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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-09-21
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Mrs. Villa Nina Mccain, 81, Died
Monday Near Dover

Mrs VILLA Nina McClain, age 81,
widow of Archie McClain, died at
the residence of her niece, Mrs.
George Thompson near Dover,
Monday, September 18th following
several months illness. Mrs. Nc
Claim was the daughter of Henry
E. and Sarah S. Best of Pennsyl-
vania. Her early married life was
spent on a farm near Woodland
Beach. Funeral services will be
held today at FAIRIES Funeral Chap
ell at p. m, with Rev. Robert E.
Green, pastor of Asbury Methodist
Church in charge. Interment will
be in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Mrs.
McClain is survived by one brother,
Samuel Best of near Smyrna and
several nieces and nephews.
George Polk Goldsborough
George Polk Goldsborough, age
81, died suddenly Thursday, Sep
TENDER 14th during the hurricane
which swept this area. He was
attempting to tie his boat to an
anchorage when seized with an
heart attack and died at once in
the boat. He was the son of
George S. and Mary Masden Colds
borough of Holly Oak, Del. Mr..
Goldsborough was for many years
a foreman at the Viscose plant at
Marcus Hook but moved to his
farm here following his retirement
several years ago. Funeral servic-
es were held at FAIRIES Funeral
Chapel, Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock with Rev. Robert E. Green,
pastor of Asbury Methodist Church
officiating. Interment was in Odd
Fellows Cemetery. Besides his
parents Mr.. Goldsborough is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Rosalie
Watson Goldsborough and one
daughter, Mrs. Mary Horner, and
two sisters.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-09-21
$1,113,2SS ASKED
FOR EDUCATION
State Education Board Asks
For Operational Expenses
for 1916 and 1947
URGE SALARY INCREASE

A biennial budget totaling ST.
1928 has been presented by the
State Board of Education to the
Permanent Budget Commission.
The budget, which provides solely
for the operation of the State
Board of Education since the
schools now receive direct appro-
priations, requests S558,905 for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1916,
and 1854 1888 for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1947. Three reso-
lutions adopted by the state board
accompanied the budget. One ask
ed the Permanent Budget Commits
sion to recommend to the Legisla-
ture the appropriation for teach
ers' salaries of sums sufficient to
increase the salary schedule by
5000 per teacher in addition to the
increased cost-of-living provisions,
or an increase of $500 per teacher
if the cost-of-living schedule is
eliminated.
$4,000 Fund Urged
A second resolution recommend
ed that local boards of education
be free to operate their schools
within the limits of their budgets
and the current funds appropriat-
ed" A third recommended that
the Legislature appropriate sum
of approximately $4,000 to be
used by the Permanent Budget
Commission to meet the salaries of
teachers who, because of excessive
enrollments in any school district,
must be employed in addition to
CONTINUED on Page four)
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-09-21
NINE WOMEN ON KENT JURY

Drawn For the October Term of
Kent County Court
Nine women are on the panel of
jurors drawn for the October term
of the Kent County courts by jury
commissioners Walker l.. Mifflin
Continued on Page Three)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08

Conn. for Congress- not an FBI agent.
ratumed She special attorney lat 81 year
at the Dept, OF Justice
New York in the middle OF the night: Wander.
bt hotel asst mgr irked by drunks insults TO his
lady companion was arrested by the drunk at 30
agent Both locked up in the Z. 51s st. Station
House. The lady kept calling the desk lieutenant
Judge" She wound up phonng her husband for $500
10 bail out her defender.
The Copacabana's new starring Joe F. Lewis
IL the talk of the town g.. The Zanzibar show did
S275OOO with its Cab Galloway troupe, a record in
night spot history Margaret Carson will head the
Met operas press staff .
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
Publisher Weeps as Staff Quits

