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Evening star., 1947-12-09
QUERIES AND SUGGESTIONS.

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(Frona Mrs. T. W. B., Arlington.)
A question to ask, some thanks to
give and tip or two to earn my
way. Does any one know where I
might find a little boys sailor cap
like the Navy's winter hat. My little
boy has a sailor suit but I haven't
been able to locate a hat.
Thanks so much to the lady who
suggested electric paste for reaches.
It has helped me lot though I
still have a long way to go so keep
the de-roaching ideas coming.
I found some stickers in the dime
store today, gllmmed on both sides,
wonderful for mounting RICH clip
pings in recipe or scrap book.
For those of you who are dieting
here is low calorie salad dressing.
Twenty calories per tablespoon and
it's perfectly healthy to use, unlike
mineral oil dressing. Three-fourths
cup of water, teaspoons corn
starch, 2 tablespoons salad oil, Il
cup lemon juice or vinegar, "a cup
catSup, "a teaspoon salt, u teaspoon
granulated sugar. l teaspoon horse
radish, ia teaspoons prepared
mustard, u teaspoon worcestershire.
Cook the water and cornstarch
together until clear and thickened
(about minutes, beat. Cool, add
remaining ingredients until smooth.
Here's hoping you like it as much
as I do.
Evening star., 1947-12-09
ECONOMY HINT.

From S. S. B., WGstington.)
Let margarine and butter get soft.
Color margarine Q'm against that
tax, tooD, then combine with but
ter, either by hand with fork or
by electric beater. Put in oblong
icebox dish. using rubber scraper to
make a clean job. My youngsters
call this "boleo."
Evening star., 1947-12-09

GREASE FROM PAINTED WALL?
(From Mrs. A. B. H., University
Park.)
I would appreciate knowing If
there is anything I can use to re-
move grease marks, caused by vase
line, from a freshly painted wall.
The wall has recently been painted
with water paint over wallpaper and
is an apple green.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

made in behalf of Fred Virgins"
Solicitor Carlyle began.
Don't worry about Fred"
Judge Burgwyn interrupted.
Il only ask that Fred's sentence
be no longer than her sentence
is" the solicitor concluded brief
ly.
Judge Burgwyn said he real
lied that mercy was something
you have to extend in this world
if you want to receive it in the
next, but at the same time the
law is paramount in this case
and should be SO.
After he pronounced sentence
Mrs. Miller began to cry softly.
Mrs. Milled started to comfort
her mother and she, too, broke
into low sobs. Then she got up
and walked out into the jury
room.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
Crowded Courtroom Hears
Judge Sentence Mrs. Miller
Defendant Shows No Emo
ton Over Pronounce
ment OF Jail Term
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the home of his sister-in-law
where officers later apprehended
him. He said he never recover
ed his new shoes.
"Why did you shoot David
Miller?" Solicitor Carlyle asked.
because I was scared" Fred
replied.
He hesitated to say that Mrs
Miller gave him money while
trying to persuade him to shoot
her husband but did venture that
she said he would never want
for anything or something like
that" if he did what she wanted
him to.
David Miller testified that he
was q and had been married
to the defendant for seven years.
He said their two children.
Patricia, and Sonny Boy, are
aged 6 and 4 respectively. For
the past six years he and his
wife had lived near her fathers
home where Currin had built a
store and stocked it for him to
run, David said.
He said he had worked until
II pm. on the Saturday night
before he was shot. He arrived
home sober, he recalled, from
a poker game at 20 minutes to
5 in the morning, undressed and
went to bed.
David testified he was awak-
ened by a shot, got up, and
chased a Negro man out of the
house. He recalled being in the
back yard near his car but said
he remembered little after that.
Far from cooperative with
Solicitor Carlyle, David reluc-
family discussed his insurance
policies, concluding that he had
only one $4,000 life insurance
policy and all of his policies
had lapsed.
He said he had become rec
onciled with his wife after he
talked to her and she told him
she knew nothing of the shoot
ing. He said ne was satisfied
that if she had anything to do
with it she was not in her right
mind.
eff that is so, I don't under
stand the plea" Judge
Burgwyn interrupted.
"Neither do l." Solicitor Car
lyle seconded.
Not Responsible
David explained that he
would not have given his wife
another chance unless he had
been convinced she was not re-
sponsible for her part in the
plot. He said his wife told him
she still loved him but was
afraid he did not love her. But
he assured her that he did, he
said.
He said he had treated his
wife pretty well during the last
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
CAPE FEAR
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"He doesn't know it. So when
his report shows that he has
failed to pass, he has no excuse
to offer.
1.-THE inattentive girl probably
does not hear the teacher well;
but,
"She does not know it. So she
takes the dement's silently, and
feels down in the depths of her
honest heart that something is
wrong somewhere.
"Of course the parents ought
10 know these things and at
tend to them, but,
when all the ought to's'
nave been successfully attended
10, the millennium will be here.
Meanwhile
LET us give the children a
square deal. They can not give
il TO themselves" The last sent
ence was printed in bold face
type.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

