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Evening star., 1947-06-22
For Radio | listeners
By Harry Macarthur

National Moondial" and Mr.. Wal
lace was still going on. Not over
VOL, however.
One listener reported that Mr..
Wallace was cut by VOL at 1892
and he was irate because the station
made the excuse of previous COM
mercial commitment when he called
to ask about it. He said VOL filled
out the period to 1o:45 with organ
music" What happened, apparently
was that the engineer let MIR. Wal
lace finish sentence before cutting
him and thus lost the opening an
nouncement on the Art Brown show
That was Mr.. Brown our listener
heard playing the organ.
X
Jerry Strong, the WEAM morning
man, thinks he is learning what
radio listeners consider bargain.
The other morning he devoted his
wake up" show to the Arlington
Hospital Fund Campaign and told
his audience he would play any
record requested in payment for a
25-cent contribution to the hospital
fund. He had no takers. Then he
upped the price to IS per request
and the WEAM switchboard was
beseiged. He suddenly had forty S.
pledges, enough to cover the 40
records his allotted time allows.
This was hard enough to figure
out, but the thing that Jerry really
can't understand is why two-thirds
of the donations came from resi-
dents of the District and nearby
Maryland, rather than Arlington.
* X
Spot Announcements: Bob Wolff
is conducting a sports quiz for
listeners next Wednesday night on
his 6:15 and 1:15 WINK broadcasts
and on his $3.50 DuMont television
program. Each entry must be ac-
companied by donation (any size)
to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund
and the prizes will be tickets to a
Washington baseball game, donated
by Clark Griffith, for the first 100
sets of correct answers. 1--WE, the
People," moves to WTOP, 9 pm,
this coming Tuesday night. :.
WNBW, the NBC television station
here, will formally open its studios
at the Wardmap Park Hotel and
start its regular broadcasting sched-
ule next Friday night. q. WWDC
is nightly excited over its new
morning man, Milton @. Ford, who
arrived in town Thursday night
from Tennessee. There has been a
great deal of fanfare preceding him.
none of which, however, has even
limited at the day of his starting
to wake people up via WWDC. 1t
probably will be tomorrow, but
that's just Our guess. Mr.. Ford, in
cidentally, who has been known as
"the village idiot" in his home State,
will be called "the capital crackpot"
here. Joe. Dosh's Saturday
Afternoon Record Party" on WINK
offers weekly prize to the studio
listener who brings the largest
number of guests along. Ann Price
of 604 Forty-sixth place Sc. won it
hands down a week ago; she had
80 chums In tow when she turned
up. Charles Farmers Farmer
from Washington" interview period
will move today to WEAM, at 1:45
pm. :. The "Theater Guild on the
Air" will have a new time in the
fall, moving up. to $50 Sunday
nights, on WMAL and the ABC
network. This, by the way,
leaves Jimmy Fidler with no place
to go.
Evening star., 1947-06-22

The radio was booming along the
other night when 10 o'clock came,
as it regularly does. We started to
get up 10 twist the dial, when the
announcer for the "Contented
Hour" (WRC-Monday, 10 p.m.)
told us that Larry Adler was to be
the guest star Of the evening. Well
Henry Wallace lost listener right
there. There is no political signiff-
canoe in this any more than there
was any political significance in
our original desire to hear what
Mr.. Wallace had to say. It is just
that Mr.. Adler plays a harmonica
most amazingly well.
Before he came on, however, our
mind wandered to something else
and We reached conclusion about
one phase of the broadcasting bust
ness. 1t is simply this: In the future
We shall regard the Hooper ratings
with even more skepticism than in
the past.
How, we said silently in our
reverie, does Mr.. Hooper know
whether or not we got off this
couch at 10 o'clock and tuned to
a station carrying Mr.. Wallace's s
speech. He doesn't even know what
we were listening to before 10
O'Clock. He doesn't know to whom
we are listening, we thought, so he
has no right to use us as statistic.
The more we thought about it
the more We felt that this whole
Hooper rating affair is too compli-
Gated fundamentally for any nor
NAL man to figure it out. His tele-
phone survey girls, for example
might report that 20 persons out OF
every 100 called are listening to
Jimmy Durante. That means that
80 out of every 100 are not. And
that means that the odds are
4-to-1, when a girl calls listener
against her finding one who is
listening to Durante.
With odds like that, it is conceiv-
able that the girls might make
1000 calls some night and find
1000 Durante listeners. Then they
might call 1000 listeners a night
for three weeks before hitting an
other tuned to Durante.
Mr.. Hooper says all these things
average out, but we think that il
the odds are 4-to-1 against finding
listener to a given program, that
listener ought to count for more
than point when he is found No
we are not going to pay much atten-
ton to the Hooper ratings any more
Speaking of Henry Wallace, as we
were back there, it is time that VOL
listeners should know that the rea-
son why he was cut off their air the
other night was commercial, not
political Those arranging the broad
casting of the Wallace speech had
assured VOL that he would be
through by 10:30 pm, so the station
did nothing about clearing CONNER
cial time already sold after that
hour. Came time for Art Brown's S
Evening star., 1947-06-22
WARt, 7S0 k.c.

