MORE ABOUT
OLDEST LADY
FROM PAGE ONE
Although she is in bed right now
recovering front a hip injury sus
tained January 8, 1945, Rev. Wal
ton, Mrs. Gladys Candiloro (her
adopted .grand-daughter-, her doc
tor, and all her many friends pre
dict that “she’ll be up and about
before long.”
Cow-Chain Cut
‘‘Why, only seven and a half
years ago,” Rev. Walton said yes
terday, ‘‘she caught her ankle in
a cow-chain and cut herself pretty
badly. But it healed in no time at
all, just as if she were a young
woman.”
Rev. Walton said she also waltz
ed right through a major opera
tion when she was a mere 97 years
old
Plenty Of War*
It’s interesting, and a bit over
whelming, too, to stop and consider
what Mrs. Turner has lived
through. The Civil War, America’s
coming-of-age in the 70’s, 80’s, and
90’s, the turn of the century, World
War I and II, and the age of the
atom.
‘‘She’s always telling us stories
about the old days,” Mrs. Candi
loro said last night, "stories about
the Confederacy and the war and
slavery and oh, I don’t know what
all.”
’ Church Giving Party
We hope Mrs. Turner will be tell
SHE...
Throws the Men !
HE...
Throws the Bull !
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The tougher they come
the better Hoppy likes
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Jimmy Rogers
—plus—
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Comedy “Come Clean”
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All-new adventures of Red
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WILD BILL ELLIOTT
iq “California Gold Rush” j
THE SCREEN CAN
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The stirring drama
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STORIES CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
ling stories about the atom bomb
this time next century.
By the way, about that cake.
Rev. Walton and the Ladies Auxil
iary of the church are giving Mrs.
Turner a little party today. The
general public is invited, too. A
few years ago, the Pender Furni
ture company gave her a wing
chair for being “Wilmington’s old
est mother,” so if anybody does
happen to have that cake handy
it might not be a bad idea to bring
it along to the party.
And oh, yes—does anybody have
102 candles?
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MORE ABOUT
TIDE WATER
FROM PAGE ONE
change Commission at a hearing
in Philadelphia recently, agreed to
issue an order approving the re*
capitalization plan of Tide W ater,
provided the company agreed to
the amendment witnin uie
time. ,
Following close of the Phila
delphia hearing, SEC issued a sup
plemental finding and opinion pass
ing upon the participation of Gen
eral Gas and Electric company in
the recapitalization of Tide Water
Power company, but withheld ap
proval until the plan is amended.
General Plan
The plan, as originally proposed,
provided that General Gas would
receive 3,461 shares of Tide Water’s
stock following recapitalization of
the latter. Tide water had indicat
ed its willingness to deliver to
General Gas additionally, its hold
ings of 1,870 shares of Atlantic
Utility Service Corp stock and an
assignment of any claims which
Tide Water may have against Gen
eral Gas or its parent and affiliates
MORE ABOUT
TRUMAN LIFTS
FROM PAGE ONE
Beach. The Intracoastal waterway
from Beaufort to the Cape Fear
would be modified to provide for
construction of six mooring basins.
First cost of this project was es
timated at $24,000, while $11,000 of
first costs was appropriated for
work on the Intracoastal waterway
from the Cape Fear to Winyah bay.
South Carolina.
Dial 23311 for Newspaper Service
MORE ABOUT
ALONG THE CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE
And we were right, almost, about
those toll gates. Mrs. Edwards says
there were three, not two. One was
at 17th and Dock (we guessed
Market or Castle), one in Winter
Park (we hit that one right), and
another (this we didn’t know) at
Bradley’s creek.
A one-way ticket cost 25 cents,
and it had to be punched at each
of the three gates before the man
would lift the barrier and let you
proceed.
There wasn’t any discount for a
roundtrip ticket, however. That
cost you a straight 50 cents.
* * *
STILL WONDERING-Mrs. Ed
wards says she can remember the
horse-drawn carts lugging shell;
into other streets like 5th and 7th
1 1 _ _ Z L - 1 _ .. __
sviavs ws tile OIG
Shell road was paved years before
she took her first ride on it.