be paroled and sent back to her
mother. The defense attorney
said newspaper cameramen had
swarmed around the defendent
"like buzzards" when she enter
ed the court house. He said she
would never be a normal woman
again if sent to Jail.
Solicitor Carlyle said that upon
the evidence there could be no
question but that some punish
ment was merited.
mo long speeches have been
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

few years except that he went
out at night - sometimes all
night. When she was cross or
angry with him, he just walked
away, he recalled.
II admit I didn't do my
part" he confessed.
Solicitor Carlyle called Mrs.
Leo Fisher, wife of the Register
of Deeds at Whiteville, who was
David's nurse at Baker hospital
in Lumberton, where he recov-
cred from the pistol wound.
Insurance Angle
One day after Mr.. and Mrs.
Currin had visited David he be-
gan to discuss the situation,
Mrs. Fisher said. He said he
did not know why he had been
shot unless it was because of
his insurance, that he had about
$40, 900 in policies kept in Cur
rims safe on which his wife paid
the premiums, she recalled.
He said that he expected that
his wife would plead insanity as
a defense but that she had never
acted insane around him, Mrs.
Fisher said David told her.
With this testimony the solici-
tor rested the case for the state.
The first state witness had
been DR.. Stephen Mcintyre,
chief surgeon at Baker hospital,
who recounted admitting David
to the hospital in an advanced
state of traumatic shock, near
death, after the shooting on
May II. He said the bullet en-
tered David's left breast, pass
ed through his lung, and out
beneath his shoulder blade.
Blood plasma, glucose, and sa-
line solution was transfused i'm
mediately, DR.. Mcintyre said,
but David remained in critical
condition for 10 days and was
not out of danger for two weeks.
Currin Worried
Deputy D. j. Jones said that
Allen Currin told him he was
badly worried that his daugh-
ter might be implicated on
Monday morning after tn e
shooting and the officer offered
to help if he could. That noon
he accompanied Currin and his
daughter out past their home
near the Cottrell tenant farm on
their land where Mary Edna
made her confession.
Tell your daddy the TRUTH"
Deputy Jones said he advised
Mary Edna. "Nobody can help
you now but your daddy, the
Lord, and a good attorney"
She then admitted she had
persuaded Virgins to do tn e
shooting, Jones testified. She
said David had got to where
he stayed away two or three
nights a week and she thought
he no longer loved her.
Jones recalled that her father
asked her if another man was
involved in the case and she
was coaxed into admitting it
was Garland Cottrell, son of a
tenant farmer on the Currin
plantation.
She told them Garland had
tried to get her to leave the
United States with him and go
to some island he had visited
while in the Navy. She said she
could not bear to leave her chill
dren, and decided the only way
out was to get rid of her hus-
band, Jones testified.
On cross examination Jones
said he thought Mary Edna was
not normal when she made her
confession and he doubted if she
knew right from wrong. He re-
called she had difficulty re-
.membering and said it wv S
all like a dream"
ttp,,4 ,,o,,r 1oter inves%i cation
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

voir and Mayor George D. Lentz
cancelled emergency water saw
ing ordinances which had been
in effect for a month.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
RESERVOIR BREAK

