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Smyrna times., 1948-08-05
All Agent Named
For Sussex County

The appointment of Samuel M.
Gwinn as All club agent for Sus-
sex County has been announced by
j, Frank Gordy, County Agent
Leader, Delaware Agricultural Ex-
tension Service.
Gwinn attended Concord College
in Athens, West Virginia, and was
graduated from West Virginia
University in 1947 with a B. S. de-
gree in agriculture. He received
his M. S. degree in the same field
in 1948.
He has spent several summers
directing county All camps in
West Virginia and has worked or
the staff of the state All camp al
Jackson's Mill, West Virginia
Gwinn has also taught agriculture
in the Elton West Virginia school
and served a two-year period il
the U. S. Army.
Succeeding Bruce Frazier in tn,
Smyrna times., 1948-08-05
FARM NEWS
Improved Storage Helps
Maintain Grain Quality

Maintain Grain Quanty
Excess moisture at the time OF
storage is largely responsible for
"out of condition" grain, says VIII
liam Calvert, extension agricultur-
al engineer at the University of
Delaware. If grain contains over
Is percent moisture at the time OF
harvest, special thought should be
given to its storage.
To escape the heavy labor OF
transferring grain from bin to bin
until it is dry, Calvert recommends
equipping storages with ventilation
devices which will safety lower
moisture content.
These ventilators may consist OF
ducts in the bin to allow free air
to circulate, wind directed intakes
to take advantage of any breeze,
or forced air by mechanical ventil.-
alton. Fans from barn hay finish
ers are used many times although
actaully the amount of air re-
quired to do a good job is much
less. In extreme cases heat may
be used to speed up the drying.
In any case, it has been founc
well worth while to provide some
means for the grain to dry to 6
safe moisture content. The saving
in not having to accept a reduced
price for musty or heat damaged
grains will pay dividends on YOU
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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-26
Dispute over
Robinson
weigh-in

Chicago this week was stil
waiting to see welterweight
champion Sugar Ray Robinson
in action. His title fight with
Bernard Docusen, young New
Orleans hopeful, was again
postponed.
The fight which was original
ly scheduled for Comiskey Park
June II, had been postponed
until last Monday, June 81, be-
cause of threatening weather.
Early Monday afternoon the
Illinois Boxing Commission an
nounced a further postponement
until Monday night June 20, also
supposedly because of inclement
weather.
THE TRUTH of the matter
was that Robinson, natural
middleweight could not get I'm
der the lat ID. limit for the
second weigh-in which the
Commission had demanded.
Robinson had felt that no Sec
ond weigh-in should be neces-
sary as was the policy in the
Zale-G.r ziano postponement.
His management made no great
effort to get him down to lat
pounds between Thursday and
Monday as they figured it might
weaken him and affect his eff
cheney in the ring.
Docusen's management de-
manded the TITLE be declared
vacant and the fight next Mon.
day be tor the vacant title.
However. the Boxing Commits
sion ruled that Robinson should
have week TO get back within
the required weight limit before
the title could be declared open.
Robinson, who has never quite
gotten along with the Illinois
Commission put this body on the
spot when he accused the Com
mission. of. treating him. like
anything but a champion be-
cause he is Negro.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-26
Pro-WaIIace youth
to unite in PhiIa.

A new national youth organ
ization supporting the policies
and program of Henry Wallace
and Senator Glen H. Taylor will
be formed in Philadelphia next
month, it was announced this
week in convention call issued
by 225 youth leaders throughout
the country.
The convention will begin in
Convention Hall the evening of
July 25, when the national
founding convention of the Wal
lace new party closes. Sessions
will continue on July 26.
Fifteen hundred deleagtes
representing religious, farm, la
Dor, student and Negro youth
are expected to attend. Wallace
and Senator Taylor will be the
chief speakers.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-26
Here's how the
teams stack I'D

today for dollar and pitcher
who can 60 1/3 of an inningO
Even a crystal ball couldn't
foresee that the brains of the
Dodgers could find reason for
catching .220 hitting Gil
Hodges, while Bruce Edwards is
out with a sore arm. Meanwhile,
Roy Campanella wastes away at
st. Paul, hitting eleven home
rons with thirty-three RIBS
and 1888 average in twenty-four
games.
Look Boss" my friend the
ball continued. i've seen all the
teams now and I'm really In
the Know. How about another
chance?"
THIS seemed fair enough so
we are giving the old ball an
other crack, before trading him
off la Branch Hickey. If he
lets us down we can always fall
back on our beloved wife, who
picked Zale in three rounds.
Anyway, here it is, straight
from the ball to you. In the
American League it is going to
be Cleveland, Boston, and New
York at the wire. New York
seems to have the better bal
ance. Boston has the power
which they have shown in the
last few weeks as they slowly
climbed into the first division.
Cleveland is going great guns,
but whether keltner can stand
up and the pitching can keep
the pace, especially with Teller
showing signs of slipping, is
big question mark.
*
THEY may be able to hold on
since the day of a pennant win
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-26
SPORTS
BY AL VAUGHN

