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Evening star., 1947-07-14
House Group 10 Press
For Committee Action
On Military Training
BY the Assoeioted Press

A House Armed Services subcom.
mittee today voted to seek full com.
mittee action this session on uni.
versal military training legislation
The subcommittee, headed BY
Representative Towe, Republican, Of
New Jersey, will reopen hearings or
the legislation Wednesday. Mr.
Towe told newsmen it hopes to fin.
ash them In several days, and added
I'VE are hopeful of approving 9
bill at this session and having thu
full committee approve it also. Thai
will make 1t ready for House con.
alteration.
MIR. Towe said, however, that be.
cause Congress plans to adjourn
July 26 there is little likelihood that
the House itself will act on legisla.
hon this year. .
Owen j. Roberts, former Supreme
Court justice, yesterday wrote Sen
ator Taft, Republican, of Ohio that
your opposition to universal mill
tary training presents the major
stumbling block" to action on the
proposal
Mr.. Roberts said Senator Taft
was keeping universal training of
Congress worksheet by means of
his Craftsmanship of the Senate Re-
publican Steering Committee. Mr..
Roberts heads the recently organ
lied Citizens Emergency Commit
Zee for Universal Military Train
Ing"
The retired jurist wrote Senator
Taft an open letter" and released
It along with a statement saying:
"On economic and political mat
ters, his Senator Taft's) Judgment
has, in most cases, been good and
Is worthy of the most serious con-
dderation.
But when 1t comes to matters
relating to war and military prep
aration. for it, 1t seems obvious that
he Is one of those sincere but, I
think, misguided people whose aver
sion to war is so great that they
cannot tolerate effective military
preparation"
Evening star., 1947-07-14

All would be located within six to
eight miles of their pupils.
3 Colored Schools Overcrowded.
The situation in the colored
schools is not as critical as it is
in some white schools, Mr.. Cooper
said. The only overcrowding, where
double shifts were necessary last
year, was at Glenarden, Chapel Hill
and Fairmount Heights, he said.
In Paramount Heights, construc-
tion Of eight rooms, an auditorium
and cafeteria as an addition to the
elementary school already has been
started under this years $4,000, ,000
Evening star., 1947-07-14
Executive Committee to which the

Executive Committee to which the
resolution was addressed.
Action Deemed Serious.
The Chronicle said the action was
deemed most serious" by its China
town sources "since American
Chinese are heavy financial con-
tributors to the party and are the
party's spearhead of public opinion
in the United States"
The resolution also reaffirmed
faith in the battle of Chiang's gov
ernment against the Chinese Com
muniSts.
Evening star., 1947-07-14

ridge School resulted in pleas to
the School Board for its retention
Mr.. Cooper added.
Residents of Seabrook have long
requested a new school for their
community, but none is included in
immediate plans. The School Board
has decided that children of the
area can use the Lanham Elemen.
tary School a mile away.
Under the proposed reorganiza-
ton Of colored schools, the 10
elementary structures would aver
age six rooms and would include
cafeteria and auditorium facilities
Evening star., 1947-07-14

IRIS not difficult to picture yourself and family
L as you'll look 20 years from now.
Just mentally add little to your waistline
-. subtract little hair -. pose yourself
and family in the comfortable living room
of your own home, watching television
broadcast, and you may be on the right
track.
OF course there's an ia great, big lF-to
this picture!
Evening star., 1947-07-14
Bankruptcy Costs More

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (P.-It even
costs more money to go broke to-
day. Charles Elliot Pickett, clerk
Of the Federal Court has announced
that the filing fee for ordinary
bankruptcy petitions has been in
creased from $50 to $45.
Evening star., 1947-07-14

IF you save sensibly -. IF you put aside
certain percentage of every cent you make, you
so,u be on the right track.
Fortunately, this systematic type of saving
has been made easy almost painless :.
through us. Savings Bonds.
Savings Bonds are one of the finest ways Of
all to save. They're Safe-with capital "S''!
And they pay you back "a for every IS you
put in, after ten years.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-05-01
Ballard Firm Offers
Fishing Facilities

The Ballard Boathouse, at GOT
Seaview Avenue, is equipped to
serve Seattle sport fishermen with
the newest type boats and necessi-
ties such as bait, cleaning sinks,
motors, etc. The firm recently
purchased so Morris storm King
kicker boats, ID feet long with a
beam of feet. The boats are all
equipped with rollers, doing away
with the inconvenience of dollies.
Other services include a parking
lot with space for hundred cars.
There are accommodation for dry
storage for boat owners. Ballard
Boathouse is a member of the Pu-
get Sound Resort Owners Associa-
ton and is eligible for all derbies.
The owners heartily welcome sal
mon fishermen of this area to pay
them visit.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-05-01

