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AMIEs. JULIA DOWNING. OF 1915
Biltmore st, NV, on March l6. 1895.
WIDOW Of the otb late Fos MTs R Robepa
Blandy Moves. Remains at Chambers
Funeral Home. 400 Chaplin st; NV.
until Monday, March 10, at pm:
Services and interment ROCK creek
Cemetery at 2:30 pm.
BAILEY. ALLEN n. On Friday. March
of Frank L. Bailey brother inlay OF
the Arehart Funeral na,d Home Mans inc, Ia "a
az i:15 u' pm. Funeral services at
the Nanjemcy Baptist Church at g
pm. Interment church cemetery. Is
BANKS. ALICE. On Wednesday. March
IA. 1855, at D. C. General Hospital.
ALICE BANKS. She Is survived py one
o fh rel relatives and many friends. Re
mains resting at Horizons Mortuary,
1924 You st. NV, where services viii
terment Woodlawn Cemetery.
BEALL, MARGUERITE A. tnee DEN
HAND. Of 219 H St NV; Apt; 4QS r. on On
Of Jacksonville Fla: niece Of Mary
T. McSwyny. Prayers az chamDer rs
F Wednesda som March e Il, u at si5 am
Mass at st. Aloysius Catholic Church.
North Capitol and Eye SITS. NV "a, AZ
10 am, 1nterment Cedar Hill
Cemetery. ~
BIRCH. CLIFTON E. CTIP,. Of 42o4
M MsTsSn st. St. 1881 SSm husband 81 Mary
Birch, father Of Marion l. Kraigs.
Kathleen E Radtke and Eleanor Y
Brubaksr: brother Of Olive Olive F. n John
Home. 5s0l Cleveland ave-. Riyerdale,
Nd, on Monday, March 10, at 2:30
pm. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Is
BIRCH. CLIFTON E. omcers and mem.
. Post. No. 13l. Colmar Manor
Md, are hereby notified Of
Legion services to be held , t9l
at pm Sunday, March Is
1855. at Chambers Funera
Ices viii be held at 2:so pm; Monday SSnay
Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery,
E. T, PLUMER, Commander. Is
BLACK. p. c.. sR. On Friday. March
16. 1855. At $50 am at his resi- eI
sr beloved husband ss of If Ms Ess,v Esil
Black, Mrs Thelma K. Greene. P: c:
jr,, and Charles Bernard Black: nephew
of Miss Louise Butler and Bernars
Butler; Also surviving are lou tour 6 saaaSS
ters-in-law, four sisters-in-law. two
brothers in-law. other relatives ant
many friends. After 12 noon Monday
March 10 friends are invited to cal
At his late residence S6 .n Fun Maaab.S o.
Memorial Baptist Church, 1927 Nichols
ave. Sc, at / pm. Interment Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements b!
Mcclure, Inc. ~
BLACKBURN, EMMA JANE. On Fri
day March 16. 1856. at 5000 46tf
ave, Hyattsville, Md, EMMA JAM
BLACKBURN, beloved wife OF the lat
Archie j Blackburn and mother o.
Myrtle Berrett, Grace Elmo, Marion
L. and Forest R., Blackburn. She i
also survived by twelve grandchildren
twenty-six great-grandchfldren and on
great-great granddaughter. Mrs; Black
burn rests at the Gasch Funeral Home
4739 Baltimore ave, Hyattsville, Md
Services at the Fort Lincoln Mauso
leum on Tuesday March ~, at r i9;S,
Entombment Fort Lincoln Mausoleum
~
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s. H. Hines funeral home. 1901
Fourteenth street NV, on Tues
day, at / pm. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
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It's time to register as vot-
ers. The place Is the District
Building.
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PETIT, ANNIE NAYLOR. In loving
memory OF our dear sister and aunt
ANNIE MAYOR PETIT, who passed
away year ago. March 10, 1855.
We do not need this special day.
To bring you to our minds.
The days we do not think of you
Are very hard to find.
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1n MPntnrtaiil