So we still don’t have the answer
to our main question: When was
the road paved and was it the firsi
paved road in North Carolina
In his delirium, Ben said some
thing about somebody calling and
telling him that a narrow old road
leading to the sound off the old
Loop road and going past a house
owned by the Parsleys and the
Crows was the first paved road oi
the lot. But that doesn’t help us an
awful lot considering that we al
ways'get lost on those old roads
even in the daytime and that we
Work at night anyway and don’t
I have a flashlight.
* * •
HELP! HELP!-How’s about
all you folks calling or writing in
again and giving us the dope. We
guarantee that Ben won’t handle
the stuff alone this time—we’ll all
help. Ben won’t even eat oysters
now, and there’s a rumor that he’s
far enough gone to start throwing
his wife’s pearls out the window.
Anybody got a net?
MORE ABOUT
I 24-HOUR STAMP
FROM PAGE ONE
hours a day.
In the course of the two-year
period, the department plans tc
buy 2,000 stamp-vending machines
for the lobbies of firstclass post
offices; 350 coin-operated postage
machines which stamp a deposited
letter with metered-postage.
"Omnidenominational”
Five hundred “omnidenomina
tional” machines to be used by the
clerks at parcel post windows.
These machines wilt turn nnf o
metered-stamp already moistened.
By punching the proper button the
clerk can secure the right amount
of postage for the parcel In one
“stamp.”
The new automatic stamp-vend
ing machine, which the department
will install here, has been known
to take only one wrong coin, the
Postoffice department representa
tives told the committee.
Its inventor received the coopera
tion of the Franklin Institute of
Philadelphia The only coin ever
accepted by the machine, over a
j four-year _ test period in Wana
maker’s in Philadelphia, was a
South American coin with precise
ly the same metallic content
weight and resiliency as the U. S.
nickel.
Tests For Size
The machine first tests the coin
for size. Then a control magnet
sees if it has magnetic qualities
(American coins are non-magne
tic). It is tested for weight and
metallic content and finally for
resiliency. It has never been known
to jam, officials testified.
Although the Postoffice depart
ment will make no profit from the
sale of the stamps from machines,
it expects the machines will pay
their way by encouraging a great
er use of the mails.
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WBKIsS
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| TODAY AND THURSDAY j
NEW PRINCE OF CATHOLIC CHURCH
i SHOWN DRESSED IN THE ROBES of his new high office is Francis Cardinal
Spellman, Archbishop of New York and the fourth New Yorker to sit in
the College of Cardinals at Rome. His predecessors were John Cardinal
McCloskey, John Cardinal Farley and Patrick Cardinal Hayes. Cardinal
Spellman was born at Whitman, Mass., in 1889, ordained in 1916, and
; consecrated bishon in 1932. becomina archbishoD in 1939. (International)
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MEDITATION
FROM PAGE ONE
walkout, also gave the officials the
right “to secure, is possible, a
peaceful and satisfactory settle
ment of all disputes.”
“If bargaining with the Bell sys
tem will prevent strike action,”
Beirne said, “we would be willing
to bargain with them,” adding
“There Is no indication that Bell
is willing to bargain with us.”
The youthful federation president
i asserted further that “there will be
I no dilly-dallying around on the
! strike question.”
MORE ABOUT
POPE PIUS
FROM PAGE ONE
diplomatic corps and members
of the Roman nobility.
This afternoon Francis Cardinal
Spellman of New York broadcast
an address from the North Ameri
can college in Rome, eulogizing
the Pope and expressing his grati
tude for being elevated to purple.
The other new United States
cardinals—John Cardinal Glennon
of St. Louis, Samuel Cardinal
Stritch of Chicago and Edward
Cardinal Mooney of Detroit—ex
tended blessings to members of
their archdiocese.
Tar Heel
NEWS BRIEFS
; EMERGENCY HOUSING
RALEIGH, Feb. 19. —(JP)—
Goveror Cherry today directed
attention of North Carolina
towns and cities to the avail
ability of additional emergen
cy housing facilities to local
government groups and tax
supported for non-profit edu
cational institutions.
