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Evening star., 1947-04-19
Huge Milling Plant
Razed by Fire in Iowa
BY the Associated Press

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, April 49,
The huge plant of the international
Flour Milling Co. in suburban Leeds
was almost destroyed by fire early
today.
The blaze for a time threatened
additional disaster as it spewed
embers and sparks over 80 huge
gasoline storage tanks of the Great
Lakes Pipeline Co., quarter of a
mile away. The gasoline tanks did
not catch fire.
Manager L. L. Gunkelman of the
milling company said damage to the
five-story frame plant would run
into the hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Total value of the milling
property, including its mammoth
concrete grain storage tanks prob
ably was near 100000. The main
plant, he added, lis all gone"
Saved, however, were 1.5OO 900
bushels of wheat, stored in 40 100
foot-high concrete tanks adjacent
to the wooden milling plant.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Fire at Standards Bureau
Causes $1,000 DAMAGE

Fire in refrigeration test
ing room at the National Bureau of
Standards today was quickly brought
under control with only $4,000 dam
age to furnishings and captured
German Army equipment.
r. S. Dill, chief of the bureaus
heat transfer division, said the fire
was discovered by a guard, Sergt.
Allan B. Dale. Four engine COM
panies, two truck companies and a
rescue squad limited damage to the
ceilings, wiring and q German field
refrigerator which was under test.
Investigators today were trying to
determine the origin Of the fire,
which was confined to the first-door
room In the west building.
Evening star., 1947-04-19

Flyer and the Wilson B. Keene. The
multi-million dollar Monsanto plant
was destroyed with a heavy loss of
life.
May Not Learn Cause for Years.
A member of the Coast Guard
board yesterday said the cause of
the explosion was "the sixty-four
million dollar question" that may
not be answered for years.
Yesterday, rescue workmen en-
tered the Monsanto plant, still burn
ing and with some parts inaccessible,
About 35 bodies were removed. The
exact number of the dead brought
out was difficult to ascertain. Many
of the bodies were in pieces.
Memorial service for the dead was
to be CONDUCTED at pm. today by
the Rev. Roland P. Hood, pastor of
the wrecked First Baptist Church.
The service will be held on the foot
ball field of the Texas City High
School.
Mass burial will be conducted by
the Ministerial Alliance of the blast
torn town sometime next week.
A slip in the Texas City Bay
yielded seven bodies yesterday. A
(See EXPL OSION. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Confer With Truman
To Avoid Labor Bill
Veto, 6. 0. P. Is Told
Smith Feels President
Would Sign Present
Senate Version
By the Associated Press

Senator Smith, Republican, of
New Jersey urged today that Re-
publican leaders confer with
President Truman on labor leg
islation and try to agree on a
bill that won't be vetoed.
Senator Smith told reporter:
I am opposed to inviting a presi-
Dental veto. The President does
not want a veto. He wants a bill,
Unless I'm much mistaken he would
sign the Senate labor bill in it's
present form. He'll only be COM
PEELED to veto if something very
radical is added"
The Senate starts debate next
Wednesday on a bill banning the
closed shop and curbing unions in
various other ways.
The House already has passed a
wider and stronger measure which
would outlaw industry-wide bar
gaining and slap scores of other re-
strictions on labor organizations and
strikes.
The final version passed by Con-
gress may be somewhere between
the two. 1t probably will reach
the White House late in May or
early in June.
Ellender Agrees With Smith.
Senator Smith said it is 100 early
for conferences with the President
now, but that they should be held
before the final bill is framed.
Senator Ellender, Democrat, of
Louisiana agreed with Senator
Smith that Mr.. Truman would no
doubt" sign bill along the lines
of the Senate version.
But Senator Ellender said in an
interview the President would veto
anything like the House version, and
Il wouldn't blame him" He said the
House has gone entirely too far,
trying to correct every little evil"
Senators Ellender and Smith, who
are members of the Senate Labor
Committee, said they hope that
after the Senate acts. Senate and
House conferees will agree on some
thing along the lines of the bill
their group approved Thursday.
Senator Ellender said this bill is
a decided improvement on present
law" and that if some such bill went
to the White House and the Presi-
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Western Union
Strike Set for
Averted
Phone Workers Send
Truman and Congress
'Fucts' on Own Tieup

