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o. 0. P. Is Only Hope
For Unity, Warren
Tells Illinois Crowd
By the Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, III., Aug. 20 —
Gov. Earl Warren of California de
clared yesterday that the Republi
can Party and its Dewey-Warren
ticket, without “leftist or extreme
right splinters,” is the Nation's’ only
hope "to put an end to disunity.”
The GOP's vice president nominee
spoke before 15.000 persons at the
Illinois State Fairs Republican Day
rally.
He urged that Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey be elected president to re
store to the Nation “the political
philosophy of faitft and freedom,”
and lead the people "out of the j
shadows of uncertainty and doubt.” \
Draws More Than Barkley.
He shared the speaking program
at the fair grounds grandstand with
Gov. Dwight H. Green and Senator
Erooks. Illinois Republicans seek
ing re-election.
The crowd total, estimated by fair
officials, was nearly twice that
which turned out, Wednesday to
hear Senator Barkley of Kentucky,
the Democratic vice presidential
nominee.
It was Gov. Warren's first major:
campaign appearance outside Cali
fornia since his nomination. He told ;
newsmen it would be a ”non
political” speech.
He said “the world is sick and
there is great danger of sickness
here in America, strong though we
are today. But if the American
people are united * * * there is no
problem that we cannot solve. * * *
Called Only United Party.
“There is only one party in Amer
ica capable of achieving that unity—
and that party is the Republican
Party.”
In the GOP. he said, “there is no
leftist element to splinter off, there
is no extreme right to splinter off in
the opposite direction. There is no
disaffection in our center. We are a
united party, and "no other party in
America can honestly make that
claim today.”
He called for Gov. Dewey s elec
tion as President and said “his keen
mind, his sound judgment, his
courage, his executive genius make
him a man competent to iead our
people out of the shadows of un
certainty and doubt.”
Hiss Apartment
'Continued From First Page.'
have permitted other persons to
occupy apartments without the
knowledge of the owner, so long
as the original lessees paid the rent,
they explained.
Present Occupants Surprised.
Present occupants of the four
story brown brick apartment units
between Woodley road and Cathe
dral avenue N.W. showed surprise
and curiosity today when asked if
they knew Mr. Hiss.
When informed.that he once lived
in a two bedroom apartment on the
top floor rear of the building at 2831
Twenty-eighth street N.W., they
chatted willingly enough. But most
of them requested that their names
not be used because, as a 30-year
occupant remarked, "we don't want
to get mixed up in anything.'1
"Did Mr. Hiss really live here?”
exclaimed a woman who had occu
pied a third floor apartment there
since 1933. "You don’t mean to say
he lived up on the next floor. Well,
I remember the people who moved |
in that apartment iate in 1935 but
I don't remember anyone by the
name of Hiss or Chambers or
Crosley."
The building at 2831 Twenty
eighth street is one of three identi
cal but separate structures, each
with 16 apartment units, that make
up Woodley Manor. They were
owned from 1930 through 1937 by the
Ell and Kay Building Investment
Co., present owners of the Woodley
Park Towers at 2737 Devonshire
place N.W. «
Leasing and ie.-.rats were han
dled at that time by Randall H.
Hagner & Co Records showed to
day that Mr. Hiss applied for an
apartment May 29. 1934, and moved
in No. 42 on July 1, 1934, paid the
rent and moved out June 28, 1935
The record listed the number of
occupants as t,wo adults and one
child.
After Mr. Hiss moved from the
apartment, according to the records,
it was vacant for a month.
The present owner of the Woodley
Manor is Karl F. Walker of 4210
Argyle terrace N.W. The office of
the resident manager. Donald E.
Boerema, at 2829 Twenty-eighth
street, had no records of tenants as
far back as 1934, nor did that office
know that Mr. Hiss had lived in
one of the apartments.
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WHERE ALGER HISS LIVED—This is the apartment house at
2831 Twenty-eighth street N.W., where Alger Hiss lived in 1934-5.
Mr. Hiss said he sublet his apartment for a time to Whittaker
Chambers, who has accused Mr. Hiss of Communist activities.
—Star Staff Photo.
Anti-Communist Author Says
He Saved Teacher From Reds
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Aug. 20.—Victor A.
