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Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
2 Girls, Youth Die
In Greenwood Wreck
High School Students Killed As
Train Hits Car

Three young peOple-twO girls,
each II years of age, and a 22-year
old yOuth-were killed instantly at
1918 o'clock Monday morning
when the automobile in which
they were riding was struck by a
sOuth-bOund express of the Penn
sylVania Railroad on Main street in
Greenwood. Those killed were:
Thelma O'Day and Louise JOS
eph, both Of near Greenwood, and
William BrittOn Evans, Jr., OF
Viola.
(Their deaths brought the auto
accident death toll for Delaware
for 1948 to 68. In the correspond
ing period of last year SO were
killed)
The victims were riding in al
automobile driven by Evans which
was struck in the center of the
right side by the express. The three
in the car were members of {
group of seven who were return
ing from a rOller-skating rinl
near Dover.
Another car in which four Othel
young persons were riding, VIII
had also been at the skating rink
had crossed the tracks safely. II
the car were Joyce O'Day, 16, ;
sister of the girl killed; Irmi
Hammond, II, Greenwood, an
Charles NJ. Wyatt, Is, of Milford
Continued on page 50
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
State Assembly
Held
BY Republicans
COP To Have Majority
Of One In Each
Branch OF 1949 Legis-
lature.

On the basis of the unofficial re-
turns from Tuesdays election the
next General Assembly, meeting in
January, 1949, will have a Repub-
lican majority of one in each
branch.
The Democrats, on the strength
of their general sweep of the state
wide offices and county offices,
picked up two seats in the Senate,
where they now have eight, and
six in the House. where their
strength will be seventeen.
The Republicans lost the sena-
tOrial seat in the Fourth District OF
New Castle county, where Fred
erick Klair, of MarshalltOn, beat
Benjamin e. Hicks, also of Mar
shallton, by 265 votes. for the first
time in more than 80 years.
In fact the only seat the Repub-
licans salvaged out of the seven
contested was that of Edwin r
Powell in the Fourth Senatorial
District of Sussex county. Obvious
ly, the fact that the Republicans
had eight holdOver senators saved
them control of the Senate.
The members of the next Senate
and their party affiliations are:
James S. Evans (R)*; John E
Reilly, Sr, CD; Raymond B
Phillips CR)*; Frederick Klail
CD; George w. Rhodes CR)*; f
Sherman Webb CD, and Wilson A
David D)*, all of New Castle
county; E. Paul BurkhOlder (R) +;
Dudley CrOssley CD; Vera G. Da-
Wis (R)*; William 0. Cubbage (D)
and Nelson M. Hammond (R)*, o.
Kent county, and Leon c. BulOv
(R)*; w. T. Cannon CD; Howard
H. DickersOn DDS; Edwin r, Pow
ell (Rf, and John r. Kitchens (R)'
Sussex county.
Denotes incumbents.
Members of the House and theil
political affiliations are:
William J. Winchester (R), Rob
ert l.. Armstrong (R), Henry w
Bryan (R), Joseph A. Bruno (R)
and Martin J. Walsh CD, Will
mingtOn; F. Albert Jones CR)
DR. Ernest B. Benger (R), ROber
KeltOn (R), John p. Sinclair (R)
Calvin r. Mccullough Cd, Harve
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Democrats Victorious
rs Nations Returns
Are Near Completion
Results Are Acclaimed AS
Personal Triumph For
President Who Fought
Back.
All Prediction Fore
casts Prove Wrong AS
Final Results Are Made
Known To The Nation.
BY The Associated Press