WHEN the entire staff OF a music magazine resigned
w in body last week, the publisher sat at his desk
and wept real floods 10. 1t. Buddy Clarke, after p
two-year hitch with the Merchant Marine, is horl
recognizing his band
The December Book -ofthe-M Month selection will be
Brave Men" by Ernie Pyle (Holt). reserve tome
will be Children OF Wrath" novel by Glenway WeS-
colt (Harper) Stanley Melba, the Pierre orchestra
pilot and one OF his had II out the bandstand
until the gendarmes interrupted -.
Conover, the matchmaker, Is readyng dream
make the other dazzlers fade into the back pages
Rubinons wire: Il hope it's girl because II it's boy
where we going to find rabbi in Wichita Falls?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
OPA Office Facing U. S. Probe

OF THE ia German aliens indicted last week latter
" four years of G-manning) y were previously
rested by the FBI and now interned. Others in
dicted had been colared by the FBI but they were
released or paroled by the Enemy Alien unit OF the
Department of Justice. Hmf 49,.
Mrs Horace Dodge mickey Devine, formerly OF
the beauty parades in the shows) has body
guard since the divorce settlement of a million
smaCkers
"A salon." which thrived in Paris with the support
Of the International Set is hourshng in New Yorks
plush sector Dickinson Follies" -.
similar club in London called The Zebras' Is
causing commeDt here. Membership qualifications are
not the size Of mans bank roll ;.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
More Jap Atrocities TO Be Told
Soon by Washington Officials

EDR's desk has four new miniatures of his sons
L in uniform Brig Gen. William O'Dwyer re-
turns to Rome and will not don civves as his po-
Htical opponents feared Z. Because the Boston
censor has been too fussy this season many Of
the Broadway showmen will switch their out-of-
town premieres TO Phiy -. Warrant Officer Ray
Tweed (who hid from the Japs on Guam for 81
months) spellbound Dorothy Lamour and others
with his exciting tale The White House Cor
State Department is expected to reveal more Jap
atrocities soon -.
The newspapers haven't been told the whole story
of the 1t Gen. Holland Smith-NIai Gen. Ralph Smith
matter at Salpan The Marine Corps sat on the story
TO spare the feelings of kin.
An unhappy owdown West Point may be
opened to youths from Latin America. Argentina APP
pears prob'ly will demand Appointments be welcome
there too since Annapolis trained officers of the
Jap navy.
Some OF the cast Of new show (playing out OF
town. have quit because the script offensive wives
or navy men 49,.
Only the French journalists who were collabora-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
Only z Of 5000 Jap Clubs Left

FIE London Mail will publish American comic strips
after the Walter Duranty, the corre-
spondent, Is bound here with q novel The most
surprised doll In town Eat the news Of an admirers
sudden merger with another) the girl who had just
received 10-karat diamond ring from him
Margaret ConnorS, running against Clare Luce in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08

tonists and not the French newspapers will be purged
The parents of aspirant to the operate stage
are said to have put up $3.50 to expedite matters
The real two of the cys best known paybores
are not in khaki Their los are too low.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Durrett, Marine Hero,
Tops |. |. in Batting
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Elmer CRedD Durrett, Montreafs
former marine outfielder, is the No.
batter In the International League
The Guadalcanal hero, who spent
10 months in hospital recovering
from wounds, fought his way to the
top with a spree Of IL hits in 10
times ut bat.
Five doubles, q triple and home
run marked the surge to hoist his
average to $40. He displaced Chico
Rodriguez at the peak. Durrett has
IS hitS in 1876 times at bat. Rodri-
guez collected only 5 In 27 trips
and skidded to fourth place in q
drop from s343 to 1922.
Bob Latshaw of Baltimore was
the only newcomer to the big ten.
He went into q ninth place tie with
Teammate Howard Moss at 3l4.
Other leaders are John Castano.
Toronto, 1888; Stan Benjamin, Balti-
more, .332; Bobby Maier. Buffalo,
.32l; Jack Sturdy, Rochester. .3l7;
Mayo Smith, another Bison, .3l6,
and Bias Monaco, fourth Oriole,
with .3l5.
Moss has q strsnglehold on the
offensive honors. topping five de-
partments. He leads In runs bat
ted in with go and doubles with 2l;
Is tied at 50 runs scored with Mon
AGO: deadlocked with Maier at 10
hits and with Eddie Kobesky OF Buff
falo at nine homers.
Kemp Wicker of Rochester PAGES
the pitchers with six victories in
seven starts.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
BY JOE REICHLER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

