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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Mrs.Momie Everett, 90,
Noted Methods, Dies

Mrs. Mamie orear Everett.
known 10 her friends as The
Queen OF Clarendon Methodist
Church" because Of her age
and devoted activity. died yes
terday at Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital. She would have
ben 90 on August rs.
Mrs. Everett's religious work
spanned more than four-score
years. and until her death she
attended church and Sunday
school every week Of the year.
Born In Mexico. Mo-. in 1859.
Mrs. Everett was one Of six
children Of q preacher. One
OF her brothers, John DE- Orear.
was American Ambassador TO
Bolivia under President Wilson.
Her late husband. the Rev.
Melville L. Everett. was a Meth
odist minister In Kansas. He
died In 1919.
OF all her experiences. the
one she enjoyed most relating
concerned a period Of II years
at the turn Of the century when
she served as q home mission
airy In the rugged Cumberland
Mountains Of Kentucky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Wholesale Trade
Coins in June
BY the Associated Press

The Census Bureau reports
the slide in wholesale inven-
tories which began last Novem-
Der was halted in June. It also
reports that June sales by
merchant wholesalers topped
May sales by 500 million.
The bureau said yesterday
that while June inventories
were unchanged from q month
earlier, they were l per cent
below stocks on hand a year ago.
Stocks of both durable and
nondurable goods held steady
during the month. but in rela-
Aon to a year ago inventories
of durables were down 4 per
cent while stocks of soft goods
were up by the same amount.
June sales we're estimated at
$95 billion. Durable goods
trade accounted for 81 billion
of the total, up 3 per cent from
May but down 6 per cent from
June, 1857. Nondurable sales
of SIS billion were off / per
cent from May but topped the
year-ago figure by 2 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Drills After Shot
Halted Following
Recruits Death

FORT JACKSON. S. c.. Aug
l R.-The commanding gen.
eral Of this Army infantry base
was quoted by a dead recruits
father today as saying that
trainees no longer would be
given medical shots and then
sent out to drill in hot weather,
Hobart L. Brinsmade Of
Bronxville. N. Y. said his son,
Hobart, jr.. 81. died after being
given booster shots for typhoid
fever Wednesday and then
being made to drill for 81
hours in the sun.
Young Brinsmade. only two
weeks in the Army. played
right tackle for Princeton's
football team in 1856 and 1857
He stood 6-3 and weighed $50
pounds.
The father said he talked
with Fort jackson commander
Brig. Gen. Christian Clarke,
about the incident and that he
was most sympathetic"
Young Brinsmade died last
night in the base hospital.
Davis L. Drake Of Baltimore,
another trainee. also collapsed
from the heat Wednesday. He
was in serious condition at the
hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

Mrs. Helen Wafdell Wilcox.
an employee of Julius Garfinckel
g. Co. for 81 years, died yester-
day as she was about to leave
her home for work.
The daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Linton Wardell.
Mrs. Wilcox was born at Rieg-
elsville, N. j., where her father
had a paper mill. After going
to school in Wilmington, Del,
she came to washington in
1921 to begin her association
with Garfinckel's.
Mrs. Wilcox started as a
salesgirl and within two years
was promoted to buyer. q posi-
ton she held until her death.
Since the death Of her hus-
band, Forrest G. Wilcox. q Dis
trict builder-architect in 1945,
she lived with her sister, Mrs.
Ralph Goodwin. of Is Woodmoor
drive, Silver Spring, Md.
An active member of the Mar
vim Memorial Methodist Church
in Silver Spring. she also be-
longed to the Women's Fashion
Group, professional associa-
ton.
Mrs. Wilcox took considerable
interest in her family's history.
and traced her ancestry to John
Morton Of Pennsylvania, q
signer of the Declaration of
Independence.
Besides her sister. she is sur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
HorryM. Hardin,
Post Proofreuder