Scrappy, underrated Harry Tru-
man captured the Presidential cleo
'tion in one of the biggest upsets
in Americas political history.
And in the hour of his greatest
triumph, the Democratic Party
gave him a solid, comfortable ma
jOrity in both Senate and House.
1t was a triumph which the little
man from Missouri, standing al
most alone against the flOOd-tide
of prediction forecasts, had pre-
dicted with answering confidence.
Down to defeat went Thomas E.
Dewey, trying for a comeback along
the road to the White House which
invincible Franklin D. Roosevelt
blocked four years ago.
Down with him went Republican
candidates in key congressional
races and gubernatOrial contests.
Closest Since 1916
They went down fighting, in the
toughest Presidential battle since
Woodrow Wilson squeezed out
Charles Evans Hughes in 1916.
Dewey conceded defeat at 11:15 a.
m. Wednesday.
And at the moment of decision
by tens of millions of American
voters, victor and vanquished alike
cried out their hopes for peace in
a troubled world.
For himself, Mr.. Truman pledged
anew that he would give all his eff
forts ito the cause of peace in the
world and the prosperity and hap
piness of our people"
AS Dewey lost. he called out to
all Americans to unite" behind the
man who beat him and behind
every effort to keep our nation
strong and free and establish peace
in the world"
Latest Count
At $3.50 p m. the national elec-
tiOn standings were, in brief:
Presidency: Truman led in 2S
states with 3O4 electoral votes (26G
needed to VIM, with only two OF
these states-IdahO and OhiO-ap-
parently in doubt. Dewey led in Ii
with 189. OF these Indiana was in
doubt. J. StrOm ThurmOnd wOI
four with SO.
continued on page u
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Milfordian Charged
With Wife Staying
Mrs. EuniCe Porter AlIegedly Slain
BY Her Husband

Harold Holiday Porter, 80, Mil
ford carpenter, has been jailed
without bail as Milford police con-
tinued their investigation of the fa-
tai shooting of his wife, Eunice
Saunders Porter, 80, in their home
at 107 Marshall Street Monday af-
ternOOn about 3 o'clock.
Capt. Samuel J. Powell of the Mil
ford police, said Mrs. Porter was
shot in the chest by 80 calibre re-
VOlver. She was pronounced dead
at Milford Memorial Hospital.
Police said that Edwin T. Short,
operator of a taxi service in this
city, gave them this account of the
shooting.
Porter, according to Short, hailed
his taxi as he was taking several
passengers to Lincoln, about three
miles south of here. Porter rode to
Lincoln ard returning to Milford
invited Short to his home for sew
eral drinks.
Short said that he and Mr.. and
Mrs. Porter were in the living room
when Porter left the room to get q
deck of cards. Returning, Porter
is said to have accused his wife ol
making love" to Short.
Short quoted her as saying: "Har-
old, what's the matter with yOu?"
Then, he added, he heard a shot
and Mrs. Porter fell to the floor.
The taxi driver quoted Porter as
saying then: Il don't like you either
and I'm going to kill you, too"
He told police he talked Porter
out of shooting him. Police sum
mOned by neighbOrs arrived during
their discussion and took both mel
into custody. Short is being held un
der $500 bail as a material witness
in the case.
The couple had no children. Po
lice said Porter refused to discus
the shooting.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Bertha Carey Hurt
When Struck By Car
Prominent w. G. 7. u. Worker Was
Crossing Front Street

Mrs. Bertha Carey, a leader in
the WOmen's Christian Temperance
Union in Milford, was painfully in
jured early Thursday evening when
she was struck by an automobile
operated by a cousin, John r. Mills,
of Milford Neck.
According to local police records,
Mrs. Carey was crossing South East
Front Street, near the Montgomery
Street intersection when the vehic-
le, a 1949 Studebaker pickup, Oper-
ated by Nh Mills struck her.
She was removed to the Milford
Memorial Hospital in the ambulance
where it was learned this morning
that she is suffering from a broken
collar bone, several broken ribs and
shock.
The accident is being investigated
by the Milford police.
An unusual accident occurred
here on Wednesday, when a car
owned by James JOhnstOne, an elec-
trical appliance salesman from
Melfa, Virginia, backed into the Mis-
] pilliOn River at the electric light
Continued on page d
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Rays, jewelers.
Anniversary Sale
Milford Store Is Celebrating Its
First Birthday Here