800 am-Sweet and Low.
$40 a.m.-Nesro Baptist Hour.
600 am.-Chapel in the Sky.
$50 am.-U. S. Army Band symphony
1890 am.-Show Time.
l0:45 a.m.-Songs by Bing Crosby.
IL 100 am-Church Of the Air.
10 :0o noon-Sunday Salon.
Evening star., 1947-06-22

WT0P. i0:30-A discussion 81 Blaise Psstars
"Pensses."
WRc. loo What Can Be Done 10 Develop
4 Sound Foreign Economic POLICY
Evening star., 1947-06-22
FEATURES ON THE AIR TO-DAY

rioso" and Wieniswski's "Poloaaise IN D
Major, with Misehs Mithakof as soloisi;
Beeihoysn's "Egmcnf overture and Mczarf's
Fine klsine Rachfmusiks played.
WARL. 500 The admiSioa Of Hawaii 10
statehood distusssd BY panel which in-
1Iudes Author Blake Clark.
WMAl, $50 Or. Hans Kinder makes his
only appearance with The National sYmphony
Orchestra this summer. directing the group
in Molarfs "SYmphonY in D Major" and
creston's frontier"
MRc, 8:30-Doe Rockwell comes out Of
hibernaticn for second call on Fred Allen.
MOL, 9:00-Ihs latest isehniques used BY
fhe Navy to cure desfness described.
VOL o:30-ontesianis powers Of reien.
fion are tested on this new audience paficipa-
Evening star., 1947-06-22

. Something new is on
the air, folks! For the first
time in radio history a show
combines headline news AND
a thrilling dramatic serial!
It's the story of my life
public and private as a col
umnist and newspaper woman.
After I finish the news with
Douglas Edwards, famed CHS
newscaster. I'm going to take
the microphone into my pri-
vate life. Come along!
Evening star., 1947-06-22

WRc, t0:30--lnieryiew with celebrities at
tending the premiere performance in Catholic
UniWrsiiy's drama festival.
Evening star., 1947-06-22
Audience Shows

The following broadcasts admit the
general public. For tickets phone
the station or, in the case OF WTOP,
write.
WoL-Metropolitan 0012. "Amer-
lean Forum of the Air." $50 pm.
Tuesday; Meet the Press" 10 pm.
WRc-Republic 1000. ''Tyner
Time" 6:15 pm. Tuesday and Satur-
day: Tin Pan Ballet" 1890 pm.
Monday-Friday; others.
=. WWDC-National 1908. Teen
Time Revue" $50 am. Saturday.
WMAL-National 5400. CAS- the
Wheels Turn" S:15 pm. Wednesday;
wonder Flame" 7:3O pm. Thurs
day.
WToP-Earle Building. Lets Play
Talent" $50 pm. Saturday; you're
the Top" 2:30 pm. Saturday.
WINX-Republic 5000. Record
Party for teen-agers only, Satur-
day at Club, Teen. No tickets neces-
Sary.
WASH FM-District 1855. 'Dona
Mason sings" 7:30 pm. Wednesday,;
.tAAF Band" 9 pm Thursday; ~.
s. Army Band,s 8 pm. Wednesday.
No tickets necessary but call station
for place of origination of programs.
Evening star., 1947-06-22

