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Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Vets Present Books
To Local Library
Four Volume Set OF World War
III Set Given

In line with it's avOwed purpose
OF serving the community. Blue
Hen Post No. 6483, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Milford, has recent
ly purchased a fOur-volume mem
Orial edition of the pictorial his
tory of World War II and is pre-
senting this Photographic record
of the recent world conflict to the
Milford Public Library, where it
will be available for use of Mil
ford citizens, veterans and non
veterans alike. This memorial edi-
ton was obtained through the vet
Grams historical book section of
the national headquarters of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States, Kansas City, and
depicts, in picture form, every
branch of service in action. from
the brOiling sands of Africa to the
foxhOles of the smallest Pacific
atoll.
1t is the hope of the donors of
this newest addition to the Mil
ford Library that the public, par
ticularly the communitys children
OF school age, will make wide use
of this memorial edition and. in so
Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
PkiLG. Papers Are
Boosted To 5 Cents
Raise Went Into Effect
Monday Of This
Week
By Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA-The Philadel-
phia Inquirer. the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin and the Philadel-
phia Daily News have increased
their prices to five cents a copy,
beginning last Monday.
In announcing the increase from
the former three cents a copy, the
newspapers said the action was
prompted by increased costs in
newspaper production.
The increase in the cost of the
daily newspapers followed a re-
cent announcement that the sun
day editions of the Inquirer and
Bulletin would be increased from
12 cents to 15c, effective last Sun
day.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02

N5A ACNAOul al G6CulD VI -bll6 EALGu-
sion Service hope to rally farmers
of the State behind a statewide
project to encourage blowing under
of all corn stalks by the May 10
date.
DR.. L. A. Stearns. extension en-
tOmolOgist, reveals that millions of
borers have overwintered in stalks
now standing in fields and that un-
less these stalks are plowed under
or otherwise destroyed early, a
costly infestation of the 1948 corn
crop can be expected.
Though not a new problem for
growers, the corn borer takes it's
toll each year in reduced corn
yields. Counts of infestation of
last years crop showed an aver
age Of Il boreFs per hundred corn
plants in fields of the State, ex-
cept in a demonstration area in
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Total OF $4,000
Voters In State

Census Bureau Reveals Figures
Of Delaware Along With Nation
Delaware will have approx
mately 195,6OO citizens of voting
age when this years national cleo
tions are held, November 2. the
Census Bureau estimated this
week.
In 194O-just two presidential
elections years agO-the Diamond
State had 177,635 men and women
of voting age.
The increase is roughly $4,000
more prospective voters for 194S.
Because of the steady increase in
the birth rate, the larger number
of this increase is younger voters
reaching their twenty-first birth
day; although the death rate is
also declining, and there are many
more older voters than there were
a few years ago.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Kent General Drives
Fall Short Of Goal
Campaigns In 1916 And 194S Melted
Total OF $21O,SI5.14

The actual money balance re-
sulting from the 1945 and 194S
drives for an addition and imprOv-
ed facilities for the Kent General
Hospital in Dover is $21O,815. Is
with unpaid pledges aggregating
$91,597.12, according to figures
announced this week.
The amount sought in the un-
successful campaign this year was
100000.
Subscriptions in 1945 aggregated
S196,214.3O and, in the 1948 drive,
S11S.828.5S, a total of $S15, ,042.88.
The amount received on 1916 sub
Continued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
State Corn BOrer Problem
Extension Service Project

Delawares l948
they the
al
During the May TO- specialists and county
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
teHome Demonstration Council
Appoints International Chairman

Mrs Charles Dukes Townsend appointed International
Chairman Delaware
of the March
Mrs Jonathan Wheatey, president
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Training For Racing Meet Opening
1t Harrington Saturday, May 1st

was little difficult at first recognize Ruth Bower in the
ey oehnd the gedng
the
Bohemia, 2-year-Old and the muddy '
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Weather Report
For Past Week
From Wednesday, March "a To
Tuesday, March 30, Inclusive

