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Milford chronicle., 1946-10-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Emory McCabe, Jr.,
and his sister. Mrs. William Ross
Rineler were in Baltimore, Md,
under ObervatiOn and treatment at
the John Hopkins Hospital most all
last week.
There was quite a lot of excite
ment in town between $50 and
700 o'clock, last Sunday morning
when the fire siren sounded, an
nouncing fire at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Tubbs Several
other engines came. but our own
flremen and few others soon had
the flames under control. but the
whole interior of the home and its
furnishings were badly damaged,
especially in the two back rooms
where the fire originated and the
flames spread rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Simpler
son and daughter. Barratt and
Caroline of FELTON, and Mrs. Simp-
ler'S two sisters, Mrs. Norman Nor
row of New York and Miss Sara
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-25

Angstad, r. N, of Wilmington, and
little Miss Julia Ann Pepper of
town were entertained to dinner by
the formers sister, Mrs. Lee Stew
ems, on Sunday.
Homecoming services at Salem
Church. Selbyville. will be held this
Sunday. October q, in celebration
of the 156th anniversary OF the
Church. Special music for all SER
vices. including musical program
in the evening will be furnished
by the Philadelphia Harmonizers,
male quartet. Preacher at the
morning service at 11.00 a. m.,
will be Paul +. Douglas. brilliant
young president of the American
University in Washington, d. c.
AT 2:30 in the afternoon the preach
er will be the Reverend DR.. Frank
HersOn, pastor of the Avenue Meth
Odist Church in Milford AT the
evening service att 80 the Har.
monizers will sing and DR.. T. c
Mulligan, District superintendent
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-25

underlie the organization and ad-
ministratiOn of racially segregated
schools. Mrs. Marjorie A. Hawkins.
Kent County nurse, State Depart
ment of Health, ChestertOwn, Md.
discussed the implications of heal
tn practices in the schools; Mrs.
Marie MOffett, State Club Con-
sultant and Itinerant Teacher.
North Carolina College, Durham,
presented the practice of home
making education in high schools.
DR.. William PickenS discussed the
implications of employment pol
icies and practices. On Friday
morning there. mill be greetings
from the State Department of
Secondary Education and Art De-
partment. sectional meetings and
an address at 11:15 by Col Camp
bell c. Johnson. Infantry Execu-
tive Assistant. National HeadQuar-
ters. Selective Service System.
Washington, d. c. Col Johnson
will address the association ON
"The Meaning of Functional Liter
acy".
The social committee will give
a dance on Thursday night at the
Booker r. Washington School. Dow
Cr.
The meeting will close following
its business session Friday after
noon.
During the twO-day convention
I there will be a health exhibit ar
ranged by the State Department of
Health. and an exhibit on Negro
Art. made possible by the State
DEPARTMENT of Art.
Eldridge j. Waters. principal OF
, the school at Milford. is chairman
: of the executive committee
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-25

of the Dover District, will speak
Other features of the Homecoming
festivities will be the reading of
messages of greeting from the
President of the United States and
from the Governor of Delaware,
and from former pastors and
friends of the church.
Salem Church, founded in 1890
is the fourth Methodist Church
founded in Sussex County, and one
of the largest in the lower part of
the state, with a membership of
over 500 and a Sunday school en-
enrolment OF over $50. Plans have
been made for an extensive addi
ton to the church as soon dis
building materials are available.
Over half of the cost is i'm hand
Former members and friends are
cordially invited to the Home
coming Day services.
The old Roman alphabet had no
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-25

AS sporting gesture as any
since knighthood was in flower is
the Democratic Administrations
price lifting on maple sugar in the
Republican stronghold of Vermont.
Point Pleasant CIV. Va Regis
tnI
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-15
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And Tope suddenly was calm.
"Kell," he said. "I'm sorry about
your wife. Don't think me-imper-
tinent, unkind. But-had she any
faults? Were you jealous Of herr"
"She was all right, sir" Kell pro-
tested. He added: "But / couldn't
help being jealous Of her. She'd go
away, week-ends when I'd be at
home, and when I couldn't 60 with
her, with Mr.. Holdom keeping me
busy all the time"
Where would she go?"
"She always told me where she
was going, butt tried to telephone
her, sometimes, and she wasn't
where she'd started for" He wiped
his brow heavily. ''It made me
crazy, SIR" he confessed.
Adam realized-and his hair pric-
killed. at the thought-that Kell spoke
Of Mrs. Kell in the past tense, as
though she were deadl
Tope asked: where were you last
weekend? Ten days ago? Up here,
or in New York;"
''In New York, sir. Mr.. Holdom
couldn't get away"
"Mr., Ledforge in New York;"
81 don't know, SIR"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-15