Hon show emteed by
Jay JosiYn. Actor Sid.
neY Blaekmer guests.
WT0P, 9:30-Bud
Abbott and Lou Cos
iello appear.
W NAL. 1000.
The John Van Druien
60 m Q dY "0ld AZ.
quainianee, !" stars
Ilka Chase and Dor.
othy 6ish.
W TOP, f0:30-
Jimmy hdain. the
former "Dr. !. o."
explains why he gave
up his radio work 10
an
Evening star., 1947-06-22

| W " Dc. i:75-
The 81. Louis Browns
oppose The Senator'S.
WPc, i:30--sena-
fot Homer Ferguson
and Representative
Estes kefauyer an
sWer What Is Your
Congress Doingl
WT0P. f:30 -.
Henry A. Wallace
gives bis "0bserga.
tions Of American Re-
action 10 the Truman
Doctrine.
W Fam, i:45 -
Senator Harry Byrd
discusses "Amerita at
the CROSSROADS.
Evening star., 1947-06-22
WooW, $40 k.t.
WeAY EH, s3.3 heoasyeIes.

wGAy FM duplicates all WGAY pro
grams from am. 10 $50 pm, and in
addition broadcasts the following pro-
grams.
S:45 pm-Waltzes for You.
a.nn % m SIGN Of
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lynch en-
tertained at turkey dinner on
Christmas Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Lynch and Mrs. Arthur Lynch's
mother.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. +. Uhler enter
tanned on New Years Eve the fol-
lowing guests. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence IL. Spence and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Coulter. After watching
the old year out and the new year
i'll. they departed wishing their
host and hostess Very Happy
New Year
Mr. and Mrs Charles +. Banning
entertained at turkey dinner on
Sunday. Dec. % The guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Ninal Banning and
daughter, Nancy of Milton. Mr..
and Mrs. William Chandler and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. William
! Jester and son and Mr. and Mrs
Roger Adams and son of Milford
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wilkinson OF
Germantown. Pa. Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Cannon and Mr. Paul John
son of Philadelphia. and Mr.. anC
Mrs. John l.. Cannon of Greenwood
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03
GREENWOOD

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Conoway
ceieDrated their 25th wedding
anniversary on Sunday. December
~. They received many beautiful
silver gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul W. Lord were
Weekend guests at the home of
MI and Mrs c. +. Cranston, New
ark. Del.
Miss May Norris of Carlisle, Pa.
IS Spending the holidays with her
sister and brother Miss Eva Nor
rls and Mr.. w. l.. Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. l.. Richards
spent Christmas Eve and Christ
mas Day with their daughter and
her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Burton of Seaford.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Todd were
dinner guests Christmas Day at
the home of Mr. Todd's sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Johnson.
Mr.. George Conoway has re-
turned to his family after spending
several weeks in Florida
Charlotte Ann Conoway from
Maryland University is also home
Tor the holidays
MI. and Mrs. j. Frank Porter OF
greenwood entertained with 4
family dinner on Sunday. Dccem
Der 20. Four generations were
represented at the home coming
as their son and daughter-in-la
Mr. and Mrs. j. Addison Porter o
washington were present as wei
as their son and his wife. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Thayer p. Porter of RehObotl
with their baby daughter. Lind;
, Jane. The other children prcSen
were Mr.. and Mrs. William Haye
ana son. Arthur Mr. and Mrs. l.
, Lester Porter with their daughter
Phyllis, all of Milford. Miss Grac
L. Porter of Upper Darby, Mr.. an,
+ Mrs. F. Carl Porter of Greenwood
with their children. Nancy IN
Philip. Mrs. Frances y. Wright q
wilmington WAS also Il guest. TIL
dinner was d happy event for Nj
and Mrs. Porter who are each no.
i'll their early sos.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03
SELBYVILLE