BIRCH, JESSIE LOyANNA MOORE. In
loving memory Of my beloved nom,
JESSIE LovANNA MOORE BIRCH, who
ago today March IS, 1858.
God took the sunshine from the skies
And made the lovelight in your eyes.
He gave you breath and with His love
made yours divine
But, best Of all, dear nom. He made
HONEY.
Your THOUGHTS were so full of US,
You never could forget.
And so we know that where you are
You must be watching yet
EDWARD. HONEY AND BooDLEY.
BROOKS. ADELE. In loving memory Of
passed from labor to reward one
year ago today. March Is. 1855.
God saw. the road was getting rough,
And the hills were hard to climb,
And whispered, Peace be thine"
You went so quickly unaware
-. did not know death lowered near;
My heart is lonely and my prayer
Is that you now are happy. dear.
Though you have passed beyond my
Good nieht. dear heart. good night.
We. did not stand beside you
To see your life depart
But when we heard that you we're dead.
1t really broke our hearts.
God gave US strength to bear 1t
And courage to meet the blow,
But what 1t meant to lose YOU.
The world will never know.
We never can forget you. dear.
While in this world we stay;
God only knows our feelings
Since you have passed away.
YOUR DEVOTED FAMILY.
BUTLER, ISAAC. In memory of our
beloved father ISAAC BUTLER. who
passed away twelve years ago, March
II 1914.
One by one our hopes grow brishter
As we near the shining shore,
For We know across the river
Wait the loved ones gone before.
TIE nAIIGIITERS
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With Regard to q
Cord of Thunks

Very often O cord Of thonks Ia
The Stor meets need which con
hardly be solved in any other woy
Not only is il srocious expression
Of gratitude to those who hove sent
fiorol tributes but also courteoust
acknowledges the services and kind
nesses OF the mony TO whom per-
sonoI note Of thonks connot well be
mailed or whose names dnd 3D.
dresses ore not known Insertions OF
q cord Of Thanks moy be orroneed
by telephone to The Stor ST $4,000.
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FUNERAL DESIGNS

GEO. c. SHAFFER. INC.
EXPRESSIVE FloraJ Tributes Moderate
prices Open daily. SUM- holidays Phone
niShts. 200 I4th 81. NV. M s-o1o6.
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Drmha