George (Snuf1y) Stirnweiss, sec
end baseman Of the New York
Yankees, not only has filled the
shoes of Joe Gordon to everybody s
satisfaction, but is stealing every
thing in sight with them.
The former North Carolina Uni
versity athlete was responsible for
all his teams runs, besides pilfer-
ing his 18th base in IS attempts, as
the Yankees defeated the Philadel-
phia Athletics, 5-1.
This victory enabled the world
champions to climb back into a tie
for third place with the Chicago
White Sox.
Stirnweiss made three hits, in
cluding q double; drove in three
runs, and scored the other two.
One of his tallies resulted from his
steal in the third inning, and 1t was
the 14th time he had scored by a
steal
Trails Only Case In Thefts.
Snuffy leads all the Yankees at
bat with .2s4 average, and his A
runs scored is only one behind the
Red Sox Bob johnson, who leads
the league. Only George Case of
the Senators tops Stirnweiss in
stolen bases with II.
Sigmund Jakucki hurled his Sec
ond successive shutout against De-
froit to give the league-leading St.
Louis Browns O SO victory. He
Evening star., 1944-06-24
CaIumef's 3-Horse Entry
Favored in Equipoise
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June Ats the
three-horse \ entry OF Warren
Wrights Calumet Farms against the
field in the fourth running of the
$4,000 Equipoise Mile which may
lure as many as II thoroughbreds
to the post at Washington Park
today.
Top-burdened at 127 pounds, Sun
Again appears the horse to beat
with plenty of pressure likely from
his stablemates, Son of Peace and
Markell, filly.
II all II named entries start, the
race will have a gross value of $l4,7O
and pay the winner $10,95O. In ad-
dition, the winner will gain the first
leg on the Whitney Challenge Cup
donated in memory of the late
Equipoise by Cornelius v. Whitney.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Stevens Holds Royals
InI. |. Pennant Race
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Ed Stevens, Montreal first base
man, is one Of the big reasons why
the Royals are in the thick of the
fight for the International League
pennant.
Stevens does not boast a gaudy
average, but his knack Of coming
through in the pinches has won
many q game for the Royals. Con-
slider yesterdays game, for instance,
the only one played In the league.
Big Ed smashed q home run In
the last half of the 18th inning to
give the Canadians a 4-3 triumph
over the Newark Bears. The round
tripper was his sixth of the season
and gave him a total of 81 runs
batted In. Only Teammate Morris
Aderholt has more. with 40. Elmer
(ReO Durrett, who leads the league
at bat and has eight homers, has
driven in 80 markers.
With all other games washed out,
first place still belonged to Balti-
more, two games ahead of Buffalo.
Montreal is in third place, one game
behind the Bisons. Jersey City
winds up the first division, a half
game behind the ROYALS.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 24.-Well on the
road to stardom, Dorothy Germaine
OF Philadelphia met up today with
an old-time traveller on the same
road, Babe Didriksen zaharias.
They started out together in a
scheduled 36-hole match for the
.Women's Western Open golf cham
'picnship.
When the Nations top wartime
golf tournament for women opened
five days ago, these two appeared
destined to hook up for the title and
nothing deferred them along the
way, although yesterdays matches
required some superb pressure golf
before they battled into the final.
Germaine . Slugger, Too.
Dorothy. 20-year-old Beaver Col
lege junior, who won the 1943 West
ern Amateur, has acquired enough
tournament temperament not to be
dismayed by the Babes 250-yard
drives. She also is long hitter, but
will depend chiefly on her deadly
short game and bull's-eye putting to
Offset the 1882 Olympic champions
power.
The match is about a tossup and
that's more than can be said for any
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Maryland 5 Biggest
Turf Season Sought