With a third of the baseball
season over, it seemed a pretty
fair time to take a peek at
how Swami Vaughn's preseason
choices were making out.
After taking one look at the
major league standings we rush
ed to Mrs. Vaughn's closet,
grabbed UP the once trusted
crystal ball and began giving it
a good talking to.
We demanded of it: "What are
you trying to do, make chump
out of us? You told us Pitts
burgh, which is comfortably
perched in second place in the
National League standings, would
finish seventh"
YOUR choice for second, the
Buns from the banks of the
Gowanus Canal are groveling
around in sixth, showing signs
of going down instead of up"
The once pure and clear blue
ball clouded up with rage as it
shouted back at US:
How was to know that the
Pirates would resurrect Elmer
Riddle and Zip Sewell from the
junk pile of has -beens. and after
giving them a shot in the arm.
wheel them out to the mound
and watch them win thirteen
games between them in the early
stages of the season?
< &
us 1T our fault that Ell Cheapo
Hickey decided to trade away
just about everything that the
fans of basebalrs daffyland could
be proud of, except the bat boy.
Ut is rumored he's on the block
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-26

The few first-rote ball players who have
played for the Comiskey fomily have grown
old while it appears thot no sincere effort
has been mode TO replace them.
We feel something must be done If the
ComiskeY fomiiy expects to continue to fill
their Golfers with the hord-eorned Gosh of
Chicago fans We want TO know how you,
our readers, feel about it.
For this reason we ore conducting q bose
boil poll SO that you can lei. US and the White
Sox management know Just what you think
should be done TO improve the Sox.
We would greatly appreciate it if you
would fill out the adjoining questionnoire,
sign your name and address and send it in
immediately to Sports Editor, Chicago Stor.
loo W. Washington, Chicago J.. Illinois.
The time is now!
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-26

ner needing four first rate start
ers seems to be gone forever.
Still, the ball is holding out for
Boston in a close finish, as Phila-
delphia attempts to make the
first division with plenty of COM
petition from the Bengals of the
Motor City.
In the National League il looks
like ST. Louis and Boston fight
ing neck and neck TO the line.
Both have plenty of power and
good pitching. New York is 60
ing to fall short since Nike is
beginning TO slow up and their
pitching is too spottY.
Walker Cooper back in the line
up is not going to be enough
to pull them over the bump.
Pittsburgh could last to take the
leavings- We still like the Cardi-
mails in a photo since they are
always a plenty tough team to
beat in August and September.
WHAT about the Cubs and the
.Sox? After fourth place and the
money is gone it really doesn't
matter. Furthermore, what the
crystal ball had to say about the
Chicago favorites could not be
printed in a family paper.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-26
Wallace ticket gets on
ballot i'm eight states

Alabama and Utah are the
seventh and eighth states to give
official ballot certification to the
new party supporting Henry A.
Wallace for the Presidency: Of
fetal requirements have been
fulfilled in another three states,
where certification is now
awaited.
c. B. Baldwin, campaign man.
ager of the National Wallace-for-f
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-26

President Committee, listed the
states where certification re-
quirements had been met as fol-
lows: Ala, Calf, N. j., N. Y,
Mich, Pa, Utah. Filing require
ments have also been met in Illi-
nois' Cook County.
Completed petitions have also
been filed with state authorities
in Md, Okla, and w. Va. Ger
LITIGATION in Oklahoma, however,
faces a court fight.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-26
WHATS YOUR OPINION on
HOW SOX CAN IMPROVE?

