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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
SNOW TO BLANKET
WESTERN STATES
Weather Bureau Forecasts
Below Zero Tempera-
lures Tuesday
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
With cold weather dominating
a large portion of the nation,
forecasters predicted new
heavy snowstorm which will
sweep across Minnesota and the
Dakotas Tuesday dropping
early morning temperatures to
below zero in many Northern
sections.
The Weather Bureau at Chi
cago reported that Mon
days snow had reached the
See SNOW On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25

WASHINGTON, Nov. "a IN
The Federal Reserve Board
today asked Congress for au-
thority to regulate installment
buying permanently, and to-
night the governments bank SUI
pervisory authorities asked the
nations $4,000 banks to curtail
"all loans for speculation in real
estate, commodities or securi-
ties"
The Retail Credit Institute Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
,vr SUCCESS. N. Y, Nov.

lake SUCCESS, N. "; y, Nov.
!, DA AIg-Egypt, in an llth hour
,. '..snpt to prevent United Ma
'ss a'sl'p partition of Palestine,
'slS 'lsropd today that any attempt
s',ni Vi snIit the Holy Land wou d
70 'o.J 5p to Arab reprisals against
iesu ,.,,s wherever the two races
meet ,.o,,ouer renewed its
...aus na support of partition pro-
'rois fp.sIs siding with the United
E.s+es susss' in almost every detail OF
,ss s,s''5 dispute, it accused Great
me Dgi+sin in Of secretly trying to
s1ock y, a UN solution.
O'T The debate heightened tension
&c tbe UN Palestine committee tt
ss.red % its first test votes on the
unIv u, Lands future.
hvrs NY committee had before it
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
Truman Tossed A TreY:
Pumpkin PieT0BeM Mince

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-lR-
There'n be no pumpkin pie on
the White House table Thanks
giving day because the recipe
calls for eggs and Thursday is
eggless day.
Mrs. Mary Sharpe, houskeep-
er at the executive mansion
gave that explanation to report
ers and said that mince meat
pie will be substituted.
The Thanksgiving menu,
otherwise, is traditional. 1t in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25

cludes mushroom soup, roast
turkey stuffed with oyster dress
ing, cranberries, giblet gravy,
mashed potatoes, butter d
peas, celery, nodded fruit
salad, coffee, candy and nuts.
The President, Mrs. Truman.
their daughter, Margaret, and
a few friends will sit down to
the dinner at pm. (EST). The
turkey is 20-pound fowl pre-
scented by friend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
FEDERATI0NUNIT
LOOMS FOR CITY
Mems Bible Classes Elect
William D. Smith Tenn
porary President

William D. Jones, chairman
of the board of stewards of Trim.
ity Methodist church, was
named temporary president
Sunday at a meeting of repre-
sentatives who plan to organ
ize Mems Bible classes of Will
mington in a local unit to affiii-
ate with the National FEEDER
alton of Mems Bible classes
Sentiment at the meeting was
favorable to the early compile
ton of the local organization,
Meeting at the invitation of DR..
w. T. Smith at the First Bap.
tist church, representatives ex-
vrDr,n a rraNY n
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
The Weather

cJssrsda cJsspsa Carolina and North Carolina
extrerns and cool Tuesday followed by
Wedan cloudiness Tuesday night
eeuaS clearing and cool.
Ns,. FORECAST:
endine data for the "a hours
''0o p m. yesterda
ian TEMPERATURES
o.; 80 m IS; 7:30 a. M. 56; 1880 p. m
mum 'SS ~. ?. m, IS; Maximum 81. Mini
''' Mean so; Normal 54.
Ian HUMIDITY
loo, " y.sc d. m 81; 7:3O a. m. 100; 1870 o. m
rot,, PRECIPITATION
H. 2s S' for the "a hours ending 7:30 p
sss inosn since the first of the month
tFron, TIDES FOR TODAY
l. s S'Il vi the Tide Tables published BY
0'ssf and Geodetic Survey.
Wininr+. HIGH Low
e'0h ------- 7:13 am. 1854 am
Nasonhor. 1923 pm. 2:26 pm
'o Inlet 4:51 m. 11:22 am
Sunris. $40 pm. 1874 pm
l2sp-t'iSSGe SG 6:54; Sunset 5:O4; Moonris,
Ri,..N .Noonset 3:48a.
b. m Stage at Fayetteville. N. c.. at
Mos. Mmonday 1862 feet.
e HEAI6ER On Page 1--WE
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See WILMINGTON on Page Two
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See MIXER on Page Two
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See GROUPS on Page Two
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See GOVERNMENT on Page 2
The Republican., 1947-12-18
Calls Attention To
License Enforcement

