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AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT — A
smiling President Truman, with Mrs.
Truman also smiling at his side, waves in
answer to an ovation Saturday night in
Washington after he told Democrats at
the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner he will
not be a candidate for re-election. Under
Wilson's Sudden Resignation Dims
Hopes Of Averting Steel Strike
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QUINTON LUMPKIN
Georgia Assistant Coach
Quinfon Lumpkin
Will Add
Opfimist Club
Guest speaker at the Athens
Optimist Club's weekly meeting
tomorrow night at the Georgian
Hotel will be Quintin Lumpkin,
defensive line coach for the Geor
gia Bulldogs.
Lumpkin’s talk will be part of
the Optimist Club’s series of lec
tures on youth, and the ex-Bull
dog ‘center will supplement his
talk with movies of the 1952 G-
Day game and a discussion of the
team’s possibilities for the coming
S€2Boll.
Previous speakers in the series
were Clarke County Sheriff Tom
my Huff, and Athens Police Chief
Clarence J. Roberts.
Macon Native
Born in Macon, and now resid
in4 in Athens, Lumpkin is consid
cred the greatest center in Georgia
foothall history. He was selected
to the second all-SEC team- in
1637, and the first -team all-con~
ference the following year. Lump
kin refused several professional
football offers after graduation
and accepted a coaching job at
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Army Reservists
Must Get Photos
All members of the Army Re
serve who have not had a photo
eraph taken for their Identification
Card will have an opportunity
Wednesday afternoon to fulfill this
requirement. An Army photo
grapher will be at the U. S. Arm
ory on Bast Hancock Avenue be
tween 1 and 5:45 p. m. on this day
to take photographs of each re
servist,
Under provisions of current
Army Regulations, each reservist
1s required te have in his posses
sion an Identification Card, Major
R. C. Prince, jr.,«commanding of
ficer of the ORC Instructor Group
in Athens, has announced. Before
this card ean be issued, each re
servist is required to have leghom
graph finfim ‘be. attached to
the card. ?
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Pre.” Yervice
his arm is the text of his speech, advance
copies of which did not contain the sur
prise anncuncement. “Are you happy over
that decision?” Mrs. Truman was asked.
“Of course, anything he says goes,” she
replied.— (AP Photo.)
. .
Strike Deadline
.
Set April 8
..By SIERLING F. GREEN
WASHINGTON, March 31—
(A?)—-Charles E. Wilson’s sudden
resignation as Mobilization Direc
tor in protest at administration
steel price policies dimmed hopes
today for averting a nationwide
steel strike April 8.
The industry, resuming peace
talks in New York with, 0
| United ‘Steéh¥orkers, 4
with no assurance of a price boost
to offset a government-recommen
ded 17 %4 cents an hour wage in- I
crease,
The future of wage-price control ]
itself clouded overnight. l
Sep. Maybank (D-SC.) broke off
hearings of his Senate Banking
Committeeron the Extension of the
do_zfense production act, which ex
pires June 30, “until the air has
cleared.”
Wave Of Hysteria
The Future of controls, May
bank said, should not be deliberat
ed in a “wave of hysteria and gon
fusion, charges and countercharg
es.” Some legislators have urged
the scraping of controls.
Maybank praised Wilson, for
mer President of General Electric
Company and executive vice
chairman of the War Production
Board in World War 11, as a “great
American”. The committee, he said
definitely will want {c know who
will administer controls as Wil
son’s successor. ‘
Truman had no nomination rea- |
dy. He designated his assistant,
John R. Steelman, to direct the of
fice of Defense Moblization tempo
rarily.
The President, in accepting Wil
son’s resignation, declared ' the
wage terms recommended by the
Wage Stabilization Board (WSB) ;
were “by no means unreasonable.” 1
He said he believed steel profits
were “many times higher” than |
the proposed new wage costs.