Kravchenko, author of the anti
communist book. "I Choose Free
dom,’' says he saved Michael Sama
rine, Russian scnool teacher, from
falling into the hand# of Soviet
authorities.
Mr. Kravchenko, who has repudi
ated his Soviet citizenship, told his
story yesterday in a 3.000-word
statement. He repeated it later in
an ABC radio interview.
Hhe said he was the intermediary
who spirited Mr. Samarine away
from a New Jersey farm last August
8 at a. time when Soviet "agents
were overrunning New York and
New Jersey on the trail" of the
teacher and his family.
Mr. Kravchenko said he then ar
ranged to have Mr. Samarine
brought under the protection of the
House Un-American Activities Com
mittee.
The rescue took place, Mr. Krav
chenko said, the morning after Rus
sian consular officials fetched Mrs.
Oksana Kosenkina, another Rus
sian teacher, from an anti-Com
munist farm retreat in New York
State. She leaped from the Con
sulate.
‘1 well understood,” Mr. Krav
chenko said, "that if Samarine
should fall into the hands of Loma
kin (Soviet Consul General Jacob
Lomakin* they (the Russians* would
duplicate the story of Kosenkina.”
He said that if Mr. Samarine, who
also has repudiated his Soviet cit
izenship, and his wife were returned
to Russia, they would be "disposed
of and their children—bom in
America—would be consigned to the
children’s prison.”
Mr. Kravchenko said his search
for Mr. Samarine led him to a farm
in New York and two other farms
in New Jersey before he finally lo
cated his hiding place. He said he
then took Mr. Samarine to New
York City, where he was "received
by FBI officials.”
Later, the Russian writer said,
he informed the House committee
that Mr. Samarine desired to ap
pear before it, and Mr, Samarine
subsequently received a subpoena,
bringing him under the committee’s
protection.
Mr. Kravchenko, w'ho resigned as
an employe of the Soviet Purchasing
Commission in Washington in Feb
ruary, 1944. said he expects tp be
dubbed a "white bandit, agent of
the FBI and traitor to the Russian
people,” bv Soviet officials.
"But I don't care,” he said. "Fact
is fact.”
He said "we will be very stupid
if we don’t exploit to the fullest
the story of Kosenkina and Sama
line for the political education of
the world.”
He described Mr. Samarine as a
man who "hates politics and pub
licity.” and who “dreams of the
day he will face his first class” in
some American college.
Moscow
i Continued From First Page.'
Dreher was arrested when he was
caught exchanging w-ritten “secret
military information'1 with a Soviet j
customs official. It said papers and
documents were seized by police
even though Lt. Dreher. “trying to
tear them out of the hagids of the
representative of Soviet, security
organs, began to beat the security
representative.’’
When Gen. Smith later conferred!
with Mr. Vishinsky, Pravda’s ac
count today said. "The United States
Ambassador expressed to Vishinsky
his readiness to send Dreher out
of the U. S. S. R. within 24 hours
and even expressed himself to the
effect that in the future he’d request
the State Department to sfend to
the U. S. S. R. more intelligent and
more careful peoplet who were able
to keep their tongues still.”
i In London. Tass, the official
Russian news agency, translated
the latter phrase as: "More
clever and cautious men who
could keep their mouths shut.”)
Smith’s Regrets Reported.
Pravda said Gen. Smith, conclud
ing his talk w'ith Mr. Vishinsky. an
nounced that he greatly regretted
the case of Lt. Dreher and repeated
that Lt. Dreher would be imme
diately sent from the Soviet Union.
"Thus, contrary to McDermott's
version." said Pravda. “the sudden
departure of Dreher from the So
viet Union was connected indeed
with the fact of his exposure as a
spy.”
The paper gave an abbreviated
account of Mr. McDermott’s ver
sion of the case, in which it said
the State Department press officer
claimed the Dreher case was "man
ufactured” by Soviet authorities.
Mr. McDermott's version of the
Dreher case was this:.
On April 23 Lt. Dreher was ar
rested in Moscow, held for several
hours and then released. He re
ported immediately to Gen. Smith
what had happened.
What he told Gen. Smith was
that somebody known only as “E’’j
called him on the telephone and
asked him to come to “E’s” office in
the Bureau of Customs. He had
known "E” in Odessa. In fact, "E”
had been especially designated to
help him expedite shipments arriv
ing for the American Embassy.
