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Cardozo Girls Win Top Awards InCadetCorpsDrillCompetition \ WmrnmdMr. * Cadet Capt. Juanita Swann, 17-year-old Cardozo "High School senior, is congratulated by Commissioner F. Joseph Donohue after leading Cardozo's Company M to first place in the sixth annual drill competition of Girl Cadets yesterday. Miss Swann is wearing a gold medal presented by Commissioner Donohue, and later she was awarded a trophy. Cardozo girls also won the second-place awards. —Star Staff Photo. Cardozo High School companies won first and second place yes terday in the sixth annual drill competition of Girl Cadets at the Cardozo stadium, Thirteenth and Clifton streets N.W. Company A of Dunbar High School took third place in the marching on a dusty, sun-baked field. Cardozo's Companies M and K won the first and second place awards, after outstepping nine other girl cadet contingents from Dunbar, Armstrong and Martha ’Washington High Schools. Commissioner F. Joseph Dono Jjue, reviewing officer for the day. and American Legion officials presented gold, silver and bronze medals to officers of the three winning companies. Cadets in the three groups received ribbon bars, following a ceremonial regimental review of about 500 members of the corps. Presented Trophy. Cadet Capt. Juanita Swann, 17. .of 1726 Fifth street N.W., was [presented with a trophy by Jo seph A. Walker, sr., past depart pnent commander of the District ^American Legion, for leading Car-: .dozo’s M Company to first place., Medals and certificates for of ficers of all three companies were 'presented by John J. McGinty of; 'the Legion’s Americanism com mission and James Lomax, past commander of Legion Post 26. Also on the reviewing stand were Garnett C. Wilkinson, first as sistant superintendent of schools; officials of the competing schools, and Cadet Col. Richard L. Fair ley of Dunbar, head of the boys’ corps in the Negro high schools. Three-Hour Competition. Field judges for the three-hour competition were Capt. John H. Hurd of the 2977th Administra tive Control Unit, and 1st Lts. William H. Rumsey and Alfred H. Johnson, jr., of the 317th Air borne Infantry. During the presentation cere mony Cadet Regimental Lt. Col. Maxine B. Boyd and her staff stood at rigid attention beside the re viewing officials. As Mr. Wilkin son announced the winning com panies. Cadet Capt. Adjutant Martha Mobley stepped quickly across the field to relay the re sults. Cheering spread through the st£r.tium as she approached the winning captains. Marie Wilson Improved HOLLYWOOD. May 17 (^P).— Comedienne Marie Wilson showed improvement today in Cedars of Lebanon hospital, where she is recuperating from blood poison ing. Dr. Irving Ress, her physician, said she will have to remain in an oxygen tent for several days. I Champion Dogs I I are fed on Protein-Rich I i KEN - L- BISKIT Fed and Proved in Leading Kennels for over 25 Tears M— - a_A_ —----- nm Has "SNIFF APPEAL" (or Regular Feeding and Between-Meal Snacks! Now the^famous Dog Food of Champions is available for home use! Leading kennels have already consumed over 200 million pounds for regular daily feeding; now you can get it for your dog, too! • Preferred by kennel men as the dependable, low-cost way to give dogs protein—meat’s main element, Ken-L-Biskit is made with real meat meal, plus added Nurgene. This is the wonder ingredient which contains nature’s rich combination of vitamins. See for yourself the difference in your dog’s health and joy in eating when you feed the protein-rich biscuit. Get Ken-L Biskit today! THE DOG FOOD OF CHAMPIONS •I-BISKIT • Y THE MAKERS OF FAMOUS KEN-L-RATION « * Butler Denies Wedemeyei letters Criticized Truman By th« Associated Press Senator Butler, Republican, ol Nebraska told the Senate yesterday that Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer has written no letters to him criti cizing his superiors or the Truman administration. Senator Butler said he was mak ing the statement because Radio Commenator Drew Pearson re ported on May 6 that Gen. Wede meyer had written Senator Butler criticizing the administration’s Far Eastern policy. ine sunemem is as lar irom the truth as it would be possible to make it,” Senator Butler said. He added that Gen. Wedemeyer, a native of Nebraska, has written to him two or three times during the last year, but that he dealt with purely personal matters. Gen. Wedemeyer is commander of the 6th Army with headquarters in San Francisco. He recently ap plied for retirement. In 1947 Gen. Wedemeyer went to China and Korea for the ad ministration and later wrote the “Wedemeyer Report" which the administration kept secret until recently. Dedication Tea Slated At Annandale School A new addition to Annandale (Va.) Elementary School will be dedicated at a tea in the school cafeteria at 4 p.m. Sunday. G. Wallace Carper, chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors: Fred W. Robinson, School Board chairman, and Supt. W. T. Woodson are among the county officials invited. The ceremony will be sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Associa tion. I4 III I ^1003^PENh^VEJW^H^8933^84CJ Mrs. Hemingway Resigns Montgomery Chest Post Mrs. J. Rene Hemingway, pub lic relations and campaign as sistant of the Montgomery County Community Chest and Council, will resign May 25. She will move to San Fran cisco, where her husband is an cfflcial of the National Labor Re lations Board, the Chest an nounced. mammm Just chunks of tender chicken for delicious, quick, low-cost chicken meals. ITy it soon. And Try These Other R & R Treats R S R Boned Chicken Fricassee R 4 R Egg Noodles 4 Chicken R 4 R Chicken Broth with Rico R 4 R Chicken a la King SINCE 1855 IN DOVER, DELAWARE U. S. COV. INSP. . ... 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