A threatened walkout of $4,000
Western Union Telegraph Co.
workers May 4 was averted today,
but the only national move in
the strike Of $4,000 telephone
workers was a statement of
facts" by the union to President
Truman and Congress.
Locally, the District Federation
of Telephone Workers and Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.
representatives were to resume con.
ciliation conferences at the Han1il-
ton Hotel today. They were to dis
cuss a DFTW counterproposal to the
companys suggestion for regional"
arbitration of basic wages and sew
eral other issues.
The meeting scheduled for 10 am.
was postponed until pm.
The memorandum sent today to
the White House and both Houses
OF Congress by President Joseph A,
Beirne OF the National Federation
of Telephone Workers contained
nothing very new" a federation
spokesman said 1t reviewed the
general controversy and. presented
the unions arguments for a S12
weekly wage increase and nine other
contract demands. The text was not
Immediately disclosed by the union.
Purpose Is Outlined.
Its purpose, Mr.. Beirne indicated,
is to smoke out a wage increase
offer by the Bell system. Mr.. Beirne
declared last night that he could
see mo way to end the strike unless
the company makes such an offer.
Although not directly related to
the telephone tieup, settlement of
the telegraph strike threat was re-
garded by Labor Department off,
cials as likely to intensity efforts to
reach an agreement in the tele-
phone situation.
A tentative agreement announced
early today in New York by Fed
eral Conciliator Ronald w. Haugh-
ton would give Western Union Tele-
graph Co. employees five-cents-an-
hour wage increase and other bene-
fits.
Union Asked rs Cents.
The Commercial Telegraphers
Union, AFL, had asked a Is cents
an hour increase and had called a
strike for May d. The agreement
is subject to ratification by the CTU
as well as the Telegraph Workers
Union and the Telegraph Employees
Union. Mr.. Haughton, however, said
he was confident it would be ap-
proved and guarantee peace" for
at least six months. 1t is retroac-
tive to April /.
j. A. Payne, national president Of
the CTU's Western Union Division,
explained the wage clause of the
proposed contract will be open to
renegotiation after six months. He
described the cents an hour in
crease as "a down payment on
wage program that will emerge
later"
The hourly wage pay for tele-
graph employees, exclusive of mes
sengers, ranges from SO cents to
$l.35 with an average of 81 cents,
Mr.. Payne said, The company has
stated that the average hourly rate
is SLOT.
Other points in today's agreement
include improved sick benefits, a
maximum of l3 weeks leave with
full pay, revision of the company
pension plan, and maintenance
Of membership clause providing for
lSee TELEPHONE. Page All
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Three Men in q Tub

standing in the door of her office
at 4801 Rhode Island avenue, that
the green coupe occupied by the
men started to cross the tracks as
the gates began to descend. She
said she thought the car had plenty
OF time to beat" the train.
The train apparently struck the
rear of the car and the men were
thrown out. Mr.. Leitch's body fell
to the ground just in front of the
almost-demolished automobile Mr..
Doff1emyer's was hurled about 100
feet forward, stopping alongside the
tracks. The train continued about
100 yards after the crash before
coming to halt, police said.
The Melrose crossing connects
Rhode Island avenue with Bladens-
Evening star., 1947-04-19
CIO-U. S. Steel Wage Contract
On Line of UEW Pact Reported
Dow, Jones & Co. Says Agreement Probably
Will Be Approved by Union Heads Monday

out official confirmation" the wage
agreement generaIly fits in with
the pattern Of the increases granted
to electrical workers by General
Motors Corp. and Westinghouse
this week.
The report continued:
THE unofficial report here was
that the increase to workers of
United States Steel was somewhat
less than Is cents but that it took
into account the recent increase
granted to United States Steel
workers under an agreement wiping
out intra-plant wage inequities.
adjustment of wage inequities
in United States Steel plants an
nounced in January brought an
average increase of about S cents
an hour to production employees.
An official announcement on the
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Liner Queen Elizabeth
Sails so Hours Late
BY the Assoeioted Press

BY 1he NsSoeIoIed FTess
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Apri
l9.-The Queen Elizabeth sailed TO,
New York today, go hours behind
schedule because she ran on q
sandbank early this week as she
neared her home berth here.
A Cunard- White Star Line Of
fetal said efforts would be made tc
make up the time during the next
two round trips by cutting half
day off each turn around.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Truman Avoids Callers
To Work on AP Speech
BY the Associated Press