Harry M. Hardin, So, an en-
ploye of the Washington Post
and Times Herald since 1927,
died Tuesday at Ocala. Fla.
Mr.. Hardin, who lived at 35ic
Minnesota avenue Sc, was on
vacation in Florida when he
was stricken by a heart attack
A veteran of World War I,
Mr.. Hardin served for many
years ss chief Of the proofroom
at the Post.
His survivors include a niece,
Mrs. Cora M. Boyd. of the home
address, and two brothers,
Claude Of Florida, and Charles
of Texas.
Funeral services win be held
at 2 pm. Monday in the Lee
funeral home, Fourth and
Massachusetts, avenue NE,
with burial in Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Ex-D. c. Doctor
Gets New Post

A former Washington physi-
clan, DR.. Lawrence Michael
brennan, jr., has been appointed
medical director Of the United
Fruit Co.
DR.. brennan. q graduate Of
Georgetown University, has
served on the stats of George
town, Walter Reed and the
United States Veterans hospi-
tails here. From l94l to l945
he was chief Of service and
physician Of internal medicine
at st. Elizabeths Hospital. The
next five years he spent as a
general practitioner here before
joining United Fruit in Deem
Der, 1850.
DR.. brennan will supervise
operations Of the company's is
hospitals and 100 dispensaries
in Central and South America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Mrs. SuIyer, II,
D. c. Resident

Mrs. Hattie Ann Salyer, n,
died yesterday at her sons
home, 1859 Forty-fifth street
NV.
A resident Of Washington
since 1896, she lived at 1868
Forty-flfth street NV. until
April, when she went to live
with her son.
She was q member of the
Christian Science Society and
of the First Church Of Christ
Scientist, Boston, Mass.
Besides her son, Lloyd P. Sal
yer. she leaves a sister, Miss
Helen Federau and a brother,
George Federau of 1868 forty
fifth street NV, and another
brother. Alfred Federau of
Cleveland.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
PC. Randolph.
Store Manager
AT BerryviIIe

Percy Darlington Randolph.
so. manager Of the Berryville
branch OF the Clarke County
Supply Co. died yesterday a.
his home at Boyce, Va. after
q short illness.
The son Of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. william Fltzhueh RAN
dolph, he was born &C MILF
wood, Va, where he was long
. member OF Christ Church.
Survivors include his wife.
Mrs. Jean Carson Randolph. OF
Boyce: a daughter. Mrs. Mall
com Coates. Of Wilmington.
DEL: three brothers. BENJAMIN
OFallon Randolph, Of MILF
wood. and william =. and ESten
c.. both OF 81. Louis. Mo. and
I'VE grandchildren.
Mr.. Randolph's son, comdr.
Beverley Randolph. uSN. was
killed in q Jet crash near Pa
tuxent Naval Base on April 4.
Funeral services win be held
at IL am. tEST) tomorrow at
Christ Church. Wildwood. with
burial In Old Chapel Cemetery
there.
The family has requested
that expressions Of sympathy
be sent to the American Can
Ger Fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Three-Inch KnifebIode
Ruled Limit to Cory

Carrying a knife with q blade
longer than three inches Il UNI
lawful even though there 4 no
intention 20 use II harmfully,
the Municipal Court Of Appeals
has ruled.
The appeals court thus over
turned q decision BY Municipal
Court Judge Austin r. Tickling,
who dismissed q charge against
q defendant because the Gov
eminent did not prove he
meant TO use Il unlawfully.
Judge Tickling interpreted q
1883 law 10 mean that intent 10
use a knife illegally had 10 be
shown In order 20 constitute q
crime.
In Its unanimous opinion,
however. the appellate court
decided the 1883 law did not
supplant q 1901 statute making
II unlawful Just 10 carry q
dangerous weapon capable of
being concealed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Bineo Palace
Being Built

Anne Arundel County next
month win get one more gam
bling establishment. located 10
lure the Washington trade.
Mrs. Helen McGarvey Saul
Of Silver Spring, q builder and
restaurant operator, said to-
day she is building q $500. 900
bingo palace next 10 the Laurel
Race Track.
Horse racing, slot machines
and bingo with cash prizes are
legal In Anne Arundel County.
In the last year. big hingo"
palaces have offered nightly
prizes as high as $1,000 and
operated free bus service from
Washington and Baltimore.
Mrs. Saul's license. for which
she paid $4,000, authorizes q
bingo-playing capacity Of 1000
customers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
GSA and Grange
Agree on Switch
Of Lund Sites