G. Edgar Wood has submitted the
following report on the weather for
the past week:
Evening star., 1948-12-26
inaugural Moth Stumps BiffIe
to Ration Seat Tickets

Mr.. Biffle said. Each Senator gets
10 and each House member T."
Then there are all the members
of the Cabinet. Justices of the Su-
preme Court, heads of Government
agencies, families of the President
and Vice President and countless
other dignatories who will be there
with their wives,
And members of the Democratic
National Committee" Mr.. Biff1e
added. And some to the Republi-
can National Committee, too"
Mr. Biffle won his thankless job
of rationing out the tickets because
of his longtime record of seemingly
doing the impossible for his many
Senate friends.
Senator Hayden, Democrat, of Ar
iona, was named chairman of the
Congressional Inaugural Committee
after the Democrats swept to VIC
tory last month.
A reporter asked Senator Hayden
if the job was causing him any
worry
None at ALL Senator Hayden
came back quickly. Il Jpst turned
the whole thing over to les Bif1e."
Evening star., 1948-12-26
| Electric Train Derby
To Be Held Tomorrow

The second annual electric train
derby for Prince Georges County
boys and their fathers will be held
tomorrow, starting at $50 pm. in
the Hyattsville Elementary School
auditorium.
Under sponsorship of the Prince
Georges County YMCA, the event
will include numerous heats" tc
determine the fastest electric trains
in the county. Several different
types of trains and tracks will be
used with prizes to be given in
each class.
Contestants can enter as many
trains as they desire, but will be
eligible for only one prize. An
entry fee Of 10 cents per locomotive
will be charged.
Assisting in the supervision OF
the derby will be w. K. Cooper
secretary of the county YMCA;
John Mosseller, Cottage City;
Harold Entler, Green Meadows;
David Osgood, Joseph Edwards and
Joseph Carpenter of Hyattsville,
and Charles Stief and Earl WEIGH
of Riverdale.
Evening star., 1948-12-26
District Weighs Plan
For Combined Mental
And Alcoholic Agency

Combination of the District Alco-
holic Clinic and the Health Depart
ment's Mental Hygiene Bureau In
one agency is being considered by
city officials, it was learned last
night.
So far the Commissioners have
been unable to find psycniatrist
TO take the $500 year job as Oh
rector OF the alcoholic clinic.
In an attempt to solve the prob
lem and get the clinic underway
Budget Officer Walter L. Fowler is
studying the possibility of combining
the jobs of the head of the mental
hygiene bureau and the alcoholic
clinic. He said it was in the dis
cussion stage" right now.
DR.. Leopold E. Wexberg, director
of the mental hygiene bureau, was
nominated as director of the clinic
earlier in the month by Commits
sioner Guy Mason and the Citizens
Advisory Committee for the clinic
He turned the job down, however
saying he would accept only If he
was allowed to continue as head Of
the mental hygiene work.
Mr.. Fowler said it probably woule
be necessary to ask for a change in
the language of the law setting w
the clinic if it is decided to combine
the two jobs. He said he woulc
ask an opinion from Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West this WeeE
as to the requirements OF the law
1t is possible that the combination
could be made under the presen
law, he added.
Commissioner Mason has pu
himself on record against any COM
bination of the two agencies. Hs
said alcoholics do not like to bt
regarded as mental cases ant
thought the association of the two
agencies might have a bad effect
on cures.
Mr.. Mason has said he wants the
clinic set up as an independent
agency within the Health Depart
ment. He feels the two jobs woulc
be too much for one man to handle
| Health Officer George c. Rutland
on the other hand, has said ne
favors the clinic under the menta
hygiene bureau which at present
handles a limited number of alco-
holic eases
Evening star., 1948-12-26
'48 of 81 Defendants Sent Home
IBy McMohon in Drunk Court :.