THE STORY THUS FAR: Adam Bruce,
FBI operator, on trip to his old home,
ran into hisprevious boss, Inspector Tope
and MS. Tope. Tope found man
murdered at auto camp operated by
Bee Dewain. Mrs. Tope said the man
was Mr.. Ledforge, head Of New England
utilities. Holdom, friend Of Ledforge, was
found unconscious In hospital. His en-
ployee. KEEL, had disappeared. Tope be-
lieved Mrs. Kelps body would be found
In bottom Of quarries In Holdom's car.
Ledforge was said by his once to be I'm
New York. Priddy, who worked ut the
camp, came running in and said that
there was a man in the cottage-Tope
and Bruce found Ken looking where the
murdered man was found.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-15

RENFR0 VALLEY Folks viii broadcast oldfashioned lay
party next week. Feb co. to start their 165h Anniversary
Jubilee. It just 156 years ago that John Renfro first
settled this famous Kentucky valley.
RENFR0 VALLEYS Blue Mountain Girls, Virginia Sutton,
left, and Bernce Scott, show how their ancestors made
biscuits when the famous settlement founded They'll
bake and biscuits before the odme fox hunt Friday,
Feb a. RENFRO VALLEY FOLKS ARE PRESENTED
MORNINGS EACH WEEK, WEDNESDAY THRU SUM-
DAY BY BILLIARDS. OBELISK FLOUR.
Elsie Behrens is showing her husband Jerry, how they
played the ducimer early American snged instrument
back 1855 years ago. These Renro Valley sweehearts
heard each week CHS at 7:15 est, S:16 EST,
Wed thru Sat-s:i6 am. est, sa6 EST, Sunday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-15
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/UM $3.50 j Z:

When the family tires of the
usual breakfast food, serve big
bowls of freshly popped corn with
milk or cream, and sugar. It is a
swell change.
Book shelves should be cleaned
and painted, and books frequently
busted, to prevent the breeding of
moths, silverfish, or other book de-
vouring insects.
When laundering wO0lens, be
sure to use plenty of soapsuds. 1t
minimizes the rubbing, and there
fore preserves the garment longer.
Hold artificial flowers a safe
distance away from a steaming
teakettle,, and steam will coax out
the wrinkles. If edges are soiled,
trim them down and ruff1e them
anew over the edge of scissors.
You can make dress and apron
pockets more sturdy by laying a
piece of tape on the underside Of
the garment in line with the pock-
ct top. Stitch it in with the corners.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-15

"Mrs. Kell?"
''She went to Boston to see her
cousin"
Tope nodded; and he went on, in
sistently: "You used to work for Mr..
Ledforge. How did you happen to
leave hin?"
''Mr. Holdom wanted me-"
"Did Mrs. Ken approve of the
changer"
eyes sir. She didn't like my work
ing for Ledforge."
"Did you? Was he good boss?"
"You could never tell about him, %
Kell explained, almost abstractedly.
Zone day he might be as friendly
| as you could ask; and the next day
he might not speak to you at all,
sir. You wouldn't know him for the
same man."
Tope stared at the big man for a
long time. Then he asked casually
"Mr. Holdom treat you all right, did
he?"
eyes sir!" The big man was at
ease now, quite off guard.
And Tope asked sharply: "Then
why did you hit him over the head
and leave him beside. the road down
near Hartford Saturday morning,
unconscious, with a fractured skull?"
Kell swayed where. he stood, and
his ruddy cheeks drained white.
why did your" Tope insisted.
"Why, Kel?"
There had been no warning in his
manner, nothing to stiffen Ken to
resistance. And the man stam-
mered now:
''He told me to, sirl Made mel"
Adam, at this admission, whistled
soundlessly, and grinned with de-
light at TOPICS shrewd guess so in
credibly confirmed.
''Nonsensel" Tope said CURLY.
"You mean to say be told you to
kill him?"
mo sir, just to hit him." Kell
urged, almost pleadingly. "Hit him
over the head. He told me to hit
him and leave him."
He stopped suddenly, and Tope
prompted: go onl Go onl" And
when Ken was silent. Tope said
harshly: "Come, Kelll You hit Mr.
Holdom because he told you to,
What's the rest of it,"
But Kell, new strength in him
now, put on a mask Of courtesy, OF
incredulous surprise.
81, SIR" he said. 81 don't know
what you mean, sir. Mr.. Holdom
hurt? Not badly. / hope, sir?"
Tope grinned, and he looked al
Adam Bruce. ''This mans too much
for me, ADAM" he said. II guess
he could help US If he wanted to.
/ Judge he doesn't know that Mrs.
Kell really spent last weekend"
Kell said furiously: keep your
tongues of herl"
Tope whirled on him. Having
goaded KEEL to anger. he was about
to press his advantage; but he saw
in Kell's eyes an insane fury which
checked him. Il was not fear that
restrained him. but rather . reluc-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-15