Rays, well-knOwn Milford Jewel
ry Store, located on South Walnut
Street, began their first annual an
niversary sale yesterday, November
4th. The sale promises to be an in
teresting one and the management
announced today, that there are fea-
tured reductions III every depart
ment of the store.
The anniversary sale is being OBJ
served by the entire Rays chain of
ten stores in Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania, and New Jersey. Many of the
company officials are expected to be
present during the sale.
Ray Steen, the local manager and
Milton ROsenbaum, one of the Offic-
ials of the organization, claims that
much of the success of the store in
Milford can be traced directly to the
aggressive advertising campaign
which has been carried in the Mil
ford Chronicle since the store be-
can operations in Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
KiWanians Are
Planning Meeting
City Inter-Club Session Will BE
Held Next Tuesday

A joint meeting of the Milford
Kiwanis, Rotary, and Lions Clubs
will be held next Tuesday, NOvem-
Der 9th, at the Grange Hall. The
speaker of the evening will be Con-
stantine w. BOldyreff, leader of
the Headquarters of Common Sense,
Inc, an anti-COmmunist organiza-
ton.
Mr.. Boldyreff revealed just last
month in New York City that the
SOviets, master of underground
strategy, are plagued themselves by
a powerful anti-COmmunist under
ground in Russia. Mr.. BOldyreff
went on to say that his group now
has tens and hundreds of thOus-
ands of sympathiZers," predicted
that within a few months it will be
so powerful as to make impossible
a Soviet attack on the West. Boldly
ref said the underground is known
as the N. T. S.-"UniOn of Workers
with hand and BRAIN" Started in
1880, it is now said to have 5000
kept active" workers.
"A force of 5000 revolutionary
fighters is equal to 80 divisions of
normal soldiers"
BOldyreff fought in YugOslavia
during the last war In 1945, he said,
he entered Russia as an N. T. S,
fighter after escaping from a Ger
man concentration camp.
At this weeks meeting held on
Tuesday, November 2, officers to
lead the Kiwanis Club in 1949 were
electer as follows: President, AL
/ Humes; Vice President, Robert
/ Fischer; Treasurer, HersChel
( POOre. New directors elected were
DR.. James West, f. f. Steiner, Ed
BiXby and RObt. Walters.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
CarveI VIII Have Most State
Offices With Him rs Democrats
Elect AN Their State Candidates
CarvePs Plurality In Race Is 1888;
Other Candidates Received Very
Substantial Majorities In The State.

When GOvernOr-elect Elbert N.
Carvel takes office next January,
he will take with him Democratic
State officers who were elected by
large majOrities last Tuesday.
Lieutenant Governor elect Alexis
Du POnt Bayard will preside over
/ the Republican-cOntr Senate.
Willard d. BOyce, of Dover, will
succeed Benjamin F. Johnson, also
of Dover, whom he defeated for
the office of State Treasurer.
James w. w. Baker will succeed
Fred Powell as Auditor of Ac-
counts.
During the four years of his ad-
ministratiOn, Mr. CarVel will make
numerous appointments to State
Commissions and other offices.
This will gradually take control of
these groups from the Republicans
to the Democratic majority. In
Sussex county he will not be able
to make any changes in the Board
of Trustees of this county. These
men are appointed by the Resident
Judge Of the county. The Depart
ments of Elections in the three
counties will go over to Democrat
ic control as vacancies occur. He
{ will appoint one Judge and a
Chancellor, both of whom are
Democrats, during his term of Of
flee. He will also name a State
Bank Commissioner.
The State Highway Department,
which controls the Motor Vehicle
Department and the State Police,
will within a short time go under
Democratic control. All of these
changes will be made possible as
new members to different commits
siOns are appointed as the terms
of present members expire. 1t is
probable that Governor Bacon will
make an appointment to the Acct
dent Board to fill the vacancy
: caused by the death of Dauphin D.
! Wharton of Dover.
. The Attorney General of t h e
/ State is a Republican. His staff
will be kept intact for the next
) two years. The Insurance Depart
) ment will be unaffected by the cleo
, ton results.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Six RecOunts Sought In
State AS Canvass Opens
For President

3Ominue argument about petitions for behalf
three state
eated margins Tuesdays election
Thursday afternoon in Superior the
In all asked involving
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Control In All
Counties Won
BY Democrats
Captured Is of "a
At Stake Tuesday; To
Run Levy Courts.