The Christmas and New Year
holiday season is now over and
the people are settled down TO
the regular routine of duties.
Many had a very pleasant time,
while others were sitting under
the shadows, death having invaded
their homes and taken loved ones
away. during Christmas week.
Watch night services were held
at the church on New Years Eve.
beginning about 11:30 O'Clock.
with our pastor. Rev Mr.. Jarvis
in charge
NG-MUMFORD
The wedding of Miss Agnes Long,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Long of Selbyville. and Mr.. War
rem Mumford. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Curtis Mumford of Bishopville,
Md, took place in Salem Methodist
Church. Selbyville. Saturday morn
ing, December 2Sth, at II O'Clock.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev Charles S. Jarvis. pastor
Of the church. The bride was at
tended by her cousin. Mrs. George
f. Gray of Selbyville. The best
man was Mr.. S. Penn Isaacs OF
near Milford. The bride was given
in marriage by her father. Mrs
Mumford is graduate of the Sci
byville High School and of the
University of Della ware. and fol.
lowing her graduation taught phys.
ical education at the Bridgevillt
and Milford high schools. Mr.
MumfOrd. after two years of ser
vice, was discharged from the 7Stl
Infantry Division as sergeant
Upon their return from wedding
trip to Florida. the couple will re
side at BishOpville. Md
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Morris ant
daughter. Janet. had as guests fO
the weekend and a family dinner
Mrs. Morris brother and wife. Mr.
and Mrs. Vaughn Collins of Spring
field. Pa. DR.. and Mrs w. o. Dai
scy of RehobOth Beach. and MI
and Mrs. Preston Townsend an,
family of town.
Mrs. Mary c. Law and Miss Ad
die Furman of town. and Mr.. G.. \
Furman of Franford. were Dime
guests of the formers brother an
sister-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
Furman. near ROXana. the pas
Saturday afternoon.
Former L. S. Senator. John {
Townsend, Jr.. entertained at hi
: annual family dinner on Christ
mas day with most of his immedi
ate family present
Levin Magee. aged 90 year!
. passed away in the Milford Me
| mortal Hospital on Monday. Dc
: cember 23rd. following injuries rt
sulting from fall while trimmin
+. a big shade tree at his home tn
: Monday before when he sustaine
: crushed body and broken bac
. and other serious injuries. Funel
D al services were held at the Wa
: SON Whaley Funeral Home Q
: Thursday afternoon at 1:30 wit
:, the Rev. James Langrell of ROXal
e officiating. Interment was mac
e in Red Mems Cemetery, Selbyvill
e The deceased is survived by h
f wife, Mrs. Ruth Magee. who h;
d been almost an invalid for the pa
8 few years, and two sisters, Mr.
II Lille Hudson. of near ROXana al
e Mrs Della Lynch. formerly of Ro,
e ana. but now of Georgetown.
< Walter Hudson. more than
5. years of age. died suddenly {
e Thursday of last week. while wal
d ing around looking after some bu
mess interests on the farm. F
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03
GEORGETOWN

Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence {. Elliott
arc being congratulated upon the
birth of daughter in Milford Me
mortal Hospital, on Friday. De-
cember Goth.
Mrs. John b. IIutty, of New York
City is spending the Christmas hol-
idays with Mrs. Rowland G. Payn-
ter at her home on The Circle Mrs
Hutty is the daughter of the late
General George Burton, formerly
of this town.
Mr.. and Mrs. William IL. Russell,
Jr., of Annapolis, Md. are with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
NJ. Jones, for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith en-
tertained at a bridge party on
Friday evening of last week. at
their home on East Market Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Diffenderfer
of Wilmington have been recent
guests of Mrs. Diffenderfers par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. w. II. H. White
Mr.. and Mrs. George Holding,
of CeciltOn, Md. have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Anne Marie. to Mr.. Lloyd Wesley
Hudson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Hudson. of Georgetown. The we'd
ding will take place in the near
future
MIR. and Mrs. kensey j. Sharp
and son Arthur. and grandson
Jackie. and Mr. Hastings. left last
week to spend the next year tour
ing the States
Mrs. Roland Lynch. of Franklin
City. Va. was recent dinner guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lynch.
Miss COrnelia Cannon. of Pres
ton, Md, was the weekend guest
of Mrs. Howard Stewart
Miss Anita George is spending
the holidays with her brother and
sisterinlaw, Mr.. and Mrs. Cullen
George. in Wilmington.
Mrs. Margaret Y. Clifford and hel
mother. Mrs. Annie r. Young
spent last week i'll Ellicott City
Md. and will go on to Lynchburg
Va. for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sermal
and son Eddie spent last weekend
with their parents in Atlantic. Va
Corp. Trudeau Early is on ter
minal leave at the home of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Ear
ly.
Fire of undetermined origin
completely destroyed the eight
room dwelling house. owned b.
Mr.. Lester Pusey, and situated OIL
the Laurel-G Georgetown Highwa.
about five miles east of George
The loss is estimated at betweel
$4,000 and $1,000. with partial in
Surance cOverageN
The house was tenanted by MI
John BartO. his wife and two chill
dren. and his sister. Miss Ann Bar
to. who had an apartment there
With the aid of Mr.. PuSey. VIII
lives nearby. and others. Mrs. Bar
to. after leading her two chill
drcn. and I years old. to safety
was able to remove much of til
household furniture including TIL
Christmas toys destined for tn
children. All the possessions {
Miss Barto. including clothing an
jewelry, were destroyed. Usin
booster tanks. the GeorgetOw
Fire Company. aided by the fir
company from Laurel. were abl
to prevent flames from spreadin
to nearby chicken houses. barn
and other Outbuildings. The hous
had recently been improved an
repaired.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03

Mrs Bessie j. Hart entertained
to Sunday dinner her daughter
Mrs. f. A. Anderson, Mrs. kate
Reynolds, Mr.. and Mrs. f. b. Rich
ards and Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall
Hart and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall StubbS,
Mrs. Florence Marvel and son VIII
liam from Cumberland. Md, spent
Christmas day with Mrs. Marvel $
sister. Mrs. John Houston. ana
Mr.. Houston. in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Hart ana
children. Nancy and Wayne, were
Christmas day guests of the lat-
ter's sister and brOthcr-in-law MI.
and Mrs. Francis G. Simpson ana
family, i'll Houston.
Mr.. Ned IIodgson is spending his
Christmas vacation from Ailc-
Sheny College i'll Meadville. "a.
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Hodgson.
Mrs. Elizabeth Boone. MIR. and
Mrs. Martin Wilcutts and Mr. VIII
liam Roe were Christmas dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Will
cults.
Mrs J. b. Wharton was the dln
ner guest on Saturday of hel
daughter. Mrs. Richard Wilson ant
Mr.. Wilson in Dover. AnOthe
daughter Mrs. Charles Mace. MI
Mace and their children were als'
present. the Mace family return
ing with her mother to be her owe
night guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Dempsey an
daughter Rose Marie have re
turned to their home i'll Kennedy
vile. Md. after spending Christ
mas with her parents. Mr.. an
Mrs. II. w. Knight.
Mr.. and Mrs Byron Knight o
Wilmington spent Christmas da
with the formers mother. Mrs
Kathryn Knight and the Davi
family.
Mr. and Mrs. +. V. Hearn of Sa
isbury spent several days 4
Christmas with their daughte
Mrs. Claude McIlvaine. Mr.. Mel
, vaine and Ann.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03

Mr.. Russell Willard. Il law stu
dent at the University of Virginia,
is spending the Christmas holidays
with his grandmother. Mrs. II. T.
Johnson.
Miss Doris Sadowski had Il
Christmas Eve party. About 11:30,
the young people went to the Me-
thodist Church and sang Christ
mas Carols which were broadcasted
through the new loud speakers.
The music from the New Hammond
Organ was also enjoyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Cannon of
Philadelphia were week END
guests of Mr.. CannOn's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cannon.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03

