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THE EVERNING FRIEND SAYS BOY ADMITTED SLAYING Companion of Tulsa Judge’s Son Signs Statement Re- lating “Confession.” By the Assoclated Press TULSA, Okla., December 4.—FPhil Kennamer, 19-year-old son of a Fed- eral judge, was quoted today by Rob- ert Thomas, 19, a companion, as say- ing he killed John F. Gorrell, jr., be- cause of an extortion note Kennamer said Gorrell wrote. Thomas, in a signed statement made before John F. Conway, assist- ant county prosecutor, said Kenna- mer confided to him he shot and killed the 23-year-old dental student because of a note demanding $20,000 from Homer F. Wilcox, sr., Tulsa oil man, under threat of Kkidnaping his daughiter, Virginia Wilcox. Kennamer, son of Federal Judge Franklin E. Kennamer, pleaded not guilty yesterday when arraigned on a charge of murder in the first degree. Arn examination of the youth by men- tal experts was ordered by County At- torney Holly Anderson Blamed on Note, Thomas, in his statement to Con- way, said Kennamer told him about the shooting last Thursday night al‘! a suburban cafe about 15 minutes before Gorrell's body was found “He then said he killed Gorrell be- cause of that extortion note,” Thomas statement said * What extortion note?’ I asked| him. ‘This one’ he said. ‘Read it.’ I told him I didn't want to read it.| He insisted and handed me an en- | velope. It was soiled, but had never been mailed. 1 don't believe there was any name or address on the en- | velepe. There were three sheets of | writing paner in the envelope, I| think. The letter was written in black ink. It wasn't typewritten. “Demangded $20,000.” “I didn't pay much attention to} the note, but I remember it said if Mr. Wilcox didn't pay a $20,000 ran- som they were going to kidnap his daughter, Virginia Wilcox. I remem- ber it said that when he was to get in touch with them he was to identify | himself over the telephone as ‘H. H.| W.' As I remember it the letter was | signed ‘Mr. X’ Im not sure of that though. “Phil said he killed John Gorrell because of this extortion note writ- ten by John. He said it was the work of a gang in Kansas City. I didn't| pay much attention to any of the conversation because I didn't believe it. It was the first time I had heard Phil mention Gorrell's name. I didn’t know Georrell.” Before Thomas was questioned County Attorney Anderson said he was seeking Homer F. Wilcox, jr. 17, for questioning. Anderson said he felt 1he boy could “help to clear up some perplexing angles” of the case. The elder Wilcox was reported en route io New York. WINNERS NAMED IN DOLL CONTEST Three Girls at Hillerest Village Lead Entries of Children's Theater Group. Three little girls who live at the Hillcrest Children’s Village were an- nounced today as winners of the doll contest sponsored by the Children's Theater in connection with the pres- entation at the National Theater Sat- urday morning of “Nobody's Girl.” The winners were Edith Pinkus, 13 year old; Marie Couch, 13 years old, and Virginia Forness, 12 years old. Of all the entries in the contest. theirs | were found to be the most authentic | French peasant costumes and the most carefully made. The contest for boys, | however, failed to draw a single entry, no boys in Washington caring to whit- tle donkeys for free seats. I Although each of the prize-winners | is entitled to choice seats at Satur- day’s performance of the famous | French children’s story, they decided | to pool their prizes. making it possible | for 15 other children at the village to attend. As a result the three who won prizes will share the box they won | as first prize with tbeir escort, and | the other seats in‘the orchestra will | be exchanged for erfough less expen- | sive places for their friends The prizes will be awarded this aft- ernoon by Mile. Agnes de Laboulaye, daughter of the French Ambassador, at the headquarters of the Women's International League. Fasting Honeymoons Ended. Unromantic law stopped the fasting of three brides and their grooms at | Blackpool, England, when protests were made to the police by outsiders. The six had been exhibited in glass cabi- nets in three shows. One couple that had been fasting for 21 days were ordered on a milk diet. Two of the shows closed immediately. - SPECIAL NOTICES. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOC HOLDERS OF THE HOME PLATE GLASS INSURANCE COMPANY of the City of Washington, for the election of Trustees, held' at_the office of i F St. N.-W.. Nationa nesday. Janua pm. Polls ope D WILLIAM H. 