A new permanent display room
for Orrefors glass, designed by
Virginia Hamm.ll, interior decor
ator, has opened at Fisher, Bruce
& Company, Eastern United
States representative of Ore
fors, in their New York quarters
at 1107 Broadway. The glass in
cludes large engraved vases, urns
and plates as we'll as palmer tum-
blers, carafes, and wine glasses
There will be so percent more
Swedish glass available to Ameri-
can shoppers this year than in
1916" f. Monroe Fisher, presi-
dent of the firm. said at the open
ing of the new show rooms
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-05-01
Trial of Gestapo
Chief in NORWAY

OSLO-SlnCe the udy III way,
1915 when victorious Norwegian
resistance forces drove the Nazi
Gestapo from their headquarters
and slammed prison doors behind
them. one question has been on the
lips of most Norwegians: When
will they try Fehmer?" The an
sWer came when State Prosecutor
Sund presented Norway's charges
against Siegfried Wolfgang Feb
rner, war time Gestapo chief in the
Oslo district, and often termed the
most dangerous German in Nor
way. The indictment is the longest
yet to be leveled against any war
criminal by the Norwegian Gov
eminent.
Now only SO years OF age, Feb
mer is described as the Norwegian
resistance movement enemy No.
l. not only because of his central
position in the vital Oslo district,
but because of his unusual capa-
city The evil genius of the man
soon rated him the most feared of
the Nazi secret police, and the
strategist of the Gestapo in Nor
way. 1t is noted, however, that the
Indictment is mainly concerned
with the details and not the broad
sweep of his activities. He more
than any other single individual is
held responsible for Nazi torture
in Norway. 1t was he who intro
duced the length of rubber-covered
cable, the leg-clamps, and the in
famous ice bath as means of
persuasion. He not only ordered
the introduction of these death
sessions but also participated in
many of them personally.
From among the many cases of
death by torture with which he
night be charged, the Indictment
| lists but three clear-cut instances.
He is further charged with the
death of 10 Norwegian prisoners
who were but a few of the many
who died in German N. N camps
as a result of his orders.
Contrary to reports of his DASH
irg chivalry and man of the
world" bearing. the indictment in
Guides four instances where wo-
men prisoners We're tortured In
three cass he ordered the 'ice
| bath" and in the fourth he himself
/ beat the woman-prisoner so Sc
verely with a length of steel cable
that she had to be hospitalized. In
contrast to most Gestapo tried
hereto, Fehmer generally admits
the charges but declares himself
not guilty. He was only following
orders"
He has been most cooperative
with Norwegian supplying
r1uch information and earning the
| title of Model Prisoner No. L."
| Despite the lengthy Indictment,
the trial of the many-sided Fehmer
is expected to move speedily.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-05-01

IRA officers in charge of the
transport, Here are people who
will be pleasure to Norway.
Here are people who have fought
the Nazis as partisans in the Po-
lish forests. They have labored
in Siberia. They know their trade.
They are strong and have sur
vived a hell which we can not
imagine even in our widest
dreams"
Harold KapIan of New York
representative of the American
Joint Distribution Committee who
accompanied the group noted that
at first the refugees were skepti-
cal over the Norwegian offer
afraid of just another disappoint-
ment. But w hen We actually
prepared to leave, there wer e
hundreds who wanted to come
along. But we could take only
400; a mere drop in the ocean.
Thank you for the reception you
have given these refugees. I have
seen a complete change in them
in the course of a few short days,
in the camp. They were despon-
dent, today they are filled with
hope and faith"
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-05-01
Brown Light Prevents
Niqht Blindness