Maryland will have the biggest
fall racing season in the States
turf history, If the Racing Com
mission approves the request major
race track officials will submit in a
few days for 72-day fall meeting
at Laurel and Pimlico.
The track owners will ask to open
Laurel on September 4 for a 50-day
program. and want to make Novem-
ber / the opening day ut Pimlico
with the last day set for November
Is. Bowie, Hayre De Grace. Laurel
and Pimlico would conduct both
meetings jointly.
Laurel, in normal times, had an
October program of 30 days. Havre
De Grace. Bowie and Pimlico staged
both spring and fall races during
the 80 days they were permitted.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
3-Year-0Ids Renew
Rivalry in Dwyer
81 the Associated Press.

~ tne A6&0c4Ateo Press.
NEW YORK. June 24.-The Al
phonse and Castor act which the
3-year-olds have been staging this
season will be renewed It Aqueduct
today when 10 horses clash In the
114 miles Of the $4,000 Dwyer
Stakes.
With upward Of 10000 fans pur-
chsnng War Bonds for admission,
the 27th running of the race win
match william ziegler, jr.'s, Bound
ing Home, winner of the Belmont
Stakes, against rivals that have
shown both speed and stamina.
Only the absence OF Pensive, Ken
tucky Derby and Preakness victor,
keeps the stake from being . cham
pionship affair.
Since the distance ID . half mile
shorter than the Belmont stakes,
Bounding Home is not expected to
rule the favorite. The son ok Espdno
viii have to contend with such fast
breakers as A. p. Parksr,s BY Jim
miny, winner Of the Shevlin stakes;
Mrs. Payne Whitney'S Stir Up, win
ner Of ono division OF the Wood
Memorial and third in ths Darby
and Preakness, ana Georss %. WI
deners Lucky Draw. victor In the
other half Of the Wood.
In the stretch he'll Vie with such
fast-closing rivals ~ Jos 0old-
bland's shut Up. hrs. Ethel y.
Jacobs Stymie. Roy b. Martins
Kaytee and Free Lance from Nrs.
H. G. Phipps' WheAtiey stable. A.
A. Baronig Autocrat and 3. Fein-
berg's Ariel Right complete the
field. :
Evening star., 1944-06-24
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 24.-A
city-wide move to commemorate
Connie Mack's 50th anniversary
as a big league manager Is shap-
ing up with appointment Of a
large committee headed by John
C. Bell, Lieutenant Governor of
Pennsylvania.
Bert Bell, the chairman's
brother and owner of the Pitts
bursh Steelers in the National
Football League, said at pre-
liminary meeting yesterday "the
biggest crowd that ever has seen
a baseball game In Philadelphia"
would turn out for the event,
scheduled to coincide with the
Athletics New York Yankees
game August 4.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Stirnweiss Runs Wild as Yunks
Climb Back Into Tie for Third

blanked the Tigers by the identical
score last Saturday. Vernon Steph-
ems knocked In three runs for the
Browns with trio Of hits.
Cleveland climbed into q three
way tie for sixth place with Phila-
delphia and Washington by defeat
ing the Chicago White Sox, 5-1. Al
Smith stymied the Pale Hose with
four hits to hang up his fourth
triumph.
Ed Head, sore-arm Dodger hurler,
pitched his fourth victory of the
season without a defeat when he
held the Philadelphia Phillies to two
hits in blanking them, 20. The
victory put Brooklyn into a third
place tie with the Cincinnati Reds.
Charley Letchas, Philly second
baseman, made both hits.
Play 14-Inning Tie.
St. Louis and Pittsburgh battled
IA innings to a SIS tie in a game
called by curfew. Each team used
five pitchers. Twenty players were
used by the Cards and 10 by the
Pirates. Marty Marion, besides
making hits. handled Is chances
at shortstop without an error.
The Chicago Cubs handed the
Reds their fourth straight defeat
scoring twice in the opening stanza,
to win, 81. Hank Wyse outpitched
no-hit Clyde Shoun to rack up his
fifth win of the year.
The Giants and Braves were not
scheduled.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Takoma Extends Pin
Bond Tournament