President Truman kept his sched-
ule free of callers today to work on
speech he will deliver at the
annual Associated Press luncheon
in New York Monday.
The President will address the
A. P. members in the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel at 2 pm.
His special train will leave Wash
ington at 7:55 am. and arrive in
New York at 11:30 He will start
back at pm. and arrive in Wash
ington at 6:35 pm.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
lute News
Bulletins
One Killed in Train Wreck

One NHie0 IN F0in wreck
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. R.-At
least one and possibly two
persons were killed and more
than Is injured today when
the Illinois Central Railroads
City Of Miami. streamliner
bound from Chicago to Miami,
was derailed near here.
Hoifo Hears Explosions
JERUSALEM P.-Reports
from Haifa said two loud ex-
plosions had been heard near
that city's port area tonight.
No further details were avail
able Immediately.
Earlier Story on Page A-35
Evening star., 1947-04-19

(See LABOR, Page A-3.)
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(see COLLISION, Page A-2o
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(See STEEL, Page A-2D
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(See FOREIGN, Page A-2.)
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(See MOSCOW, Page A-3D
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weather Forecast

| sunny, warm this afternoon, high near 80
Mostly clear tonight. low In mid sos. To-
n,orrow cloudy and mild.
Temperatures today-Hgh, II, at 1880 pm.:
low, 50, at Sis am. Yesterday-High "A,
at 4:55 pm: low. 80, at 3:I5 am.
Gull Report on Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1947-04-19

See TELEPHONE, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1947-04-19

tSee EDITORS, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1947-04-19

(See BIDW1LL, Page A-2.)
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
Churches Organize
Drama League
Youth OF Five Churches VIII Give
Religions Presentations

A Religious Drama League has
been organized between the youth
of the following Methodist Church
es: Grace, Georgetown, Goshen,
Milton, Salem, Selbyville, Calvary,
Milford The purpose of this league
Ii to create a Fellowship between
the youth of the respective chur-
ches as well as to give them an op-
portunity to exercise some of their
talents.
The plan is that each church will
present two religious plays a year.
They will present the play in their
own church as well as to visit the
other churces during the period of a
month.
The first of these plays will be
given in Calvary Methodist Church
on Sunday evening, November 2nd,
at 1880. The guest will be the youth
of Salem Methodist Church, Selby-
vile, Delaware. The play that they
will present is THE Lost Church. I"
The Youth of the local church will
render the special music during the
play.
1t Is the desire of such a play TO
create interest among not only the
youth but the adults for good plays.
The public is invited to attend this
and all other such services. Watch
for the dates of the other plays.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
FELTON, Blue Cross
Group Will Reopen
Headquarters VIII Be- Located In
The Fire House

November marks the first ami
versary of the FELTON, Blue Cross
community group, which was spon-
sored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the
FELTON, Community Fire Company.
Through the opening of this group,
the advantages of Blue Cross hos
pitalization and surgical protection
were brought to the residents of
FELTON, and Viola. The first official
reopening has the original sponsors
and begins on November 9Th thru
the 9Th.
Headquarters will be at the Fell
ton Fire House land a Blue Cross
representative will be on duty from
/ a. m. to p. M, each day to enroll
new members and explain all de-
tails to those wishing a member
ship. Everyone between the ages OF
16 and 65 are eligible to become a
Blue Cross member. Fifty-two per-
cent of the state population is now
enrolled in Blue Cross.
When the reopening period closes
on November 8th, the group will not
be open for membership for one
year.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
u o m m IL nIty
Fair Nav Be
Held Here
Next February
Chamber OF Commerce Is
Developing Plans To
Put On City's Greatest
Exposition; Hope For
Full Cooperation.

How many of you thrill to the
word, Fair? How many of Won
would enjoy seeing the products
of your home city displayed in fair
style, so the thousands OF people
who make Milford their trading
center would be afforded an on
portunity to see how really inn
portant Milford really is, both in
dustrially and commercially?
The Milford Chamber OF Com
merce is presently developing
plans to put on an exposition of the
products that are manufactured
and sold in their city.
A number of years ago such an
exposition was held in the Avenue
Methodist Church under the aus
pices of the ladies of the church
in cooperation with the Milford
Chamber of Commerce. The affair
was well received by the public
and If war had not developed in the
year following the first exposition
il would have become an annual
undertaking of the chamber.
Now the Chamber of Commerce
believes the time is right to re-
sumo this fair or exposition and is
laying plans to hold one early in
February of 194S.
There will be mo admission
charge and in all probability there
will be souvenirs for those. attend
ing
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
Farmers Week Set-Up
By agriculture Board
Is Scheduled For January
26 To 80 At University
of Delaware

