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Evening star., 1938-03-26
OFFICERS TO- BE NAMED
Presbyterian Mission Group tc
Meet Next Friday Afternoon.


The Woman's Presbyterial Society
for Missions will hold its annual
meeting and election of officers next
Friday at 10:30 am. in the Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church. Mrs. J..
Claude KEEPER, president of the So
ciety. will preside at the meeting,
which will be attended by the mod
orators of the Synod Of Baltimore
and of the Presbytery of Washington.
DR.. Henry S. Randolph, superin-
tendent Of Asheville Farm School for
Boys at Swannanoa, N. c., and Mrs.
L. B. Carruthers will speak. Mrs.
Carruthers has devoted much time as
sisting at the Medical School at Miraj,
India, of which her husband is dean.
Luncheon will be served.
Evening star., 1938-03-26
.DR. PEARSON NEAR DEATH
Ex-Governor of Virgin Islands
Suffers From Heart Ailment.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26 tP.-
Physicians said today DR.. Paul Mar
tin Pearson. 66, former governor of
the Virgin Islands and father of Drew
Pearson, Washington ID. c. news
paper columnist, was near death from
a heart ailment complicated by high
blood pressure.
DR.. Pearson has been a patient at
Stanford University Hospital here since
February %.
Evening star., 1938-02-07

half dozen others aboard the train,
carrying II passengers, suffered minor
injuries.
Two youths who had been riding in
the automobile scrambled to safety
Just ahead Of the crash after frantic
efforts to push the machine of the
tracks.
Railroad officials estimated the
Texan was travelling 1t 10 miles an
hour when the locomotive struck the
car and jumped the tracks. The big
engine begged down in soft mud and
overturned. Cars Immediately behind
were hurled past 1t, ripping open their
sides. Steam from the engine shot
into the first day coach, accounting
for the passenger deaths there.
Two baggage cars, four day coaches
and two Pullmans left the rails, but
six other coaches remained on the
tracks.
Railway officials estimated damage
to roadbeds, rails and the train be-
tween $4,000 and 350,0OO.s
Those killed were:
John Thomas Brannan, Texarkana,
Ark, 67-year-old engineer who last
Evening star., 1938-02-07
Prize Winner Views With Alarm
Costly, Neu.Fangled Cameras
Miss Moor Likes Her
Ordinary One, Belittles
Contest Victory.

Miss Mary Jane Moor, middle-aged
camera fan, views with some scorn
the complicated and expensive array
Of new-fangled apparatus so cherished
by the average amateur photographer
And Miss Moor. who lives at the
Stratford Hotel. cites as justification
of her scorn the fact that. armed only
with an ordinary box camera, the
type purcnasable in any drug store
for a couple Of dollars, she has taken
prizes in at least 10 Photographic
contests in the last five years. in addi-
ton to having a number of her pic
lures hung in exhibitions at the Ma
tional Museum and the Smithsonian
Institution.
Her latest triumph came in the re-
cent Washington Housing Association
contest, in which she won second
place with a picture Of alley slum
dwellings in this city. She belittles
this success. however.
1T was just a popularity contest" ,"
she said, explaining that the prizes
were awarded on the basis Of votes
cast by visitors to the exhibits hung
in the main branches OF the public
library.
Miss Moor adopted photography as
a hobby under circumstances which
might have been considered tragic.
There was no trace Of self pity in her
voice. however, a. she told how artr-
ritis forced her to give up her job as
a Government employe.
Evening star., 1938-02-07
7. y. POWER SALE
HIT BY MAVERICK
NOTORIOUS Industrial Mo.
nopo|ies" to Benefit, Rep.
resentative Charges.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Representative Maverick, Democrat,
Of Texas said today the Tennessee
Valley Authority had contracted to
sell more than 81 per cent of its
power to some of the most notorious
industrial monopolies" at less than
! half the cost to small municipalities
and co-operatives.
In a statement prepared for the
Congressional Record Mr.. Maverick
said he was "astonished" to find the
T. V. A. had negotiated long
contracts. running from 10 to 20
years, for 287.350 kilowatts of power
to industrial consumers. Its installed
generating capacity is about $4,000
kilowatts. he said
He said such contracts constituted
direct violation of the requirement that
T. v. A. give preference to domestic
consumers.
Asserting even friends of the T. v.
A. should defend no practice which
is either unwise or improper" Mr..
Maverick said Congress should inves-
tigate the agency 50 that anything
wrong could be corrected.
"One of the most astonishing things
to me about these contracts is that
the T. v. A. has contracted away to
the Aluminium Co. of America alone
10000 kilowatts of electric energy,
which is more than the entire installed
or future generating capacity of Norris
DAM" Mr.. Maverick said. This is
the same Mellon aluminium trust that
the Department of Justice is now
proceeding against for violation of the
antitrust laws"
He quoted T. V. A. as saying plenty
OF power would be available for do
mestic users and that in the mean
time it is making a So 500, 900 annual
profit out Of four companies, but
asked:
Us the immense investment Of the
people to be diverted to selling power
to monopolies. jeopardizing the sale
to the consuming public at low rates?"
Evening star., 1938-02-07
ASTRONOMERS HEAR
ADDRESS BY FAWCETT