He urged that communities
that have not done so, make
immediate application for such
portions of this emergency
housing as is needed locally.
FERTILIZER SHORTAGE
RALEIGH, Feb. 19.—(JP)—A seri
ous shortage of fertilizer and fer
tilizer materials is threatened this
season.
This was the statement issued
here Tuesday by Ralph Douglass,
vice-president of the Smith Dou
glass company of Norfolk, Va.,
and a member of the executive
committee of the plant food insti
tute of North Carolina and Vir
ginia.
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BUY U. S. BONDS
RALEIGH, Feb. 19. —(JP)—
, The council of state Tuesday
approved action of the State
Board of Agriculture in invest
ing $150,000 of the agriculture
fund in U. S. bonds. The agri
culture board took its action on
January 3.
ASK APPROPRIATION
RALEIGH, Feb. 19.—(AV- The
Raleigh-Durham airport authority
plans to ask the Federal govern
ment to appropriate $400,000 for
use at the Raleigh-Durham airport,
according to John Swain, chairman
of the authority.
SALE FORBIDDEN
CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 19.—(^»)—
H. C. McAllister, secretary-treas
urer of the State Board of Phar
macy, Tuesday advised North
Carolina pharmacists to adhere
strictly to regulations covering
the sale of barbiturates, popularly
known as "sleeping tablets.’’ Mc
Allister, speaking before the semi
nar on modern Pharmaceutical
practice conducted here by the
State Association, said that the
Federal, Food and Cosmetic act
prohibits the sale of barbiturates
sulfa drugs and thyroid tablets ex
cept on a physician’s prescription.
INSURANCE REGULATION
RALEIGH, Feb. 19 - XS _ A
proposed regulation to govern the
04 durance policies as secu"
rities for loans will be considered
by the State Banking commission
at a special meeting to be held
here Wednesday.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
LENOIR. Feb. 19. — GP> — Wal
ter L. Cannon, 32, of Valmead, is
being held in Caldwell county jail
pending preliminary hearing be
fore the grand jury here next week,
on charges of murdering his wife.
Zina L. Cannon, 32, Sheriff Felix
Parlier said Tuesday.
ISENHOUR EXONERATED
CONCORD, Feb. 19. — C5>) _
Roy L. Isenhour of West Concord
was exonerated Tuesday by a cor
oner’s jury investigating the death
of Richard Vann Auten, 5, who
was fatally injured Monday when
struck by Isenhour’s car.
INCREASE WAGES
DAVIDSON, Feb. 19. —(/P)_
Davidson Cotton Mills, Inc.,
has increased wages 10 cents
per hour to establish a mini
mum wage of 65 cents hourly,
it was announced here Tuesday.
T. J. McNeely of Concord,
formerly superintendent of the
Locke Cotton Mills, has suc
ceeded R. B. Hughes, as super
intendent of the Davidson
Mills. Hughes has accepted a
position at Randleman.
20 YEARS TO REBUILD
TOKYO, Feb. 19 —UR- Premier
Kijuro Shidehara predicted Tues
day it would take ”20 or 30 years”
for Japan to rebuild and added that
swift restoration of foreign trade
was essential for the crushed na
tion's livelihood.
SIDESWIPE PAY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—(JP)
—Nicholas T. Stepp, Hender
snoville, will receive $2,100
from the government because
an Army truck sideswiped his
truck in 1941.
A bill authorizing the pay
ment to Stepp for his injuries
was passed by the House Tues
day and sent to the Senate. It
was among the last introduced
by the late Rep. Joe W. Erwin
(D-NC).
SEEKS PERMISSION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. — (JP) —
John D. Gold, Daisy H. Gold and
Elizabeth G. Swindell, doing busi- <
ness as the P. D. Gold Publishing i
company, asked the communica- i
tions commission Tuesday for au- j
thority to operate a FM metropoli- i
tan station at Wlison. t
MOBE ABOUT
BOWLES BLASTS
i
FROM PAGE ONE i
pressure artists who claim to rep- '
resent them.”
