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Smyrna times., 1947-09-04
Smyrna Landing

Mrs. Caryl Wrench and sons
Harvey and Richard of Chester,
Penna., and Miss Hope Proffitty
were weekend visitors of Mrs.
Thomas Wrench.
Mrs. Emma Jackson spent some
time with her sister, Mrs. Clara
Morrow, who is i'll.
Miss Minnie Grimes spent Fri
day in Wilmington.
Mrs. Annie Hawkins of Chester,
Penna., spent the weekend in her
bungalow here.
Mrs. Earl Scott and family of
Millington, Md, spent visit with
her mother, Mrs. Emma Davis
Sunday.
Miss Joan McNatt, who spent
the summer with her sister, Mrs.
Oliver Everett in Courtland, N. Y,
has returned here for the opening
of school,
Mrs. Louis Gaulke accompanied
her son Courtland to Hacks Point,
where they spent last Sunday.
Mrs. Harold Warner and sons
of Holly Oak was a Tuesday guest
of her mother, Mrs. Emma Davis.
Smyrna times., 1947-09-04
Clayton

Capt. j. L. Shortall, Jr., has re-
turned to the States after spend
ing two and one-half years in
Korea with the military govern
ment of that country. He is visit
ing his wife and daughter in New
York, and his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. L. Shortall, in Clayton.
The Sunshine Glass viii meet at
the home of Mrs. Marion Smith
Friday evening, September 5th at 8
o'clock.
There will be Junior Choir re-
hearsal for st. Paul's Church
Thursday, September 4th at $50
P. NJ. All young people in the
church IA years of age and older
are invited to join the choir.
The Clayton Public School is
postponing its opening from Sep
tember 3rd to September 18th.
This is due to the polio epidemic.
The score for the first soft ball
game was st. Paul II, Ewell's 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Merrick of
Trenton, New Jersey visited with
her sister and brother-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. P. M. Smith over the
weekend. Mrs. Smiths sister
Carrie is also a guest with them.
Mrs. Eva LeCompte of Whining
ton spent the weekend at her
home in Clayton.
Mrs. Glen Curtis and two daugh-
ters of Crossword, New Jersey
spent a few days with their uncle
Mr.. Lou Hurd.
Mrs. Medford Davis is spending
sometime at Rehoboth Beach.
Mrs. ]. T. johnson spent Sunday
in Oxford, Md.
Mrs. Emma Meredith is spending
sometime with her sister, Mrs,
Herman Sevil.
Mr.. Carl Downing and sister
Beatrice, spent the holiday at their
home in Clayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Covaletski
and son Joseph Jr., of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Conaway.
Mrs. John Hurd and daughter
Janet are visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Hurd for a few days.
Mrs. Ella Cockburn and children
have returned home after spending
two weeks with her sister near
Delaware City.
Miss Fannie Marker has been
visiting friends in Clayton.
Mr.. William t. Dayett and fam
lily had as their weekend guest
Mr.. Albert Brown of Baltimore,
Md.
Smyrna times., 1947-09-04
v. A. CHECKS
TO BE LATE
Suddenly Veterans AT Colleges
To Receive Late Subsist-
ence Allowance
LOCAL SITUATION

The Veterans Administration said
this week it expects 1,325,000
World War II Veterans to go to
college this fall-a 10 per cent in
crease over the previous high en-
rollment of last April. The agency,
basing its forecast upon advance
registrations, advised student-vef-
eran candidates for subsistence al
lowances to take along enough
money to meet their personal fin
ancial needs for at least the first
six weeks of the autumn term.
Since veterans are not entitled to
subsistence allowances until they
have been in training month, stu
dents enrolling late in September
normally will not receive their first
checks until Nov. / or later. The
VA said that despite the increased
work load it expects fewer delays
in the subsistence program this tai
because: A-Certifcation proceed
ures have been streamlined. B
VA has more experienced employ
es. C-Veterans and institutions
have a better understanding of
subsistence program procedures.
The agency advised veterans en-
tering college for the first time to
apply at once for certificates Of
eligibility, and those planning to
change their course of study or
transfer to other schools to obtain
regional-office approval immediate
Smyrna times., 1947-09-04

