN sheep and
thousands of acres of land.
He left the Indian Service to
become a professor of forestry
and head of the Ranger School
! at Syracuse University. In 1916,
MIR. Clutches was named forest
inspector for the Province of
SASKATCHEWAN, Canada. Two
years later he became manager
Of the Menominee Indian Lum-
ber Mill in Neopit, Wis, where
he remained until he was ap-
pointed to the Internal Revenue
position.
Mr.. Clutches was a member of
the American and Canadian For
Iestry Association and the Ma
sonic Lodge of Fulton, N. Y.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Alleen Erb Clutches; a son.
George A. Clutches of the home
address; a daughter, Mrs. Albert
Funkhouser of Edgewater, Md,
and two grandsons. George and
Drew FunkhouSer. 4
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Maj. Gen. Karl TruesdeII, u,
Begon Army Career as Privote

Mai. Gen. Karl TruesdeIl, u,
commandant Of Fort Leaven-
worth. Kans.. during World War
II and until his retirement In
1916. died Saturday Of Q heart
attack at his summer home at
Silver Lake, N. Y. He lived at
70l4 Beechwood drive. Chevy
Chase. Nd.
Gen. Truesdell was born In
Moorehead. Mimi, and ad-
vanced from the ranks after en-
listing as q private at Fort
Monroe. Va, in 1901. Early in
his career he was with the in
fantry in Plattsburg. N. Y; Cuba
and San Antonio, Tex. After
ward he was with the Signal
Corps and saw duty on cable
steamers In New York and
Texas.
During World War I, Gen.
Truesdell was signal officer of
the 1st Division, and chief signal
officer Of the 5th Corps. He was
chief of the special service
bureau, Chief Signal OfHcer in
Tours. France in 1919 and dele
gate to the Interallied Radio
Conference in Paris, Coblenz and
London the same year.
Member Of General Staff
He was graduated from the
Army War College in Washing
ton in 1926. From 1927 until
1881 he was a member of the
War Department General Staff
with the Supply Division and
later chief, Budget and Legisla-
tive Planning Branch. After a
short tour with the reserves in
Washington, he went to China
as executive officer of the 18th
Infantry. ..
Gen. TrueSdell. then a colonel,
was director of the military in
telligence course at the Army
War College and then became
commanding officer of the 10th
Infantry at Fort Jay, N. Y.
He commanded the 18th Brig
ade in 1938-1939, the 1st Di-
vision in 1910 and the 9Th Corps
in 1941. Afterward he was deputy
commander Of the Panama De-
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Mrs. PhiIunder CIuxton Dies;
Leader in Women's S Groups

Mrs. Philander p. Claxton. 76
who established the first fret
public library in Tennessee anc
became the first woman from
that State to be listed in Who's
Who in America, died yesterday
at her home, 514 Leighton ave-
nile. Silver Spring.
A proponent Of women's suf.
Ifrage, Mrs. Claxton had testified
before Senate and House com
Imittees in support Of the right
of women to vote. She was active
in the early years Of the Parent.
Teacher Association movement
and was made a life member ir
recognition of her work. Vigor.
ously active in many women'i
organizations, Mrs. Claxton was
president of the League o1
American Pen Women.
Mrs. Claxton was the former
Mary Hannah johnson, a native
|of Nashville, Tenn. She mar
|ried DR.. Claxton, a noted edu-
Gator, in 1912. Her husband was
United States Commissioner OF
Education under Presidents Taft,
Wilson and Harding.
Miss Johnson went to work as
"a teacher and librarian after
the death of her father, to sup
port herself and her mother. She
became imbued with the idea
of creating a free public library
in Nashville. She persuaded An
drew Carnegie to give $4,000 to
establish the first free public
library in Tennessee in 1900. AS
a result of this and other work
she became the first woman in
Tennessee to be listed in Who's
Who in America.
During World War I, Mrs.
Claxeton worked with the wife
of Secretary of the Interior Lane
and Mrs. Herbert Hoover to pre-
pare packages and wrap band
ages for servicemen overseas.
Mrs. Claxton organized, the
College Women'S Club in Tusca-
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Col. Walter Ruthbone
Rites Wednesday

! Funeral services for Col. Wal.
ter C. Rathbone, "a. U. S. A., re-
tired, who died Saturday in q
Baltimore hospital. will be held
lat 2 pm. Wednesday at Fort
Myer Chapel. Burial will be In
Arlington Cemetery.
Col. Rathbone, 2212 I street
NV. had been studying journal
ism at George Washington Uni
Iversity since he retired from the
Army about five years ago. A
native Of Washington, he was in
Ispector general of the oath Di-
vision in the Philippines during
World War II.
He is survived by a brother,
Thomas c., of New York.
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Kellogg Sproeue