slip ana FanCle ensemble.
n BEAUTIFULLY fitting sill
"A and pantie ensemble in a wide
range of sizes. Built-up shoulders
are comfortable and stay in place.
So easy to make you'll want sew
eral sets to wear with your new
spring clothes. Use rayon crepe or
satin in white or tea rose, or if
you like, taffeta in a darker shade.
Pattern No. 1852 comes in sizes 80. "a.
SO, SO. 40, AZ, A, as and 48. Size "a, slip,
requires 2ss yards of So or 39-inch fabric;
panties, Ia yards yards lace edging.
Skirt and Blouse.
nELIGHT of every teen-age
~ miss is the dirndl skirt and
gay peasant blouse. Juniors who
sew their own can make this outfit
in no time at all. Beading with
narrow ribbon run through high
lights the blouse-the side-button
skirt has two rows of ric rae for
accent. Wearable and tubbable.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-15

AAS4 soy 0Os 4NOW kC6 0lO1kk VI tOWEIs
Doctor Medford here?"
Hes gone ahead, going to meet
me at my place." Banion said meek
ly, and turned to his task. When
the ambulance was gone, Tope spoke
to Cumberland. Heard from young
Dane?" he asked.
eyes, he telephoned awhile ago
that Holdom can make the trip to-
morrow. They'll be here by noon"
Tope nodded, and he spoke to
Cumberland. you'll want to lock
Kell up, Of course. Drop Mrs. Tope
and me at the Mill, and then you
can take him along to town."
Back at the Mill, they found Ned
Quill talking at the door with Bee
Dewain. The trooper reported to
Tope: well, sir, I've been up at
the quarry. Got some wreckers on
the job. They say they can get the
car out Of there tomorrow morning."
Tope nodded, and he said: "Quill.
this man is Kell, Holdom's chauf-
feur."
"Sure, know him." Ned agreed.
1--WE caught him in PARKWAY
awhile ago." Tope explained. "He
probably came in the limousine, left
it around near here somewhere. See
If you can find it,"
"O.K.l" Quill assented.
The District Attorney suggested.
almost regretfully: "You know.
Tope, If this had been Ledforge. we
could find plenty Of people around
that might have had q grudge
against him. Most Of us put money
into his securities. Amasa Dewain.
for one"
whoever killed this man, It
wasn't anyone around here, Mat"
Tope said shortly.
"How do you know?"
Because some one from outside
is checking up on it. / told you
there were two men here Monday
night trying to trace the car-Whit-
lock and Beal. They slipped away
early. I'd like to talk to them; but
there's no telling where they are
nowl"
Bee Dewain said trlumphantly:
.'Oh, yes, there Is, INSPECTOR
They're here-came back a few
minutes ago. Mrs. Priddy's giving
them supper right nowI"
tTo an coNTDsuEDl
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11

formed enough to be taken in by smart
operators who prey on suckers.
II felt that I, somehow, had failed
the young Columbians, who have paid
So for the privilege of hating. l.,
and others in America, have failed in
some degree 50 long as social bitterness
lies like a dark, stagnant lake in every
city, breeding evil and ugly things from
it's rank waters. =
"When they threatened too much, l
ordered them out. They turned at the
door for one of those Hitler stares.
"As they went l kept thinning of
their unhappy young lives and of their
poor, ugly and twisted minds and won
dered why the hand Of the potter
This confirms GU belief that the
Columbians, like Hitler, are psyche
therapeutists and, as such, dangerous. !,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
TOP % THE
Christmas Fire Warnings