4 we have sold many times before,
~ the purpose of the Chicago Stor
sports staff is TO fight TO give sports back
where they beIone-to the American people.
The fon supports and makes SPORTING
events possible; he should have a greet deoI
TO soy concerning their operation.
The Chicago White sox have not given the
Chicago fan a pennont winner since 1919.
With few exceptions since thot time they have
consistently finished in the second division.
In the post few years, instead of improv-
ing, they have grown progressively worse
until they have finoIIy found themselves
buried deep in the eellor of the American
League.
We do not believe the Sox management
has been foir TO their IoyoI followers who
have kept them going by their support at the
box Office
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Mrs. BIeyins Davis, s.,
lone Of WeaIthiest
Women in U. s, Dies
BY the Associated Press

| KANSAS CITY, Mar. 10 Mrs.
Margaret Sawyer Hill Davis, re-
putedly one Of the wealthiest
women in the country, died here
today from a heart attack.
Mrs. Davis, the widow of James
Norman Hill, son of James j. Gim)
Hill, railroad pioneer, and him.
self founder of the Texas Co., was
married to Blevins Davis in Wash
ington on November IS, 1916, at a
ceremony attended by Mrs. Harry
S. Truman.
Mrs. Davis was left a fortune
estimated at $4,000, 900 on James N.
Hills death in 1882. Her home at
Wheatley Hills, Long Island, N. Y,
long has been one of the show
places of the East.
The Davises were reported to
have been on their way home from
a trip to California when Mrs.
Davis became i'll. She died at
St. Luke's Hospital. Her husband
said she had suffered from a
chronic heart ailment.
Mr.. Davis, formerly of Independ-
ence, Mo, and a close friend of
President Truman and his family,
has been prominent in New York
theatrical life for several years as
a radio and stage producer.
Mr.. Davis is 46. The hospital list
ed Mrs. Davis age as IS.
The Davises met at a party at
her fashionable home in 1887 fol-
lowing his return from London
where he had broadcast an account
of the coronation of King George
VI for the National Broadcasting
leo.
Mrs. Davis, native of Boston, is
widely known in the East for her
philantrophic activities which have
included gifts to hospitals and re-
search funds in addition to numer-
GUS scholarships. She was a world
ttraveler and a collector Of art.
Mr.. Davis said he was returning
the body tomorrow for a private
funeral at the Big Tree Farm at
Wheatley Hills, Long Island.
DR.. Frederick Liebolt, Mrs. Davis
personal physician, few here from
the East yesterday.
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Lincoln Group Praises
School Board Decision

The Lincoln Civic Association last
night commended the Board OF
Education for deciding to continue
Bible reading and recitation of the
Lords Prayer in the public schools.
In other actions, the group asked
for legislation requiring all District
motorists to carry liability insur-
ance, urged the addition of 200 more
men to the Metropolitan Police De-
partment, asked police action to
keep streets and alleys clear of liq-
uor bottles, and recommended Capt
George r. Wallrodt of No. 8 precinct
for promotion inspector.
The association will hold its an
nual dinner May "a. DR.. E. F. Har-
ris, president, conducted last nights
meeting, held at Francis Junior
High School, Twenty ninth and N
streets NV.
About 1900 plant species have eco
nOmic Uses.
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Railway Sees Sabotage
In Wreck Killing Two
BY the Associotsd Press

HAZARD, KY, Mar. 1.-two mer
were killed near here last night In
a freight train wreck which rail-
road spokesman said was caused BY
deliberate sabotage"
r. c. Parsons, general manager
of the Louisville & Nashville Rail-
Evening star., 1948-03-18

road, said q lock was broken on q
switch at nearby Bastin, causing the
train to overturn. He said the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation had
been asked to help with the in
vestigation.
Evening star., 1948-03-18

Scientists have identified q third
of million kinds Of plants.
Evening star., 1948-03-18

heal helps re-
store the normal
soft, whitenesso of
your hands. Take
advantage ofthis
Special Trial OF
fer.Get Noxzema
Evening star., 1948-03-18

About 1900 plant species have eco.
nomic uses.
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Lehman Urges Lifting
Of Palestine Arms Ban

A plea that the United States lift
its embargo against shipment of
arms to Palestine and that the
United Nations promptly dispatch a
police force to maintain peace in
the Holy Land was voiced here last
night by former Gov. Herbert H.
Lehman Of New York.
Speaking before approximately 90
Washington area Jewish leaders at
the home of Morris CafritZ, 1901
Foxhall road NV, the former Gov
ernor and UNRRA director charged
the Arabs with having taken upon
themselves the task Of nullifying
the decision (for partition of Pales-
tine) of the United Nations"
The meeting marked the opening
Of the United Jewish Appeals ma
tional campaign to raise $3.50, 900 900
for Jewish relief work. The quota
set for Washington's approximately
10000 Jews is $2,500,000. Chairmen
of the fund-raising committee here
are Rabbi Isadore Breslau and Jo-
seph Cherner. Mr.. Cafritz Is CO.
chairman of the Special Gifts Com
mittee.
Admitting that the campaigns
goal represents ''the largest fund
ever sought by . voluntary organ
ization in the United States or any
where in the world" the speaker
declared it represents only the
i,a{v kA tA
provide adequate support for the
programs of the Joint Distribution
Committee, the United Palestine
Appeal and the United Service for
New Americans.
Evening star., 1948-03-18