Wilson’s Letter ‘
‘ Wilson’s letter was cdated Fri-{
| day but made effective today. It|
| told the President Wilson couid
| not “accept public rt‘sponsibilityl
| for major stabilization action
i which I can not control.” |
The President voiced regret and
paid tribute to Wilson’s “vigor. |
competence and effectiveness” in |
his post. Both the letters were
phrased in friendly and respectful
terms. But they disclosed a vast
policy conflict. |
| Originally, Wilson {xvored nei-i
| ther wage nor price increase in |
steel. He told associates they
would have the widest inflationary
reprecussions. |
‘Woods Services
Howard J. Woods, 45, well
known resident of the Danielsville
Road, died at his home this morn- |
ing at 6:15 o'clock after an illness
of several months, ‘
Services are to be conducted |
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock‘
from Calvary Baptist Church with
Rev. C. H. Ellison, pastor of Cen
tral Baptist Church, officiating. ‘
Burial will follow in Calvary |
Cemetery, brothers-in-law of Mr. |
Woods serving as pallbearers.
Bernstein Funeral Home is in}
charge of arrangements. |
Mr. Woods is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Pearlie Williams
Woods; daughter, Miss Rosa Lee
Woods, Athens; father, W. E.
Woods, Athens sister, Miss Love
Woods, Abbeville, S. C.; five
brothers, Shebbie, Radford and
Cody W:fil, all of Milledgeville,
-Ga., O'Ni Woodl,‘PC::wtord, and
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’On Russia |
I BY SAM SUMMERLIN
- MUNSAN; sKorea, March .31~
(AP)—Communist staff = officers
today proposed that top level ne
lgotiators try to break the dead
llock over whether Russia should
help police a Korean truce.
} The Reds suggested the joint
subcommittee on armistice super
vision emet for the first time in
'more than two months at 11 a. m.
‘tomorrow (9 p. m, . EST, Mon
~day).
Colonel Don O. Darrow said the
U. N. commmand reply would be in
'Communist hands two hours be
fore the meeting would begin.
~ The Reds nominated Russia as
‘one of their three representatives
on a neutral inspection commis
-sion last February 16.
~ They say Russia qualifies as a
‘neutral and has every right to in
lspect troops and supplies moving
into Korea during a truce. The
‘Allies say Russia is in effect a
\be]ligerent and is wholly unac
‘ceptable.
~ Staff officers have made no
headway toward an agreement
‘and for’ several days there have
been reports that the isspe wolld
be handed to top negotiators.
POW Issue
A second group of staff officers
working on plans for exchanging
prisoners of war completed a full
week of secret sessions. 2
~ As usual there was no hint as to
‘whether the negotiators have
'made progress.
Colonel George W. Hickman
itold newsmen ‘“we continued our
,e;(plorations in an amicable ses~
sion.”
’ Only the issue of “forced repa
triation” remains unsolved in%he
}prisoner-exchange debate. he
’Reds want all prisoners of war
retirned. The Allies insist that
prisoners be allowed to choose
whetner they want to go home,
| Iron Out Problems
‘ Two problems must be ironed
iout pefore an agreement is reach
‘ed on truce supervision, One is
iCommunist nomination of Russia
|as a neutral inspector. The other is
' allied insistance that airfield con
| struction be banned during an
| armistice.
The airfield issue was not on
the staff officers’ agenda, but
Darrow said the Communists of
fered to include airfields in areas
opened to neutral inspection teams
if the Allies do not denmrand a con
struction ban.
The U. N. command protested
lSunday that Communist prisoners
'of war camps- are too close to
' Communist supply lines in North
Korea. The Reds refused flatly to
!move the camps.
| “If your side is sincerely con
| cerned about the security of pris
. oners you.should not carry out
wanton bombings,” said Chinese
Colonel Wang Chien.
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Captain Wilson
. . k
Kiwanis Speaker
‘ Captain Roy Wilson, recently re
{ turned veteran of the Korean cam
'paign, will address the Kiwanis
Club at the weekly session in the
Georgia hotel Tuesday afternnoon
at 1 o’clock.
Captain Wilson will give some
view on events in Korea for the
benefit of club members. All Ki
wanians have been urged to at
.tend the meeting.