MIAMI, Fla, July 18 (P.-Kel-
logg Sprague, 40, formerly of
Cleveland, Ohio. died yesterday
in q hospital after a short illness.
He moved here last August from
Cleveland. where he was district
advertising manager for Indus
trial Publications, Inc. Of Chi
caRo.
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Mrs. William F. Alexander, 81,
West Virginia Leaders Widow

Mrs. William Fontaine Alex
ander. 81, widow of a West Vir.
ginia legislator, died Saturday ir
the Moore nursing home ir
Charles Town, w. Va.
She was the sister of Robert
w. Woolley, Of the Dresden
Apartments, 2126 Connecticut
avenue NV, former director o1
the Mint and later a member Of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission under President Wilson.
Mrs. Alexander was the former
Cicely de Graffinried Woolley
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
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Iloosa, Ala, in 1928. At that tint
her husband was provost Of tht
university there. When DR.
Claxton became superintendent
of schools of Tulsa, Okla. Mrs
Claxton organized the first suct
club there and took a leading
role In q drive to establish 8
State juvenile court system.
Helped Form Nursery Schools
While DR.. Claxton was presi.
dent of the Austin Peay Norma
School in Clarksville, Tenn.
Mrs. Claxton helped start the
first women's club there anC
helped create nursery schools
particularly for underprivilegec
and working mothers. At Austin
Peay College she helped develop
clubs for girl students to provide
the social advantages of sorori-
ties without the exclusion of any
girl.
During her 20 years in Clarks-
vile. she also served two years
as president of the Tennessee
Women's Press and Authors
Club.
Mrs. Claxton assisted DR.
Charles Lee Lewis, writer and
former professor of English al
the Naval Academy. in preparing
a biography of DR.. Claxton's
work in education.
Besides her husband, Mrs.
Claxton is survived by four
daughters. Mrs. Dale Mayo,
Knoxville. Tenn; Mrs. Curtis
Walker, 4712 Drummond avenue,
Chevy Chase, Md: Mrs. Thomas
D. Lewis. 5007 Hampden lane,
Bethesda, Md; Mrs. Mary Payne
Pierce, Falls Church, Va: two
sons, Porter Claxton, with the
United States International CO.
operation Administration in Pam
anna, and Philander p. Claxton,
jr., 6006 Milo drive, Bethesda,
Md.
Services and burial will be held
tomorrow in Knoxville.
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Gen. G.E.Leacfl,
Guard Ex-Chief

Retired Mai. Gen. George
Emerson Leach, 70, former head
of the National Guard Bureau in
Washington. died yesterday In
Los Angeles.
Gen. Leach was associated with
insurance firms in Minneapolis,
MINI. He had been Mayor OF
that city longer than any other
man. serving six terms, from 1921
to 1929 and again from 1887 to
l194l.
Gen. Leach became head of
the National Guard Bureau in
1881 during the administration
of President Hoover. He re-
manned in the post until 1885,
During the latter year he was
forced to bail out of a burning
Army airplane during a flight
from Washington to California.
He wandered for hours through
Arizona wastelandS, finally fol-
lowing a fence line until he met
Ia Mexican sheepherder and was
shown to a ranch where he re-
Iceived help. AS a result he
became the highest ranking Of
fetal to become a member of the
Caterpillar Club, a mythical or
lganization of aviators whose lives
have been saved by emergency
|parachust jumps.
Gen. Leach was born in Cedar
Rapids. Iowa, and went to the
University of Minnesota. He
began his military career as q
private in the 1st Minnesota
Field Artillery. AS a colonel he
saw action in Mexican border
service in 1916 and commanded
the 151st Field Artillery of the
42d Division when it went into
World War I. He was promoted
to brigadier general on the hat
tlefields of France.
Before his Army retirement in
1910, he was in charge of the
59th Field Artillery ot the Min
nesota National Guard.
Gen. Leach's decorations in
cluded the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross, Distinguished Service
Medal, Legion of Honor and
Croix de Guerre with three
palms and a star.
While in Washington he lived
at Tilden Gardens.
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wv. Woolley. of Lexington, KY.
She was married there in 1898.
For many years Mrs. AleXan-
der was active in civic and
church work in Jefferson County.
She was a member of Zion Epis-
Icopal Church in Charles Town.
Besides her brother, she is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs. j.
Harkey Reiter and Mrs. Talbot
w. jenkins. and a granddaugh-
ter, all of Mclean, Va.
Services and burial will be held
tomorrow morning in Charles
Town.
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james B. Corridor, Retired
Customs Service ATTORNEY