Democrats won 16 of "a county
Offices at stake in Tuesdays cleo
tiOns-eight out of eight in New
Castle County, five out of eight in
Kent County, and three out of
eight in Sussex County.
They gained control of the Levy
Courts in all three counties. The
Sussex County Levy Court went
Democratic for the first time in
the memory of veteran observers.
Two of the Levy Court positions
in Kent County went to Democrats
Walter A. Handsberry of Leipsic
and Charles G. Moore of HaTtly,
who won by majOrities of 514 and
$40 respectively over Republicans
Frank d. Wright of Dover and Nor
man d. Shorts. Incumbent Levy
/ Court Commissioner Ralph w. Wine
of WOOdside, the Republican can
didate, defeated Clarence F. Jewell
, of Milford by a majority of 497.
w. Marion Stevenson, seeking his
/ fourth straight term as prOthOnO-
/ tary on the Democratic ticket, de-
/ feated Edwin A. Prettyman, former
member of the State Legislature
from Houston, by a majority of 582
A majority of 329 votes was poll
ed by J. Wesley Walls of Marydel
Democratic candidate for comp
trOller, over his Republican OppO-
nent, w. Bateman Cullen of near
Dover.
Robert A. Salisbury, Harrington
restauranteur and former sheriff
defeated the Republican candidate
Dorsey F. Hudson of Viola, present
deputy sheriff, by majority of 27i
i'm the contest for sheriff. Results
of other offices voted upon showed
victory for William w. Simpson
Republican, over his Democratic
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05

Totals 189 3O4
(x) indicates ThurmOnd's
electoral vote (38).
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
Return Day Renewed
This Year in Sussex
Bands BIare And VictOrS Crate As
Celebration Is Held Following
War Recess

Sussex COuntians celebrated RE
turn Day" at Georgetown yesterday
for the first time since 1886. This
unique gathering is the only one of
it's kind in America. Here the cOun-
ty folks from the back woods and
continued on page .
Evening star., 1948-11-14
Betty Beae

they'll all tear off later for Adrian
Dunns dance at the Sulgrave Club.
Off to Philadelphia this week END
for round of debutante parties
went Sibyl Joan Plummer with her
grandmother, energetic, capable
Mrs. Bruce Fahnestock. In he1
first year at Chevy Chase Junior
College, the tall, blond daughter OF
the Tom Plummers Of Philadelphia
will make her bow in Gotham at
the Christmas cotillion on Decem-
ber 20 at the Plaza. The whole
evening will start off with a supper
which Betty and Frank Vanderllr
will give for Joan at the Plaza.
After holiday whirl in New
York and Philadelphia, Mrs. Fahne-
stock will give party here tol
Joan. The latter is also interested
IN writing, says her grandmother
the author of II Ran Away to Sea
at Fifty" and the two are already
working on the book they're golne
to write together. . . The Frank
Vanderlips, incidentally, are also
giving a supper before a benefit
dance on November 20, which Mrs
Vanderlip, sr., is giving at Beech
wood, her place at Scarborough
N. Y. The supper will be at the
gatehouse, where the younger Van
derlips are now living.
Evening star., 1948-11-14
Musical Comedy
OF Triangle Club
Set for December 2C

Another bright splash will be
added to the coming Christmas
social season when the Triangle
Club, Princeton Universitys gay
musical comedy group, brings its
57th production to Washington on
Monday evening, December 20.
The Princeton Club of Washing
ton, which is sponsoring the TIL
angle Club here, has reserved the
Lisner Auditorium for the 8;3C
o'clock performance.
It's always a major social event
when the 75-odd Princeton gallants
stop off for a day in the Capital
and the show will be an occasion
for theater parties large and small
and a swirl Of entertainment by
the debutantes of the season.
Heading the Princeton Clubs
Triangle Committee to arrange the
performance is Mr.. John M. Kauff-
mann, Princeton graduate of the
class of 1945. Assisting him are las1
wears chairman, Mr. John A. Nevius
and Mr.. Anthony Hass, both Tri-
angle Club veterans, Mr.. James
Wyper, ir.. and Mr.. j. Henry Hos
kinson have also been named COM
mitteemen, as have Mr.. Walter F
Cl1appell III and Mr.. Huntington T
Book. both of whom graduated
from Old Nassau last June.
Evening star., 1948-11-14
Exclus1vely Yours,