‘‘I call on the membership of the -
National Association of Manufactur- j
ers to repudiate their irresponsible ]
leadership,” he said. “I call upon j
them to denounce his propaganda <
effort to bring inflation to this <
country.”
Assails Advertisements
He assailed as “one of the most
irresponsible arguments that has
ever been attempted” the advertise
ment’s claim that price controls
in peacetime hamper production
and force business to operate at t
loss.
“The outlook for business has
never been better than it is right
now,” he said. “In the last three
months of 1945 . , . dividends were
99 ViioVi oc 9t onv time in our his
tory. Corporations are looking for
ward to an excellent year In 1946."
BANKING COMMITTEE
TO SUMMONS FORD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. —(U.R>—
The House Banking committee
Tuesday decided to summon Henry
Ford II, young president of the
Ford Motor co., to testify after
Price Administrator Chester Bowles
charged him with demanding an
‘‘outrageous increase” of 55 per
cent in car prices.
The committee will ask Ford for
his views on price controls. Bowles
making his second appearance at
hearings on extension of the price
act beyond June 30, said that Ford
had made many “irresponsible
statements” and that the Increase
he asked for “should explain why
he is so eager to get rid! of price
control.”
6300 Per Car Loss
Ford’s name was brought up
when Rep. Wright Patman, (D.,
Tex.,) asked Bowles, stabilization
director - designate, about Ford’s
price position. Bowles said that
Ford claimed he was lpsing t?00
a car and that production was held
back by high ceilings on parts. He
went on to say that Ford produc
tion was in small volume and that
price controls already had been
removed from parts.
“I don’t know • any Intelligent
industrialist that would base his
pricing on small volume,” he said.
“I’m also surprised that Ford didn’t
know that parts were taken out
from under price control.”
“I think this should be known, ,
Bowles continued. “Normally, we ;
don’t reveal the extent of the price
increases as’ ed, but because of the i
many—I would' say irresponsible
statements—Mr. Ford has made, ,
I’m going to say this. Ford asked
OP A for an increase in price by 55
per cent last summer.”
MORE ABOUT
FORGERY CHARGE
FROM PAGE ONE j
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handicapped when his feet wer6 £
frozen off while on duty.” c
Seeking Help
Mrs. Ammons said "my husband, ^
who has been discharged from the .
service, has received about $50 £
from the government, he went to- t
day to Chapel Hill to try to get ,
help..” j
Officers said she did not have
any money when she was arrested,
but had another check in her ^
pocket for which she had been re- v
fused cash by the owner of a r
restaurant.
“Several Checks” ]
Mrs. Ammons has been in Wil- 1
mington for several weeks, accord- t
ing to authorities, who said she
had forged several checks and i
cashed them at local banks, some- ]
times using fictitious names, but
usually using the names of local 1
merchants in endorsing the checks. ]
On one occasion Mrs. Ammons j
is charged with having negotiated ]
a note with a Wilmington bank, 5
using names of local business men. i
She used this method in applying t
for living quarters at Wilmington y
housing projects, telling the men -
who endorsed the notes they were ^
endorsing her application for a j
house or an apartment, the officers |
said. 2
Signature Identified j
Successful until yesterday when a j
teller at the bank identified her !
with th*+ *4 ■
ones, Mrs. Ammons was last night
in jail in default of bond.
Bond of $250 on each count will
be required for her release, of
ficers said. She is scheduled for a
preliminary hearing this mortiing
in Recorder’s court.
Mrs. Ammons’ three-year-old
daughter was placed in the care of
child welfare workers.
more about
MCDONALD WARNS
from page one
seaven maW0,id be in addition *0 the I
of Army, Navy I
Planned personnel already |
_ „ Study I
Dr McDonald held that secret 1
^ould prove no defense agaii^t"? 1
.otalitarian power’* * T* * I
warfare. Hedged thatw 3t°mic I
:ific knowledge8be disseminated^' ■
videiy as poesible among WU 1
.an scientists and said that “mir S
>est safeguard in the evSitV™ ■
domic war would be through l
d-eat progress our own scientist! i
«>uld make by cont^ effec f
ive experimentation.” jg
The Weather
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—yp)—Weather
lureau report of temperature and rain
all for the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. in the
rincipal cotton growing areas and else
where :
tjulon High Low Prec.