STOCKHOLM, May 10. (By
airmaD-An interesting and eff
fective means of preventing night
blindness has been tried out in
Sweden and will be used on the
units of the Swedish Navy now
under construction-the cruisers
1.-THE Kronor" and Gotta LEON"
and the destroyers GLAND and
"Uppland." These vessels are be-
ing equipped with dual lighting
systems, one with ordinary white
light and one emergency sys-
tenn" with tempered brown light.
For til e Illumination of chart
cases and navigation instruments
brown lamps will be used, each
with a rheostat, by which the in
tensity of the light can be ad-
justed. An additional advantage
of brown light is that all colors
remain almost unchanged.
A person who has been in a
lighted room is practically night
blind when he comes out in the
dark, and it takes nearly one half
hour before he regains salts
factory night vision. This h a s
been revealed by Carl Ekstrand,
head of the electrical department
of the Swedish Naval Admins
tration. 1t is naturally of the
greatest Importance that lookouts,
navigation officers, and other
members of the deck staff should
have their eyes well adjusted to
darkness when they go on duty.
Experiments have been made ear
ler with blue light. This, how
ever, did not prove satisfactory,
and neither did red light, since
it involves the risk of color con-
fusion. A neutral tint similar to
brown bottle glass has been found
to be the answer
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-05-01
NevS In Brief

A group of British surgeons,
members of the Provincial Surgi-
cal Club of Great Britain, will
make a visit to Sweden in May
Travel between Sweden and the
Continent will be faster and more
convenient this summer than in
the past. Thus, according to the
new time table, the journey to
Paris is reduced by six hours, al
lowing passengers to arrive in
Stockholm in the morning instead
of in the evening. The direct
sleeper service Stockholm-Basel
will be on daily basis rather
than three times a week, and the
Scandinavian Express to Hook
van Holland from Copenhagen
will run once a day, in addition
to which there will be a connec
ton with Paris via Osnabrueck.
This means that Sweden will have
two daily connections with Paris.
New carriages have also been
added to the Swedish roads.
DR.. Marshall Swan, curator of
the American Swedish Historical
Museum in Philadelphia, has ar
rived on his first visit to Sweden
where he will spend several weeks
comforting with museum officials
Interviewed by Svenska Dagbla-
Diet, DR.. Swan said his Museum
aims at being a cultural clearing
house between the two countries
Ten-day horseback excursions
through Sweden is a tourist novel
ty for British visitors arranged by
Nordic Travel Bureau, the Eng
lish Travel Bureau, and the Swed-
ish Riding Association. The first
party will arrive by air in June.
The route partly follows the main
roads, partly along winding paths
through forests and over fields,
passing many famous historical
spots in the provinces of Smaland
and ostergotland. Swedish horses
will be used exclusively. Many OF
England's most noted riders will
be in the first group.
Puck Stocklassa, a young Swed-
ish sculptor, recently showed more
than 80 of his works at an eXhi-
bition in New York, which at
tracted considerable attention. Mr..
Stocklassa has left for the West
Coast and will later go to Mexico
where he has been invited to teach
at an art school.
Last year was a healthy one
for Sweden. The number of cases
of epidemic diseases recorded was
1859. as compared to an annual
average of 271S5 during the 1884
1945 decade.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-05-01
Manuscript Fragments
Give Clues TO Sweden's
Medieval History

STOCKHOLM, April 1. (By
airmaiD = A gigantic jig-saW
puzzle is being put together by a
Swedish woman researcher. DR..
Tony Schmid, an expert on med
ieval history, who for many years
has been engaged in tracing frag-
rlents of medieval manuscripts in
archives, libraries, and private col
lections both in Sweden and in its
neighboring countries. In more ir-
reverent times, these old manu-
scripts were used as cover mater
ial for documents of various kinds.
They are now being brought to
light again and help to give new
and more complete picture of med
ieval Sweden. Nearly 10000 such
fragments have been discovered.
more than half of which have so
far been checked and recorded
1t was during the 18th and 18th
centuries that large part of Swe-
cen's medieval literature wa S
stripped and converted into covers
for official documents, said Dr.
Schmid in recent newspaper in
terview Tracing these fragments
end putting them together has
been a veritable piece of detective
work. Pages of one and the same
Took have often been found in
many different places, and it has
been a very difficult task to iden-
tify, for instance, the first and
the last pages of the same work,
which have been hidden for CEN
turtles in archives located far from
each other.
The majority of the 10000 frag-
nnents consist of theological works
and about one-sixth of law collec-
tons, commentaries to such col
lections, and legal handbooks.
Among other things, an extreme
ly rare anonymous book "Casus
ct Notabilia," about the decretals
of Pope Gregorious TX (1227-
1241, has been discovered Only
one copy of this book has so far
been known. Remarkable evidence
unknown to international research
in this field, of the very early con-
tact between Sweden and Rome
has also been brought to light in
the form of letters about Sweden
and to Swedish addresses from In
nocent III, who was elected Pope
in 1898.
King Gustaf has arrived in Nice,
where he will rest until his return
to Sweden in June. His physician
has permitted him to play tennis
fifteen minutes every day. The
monarch will soon be SO years old.
Crown Princess Louise of Swed-
ell has, gone to England for a five
week visit with her mother, the
dowager Marques of Milford
Haven. The Crown Princess bro
Their, Lord Mountbatten, was re-
Gently installed as Viceroy of In
dia.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-05-01
First Jewish Refugees Arrive
In Norway. Their New Home