James B. Corridor, 86, retired
Customs Service attorney, died
Saturday at his home, 4603
Thirteenth street NV.
Mr.. Corridor, native OF
Washington, spent more than
$50 years in Government service
before his retirement in 1888.
He entered the Washington
City Post Office in 1888 and be-
came superintendent of finance
before being transferred to the
Post Office Department in the
office of the second assistant
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Isas State College in 1882, where
he starred as a football player.
Mr.. Norton is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Cora Norton; four
sons, Harold. 10, and Bruce. II.
both students at the University
Iof Maryland; David. Is, and Col
burn, S, all of the Silver Spring
address; his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Norton of Garden City.
|Kans.. and a sister. Mrs. Earl
IMinturn of Pittsburg, Kans.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. Wednesday in Garden
City.
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R. |. StotesberY

MINNEAPOLIS, July 1S [P.-
Russell L. Stotesberry, 81, presi-
dent OF Marquette National Bank
here since 1914, died at Lake of
the Woods in Northern Mime
sofa Saturday.
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Garn nf ThankH

GRIMES. LYNEIR PRICE. ! wish to
express my sincere thanks and deep
appreciation 70 our minister, relatives.
neighbors and friends for personal calls,
telegrams. cards Of sympathy, flowers,
use Of cars and Al expressions oi
illness and death OF my daughter,
LYNEIR PRICE GRIMES, who died
HER MOTHER.
LOWE. GEORGE A. The family of the
late GEORGE A. LOWE wishes 10 thank
their many friends for their thought-
fulness and expressions OF sympathy
during their recent bereavement.
MRS. HATTIE LOWE AND CHILDREN.
MRS. BLANCHE LOWE, JACK LOWE,
MR. AND MRS. JACK r. TATE.
MRS. GLADYS BosWORTH. 10
PARMES. LOUIS =. We wish TO ex-
press our deepest appreciation to Elder
Stamps, our neighbors and many
friends for their condolences during
THE FAMILY.
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MARY G. In loving memou

WARNER. MARY c. In loving memoz,
who passed away ten years ago TODAY
July Is. 1945.
Somewhere above this troubled world.
Safe beyond all care and grief.
Our mother rests in heavenly peace
God grant some day we'n meet hei
there.
HER LOVING DAUGHTERS.
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LlLLlAN 3 HADLEY, secy Is
HENRY, REHINOLD. OF 1000 New
Hampshire ave. NV. on July Is
1858 beloved husband OF Ann Marie
ices at Chambers Funeral Home. i4OG
Chaplin st. NV, on Tuesday, July ~
At 10 am. Interment New York City
H0DGE, EuLA GIBBS. On Friday Jul,
Is, 1866, at Miiiedgeyilie, Ga. EULA
GIBBS HODGE OF Thomasyille, Ga.
beloved sister Of Mrs. Sarah e. Ed
nondson, Mrs. Ruby Mitchell. Mrs
SncllinES. She also Is survived BY othel
relatives and many friends. Notice e,
funeral services later. Arrangements b,
Jarvis.
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LEWIS. ROBERT L. The members of
| T. II Hope Chapter, No 80, Order
! WI of the Eastern Star, are mere
! M BY notified of the death of
! AAA Past Patron Brother ROB-
ERT l.. LEWIS on Saturday
" July Is. 1865.
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day. July Is, 1855. az Georeetown
of 34S7 Wakefield St.. Shirlington,
wife Of C. r Banks. sister of Oliver
and Llewlyn Grifith. Friends may
call at the Demaine Funeral Home
$50 South WASHINGTON St, Alexandria
Va. Services at Fort Myer Chapel
Arlington, Va, on Tuesday. July 10.
at IL am Interment Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery 1S
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tomorrow in Knoxville.
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BATES. LOUIS w. On Friday. July is,
1855. at Tampa, Fla. LOUIS w.
BATES Of 517 Kelvin rd.. Silver Spring
Mrs. Nancy Blanton and Mrs. Virginia
Parks. brother OF Arthur H. Bates,
Services at the s. H. Hines Co. Funeral
day, July 90, at 10 am. Interment
Arlington National Cemetery Is
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Evening star., 1955-01-30
News Of Music
By Doy Thorpe