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Japan Is United on Navy, Stressing Aims Saito Says, Former Premier Wrongly Represe Japan, remains staunch in hope @ he wants the world to know that h he was quoted as saying that Japa He gives his views in this drticle. By Cable to The Star. uncivilized when we were enjoying the of military arts with creditable intellig The word “equality” which we insist The West grossly misunderstands our for the Japanese insistence upon naval naval strength. drastic reduction of naval armaments. Therefore, with her intention to t fo but on the contrary is eager to have and more adequate treaty. armaments to a strength based on prot commerce and protection to the coast ships limited in size and guns so that Proposal Formulated. Last August, in an interview given the Christian Science Monitor, I ex- pressed this ideal as a remote Utopian hope, but I was glad to know that the Japanese government has now formu- lated a proposal embodying such an ideal to a certain degree. My surprise and chagrin are therefore great that today we are accused of challenging unlimited naval competition. I am, however, hopeful. I have seen miracles performed, and now, in my old age, I am still hopeful for the joint action of the nations to estab- lish and maintain permanent peace in the Pacific and reduce public ex- penditures on naval armaments to give relief to the suffering humanity of the world. Indeed, I should like to see & new formula worked out so the taxpayers of every nation could be relieved from the terrific strain. This can only be brought about by mutual agreements of the nations. If, however, we fail to come to a new agreement and a free-for-all naval race starts, I shudder to think where the future generation is going to be. The World War taught us a bitter lesson, and now we all know another war will be a death blow to civilization. Moreover, we cannot and dare not place an additional burden on the shoulders of a tired, struggling civilization, Pleads for Saner View. ‘Therefore I sincerely plead to you, Americans, to takt a saner view of the situation and help us to reach a new agreement to make any form of offensive war impossible. When the Christian Science Moni- tor requested the interview on naval armament control I referred to earlier, I gladly consented, for I sincerely hoped my informal and un- official discussion might help to clear up the increasing fear and suspicion loomivg among the nations. Little did I realize then that what I had to say would create another us. Save dollars. Call us_up! KOONS EOOFING 033 v 5t. N.W. I COMPANY. _ NOrth 4473, ELECTRICAL Zreames, a0 'Bhop on Wheels. Inc. have shops ail over town to serve you. See your Telephone Di sectory for branch nearest you or call Wi consin 4821. No fob t00 smali or too la source of misinformation in regard to the internal political situation of my own country. Truly, there was no division of opinion in Japan on naval armament, and therefore I could not possibly mand for naval equality. He was w In short, Japan proposes to limit all naval t line. He t and Declares nted in W That Country Is Not Divided. Viscount Admiral Saito, foe of jingoism and former premier of nd efforts for continued peace, but is country is unified behind the de- rongly represented, he writes, when n was divided on naval armament. BY VISCOUNT MAKOTO SAITO. TOKIO, December 4 (N.AN.A)—The West considered us barbarous and | peace of three long centuries. Today, because we have to rank as one of the big powers and discuss the problems ence, the West looks upon us with fear and suspicion. upon in London has only one meaning for them—a demand for unheard-of naval aggrandizement. proposal, equality and repudiation of the present ratio system is by no means a demand for an increase in her She is convinced, rather, that parity is the first and only logical step toward the future erminate the Washington treaty of 1922, Japan is earnest- ly seeking a new formula of limitation by which each nation recognizes the right to equality for defense, and which at the same time makes any rm of offensive war impossible in the future. Further, it should not be overlooked that Japan was not seeking for an era of no treaty. a better VISCOUNT SAITO. ection to She further wishes to see all they will be purely defensive. have made such a statement, or said that navy or army men were schem- ing to apply pressure upon the prime minister in the interest of larger ar- mament. To be sure, there are always a few misguided enthusiasts who both in speech and action must take a strong stand in every issue, but no intelli- | gent men, either in America or in Japan, consider their views worth taking into account. Moreover, it is absurd to think that a political party could bring great enough pressure on the premier to force him to change the opinion of a nation. Emphasizes United Stand. Once and for all, let me state with utmost emphasis that as far as the naval policy of my country is con- cerned, whether conservatives or lib- erals, we are one and united. There is not and never has been any divi- sion of opinion on our insistence upon asking for equality in naval ratios. To- day the Japanese delegates in London and our diplomatic representatives abroad have made the Japanese stand clear. In conclusion, let me express my deep appreciation of the unflagging effort of the outstanding newspapers of America, which maintain the high- est ideals of the press. I am deeply appreciative of their co-operative en- deavor for the cause of international good will and peace. (Copyright. 