Arthur Taylor's War Bond bowling
tournament, originally scheduled to
end tomorrow night ut the air.
cooled Takoma Recreation, has been
extended until June as, 1t was an
nounced today.
Billy Towles Of King Pin. who re-
Gently won the Glass A singles cham
pionship in the Washington City
Duckpin Association tournament
with 40, which included an all-time
world scratch set Of 454, last night
fred 407 for the highest scratch
in the bond event and, with a 81
pin handicap. gained fourth place
with 428. @t
Vince Adams Of the Washington
Catholic League shot into fifth place
with 39-424. Many men and women
are expected to compete for the $50
first-place War Bond prizes over the
week end. Entrance fee is So. with
contestants receiving full handicaps.
Also Of interest to bowlers of both
sexes tomorrow will be the fourth
Bulletin Handicap at Brookland
Recreation, starting at 2.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Flag Hope Slim, Columbus
Pressed for Second
By the AssoeIsted Press.

BS the Ass0eihted FroSSs
The Columbus Red Birds would
do well in their unavailing chase
after the pace-setting Milwaukee
Brewers In the American Association
to keep an eye on the battle for
third place which virtually is singe-
ing their feathers.
Their 2-l setback by st. Paul last
night dumped the Red Birds seven
full games behind the high.fiying
Brewers who twice nipped Indian
apolis. Al. and "A, and left them
only two games ahead of third-spot
Toledo, I'll winner over Mime
apolis.
Meanwhile fourth-place Louisville
trimmed Kansas City, 7-2, to keep
within percentage points of the
Mud Hens and fraction more than
two games out of second place.
Evening star., 1944-06-24

other match involving the Babe.
Her ability to wallop the hide on
the ball has been q great advantage
so far, but the intense Miss Ger
maine isn't the type to get the
qualms when she's out-driven and
the playo1 was expected to be close.
Babe had trouble with torrid-
putting Betty Jane Haemerle, 18s
year-old st. Louis youngster, be-
fore winning 2 and l yesterday
climaxing the victory by taking
three holes in succession, the last
with = 40-foot putt for deuce.
Dorothy Has Streak.
After shooting = miserable six
over-par A, on the front nine, Miss
Germaine rallied to win four Of the
next six holes to beat Jeanne Cline,
20-year-old Bloomington, H., blond,
1 and 3. Dorothy. going four strokes
over par while losing the first two
holes - ultimately squaring the
match at the turn--dropped three
puts from 3 to Is feet long in her
back nine surge. She played cut
the bye holes after clinching her
victory on the 18th to post a "a,
three under par and one of the low
est scores ever shot by = woman on
the Park Ridge course.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
U. S. Duckpin Leaders
Holding Confub Here

A two-day meeting Of the Stand
ing Committee of the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress opened today
at the Ambassador Hotel The ses-
sion is being held to clarity some
rules, make changes and revisions in
others, Executive Secretary Arville
Ebersole announced.
Other committee members attend
ing the meeting are Ed Feustel of
New Haven, Conn; Evelyn Conrey
OF Baltimore, AL Hosselton of Rich
mond and Warren Lowry of Atlanta,
Ga.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
PAIGE Thinks ole trouble
Ball. Will Halt Grays