The annual Farmers Week spon-
sored by the School of Agriculture
of the University of Delaware has
been scheduled for January rs to
so, announces Dean George l..
Schuster
This agricultural event will again
be held during the mid-year college
examination period while lecture
rooms and laboratories are avail
able for the numerous sessions
held for Delaware's farming and
homemaking students"
Center of the weeks activities
will be Wolf Hail. Each department
of the School of Agriculture will
arrange sessions to meet the inter-
est of farm people engaged in all
types of agriculture. Special talks
by leading farm experts, discus
sions by farmers and college
specialists, exhibits Of the latest
agricultural developments, will
round out the program
frontinueo on page n
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
viii Inspect For
Visual DeUiGtiOns
Staff Conference To Set Up
Program Being Held
Today

In order that every child found
to have visual deviation may have
the benefit of a complete examina-
ton, a staff conference of the Di-
vision of Special Education of the
Department of Public instruction
will be held on Friday. October 81,
in the conference room of the De-
partment in Dover.
DR.. Floyd 1. Hudson, director Of
the Maternal and Child Health and
Crippled Children's Services, will
meet with the group to discuss fol-
low-up methods for children who
have been found to have visual de-
viations.
1t is hoped that this conference
will lead to the founding of spe-
cial clinics so that all children
needing attention may receive 1t.
The aid of local physicians and
service clubs is being asked in the
promotion of this program.
According to Mrs. Ruth l.. Tyn-
dali, coordinator of the Division of
Special Education. many of the
children now in school have visual
defects. She adds that serious eye
defects can be averted by early in
tervention. The Division of Spe-
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
c. Of c. Plans
F Or G a l a
X m a $ F etc
Lighting Contest Will Be
An Outstanding Fea-
ture, All City Residents
Eligible TO Participate.

AS was previously announced in
the last issue of the Milford
Chronicle, the membership of the
Milford Chamber of Commerce un-
der the capable direction of Presi-
dent Harry E. Mayhem and chair
man of the Merchantile division,
Garrett L. Grier, are going "all out"
to give Milford a real old fashioned
down home" Christmas.
Tentative plans call for the erec-
ton of the STORY Book House ON
the Walnut Street bridge panel.
Here, Old st. Nick, who is due to
arrive in the City on or about De-
cember 1st, will take up his resi-
dence and will hold court for his
youthful admirers, giving to each
and every one who visits him a
small gift.
An outstanding feature of the
celebration, which is annually held
under the auspices of the Milford
Chamber of Commerce in coopera-
tion with the City Fathers" will be
the Home lighting contest" with
$4,000 in cash prizes to be awarded
residents who enter this contest
According to Mr.. Grier whose mer-
chantile division of the Chamber oi
Commerce is sponsoring this parti-
cular portion of the ''fete." the pri-
zes will be awarded as follows:
tconrinueo on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
Early-Morning Fire
Sweeps Restaurant
Building Owned BY j. B. Owens At
Glendale Destroyed

An early morning blaze, discov-
cred by the driver of bread truck,
last Monday gutted the interior of
the newly-modeled Glendale Rest
aurant, at the intersection of the
State Highway and Glendale Road.
Damage was estimated at from 49,
600 to $4,000.
The flames were discovered at
$50 a. M. in the building owned
and operated by ]. B. Owens, who
was asleep with his family in their
quarters at the rear of the one
story, frame building.
Driver AWakenS Owner
The blaze, which Glendale and
Milford Fire Company firemen be-
lieye was caused by a short circuit
in the electric refrigerator, started
in the front of the building and was
well advanced at the time of the
discovery. Mr. Owens was awakened
by the truck driver and an alarm
was placed for both fire companies
A few moments before the alarm
was given, Glendale resident no.
ticed an airplane flying low over the
building with its landing lights on
As soon as the alarm whistle was
sounded, the plane left the scene
! continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
w ar Dead Of.
State Arrives
From Europe
Ten Soldiers And One
Civilian Among Bodies
Arriving In New York
Last Sunday.