Some of the Nations better busi-
ness, scientific and editorial brains
gathered for a very chic party at
the 1925 F Street Club the other
evening.
Bill Nichols, goodlooking up-and-
coming editor. of This Week maga-
zine, and his beautiful Czech wife
entertained about 80 at q seated
dinner and the conversation was so
stimulating that it made one wonder
why bridge was ever invented. Most
of the men present had been at
tending the Joint Orientation Con-
ference of the National Military Es-
tablishment, which drew them from
all the top walks of life.
There was Robert Young, the dy-
manic president of the c. & O.. who
has a sense of humor so quick it S
two jumps ahead. The man whose
innovations frequently throw other
railroad men into a tizzy said that
he thinks we are entering very
great period of prosperity. Next to
him sat the pretty blond Comtesse
/ Andree de Montesquiou of Paris and
Toulouse, France, who, with the
Baroness de Waldner, has been Wis
iting the latter's sister, stunning,
brunette, Mrs. Robert Wallis of New
York. All three added fnuch foreign
glamour to the party, as did the
hostess, whose close-cropped curls
topped classic features above a
light blue Grecian- n-draped gown.
And in the highly scintillating
category was J. Carleton Ward, jr.,
chairman of Fairchild Engineering
and Aviation, whose brilliant mind
ran the gamut from atomic energy
and Einstein's theory to Marx BROTH
ers' humor, touching en- passant on
his latest invention, the Englander
mattress. A combination of physi-
cist, chemist, engineer. inventor and
businessman, Mr.. Ward had a ready
audience in Mayor Fletcher T.
Bowron of Los Angeles, Father John
H. Murphy, vice president of Notre
Dame, and Capt. Dundas Tucker,
who invented the Bat, the Navy's
first radar-guided missile.
Nor is that all. There was DR..
Harvey N. Davis, president of Ste
vens Institute Of Technology; the
Army deputy chief Of staff, 1t. Gen.
Evening star., 1948-11-14

Numbers of small parties are be-
ing planned among the diplomats
this week starting with the informal
supper which the French Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Bonnet will give this
evening for Mile. Ginette Neveu,
French violinist, and her brother,
Mr.. Jean Neveu, who plays her &C
compartments. The two young
musicians will give a recital this
afternoon in Constitution Hall which
will be their debut in the Capital.
Another party this afternoon is
tie one which the Indian Ambassa-
dor and Lady Rama Rau will give
for 100 or more of their countrymen
in Washington. The party-which
will be tea, not cocktails-Will cele-
brate the 59th birthday anniversary
Of the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit
Nehru. The Prime Minister'S cousin,
Mr.. R. K. Nehru. who is minister
here, and Nine. Nehru will be among
those assisting this afternoon.
The Canadian Ambassador and
Mis-. Hume Wrong will entertain at
dinner Tuesday evening for several
officials from the Dominion who will
be in Washington for a few days.
The Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Charles Sawyer will be the
ranking guests and the visitors will
include the Minister of Trade and
Commerce, the Rt Hon. C. D. Howe,
the Secretary of State for the Do
minion, the Hon. Colin Gibson and
Mrs. Gibson, and the Deputy Minis
ter of Trade and Commerce Mr.. N.
w. Mackenzie.
Evening star., 1948-11-14

(See BROOKS, Page D-2D
Evening star., 1948-11-14
Mann Parties Are Planned
Among DIPLOMATIC Group
By Katharine NJ. Brooks .