who was found dying March II,
1947. In the $500 block OF Eleventh
street NV. It was at first thought
MIR. Kelly died Of natural causes.
until an autopsy revealed a bullet
wound in the back. Three men were
convicted of murder in that shoot
ing, which occurred during an at
tempted holdup.
Police reported Mr.. Milo was talk
ing to Charles c. Corley, colored
of so p street NV, and Joseph P
Lowery, colored, of 3541 thirteenth
street NV, when the latter two
said they heard q sound like q
small firecracker." Mr.. Milo then
fell to the pavement, they reported
Investigators offered no theory on
whether the victim had been killed
by stray bullet or shot deliber-
ately.
Officials at the Donaldson Pavina
Co., 20 Potomac avenue S.W., said
Mr.. Milo had worked for them
about three years. ....
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Charles Jones Dies on Job;
Pressman for Government

Charles E. Jones, 50, Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing pressman
for the last 10 years, died yester-
day of heart attack while at
work.
Mr.. Jones had lived in Wash
ington about 80 years. His home
was at 2917 Twentieth street NV.
He was a native of Greensboro,
N. c., and was a pressman for Judd
& Detweiler, Inc, printers, before
he began work at the bureau.
He was a member of the Wash
ington Chapter Of International
Printing Pressmen and Assistants
Union, Craftsmen's Club and the
Gienna (Va) Masonic Lodge.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Brown Jones; four daughters,
Misses Anna Doris, Ethel Sherwood,
Mary Marguerite and Wilhelmina
Jones; six sons, Charles E., jr.,
Robert L., Louis Earl. William
Howard and Harry Joseph, all Of
Washington, and Pvt. James Jerry
Jones, with the Army in San An
tonic, Tex; his mother, Mrs. Rob-
ert Mann, and a sister, Mrs. Carrie
Walker, both Of Greensboro: an
other sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Harri-
son, Chicago, and brother, Oscar
Jones, Jamestown, N. c.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Saturday at the 8. H. Hines
funeral home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV, with burial in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-03-18
House Rent Control Bill
is Sent 10 Conference
Ry fha As,esiafsd Prs,s

The fate of the Houses home
rule" plan of rent control was
handed to Senate and House con-
ference yesterday.
Five members each from the Sen
ate and the House will try to work
out a rent bill for the next II
months acceptable to both cham
bers. The present law runs out In
two weeks.
But storm was gathering about
the home rule system. This is q
provision in the Houses rent con-
troll bill which would give local
boards full power to raise rent CELL
ings or wipe them out. The boards
are nominated by State Governors.
The Senate defeated such a plan
43 to Is when 1t passed its own con-
troll bill last month. This would let
the Federal Housing expediter con-
tinue to review and vetol local board
actions.
Evening star., 1948-03-18
baronef's S Daughter Dies
In Fall From Train
BY HE Asscciotsd Press

LONDON, Mar. 1S.-An inquest
was opened today into the death
of Mrs. Valerie Josephine Lea, "a,
a baronets daughter. then ad-
journed without any explanation OF
how she fell from a speeding train.
Francis Gore Lea. London bust.
ness executive and former RAF wing
commander, identified the body as
that of his wife and the hearing was
closed until Monday.
Lord Hollenden and Sir William
Jaf1ray were travelling with Mrs. Lea
on the Portsmouth to-London train.
Neither was at the inquest.
Mrs. Lea was the daughter of the
late Sir James Domville, fifth baro-
net. Her body was found Monday,
but the death was not disclosed to
the public until last night. when
police announced plans for the in
quest,
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Cove-In of Mine
|DropsHome25 25Ft.
Under Ground
BY the Associated Press

POTTSVILLE, Pa. Mar. 18.-
Seventy-year pld Jack Egan is faced
with housing problem today-what
to do with q house rs feet under
ground.
Mr.. Egan, q bachelor. returned
home yesterday after visiting friends
overnight-only to find that his
one-room house and rs feet OF rail-
road track q half mile away had
been swallowed up in cave-ins on
mine-honeycombed Broad Meun-
tain, 18 miles west Of Pottsville.
Another cave-in swept away IS
feet of Reading Railroad track a
half mile away. Trainman Robert
r. Dando reported q train hauling
IL empty freight cars passed over
the section of track shortly before
the caye-in.
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Memorial Service Set
For Ruth Van Demon

