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rTARJETflS £• Xmas-New Tear Carda in Spanish « 5* Colorful Ass't—12 for $1 prepaid S Mall Orders Filled—No C. O. O. S $ i PAN AMIGOS PUBLICATIONS S £ 1310 N. T. Ave. N.VV. « Washington 5, D. C- « I The Kate Smith Hour is now on Sundays 7 P.M. » WTOP Oldest Inhabitants Will Hear Sumners At 79th Banquet Chairman Hatton W. Sumners of the House Judiciary Committee, will address the District Association of Oldest Inhabitants at its 79th annual banquet Thursday night at Hotel 2400. In announcing plans for the cele bration, Charles H. Bates, a vice president and chairman of the En tertainment Committee, said Mr. Sumners will discuss problems vitally affecting the District. Mr. Sumners is joint author of the Sumners Capper proposed amendment to the Constitution which would provide people of the District with voting representation in the National Gov ernment. A message from President Theo dore W. Noyes of the association will be read in his absence by Vice President Jesse C. Suter. The musical program will be pre sented by George H. O'Connor, ac companied by Sam Holland, and by Mrs. Roy L. Swenson, soprano, ac companied by Mrs. Flora Bennett. The Rev. Charles Willis Wood, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rock Creek parish, will offer the in vocation. John Clagett Proctor, acting presi dent of the association, will preside. The occasion will open with a re ception at 7 p.m. and the banquet will be served at 7:30 o’clock. Fred E. Nessell Named G. W. Business Manager Fred E. Nessell, registrar at George Washington University for the last 15 years, has been appointed busi ness manager of the university, Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, p r e s i dent, announced y e s t erday. Mr. Nessell succeeds Allen H. Con nolly, who re signed to work for the Navy Department. Mr. Nessell was registrar at Hiram College before he came to George Wash ington. A former president of the Middle States Mr. Neoell. Association of Registrars and the Ohio State Association of Registrars, he has also been active in the Na tional Association of Collegiate Reg istrars. He lives with Mrs. Nessell at 4517 Western avenue N.W. “Yes, son, I bought while you fought.’’ Hasten “V-E’’ day with one extra War Bond. GOLDEN WEDDING—Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fowler, who are observing their 50th wedding anniversary today at their home, 1825 Irving street N.W. They have three sons and four grandchildren. BUY WAR BONDS FIRST KOU Sale* Promotion Manager JACK OlMiOMO M.n'. Sal" and Buy.r Collection Manage Army Paper Blames Supply Officers for Cigarette Shortage By EDWARD P. MORGAN. Foreign Correspondent of The Star and Chicago Daily News. LONDON, Dec. 2.—The Stars and Stripes today printed a letter from a Quartermaster Corps major blam ing the Army cigarette shortage on "bad supply officers.” The United States Army newspaper also pub lished the allegation of a medic that his hospital staff was going smoke less while wounded German war prisoners had plenty. The major listed five principal al leged reasons for the cigarette fam ine: 1. "British dock laborers are steal ing us blind and nothing is done to stop it.” (Army officials recently said the most stringent measures were being taken to cut down thefts.) 2. Special service officers and chaplains keep or give to friends cigarettes they are supposed to dis tribute to the troops. 3. Civilians working for the American forces are allowed to buy cigarettes. 4. Many British troops attached to American units are allowed to purchase American tobacco rations as well as their own. 5. The Army supplies cigarettes to the “Red Cross, the Navy and other United States agencies, including the Embassy and the War Shipping Administration. “The ‘Brass’ are responsible” for this, the major said. The hospital medic’s letter said he was grinding his teeth because he and his buddies had no ciga 8. LOMManage* Ex,e„».-M Manage* LAVuOHC°L«V\rMlk' rT.ci«i s« •'*“,,i|.TS CHR'STKA ^ g.«»gs ^y^oW*^£53 pS*£ ‘sggHsT^”^. sssaSwrw?4§?u sv£"«v.» — Ram' Use Your Credit T«fc. • y*»r *# Pa, Ladiee' Sl" and Buyer r , r -STORE HOURS:— Urf..t Formal Rental DAILY TO 8 P.M.-THUR5. TO 9 P.M.. Outfitter* for Men tt Women SATUROAY TO 10 P.M. rettes while every German prisoners’ ward at his base had at least IS cartons. (Copyrltht, 1944 by Chicago Dally Newt, Inc.) Public Printer to Speak Augustus E. Giegengack, public printer, will address the District Chapter of the Special Libraries As sociation at 8 p.m. December 12, Ralph H. Phelps, chairman of the association Publicity Committee, an nounced yesterday. Mr. Giegengack will talk on “Uncle" Sam, Publisher.” Wooton Will Address Publicity Association Paul Wooten, Washington corre spondent for the McGraw-Hill pub lications and secretary of the White House Correspondents’ Association, will lead a discussion on “Public Relations and the Press” at a luncheon meeting of the local branch of the American Public Re lations Association at the Washing ton Hotel Thursday. Col. Charles M. Piper, of the A1 Paul Lefton Co., advertising agency, was elected president of National Capital Forge of the association at a business meeting last week. ' I-Ideal-1 % | fflljrisimas (Sifts J | Vidor and Bluebird f 1 Phonograph Records | 1 AND ALBUMS £ | POPULAR - - - CLASSICAL l K BP 2 1 S ft 67 « to A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) adapted, produced if and narrated by Ernest Chappell. 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