of the expected number of 1,400
veteran students at the University
of Delaware about Nov. J. The
purpose of the certificates of eligi-
bility, he explained, is to place ex-
GIs on the VA payroll, and author
ize the university to accept them
as veteran students. A large num-
Der of "closed award" subsistence
payments = covering tuition fees
for the regular semester this fall
and through the two sessions next
summer, are expected to be made,
the local VA education chief added.
Smyrna times., 1947-09-04
DEMOCRATS
PLAN MEETING
Delaware Democrats Plan To
Back Truman For Pres
ident in 194S
REHOBOTH DINNER

Delaware Democrats will make
an early start on their plans for
the 1948 political campaign at a
dinner meeting of the Democratic
State Committee, to be held Sept.
II at Z p. m. at Rehoboth Beach.
Democratic leaders from all parts
of the state will attend the meet
ing, which will be devoted prinnar-
lily to the discussion of the Della
ware political situation, it was dis
closed by Harris B. Mcdowell, Jr.,
of Middletown, state chairman of
the party. The speakers will be
Delaware party leaders, and no
out-of-state guests are expected to
address the meeting, Mr.. Mcdowell
said. He explained that the meet
ing was called after subdivision
leaders throughout the state re-
ported that interest in the 1948
campaign is developing unusually
early, as indicated by conversa-
tions with representative voters.
The party leaders, looking ahead
to the little convention" to be held
next spring, are expected to begin
consideration of whom the Della
ware delegates to the Democratic
National Convention next summer
will support for vice-president. 1t
is already assumed that the dele
gates will favor President Truman
as the partys nominee for rcelec-
tior. Among those expected to
speak at the party meeting are
former U. S. Senator James M.
Tunnel of Georgetown. Lieut. Gov.
Ebert N. Carvel of Laurel; the
three county chairman: Daniel F.
Woicott of New Castle; Willard
Boyce of Kent. and Columbus Phil
lips of Sussex, and the city chair
man, Francis G. Lemon.
Democratic Swing Seen
"The groundwork will be laid for
an active and aggressive campaign
in the election of 1948," Mr.. Nc
Dowell declared. with the un-
mistakable swing to the Demo-
cratic Party all over the nation as
a result of the failure of the Re-
publican Congress to follow the
wishes of the common man for Sc
curity and relief from high costs of
living, Delaware Democrats are de-
termined to prepare their party or
ganization for the full responsible
ity of a clean-sweep Democratic
victory. Outstanding candidates
must be selected-men who the
citizens of our state can rely upon
to give them good government
men who will carry out the pledges
of the platform on which they run
for Office" the chairman continued.
Education, health, welfare, veter-
ans services and many other
branches of our state government
have long been neglected and side
tracked by the do-nothing policy
of the present and past Republican
administrations. The people of
Delaware are crying for relief from
Smyrna times., 1947-09-04

University of Delaware officials
said the delay in subsistence checks
would not prevent CT students
from starting school. Students are
enrolled Immediately on presenta-
tion of certificates of eligibility
from the VA, with the university
billing VA directly for payment of
tuition.
Smyrna times., 1947-09-04
Local situation

At the Veterans Administration
regional office in Wilmington, Will
liam I. Tawes, chief of vocational
rehabilitation and education, said
the agency expected to forward the
first subsistence checks to the bulk
Smyrna times., 1947-09-04

The city of Topeka, Kansas was
first settled by eastern anti-slavery
people in 1854 soon after the pass
age of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
Smyrna times., 1947-09-04
vile Doxey, then librarian of Co
lumbia University

The first session of the United
States Supreme court was held on
February l, 1890, in the Royal ex-
change, on Broad Street in New
York City.
Smyrna times., 1947-09-04

this Republican policy. These and
other matters of policy will be dis
cussed at this meeting" Mr.. Nc
Dowell said.
Smyrna times., 1947-09-04