1934. by North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) DINNERS FOR 4,000 The annual turkey dinner at the Sacred Heart Church will take place Wednesday and Thursday from 4:45 to 8 p.m,, with plans for serving ap- proximately 2,000 people each day in the parish hall of the church, Six- teenth street and Park road. Among the committee chairmen are Miss Annie Cooksey, decorations; Mrs. Charles Curtin, refreshments; Mrs. William McCarthy, general arrange- ments; Mrs. Joseph F. Dowdall, host- ess; Miss Marie McDonald, waitresses; Mrs, William Morris, kitchen, and Mrs. Frank Defontes. pantry arrange- [y 2 ment. Was DR.ARMSTRONG SEEN| BACK AT WORK SOON Victim of “Sleeping Sickness” | Discharged From Naval Hospital Saturday. Dr. Charles Armstrong. who was| stricken nearly four weeks ago while | doing research work in his laboratory | in the National Institute of Health | by an insidious form of encephalitis. | or “sleeping sickness,” with which he | was experimenting, will be able to re- turn to his work within a week or 10 days. He was discharged from the Naval Hospital Saturday and is rest- ing at his home at 1001 Otis street | northeast. | At the time he was taken ill by | this strange malady doctors were un- able to diagnose it due to the unusual | symptoms, which included lack of | sensibility to pain, fever and mental | disturbances. Now. however, the Pub- | lic Health experts have concluded | that Dr. Armstrong was probably the | first victim of a new virus of sleeping sickness which he discovered only a ‘i few weeks before being taken ill. U. S. AID TO BRITAIN IN ARMS DELIVERY IN 1914 REVEALED (Continued From First Page.) members said showed interference by the munitions industry in disarma- ment and other peace negotiations. Dr. Manley O. Hudson, Harvard law professor, was the first witness. He said the proposed arms control plan recently submitted to the world by the United States represented the “high water mark of post-war effort” to control munitions of war. It provided for licensing companies dealing in munitions and for full re- URGED FOR STATES Tax Administrators’ Head Sees Only Hope for Im- mediate Relief. By the Associated Press. FRENCH LICK, Ind., December 4.— The only hope of the States for im- mediate action to lighten the tax burden rests in passage by Congress of & bill enabling them to tax incom- ing interstate shipments, Fred E. Stewart of Sacramento, Calif., presi- dent of the National Association of State Tax Administrators, said here today. A resolution urging President Roose- velt to ask support for such legislation was before the association in the final session of its second annual meeting here today. - Stewart, a member of the California State Board of Equalization, was scheduled for re-election as presi- dent. “The national association is en- deavoring to reduce the tax burden on the common taxpayers,” Stewart said, “by broadening the base and prevent- ing loss of tax revenues to which States rightfully gre entitled. This can be accomplishe® primarily through enactment by the next Congress of legislation sponsored by the national association which will compel inter- state sellers of merchandise by retail | to pay the levy imposed on sales by | the various States.” Judge Oscar Leser of the State Tax Ccmmission of Maryland, urged the conference to support the Steagall bill amending the national banking act. He said this will restore to the States the power to levy taxes on national bank shares which they enjoyed for a number of years prior to a Supreme Court decision in 1921 interpreting a section of the Federal statutes. That section provides that a State cannot tax national bank shares at a greater rate than other intangibles. | | i BALANCED BUDGET ROOSEVELT HOPES UNDER NEW PROGRAM (Continued From First Page.) and the Relief Administration, closer than they have hitherto been. «4) Approval of a revised N. R. A, largely drafted by Donald R. Rich- berg, to become a permanent phase of American industrial life (5) Study of the new program of social insurance, to be handed on to the various States for their legisla-! tive enactment as early in the new | year as possible. | (6) Development of regional vlan- ning, similar to