Mr. and Mrs. Alton Cannon are
geing congratulated on the birth
of a son. William Alton, born Dec
ember 10.
Mrs. Catherine Brown and chil-
drcn spent few days III New
Jersey visiting Mrs. Browns
sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Anthony
entertained at dinner on Sunday.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. james
Anthony and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Anthony and daugh-
ter. Mrs. Anna Fowler. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold COnOway, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Frank Smith and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Smith.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03
MILLSBORO

Mrs. Jennie G. Steele of Bridge
Vile arrived last week to spend
the Christmas holidays with her
daughter. Mrs. George Adams.
While here she contracted grippe
and has been confined to her bed
for the past several days.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03

neral services were held at the flu
neral parlOr of the Henry II. Wat
son, Inc. in the home Of MIR. and
Mrs. PaShuy w. Watson. Jr.. on
Saturday afternoon with the Rev.
Charles S. Jarvis officiating. IN
termcnt in Red Mems Cemetery.
Selbyville. He was unmarried and
is survived by two sisters. the
Misses Kate and Annabell Hudson
with whom he resided. and one
brother, Elisha Hudson. all of near
town.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03
MAGNOLIA

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nash and
children were dinner guests on
Christmas eve of the lattCr'S broth
er and SiSterin-day Mr.. and Mrs.
Britton IIollinger at Bowers Beach.
Rev. and Mrs NicklaS and Joey
spent Christmas day with relatives
i'll Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas +. Moore
to Il family dinner on
Christmas day her mother. Mrs.
Charles f. Clute. ST, and son Rob-
ert, Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Clute
and children. Mr.. Charles +. Clutc.
Jr.. and daughter Betty Ann of
Wyoming, and Mr.. and Mrs. f. y.
Shiplcy and children
Mr.. and Mrs j. +. Heatherly
and small daughter. Sandra 10,
of Marietta, Ga. arrived Christ
mas eve to spend two weeks with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man Roe and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dawson Minner
entertained to Christmas dinner
his mother. Mrs. Samuel Minner
the latter's sister. Mrs Mary
DickersOn and father, Mr. w. j
COverdale of Bowers.
Mrs Frank A. Anderson from
Red Bank. ~ j.. is visiting hel
mother. Mrs. Bessie J. Hart. ant
they were dinner guests of the
Marshall Hart family on Christina!
eve.
Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Hart
with Mrs. Kate Reynolds. MI
George Richards and MIR. and Mrs
Franklin Richards of Camden, wer'
guests to dinner on Christmas o
Mr. and Mrs +. b. Richards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Gourley anC
Arlene and Mr.. and Mrs. Grove
BOStic Of Dover were Christina
dinner guests of their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey GOurley an
Joe.
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The Republican., 1947-09-25
Free State Forestry
William A. Parr

Once again we are on the verge of
fire season. And, once again we should
all make every effort to prevent for
est fires.
Practically every fire that burns in
Maryland is caused by someone's
carelessness. Hunters, campers, fish
ermen, hikers, loggers, railroads,
brush and debris burners-all these
have contributed materially to Mary
lands annual fire loss.
In an effort to reduce the number
of fires, regulation was promul-
gated by the Commission of State
Forests and Parks. This regulation
provides that during the months of
March, April, and May and from Sep
tember 15 to December Is, no burn
ing shall be done before 400 p. m.,
EST, if the material to be burned is
within 200 feet Of woodland or in
flammable material that would carry
fire to woodland.
At all times, strip TO- wide, free
of all inflammable material, must be
cleared around the material to be
burned. Sufficient men, with tools,
must be present to prevent the escape
of fire. Finally, a watchman must be
left with the fire until it is completely
out.
What is the reason for this time be-
ing chosen?
A study of forest fires in Maryland
discloses that the largest share Of
fires started between 1000 a. m. and
300 p. m. At these hours, wind We
locity is generally the highest, hu-
midity of the air the lowest, and in
general, conditions are best for the
spread Of fire.
After 400 p. m., wind velocities
are generally lower, and the humidi-
ty begins to go up. Fire cannot spread
as quickly, and it is safer to burn.
If we are careful, we can prevent
the disastrous fires we have known
in the past. Only with care can we
keep our forests green.