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Evening star., 1942-03-05
|Conferees Approve
Court Merger Bill
For District
Compromise Is Reached
On Residence Requirement
For Eligible Judges

The bill to merge the Police and
Municipal Courts and set up a new
local Court of Appeals is on the
road to final congressional approval
today following an agreement by
conferees last night on House and
Senate differences.
The conferees worked out a com.
promise in place of the amend.
ment of Senator Tydings. Demo.
crat, of Maryland. which sought tt
make lawyers who practice In
Washington but live within a To-
mile area outside the District eligi-
bic for appointment as local judges
After striking out the 10-mile pro-
vision the conferees agreed that not
more than two of the 10 judges tc
be appointed to the merged lower
court could be non-residents. This
means that eight of the lower court
judges and all three of the appel
late Judges would have to be bona
fide residents of Washington. The
two non-residents could be from
anywhere In the United States.
The bill requires local residence
for a five-year period preceding ap-
pointment, but the conferees wrote
in a provision to preserve the eligi-
bility of an appointee who was away
from Washington with the armed
forces during any part OF the five
year period
The conference agreement accepts
the Senate provision fixing the
terms of the judges at 10 years. AT
present Police Court judges are ap-
pointed for four years and Munich
pal Court jurists for six years. The
conferees were:
Senators McCarran. Democrat, OF
Nevada; Overton. Democrat, OF
Louisiana and Burton. Republican
of Ohio; Representatives McGehee
Democrat. of Mississippi: Harris
Democrat, OF Arkansas and Dirksen
Republican, Of Illinois.
The bill combines the Police and
Municipal Courts to promote the
efficiency Of both branches. with II
Judges in place Of nine, now divided
between the separate courts. The
Jurisdiction of the police branch
over criminal cases is not changed
but the jurisdiction of the munich
pal branch in civil suits is increased
to cases involving up to $4,000.
This added civil jurisdiction, to.
gether with the creation Of the new
local Court of Appeals, is expected
to relieve the burden Of local work
handled by the United States Dis.
trict Court and United States Court
of Appeals. both of which mus
handle much national litigation. be.
cause Washington is the seat oi
Federal Government.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Funeral Tomorrow
For joseph A. Burkurt

Funeral services for Joseph Al
oysius Burkart, 68, Washington at
torney, who died Tuesday, will be
held at 2 pm. tomorrow at Hysong
funeral home. Private burial will be
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers for Mr.
Burkart, who practiced law here toi
nearly so years, are:
Justice Justin Miller, Justice
James M. Proctor, E. Barrett Pretty
man. Col. Walter c. Clephane, Wal.
ter Bastian. George E. Hamilton. ST.;
John E. Laskey, sr.; George H
O'Connor, Edmund M. Toland. Lex
p. Harlow, Wilbur Gray, Ernest w
Brown, Robert v. Fleming. Charlie.
A. Goldsmith, James E. Colliflower
William S. Shelby, e. Taylor Chewn.
ing, Charles E. Cooke, L. Pierce
Boteler, Odell S. Smith, Edward j
Murphy, w. Elkins Reed, Spencer d
Curry, Thomas w. Perry and George
j. Sinclair.
Active pallbearers are Richmond
B. Keech, Henry I. Quinn. Austin F
Garfield, Samuel M. Boyd, E. S
Rowzee and Edmund o. Carl.
Evening star., 1942-03-05

ROOSEVELT Hos
pital in New
York City after
q short illness.
Eldest of the
S e v en- Ogilvie
sisters, hair and
scalp specialists,
Miss Ogilvie
maintained sa-
Ions in N e W
York City and
formerly Paris
a I'd numbered
among her GUS
toners m q n Y
prominent wom-
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1n Mrntnriant

TAYLOR. JAMES A. In loving mem
ory of my dear husband. JAMES A. TAY-
LOR, who departed this life March 5. 1888.
The month Of March once more is here.
For me the saddent Of the year.
Because four years ago today
~, Ny deaI d- hpsband n16 passed y away W.y. W
Ola TAYLOR.
WOODSON, Upton J. In loving men,
ory of our dear husband and father, TIP
TON ]. WOODSON. who left US one year
DEVOTED WIFE AND DAUGHTER. MARY
AND WnLIETTA.
Evening star., 1942-03-05