j. S. Teats, sheriff, called attention
this week to the recent opinion Of the
attorney general declaring it would
be necessary for the State License
bureau to see that license laws of
Maryland are enforced, especially in
regard to those who have been delin-
quent in obtaining construction
licenses.
Much publicity was given in daily
newspapers recently about the neces-
sity of contractors having to obtain
permits as the result Of law that
has been in effect for several years,
but which apparently was not en-
forced. Some Baltimore contractors
had to pay several hundred dollars.
In Garrett county some contractors
have had to pay 500 or more.
Mr.. Teats also pointed out that
James j, Lacy, comptroller, said
many persons had obtained traders
licenses for the minimum amount
when their inventory far exceeds
$1,000 The comptroIler's office has
assigned, temporarily, a group of
special Investigators to cover the
State. Licenses are necessary for the
current year and also for the three
preceding years, if the individual or
concern did not take them out at the
time.
The Republican., 1947-12-18
Santa To Visit
Elementary School

The Oakland Elementary School
will conduct an open air Christmas
program on the front lawn of the
school on Friday morning beginning
at $50 a. m. The two evergreen trees
on the lawn in front Of the building
will be decorated by representatives
from each home room. All decorations
to be used will be developed by the
children in the various rooms. The
entne school group will participate in
the singing Of the more familiar
Christmas carols. Several special
musical numbers will be given by
smaller groups.
Santa is scheduled to arrive at the
end of the program. The school is eX-
tending a special invitation to all pre-
school children in the community who
will enter the school next year. All
parents are also invited to attend.
Funds for the Christmas party were
raised through the distribution of do
nation tickets by the school children.
A Fifty Dollar grocery order will be
awarded at the end of the program.
Following the program appropriate
activities will be carried but in each
home room, until the school is dis
missed for the Holiday Season at one
o'clock p. m.
The Republican., 1947-12-18
Contour Planting
Increases Yields, Aids
World Food Needs

If every farmer in the state would
plant his crops on the contour in
stead of up-and-down the slope,
Maryland could easily produce next
year an additional million bushels of
corn over last years crop and an eX-
ira one-half million bushels of small
grains, without overtaXing its soil
resources in the least, declares John
Cotton, extension soil conservation
ist of the University of Maryland.
Last year, Maryland farmers pro-
duced more than II million bushels
of corn and over II million bushels
of small grains. The increased adop-
ton of this one soil conservation
practice alone, Cotton says, would go
a long way toward helping these
farmers to increase and maintain
their production at the level de-
manded by present world food short
ages.
A representative survey was taken
among the farmers in this state who
are blowing and planting their fields
on the contour showed that the estab-
lishment of this one soil conservation
practice alone had increased their
yields an average of Is percent. At
present, over 10000 acres are being
planted on the contour in Maryland.
The Republican., 1947-12-18

shipped well and brought good prices
on all markets
Jetfers estimated that approximate
ly 25000 crates Of the new variety
were produced and sold in Maryland
this year. He also figures that about
IS per cent Of the total strawberry
acreage on Maryland's Eastern Shore
in 194S will he planted to Temple
This will be about 500 acres Mary
land growers who produce plants for
sale have distributed many thous-
ands of the variety at an average of
about $500 per thousand. 1t is be-
coming widely distributed throughout
the United States and many produc
ton areas haze reported that it is
performing WILL
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25
State Revenue Has
TakenDecidedDrob
$2,5l7,258 Decrease in Inheritance And Es-
tate Taxes Responsible For Lowest Total
Since l942 Other Sources Rise With In
come Levy Up 20 Percent

The collections of the State Tax
Department during the fiscal year
enued June 80, amounted to $685.
1913, as compared with $8,149,749 in
the preceding fiscal year, a de-
crease of 1881, ISL, it was announ-
ced recently by State Tax Commits
sioner Pierre S. DUPONT. The col
lections in 1915 we're $7,291,674, and
in 1914, $7,914,745. The collections
for the past fiscal year were the
lowest since 1912 when the total
was $5,1O7 1928.
The decrease is attributable to
the fact that during 1916 abnormal
inheritance and estate tax collec-
tions amounted to $3,065,S05 as
compared with collections of $685.
EAT during the fiscal year just end
ed, a decrease of $2,517,258.
The largest increase was from net
incmoe tax which yielded $1,762,171,
as compared with $1,464,4 7S, an in
crease of 1927 ,693, 2O.3 per cent. The
collections constituted the highest
yield from net income taxes since
1881. Income tax collections for
1916 amounted to .$1,271, 453.
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25
Eagle Poultry Co.
Bought By Swift
Georgetown Property Acquired BY
Chicago Packers For slss,50O