Yearly, as Christmas approaches,
warnings are issued to the public to
redouble their precautions against fires.
This year the warnings are the more
earnest, have deeper significance, be-
cause of the terrible human cost in At
lanta's Winecoff hotel blaze.
In years past the loss of life from
fire on Christmas has been tremendous.
Candies are dangerous things when
lighted on Christmas trees or near
drapery. They are especially dangerous
when the head Of the family, imperso-
mating Santa Claus, sweeps his cotton
whiskers across their flame, which he
is only too liable to, do in the general
excitement accompanying his perform
ance
Despite the use of electric bulbs as
substitutes for candles in many homes,
candles are still extensively used for
Illuminating Christmas trees. The imi-
tation Santa Claus has need of all his
instinct for caution. And where elec-
trio lights are substituted equal need
exists for safeguards against short cir
cults.
Failure to surround the celebration
of the merriest of all holidays with every
provision for the safety of celebrants
may bring sorrow and death into your
home. Or it may destroy your home.
Which are potent reasons to heed the
warnings now being issued by fire de-
partments everywhere. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
HereU Be Plenty of Christmas
HoHy-But It'll Cost More Money

around. Buyers report that pro-
duction in the holly wreath in
dustry is definitely on a postwar
upswing.
The main reason for the increase
this year over 1915 is that many
farm boys are home again from
the armed services and from jobs
in w~ar-allied industries.
In case you're not up on your
holly data, a lot of the nations
Christmas wreaths are made in
the farmhouse Of such rural areas
as Delaware's Sussex county.
Daily shipments OF holly wreaths
have been leaving this area for
several weeks. Buyers estimate
that more than a million will be
sent from here this year to provide
Christmas cheer for the nations
.doorways and windows.
The home holly industry-the
farmers favorite means of adding
to his Christmas fund-began on
a small scale in the 1905, but
gained its first real impetus in
1890, when William Buell. of Farm
ington, Del, shipped 5000 cases Of
holly sprigs to several New York
and Chicago buyers.
Buell's holly was shipped in
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
Send Them Home

With all but 153 German and % Italian
prisoners of war in hospitals or other
institutions in the United States re-
patrlated, Secretary of State Byrnes
has asked France, Belgium, Holland and
Luxembourg to return CAT, 900 German
war prisoners to their homeland as
quickly as transportation and other es-
sentlal arrangements can be made.
These prisoners were captured by
American forces during the war and
transferred to western Europe. Under
the letter and the spirit Of the Geneva
Convention" Mr.. Byrnes has advised
the governments of the four nations,
they should be sent home without ur-
necessary delay.
How well Germany is prepared to alb
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
A Dangerous Group

The Southern Newspaper Publishers
Association regularly issues bulletins
containing excerpts from leading edi.
torials and columns in it's member
papers, often with explanatory notes of
its own. The bulletin of December 7
has an item telling of the call upon
Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta Con.
~stitution, by two american Nazis"
otherwise known as Columbians. Saws
the bulletin:
Mr.. McGill, in his column, had exposed
the fact that one of the leaders Of The
Columbians had lived with his first VIE
only a few hours and deserted his second
wife and children; that another of the or
ganizers was wanted for rape and that
Emory G. Burke, president of the Column
bans, Inc, had been associated with Nazis
organizations in New York.
The suckers who join the Columbiacs
are mostly illiterates who pay SO for men,
bership and 81 Cor a pin; and Mr.. McGin
has exposed the fact that the s. pin mon
ey" goes to a jeweler of German descent
who was put away by the FB1 during the
war because of his alleged Nazi csnnec-
tons. e
After which the bulletin quotes Mr..
McGilPs column:
II suppose I should have summoned
police for the two. = Yet l really
felt a genuine sympathy for them.
Neither one could speak his own Ian
guage a v in a semi-illiterate and un-
orrcc ~, ,kso, ~o.~~~
'They were about 10. I would i'm.
agine their home lives had been meager
and lacking in any comforts OF incentive
to be other than what they are. They
hate their country and its people.
"They were just illiterate and unin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11

wooden packing cases, five feet
long and three feet deep and sold
for a dollar a case By 1900 as
many as 5000 cases were being
shipped a day from Georgetown,
n of the country's leading holly
centers.
John T. Watson, one Of Buell's
in %,oectors, is credited with foster
ing the idea Of making wreaths' Of
the holly before shipment.
In 1898 Watson sent 500 wreaths
to a New York seed firm at a whole
sale price of five cents a wreath,
then considered a high figure. The
wreaths gained immediate favor
and the following year orders
poured in, not only to Watson but
to other holly shippers.
Wreath making is a natural for
the farmer and his family. The
holly itself as we'll as the buckle
berry, maple and dogwood switches
for the hoops grow right in his
back yard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
The Doctor Says
CANCER OF SKIN
HAZARD OF WORK
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN NJ