James Waldo Fawcett, stamp editor
OF The Star and president of the
Washington Philatelic Society, wa.
guest speaker Saturday night before
the National Capital Amateur Astron-
omers Association at the Nationa,
Museum
Mr.. Fawcett discussed advances
made during the past few years in
telescope building, recalling his boy
hood acquaintance with John Bra
shear, pioneer in the silver-on glass
process for telescope mirrors. He also
displayed before the association a
collection Of stamps with designs OF
astronomical subjects.
The speaker was voted an honorary
membership in the association. Others
who addressed the group were r. N.
Warthen, who displayed q miniat ture
scale of the planets in the solar sys-
tenn, and Stephen Macy, president,
who emphasized the need Of Z plan
etarium in Washington as an aid to
progressive education.
Evening star., 1938-02-07

month completed60 years service with
Missouri Pacific without an accident:
Peter Grunz, st. Louis, Mo-, 64-year-
old railway express messenger; L. J.
jackson, 5e, Little Rock, colored
Porter.
Elsie Sims, about 40, st. Louis,
colored woman: Helen Cooper, 4. st.
Louis, colored child, and Lessie Kim
ball. rs, C1arksville. Tex, colored
woman.
Evening star., 1938-02-07
City in New York Hit

AMSTERDAM, N. Y, Feb. 7 ,P.-
THIS city Of $4,000 population was
left without gas service today as the
1ce-Jammed Mohawk River, swollen to
mood stage by recent thaws and rains,
inundated low-lying sections and swept
three-story factory building from its
foundations.
Officials of the New York Power &,
Light Corp. summoned emergency
crews from nearby cities in an effort
TO restore gas service.
weakened by swirling torrents of
water and the continued pounding of
ice Hoes, the No. plant of the
Mohawk Carpet Mills shuttleworth
division collapsed into the stream.
The building was used chiefly as 4
storehouse.
Other company buildings were
Hooded to depth of S to feet,
necessitating closing of the entire
shutueworth division, employing about
1900 persons.
Evening star., 1938-02-07
MAYOR SAYS WHEELER
MISINTERPRETED PLEA
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Peter M. Rigg, city attorney Of
Havre, Mont, said last night Mayor
H. F. McMaster of Havre declared
he had been misinterpreted by Senator
Wheeler, Democrat. Of Montana in
urging support for Havre gas project.
Mr.. Rigg. in Washington seeking
approval Of the Interior Department
for the project. said Mr.. McMaster
declared Mr.. Wheeler grossly mis-
interpreted my opinions"
He said Mr.. McMaster referred to
a letter by Mr.. Wheeler made public
yesterday in which the Senator said
Mr.. McMaster had demanded that I
bring political pressure to bear upon
the Interior Department and get them
to approve the Havre gas project"
Mr.. Rigg said Mr.. McMaster In 4
Evening star., 1938-02-07
Wrong Alibi.

OMAHA. Nebr. (P).-Fred A.
Stephenson had the wrong a!,oi when
arraigred in Police Court on q charge
OF stealing an overcoat.
Somebody gave it to me to pawn"
he told the court.
Said tho Judge: Nobody pawns
overcoats in this kind OF weather
(below zero). Ten days"
Evening star., 1938-02-07
FIRE DESTROYS HOME
Summer Dwelling Burns at Tim
Der Lake-Loss 5000.