NEWTON; JESSE; suddenly. on Friday.
March 16. 1885 at Washington Sani-
tarium. JESSE NEWTON Of 10 Bel.
mont Ct. Silver Spring. Nd. beloved
husband Of Selma r. Newton. father
OF Warren l. Newton and brother Of
Nd: Milton Newton Of washington.
d. c.: Wilbur Newton Of Newark,
N. j.. and Herbert Newton Of Brook
Ign, N. 2 Services at the 8. H. Hines
Co. Funeral Home. ee0l 18Th st. NV.
on Monday March 10. at 2 pm. Park
ing facilities. Interment Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
NEWTON, JESSE. Evangelist Chapter.
knights Rose Croix, A, A. 8. R..
~ In the Valley of Washington.
At will conduct the Rose Croix
~ JESSE NEWTON. on. Monday,
49, March 10. 1856. at Q pm, at
49, the H. Hines Co. Funeral
Home 2901 18th St. NV.
THOMAS ii. DYER, x e: c; H,
NEWTON. JESSE. Arene Chapter, No. 10.
o. E s., announces the death
Nh Of past patron. brotner;
w JESSE NEWTON. Funeral
AFaES> services from the 8. II. Hines
Co. Funeral Home. 2901 18th
W ST. NV. on Monday, Marcn
v 10, 1856, at 2 pm.
IDA SHERMAN, Worthy Matron.
VIII EFT 7 n0WRICK Secretary.
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HOWARD +. On Friday,
March 10, 1865, at his home. 2314
Eccleston St, Silver Spring, Md, HOW
Of Ruth Jones Stewart. father Of Miss
Roberta J. Stewart and son of Mrs
Emma Stewart. Mr.. Stewart will rest
at Warner E. Humphrey Funeral Home
until 10 pm. Sunday Service on
Wednesday, March Fl, at 2 pm. at the
Beinhouer Funeral Home. West Liberty
ave-, Dormont, Pa. Interment Allie
gheny County Memorial Cemetery,
Pittsburg Pa pvt. parking facilities
for your convenience located on Wayne
ave adjacent to funeral home
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MORGAN. KATHERINE 1. on Thurs
day. March Is. 1856, KATHERINE L
MORGAN, wife OF the late Wright U
Morgan Of Washington. D. c., and
daughter of the late Judge johnson OF
the Supreme Court of Canada. Services
at Fort Lincoln Mausoleum on Monday
March 10, at IL am.
NEWMAN. SARAH. on Saturday. March
Il. 1856, SARAH NEWMAN beloved
mother Of Morris Newman Of Wheaton
Md, Mrs. Fanny Mosk of Port Chester
N Y, also survived by one brother
Joseph Cohen OF Woodbridge. N. Y
Services and interment will be IN New
York City. Arrangements by the C d
Goldbers a Son Funeral Home. 421i
Ninth 81. nv.
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fATTHEWS. CHARLES z. Funeral serv-
!: !: :: ! e! y:
- ices for our late brother, CHARLES
81 E, MATTHEW'S OF Central Lodge,
EA No. I. / Q: O. F.. will be held
A at the s, H. Hines Co. Funeral
MlN Home, 1901 l4th st. NV, at 9
V6X am. Monday, March 10. 1856,
Eli followed by burial at Milford. Del,
~ at / pm.
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THOMAS, ELSIE N. on Friday, March
10, 1856, ELSIE M. THOMAS of 1880
Prsstan 81 bd me 0euo othsr wig 81 neo
Preston and Miss LeVerne c. Thomas,
daughter of Mrs, Mary E. Brown. sister
Of Walter Eugene Brown. Mrs. Laura
R. Mimmons, Mrs. Elenora Chase, and
survived by many other relatives and
friends. After p.m. March 10. friends
may call at Frazier's Funeral Home 3S9
Rhode Island ave. NV. Funeral on
Tuesday, March 20. at pm. from
the 10th Street Baptist Church. Rev.
Jerry A. Moore, oflciating. Interment
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. 10
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JAMES E. LAMB. secy. IS