@'~@"7 Os"'''~'
A native OF San Francisco, Miss
Ogilvie in her youth was a de-
signer of hats. At the time Of her
death she was in charge of chem
istry research for Ogilvie Sisters.
Surviving are her six sisters, Miss
Elizabeth Ogilvie, who heads the
Washington salon; Miss Jessica
Ogilvie, Mrs. John Curry, Mrs. Clara
MacInnis. Mrs. Mabel Carter, all
Of New York, and Mrs. Georgina
Tweddle of Toronto, Canada. and a
brother, William Ogilvie of Philadel-
phia.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Three Countries Discuss
Air Training Program

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Ontario. March 5-Air
officials representing the United
States. Canada and Britain were
reported yesterday working on plans
to coordinate air training on the
North American continent by max
ing the maximum use of United
States and Canadian fields and
school facilities.
The feeling here was that the
entire British commonwealth air
training scheme which began In
December, 1889, would be joined
with the United States program so
that all equipment and facilities will
be kept In full operation and stu
dents would be exchanged in greater
numbers.
Evening star., 1942-03-05

Miss Mary Gladys 0gi|vie,
Beauty Specialist, Dies

Miss Mary Gladys Ogilvie, 63,
beauty specialist who organized the
Ogilvie Sisters Salon here during
the last war, died yesterday at
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Birth

LARNER. A daughter. SANDRA. was
born to Mr. and Mrs Charles D. Larner
on Friday. February 90. 1942. at Doctors
Hospital.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09
PERSONALS

Miss Ethel Cooper left yesterday
for Washington, to attend the we'd
ding of her college room mate, Miss
Grace Stone, daughter of Congress-
man Stone, which occurs today in
that city. Miss Stone spent sever
al weeks here last summer as the
guest of Miss Cooper and is favor
ably remembered by our young peo-
pie.
DR.. N. T.. Jerman, of Holmes
burg, Pa, who has been spending
several days with his mother, who
has been i'll, returned home this
morning.
Crawford Stevens, who was very
sick at Delaware College, a week
or two ago, had sufficiently recov-
cred to return home on Friday.
The B. NJ S. X. met on Monday
evening at the residence of Miss
Lizzie Hall. 1t was the night of
their regular refreshment enter
tainment.
Miss Ollie Carrow, of st. Georges
and Miss Sallie Carrow near town.
are visiting friends in Dover.
Mrs. Andrew Smithers and chill
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09

went on duty along the highways
of the county. Two airplanes of
the Civilian Air Patrol, flying in a
bright moonlight, spotted the coun-
ty for violations. Only railroad sig-
nal lamps were lighted. Trains
had their headlights hooded and
curtains drawn. Several motorists
attempted to travel along the roads
with headlights on but state police
promptly halted them and ordered
the lights turned off. Mayor Ed
ward c. Evans of Milford, coordin-
ator for Sussex County, received a
report from Lieut.. Charles B. Knox
of Georgetown that one arrest had
been made during the test. Some
of the auxiliary firemen staged
practice tests and at Milford the
fire company extinguished a half
strength incendiary bomb set off as
part of the surprise blackout. The
all-clear signal was sounded at 9.35
o'clock after which wardens, police
men and firemen started making
reports on the result of the tests.
Mayor Evans pronounced the black
out most satisfactory and Governor
Bacon said that in his opinion tes
test was 100 per cent as far as he
could observe.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09
EXPECT GOOD SHAD RUN
Hudson Fishermen Preparing For
Six Weeks Work

Well-sheltered from the menace
of prowling U-boats, on the shores
of the broad Hudson River, some
200 men are getting ready for six
weeks of heavy work-six weeks of
supplying some 100000 pounds of
fish to nation at war-for the
shad season will be in full swing off
this little borough within few
days. And in the eyes of expert
enced fishermen, who have been
netting the fiat, silvery fish for
many years, the shad are going to
cooperate in the national defense
effort this year, and a banner sea-
son is expected. The consensus of
veterans in the 10O-year-old indus
try, is that prices will be higher
this year, due in large extent to the
scarcity of off-shore fishing boats.
Many of the off-shore boats have
been taken over by the Navy and
Coast Guard for patrol duty, and
others are not venturing out due to
the U-boat menace. Labor and
costs will be somewhat higher also,
but, on the whole, given good run
and catch, the Edgewater fisher
men expect outstanding results.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09
U. S. STEEL PRODUCES FOR VICTORY