ATHENS, CA.,, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1952,
Truman Sends Backers On Search
For New Party Standard Bearer
Bannerlines On
Truman Decisi
By The Associated Press
Most of the world’s press ban
nerlined President Truman's de
cision to step down from the
Whitehouse post but it had not yet
been published in Moscow. It was
safe to say the Russians will not
grieve. Truman and his foreign
policy have been targets almost:
daily of Soviet press and radio.
London papers stressed the
“shock” and “confusion” they
foresaw among Democrats. In
Milan, Italy, the Communist
L’unita headlined: “Truman with
draws to open way for generals.”
‘Japanese papers played the news
big, but treated it editorially as a
“trial balloon.” Mexican papers
put it high on page one.
Former British Prime Minister
Clement Attlee declined comment,
but other European officials were
less reticent. Maurice Schuman,
French foreign affairs expert, ap
plauded Truman’s “wisdom for
knowing when to quit.” West
German circles worried about fu
ture U, S. foreign poliey. Danish
Foreign Minister Ole Bjoern Kraft
expressed hope it would be the
same as that laid down by Tru
man.
% Silent On Chaice
~ The President, meanwhile, kept
silent on his choice of a successor,
Gov. Stevenson seemed more re
ceptive toward the nomination
that formerly.
As other political leaders began
trotting out *“favorite sons” and
“dark horses”, there were few
‘ who thought the President would
'not take an active interest in se
lection of a new standard bearer.
He told the reception:
“I am just as sure as that I .am
standing here that the Democratic
convention in July will nominate
a winner. 3
“I will be in there just the seme
as if\l wer@.the nominee hecgiue
I am that kind of a Democrat. T'm’
not a fair day Democrat.”
Stevenson was asked directly on
NBC’s “Meet the Press” television
program: “Will you say that you
will not accept the Democratic
nomination?” He said he would
not say that.
One immediate effect of Tru
man’s action was to spur the cam
paigning of Sen. Estes Kefauver of
Tennessee, the crime investigator
who gave the President a stunning
defeat in the New Hampshire pri
mary, and the hopes of Sen. Rich- |
ard Russell of Georgia, candidate
of the anti-Truman forces in the
south; }
At the same time, pro-Truman
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County Exceeds
'S Polio Drive
R. H. Kimbrell of Athens, Clarke
county chairman for the 1952
March of Dimes, announced today
that his county had «collected a
total to date of $9,331.00, ex
ceeding last year’s total by nearly
$1,000.00,
~ General Alvan C. Gillem, ex
ecutive director of the Georgia
March of Dimes, issued a state
ment today from Atlanta praising
the work done by Kimbrell and
his committees in the recent drive.
“The fight against polio can be
continued only because local
groups like those in Clarke county
are willing to give their time and
energy to the cause,” said Gillem.
“As a result, the Georgia Chap
ter of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis can continue
to give immediate treatment to
polio victims throughout the state,
and the National Foundation can
go on with tits research, which we
hope will lead to eventual eradi
cation of the erippling disease.”
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CONFESSES HOAX-—Here are two studies of television
actress Anne Sterling after she had revealed that her
story of being kidnaped and beaten by four men was a
hoax. In her most recent statement she accuses an oil
rich Hollywood playboy of beating her in his home after
she met him at a nightclub.— (NEA Telephoto.)
Demos Feverishly Attempt
To Figure Coming Election
Truman Decided
ATLANTA, March 81—(AP)—
The only Georgia political leader
who spoke regretfully of Presi
dent Truman’s decision, not to run
again was Republican Harry Som
mers.
The GOP national eommittee=
man said, “I am sorry to see Tru
man isn’t running. From the Re
publican point of view he repre
sents everything we think of as
corrupt and extravagant in the
administration of the govern
ment.”
Among the Democrats there was
obvious joy. Gov. Herman Tal
madge was “delighted.”
“It is my belief that hig an
nouncement will be of tremendous
assistance to Sen. Russell's candi
dacy.”
Another strong supporter of the
Georgia senator, state Democratic
Chairman James Peters, agreed
with the Governor. Russell, he de
clared, should go into the Demo
cratic national convention with
more pledged delegates than any
other candidate. .
‘T figure this assures Russell’s
nomination,” exulted James V,
Carmichael, once a strong Tal
madge foe, who has joined the
governor in the Russell camp.