One of the largest sales of real
estate and buildings even held in
this area took place last Saturday
afternoon, when the plant of the
Eagle Frosted Foods Corporation
was sold at public auction. together
with all of it's equipment and 35.5
acres of ground to Swift & Co., OF
Chicago.
The Chicago packers paid $780,
900, plus the assumption of a $780,
600 mortgage, with interest due
from Jan. 1. 1947, bringing the total
to approximately $1S3,50O for the
plant.
S. Franklin Woodcock, Salisbury,
Md, was the auctioneer.
The plant was built two years
ago by John S. Isaacs and Sons and
Curtis Steen of Dagsboro, originally
intended as poultry dressing
plant. 1t was later sold to the Eagle
Frosted. Foods Corporation, which
installed machinery and equipment
turning it into the worlds largest
eviscerating plant, occupying 49,
600 square feet of floor space.
The auctioneer, Mr.. Woodcock
ued the display columns of the
Chronicle to advertise this sale, the
results speak for themselves. The
Chronicle, Delaware's largest in
dependent weekly, has been and Is
being used by hundreds of pleased
advertisers each week.
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25
Fast Auto Races
Slated For Fair
Wild Bill Holland, Ted
Horn, Tommy Hinner-
shitz Will Perform

AAA sanctioned big car auto rae
ing, the annual thrill sport of the
colorful Kent and Sussex Fair, will
reappear at the fast Harrington
raceway on Saturday, August 2,
Ernest Raughley, Fair Secretary,
has announced.
Sam NUNS Speedways, which
presented last years successful
auto race meet before the largest
turnout in Fair history, is return
ing with another thrill-packed
bill. This years race program will
consist of six events, including
opening qualifying time trials, three
eight-lap heat races, a ten-lap con-
ISOLATION race, and a big 20-lap
sweepstakes final.
Contracts have been forwarded to
virtually all the name" drivers in
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25

The greatest source of revenue
as in previous years, was from the
franchise tax which produced 49,
1929, an increase of $214,545 OF
6.S4 per cent over collections dur
ing the preceding year which
amounted to $3,134,74S and cons
tituted the largest collections from
this source since 1888. Franchise
tax collections for 1945 amounted
to $3,040,287.
Revenue from business licenses
increased to $424,625 from 1886, OS9
an increase of 1886, 26.7 per cent.
The collections constituted the larg-
est yield since the inception of the
license law. This is the fourth sue
cessive year that the collections ex-
ceeded the preceding years collec-
tions. The 1915 collections from Ii
censes amounted to $310,727.
Collections for war emergency
gross income tax amounted to $177,-
SIG as compared with $148,291 dur
ing the preceding year, an increase
of $29,225. The law expired on Dec
81, 1914 and the collections of $177,-
Continued on page 15)
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25
r. c. Beckett Gets
Post With Incodel
River Basin Group Names State
Sanitary Engineer Vice Chairman

R. c. Beckett, Delaware state san
itary engineer, has been elected
vice-chairman of the Interstate
Commission on the Delaware River
Basin.
Mr.. Beckett's election came at
the closing session of the commits
sion's annual conference at Shaw
Observation-Disclosures last week. He
succeeds DR.. M. P. Catherwood,
dean of Cornell University's School
of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Speaking at the conference, Df.
Catherwood criticized the federal
government for attempting to cir
cumvent the desires" of state and
municipal governments interested
in the Delaware River pollution alb
atement program. He was joined in
his criticisms by Franklin H. Lich-
tenwalter, speaker of the PennsyI-
vania House of Representatives
and Republican candidate for
Congress.
Elwood ]. Turner, Republican
state LEGISLATOR from Delaware
County. Pa, was reelected by the
group to his ninth term as Incodei
chairman.
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25
To Dedicated Lions Will
IPlaygroundHold Boosters
AT Greenwood Night Aug. II
Huge Turnout Of Fans Is
Expected By Local Ser
vice Organization; Tic
kets Now On Sale.