LYNCHBURG, Va. Feb. z P-
Loss tentatively estimated at $1,000
was caused by fire which destroyed
the summer home of ]. Frank Falls,
manager Of the Academy of Music,
early this morning at Timber Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Falls were living in
the city during the winter and the
dwelling was unoccupied. A truck from
the Lynchburg Fire Department saved
adjoining property.
Evening star., 1938-02-07

MY DOCTOR" she explained. "ad-
vised me to take up an outdoor hobby,
and chose photography. I bought
a box camera and Joined the Wash
ington Photographic Society right
away and read a lot of books about it."
She learned mostly by trial and
error" she thinks. She is master Of
her hobby now. and even owns fairly
expensive miniature camera But she
doesn't use it much.
Il still like my box camera best"
she said.
Evening star., 1938-02-07

ems gives an example: NATURALLY,
husbands and wives would get
along better if they had more vi
tality and slept better. I find Tea
q grand way to renew vitality -
and Tea lets you sleep soundly,
restfully. I drink plenty of Tea,
for radio work is very fatiguing.
Tea stimulates me. It's priceless at
IL and a, when vitality is apt to be
Evening star., 1938-02-07
GAR WRECKS TRAIN
ANDS|XAB0ARDD|E
Three Passengers and Three
of Texans Crew ScaIded
to Death in Crash.
BY the Associated Press.

BENTON, Ark, Feb. IAN old
model car stalled on the Missouri
Pacific's main line tracks at 4 country
road crossing yesterday and wrecked
the Texan, fast passenger train east
bound from Dallas to ST. Louis, bring
ing death to six persons.
The victims, crushed and scalded
as the front part of the train piled
up. were three members OF the train
crew and three colored passengers. A
Evening star., 1938-02-07
RESORTS.
FLORIDA,

| WHITEHALL. Palm Beach's most dist,r
EuiShed hotel. is again host to the nj tion
! Under same ownership. direction and guest
policy as Miami BiltmOre, Miami
Evening star., 1938-02-07

letter to Mr.. Wheeler declared he
asked only for the Senator's support
and influence"
Evening star., 1938-02-07
N. l. R. B. VOTE ORDERED
Spartanburg Textile Mill EN-.

spartanburg Textile Mill En-
ployes to Choose Representative.
BY the Associated Press.
The National Labor Relations Board
oroered yesterday an election at the
beaumont Manufacturing Co. plant,
Spartanburg. S. c., to select collective
bargaining representatives.
Production employees will vote on
whether they wish to be represented
by the Textile Workers Organizing
Co.. affiliated with the Committee for
Industrial Organization.
Evening star., 1938-02-07

Don't let fatigue ruin your dispo.
sition. Tea helps you relax-cheers
your spirits.
For real flavor and vitalizinp
effect, remember that good Tea
(Orange Pekoe and Pekoe) comes
from India, Ceylon, and lava.
Sumatra. These good black Teas
are especially suited to the Ameri-
can taste. For economy and full
enjoyment, buy quality Tea. .
Evening star., 1938-02-07
SUGGESTION TO BORED C0UPLEs-BY
RADIO STAR, KATHRYN CRAvENS

No one knows
better than
Miss Cravens,
radio adviser to
millions, the
importance of
seemingly SIM
pie things for
keeping happi-
ness in married
life. Miss Crav-
Evening star., 1938-02-07

low. I heartily advise husbands and
wives to drink lots of delicious,
vitalizing Teal"
Milford chronicle., 1938-03-04
MILFORD GRANGE NEWS

Everyone who partook of II will
vote the covered dish supper last
Saturday night big success, both IN
varied and abundant foods, aud In
the hour of jolly graternal fellowship
that accompanied it. No less sue
cessful along practical and educa-
tional lines was the talk given by
Ralph Snowberger on fertilizers
their chemical properties and their
reactions. Many questions and muca
discussion was called forth.
Next Saturday night short pro-
gram of an unusual sort will be
presented and following it MIR. Snow
berger will speak on the following
seasonable and practical topics:
Grape pruning, vegetables, nlan.ing,
varieties, and chick management.
Visitors are invited to come at $3.50
and discussion is welcomed. Tne
regular business meeting VIII De
called to order at 1880.
A dance, sponsored by the Grange
will be held in the hall this Friday
night. You are cordially invited to
spend a few pleasant hours with con-
genial friends. and best Of good or
chestra music.
Milford chronicle., 1938-03-04
MOTORISTS, BE CAREFUL
AROUND AGED FOLKS
TConfinned from First Psgel

ICogfinHed from First Psgel
years of age is 81 times as likely to
be struck by an automobile as one
between the above mentioned. His
chances of being hit are eight times
that Of a child under five years OF
age and four times that of a person
between the ages of As and Ga.
or course drivers are frequently
censured for discourteOus acts by
angry pedestrians, and too often
these tOuchy pedestrians are guilty
OF tricks that are enough to dHiye
motorists mad. They run into the
streets in the middle of the block or
they pay no heed to traffic lights.
They become so interested in talk,
or SO preoccupied, that they actually
walk into the sides Of vehicles. They
Jay walk and they act as II the
streets were laid out for their sole
use. Drivers sometimes are not as
considerate as they ought to be. but
neither are all pedestrians courte-
GUS. The courtesy of traffic that
makes for safety is a mutual thins.
What's sauce for the driver should
be sauce for the walker.
Milford chronicle., 1938-03-04
W. G. SAMMONS AGAIN HEADS
MILFORD b. & L. ASSOCIATION