Therefore Lt. Dreher was not sur
prised at the call and went to see
“E.” When he got there MVD
(secret police) agents came in and
arrested him.
Vishinsky Sent for Smith.
Three, days later Mr. Vishinsky
sent for Gen. Smith and said the
Russian government was requesting
that Lt. Dreher leave the Soviet
union at once.
i “The Ambassador pointed out*To
Mr. Vishinsky.'1 Mr. McDermott said,
."that Lt. Dreher had gone to the
customs house at the request of the
Soviet customs official in connection
with shipments of Embassy prop
erty from Odessa, where Lt. Dreher
had previously been stationed, and
that the presence of the MVD on
the scene would indicate that this
interview had been arranged by the
Soviet authorities.”
The Ambassador told Mr. Vishin
sky, however, that since Lt. Dreher's
two-year tour of duty was finished
and was ready under orders to re
turn home, the Embassy would speed
his departure.
Asked what the phrase "arranged
by the Soviet authorities” meant,
Mr. McDermott replied:
“In good American lingo, it was
a plant.”
Lomakin
(Continued From First Page.l
tion, Venjamin N. Matchavariani.
Embassy press secretary, replied, "Ij
can't tell you anything at all.”
Mr. Lomakin was charged with;
compelling Mrs. Kosenkina to make
“false statements” in a press inter-!
view, as well as with making false'
statements of his own.
He also was accused of hindering
a New York police investigation by
refusing to allow officers to inter
view Mrs. Kosenkina before she
jumped from a third-floor window
of the Soviet Sonsulate last week.
• “This action was the more seri
ous,” the American note asserted,
“in view of the subsequent state
ments by Mrs. Kosenkina that she
jumped” in order to “avoid having
to return to the Soviet Union.”
Abuse of Prerogatives Charged.
The note concluded:
“The United States Government’
considers that Consul General Lo
makin's conduct constitutes an abuse
of the prerogatives of his position
and a gross violation of the inter
nationally accepted standards gov
erning the conduct of foreign offi
cials.
"The Department of State is
therefore requesting the President
to revoke the exequatur issued to
Consul General Lomakin, and it is
requested that he leave the United
States within a reasonable time.”
(An exequatur constitutes a
consular official’s credentials. It
is the written recognition and au
thorization for him to function,
issued by the government to
which he is accredited.)
Mr. Lomakin is the first Soviet
^diplomatic or consular official whose
recall has been asked by the United
States since it recognized the Soviet
; Union in 1933.
While the action against Mr. Lo
makin was taken in different cir
cumstances, it was compared to the
expulsion of all German and Italian
consular officials from the United
States in June of 1941. They were
accused then of carrying on activi
ties wholly outside the scope of their
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official duties and inimical to this'
country.
Undersecretary of State Lovett
initialed the note delivered to the
Soviet Embassy by a special mes
senger at 6:10 p.m. yesterday. Pub
'ication of the note was withheld
until 10 a.m. today to give Ambassa
dor Panyushkin time to transmit to
Moscow.
t ,
Most of the charges against Mr.
Lomakin were based on testimony
given to New York authorities by
Mrs. Kosenkina, who is recovering
in a New York hospital from criti
cal injuries suffered in her leap for
liberty.
The State Department requested
“photostatic copies” of two letters
which it said had been written by
Mrs. Kosenkina and now presum
ably are in the hands of Mr. Loma
kin.
One was a letter written before
she was taken to the Consulate,
nearly two weeks ago, informing Mr.
Lomakin where she was. Mrs.
Kosenkina denies stating in this
letter tfiat she was kidnaped, as
Mr. Lomakin has asserted the note
said.
The other letter was found by
New York police in Mrs. Kosenkina's
room at the Soviet Consulate after
she had jumped from the window,
but was turned over to Mr. Lomakin
unopened.
The note reviewed briefly the facts
known to this Government in the
Kosenkina and Samarine cases.
Reference to "Other Cases.”