the T. V. A,, in other sections of the Nation (7) Extension, as an outgrowth of | regional planning, of the cheap-power | yardstick to all parts of the Union (8) Consolidation of certain agen- cies which now overlap in their work. Another Fireside Talk. On top of these specific tasks, all ¢f which reflect the “state of the Na-| tion,” and hence constitute subject my barographs in for checking of the STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1934, TARFF AUTHORITY Post Plans New Hop to Better Yesterday’s Stratosphere Mark Believes He Reached Record of 48,000 Feet, but Battle With Oxygen ° Suit Marred Flight. Wiley Post believes he set a new world altitude record in his flight Monday in the Winnie Mae, the plane in which he established a ’round-the-world speed mark. He describes his altitude flight in the Jfollowing article. The mark Post had to beat was 47,352.2 feet, set by Lieut. Renato Donati of Italy. BY WILEY POST. BARTLESVILLE, Okla., December 4—The Winnie Mae of Oklahoma | rode higher yesterday than any other airplane has ever ridden before, I believe. But probably before I send | altitude I reached, I'll make still | another attempt and try to go even higher. My calculations are tha® I reached | about 48,000 feet, figuring by the rate at which I climbed and the time I was up there. | I say I think the ship went to a new peak, but for a while I was 5o | of my eye, save my suit and per- haps my body from blowing up, and | keep my lungs from bursting that I was not sure just what went on. | Between the fime I started fighting | that oxygen valve and the time I| looked down again, I had traveled | about 125 miles away from my start- ing point and I was climbing all the time. Then I leveled off and started down, realizing the valve was hope- less and that T was running short of gasoline and over strange country, | whers I knew of no suitable land- ing space. Lands on Hatbox Field. I nad to keep up the struggle and sort of navigate by glances down, which necessitated a landing at Hat- box Field, the Army post at Muskogee, 110 miles from here, where I got gas that =nabled me to return here. The weather was ideal and every- thing went swell to 20,000 feet. The oxygen generator worked con- stantly, so at 20,000 feet I screwed on the facepiece to close up my suit and | turned on the supercharger. | Shortly the pressure in my suit | jumped to 6 pounds, whereas it was| supposed to be 3'. pounds, ahd I was forced to work the plane’s controls and fly with one hand while I worked the throttle to the suit with the other. 1 thought I had it working all right | and let go of the throttle to change | the pitch of the propeller, and she started to build way up again, so I had to let loose other controls to go back and throttle that suit by hand I could feel that the liquid oxygen was about to come through the generator, | and I was afraid it would spurt into my helmet and blow up the suit. Flies 125 Miles Away. 1 was cutting big circles and holding back on the stick, with the stabilizer | set on “nose up.” I began changing | the pitch on the propeller. That is the last time I looked down until I | got that suit pressure down. Then I busy ‘rying to keep liquid oxygen out | was over the mountains, 125 miles away. | The wind was very strong and my speed terrific, but I don't know what they were, nor the temperature. | Contrary to previous reports, I.' failed to notice any curvature in the earth. As a matter of fact, every- thing below looked about the same as it does in normal flying. except a lot smaller, and the distances between places seemed much shorter The supercharger worked perfectly and the engine was running smoothly, | although along at the last the num- ber of revolutions per minute dropped { down a little, due mainly. I think, to my inability to change the propeller pitch. It 1s because of these things that I want to keep these official instruments | here, make a few adjustments upon | the plane, get that oxygen system | worked out and try again. This | should take only a few days. I (Copyright 1954 by North A it ican ewspaper Alliance. Inc.) HOSPITAL BOARD OFFICIALS NAMED Children’s Aid Corporation Re-elects All Persons Directing Project. — Officers and members of the board of directors whese terms had expired and annual members of the Children’s Hos- pital organization were re-elected yes- terday at the annual meeting of cor- porate members of the hospital. Re~ ports were made by O. H. P, Johnson president of the board of directors, matter for the forthcoming annual ! and by other directing and department | heads, who told of the work done dur- ports of such activities. Hudson, one of the Senate commit- tee's advisers, said: “If such a treaty could be put into effect by the principal producing na- tions. and