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but welcome relief to drought
threatened Winston-Salem, only
30 miles away. The downpour
raised the water level two feet
in the twin cities main reser-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26
The Weather

Weather bureau report OF temperature
and rainfall for the ~ hours ending 8
o. M, in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-26

When Congress passed this
Homestead Act in 1862, the U. S.
government owned about half the
land in the United Ctates.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10
Full Government Aid offered
Luckman continued:


I'VE are placing the full re-
sources of the United States gov
ernment and of American industry
at your elbow. They will be at hand
to help you plan nourishing and
well-balanced meals"
Every day, crop and food ex-
perts are going to provide us with
up-to-the-minute information about
the economical foods that are COM
ing into the market in the great
est supply"
The Citizens Food Committee, he
announced, will distribute such in
formation, and money-saving re-
cipes, through the press and radio.
I'VE therefore call upon you to
pledge that you will abstain from
meat every Tuesday, and from poul-
try and eggs every Thursday, for
the duration of this emergency"
Luckman went on:
This is large program, but We,
the people of America, can not do
less. There can be no other course
for us to follow in this winter of de-
cision. The people of other lands
must be given strength to work, to
build, to become once more self
supporting and self-respecting men
and women.
Vital To Foreign Policy
Secretary Marshall declaring that
food is "a vital factor in our for
eign policy added:
ssAnd the attitude of Americans
! toward food can make or break oui
I'efforts to achieve peace and secur-
/ ity throughout the world.
''The connection between the in.
dividual American and world af
fairs is Enthusiastically clear-oul
foreign policy has entered thu
American home and taken a seat a
i the family table"
The 16-nation reconstruction pro
gram devised at Paris-frameworl
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10

.of the Marshall Plan,' although
Secretary Marshall did not so name
it-cannot get underway, he went
on, if the "nagging elemental prob
lem of how to feed a hungry family,
how to warm desolate room, /"
dominates the thoughts and actions
of Europe. In fact. he asserted,
Ithe gains already made would be
lost.
Would Seriously Affect u. s.
"And the evil consequences of a
European collapse would spread in
! Overwhelming circles until we, too,
would be seriously affected. Food
from America can prevent this
chain of events"
Secretary Anderson, reciting the
reasons for Europe's distress from
the observation of Department of
Agriculture specialists, reported
that Western Europe has suffered
"a combination of bad circum-
stances almost without parallel in
farming history" and said:
"It all adds up to one thing: The
need for aid from us if possible in
many lands are to get back on their
feet. Food is the cornerstone OF
their reconstruction, and we can
we will supply it. But we cannot
supply it without saving"
Secretary of Commerce Hartman
voiced confidence that Americans
would respond to Western Europe's
crisis.
'The appeal of suffering has al
ways been enough to rally Alneri.
cans to air" he said. but ever
more than our natural sympathy i:
involved
Our peace and our prosperity
our very system of free life-are a
stake"
Await Cash Recommendation
While the Congressional com
mittees awaited the administra
tion's specific money, recommends
! tions, expected to be ready abou
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10