Nine. Ritzema van Ikema, wife OF
the Agricultural Attache of the
Netherlands Embassy, will give a
tea this afternoon in honor of Nine
Rieka Oud of HARLEM, The Neither
lands, who is here over Sunday
Nine. Oud came to this country al
the invitation of American Assocla-
ton of Country Women and has
been touring this country, meeting
with groups in the various States
and giving lectures and talks OF
conditions in her homeland and
what her own organization has
accomplished. Nine. Oud is a ma
tive of South Africa and became
interested in the organization OF
women in rural communities
through her mother who organized
and was secretary of the Farm
Women of South Africa. The visitor
spent some time in England and
Scotland and after her marriage
to Mr.. Oud went to live in Amster-
dam. She was active in the organ
ization of the farm women of her
country and had much to do with
the meeting of the international Or
ganization in Amsterdam two years
ago. 1t was at that meeting that she
met the delegates from this country
who invited her to visit the United
States. During her stay in this
vicinity she is the guest OF Mrs
Helendeen H. Dodderidge and Mrs
Helen Carlton-Smith.
The foreign attaches representing
lSee BROOKS, Page D-2D
Evening star., 1948-11-14
LOHisa Farrand,
William Wood
Married Here

Miss Louisa Farrand, American
Red Cross executive, was married
yesterday to Mr.. William Almon
Wood of the State Department. The
bride, the daughter of Mrs. Living
ston Farrand of New York City and
the late DR.. Farrand, who was
president emeritus of Cornell Uni
versity, was the first woman to vol
unteer for Red Cross service over
seas. For her outstanding work
abroad with the Army she received
the Bronze Star.
Mr. Wood, the son of Mrs. Will
liam Wood of Oakland, Calf, and
the late DR.. Wood, is chief radio
liaison officer with the State De-
partment. During the war he was a
lieutenant commander in the Navy
and served in the Pacific on Admiral
Nimitz's staff. He was also at
Bikini during Operations Cross
roads.
The wedding took place at 1
o'clock in the Memorial Chapel at
Walter Reed, Chaplain Roy Raley
officiating. 4 reception followed at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Reeve
Hoover.
Mr.. John Farrand of Norwalk,
Conn, gave his sister in marriage
and she was attended by her niece.
Natalie Hall, as flower girl, and her
nephew, David Ferrand, as page.
Mr.. John M. Patterson was best
man and the ushers were Mr.. Robert
Farrand of New York, Mr.. Mordelo
Lee Vincent, jr.. of Lake Charles,
La: Mr.. Richard Linkrum and Mr..
James Boughton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood will honey
moon in Bermuda and upon their
return reside at 1925 Twenty-sixth
street,
Evening star., 1948-11-14
Tea aTHesdav

Nine. Wellington Koo. honorary
chairman of United Service to
China, has invited friends of China
to a Bundle Tea at the embassy
Tuesday from 4 80 to $50 o'clock.
Acting chairman for the Chinese
bazaar to be held at the Mayflower
Hotel December is Mrs. Frederick
H. Brooks. Among others taking an
active part are Mrs. Charles F
Brannan, wife of the Secretary OF
Agriculture; Mrs Robert Low Bacon
Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. J. S
Bishop, Mrs. Herbert Breakey, Mrs
Thomas Falvin, Mrs. Rodney French
Mrs. Deborah Leighton Glassford,
Mrs. Ralph Snowden Hill, Mrs
Frank Hornaday, Mrs. Stanley K.
Hornbeck, Mrs. Nelson T. Johnson,
Mrs. M. Russell Kelley, Mrs. William
Mayer and Mrs. Timothy T. Mar.
Evening star., 1948-11-14
Parties Planned
For rDelegates

The Director General of the Food
and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations, Mr.. Norris E
Dodd, will give reception tomorrow
from 6 to 8 o'clock at the Shoreham
in honor of the delegates to the
FAC conferences which will open to-
morrow. Other such festivities
through the week will be given for
and by delegates from the forty
eight member nations. Among the
dates already selected is Friday, also
at the Shoreham, when the mem
bers of the Portuguese delegation
will be hosts.