National Symphony Orchestra. Henry
Mazer, conductor, Solnist: Maritane
Maric1e. soprano: Winifred Hickman.
mezzo-soprano; william Carson. tenors
Donald oFamm. bass, western Mary
land colieee Choir, Alfred de Lone.
and Hammefstein progran; Selections
from Carousei. State Fair. The King
and I. Victory at Sea. South Paeine.
NE and Juliet. Oklahoma!
Evening star., 1955-01-30

Every so often. the National
Symphony calls on Broadway
for q program Last night an
eminent pair Of collaborators
responded. and with tunes by
Richard Rodgers and lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein. q chorus.
four soloists, and q guest con-
ductor from the Wheeling. (W.
Va.), Orchestra. the symphony
played to q large house Of en-
thusiastic youngsters many OF
whom could not remember q time
when .'Oklahoma" was not their
standard of excellence in musical
comedy.
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Trade Group 10 Hear
Talk on investments
star stan Photo,

Omitted States Foreign In
vestments" will be the topic of q
talk by r. S. Hecht, chair
man Of the board Of the Inter-
national House of New Orleans
at a luncheon tomorrow under
auspices Of the world trade COM
mittee of the Washington Board
of Trade.
| Among the guests at the VIII
lard Hotel will be Ambassadors
Guinermo of Nicaragua, Malik
OF Lebanon. Zuleta-Angel of Co
| lombia, Ali Of Pakistan and
Gunewardene Of Ceylon.
Also, Carlos Davila, secretary
general of the Organization o1
American States; Andrew N
OVERLY, Assistant Secretary oi
the Treasury; Eugene r. Black
president of the international
Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, and Mai. Gen
Glen E. Edgerton, president OF
the Export-Import Bank OF
Washington.
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3GW High Seniors
Share Top Prizes

Three graduating seniors coll
lected a total of seven prizes at
mid-year commencement exer-
cises of George Washington High
School in Alexandria last week,
The top winners were William
Grierson Duff. who received the
Lions Club award for second
highest scholastic achievement,
the good citizenship award Of
the Elisha Dick Chapter. OAR,
and the mathematics prize
awarded by the schools math
department; Doris Elaine Fately,
the Alexandria Junior Woman's
Club award for highest scholastic
achievement and the Alexandria
Kiwanis Club award for general
excellence, and Bonnie Jean
Wickline. prize for outstanding
leadership in cadets and citation
for perfect attendance.
Other prizes went to: Edwin
Alan Reynolds, Alexandra Ro-
tary Club award for general ex-
cellence; Annie Mae Dowdy. Eli
sha Dick OAR prize for good
citizenship; drew Tracy
Aitcheson, jr., award for OUT
standing cadet leadership.
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Arlington Union Official
Dies on New York Train

A labor official from Arlington
collapsed and died last night
while en- route to a union meet
ing in New York, according to
the Associated Press.
He was Thomas ]. Mccarthy.
81, Of 1926 North Lincoln street,
Arlington. Mr.. Mccarthy COLI
lapsed as the Pennsylvania Rail-
road train he was riding was
pulling into the Thirtieth Street
Station in Philadelphia.
Police removed him from the
train and took him to Philadel-
phia General Hospital where he
was pronounced dead.
Mr.. Mccarthy was president OF
an American Oil Workers local
union in Arlington and was en-
route to New York with William
A. Hanscom of 1916 North Tay-
lor street. Arlington, as delegates
to a meeting of the CIo union
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AIexandrian Sues Kin
For 100000 in Reno
By me Assoeiotsd Press

RENO, New, Jan. 29.-After
waiting 81 years for money she
says is rightfully hers. an Alex,
andria (Va.) woman today flle6
suit for $500. 900 from her STEP.
mother and brother
The action was started In Dis
trict Court by Mrs. Marjorie An
derson Dewitt of 1928 Richmond
lane, Alexandria, against Mrs.
Zella A. Anderson of Reno. the
stepmother, and William H. An
derson, jr., the brother.
Mrs. Dewitt alleged that when
her mother died in the Philip
pine Islands in 1921. the parents
had amassed a community for
tune of 50 million.
Mrs. Dewitt said in the COM
plant that she kept waiting for
her share of the money and did
not learn until her fathers death
years later that no provision
had been made for her.
The stepmother and brother.
as executors of the fathers es-
tate, have turned down Mrs. De-
Wits demand for the $500. 900.
the complaint said.