and services in its history and re-
ceived for them the largest sum OF
money in its history. The dollar
volume of sales in 1871 was SIG
billion; but rejecting the effect of
unchanged scheduled prices of prin.
cipal products in the face of in
creased tax, wages and materials
costs, the net income for 1941 was
Al per cent less than for 1929. The
Corporations 1941 tax bill amounted
to s191.502.574.
Cautioning that the 1941 net in.
come cannot be regarded as typical
earnings, Mr.. Olds stated: Income
in 1941, after income taxes and all
charges except interest on funded
debt, amounted to 702 per cent
as compared with 500 per cent in
1940,-of the value of the net assets,
the latter being the total assets less
current liabilities. The average re-
turn for the five year period 1897
1941, on this basis, was 4.59 per
cent, while for the ten year period
1932-1941, which included the deficit
years of 1882, 1888, 1884, and 1888,
the average return was equivalent
to 1.S5 per cent of the value of the
net assets"
Employment by U. S. Steel aver.
aged approximately 100000 for the
year 1941-a greater number of EN-.
ployes than in any year of its his.
torv ond raprocontipU on ;poraoco
of 81 per cent since 1888. The total
payroll during the same period in.
creased 113 per cent.
U. S. Steel paid out in the form
of wages and salaries to employees
the equivalent of about s1,647,00
for each day of 1941. Annual pay.
rolls rose to a new high of s601,-
117,053 compared with the total of
s43S,621, ,292 in 1910 and with $780,
072,851 in 1929.
Although the average number of
hours worked per week in 1941 in
creased only per cent over 1910,
and was still under 40 hours" said
Mr.. Olds. average weekly earnings,
amounting to S37.91, increased
nearly Is per cent over 1940."
Dividends paid for 1941 were in
exactly the same amount as for
1910 = that is, for the preferred
stockholders the stipulated annual
dividend of 81 a share and for the
common stockholders dividends
amounting to 81 a share
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09

dren of Denver, Colorado, are on a
visit of several weeks to her father
in law, Joseph Smithers. Mr.Smith-
ers will join them later.
Miss Mabel Dockendorf, of Phil
adelphia, is the guest of Miss Ella
Smithers.
Mrs. Lydia A. Cotton gave tea
party in honor of her son Harry,
one day last week.
Miss Sadie Smith of Philadelphia,
is visiting her Smyrna friends.
Miss Lena Hearn is visiting the
family of Rev. G. S. Conoway,
Trappe, Md.
Rev. r. K. Stephenson has been
called to Georgetown to testify in
the Coates VS.. Coates trial.
Frank Starting, who has been
spending the past week here, has
been notified that he has passed a
creditable examination in the Col
lege of Pharmacy, Baltimore, and
will receive the degree of Phg, on
Monday, next.
Mrs. William D. Hudson and Miss
Susie Hudson are visiting friends
in New Jersey.
Miss Ella Riley and Abel Taylor
have gone to attend the 14th we'd
ding anniversary of Joseph New
man, in Philadelphia.
Miss Cora Jones and Willard
Carrow visited friends in Dover,
Sunday.
Homer Smith, son of Capt. A. H.
Smith, has entered the store of
William F. Dunn to learn the drug
business.
Miss Laura Ross, daughter of C.
G. Ross, of near Blackiston's Cross
Roads, was given a large surprise
party at the home of her parent on
Friday evening on the occasion of
her 21st birthday. After a pleasant
evening and refreshments she was
presented with a handsome chair.
The wedding notice of Miss Lii
liam F. Wilds and w. G. Lake, fix
the date of marriage April 14th, in
New York.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09
URGE 4-H TO AID
VICTORY WORK
April 5 to IL Is All MObiliza-
ton Week; Have Gar
dens or Assist
BUY STAMPS AND BONDS