Lumberjacks, sailors, and tarn.
ers tend to develop cancer " wv
skin from exposure to the SIM s us
wind, and a large number of cban
icals used in industry may produc.
cancer unless certain precaution.
are observed. Women and wbit.
collar workers, on the other bsns
seldom develop skin cancer.
Cancer Of the skin can deve,o.
following contact with arsenic. t,r
carbon black, SCOT, pitch, oils sns
other agents. ~u
Cancer of the inner linn,
OF the nose may result from er'
posure to chromates, nickel ~
bonyl, and radioactive substances
Cancers Of the bronchi and l,1nr
can develop as the result of irri,
tation with arsenic, SCOT, tar. and
radioactive materials.
The only form of cancer which
apparently is On the increase
is cancer Of the lung. and it has
been suggested tha! tar irritatio1
from excessive smoking is a tactor
in its development. Inhalation of
dust containing radioactive ma,
t~erials IS known to produce cancer
OF the lung in certain miners,
Cancer of the bladder and kid.
ney has followed exposure to aro.
matte amines, such as bepzi.
dine and aniline. Blood disorders
develope after exposure to benzene
and radioactive particles.
Industry is meeting the problem
by installing better exhaust,venti.
lation systems, constructing walls
and floors that can be cleaned
easily, and removing special irri.
tants before they are discharged
into the air. Workers should wear
proper clothes and masks,
and shower baths and special
rooms for eating and storing street
clothing should be provided.
Occupational cancer is we'll
known in all parts of the world.
In the tropics, Cor example, men
who carry loads for long distances
keep up their endurance by chew.
ing betelnut. The betelnut leaf
is mixed with lime and held in
the mouth at only one point, but
its use causes irritation and re.
sultant cancerous growths.
A simple way to produce cancer
in the laboratory is by chronic If.
ritation with heat, radioactive sub.
stances, or chemicals. The e,imi.
nation of these hazards in industry
will prevent certain human can.
GERS.
QUESTION: Can an unhappy
married life cause chronic neohri-
tbs in a person between the ages
of 80 and 40?
ANSWER: No. Unhappiness is a
cause of many difficulties, but not
of nephritis, which is an inflam-
nation of the kidneys.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
BY WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

A player who always plays
S e c o n d hand low, or always
covers an honor with an honor,
would have let the declarer make
his contract on today's hand. North
and South used the Blackwood
convention to arrive at a rather
ambitious slam bid. But declarer
came within an eyelash of max
ing the slam, being beaten only by
a fine defensive play.
South took the opening lie a d
with the ace of hearts and led the
jack of clubs, which rode to the
queen. Another heart came back,
knocking out the king and barring
the heart loser.
South cashed the king of trumps
and followed with a small trump
to the ace. He now had to guess
whether to play foc the ace Of the
ten of clubs to fall. in three leads.
He guessed right, and so led the
king from dummy - East being
marked fo- the ace: The c went
up and South trumped.
H pulled the last trump, and
then had-to decide whether to play
his queen Of diamonds and hope
that West would cover, or play a
small diamond and finesse the ten.
IT he played the queen and West
covered with the king, he could
make his contract by :uffing an
other club and establishing the
nine OF clubs for discarding the
five of hearts.
However. South decided he
might have a better chance by
playing the deuce of diamonds. in
the hope that West would play
second hand low. But West wisely
ignored the rule and went up with
the king, thus blocking Oft the
diamond suit.
Bridge is not a game Of al
ways" and never" It is well to
know all the bidding and NAV.
ing conventions, but it is wei. also
to know when to break these rules.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
Fan Mail

Fan Mail
Walter Nierstaemier. superinten-
dent OF Menard Prison reveals
that William Heirens, the Degnan
murderer, receives fan mail in the
security hospital. Most of this fan
mail, Mr.. Nierstaemier says,
comes from women.
Sometimes we forget that the
word fan" is an abbreviation Of
fanatic In this case, the fans
are fanatics, without a doubt. We
suggest that the prison send along
all this mail to the Illinois Institute
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11

GEORGETOWN. Del, Dec. 10
RNJust a mild note of warning,
you'll probably have to pay more
this year for that festive holly
wreath on the front door.
At the same time indications
are that there will be plenty Of
the Christmas. decorations to 60