OSLO.-On Sunday, May 18th,
399 Jewish refugees from Dis
placed Persons Camps in Germany
set foot on the soil of Norway,
their new home. The simple, grip
ping ceremony which took place
on the after-deck of the Norwe-
gian troop transport "Svalbard"
was witnessed by a host of we'll
wishers who had gathered at the
port of Halden, and marked an
other milestone in the long his
tory of Norwegian aid to all Eu-
ropes suffering. Norway is a
State governed by law" greeted
Refugee Director Sverre PETER
sen, land our laws guarantee per-
sonal freedom to every individual
regardless of race or faith" A
similar declaration was voiced by
the leader of the Jewish society
in Norway. New arrivals and well
coming Norwegians joined with
hearts if not in words as the
strains of Norway's national an
them ia vi elsker" and the Jew
ish "Hitakwa" rang out over the
crowded dock. There was scarce
ly dry eye to be seen.
Until today" declared n w
arrival Adam Limon, II had the
impression that Norway was a
poor country with warm-heart-
ed people. Now I know that while
l was right about the people there
appears to be higher living
standard here than I have seen
anywhere else" His brother Sig
mund, a lawyer from eastern Po-
land, noted that they are soon
expecting visit from their sis
ter now living in America.
II am a tailor" declared Saul
Beinstock triumphantly, "a n I
have my tools with me. Now l
will soon take up my trade again
This is the greatest day in my
life-just think, to begin again."
Father, mother and children wept,
laughed, and wiped their eyes un-
ashamed
Nearly h alf of the refugees
come from Hungary. There was
the Landesmann a mi y - two
proud grandparents, a youn g
married couple and year-old
boy. They recited the same tale
of forced labor, concentration
camp. deprivation. torture. But
now it was ended. In reply to
caution!ng words h t Norway
was still recovering from 3 years
of occupation, that there was a
housing shortage, and that the go
ing might be difficult, young
Landesmam replied, For years
We have lived in barracks and
concentration camps. What DIFF
ference does it make if we have
to live in close quarters when we
can again live as free human be-
ings in a free land, free of race
hatred" There We're heart break
ing stories from one death camp
after the other: AuschwitZ, Maui
thausen, GunZkirchen-all left be-
hind. They had at last found a
place where they were welcome.
They had found home. Said one,
when the Norwegian sailors
took us over in Bremerhaven, we
no longer felt like displaced per-
sons. We felt like guests in a
great family. And when We saw
people standing on the dock and
waving to us-then We knew that
we were welcome. Everything
about Norway is so different than
we had imagined, the weather,
the landscape, the people. Every
thing is-well, warm and good
Said the two Norwegian UN-
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-05-01

The Stockholm student frater-
nifty club at Uppsala University
has marked the Tooth anniversary
of its own club house. In 1949
the society will be 300 years OH.
Milford chronicle., 1947-02-07
Link Banquet Held
At Caesar Rodney
Fine Program Presented Last Fri
day Evening

The 18th Annual Link Banquet
was held in the Caesar Rodney
School cafeteria January 81, 1947,
at $40
Due 10 the illness of the Link
president. Lister Hall, Charles
Clendaniel. Link member, was the
toaStmaSter for the event.
The extension service was we'll
represented. Those present were
George WOrrilOw, associate direc-
tor of Extensions; ED Alton, field
agent for All Club for the North
east United States; Miss Lee, State
Supervisor Of All Club Work for
girls; Mr.. Tarbell, county agricul-
ture agent; Howard Schabinger
assistant county agent for Kent
and New Castle counties; Maurice
Field New Castle county All Cluf
agent and Robert Osborne, Kent
county Ali Club agent.
During the program. Hazel anC
Ann Sapp sang a duet. Geraldine
Nichols played the piano, then sans
with Mrs. Pearson as her accom-
panist. Martha Gruwell gave :
humorous reading.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-02-07
Fatal Plane Crash
Near Harrington
Cargo Plane Pilot Killed As Craft
OIcrSha0tS Field