Every Delaware All club boy
and girl has job to do in this time
of war;" says George l.. Schuster,
director of the Delaware Agricul-
tural Extension Service, and during
the week of April to II, which is
being observed as All Mobilization
Week, he has asked every Della
ware club member to reaffirm his
intentions of carrying club project
goals to completion. He points out
that All club members greatest
contribution can be increased food
production and improved health
practices through the use of foods
produced in the family garden.
Every club member in the State is
urged to either have garden or to
assist his family in providing a
garden which will supply much of
the family food needs. Younger
rural youth are especially urged to
help in the family home food pro-
duction program in order that older
members of the family may do the
more difficult farming tasks. Girls
enrolled in food preservation pro-
jects are expected to can more
quarts of fruits and vegetables
than in previous years. Local All
club garden committees have been
organized and are sponsoring con-
tests to stimulate improved garden
work. These garden committees
are urging more and better gardens
on the farms of their members and
on all other farms in their COM
munities. During Mobilization
Week, director Schuster urges Del
aware's more than 1900 members to
continue their contributions to the
victory effort through their project
work, local community defense ac-
tivities and their purchases of de-
fense bonds and stamps. Other
rural youth not affiliated with All
club work are urged to "enroll for
victory" by joining the All club in
their community during this Mobil-
ization Week.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09
BLACKOUT WAS
FIRST SURPRISE
Sussex County Has Surprise
BlackOut; Has Been Call
ed Satisfactory
LASTED 80 MINUTES

Sussex County furnished Della
ware its first surprise blackout
Thursday night. Lights went out
shortly after 9 o'clock and the low
er end of tn estate was dark for
half an hour. Following the test
civilian defense officials expressed
satisfaction with the result, al
though an arrest was made and
several violations reported. The
blackout was witnessed by Cover
nor Walter w. Bacon, Mayor AL
bert w. James of Wilmington,
Lieut.. Ralph Rust of the gov
ernor's staff, Lieut.-Col. Charles H.
Cant, coordinator of the Whining
ton Civil Defense Cabinet; James
P. Truss, state tax commissioner;
Mayor Wallace Woodford of Dover,
Kent County coordinator for de-
fense, and others. The governors
party observed the test at Milford.
The warning flash was received
from Georgetown, the county de-
fense center. This signal resulted
in power plants throwing main
switches causing lights in homes
and stores to go on and off three
times, the warning that the enemy
craft" was on its way. The signal
was given by Col. Edgar B. Spray
er of Rehoboth Beach, assistant CO.
of defense for Sussex
County. Sirens joined in the alert
alarm and at 9.05 p. m. the section
from Milford Neck in Kent County
to the Maryland side of Delmar
was darkened. The Tenth Repre-
sentative District including Milford
Neck of Kent county is included in
the Sussex County defense pro-
gram while Maryland authorities
cooperated in blackening out lights
on the southern side of the Della
ware line. Four thousand air raid
wardens, auxiliary police and fire.
men and messengers participated
in the program while state police
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09

Direct and indirect demands for
defense and lend-lease needs have
reached the equivalent of more
than three-fourths of U. S. Steeps
current steel shipments, Irving S.
Olds, Chairman Of the Board of
Directors, disclosed in the 1941
Annual Report of United States
Steel Corporation.
The report enumerated a wide
variety of products being manu-.
factured by subsidiaries of U. S.
Steel for war purposes. In addi-
tion to bomb castings, illustrated
above, and all kinds of rolled and
finished steel, the list included
naval, maritime and other ships,
armor and protective deck plate, un-
'oaded shells, shell forgings, gun
firing mechanisms, military pipe
lines, naval propulsion equipment,
submarine cable, torpedo impulse
TASKS, fabricated landing mats, wire
netting for camoufiage, steel for
cartridge clips and bullet-core steel.
The report stated that U. s..
Steers shipments. of rolled and
finished steel during the year to-
tailed more than twenty million net
tons-an all-time high and an in.
crease of more than one-third over
the shipments in 1910. The net
tons of ingots produced by U. S.
Steel subsidiaries also established
an all-time record and represented
an increase of more than one
fourth over the 1910 production.
Mr.. Olds pointed out that steel
production "by no means repre-.
sents the total contribution of U. S.
Steel to the war effort" Most of
U. S. Steel's products are further
processed or fabricated by other
manufacturers whose facilities are
now serving the Government. In
addition, nearly one-third of the
nations output of tar, ammonium
sulphate, benzol. and toluol. as we'll
as substantial quantities of tar
acids. are derived as by-products
from U. S. Steeps coking opera
tions. Nitration toluol is utilized in
the production Of explosives, and
ammonium sulphate will be used as
fertilizer In increasingly larger
quantities as the production of
many essential agricultural COM
nodities is expanded.
During 1941 U. S. Steel disposed
Of the largest volume of products
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09