The General Services Admin
istration and the National
Grange have agreed on .
switch Of land sites in the
square across from the White
House slated for 9 new ONCE
building, q GSA spokesman
said today.
The independent ofnces ap-
preparation bill, which cleared
Congress this week, includes
So million to plan the build
ing to house presidential aides
and the Court Of Claims on
jackson place.
The grange, with headquar-
ters at 744 jackson place NV,
is on the site of the proposed
new structure. It has contested
giving up its eight-story build
ing.
A basic agreement" now has
been reached for q site ex-
change, the GSA said today.
It is expected the Grange will
plan a new building on q site
fronting on H street. next to
the Truxtun-Decatur Naval
Museum, now owned by the
Government and used az q
parking lot.
GSA previously has planned
to leave only Blair House,
Blair-Lee House and the mu-
scum building in laying out
the new building. The present
Court of Claims Building Is
scheduled for razing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Clement {. Bruy,
Former Editor at
Eoston 81 Years

EASrON. Nd. Aug. / C1.-
Clement Elliott Bray. who re-
tired as editor Of the Easton
Star Democrat in lo4S after 81
years on the staff, died wednes-
day night in Easton Memorial
Hospital.
He would have been SO years
old on october 8.
Mr. Bray began as q printer
on the old Easton Gazette and
Joined the Star Democrat in
1917 after working in Cumber-
land and New York.
He had served as secretary
and member of the board of the
Maryland Press Association.
Mr.. Bray is survived by his
widow and a brother, Edward
H Bray Of Eastmi.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted here Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

In . series Of hearings and
reports by Senate and House
Committees II was made clear
that the purpose Of the new
legislation was 10 strengthen
rather than 10 supplant exist
ing law and 10 provide tighter
controls over the possession Of
dangerous weapons." wrote
Judge Nathan Clayton.
The decision was the result
OF a test case the United states
attorneys office instituted
against William 4. Shannon. %.
Of the first book Of Paterson
street NE. arrested for carry
ina q six-inch bonlng knife.
The test was decided upon
after police complained that the
new Interpretation was ham,
pering efforts 10 arrest suspects.
Now the Shannon case win so
back TO Municipal Court for
trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

While founding q church,
school mission there. Mrs.
Everett found herself faced by
armed moonshiners. who fired
their rifles around the settle
ment IN an effort 10 brighten
the foreigners" away.
Il Just prayed. then went 10
sleep and they gave up" abe
told her friends.
Whenever she was asked 10
comment on her longevity. she
said she owed II TO the kind
ness OF God"
She Is survived by a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank o.
Everett. Of 542i Caroline place
NV. with whom she lived; a
daughter. Mrs. Grace williams,
of s7l0 Garfield street. Bethes-
da. Md: q son. Melville c.. OF
Riverside. Calf; seven grand
children. and 10 great-grand-
children.
Funeral services viii be held
at IL am. tomorrow In the Ives
funeral home, 2e47 Wilson
boulevard, Arlington. with
burial in National Memorial
Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
William BIizzurd of UNIV,
Freed of Treason in Strike