VILMINGTON_ 82 43 0.51
Lsheville_ 50 38 0.70
Atlanta - 63 44 1.21 i
Atlantic City_ 39 30 0.03
lirmingham _ 62 51 1.06 j
ioston_ 24 5 0.00
luffalo ,- 35 10 0.251
Jurlington_ 20 - 4 0.00'
Chattanooga_ 60 49 0.61
Chicago - 36 32 0.04
Cincinnati_ 47 33 0.63
Cleveland _ 36 23 0.171
Dallas- 62 46. 0.00
Denver _ 48 23 0.00
Detroit - 24 21 0.36
Duluth_ 32 16 0.03
D1 Paso_ 68 28 0.00
i'ort Worth_ 59 44 0.00
Dalveston _ 64 52 0.00
racksonville_ 70 58 0.11
Kansas City_ 48 33 0.28
Key West- 82 71 0.00
Knoxville_ 57 46 0.05 i
Little Rock —- 58 45 0.061
Los Angeles_ 66 50 0.00
Louisville _ 51 39 0.66
Memphis_ 52 48 0.12
Meridian. _ 65 49 0.00
Miami J*_ 75 70 0.00
Minn.-St. Paul_ 32 27 0.02
Mobile _.___68 55 0.28
Montgomery_ 66 54 0.46
'cw v-»i icaiia _ uj oo u.oy
Hew York- 35 16 0.0?
Norfolk _ 50 33 0.16
Philadelphia _ 35 22 0.13
Phoenix_ 75 35 0.00
Pittsburgh_ 40 26 0.3R
Portland_ 17 0 0 00
Richmond _ 47 34 0.42
5t. Louis - 42 34 0.11
San Antonio- 67 46 0.00
5an Francisco_ 57 43 0 05
Savannah - 65 54 0.08
Seattle- 60 40 0.00
rampa - 74 FI 0.85
Vicksburg- S3 48 0.01
Washington _ 39 30 0.32
MORE ABOUT
WILMINGTONIANS
FROM PAGE ONE
be presided over by Gilder Home,
president of the Charlotte shippers
group, to be followed by a joint
discussion of water traffic promo
tion.
Tonight, those attending the ses
sion will be special guests at the
annual membership banquet of the
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
and which will be addressed by
former Governor J. Melville
Broughton, general counsel for the
State Ports Authority.
Members of Authority
Members of the ports authority
are: R. B. Page, Wilmington, chair
nan; S. B. Frink, Southport; A.
C. Myers, Gastonia; H. S. Gibbs,
VTorehead City; W. O. Huske Fay
itteville; J. H. Wright, Winston
salem; and T- H. Wilson, Morgan
»n.
Slated to represent the Traffic
— ow iutuu/cia ui its SUtMJiai
x>rts committee, comprising* J. T.
liers of Wilmington, chairman; P.
S. Johannsen of Kannapolis and
V. S. Creighton of Charlotte, execu
te vice-president of Charlotte
shippers.
MORE ABOUT
GM-UAW
FROM PAGE ONE
riticism of the two sides by Secre
ary of Labor Schwellenbach who
aid in Washington that they could
ettle the strike “in the next few
ays’’ if longer sessions were held.
Public appeal to the disputants
) “get down and carry on sessions
is long as necessary’’ to end the
trike was made by the labor secre
cy who has kept in close touch
vith the proceedings by reports
rom Mediator Dewey.
Same Old Issue*
Tuesday’s session broke up with
he parties still deadlocked on
'ages, union security and mainte
ance of membership. The union is
emanding a wage increase of 19
-2 cents and GM has offered 18
-2 cents. GM cancelled its con
tact with the union Dec. 10.