"Their most urgent need is food.
|If the peace should be lost because
Americans failed to share their
food with hungry people there
would be no more tragic example
in all history of a peace needlessly
lost
Another prime reason for food
saving. the Chief Executive said, is
to aid in controlling infiationary
spirals' and to bring down prices
which already are forcing many
American families" to lower their
living standard.
In the toughest talk yet directed
at the grain exchanges, Mr.. Truman
declared that grain prices Should
not be subject to the greed Of spec
ulators who gamble on what may
lie ahead in our commodity mar
kets"
Standpoint of Markets
Spokesmen for the big grain mar
lkets have contended that 1t is not
the buying and selling on the fu-
lures markets that has driven grain
prices high, but instead that big
exports and heavy home demand
are responsible.
Mr.. Truman said:
eThere is a place for legitimate
trading in futures and for hedging
transactions, but 80 percent of all
accounts in recent corn futures
r,orkef were found to be specula-
tive. Trading in wheat futures
rose rs percent in September com
pared with August.
Whereas normal trading In wheal
At Chicago should run 100000 OF
4 900 900 bushels daily, he went on
last months trading averaged al
most 3O,O00,000 bushels daily and II
fa single month, on single ex
change, almost half the years croI
was traded.
Instructs Aides ON Markets
II am instructing the Commodit,
) Exchange Commission, which con
/ sists of the Attorney-G General ant
the Secretaries of Agriculture ant
Commerce, to demand of the grain
exchanges that they increase thei
! margin requirements to at leas
! 1914 percent. If the grain ex
+ changes refuse, the government
may find it necessary to limit tn
amount of trading.
+ The grain markets have raise
their margin (cash DOWN require
: ments on a variable scale, but no
! to the extent of 33 1S percent, a
had been previously asked of theI
o by the commodity exchange author
4 ity.
Mrs. Bess Truman, her husban
Q told the, nation, has ordered tn
' White House stan to follow all tn
! food saving measures proposed b
the food committee. Goyernmen
restaurants and cafeterias over tn
: country, will follow suit, he salt
: and as Commander-in-Chief, tn
2 President has ordered the Arm.
Navy and Air Force to comply.
Farmers Must Cooperate
t Farmers must cooperate by GU
b ting the amount of grain now use
h to feed livestock and poultry, tn
n President said, and industry mus
e reduce the volume of grain to prt
duce the greatest possible saving
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10

Nov. /, Mr.. Truman's broadcast cli-
NAKED a seven-day period Of rapid
fire developments dealing with the
European situation-a White House
conference with Congressional
leaders, launching of a Citizens
Food Conservation Committee
which got quick responses from
distillers and brewers to appeals to
save grain, and preparation of a
vast nationwide campaign for the
same purpose.
Chairman Bridges (R-NH) of the
Senate Appropriations Committee
set the meeting of his committee
eight days after House and Senate
Foreign Affairs Committees jointly
begin similar study.
Committees To Hold Hearings
The fourth Congressional group,
the House Appropriations Commit
tee, has not yet been called It's
chairman, Representative Taber
(R-NY). is in Europe. But Bridges
said in a statement that both appro-
priations committees will conduct
hearings.
The Foreign Affairs Committees
can recommend authorization oi
European stop-gap aid, but it takes
the Appropriations Committees tc
grind out the actual appropriations
bills for Congress.
+! The Foreign Affairs Committees
will hear perhaps from Secretary OF
State Marshall or Undersecretary
of State Lovett on conditions
abroad. Then, Bridges said, the
Appropriation groups will follow
with their own inquiries.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10
IMLY ABBOTT, JR, ON
DEAN'S HONOR LIST


LEWISBURG, Pa.-Imly S. ABB
bott, Jr., ZIG Washington street.
Milford, Del, has been cited on the
deans honor list at Bucknell Uni
versity for scholastic excellence
during the college term which end
ed IN June. Miss Mary H. Hunt, re-
corder, has announced.
Only those men and women who
have attained an average of at
least IS per cent in their studies
are named on the list, which is
issued each semester
Abbott, one of S5S Bucknell stu
dents cited on the current list, is
a senior and is enrolled in the
mechanical engineering course.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10