Members of the Milford Lions
Club are now busily engaged in
completing plans for the Second
Annual Boosters Night, scheduled to
be held at the. local baseball park
on Tuesday evening, August 18th,
This affair, sponsored annually by
the local service club, is expected
TO attract to the local park the
largest turnout of fans ever to see
a sporting event in this area.
Nearly 1900 fans turned out for
last years Booster Night and were
rewarded with splendid evenings
entertainment highlighted by an in
teresting game of baseball between
the Seaford Eagles and the Milford
Red SOx. This year, the Rehoboth
Beach Pirates, newest addition to
the ranks of pro baseball, will fur
nish the opposition for the Sox in
the Boosters Night game; the Pr
ates have been strengthened con-
siderably in recent weeks and there
is every reason to believe that these
Sussex County rivals may be en-
gagged in a nip-and-tuck battle for
a first division berth by the time
that Boosters Night rolls around.
RehOboth, a farm club of the
Pittsburgh Pirates, replaced the
championship Centreville Orioles
the past winter and started the
current season with Gordon Nc
Kinnon, former local favorite, al
the helm. AS a result of slump by
the Pirates, McKinnon was released
and reDlaced by Jimmy Peden, for
mer York, (Pa), first baseman
and brother to "Torchy'' Peden OF
Continued ON page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25
Man, Child Die
AS Train Hits
Light Truck
At KentOn
Victims Are Identified AS
Ward, Pa, POultryman
And His Grandson;
Both Bodies Were Ter
ribly Mangled.

William G. Bohrer, 6S, and his
5-year-Old grandson, George w
lllingsworth, both of Ward, Pa, just
east of Concordville, were killed
instantly when the light truck driv-
en- by Bohrer was struck by a one
car train of the Pennsylvania Rail
road early Monday night at Ken
ton, Del, where the Kenton-Sud-
lersville, Md, road crosses the rail-
road tracks.
The double fatality brought the
automobile accident toll for Della
ware for this year up to "a. In the
corresponding period of last year
there were 40. Of the deaths this
year one occurred in the city and 3S
in the state outside of Wilmington
Last year eight were in Whining
ton and 80 in the state outside of
Wilmington.
Both Bodies Mangled
Bodies of both Bohrer and his
grandson were mangled beyond re-
cognition and immediate identified
ton was possible only through
cards of Bohrer, found along the
tracks. Definite identification was
not established until early Tues
day.
Continued on mage n
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25
Ceremony Will Be Held
In Grace Methodist
Church Tomorrow At
ternOOn At 3 O'clock.

The dedication ceremony for the
Greenwood Community Playground
will be held in Grace Methodist
Church, at o'clock, Saturday af-
ternoon, July 26th The ceremony
will be conducted jointly by Rev.
James O'Niel and Rev. John Ander-
son. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all the folks of the town and
the outlying community. to attend.
The Playground, with supervi-
sion, will be formally opened to the
children of the Community, begin
ming Monday through Friday morn
ng. The hour will be from $3.50 I'M
til 1870 each morning. Mrs. H.
Morris Meredith has charge of this
branch of the work and she announ-
ces that Mrs. Carl Porter, Mrs. Lee
Coulter, Mrs. George Conoway, Mrs.
Bayard Coulte and herself will be
the supervisors for the week. There
is need fer additional persons for
this particular work and Mrs.
Meredith will appreciate it, if she
can have additional volunteers. Her
phone number is Greenwood, 2752.
Inc Community playground is
available Tor plcnics ana outings
OF the Organizations and Churches
OF the town and outlying country,
Tor afternoons or evenings. Dates
can be arranged if contact is made
with r. Lee Coulter, Jr. Phone
Greenwood, 1861.
The Playground is well lighted,
there is a large open fireplace 1or
plenty OF cooking and tables and
water are available. A number OF
outdoor sports can be played, in
Guiding badminton, croquet, ping
pong, and pitching horse-snoes.
There are swings for the children,
both large and small, a sliding
board and an extra-size sand-bOX
for the little ones.
Deep appreciation is felt for the
time, work and money so freely
given by many. They have made it
possible to open this Community
Playground, with tsi present equip
ment for the enjoyment of all. Year
by year, improvements will be made
and other facilities added, to make
this a meeting place for old and
new friends.
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25
u. of D. Enrolment
AT All-Time High
4W Students Have Registered For
Summer Session