if it could be properly im- plemented by national legislation, it would ‘constitute a great step for- ward.” World Action Held Needed. Hudson, a member of the Perma- nent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, said control of arms could come only through international ac- tion. Hudson said the treaty proposed by the United States goes a long way rigidly to supervise manufacture as well as trade in arms. As Hudson left the stand the com- | mittee called jointly Irenee du Pont, Mr. Stone, the president of the Colt | company, and H. F. Beecbe, manager of ilhe Foreign Department of the Win- | chester Arms Co. As Nye began to question Stone about his company's relations with foreign manufacturers, members of the committee staff disclosed sus- picions that documents desired by the investigators had disappeared from the files at the Du Pont company. One committee official said some of the investigators had suspicions of | | this kind, but that the committee was not in a position to prove them. Stone said his company prior to the war had licensing arrangements with the National Arms Manufacturing Co. of Belgium and Vickers, Ltd., of Eng- | land for manufacture of certain arms |in countries designated by the Colt company. Vickers, he said, made machine guns for Russia under a contract with the | Colt company. New Evidence Indicated. Before today’s. hearing opened, Chairman Nye said the committee had uncovered evidence that European munitions makers deliberately “scut- tled” a Geneva plan to control world | trade in implements of war. He said | the evidence would be revealed in the new series of committee hearings, Arms manufacturers, Nye said, sat at the elbows of some official dele- | gates to an international conference held at Geneva in 1925, and influ- enced them in writing an agreement | so innocuous as to be “hopeless.” The European group of arms men, he asserted, also appealed to American manufacturers for assistance and got it. Munitions officials knew who the American delegates were three weeks Dex‘:." the list was made public, he sal State Department Acts. While these assertions were being made, it became known that the State Department has taken a new step to expedite international action on/ America’s proposal to control the manufacture and sale of munitions. Secretary of State Hull has called | Hugh R. Wilson, Minister to Switzer- land, to Washington for a conference. After discussing the proposal in the light of European reaction, Wilson will return to Geneva in time to push for its adoption at the January meet- ing of the Disarmament Conference’s Special Arms Control Committee. message to Congress, the President is preparing for another fireside talk to the Nation, due on either December 9 or 16. With only one or two exceptions | these close advisers and fellow mem- bers of the swimming pool cabinet will remain over here until tomorrow and return to Washington on the President’s special train Almost immediately upon their ar- rival here yesterday Secretaries Mor- genthau and Ickes were initiated into the President’s swimming pool cabi- net. , The President saw to this. He| was at the pool with Administrator Hopkins and Dr. Tugwell when the two cabinet members arrived. In the case of the stocky Secretary of Interior, the President admitted him to membership in this newly or- ganized group without having to go into the water. Mr. Ickes hung over the rail of the pool and laughed and chatted with the others as they splashed about in the water. The President took a recess from his conference during the afternoon ! long enough to permit him to witness | some stunt flying by Al Williams, for- mer Navy ace flyer, who was giving an exhibition for the entertainment of the patients of the Warm Springs Foundation, and later to personally | make half a dozen calls upon old friends living on the reservation of | the Warm Springs colony. BAR GROUP TO MEET meet at the Mayflower Hotel Friday night to discuss a proposed amendment to its by-laws and a resolution calling upon Congress to provide funds for construction of a municipal center here. The proposed change in the by-laws would prevent a president of the asso- ciation from serving more than one consecutive term. CHICAGO IMPORTS GAIN CHICAGO, December 4 (#).—A new high in customs receipts for Novem- ber since the start of the depression was announced yesterday by Collector of Customs Anthony Czarnecki. A total of $1,814425.62 was collected during the month. Czarnecki attributed the increase, which surpassed the figure for Novem- ber, 1928, to improved business con- ditions, the World's Fair stimulus and the importation of holiday liquor. THE | SECRET of READING PEOPLE at SIGHT! Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at A.KXahn Jnc. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. | 492 YEARS at 935 F STREET | i 9 FREE LECTURES HARRY H. BALKIN Famous Suecess-Scientist and Character-Analyst “The New Science of Analyzing Character” Sun., Dec. 9th; Mon., Dec. 10th 8:15P.M. ADMISSION FREE Masonic Auditorium 13th & New York Ave. Tune in H. H. Balkin— TONIGHT at 7:30, WISV ing the past year and stressed future needs of the institution. The officers of the board, headed by | Mr. Johnson. all were re-elected. The other officers are Thomas B. Sweeney first vice president; Col. Arthur O’Brien. second vice president, and Dr. John Allan Talbot, secretary. The National Metropolitan Bank was re- named as the hospital's treasurer., Board Members Re-elected. Board members re-elected for five- year terms were Admiral W. H. Brown- son, James M. Green and Frank S Hight. Col. Reginald S. Huidekoper was elected to the board to fill a vacancy. Annual members of the hospital or- ganization re-elected were Miss Mary B. Adams_ Comdr. Paul Bastedo, Mrs. W. H. Brownson, Harry Butcher, S. T. Cameron, Miss Alice J. Clapp. Phillip O. Coffin, E. F. Col- laday, Karl Corby, Mrs. Whitman Cross. Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, Matthews Dick, Mrs. William Eustis, Charles F. M. Fadeley, Mrs. Frederick de C. Faust. J. 8. Flannery, Mrs. Flather, Sherman Flint. G. W. Fors- berg, Julius Garfinckel, Capt. John i Mrs. oC. C. Glover, C. C. § W. F. Ham, George E Hamilton, William Hibbs, Frank Ho- gan, Mrs. Beale Howard, Walter Hutchins, Woodson Houghton, Harri- son Howe, R. M. Kauffmann, Samuel H. Kauffmann, Mrs. Victor Kaufl- mann, Dr. Harry Hyland Kerr, Frederick William J. Lyon, Ridley McLean, William J. Mc- Manus, William Montgomery, Mrs. Ge- neva B. Nairn, W. B. Nairn, Fleming Newbold, Mrs. Ross Perry, C. W. Pimper, Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, | Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph, H. L. Rust, Mrs. B. F. Saul, C. Melvin Sharpe, Miss Julia D. Smoot, Mrs. Louis Titus, Edward R. True, Horace Westcott, Lloyd B. Wilson, Oscar W. Underwood, Jr., and Mrs. John R. Williams. New Heating Plant Needed. Mr. Johnson, in his annual report, stressed the need of a new heating plant for the hospital and the desira- bility of wiping out, as soon as pos- sible, a $200.000 debt against the hos- pital, which bears an interest of approximately $10,000 annually. The building of the new heating plant, the head of the board of directors said, would release space occupied by the present plant for other hospital work. Mr. Sweeney, the first vice president and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, told of the ever-increasing A TYPEWRITER for Christmas? A typewriter as a Christ- mas gift gives the recipient more years of happiness than any other gift. 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Mrs. Frederick DeC.Faust, president | of the Child Welfare Society Board of the hospital, reported the clinical record showed 13,337 visits were made | to the organization's prevention of dis- ease clinics and 5248 visits made to homes by nurses during the vear end- | ing October 31. The nutrition worker of the society gave 113 food demon- strations with a total attendance of | 1,349. She also told of other general | work under auspices of the Child Wel- fare Society in aiding in the preven- | tion of disease and keeping disease from spreading. Mrs. Frederick Brooke, president of the Board of Lady Visitors, told of the work of the board and stressed the | need of a new heating plant at the hospital. Many Visits Made. Miss Lucia Murchison, director of the Junior League social service de- partment of the hospital. reported the dispensary during the year had re- ferred 647 cases and the wards 353 cases to the department. There were 3.536 visits paid in behalf of these patients. “Our continued work with the outside agencies is evidenced by the fact that 1.462 medical reports were given,” Miss Murchison said. The Junior League Volunteer Com- mittee, under direction of Agnes Sands, gave valuable service, she said The group was addressed by Her- bert L. Willette, jr., director of the| Community Chest. Miss Phillip O. Coffin, president of the board of the Children’s Country Home, reported on | work at the home. NOW I EAT JCUCUMBERS ! No Upset Stomach Thanks to Bell-ans Relie! because it DISSOLVES s reaches stor ready to act. Sure —— mach Relief sinice 1897 and Trial is Prool. 25 NOW.... Get Your CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS and check over your lights for repairs and new bulb replacements. =~ MUDDIMAN ¢ 911 G St. Nat’l 0140-2622 Organized 1888 CoAL Your coal bin is a sure dividend payer these days providing you fill it with Rinaldi's READING An- thracite Coal. 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