Soviet protests had charged the
three teachers were kidnaped by
members of the anti-Communist
Tolstoy Foundation. They alleged
official American “toleration” of
what it called this organization’s
“criminal activities.” <The Soviet
word translated "toleration” in texts
released by the State Department
appeared as “connivance” in Moscow
broadcasts last week.i
A protest by Mr. Panyushkin dated
August 9, the text of which was:
made public by the State Depart
ment for the first time today, re
ferred to a "number of other cases”!
in addition to those involving Mrs.
Kosenkina and the Samarines.
about which the Embassy "duly cor
responded” with the State Depart
ment. This reference to other cases
| was not clarified immediately.
In the Kosenkina case, the State!
Department said reports of com
petent American authorities show
that:
She informed the editor *of a
Russian-language newspaper in.
New York on July 29 that “she did
not wish to return to the Soviet
|Union.”- She was scheduled to sail
| with the Samarines and other Rus
sians on July 31. Instead she went
by "public autobus” on July 31 to
Reed Farm, Valley Cottage, N. Y.
This farm is operated by the Tol
Istoy Foundation.
“According to her own state
ments,” Mrs. Kosenkina went to
the farrrf, voluntarily "and stayed
there of her own free will.”
“Mrs. Kosenkina has further;
stated that the interview which she
gave to the press on August 7 was;
arranged by the Consulate Gen
eral and that she was instructed to
make false statements to the effect I
that she had been kidnaped.”
Ambassador Panyushkin’s August
9 protest asserted that Mr. Lomakin
had received a letter on August 6 in
which Mrs. Kosenkina “implored
him to snatch her from the hands”
I of the organization to whose farm
“she had been forcibly carried.” It
added that she left the farm “with ;
his assistance” on August 7. She!
! was secluded in' the Consulate until j
she jumped from the window AU-!
gust 12.
Mr. Lovett's note confirmed In
writing what he told Mr. Panyush
kin when the Ambassador demanded
last Saturday that Mrs. Kosenkina
be put back under “protection” of
| the Soviet Consulate—that this Gov
| ernment will not “turn her over
i against her will to the Soviet au
thorities.”
Acting on Own Volition.
In the Samarine case, the Ameri
can note emphasized that Mr. Sam
arine had gone voluntarily to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
office in New York “and stated that
ne did not wish to return to the
Soviet Union but desired to remain
in the United States."
“It is clear,” the note added, “that
Mr. Samarine is acting oh his own
volition, and that he is free to get
in touch with the Soviet Consulate
General or Soviet Embassy any
time he wishes.”
After telling his story to the House
Committee on Un-American Af
fairs, Mr. Samarine has gone back
into hiding with his wife and three
children.
Bursting Into Consulate Denied.
Mr. Lovett categorically denied
there Is any connection, as alleged
by the Soviets, between the FBI and
the Tolstoy Foundation. He added
this Government has no informa
tion "which would justify the state
ment that the Tolstoy Foundation
is engaged in criminal activity.”
He gave the lie to another charge
by Mr. Panyushkin—that New York
police "arbitrarily burst into” the
Consulate General after Mrs. Ko
senkina’s leap and attempted to
search her room in spite of Mr. Lo
makin's protest.
The State Department is in
formed, Mr. Lovett’s note said, that
Mr. Lomakin “agreed to the sugges
tion of police officers that they in
spect Mrs. Kosenkina's room.” It
added that the department con
siders the police actions “entirely
proper” in the circumstances.
"It appears,” he asserted, "that
the representations of the Soviet
government in regard to these cases
have been based upon misinforma
tion."
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first Virginia Chapter of the Na
tional Society of Professional
Engineers will be held at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Radio Building:
Arlington. The new group is to
be known as the Northern Virginia
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HEARING WITNESSES—John Abt (left), former counsel of
CIO-PAC and now counsel for Henry Wallace’s Progressive
Party, and Lee Pressman (right), another Progressive Party
member and one-time CIO counsel, who were among witnesses
who. testified today before the House Committee on Un-Amer
ican Activities.
Spies
(Continued From First Page.1
to say whether or not they knew
Mr. Chambers under his own name,
undqr the name of Crosley or under
the name of “Carl’—the name Mr.
Chambers said he used as a Com
munist Party functionary.
Mr. Nixon, w'ho has been concen-1
trating on trying to resolve the Hiss- j
Chambers controversy, said today’s
hearing “will be helpful.”
Admit Knowing Others.