drive Sc, was ordered held fol-
grand jury action in $1,000 bond
on a charge of assaulting John
Hezzie Trail, 1443 Newton street
NV, Friday night at filling sta
ton at Naylor and Good Hope roads
Sc.
Mr.. Trail said Barton cut him
on the lip and over the eye after
accosting him without provocation.
Judge George B. Nelson described
the alleged assault as a perfect
example of what Christmas should
not be-"
! A policeman testified that Thomas
Wilbert Parsons. 26, colored, of the
first block of M street NV, took
| two boxes of candy, pennant and
some candy bars from cigar stand
at Union Station early yesterday.
| The officer, Lester E. Steele, said
Parsons told him he had wanted
one box of candy for his mother
and one for his mother-in-law.
On the stand, however, Parsons
said he was not married, and denied
he had taken anything without
paying for it.
Evening star., 1948-12-26
BY the Associofed Press

Leslie l.. Biffie confessed yester-
day he is developing real sympathy
for Santa Claus and the old lady
who lived in a shoe. They, too, had
to do the impossible.
Mr.. Biffie's problem is this: He
has more than 10000 personal ap-
plications for the 10000 special re-
served seats at the inaugural cere-
monies January 20.
And each day brings new flood
of applications to the staff director
of the Senate's Democratic Policy
Committee.
The seats involved are those in
the special stands already erected
on the east steps of the Capitol.
There is no charge for them. as
there is-$2 to $10-for seats along
the inaugural parade route.
One newly elected Senator tele-
phoned Mr.. Biffle that two special
trains are bringing his loyal sup
porters to the inaugural. He just
had to have 400 reserved seatsA
II told him he would geS 10,"
Evening star., 1948-12-26
Three Suffocoted
| By Stomach and
Throat Disorders

Suffocation from stomach and
throat disorders killed a two-yeai
old boy and two 34-year-old mer
in Washington last week, the Rec
Cross Home Accident Survey re-
ported yesterday.
In the fourth home accident fatal
ity, an 81-year-old woman died o.
injuries suffered when she fell.
A total of rs home accidents were
reported-37 of them from falls
Six persons suffered burns, two were
poisoned.
Among the accidents was a dos
bite case in which a man was bitter
as he attempted to take some pup:
from their mother. A boy admitted
to Children's Hospital after drink.
Ing some clothes bleach and a pen.
ell eraser was removed from the
ear OF an eight-year-old boy.
Fatalities this year total 245 COM
pared to 223 for the same period
last year Accidents total 5,806 COM
pared with 5,135 at this time last
yJr.
Evening star., 1948-12-26

Shaken and weary, the disheveled
man stood before Municipal Court
Judge John P. Mcmahon Christmas
morning on a charge OF drunken
ness.
Guilty" he admitted resignedly
How about you," the judge said,
shave you got any folks?"
"Yes. SIR
"will you behave yourself if ]
let you go?"
."Yes, sir"
Take his personal bond not to
repeat the offense"
That was the general pattern OF
Christmas Day hearings in drunk
court" yesterday, when Judge Nc
Mahcn sent 48 of 81 defendants
home to salvage what they could
of their holiday.
"I hate to see everybody go tc
Jail on Christmas day. the judge
said. But don't come back here
tomorrow or the next day." he
warned the defendants.
Three Jail terms were imposed.
Ernest Sylvester Barton, %
colored, Of the 1900 block of Simms
Evening star., 1948-12-26
.CAA Studying Sites
In Nearby Areas for
Large New Airport