At the annual stockholders meet
ing of the Milford Building & Loan
Association held Wednesday evening,
William G. SammOns was again
elected to the presidency of the asso-
citation which is one of Delaware's
oldest. Mr.. SammOns, who has held
the position as president for the past
nine years, also holds the unusual
distinction of having held shares in
the first series of stock issued by the
association at the time of its organ
ization in 1871.
Other officers elected for the en-
suing term were: Vice-president,
Augustus Holson; treasurer, e. P.
Messick: secretary, James X. Petty
John; directors for three-year terms,
c. e. Bridgham, William V. Benson
and George Manlove, all Of Milford.
The association has just completed
its 67th year of successful financing,
and earnings for the current year
were reported as $15,133.S7. Series
No. 54 matured during the year after
eleven years and seven months with
a total maturity of $59,600.00.
A new series of stock, the 66th,
was authorized at the meeting and
opened to public subscription, a no.
tice of which will be found in an
other column Of this paper.
Milford chronicle., 1938-03-04
HISTORIC PAGEANT AT
FREDERICK MARCH Is
[Continned trom First Pegel

[COHfiHHed from First PSgel
are: Mrs. willard Slaughter. cos
tunes; Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Got
tori, properties; David Green, tick
cts.
Many interesting Swedish folk
tunes including From Swedish
Hearts," a toast always sung on
State occasions in honor of the roy
al family, have been woven into the
story. Old hymn tunes of the 18th
century are heard i'm. the scene in
which Pastor ChristOffer leads the
cOIonists in a service of thanksgiv-
ing for their deliverance from star
vatiOn.
Pupils of the sixth grade will give
an Indian dance for Governor HOl-
lander for the scene in which they
trade with the cOlOnists. Mrs. +. w.
Mick is the teacher. Grades seven
and eight are presenting a Swedish
folk dance "Gustafs SkOal." under
the direction of Mrs. Marian Keyes.
the grade teacher. Miss Elizabeth
station, Kent county supervisor Of
music, is supervising both dances.
As the proceeds will be divided
equally with the church and the
school movie protector fund, it was
thought fitting that a short film be
shown during the evening. too. No
extra charge will be made for the
movie. Admission will be 25c for
adults and 10c for children.
Milford chronicle., 1938-03-04
LIST GROUPSFOR
SWEDISH FETE
[cOntisHed from First PsgeI


On police, to cooperate with the
Department Of Public Safety and the
State Highway Police.
On luncheon for Swedish tourists.
On official State delegations to
act on behalf Of the State of Della
ware.
On housing TO make a canvas of
the hOusehOlders of Wilmington.
Newark and New Castle to ascer-
tain what rooms may be available.
On information, to establish and
maintain information booths and
bureaus.
On restaurant facilities.
On press, to look after reporters
and cameramen.
Lawn Party At LOngwOOd
On lawn party at Longwood
On headquarters to take charge
of the general headquarters of the
Commission in the clubroom at the
Hotel DUPONT.
On military, to act for the COM
mission in all matters pertaining to
the participation of, the military for
ces of the State and the government
i'm the celebration.
On Red Cross, to provide a head
quarters for first aid treatment.
On Boy Scouts. to provide for and
control the participation of the Boy
Scouts.
Milford chronicle., 1938-03-04
PLAZA THEATRE NOTES

The outstanding stage attraction
to come this season is here today and
tomorrow, Friday and Saturday,
March As, with a matinee on Satur-
day at 2:3O when Polly Jenkins and
her Pillow Boys make their second
annual appearance on the stage OF
the New Plaza Theatre, Milford, in
their all new 1888 version of real
down home barnyard antics. The
biggest little show on earth today.
Polly, Buster and Uncle Dan, the
trio who last season did what no one
believed could be done in Milford.
Put on a thirty minute show that
pleased capacity audiences at every
performance.
Polly with her accordian and many
other homemade musical contrap-
tions-Buster with his guitar and
Uncle Dan with all the odds and ends
around the barn promises to offer
even a better show this season than
last and on the screen Crashing
Hollywood" will be the feature at
traction with Lee Tracy.
Polly Jenkins and her Plow Boys
also appear at the new Hub Theatre,
on March 11-12.
On Monday and Tuesday, March
rs. Wallace Berry comes to the New
Plaza screen In his best since Viva
Villa a Saga of the two-gun man ia
winning OF the West "The Bad Man
Of Birthstone"
Milford chronicle., 1938-03-04
All CLUB NOTES