Unprecedented improvements and for the comfort and
of
Chevrolet trucks and commercial which being shown the
public Chevrolet
of payoad vehicle
standards with operating efficiency
Smyrna times., 1947-09-04

University Extension work in the
United States was started in 1888,
when it was introduced by DR.. Mel
Evening star., 1947-08-06
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

Milton G. James, assistant direc.
tor of the Fish and Wildlife Service
said today that agency is making
an inventory-at lonely Nunivak
Island, north of the Aeutians-ot
the Nations only musk OK herd.
Whatever the outcome, Mr.. James
added, the Government does not
look with favor on the musk OK
raising business in general.
To the three Governors, two rep
resentatives and scores of other in
dividuals who have asked about
animals with which to start expert
mental herds, the Fish and Wild
life Service, on the basis of its own
experience, has dispatched a form
letter reply which says, flatly:
"It is entirely impracticable to
raise musk oxen as a farm or COM
mercial enterprise, and any attempt
to do so should be regarded only
as an expensive experiment almost
certain of failure"
Congress appropriated $4,000 in
1880 for the purchase of musk oxen
with which to repopulate Alaska,
once the home of thousands of the
clumsy beasts which combine the
characteristics Of cattle and sheep
Captured in Greenland, "a oxen
were shipped via Norway to New
York. transported to Seattle by rail
and released eventually on a 4,OO0-
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Packard and Frazer
Boost Auto Prices
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

DETROIT, Aug. 6.-Price in
creases ranging from $s2 to 5000
on all current auto models pro-
duced by the Packard Motor Car
Co. went into effect today after
the company disclosed Q def1cit OF
nearly tive million dollars In its
operation for the first half Of 1s47.
Packard, announcing the S per
cent average price boost late yester-
day. followed in the steps Of Cen
erI Motors Corp, which raised its
prices 2 to 8 per cent last Friday
Kaiser Frazer Corp. also an
nounced a price increase today, rails
ing the factory list price OF the
Frazer standard model 500. The
increase brought the factory list
figure on this model to $2,152. w
A. Macdonald, vice president IN
charge of sales, said no increase was
contemplated at this time" in the
price of the Kaiser or the Frazer
Manhattan models.
Recent increases "in the cost Of
such basic materials as steel anc
certain parts, including brakes ano
wheels" were given as the rea'
son for the Packard action. Whicf
company spokesmen said was taker
after considerable deliberation."
The move came only a few hours
sitter the concern had reported Q
loss of s1,s72,634 in its first-hall
financial statement covering the mrs.
six months Of 1947.
Packard said the increases ral
from 3 to 7 per cent, and included
400 on the Packard six, $lo2 on tnt
eight, $181 to 5000 on the supe'
eight and 500 to sl20 on the GUS
tom super eight.
Evening star., 1947-08-06
U. N. Effectiveness Lost
By Red Veto, Byrd Says
By the Asseeiatsd Prsss

HARR1soNBURG, Va, Aug. g.
Senator Byrd. Democrat, Of vir-
ginia declared here last night that
it appears very evident now that
50 long as Russia possesses the abso-
lutte veto power, there can Be no
effective United Nations organiza-
tion."
Referring to a speech he made
in the Senate April /, virginia's s
senior Senator recalled that he had
urged the strengthening of U. N.
and If necessary-in view Of the
nonco-operation OF Russia--a show
down with that country within the
framework of the United Nations.
THE situation with respect to
Russia since april ID has steadily
deteriorated. It appears very evil
dent now that so long as Russia
possesses the absolute veto power
there can be no effective United
Nations organization"
He, spoke before 800 persons at
tending the turkey banquet" Of the
Virginia Turkey Growers Associa-
ton here.
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Nations Only Musk Ok Herd
Being Inyentoried in AIeutiuns