Former Gov. M. E. Thompson
said the President made his de
cision because he “knew he
cosldn’t e electéd.” "
“Russell can be nominated and
elected,” he added, ‘if he can dis
sipate the fear that he might be
the tool of the Dixiecrats.”
* * *
Easter Seal Fund
Athens and Clarke -County’s
Easter Seal Fund goal is $4,000.
Total received to
N L o BB
Short of goal ........ $2,704.65
Don’t forget to send your con
tribution. Remember that 91.7
percent contributed will remain
here,
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and mild with scat
tered showers and thunder
storms tonight and ‘Tuesday.
Wednesday, partly cloudy and
mild. Low tonight 54, and high
tomorrow 72, Sun sets today at
6:53 p. m. and rises tomorrow
at 6:21 a. m.
G E O R G I A—Cloudy and
warm through Tuesday; scat
tered showers and thunder
storms tonight and Tuesday and
some scattered light showers in
west and north portions this
afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
SHRRINE .(Y 5 s e ]S
BOWRE- . Tt adai
DI i ciea-vins sy ehviOß
TRNERE L L vend e 00
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since March 1 ... ...10.82
Excess since March 1 .-, .. 553
Average March rainfall ... 527
Total since January 1 .., ..18.39
Excess since January 1 ... 3.19
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Russell High On
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Possible Slate
By D, HAROLD OLIVER
WASHINGTON, March 31 —
(AP) —- President Truman’s un
equivocal “I shall not accept re
nomination” today had politicians
feverishly trying to figure out the
possible 1952 beneficiary or bene
ficiaries of those 24 million votes
Truman polled to confound the
experts in 1948.
.Some thought they had it all
doped out, Others just had hopes.
Both groups had axes to grind for
favorite sons. Neutral observers
who witnessed the historic pro
nouncement of Saturday night
preferred to wait and see what
happens at the nominating con
ventions in Chicago this July.
Dangled before the curious were
such possible Democratic tickets
as these:
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illi
nois for President and Sen. Rich
ard B. Russell of Georgia for Vice
President; and vice versa.
Vice President Alben W. Bark
ley for President and take your
pick for second place.
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes=
see for President or Vice Presi
dent; the same for Sen. Robert S.
Kerr of Oklahoma.
Speaker of the House Sam Ray
burn of Texas for President and
a northerner for Vice President.
Supreme Court Justice William
O. Douglas for President and take
your choice for Vice President.
Douglas said in January he would
not be a candidate then or in the
future,
Leaders Differ
Democratic leaders differed as.
to whether they thought the Pres
ident would try to dictate his suc~
cessor. Some thought he would
adopt a hands-off attitude and
thus bring about a wide-open con
vention for the first time in 20
years.
Other believed he would step
in only if he saw the nomination
going to someone who does not
stand four-square for his foreign
and domestic program,
A third group feels he will try
to persuade Gov. Stevenson to
’ make a bid for the nomination or
- at least let it be known that he
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Cawthon Rites
This Afternoon
The many friends%sf Mrs. A. G.
Bass, West View Drive, will regret
to learn of the death early Sunday
morning .in Toccoa, Ga., of her
father, W. H. Cawthon. Mr. Caw
thon had been ill for some time.
~ Services were held this after
noon at 3 o’clock in Toccoa, with
burial following there.
In addition to his daughter, Mrs.
Bass, Mr. Cawthon is survived by
his wife, two other daughters and
three sons.
English Teachers
Meet In Atlanta
The Georgia Council of Teachers
of English, a part of the Georgia
Education Association, will meet
in convention on Friday, April 4,
in Atlanta. Meetings will be held
in the Assembly Room of the At
lanta Public Library.
A report of the survey of the
Enblish Study in Geofgia will be
made. This report will climax a
SIO,OOO project and several years
of planning and work. Those to
take part in the panel discussion
will be the members of the Eng
lish Commission: Dr. A. J. Walker,
Georgia Institute of Technology;
Mr. W. E. Pafford, Siate Depart
ment of Education; Miss Regina
Pinkston, Greenville High School;
Dr. Calvin Brown, University of
Georgia; Mr, Paul Farmer, Henry
Grady High School; Dr. Bernice
Fr®eman, supervisor, Troup Coun
ty Schools; Mrs. O, E. Pruitt, sup
ervisor, Banks County Schools;
Mr. Henry K. Stanford, University
Center of Georgia; Miss Mary
White, Fulton County Schoois.