ported the hundreds of defend
ants and witnesses to the east /.
ern panhandle. Mr.. Blizzard
was acquitted. after a trial two
months long. in the same court
house where John Brown had
been sentenced to death-for
treason against the United
States Government.
From 1922 until his retire.
ment April /. 1855. he was the
UMW's legislative representa-
tive and never missed a session
of the State Legislature while
he held those duties.
Survivors include his widow,
one son, a daughter. two BROTH
ers and two sisters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Aug.
1 R.-Cancer has ended the
career of William Blizzard.
West Virginia's most famous
union leader through two gen.
erations of peace and war in
the coal fields. Mr.. Blizzard,
65-year-old retired president Of
United Mine Workers District
II here, died last night in q
Charleston hospital where he
had been q patient for five
weeks.
Born In Kanawha County on
September 10, 1892. Mr.. Bliz-
card went to work In the coal
mines when he was 10 and first
was a figure in union organic
ing violence In the Cabin Greek
troubles of 1919.
He steadily gained stature
in union circles for almost 40
years during which he became
the only West virginian ever
tried for treason against the
State.
Mr.. Billiards. treason trial.
in which he was acquitted,
stemmed from the bitter march
on Logan as an aftermath Of
union organization In the wake
Of World War !.
Union sympathizers fought
sheriff's deputies and armed
guards on Blair Mountain, near
the Logan-Boone County line,
in a pitched battle in which
even World War I planes
bombed the strikers. Casualties
numbered hundreds.
Mr.. Blizzard, president Of the
unions Subdistrict 2 in Charles
ton, was charged with leading
an armed instruction against
the State. He and others were
indicted in Kanawha County.
but there was a change Of venue
to jefferson.
Two special trains trans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Recount Boosts
Morris Lead in
Oklahoma Vote

OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug.
(R.-A recount Of votes In
Oklahoma's 9Th congressional
district has confirmed Repre-
sentative Morris victory in the
July % Democratic primary.
Mr.. Morris, seeking a second
term. will run against Republi-
can Fred Coogan of Sayre in
the November general election
Complete unofficial figures
give Mr.. Morris 45,513 votes to
45,432 for former Representa-
tive Victor Wickersham, a mar
gin Of 81 votes.
Mr.. Wickersham. who was de-
feated by Mr.. Morris in 1856
had asked for the recount. Ir
the first official count after the
primary. Mr.. Morris won by S;
votes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Mrs. Helen WordeII Wilcox,
Buyer for GurfinckeI's

vived by two brothers, John of
Wilmington. and Walter Of
Morrisville, Pa.
Funeral services will be held
at o am. tomorrow at the
Warner Humphrey funeral
home. S434 Georgia avenue.
Silver Spring. with burial In
Wilmington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
South Gets
Warning on
Red Threut

ATLANTA. Aug. l tA9.-con-
eressional Investigators Of COM
munism say the South should
take warning that the Red
threat Is ever present.
The House subcommittee on
Un-American Activities con-
cluded q three-day hearing on
Communist activity IN Dixie
yesterday. After listening 10
is witnesses. II OF them
branded Communist by an UNI
dercover agent for the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation.
Representative Willis. Demo-
crat OF Louisiana. said:
I'VE have seen here a pat
tern Of Communist activities
and technioues which verifies
and confirms similar patterns
which we have been observing
elsewhere In the Nation. There
has been developed here rev
and convincing evidence re-
garding the problem Of Com
munist propaganda. both for
eign and domestic. There
has been developed informa-
ton which should stand as a
warning TO the South-the
ever-present threat Of Com
munist penetration"
The FBI undercover agent,
Armando Penha. said he was a
Communist Party member for
eight years In order to gather
information. He said many Of
the witnesses called before the
committee were Communist
Party members sent into the
South to cultivate textile plant
workers.
Mr.. Penha said he served as
q member Of the National
Textile Commission set UP by
the party for controlling in
filtration into Southern textile
plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Robert [. Osbourn,
Retired Former

CHARLES TOWN. w. Va,
Aug. / (Special) Robert Lee
osbourn. so. retired farmer of
Middleway. died Tuesday in
Charles Town General Hospital.
He was a native Of Shenan-
doah Junction in Jefferson
County. He farmed for years
in the Ridge Road section and
later near Middleway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Mrs. Us. Barlow,
Active in LODGES

Mrs. Jessie L. Barlow, SO, an
Arlington resident for longer
than 20 years, died yesterday
at Piankinton, S. Oak.
Her husband, John S. Barlow,
who survives her, was admins
trative assistant at the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. until
his retirement.
Mrs. Barlow founded the first
P. e. o. Sisterhood chapter in
Northern Virginia in 1945 and
was a past matron of the East
ern Star.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday in Plankinton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
1n Mrntnriaitt