Satchel Paige, veteran OF 20
years OF tough baseball in the Negro
leagues, thinks the ''ole trouble BALI
will do the trick against the Home
stead Grays, when the Kansas City
Monarchs take on the local colored
club In a twin bill at Grifith Sta
cium tomorrow.
MY trouble ball is my fast one, "
the f1urler says. II just ups and
throws 1t when need to, and that's
Ill there is to IT,"
Ray Brown, undefeated Grays
twirler, probably will oppose Paige
in the second game, with or Josh
Gibson, the Homesteaders' depend
able backstop. on hand to do the
ouSging. '
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Mrs. Gross Is Low Net
In Henshuw Golf

Mrs. J. r. Gross Is the lew net
winner of the w. w. Henshaw tour
nament at Columbia Country Club
with $40 card In the four days
play of the 72-hole fixture. Low
gross honors belong to Mrs. L. q.
Pray, who posted q 337. Second low
gross Is Mrs. Thomas o. Brandon's
345, while the net $40 OF MRS. J. A.
Marr takes second place in that
bracket.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
AuIt and Burnett Win
Medal Honors al
Bannockburn

Medal honors in Bannockburn
Golf and Country Clubs invitation
four-ball tournament 90 to Eddie
Ault and Colney O. Burnett of
Indian Spring. who yesterday posted
. hot 81 in the final qualifying round
to beat par by three strokes. The
pair were one below par with = -
on the way out and stroksd -, two
under, on the road back.
First and second rounds Of match
play were scheduled to get under
was today. with Burnett and Ault,
a. medalists, given q bye. A pair
Of public links players. Keith Kallio
and Jack Sinclair. who carded the
second low In medal play, . 1-under
par -, will battle 1t out with Johnny
Atlas and Tony Martino OF Indian
Spring. Roger Peacock, Maryland
State amateur king, who with Team
mate Jim Hunt of Indian Spring,
tied for third place medal hor,ors
with Dick Melvin and Maury Fitx-
gerald OF Kenwood. today teams
with HUNT to take on q couple OF
unattached players, Tom Shenk and
Don WoOda, who stroked "a as
qualifiers. Peacock HUNT and Mel
vim Fitzgerald duos carded 7Os.
Today's psirings:
Bill Pendersast. Bannockburn, and LIN
Gaskin. Prince 0eorses, 86---3s--fI, va
Ambrose Noyitsks and Anthony Pstrie.
Earl Macy and Neil wells, unattached,
S7.-31--74, vs.. Roy, Smith, Manor. and
Tom 6henk and Don Woods, unattached.
Ss-.30---74, vs.. Roger Paddock and Jim
HUNT, Indian Spring, 36---;l4--7O
2 Dick Melvin and M.urg ritsseraa. Ken:
Gene Fossum. unattached, .aS--as--76.
Byron etsnnsr and Jim oardeIla, Prince
Qeorges, 36--37--7B. vs. Norman Mar.
GERS and Losan Manders. Bannockburn.
Frank o'conneil and EIwood Poe, In
dian Sprins,- 3e--38--7T. vs.. W. w. Seay
34--7Z.
Johnny .Attas and Tony Maftino. Indian
8prinx. 37-38-76. VI. Jack Sinclair and
Keith Kailio. unattached, 3E--34--6e.
Evening star., 1944-06-24
Juvenile Racketers
Continue Tourney

Quarter-finals in The Stars City
OF Washington boys and juniors
tennis tournament got under way
this morning after play on the
Friends School courts was rained
out yesterday. In the junior section
Lou MULTI was to contend with
Billy Bernard. Johnny Bucknell was
paired with Bob Smith and Britt
Schweitzer drew LIE Roy Morgan as
an opponent. Cotton Smith and
Billy Rafferty, will meet Monday.
In the only boys match carried oyer
from yesterdays postponement Don
Osborn was to battle Teddy Noyes.
Singles play will be resumed Mon
day, with doubles to start. The finals
are scheduled for Tuesday.