The Westville Willing Workers
met at the home of their secretary,
Margaret COmegys. Friday evening,
February Is. Miss ComstOck, All
Club agent. was not able to attend,
but Mr.. McCauley, Boys Club agent,
was present and gave a talk on Bet
ter Methods of Poultry Management.
Mr.. McCauley also gave suggestions
for improving the club. One sug-
gestiOn was that u program be ar
ranged for the whole year. This in
cludes a program for the beginning
of the meeting and a recreation pro-
gram. A committee was appointed as
follows: On the first program are
Margaret COmegys and Clement Har-
vath and on the recreation program,
Gladys Warren and Lester Warren.
These members with the president,
Violet Long, will make mp a pro-
gram for the rest of the year. Each
member will be given a copy neat
month so that he will know what
his duty is. 1t is expected that this
program will help improve the club
and make it much more interesting
for each member throughout the
wear
Milford chronicle., 1938-03-04
HENRY E. CAIN, VETERAN
RAIL AGENT, RETIRES

Henry Z. Cain. chief claim agent
of the Pennsylvania Railroads east
ern region, with offices in Philadel-
phia, retired from active duty last
Monday after nearly so years of con-
tinuous service.
Born at Harrington, Mr.. Cain en-
tered railroad work Aug. 8, 1888, as
a telegraph operator at Laurel and
was later passenger and baggage
agent at Dover where for two years
he was clerk of the Delaware Senate.
MIR. Cain was transferred to the
legal department in Philadelphia In
1903 and on the establishment of
the bureau of claims in 1906 was ap-
pointed special agent and the fol-
lowing year claim agent.
He became district claim agen In
1920 and chief claim agent Of the
eastern region in 1924.
Mr.. Cain has been active in Ma
sonic circles and is a past master
Of Union Lodge, No. z, of Dover. He
is an elder of the Woodland Pres
byterian Churcr in Philadelphia, Of
which he has been trustee for the
past 2S years. He was for IL years
president of the board Of trustees.
He is an active member Of the Sons
of Delaware in Philadelphia.
In recognition of his services, Mr..
Gains associates presented him with
a gold watch.
Milford chronicle., 1938-03-04
URGE RETIREMENT LAW
FOR STATE TEACHERS
[COnfinRed from FirfI Psgel

[COrfinEed from FirEt PSgel
wealthy State like Delaware to ex-
pect our teachers to devote their
entire lives to the public service at
salaries that are barely sufficient to
support them and their dependents,
and then to turn them out without
providing an adequate income for
their old age"
DR.. Stouffer points to the ill-ef-
fects of continuing aged teachers in
the schools.
when there is no adequate sys-
TEN of retirement for teachers" DR..
Stouffer notes, the Board of Edu-
cation and other school officials are
lOath to condemn a faithful public
servant who has spent all her pro-
ductive years in the service of her
community, to a life of penury and
want. The result is that many tea
chers are retained long after they
are able to perform effective service.
Hence the children have to suffer,
and the community has to pay for
services that it is not getting.
There is another element in con-
nectiOn with the cost of a retirement
system-Or rather the cost of not
having one-that is frequently over
looked, and that is that the differ
ence between the salary of the re-
tired teacher and the salary of the
teacher employed to take her place
would go a long way toward paying
the States share of the cOntribu-
tiOns.
For example. i'm Wilmington the
typical college graduate in the ele-
mentary schools who would be ELI
gible for retirement would be receiv-
ing $2400 a year, whereas the typi-
cal teacher who would be employed
to take her place would receive only
$12OO a year, a difference TO $1,000 a
year.
"If we assume that the teacher
who would be retired would live five
years after retirement, and that the
salary of a new teacher would be
increased 800 a year. the average
annual difference between their sal
aries would be $1,000 a year.
"This would be sufficient to LAY
the States share of a modest income
for life" j
Commission Named
Governor Richard c. McMullen has
had a commission appointed to study !
the teachers retirement problem
and submit a report to the next ses- /
sion of the General Assembly.
This commission comprises James
H. Hughes, Jr., and John B. Jessup, !
B. F. Johnson, Dover;
]. Harold Schabinger, FELTON,, and
Halstead Lyon of Georgetown.