OLIVE v. On Friday,
March IS, 1865. after lingering nj
ness. OLIVE v. McKEOWN Of 37O6
Volta ave, Brentwood. Md, beloved wife
of Carrie Lamphier. Ethel. Mclaughlin.
Earl, William. Charles and Edward
McKeown She also is survived by
Disney and Florence Newell: nine
grandchildren and twelve great-grand-
children. Mrs. McKeown rests at the
Gasch Funeral Home, 4739 Baltimore
Brentwood Methodist Church, Brent
wood, Md. on Monday, March 10, at
2 pm. Relatives and friends invited.
lnterment George Washington Gene
terry. Is
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MILLS. GREENWOOD. Columbia Lodge
tlA-.L No So. /. B.. P, o. E. Of W.,
X~ is notified Of the funeral Of
NI from Mount Carmel Baptist
Church at 3rd and Eve sts
NV. on March 10. at l pm
- Session of sorrow was held
March IL, 1866, at Elks Home. Elks
service with funeral. All members are
requested to be present.
CHARLES W. ROBINSON.
Exalted Ruler
EVERETT L. COOPER.
Sarratarv
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LOWE. GILBERT E., SR. OF 800 Crabb
ave. Rockville, Nd, on March Is,
1855 husband of Virginia NJ. Lowe.
father Of James. Gilbert, jr., and Mark
Lowe, Mrs Barbara Slack, Ronnie,
Edward and Mitchell Lowe: brother
Of Mrs. Irene Mills, Mrs. Eva Zapien,
Mrs. Elsie Haines. Mrs. Martha Fisher
and Wilson Lowe. and son of the
late Samuel ] and Annie NJ. Lowe.
Services at Chambers Funeral Home,
3072 M st. NV, on Monday, March
10. at 2 pm. Interment Arlington
National Cemetery. Is
CHARLES z. On wednes-
day. March 10, 1856, at his residence
1902 Madison st. NV, CHARLES E
Matthews Services at the S. H. Hines
Co. Funeral Home. 1901 18th st. NV.
on Monday. March 10. at 8 am
parking facilities Interment Ode
Fellows Cemetery, Milford. Del. Is
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STEWART. A. M. On Saturday. March
Schuyler I'd, Silver Spring, Md be-
loved father of Mrs. Margaret Dinger
Mrs. Janet Lathers. william Stewart,
Mrs. Isabelle Houston, Robert F., John
NJ and Donald Stewart Friends may
call at the Takoma Funeral Home, 254
Carroll st. NV parking lot opposite)
after ] pm. Sunday. Services and
interment Dubois, Pa,
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WILLIAMS. ESTELLE. on SATURDAY,
March II. ESTELLE WILLIAMS Of l6c :
Lamont st nv Notice OF funeral later
ArransementS ky Jarvis.
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WILLIAMS, CARL n. OF 31O4 Parkway
terrace drive, Suitland. Md, on March
10, 1886, beloved husband of Frances
II. Williams, father OF Evelyn. Robert
and Eusene Williams. brother of Mrs.
Garnet Riggs and RAYMOND Williams.
Services at Chambers Funeral Home.
5l7 nth st. Sc, on SUNDAY, March Is,
at l pm. Services and 1nternment
Greencastle, Ind.
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March IA. 1856, at his residence. las
voted father of Mrs. Elsie Andrews and
brother Of Mrs. Maggie Grayson and
Mrs Eliza Pendleton. He also is sur
vived by twenty-five grandchildren, two
friends. Remains may be viewed at
his late residence after ) pm Mon
day. March 10 Funeral on Tuesday,
March 20. at / pm. from st. Matthew's
Baptist Church, New Jersey ave and
l. st. sc. The Rev. E. P. Patterson
offlciating. Interment Woodlawn
Cemetery. Arrangements by Barnes &
Matthews 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-06
RELIGION EDITOR
IN MINNEAPOLIS

Beginning tomorrow and continuing
through February llth in the News
Section. The Stor's Religious News
Editor, Cospor Nonnes, will report
from Minneapolis, where he is cover
ing the onnuol meeting Of the No
tionol Lutheran Council.
Mr.. Names will bring you on-the-
scene eoverose Of the Lutheron
Councils notiOnol and sIobol &C.
tivities, which will include its oetion
on the resettlement OF refugees, vel
tore, oversees relief and many other
importont aspects Of its world wide
program.
You will be brought UP TO dote
on Lutheron activities relating TO the
Washington scene.
Look for Casper Nonnes, who re-
ports from Minneapolis beginning
tomorrow. Phone Sterling $4,000 Tor
convenient home delivery Of The
Evening Stor.
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MOSCOW. Feb. 6 (R.-The
Soviet Union today demanded
that Western Germany take
steps to prevent the launching
Iof American balloons from its
territory.
Russia, In notes to the United
States and Turkey which were
published last night. charged
United States military forces
were sending aloft fleets of huge
balloons carrying automatic
cameras and radio equipment
over Soviet territory. The note
Ito the United States said the
balloons were being launched
from Western Germany and
countries bordering the Soviet
Union.
Today the Soviet Foreign Min
istry announced that a note
handed to West Germany State
Secretary Walter Hallstein in
Bonn by Soviet Ambassador
Zorin declared:
THE government of the Ger
man federal republic is respon-
sible for the actions of the Amer
lean organs which launch bal
looms from its territory. All of
the consequences of this action
lay on the shoulders of the Ger
man federal republic"
Russia charged yesterday that
the balloons were a menace to
aircraft and demanded that the
United States Immediately put
a stop to the activity.
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Reds Demand Germany
Stop American Balloons