The witnesses, according to Mr. j
Nixon, refused to say whether orj
not they knew Mr. Hiss and others j
named by Mr. Chambers, but did
not refuse to answer when they were
asked about other persons.
He gave as examples that Mr. Abt
was willing to say that he knew
Rexford Tug well, former New Deal
braintruster; that MV. Witt “adr
mitted” knowing Mr. Pressman and
that Mr. Pressman agreed that he
knew CIO President Philip Murray.
Mr. Witt, asked by reporters later
why he admitted knowing only Mr.
Pressman, said it w'as “silly” of the
committee to ask him about Air.
Pressman since it was knowm they
were associated in the same law
firm.
When they were questioned about1
Mr. Chambers, Mr. Nixon said, the
witnesses were shown pictures made
of Mr. Chambers in 1931 and 1948.;
The earlier picture of Mr. Chambers
appeared over an article he wrote
for the New Masses in the July,
1931, issue.
Refuse to Identify Peters.
The witnesses also pleaded self-1
incrimination, Mr. Nixon said, when
they were shown a picture of J.
Peters, described by Mr. Chambers I
as the head of the pre-war under- j
ground.
In connection with Peters, Mr.
Nixon said he had not yet received1
word from Immigration Commis
sioner Watson B. Miller on his third |
demand that immigration Author
ities locate Peters. Mr. Miller said
earlier that he would explain his
position to the committee today.
Mr. Nixon said that if he did not
hear from Mr. Miller by the end
of the day, he would send him an
other telegram. ,
Mr. Nixon telegraphed Mr. Miller
yesterday that it was ‘•imperative’’
that he produce Peters or tell the
committee where he can be located.
Mr. Chambers has told the com
mittee that Peters was “the third
party who introduced him to Mr.
Hiss. On the other hand, Mr. Hiss,
has testified that Mr. Chambers
under the name of Crcsley came to
Mr. Hiss’ office while Mr. Hiss was
a legal assistant on the Nye Muni
tions Investigating Committee.
Former Senator Nye advised the
committee yesterday that "the name
of Crosley does not enter my recol
.lection in any way, shape or man
ner.”
Out on $5,000 Bail.
Peters is out on $5,000 bail wait
ing a hearing on his warrant for
arrest as an alien inimical to this
country. It was understood that
his name is high on the list of those
whose cases are to be called for
hearing.
Mr. Miller reportedly does not be
lieve he has any legal ground to
order Peters produced until the
warrant hearing. At the time Peters
appears for the hearing, however,1
he could be served with a committee
subpoena.
Mr. Nixon said •'new develop-*
ments” make it imperative that the
committee try to question evefybodv!
whose name has been connected
with the case.
When reporters surrounded Mr.
Pressman after he testified, he held
up his hand to ward off questions
and announced:
"I will have no comment except
to say that I asked the chairman
and Mr. Stripling (Chief Committee
Investigator Robert E. Stripling)!
whether there has been made any
charge before this committee stating
that I. Lee Pressman, ever while a
Government employe or since I left
the Government, engaged in espion
age. Mr. Stripling stated for the
record that no such charge has been
made.”
Rejects Other Questions.
When reporters pointed out that
Mr. Chambers had not accused him
i of espionage but of leadership in an
underground movement, Mr. Press
1 man declared:
“To all other questions I have no
comment.”
He was asked if he had demanded
an open hearing in which to respond
to Mr. Chambers' accusation. He
said he had no comment.
Mr. Abt was likewise uncommu
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Nathan Witt, former counsel
for the NLRB, who also testi
fied. —Star Staff Photos.
I nicative with reporters. He did say.
however, that he had not been sub
poenaed to appear next Wednes
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When reporters persisted in ques
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“If this so-called executive session
is like those in the past. I'm sure
you will find out all about it.”
When a reporter suggested that
he might give his side of what hap
pened behind closed doors, he re
torted. “I'm a lawyer and I don’t
think I need your advice as to how
to conduct myself.”
Asked if he had appeared before
the New York grand jury which has
befen conducting a Communist espio
nage investigation, he replied that
he did not think that was a proper
question. He went on to ohserve that
“a lot of grand juries are stalking
around the halls of Congress these
days.”
Challenges Assertion.