The Ilunchédbn meeting in the
Ansley Room of the Ansley Hotel
will honor Dr. John O. Eidson,
Professor of English at the Uni
versity of Georgia, and the editor
of the Georgia Review. Dr. Eidson
will speak to the group on the sub
ject “Southern Literature: a Re
gional Resource”.
At the afternoon meeting, in the
Assembly Room of the Atlanta
Public Library, Mr. Nathan Mil
ler, of Miami, Florida, will speak
to a joint meeting of the Speech
Association. Mr. Miller, Dean of
the Little River Junior High
School, is a leader in civie, religi
ous, and professional activities.
His special work in English has
been research in audiovisual aids,
guidance, and the psychological
bases of English teaching.
The meetings will begin at 9:00
a. m., with registration from 8:45
to 9:00. The luncheon will be at
12:%%' the afternoon. .session, .at
2:00. s Tk
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
lke's Campai
Topics Limifed
By ELTON C. FAY ‘
WASHINGTON, March 31 -—
(AP) — Should Dwight D. Eisen
hower be nominated for President,
the range of topics he could dis
cuss in campaign speeches could
be governed by whether he retires
from active duty or resigns his
commission.
Some of the things he could talk
about as “Mister Eisenhower”
would be different from matters
he would be priviledge to discuss
as a retired officer of the United
States Army.
A retired officer—including a
five-star Geeneral!—continues to be
subject to Army regulations. An
officer who resigns his commission
severs all relations with the Army
and ceases to be subject to Army
regulaticns. He also forfeits retire
ment benefits,
Some Issues
Some possible issues in a camp
aign include subjects which bear
security classifications — secret,
confidential or restricted. The rea
sons for classification may have
been that at the time they were
made they involved actual mili
tary information, such as pro
posed troop movements, or becauss
they were “documents dealfi
with such matters as negotiations
for Alliances and the like,” (a
section of Army regulation 380-5
on safeguarding military informa
dion). . Wi SRR
Often ¢lassification stamps re
main on information years after
the real reasons for security have
disappeared. Many documents of
World War II are still classified.
Should Eisenhower, as a re
tired General or officer in inactive
status, discuss subjects still classi
fied he would be quilty of viola
tion of Army regulations.
But as a civilian, with no mili
tary connection because he had re
signed from military, he would
be committing no infraction of
Army regulations. He would be
guided only by propriety and his
own determination of what, for
purely military security reasons,
he should not disclose,
Dixon Addresses
Optometry Meef
Dr. E. H. Dixon, head of the
Physics Department, University of
Georgia, discussed “Optometry
and Its Relation to Physics” at a
joint dinner meeting of the Ninth
and Tenth Congressional District
optometric societies at the Geor
gian Hotel here recently.
At their business meetings the
societies voted to co-operate in a
State-wide preventive education
program to encourage the in
clusion of provisions for “proper
seeing environments” in the new
multi-million dollar school con
struction program. A speakers bu~
reau will be set up to supply
speakers on the *“Co-Ordinated
Classroom.”
After the meeting Dr. and Mrs.
Walker H, Matthews entertained
members of the two societies at
their residence.
Among those in attendance were
Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Clifford, Dr,
and Mrs. R. W. Alford and Dr.
Leonard Wilensky, all of Augusta;
Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Wheeler, of
Elberton; Dr. and Mrs. W. C.
Branan, of Washington.
Dr. and Mrs. William R. Walker,
Greensboro; Dr. and Mrs. Lewis
H. Williams, Winder; Dr. Thomas
E. Morgan, Lawrenceville; Drs,
Carmen Burns and Charles A.
Meaders, Toccoa; Dr. W. A.
Owensby, Commerce; and Dr. and
Mrs. Matthews, Dr. and Mrs. A. J.