TN Washington. State De-
partment spokesman said the
Russians were apparently
Directing to high altitude
weather balloons which the
United States Air Force an
nounced last month it would
send up from stations in Eu-
rope to gather preparatory in
formation for the Information
al Geophysical Year. scien-
tific enterprise in which Rus
STA is co-operatingD
Russia also has asked for 6
halt in propaganda carrying bal.
looms by private United State:
organizations.
lass said the Soviet protesr
was handed to United States
Ambassador Charles L. Bother
by Deputy Foreign Minister An
drei A Gromyko. A similar pro
test went to Turkey.
The protest to the Turks saie
some balloons had been floateo
over Soviet Armenia from Tul
key. 1t demanded that the An
kara government ban the bal
loon launchings.
The Soviet note complained
that the balloons. weighing near
ly "a of a ton when loaded, "are
by United States mill
tary organs from the territory
of Western Germany and from
United States air bases on the
territory of several states border
ing on the Soviet Union"
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Bonn 10 Stop
Troop Payment

BONN. Germany, Feb. 6 tP1.
The West German govern
ment will refuse to pay any
more toward support of West
ern troops in Germany after
next May, a Finance Ministry
spokesman announced today.
He said the Western Big
Three had requested. in iden-
'tical notes, negotiation with
West Germany on the subject.
But Finance Minister Fritz
'Schaeffer will not agree to
further payments after the
present arrangement ceases
May 5. he added.
In the Paris treaties that ended
the occupation last May West
Germany agreed to pay a tota
OF 5000, 100000 marks t$760 mil
lion for the year toward the
cost OF keeping Western armies
in Germany.
The treaties provided Bonr
would be willing to negotiate
on the future arrangements. The
spokesman said that in request
ing these negotiations the West
ern allies named no sum OF
money. He added that it could
already be said, however, that
whatever amounts they had In
view would be rejected.
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Eggs Thrown by Crowd
AT Alabama u. Negro

included several Alabama State
highway patrolmen.
About 800 persons had gath
cred outside the classroom build
ing. Some were chanting, Hey
hey, no. no. Autherine's gotta
60"
Miss Lucy drives the So miles
from Birmingham daily to at
tend school. She was denied
dormitory and dining hall priv
ileges at the school.
Police blocked off the street
in front OF Smith Hall, where
Miss Lucys' first class meets,
about 80 minutes before the class
started. She appeared on a side
street, walked around a State
patrol car stationed
there and went into the building
without having been spotted by
the crowd.
DR.. o. c. Carmichael, uni
versity president, revealed yes
terday that disciplinary action
was being considered against
students responsible for two
noisy demonstrations Friday and
night.
Fiery crosses were burned and
students sang Dixie" and
shouted Keep 'Bama white
during demonstrations here that
lasted for several hours each
night.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Feb. {
I(R.-An angry crowd threw eggs
at Autherine Lucy. Negro stu
dent at the University of Ala
bama today as she came from hel
first class.
The incident marked the third
demonstration In protest against
her attendance at the previously
Iall-white university since she
began attending classes Friday
She is the first Negro student
in the schools history.
Miss Lucy, who is 26 and a
former Birmingham secretary,
Slipped past a throng estimated
lat more than 300 at 8 am. as she
came up side street to enter
Smith Hall, the classroom build
ing.
But an hour later, as she was
escorted by university officials
out a back door to a waiting car,
someone in the crowd spotted the
group and a score or more per-
sons ran toward the car. A
shower of eggs splattered the
vehicle as it drove of toward
Graves Hall, where Miss Lucy's
second class met.
Tuscaloosa Police Chief w. C.
Thompkins said today's crowd
was reinforced by rubber work.
ers from the Goodrich plant
here" Officers on duty today
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Randolph {. Paul Dies
During Capitol Hearing