"The distillers in this country
have on hand huge stocks of dis
titled spirits, and it will be no hard
ship on them to shutdown for a 60
day period" Mr.. Truman said.
This action alone will feed mill
lions of hungry people"
He asked every American to mem
orize this simple and straightfor-
ward program.
Il Use no meat on Tuesdays.
80 Use no poultry or eggs on
Thursdays.
@S. Save slice of bread every
day.
"A. Public eating places will
serve bread and butter only on re-
Quest.-
AppIauds Saving Housewives
To the millions of housewives
who have already begun strict con-
servation, Mr.. Truman applauded:
keep up the good work" And
save even more if possible.
A voluntary program is the best
way for Americans to do the job
Mr.. Truman said From now on
we shall be testing at every meal
the degree to which each of us Ii
willing to exercise self control foi
the good of all"
He closed:
"The program which has beer
presented to you, if faithfully car
ried out, will save the grain We
need.
Hungry people in other coun
tries look to the United States fol
help, know that they will b,
strengthened and encouraged b.
this evidence of our friendship.
Il know that they will be waiting
with hope in their hearts and fer
went prayer on their lips for tn,
response of our people to this pro
gram.
"We must not fail them
Bakers To Aid Plan
/ Luckman also announced that tn
baking industry following t h
lead of distillers and brewers. -
taking important grain savin
lsteps, both in the manufacture an
distribution of bread"
4 He estimated that these measure
would bring saving of up to /
4 percent of the wheat by baker:
or 100000 bushels a month.
i In addition, Luckman disclosed
Mr.. Truman's food committee is de
: veloping a program to reduce tn
lamount of grain fed by farmers t
livestock and poultry This, he sal,
promises to make great contr
: button"
"In view of our relative plent
here and the dire need abroad, "
do not feel that we are asking to
much of the American people til
generalissimo of the food-savin
t campaign declared.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10
PRESIDENT SEEKS
FOOD CONSERVATION
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continued from nrst page,
nThis same pledge will be Sc
cured from hotels, schools, restau-
rants, cafeterias, roadside diners,
factory canteens, railroad dining
cars wherever America eats,
Luckman said.
Luckman also disclosed that:
1. A program is underway to re-
duce the amount of grain fed by
farmers to livestock:
2. That he will ask on Wednesday
60-day emergency shutdown "at
the earliest possible moment" of
the entire distilIing industry;
8. That the government will inn
mediateiy begin preparing and dis
tributing recipes to save money,
wheat and meat.
4. The nations brewers will be
asked to make a greater cut in
grain usage than they proposed re-
Gently.
Aides Back Truman Plea
The Presidential appeal-broad-
cast on the four national networks
and for the first time transmitted
By television from the White House
was reinforced by urgent mes
sages from Secretary of State Mar.
shall, Secretary OF Agriculture An,
derson and Secretary of Commerce
Hartman.
Marshall said that food is a vita
factor in our foreign policy" anC
can prevent threatened Euro
Dean collapse" which he said II
turn could damage America. HI
asked that all citizens tighten oul
belta--clean our plates push our
selves away from the table"
The Western European countries
said Anderson, are victims of |
sscombination of bad circumstance
almost without parallel in farming
history -. Food is the corner
stone of their reconstruction. AM
we can-we will-supply it.n
Says Free Life At Stake
Said Hartman: Even more thai
our natural sympathy is involves
In this great appeal. Our peace an
our prosperity very system Q
free life-are at stake"
Earlier, the Senate Appropria
tions Committee one of the frs
great hurdles In the path of Con
gressional action on any foreign al
dollar program-wa called int
session Nov. Is to consider Mi
Trumans request for $3.50, 600, 90
to carry France, Italy and Austri
through the winter.
Mr.. Truman declared that tn
food-saving program gives ever
citizen the opportunity ito make
contribution to peace" s.
An essential requirement of last
ing peace in the world is the re
storation of the countries of West
ern Europe as free, self-suppOTtin
democracies. Mr.. Truman said
Sees Success For Task
There is reason to believe ths
those countries will accomplis
that task if we aid them throug
this critical winter and help thel
get back on their feet during til
next few years. he continued,
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-10

Meanwhile, Bridges will head 13
other members of his committee in
trip to Europe, sailing Wednesday
from New York They will return
before mid-Novemher. he said, after
studying economic conditions in
London, Berlin. Frankfurt, Munich
Vienna, Athens, Trieste, Ankara
Rome and Geneva.