Enrolment in the two terms of
the University of Delaware Sum-
mer Session reached an all-time
high with a registration of about
400 students on Monday for the
second term, Dean w. Earl Arm
strong, director of the session, an
nounced.
In the first term, which closed
July Is, 843 students-a record for
any single summer term-were in
classes on the Newark campus.
Dean Armstrong pointed out. This
enlarged enrolment compared with
613 in the first term of last years
Summer Session, which in turn was
the largest up to that time. The 1916
and 1947 Summer Sessions were the
first to be operated in two terms,
that system having been adopted to
take care of the increased numbers
and to enable returned service men
to speed up completion of their stu
dies, Each term, six weeks in dura-
ton, includes the work of a full
semester of the academic year.
OF the 843 who completed the first
terms work, 81 were teachers from
elementary and secondary schools.
$50 were former service men, and
nearly 200 were University students
who are not ex-GIs. In a great in
crease in the graduate program of
the Summer Session, 1O5 students
were doing graduate work, while
73S were taking undergraduate
courses, Dean Armstrong reported.
This enrolment" he said, "has
made it possible to offer a full pro-
gram of academic and professional
courses especially helpful to teach
ers in building up their academic
background" There have been more
out-of-state teachers in the current
Summer Session that ever before.
he said, with teachers from Mary
land schools making the greatest
increased use of the University's
facilities.
Among the features of the past
term, the dean commented, was an
increase in social activities for stu,
dents and faculty. In addition to the
supper and entertainment rendered
by Pierre S. DUPONT at Longwood,
there have been semi-weeklv mo-
ton picture programs in Mitchell
Hall open to students and staff
without charge. and the Esq Plav-
ers of the University presented
Continued on page -
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25
2 Republicans
Named
By Truman In
Surprise Move
R. H. Denham Chosen
General Counsel, His
Powers Are Broad I'm
der Taft Hartley Mea-
sure.
BY Associated Press


WASHINGTON Il President Tru-
man has named a Republican, Mis-
souri-born Robert N. Denham, to be
general counsel of the new National
Labor Relations Board-a job cloth
ed with sweeping powers under the
Hartley Labor Act.
Mr. Truman nominated ]. Cope
land Gray, Republican of Buffalo
N. Y. and Abe Murdoch, former
Democratic senator from Utah, as
new members of the board, which
under the Taft-Hartley Act grows
from three members to five.
AS a group, the nominations were
held likely of confirmation by the
Senate. Some senators have declar-
ed publicly they would battle any
appOintees who. by half-hearted adj
ministration, might weaken the
acts restraints of unions.
There was no immediate com
ment from Presidents William
Green of the ALL and Phillip Muir
ray of the CIO.
Meanwhile, other important labor
Developments today included:
i. The AF'L rejected a CIO invi-
tation to attend a union harmony
conference but renewed it's bid to
talk over merger of the two or
carnations. Green made public 8
letter. to Murray in which he said
the AFL's executive council at q
special meeting July 9 had consid-
cred the CLIO invitation.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25
Vets Clearing Bee
Is Big Success
Nearly 100 Assembled To Help
Clear HOme-Site

With the woods echoing to the
cry of "timber-r-r" and the sound
OF falling trees, the members and
friends of Blue Hen Post No. 64S3.
V. F. W., staged their first clearing
bee" on Tuesday evening. Nearly
enc hundred veterans and interest
ed friends assembled on the post
property early in the evening and,
armed with axes and other cutting
instruments, proceeded to clear the
north end of the eighteen acre
tract recently purchased by the To-
cal post as future post home site.
The clearing bee," the first of it's
kind held in this area since pioneer
days, was originally scheduled for
July 9Th, but was postponed til
last night when stormy weather
washed out" the earlier date.
AS early as 6 P. NJ, carloads of
"axemen" began the trek to the
post property and these were soon
followed by still others until near
ly one hundred were on the scene.
With the recently purchased public
address system supplying music APP
Dronriate to the occasion, the ryth-
matte beat of axe against wood soon
resounded throughout the area and
across the Haven Lake to Milford
itself. At FREQUENT intervals, work
would be halted so the vets and
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-07-25
Recovery Of Loss
On Apples Sought
State Group Says U: S.
Recommended Spray
Caused Losses
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON-A spray recon-
mended by the Department of Ag-
riculture resulted in spoilage in
shipment of SO carloads of apples,
a delegation of Delaware growers
told House judiciary sub-commit-
tee. last Monday.
Thirteen orchard owners in the
state-all from Kent and Sussex
Counties-are seeking $4,000 from
the government to recompense them
for losses, suffered in 1914.
Rep. J. Caleb Boggs (R-DeD has
introduced legislation authorizing
payment to the owners. Senators
Buck and Williams, Delaware Re-
publicans, have assisted the Is in
pressing their claims.
continued on page 81