/ acre pasturage near Fairbanks
Alaska.
Six years later, when the here
had dwindled to 81, it was removed
to Nunivak, Is miles off the mouth
OF the Yukon, out of the reach o1
bears and wolves. There. on a mil.
lion-acre sub-Arctic ranch 40 miles
wide and 10 miles long, conditions
appeared ideal for rapid population
growth.
During the war years, the Gov.
ernment had no time for Nunivak
census taking.
In 1945 an aerial survey indicated
that, unless too many animals were
counted twice, the herd might have
increased to lis. Last year clouds
fog and rough water interfered
with boat and plane travel and only
30 oxen could be found.
To date, the project has cost an
estimated $l25,000.
Mr.. James told a reporter that
Douglas Gray of Juneau, Frank
Beals of Kodiak, Charles Gillham,
biologist, and Frank Chaser, Alaska
sourdough, few to Nunivak in an
amphibian plane in July, to start
the f1rst thorough survey since be-
fore the war. The other men were
to remain month. but Mr.. Glaser
will stay on indefnitely-possibly
until next spring. his connar .ons !:
An Indian service agent, u few
| natives-and the musk oxen.
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Rockville on-Sectarian
Private School Planned

Plans are being made by Q group
Of Rockville parents for establish-
ment, Of q non-sectarian private
school for children Of kindersarten
and first grade age.
The school, to be known as the
Episcopal Day School, will be limited
to 20 children In each class and will
be held In the parish hall OF the
Rockville Episcopal Church.
David e. Belts, Rockville attorney,
has been named chairman Of O COM
mittee to complete organization OF
the project. The committee, which
also will have charge of enrolment,
will include Mrs. Adolph Guide, IT,;
Mrs. Barnard T. Welsh, Mrs. John
C. Mackey, Mrs. william r. Snapp,
Mrs. Raymond p. Black and Mrs.
Walter P. johnson.
Mrs. Guide viii head o subcommit-
tee to select teachers. Also on the
subcommittee are the Rev. Raymond
P. Black and Mrs. Richard Q. Gofi.
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Officer BIomes
Wife'sFriends
For Transfer
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

CAMDEN, N. j., Aug. Ga naval
oficer seeking a divorce on desertion
grounds testified he was moved from
Norfolk, Va, to Newfoundland in
1s42 after his wife limited broadly
I was to be transferred and that she
had friends to take care of It,"
Capt. George Thomas Owen, head
Of the 4th Naval District Court
martial Board, told Advisory Master
William r. J. Burton yesterday he
appealed the move to "one of the
fifth or sixth senior admirals" ane
that he was told even a higher
power insisted I be transferred
Capt. Owen, a decorated Navy
flyer, added that shortly thereafter
orders came through moving him Il
"a bleak naval station" at Argentia
Newfoundland
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Organizing by Labor
Hailed in Dewey Talk;
Clio Hits Hypocrisy
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 8. - Gov.
Thomas e. Dewey yesterday broke
his silence on developing 1948 pres
idential campaign issues by speak
ing out for the preservation of "the
principles Of union organization and
collective bargaining"
Gov. Dewey made his statement
four days after returning from a
q, 6,500-mile, month-long Western tour
during which he was called on to
declare himself on foreign and
domestic issues.
One of his chief potential rivals
for the Republican presidential
nomination, Senator Taft of Ohio,
last week urged Republican leaders
to discuss major issues frankly.
CIO Oficial Replies.
Gov. Dewey, in the pre-Labor
Day statement, sadi:
1.-THE administration Of the gov
ernment Of New York State is dedi-
Gated to the principle that the
principles Of union organization and
collective bargaining must be pre-.
served"
The statement drew immediate
comment from Louis Hollander
president Of the New York State
CIO Council. which claims more
than 1,25o,00 members. Mr.. Hol-
lander said In New York City:
"Dewey's statement today sud.
denly to declare himself in love
with organized labor after he wal
silent during the entire discussion
of the Taft-Hartley law is the
greatest hypocrisy ever issued by
a responsible government official
- In his whole career as Gov.
ernor he was revengeful to organ.
lied labor. I" Labor will remem-
ber Dewey's record and no love
stories for Labor Day will helr
him." ys4 ..o-A
Labor Leaders Praised: =
Gov. Dewey was denounced yigor.
ously by organized labor in New
York for his sponsorship earlier this
year of State law prohibiting
strikes by public employees.
In his statement New York's CHIEF
executive praised the States labor
leaders for what he described al
their patriotism, maturity and un.
derstanding."
He added:
I'VE owe to labor much of the un-
precedented prosperity and we'll
being of our State, its record rate
of employment and high wages, It!
harmonious industrial relations anc
the whole network of progressive
legislation, which insures to those
who toll the highest degree Of pro-
lection against the hazards Of socia
and economic insecurities."
Evening star., 1947-08-06
| VIRGINIA Sheriff Found Dead
After Losing In Primary
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