BRADLEY, ALFRED J. In loving mem
DRY Of our dear brother, ALFRED J
BRADLEY, who departed this life
four. years ago today, August i,
1854.
The road into the sunset
Is one we all must tread
Loving thoughts of one so dear
YOUR LONELY Iiias FAMILY
CLEMENTsON, CLARA M. In loving
memory Of our dear wife and
mother, CLARA M, CLEMENTSON,
who departed this life twenty years
ago today, AUGUST /, 1888.
To-day we turn the pages In the
book Of memory
And the face of our loving Mother
again In our thoughts we see ="
HUSBAND AND CHILDREN
CROSS, VICTORIA J. In loving mem
DRY Of our dear mother, VICTORIA
J. CROSS, who passed away one
year ago today, August ]. 1857.
What would ! not give to clasp her
Her dear. sweet face to see:
To hear her voice, TO see her smile.
That meant so much to me.
You. left behind an aching heart.
That loved you most sincere:
! never did nor never will
Forget you, mother dear.
LOVING SON AND DAUGHTER,
WILLIAM CROSS AND MARY
HAWN.
MAKLE. PHILLIP LEROY. In sad but
. beautiful remembrance OF my de-
make, who departed this life six
years ago, August 1. 1859.
! was sitting at your bedside
When you passed away
NY heart Is so heavy
II could only see your face
LONESOME WIFE PEARL.
SIMMONS, PHILIP "A, In remem-
e sHIiip o. s,n ny beloved I nsphswa
81; Ten years. ssS S Sss o' RaESs
He can never die while live.
MILDRED Mel. PERKINS
SIMMONS. FRANCIS n. In lovins
memory Of our father who departed
this ne one year aGo today, August
rheugh absent. you are very near
Kept close By memories we hold
LEO, RUTH AND AUDREY.
WATSON. WILLIAM. u. In lovine
memory Of ny dear husband and
father who went away three years
Aso today, August /. 1855.
sleep on, darling and Dad
We viii all meet again some day
Where wen have eternal love
LOVINGLY, WIFE VALERIE, Chill
pREN VERA, MYRA, DONNELL.
DARRELL.
WILLIAMS, MARIE, A tribute Of love
and devotion TO the memory Of ouI
dear wife, mother and grandmother
MARIE WILLIAMS, who left US two
years ago today, August 1, 1856.
Those We love we never lose,
For always they will be
Forever near, forever dear,
In hall0wed memory.
YOUR Dew VOTED HUSBAND
DAUGHTERS AND GRANDSON.
WILLIAMS, MARIE. In loving memory
Of my dear wife, MARIE WILLIAMS
who suddenly passed away two years
ago today. August 1, 1856.
No one knows how much I miss you
No one knows the bitter, lonely
have suffered since / lost you.
Life has never been the same.
Ny heart still aches with sadness.
Ny eyes shed many q lonely tear
Only God knows how much ] have
missed you.
These two LONG years. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
P. n. Lumontugne,,
Father of Ms. Kino

P. H. Lamontagne, father OF
Mrs. Edmund T. King of 452
lakewood street Sc, died
Wednesday at his home in
N. H. He had been
retired for many years.
He is survived by his widow,
two sons, two daughters and
several grandchildren. Mr.
King, his son-in-law, is a Sec
Rotary to Senator Bridges, Re-
publican Of New Hampshire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Admiral GIussford's
Rites Set Wednesday

Funeral services for Vice Ad-
miral William Alexander Glass
ford. ~. a hero of both World
Wars, who died on Wednesday,
will be held at 2 pm. next
Wednesday in Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will follow in
Arlington Cemetery.
The family has requested
that expressions of sympathy
be sent to the American Can
Ger Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Aug. !
(R.-Philip ]. Kearney. rs, in
ternationally known electrical
engineer who worked in the
electrification of the Canton
Samshui Railroad in China,
died yesterday. He was born in
Newburgh, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
UnskiIIed Extras

DURANGO, Colo. [P.--Bob
Venuti. dude ranch operator
who helps line up Indian extras
for movies filmed in Colorado,
says plenty Of younger Indians
are like many of their non
Indian brethren: They don't
know how to ride q horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

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