Five bare boys leap out of their
pants.
They run in old male arrogance
Along the springboard, and they
dive,
Rampant, shining, as alive
In the air as on the ground.
Each makes an arc of treble sound
And vanishes in silver bubbles.
A bird sings low; there are no
troubles
In all the world; the world
stands still.
But up the boys come, and they spill
Water and laughter, arch their tails.
Five small hard and happy males,
They CLEAN naked, blare like horns,
Sharp and beautiful as thorns.
They drown the bird out, rankle
white,
Five slender barbs of appetite,
And the universe can spin
On its handsome way again.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS

Sunday was the hottest third day
of April for at least ten years.
Sturgeon boats have been off the
Mispillion and Murderkill rivers the
past few days.
Old fishermen are predicting a
prosperous fishing season, because
the cold winter has kept the fish
back and caused them to come UP
the west side channel of the Della
ware.
1t is said the fight between Cleve-
land and Hill is causing Democratic
eyes to turn toward Delaware and
in the direction of Senator Gray.
Senator Gray would make mag
nificent Presidential Candidate.
On Friday next, Paris T. Carlisle,
of Frederick, accompanied by his
daughter Rachel, and his son-in-
law, will sail for four months
tour in Europe. Most of their time
abroad, will be passed in France.
Bertie Elliott, little daughter of
Jerome Elliott, of near Georgetown,
was burned to death last week. She
was playing in burning sedge
field when her clothes caught fire,
burning her to a crisp. She lived
only a few hours after she was
burned.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09
GET MORE OUT Of LIFE |
by
&AtzAM~
When the Committee Meets

Mo matter who you are, or where
' you live, or what you have to
do, there's always some way to get
more out of life. For instance, the
engagement pad says there's a COM
mittee meeting at eleven. And who
wants to go, for eleven o'clock is
that in-between hour when spirits
lag and the long wait for lunch
seems endless. One astute hostess
who heads many important COM
mittees realized the reason so many
members were late or lacked en-
thusiasm was because of this morn
ing let-down. So she decided to try
an experiment and serve coffee and
light accompaniment at these
meetings.
The result was startling. The
committee members arrived on
time-enjoyed the coffee and," and
dispatched the business with ener-
gy and enthusiasm. The coffee was
freshly made in a small drip urn
and served from an attractive table
right in the committee room. And
with it was passed an assortment
of hot breads, kept hot on big
electric plate warmer. Little coffee
cakes, cinnamon buns, fruit and
nut mullins and nut fingers were
among the favorites. The friendly
gesture of this thoughtful hostess
could well be extended so that all
committees get more out of life.
Nut Fingers
2 cups flour
3 Teaspoons baking poioder
" teaspoon salt
tablespoons shortening
2 tablespoons butter
1 egg
% cup milk
u cup finely chopped nat meats
Sift the dry ingredients; and cut
in the four tablespoons of shorten
ing until the consistency of coarse
cornmeal. Moisten with the egg,
slightly beaten and combined with
the milk; mix until blended. Trans
! fer to board busted with flour;
and roll into oblong shape one
fourth inch in thickness. Divide in
halves; spread one-half with the
chopped nuts and butter. combined.
Cover with the second half; press
the edges together; and cut in I'm
ger length strips. Transfer to an
oiled shallow pan; and bake in q
hot oven 400o F. for fifteen min
utes. or until br"~- m ton.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09

CANADIAN destroyers on convoy
~ duty in the North Atlantic took
a buffeting in recent spring gales.
Huge seas lambasted these ships
constantly for 48 hours. One sea
swept through destroyer's galley,
Instantly extinguishing fires. En-
gfneers rigged a steam jet and
bucket to provide hot soup for the
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09
Gets First Prize in Exhibit

Corporal Norman l.. Nathanson,
Atlantic City youth who left college
to enter the U. S. Marine Corps, is
continuing his career as an artist
while serving as Leatherneck. Ac-
cording to word received, his water
color, PAY Day" has captured first
prize at an exhibit in Panama.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09

whole ships company. Here Cana
dian seamen struggle forward along
the narrow pitching deck Of their
ship, bringing cases Of tomato soup
to the makeshift cooking arrange.
ment. During the storm all sup
plies in the after victualling store
were ruined. There was not q dry
stitch Of clothing left in the ship.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-09
SMYRNA DOINGSI
OF so YEARS AGO.
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF APRIL 9TH, 1892

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
ton.