CREWE, Va, Aug. 6.-The body
of Sheriff Charles G. Ashmore o1
Nottoway County. . bullet through
the head, was found in an alfalfa
field adjoining his home shortly
before midnight, just after he had
learned of his defeat in yesterdays
Democratic primary by E. G. Elicit
jr.
DR.. J. M. Hurt was called, but
Sheriff Ashmore was dead when he
arrived.
The body was found by the sher-
ifs son, John Ashmore.
Sheriff Ashmore polled 800 votes
for denomination to 956 received by
Mr.. Elicit. 800
A service pistol with one cartridge
fired was found close beside the
sheriff's body. There was also q
note asking that his body be cre-
mated.
He Is survived by his widow, his
son John and daughter. Mrs. May
Ashmore Shorter, all of Crewe.
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Legion Auxiliary Unit
|nstaIIs Mrs. Carrico
As Convention Ends

A two-day convention of the Dis
trict Salon OF the Eight and Forty,
honor organization of the American
Legion Auxiliary, came to a close
last night at the Lee Sheraton Hotel.
with the Inhalation of Mrs. Eva B.
Carrico as the new chapesu.
Mrs. NJ. Laura Lipscomb, retiring
head OF the group, presided ut the
closing session, which was marked
by a dinner, grand march and can
delight memorial service for mem
bers who died recently. Honor quests
included the newly elected depart
ment commander of the American
Legion here, o. C. Holleran and Mrs.
Holleran and Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Hilleary, the latter the new depart
ment president of the Legion Auxil-
iary.
Capt. James Clarke and members
Of the National Guard Of Honor,
color bearers Of the Legion, led the
grand march. Mrs. Eva Folk led
Ille CduQlellgnC service.
Mrs. Carrico has been outstand-
ing in child welfare work of the
Eight and Forty, especially among
young tuberculosis patients at GAL
linger Hospital and Glenn Dale.
Mrs, Dorothy B. Harper, past ma
tional chapeau, and Mrs. Ellen
Louise Warren, national child vel
fare director, participated in the
convention.
Installed as officers with Mrs.
Carrico were; Mrs. Frances Ford
Snow, demi chapeau premiere; Mrs.
Claire M. Smithson. demi chapeau
deuxieme; Mrs. Alice Slattery, Ia
surintendante; Mrs. Mae Z. Hart,
Ia concierge; Mrs. Irene O'Connor.
larchiviste; Mrs. Ola D. Lee, lau-
monier; Mrs. Esther Costa, Ia musi-
tcienne and Mrs. Fonda McVickers.
salon aide. Color bearers: Mrs.
Pearl Heagerty and Mrs. Dorothy
Murray. Color guards: Mrs. Estelle
Mead and Mrs. Elizabeth Moriarty.
Delegates to the National Marche,
as the convention to be held In New
York August 80 is known, are: Mrs.
Lipscomb. chairman; Mrs. Carrico,
Mrs. Snow. Mrs. Rae r. zaontx, Miss
Emily j. Carey, Miss M. Edna Nc
Intosh. Mrs. Virginia Mccarthy,
Mrs. Helen X. Ware, who was gen
eral chairman Of the convention
here and Mrs. Slattery.
Alternates-Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Helen
McCabe, Mrs. Margaret Greenburg
Mrs. Lillian M. Judd, Mrs. Catherine
Crompton, Mrs. O'Connor, Mrs.
Vesta Rodruck, MRS. Mabel r. Etaub
and Mrs. Ercell Quinn.
Delegates at large-Mrs. Harper
Mrs. Ellen Lou Warren and Mrs.
Marie j. Totten,
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Hutchins Sees Atom Bomb
In FOREIGN Hands in 5 Years
" the Asseeie,sd Press