A memorial service for Miss Ruth
Van Deman, So, national home
economics expert who died March
6, will be held 4 pm, Saturday at
All Souls Church, Sixteenth and
Harvard streets NV, with DR.. A.
Powell Davies ofhciating.
Miss Van Deman, who lived at
1902 Thirtieth street NV, was
head of the Information Division of
the Bureau Of Human Nutrition and
Home Economics of the Agriculture
Department from 1928 until she
resigned last year due to i'll health.
She had requested that friends
contribute to overseas food relief
instead Of sending flowers.
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Man Shot to Death on Street e
While Talking to Two Friends

A paving company employe was
mysteriously shot to death shortly
before am. today as he stood
with two friends at the corner Of
Seventh and p streets NV, wait
ing for q truck to take them to
work. Sc
Police said Peter Milo, colored,
about As, of 1913 Corcoran street
NV. died soon after he dropped
to the sidewalk, muttering, 1--WE
been shot,"
Second precinct police, who re-
sponded to a shooting call, reported
the man had suffered an attack
of some kind, since no wound or
blood was evident.
Mr. Milo was taken to Freed
mems Hospital in the second pre-
cinct patrol wagon, where doctors
who pronounced him dead found
a bullet wound in his left chest.
The case is similar to the fatal
shooting Of Frank C. Kelly, 56. Of
1904 New Hampshire avenue NV,
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Frederick H. Baker Rites
To- Be Held in Martinsburq

Funeral services for Frederick
Henry Baker, 81, former justice OF
the peace for Berkeley County. W.
Va, for 16 years. were to be held
this afternoon in his native Mar
tinsburg.
He died of pneumonia Monday
night at Springfield State Hospital,
Sykesville, Nd, after q two-week
illness.
Since 1943 Mr.. Baker had lived
at 821 Flower avenue, Takoma Park.
He previously was city treasurer of
Martinsburg and operated a store
which was the principal distribut-
ing point for school books in that
town.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Jessie Baker; a son, Edison Baker,
Martinsburg, and five step-children,
Edwin H. Duck, 1706 Connecticut
avenue NV; Mrs. H. c. Schellhase,
$500 Forty-second street NV; Mrs.
P. A. Hernandez, Kensington, Md: :
Mrs. Robert H. Dyson, Toronto, and
Mrs. Jestine Patteson, Seattle.
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Brooks,
Retired Accountant, Dies

Mrs. Elizabeth H. Brooks, 50, re-
Gently retired National Capital
Parks accountant, died yesterday in
Doctors Hospital after a Today Ill
ness.
Since coming to Washington late
in 1918, Mrs. Brooks had been with
the park service. She retired on
February 20.
Mrs. Brooks was born in Big Rock,
ILL.,, and attended school in Aurora,
Ill. She was married to the late
Dr. James D. Brooks, physician, who
died in 1915 in San Angelo, Tex.
Mrs. Brooks lived in Washington be-
fore she went to Arlington in 1945.
Her home was at 1921 North Tay-
lor street.
She was a member Of Ruth Chap
ter of the Eastern Star.
Survivors are son, Gilbert
Brooks, S76 North Kentucky street,
Arlington, Public Buildings Admin
istration engineer; q daughter, Miss
Carolyn Brooks OF the Taylor street
address, Veterans Administration
employe, and q brother, Gaylord
Hall OF Aurora.
Funeral services were to be held
at pm. today in the S. H. Hines
funeral home. 1901 Fourteenth
street NV, with private burial
rites,
Evening star., 1948-03-18
Deaths Of Two Men Found
Due 70 Natural Causes

(From Yesterdays Late Edition.
Certificates of death by natural
causes were issued today by Coro-
ner A. Magruder MacDonaldNn the
cases of Charles A. Hepburn. so,
former Baltimore & OhioI freight
yards conductor, and James w. Hill,
43, Railway Express Agency en-
ploye.
The body of Mr.. Hepburn, whose
home was at 1901 Claiming street
NE, was discovered yesterday under
Brentwood Village apartment unit
at 2426 Fourteenth street NE. DR..
Macdonald said he had apparently
been dead for about five days. He
disappeared from his home, &C
cording to his wife, Mrs. Ethel Hep
burn, on March II.
Mr.. Hill. who lived at 11os Fourth
street S.W., died this morning In
Casualty Hospital. He was admitted
to the hospital Saturday after COL
lapsing near his home. A native of
Maryland, he was a veteran of four
years service with the 9th Air Force.
Mrs. Ethel K. Nash, at whose home
he had lived for several years, said
today he leaves several brothers
and sisters In Maryland.