Randolph E. Paul, former
Treasury official and in recent
years in private law practice
here. collapsed and died today
while testifying at a congress
sional committee hearing.
Doctors told reporters the
cause of death was probably.
coronary."
Mr.. Paul, IS. was testifying in
the old Supreme Court chamber
in the Capital at a Joint Eco
Monies Committee hearing on
the Presidents economic report.
MIR. Paul slumped forward,
his head hitting the table before
him, while he was being ques-
toned by Representative Mills,
Democrat of Arkansas.
Dies Within Is Minutes
The former general counsel Of
the Treasury had finished read
ing ol-page prepared state
ment which served as a kind of
rebuttai TO testimony given the
committee last week BY Secretary
OF the Treasury Humphrey.
Mr.. Mills asked q question ana
Mr.. Paul replied: Yes, ] see that
implication At that point
he slumped forward.
Acting Chairman Boiling. Dem
ocrat OF Missouri. cleared the
committee room and summoned
DR.. James L. Heating an assistant
Capitol physician.
An ambulance from Providence
Hospital brought oxygen equip
ment. Mr.. Paul. however. did
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is not fair to Senator Case or
myself to go further than what
is in the telegram" he said.
Senator Hrusk, Republican of
Nebraska, told reporters in
Washington he knows Mr.. Nef
and that Mr.. Neff also talked
to him both in Omaha and
Washington. presenting argu-
ments in favor of the natural
gas bill.
Asked If the lawyer indicated
he was representing anyone at
tected by the bill, the Senator
said he did not recall Mr.. Neff's
saying anything about represent
tation.
Shocked at News Release
The text of Mr.. Neff's telegram
follows:
u was amazed and shocked at
the news releases in the papers,
on the radio and T'V concerning
your speech in the Senate yes
terday. I assume l am the man
you referred to, since / delivered
a contribution to your campaign
fund several weeks ago.
II have always been a con-
sentative Republican and have
been active in Republican mat
tiers all my life as was my father
before me. I believe in Midwest
Republican policies and have
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law in Billings, Mont, but re-
turned to Washington to help
his father operate Fidelity Stor-
age. A music lover, he has served
as secretary of the National
Symphony Orchestra. In World
War II he served on the District
Draft Board and later per-
formed numerous services on
boards to aid veterans and to
help solve labor management
problems.
He is vice president of Gar
field Memorial Hospital, a for
mer president of the Metro
politan Club and is a member
of several other social and pro-
fessional clubs.
He and Mrs. kaITick have
two children. They live at 1901
California street NV.
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Former Official Indicted
In Freedmen's Shortoqe

the case to the grand jury. said
Payne was discharged from his
job at the hospital last August
on a charge Of improper per-
Torrance Of official duties. The
discharge had nothing to dc
with the alleged shortages. he
added.
Mr.. Hartman said an audit,
had not been made at the hospi-
tai for several years until a few
months ago. The audit, by the
Public Health Service. revealed
an overall shortage Of at least
SIT 900. he said.
Mr.. Hartman said the money
Payne is charged with embezzling
came from the out-patient de-
partment at the hospital. Payne,
Mr.. Hartman said, was supposed
to turn the money over to the
United States Treasury. Payne
had been employed at the hos
pital for some time prior to 1852,
he added.
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A former assistant budget and
fiscal officer at Freedman's Hos
'pital was indicted today on
charges of embezzling and steal
ing a total of $3,219 while work.
ing at the hospital from Febru-
airy, 1852, to March, 1855.
At the same time, it was re-
yealed that there has been an
overall shortage Of funds at the
hospital of ''at least ST., 900, "
according to Assistant United
States Attorney Alfred J. Hant-
man.
The former official is Felix H.
Payne. jr., 40. colored. of the 1000
block Of Nineteenth place NE.
The indictment names him In
a total of "a counts. Half the
counts accuse Payne of embezzl-
ing the $3,219 from the United
States and the other half OF
stealing it.
The separate counts name
sums ranging from $18 to more
than $500.
Mr.. Hartman, who presented
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Taxi Kills Woman

Edna M. Green. 81. colored,
1913 M street Me-, was pro-
nounced dead today in Walter
Reed Hospital, where she
worked, after a taxi hit her as
she was walking in the 5000
block of Georgia avenue NV.
Police identified the hacker
as Capell c. johnson, 48,
cOlOred, of the 800 block of
Taylor street NV.