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Robert M
Hutchins, chancellor of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, said yesterday that
some other country will have the
atomic bomb within five years and
when that happens we are all set
for the final catastrophe.
THE task before U.s." he told the
National Association of Visual Edu-
cation Dealers, "can be stated as
the task of civilizing the entire
world in not less than five years, u
and added that educational Aims
can do more than any other medium
to establish peace"
He said that the simultaneous ex-
plosion Of two atomic bombs which
can now be manufactured could
make the United States uninhabit-
able"
Evening star., 1947-08-06
Richmond Negro
Loses byMorgin
OfOnIy 100 Votes
By The Asseeiatsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 6.-Rich.
mond almost nominated colored
man for the Virginia House OF
Delegates in yesterdays Democratic
primary.
Oliver Hal. the only colored man
In q field Of 10 candidates for the
nomination to Richmond's seven
seats in the House. ran eighth ir
complete returns from the city's Sc
precincts. He Is an attorney.
Mr.. Hill received $3.50 votes te
$500 for w. H. c. Murray, who
ran seventh, q difference Of only
100 votes.
The colored population voted
heavily in the primary and ap-
parently almost solidly for Mr.. Hill
while the white vote was divided
among II candidates.
Had he been nominated and then
elected In November. MIR. Hill would
have been the first colored man to
occupy q seat in the General As.
sembly since the session OF 18S9-3c
and the first colored Democrat ever
to be q member Of that body.
Evening star., 1947-08-06

Prince William County and Alex
andria.
Alexandria had no major contest
yesterday.
Mrs. Demaine Beaten.
In Alexandria's sixth ward, q
three-way contest for two seats on
the Democratic Committee was won
by, George Boteler, with 216 votes,
and Mrs. Camille DeLane, with 173
Defeated was Mrs. K. B. Demaine
with SO.
The contest in Arlington also saw
at least four candidates Endorsed
by the Progressive Democrats Of
Arlington placed on the member
ship of the County Democratic
Committee, according to incomplete
returns from six precincts. With
the three polling the highest num-
ber of votes elected from each pre-
cinct, incomplete returns showed
the following results:
Arlington precinct - Homer g.
Bauserman. 882;;' Mary r. Day (pro-
gressive). 1853; E. L. Usilton. 71o;
E. w. Hamman, $40 and Harold
Schilz, president of the progres-
sive's group, sos. 1
Carne-Harry A. Grant, lla:
Edith g. Simpson. 34s; John "
Jackson, 1892; william M. Aiken,
312, and Vincent A. Tramonte tpr0-
gressive), 226.
Cherrydale-Thomas J. Broyhill,
ATS; Homef Lee Krout, 40; James
D. Franklin (progressive), 2s2, and
Beatrice B. Smythe progressive
ISL.
Rucker Wins.
Lyon Park. w. England, S62:
Hamilton M. Myers, 3I1, Kathryn
Dinges, $40; Josephine Y. Barber,
27o; Irving P. Hoddes tprogres-
sive), $40, and Martha p. Wildhack
203~
sRosslyn--H. smith Rucker epro-
gressive), 4s7; Mr.. Carretta (pro-
gressive), 3s2; Glen H. Deem, s66,
and Beulah Goss, $40.
Virginia Highlands-Mr. Mann,
4o7; Ralph w. Fairbank, sos; Albert
E. Fisbee. 2s5; Lawson ,Wimberly,
293, and Lester r. Conley, 233.