Denman, and Dr. Gerald H. Thom
as, all of Athens.
Reynolds Rises
Set Tuesday
Miss Nancy Elizabeth Reynolds,
prominent Crawford resident, died
at her home this morning at 4 o’-
clock. Miss Reynolds was 88 years
old and had been ill for the past
week,
Services are to be held Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock from Ed
wards Baptist Churcn, Crawford,
with Rev. Obie Hammonds and
Rev' .Elmer Brandon, officiating.
Burial will follow in Edwards
Cemetery, Bernstein Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements,
Pallbearers will he Tommy Rey
nolds, Doc Reynolds, Pete Rey
nolds and Lee Reynolds.
. Miss, Reypolds is survived by
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Gov. Stevenson
|s Main Choice
BY ERNEST B. VACCARO «
WASHINGTON, March 81.-—
' (AP) —— President Truman con
vinced all but the most stubbern
Truman die-hards today that he is
“draft-proof” and sent them on a
desperate hunt for a new Demo
cratic standard bearer,
Many seemed inclined to go
‘along with his own apparent
choice of Governor Adlai Steven
ison of Illinois—if Stevensen will
—but three avowed presidential
candidates already in the field
claimed new support and beight
ened prospects.
‘ The always unpredictable,
though seldom dramatic Truman
outdid himself Saturday mnight,
near the end of a “give 'em hell”
speech against the Republicans
at a SIOO-a-plate Democratic rally,
'hc departed from his prepared
text to say:
“T shall not be a candidate for
re-election. I have served #
country long and, I think,
ciently and honestly. . !
“I shall not accept a rencosina
tion. I do not feel that it js my
‘duty to spend another four years
in the White House . , .”
Stunned Audience
The more than 5,000 m
packed into the National
Armory had applauded frequently
but not too enthusiastically during
his speech. However, when he
came to the dramatic announce
ment there arose cries of “No,
‘no.li
| Most of the audience, not all of
them pro-Truman, appeared stun
ned, even shocked,
?;l‘xm ue\mmor‘;M ul‘;:d it nz
development cou ring him
reverse -his decision, 'q;?rdflcm
said, “none whatever.
By the time he appeared at a
Democratic reception y X
‘afternoon at the Mayflower Motel
some of his friends were stil
talking of a draft. More practical.
politicians were hunting & new
“bandwagon.”
The personal enthusiassn for
Truman welled into something
big and emotional and evem tear
stirring when he stepped up to
address 2,000 fellow party workers
while the ballroom orchestra play
ed “Hail to the Chief” and “I'm in
Love With a Wonderfyl Guy.”
He had a hard time l):flin‘
started, so insistent were %5
plause and cheers.
Cries of “We want Truman®
kept interrupting, but finally he
urged them to “get in there and
pitch” for a November victory. He
promised to work as enthusiasti
cally for the party ticket “as if I
were on it.”
Japanese Pupil
Wants Pen Pal
An 11th grade Japanese pupils
and her teacher want to Jlearn
more about American demoeracy
through pen pal letters.
In a letter to the Athens Ban
ner-Herald, they said: .
| “We are all very anxious io
llearn many things of your coun
try and your way of life, Ameri
ican democracy and how you are
actually enjoying your wonderful
‘daily life in U, S. A.”
They recounted that they al
ready are learning much through
democratic institutions establish
ed in Japan including the Parent-
Teacher Association but many
questions still are'left “incompre
hensive.” §
As a means to further knowl
edge and understanding, they said,
young and old in Japan are eager
to exchange “pen pal letters, view
cards, stamps, magazines, hankies
and so forth” with Americans of
corresponding ages.
The letter was signed by Miss
Miyako Miyamoto, No. 1262, Oshu~
gi, Edogata, Tokyo, and her teach
er, Miss Mary Kitabatake, C-D,
IPS Oshugi, Eodgawa, Tokyo,
Japan. - 3
R. C. DRIVE CLOSES
Fund Chairman Clyde Fitgerald
stated today that the Red Cross
Fund Drive Headquarters in
Hutchins-étox-Stroud offices will
close Friday, April 4. He urged
that all workers report to that ie
cation by Friday.
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