In an effort To make an cmcr9cn-
cy landing on Il small private air
field near Harrington. the pilot Of Il
heavy -cnSincd cargo transport
plane was killed instantly last We'd
neSday when the plane overShOt ihc
field and crashed into an adjoining
wooded area.
Two other occupants Of the craft,
the cO-pilOt an the handler
escaped with minor injuries.
Albert George Buhl, II Of Sidney,
y. -, was pilot of the craft Tru-
man Connell Of West Palm Beach.
Florida. cO-pilOt was removed to
the Milford Memorial Hospital SUI
feripg from minor injuries. while
the freight handler, Edward Boyle
OF North Plaintiff, n. j.. although
badly shaken, escaped uninjured.
Tie plane, the CT type used By
the Army. which was owned by the
International Freight Lines OF West
Palm Beach. Florida. was flying tC
Florida from New York. State
police reported that the right en-,
ginc of the plane went dead whilC
on the flight and Bull attempted tC
bring il down on the first availabl;
ODcn spot. which was the private
airport owned hv Alice Link. ah0u
u mile east of HARRINGTON on STATE
Route II.
Irnnt iuted an Dopp
Milford chronicle., 1947-02-07
Local Poultry Groups
ActiUe In DeIalUme
Are Cited by J. Frank
GOrdy For Active
Work

Community poultry locals
throughout Delaware were cited
this week by j. Frank Gordy, extern
sion pOultryman. for the active in
tereSt they are taking in holding
educational meetings to study a
wide range Of poultry management
"nd production practices.
GOrdy, who also serves as state
secretary of the Delaware Poultry
improvement Association, reports
that pOultrymen are becoming in
creasin@ly interested and concern
cd with what he calls the funda-
mentals of poultry production.
In recent weeks, poultrymen III
all sections of the State have been
meeting with specialists of the EX-
tension Service and the State Board
OF Agricultural in local groups tC
discuss improved feeding practices
disease control and better methods
OF marketing poultry and eggs.
GOrdy invites all pOutrymen Wh(
wish to avail themselves Of the op
portunity to join with their fellow
noultrymen in these local cduca
tional meetings to attend future
meetings that will be held in thci
communities
Milford chronicle., 1947-02-07
Venereal Disease Still
Major Health Problem
Clinic Here Is Open Every Tuesday
From 1:0O 4. VI. TO L. VI.

The observance of National Soc
ial Hygiene Day this week serves
to focus interest on what is now
happening in Delaware i'll regard
to the control Of vencreal disease.
When interviewed DIR. Edwin
Cameron, executive secretary of
the Delaware State Board of
Health. stated that his organiza-
ton alone spent about 100000 dur
ing the past fiscal year for venereal
disease control work. High-lights
of the program include | l,253 ven
ereal disease clinics held in Della
ware during the past year with
1,161 patients being given a total
of 26.331 treatments in an effort to
cure the contagious diseases OF
syphilis and gOnOrrhea.
Eenereal disease control is q
program in which the L. S. Public
Health Service is vitality interested
and the federal government fur
nished $26.340 of the funds spent
during the past fiscal year in the
state. Fifty per cent of this sum. o!
Dvcr 5000. was matched by state
funds.
\encrcal diseases clinics are
held by the State Beard of IIcaltl
in Wilmington and in 9 towns
continued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1947-02-07
Odd Fellows
To Celebrate
Hume d h
Affair Will Be Held In
The Milford COmmun-
ity Building Next We'd
nesday Evening, Feb
ruary II.

TwCnty-eight years after the
founding OF the Order OF Odd Eel
lows in the United States, or OH
January 20, lS47, a charter was
granted to Joseph S. Bennett, JOS
cph c. Gorby, Joseph l.. Linderman.
Samuel p. Goodwin and John II.
Dennine, original founders of the
lodge, and on February is, l847,
Crystal Fount Lodge No. 10, |. o.
O. f. was instituted
On Wednesday evening, February
-. l947. Crystal FOunt Lodge will
celebrates it's centennial anniver-
sary by holding "A banquet in the
Milford Community Building. About
three hundred guests will avail
themselves of this gala occasion.
The dinner, consisting of turkey
wit hall the fiXins' will be served
by the w. S. C.. S. OF the Calvary
Methodist Church. The dinner will
be followed by an outstanding floor
show presented by several national
radio artists, under the leadership
of Mel Bryon, master of ceremon
les.
| Among the speakers will be
Bob Croft. Grand Secretary of the
| Sovereign Grand Lodge. and Frank
Shannon, Grand Secretary of the
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.