Mr. Nixon challenged President1
Truman's news conference assertion:
yesterday repeating what the Chief
Executive had said befoie—that,
nothing had come out ot the spy
hearings that was not known to the
FBI and a New York grand jury.
“I am amazed to learn from the!
President's statement,” Mr. Nixon
said, “that Mr. Hiss had admitted
to the RBI and grand jury he had
known Whittaker Chambers. And I
am sure Mr. Hiss will be just as
amazed as I am.”
Previously Mr. Nixon had said
that the FBI never had established i
that Mr. Hiss knew Mr. Chambers.!
It has also been reported that Mr.J
Chambers never testified before the
New York grand jury.
And to Mr. Truman’s statement
that confidential files will not be
made available but necessary rec
ords always have been and still are
available, Mr. Nixon retorted:
“What records did we ever get
I'm glad to hear the records now
are going to be made available. I
wish he would name which opes.”
Will Turn Over Records.
He said the committee's own rec
ords on the Hiss-Chambers case,
including secret testimony taken
here and in New York, will be
turned over to the Justice Depart
ment as soon as the hearings are
completed.
Mr. Hiss and Mr. Chambers are
scheduled to face each other at a
public session next Wednesday at
which other witnesses also may
testify to their prewar relationship.
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The comniittee, however, will not
have the results of a lie detector
test to present at the Wednesday
session.
Mr. Hiss, now president of the
Carnegie Endowment for Inter-!
national Peace, notified the com
mittee yesterday that he wants more
opinions from legal and scientific
experts before deciding whether or j
not to submit to such a test.
That, said Mr. Nixon, makes it
necessary for the committee to drop
the lie detector plan at least for i
the time being. Although Mr. \
Chambers is willing to take the test.
Mr. Nixon said, he will not be asked
to do so without Mr. Hiss.
In releasing Mr. Hiss’ letter ex-1
pressing doubts as to the veracity of
the tests, the committee also made
public a letter from Dr. Leonarde
Keeler, who developed the testing
instruments.
Keeler Defends Instrument.
Dr. Keeler said the polygraph
; technique which the committee i
I wanted to apply in the Hiss-Cham- j
jbers case has been found in error!
j in approximately 1 per cent of his
‘cases over the last 18 years.
“We know it is accurate on 82 per :
cent of the cases because of subse- i
‘quent confessions or the finding of
! absolute evidence,” Dr. Keeler wrote.
: In the remaining 17 per cent we are
unable to prove our results. In the
majority of cases. • however, we feel'
that the test results have been cor- \
rect.”
Remington Gets Pay Raise
Of $330 During Suspension
William W. Remington, described
: by Miss Elizabeth Bentley, an ad
imitted wartime Communist courier,
I as one of her Government informa
tion sources, has received a 330-a
year pay increase since his suspen
sion from his key position in the
Commerce department.
| A department official said the
raise was part of a blanket Federal
salary increase.
Bernard L. Gladieux, executive
assistant to the Secretary of Com
merce, • said that the boost had
brought Mr. Remington's salary to
$10,305, but that he had not received
a pay check since his suspension
June 25 as director of the export
import license division.
As a Government worker, Mr.
Remington had piled up some un
used annual leave. Mr. Gladieux
said he also remains on the payroll
until a loyalty investigation by the
Civil Service Commission is finally
decided.
Mr. Remington may be able to
pick up some of his back-pay checks j
covered by annual leave in the next
day or two, Mr. Gladieux added. if:
he signs leave slips and the matter
of pay during suspension is clari
fied.
Comdr. Burr Retired
After 41 Years in Navy
Comdr. William S. Burr, U. S. N..
of 8570 Locust Hill road, Bethesda.
has been retired after more than 41
years of continuous service in the
Navy.
Comdr, Burr, 58. enlisted in the
Army in 1907 and then, after a short
tour of duty in the Marine Corps,
enlisted in the Navy as a hospital
apprentice, first class. At the time
of his retirement he was commis
sioned commissary officer at the
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, and was
a member of the faculty at the
Naval School of Hospital Adminis
tration, Naval Medical Center, Be-;
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Her husband jokingly told her
the best bait to use was fried
bacon, a slice of tomato and a
geranium. She followed his
advice.
Her catch—the limit for the
day.
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