Delaware's first war dead from
Europe-10 soldiers and a civilian
-neared the end of their home-
ward journey this week.
They were among 6,251 dead
brought back for final burial in
the United States with the arrival
of the Army transport, Joseph ".
Connolly, in New York last Sum
day.
The return of the dead from
Henri Chapelle Cemetery, Eupen,
Belgium, was marked by memorial
services at which more than 400,-
600 paid reverent tribute to the
100000 Americans who lost their
lives in World War II.
List OF Dead
The Delawareans and their next
of-kin are:
Sergeant Albert w. Denney; AL
bert Denney, Front street, Milford.
Private First Glass Lawrence b.
Dickerson; Elizabeth Dickerson, r,
F. ID. 3, Georgetown.
Private First Glass Roland
Greigg: Mrs. Ida S. Greigg, 314
Marsh Lane, Forest Brook Glen
Wilmington.
Private William H. Hudson; AL.
fred l. Hudson, formerly of 401 Bel
lefonte avenue, Bellefonte, now oil
TOughkenamon. Pa.
Private First Glass Forrest B
Lathbury; Horace Lathbury, r. f
D., Frankford.
Continued on page s.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
E. P. Crider Heads
Federal Land Bank
VIII Direct All Farm Credit Ac-
tlVities In Delaware

E. Paul Crider, of Chatham, Vir-
ginia, for the past year General
Agent OF the Farm Credit Admin
stration of Baltimore, has been
named President of the Federal
Land Bank of Baltimore, it was an
nounced today.
Besides being President of the
Land Bank, Mr.. Crider will contin-
ue as General Agent, directing ali
Farm Credit activities in the Sec
ond Farm Credit District, which in
cludes the states of Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and
West Virginia and the Island of
Puerto Rico.
Mr.. Crider, native of Chatham
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, has
long been actively interested in and
associated with agricultural credit
and has intimate knowledge of the
problems of extending such cooper
ative credit to the farmers in the
district.
He first joined the staff of the
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore il
1882 as Secretary, later to become
Vice President, position he occu
pied until his resignation in 1912.
Subsequent to his resignation
Mr.. Crider returned to his farming
operations in Virginia for shor
time. He was soon elected to mem
bership on the Farm Credit Boart
by the National Farm Loan Associ
ations. He resigned from the boar,
to accept the position of Genera
/ Agent last December.
continued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
State Poultry Group
Plans Active Program
Harold Short OF Near Milford An
nOunces Plans

The state directors of the Della
ware Poultry Improvement Asso-
citation have completed a series of
meetings for the purpose of plan
ming their activities for the fall and
winter months, according to Harold
Short, poultryman living near
Milford, who is president of the
poultry group.
The poultry association is COM
posed of ten locals" throughout
the state which cooperate closely in
their educational activities with the
Delaware Agricultural Extension
Service, the Poultry Department of
the University of Delaware, and the
State Board of Agriculture.
Some of the major activities adop-
ted by the Association in their pro-
gram in the months ahead in addi-
tion to local educational meetings
on current poultry problems in
clude:
Continued on page n
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
Senior Girl Scouts
Sponsoring Program
Speaker For Meeting November
VIII Be Alice Mearns

The Milford Senior Girl Scouts
will be hostesses to Senior Girl
Scouts and older intermediate
Scouts of Kent and Sussex Coun-
ties on Saturday afternoon, Novem-
ber at 2 o'clock in the New Cen
tury Club Building, Milford.
The speaker will be Miss Alice
Mearns of Wilmington, state dele
gate to the World Camp, held this
summer at Camp Barree, Penna.
Miss Mearns will tell of her ex-
perience and knowledge gained
from close relation with girls from
other states as we'll as represen-
tatives from foreign countries.
Mrs. w. p. Chaplin of Washing
ton, d. c., an experienced photo
grapher, will give series of trav-
elogues that will be both enter
tanning and ;. educational. Mrs.
Chapline has appeared on numer-
Gus Girl Scout programs and is
well known in and around Wash
ington.
The Senior Sextet of the Mil
ford Troop will give special selec-
tions under the direction of Mrs
Kathryn Schumacher.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
HARRINGTON NAMED
TO KENT ELECTION BID.

Former State Auditor j.
Morris Harrington of Fell
ton. was named this week by
Governor Walter w. Bacon
as a member of the Kent
County Department of Elec-
tions to succeed Dawson G..
Minner of Magnolia, resign
ed.
The appointment, which is
subject to confirmation by
the State Senate, is for the
unexplred term of Mr.. Min
ner, the term to end May 81,
1851.
Mr.. Harrington was nam
ed by the Governor on rec
ommendation by Republican
State Chairman Earle ID.
Wiley. who had recommend
ed Mr.. Minner, in accord
ance with the law passed by
the State Legislature setting
up the method of selection
of members of the different
departments of elections.