Mediator Dewey said another
legotiating session had been ar
anged for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
GM and the UAW have so far
ield 36 negotiating sessions. The
ongest was last Saturday when
hey were closeted for nearly seven
lours. They met again Sunday for
1-2 hours. These sessions, the first
eld on those days, gave rise to
he belief a settlement was at
and.
| Big Dance — Free Nylons and Champagne \
| DOOR PRIZES EVERY WED. & SAT. NIGHTS I
wtu., Bt-n. s
BILL GRASSICK «
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and His Orchestra i
i
Enlarged Dancing 1
Area *
m
Admission (Per Person) l *5
Fed. Tax - 1
Total. I-50 |
Tickets on sale: Saunders j
Drug Store, The Young Men •
Shop, The Jewel Box, Sostn- ■
ern Kitchens I
The PLANTATION CLUB •
2 MILES OUT ON CAROLINA BEACH ROAD
Call 9413 For Reservation
NEW LOW PRICES ON CHICKEN & STEAKS
BEER—WINE—CHAMPAGNE
THE PLANTATION CLUB ORCHESTRA |
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT I
Admission (Per Person) .8J *
Fed. Tax .. . ... .17
Total .1.0« I
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK i
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SEW ORLEANS BLAST
INJURES 20 PEOPLE
MANY MAY HAVE Blip
New Orleans, Feb, 19_.
An explosion and fire wreck.*
three-story brick apart' *
building here Tuesdav injurin
more than 20 persons an n
sibly killing severa? o?h" rr‘
Rescuers could not exni„,
all the wreckage pending the
clearance of heavy beam, Z
Police Captain James Cripp,
head of one detail said’h"
thought the ruins contained .Z
eral bodies.
Cripps added that 3S of the
55 persons listed a, occupant,
of the 14-apartment house’had
been accounted for and that 27
of these were injured
ACHESON SAYS LOAN
“ONE LAST CLEAR
CHANCE”AT PEACE
ST. LOUIS, FebTlMffMfod..
secretary of State Dean C. Acheson
said Tuesday night that the D "
posed $3,750,000,000 loan to B-"*
offers “one last clear chance i?
restore world trade.’’
In a speech prepared for deliver
before members of the League of
Women Voters, Acheson declared
^aiS1£Ce ConSressional apprcval
of the Bretton Woods agreement a
year ago “the whole condition m
the world has deteriorated far nr >*
than we could have thought.”
“It has reached a point,- Achesn„
said, where only the most time'v
and vigorous actidn.cn our p»r‘
prevent a further decay hto ^
conditions of economic anarchy '
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
MORGANTON, Feb. 19-^-n
Lee Horton of Morganton has an
nounced his candidacy in” ;
Democratic primary of May 25
for the Burke county seat in the
State House of Representatives.
MORF ARnrT
PASSPORTS
FROM PAGE ONE
are in Germany, Austria, and ■
pan who have been turned away
Taboo Is Place
I wish I could do somethin11
about it,” Taylor said apologer
cally yesterday, ”but the govern
ment has put the taboo sign or
those three countries. Not only w
the government not issue a'pass'
port to the wife of a man station
ed there, but I can’t even accept
an application for one.”
May Be Lifted
Taylor added, however, that the
ladies need not lose hope. He be
lieves the taboo sign will be hi
ed about June 1 this year, and he
guesses he’ll get a sizeable flurry
of ladies in his office when that
happens.
He said, too, that he’ll be only
to glad to accomodate them.
So the homefires may be burr
ing soon again, even though Ger
man faggots and Japanese cherry
boughs will be the fuel.
WANTED
1000 RUPTURED HEN
TO HAKE THIS TEST
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-A Doctor's
Invention for reducible rupture
is proving so successful, an offer
is now being made to give every
one who will test it a S3.50 Truss
at no cost. This invention has no
leg straps, no elastic belts, or
leather bands. It holds ' rupture
up and in. Is comfortable ar.d
easy to wear. After using it many
report entire satisfaction. Ar.y
■eader of this paper may test the
Doctor's Invention for 30 days and
receive the separate $3.50 Truss at
no cost. If you are not entirely sat
isfied with the invention—return it,
but be sure to keep the $3.50 Truss
tor your trouble. If you are ruptur
ed just write the Physician's Appli
ance Co., 4683 Koch Bldg.. 2906
Main St., Kansas City, Mo. for their
trial offer.
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