A committee of the Civil Aero
nautics Administration is examining
"a dozen or more nearby areas for
a suitable site for a second large
civilian flying field to supplement
Washington National Airport, it
was learned yesterday.
The studies already have result
ed IN the survey of one site in the
vicinity of Annandale, Fairfax
Coun1y, Virginia, and second site
in the same county.
This much was disclosed by the
committee chairman, A. S. Koch,
director of the CAA Office of Plan
ming and Evaluation. Other sites
are being examined in Montgomery
and Prince Georges counties, Mary
land.
Overcrowding Cited.
CAA officials indicated that the
overcrowded conditions at National
Airport call for supplementary air.
port, preferably within IS to 40
miles" of the District.
"The closer the better" Mr.. Koch
said.
With bigger and faster planes de-
manding longer runways for safety
than many airports now possess
officials said the proposed new air.
port would equal, if not exceed
National Airport in size and con-
venience. That would indicate the
possibility of a 10,000-foot runway
to handle the largest airplane, Mr.
Koch said.
He also emphasized the need OF
providing ample acreage for future
expansion.
Mr.. Koch dispelled any idea that
the committee was ready to make
definite recommendations. The CAA
has not sought the necessary legis-
lation from Congress or even drawn
up legislative proposals.
Would Take 5 Years.
'If we could select a site today
it would be about five years before
such an airport could be built or
in operation" he said.
Decisions reached by the commit
tee would be in the form of recon-
mendations to D. w. Rented, ad-
ministrator of the CAA. He ap-
pointed the committee three weeks
ago, but nothing was said about
it for publication at that time.
In addition to Mr.. Koch, the
committee members are Edgar N
Smith, director of the Office OF
Airports; 1t. Col, Bennett H
Griffin, administrator of National
Airport: Joseph D. Blatt, Office
of Federal Airways; C. j. Haney
of the Office of Aviation Safety
and Robert P. Boyle, assistant gen.
eral counsel for CAA.
Cost Not Estimated.
Mr.. Koch said the present study
may require several months to COM
plete. Because the airport the
committee emissions eventually
would supplement passenger ia
cilities at National Airport, the
distance from Washington and its
accessibility are factors equally i'm
portant as the nature of the terrain.
According to the committee 1t may
take at least six months to select
a site and draw up recommendations
for the consideration of Congress.
No one has estimated the cost of
the proposed field.
Previous airport surveys have con-
vinced officials that there is virtu-
sly no suitable site available in he
strict.
Evening star., 1948-12-26
YuIe Decoration Contes,
Beino Held in CheverIy

An outdoor Christmas decoration
contest is being sponsored in Chev-
erly, Md, by town officials in CO.
operation with the Cheverly Citi-
zens' Association.
A committee of six will select the
winners Wednesday, night. A de-
cision viii be announced at N pet
ling OF the citizens group in JAM ary.
Evening star., 1948-12-26
American U. Work Shop
To TeIecust Mystery

A mystery-comedy telecast by -four
members of the American University
Radio Work Shop will be presented
at tbs pm. Wednesday over Station
WMAL-TV.
The 15-minute play, "In Cold
Blood" will be shown in connection
with the convention of the Speech
Association of America from to-
morrow through Thursday in the
Hotel Statler. The actors, all STU
dents of the work shop, are Derrick
Dad, Mark Foster. Mrs. Tony Nc
Sherry and Gus Friedal.
Evening star., 1948-12-26
Arlington Red Cross
Opens 3 Aid Stations

Three highway emergency first
aid stations have been inaugurated
in Arlington by the county chapter
of the American Red Cross.
The stations, manned by certified
Red Gross first-aid instructors, are
at the Jefferson District Volunteer
Fire House, sol South Twenty-third
street; the Arlington Fire House
No. /, 1041 South Edgewood street,
and the Clarendon Volunteer Fire
Department. 1905 North Hudson
street. The stations will be open
% hours a day.
Evening star., 1948-12-26
Killed Over Holiday
From Falls, Fire and
Traffic Accident

Falls, fire and q traffic accident
brought death to four Washington
men over the holiday. Two were
victims of fractured skulls suffered
In falls.
Ralph Karnes, 48, of 906 D street
s.W., died yesterday in Emergency
Hospital of injuries received Fri
day when he fell down flight oi
26 steps in the basement of the
old State Department building
where he was employed as men,
Der of the custodial force.
His son, Ralph Karnes, jr, of
939 C street S.W., said his father
had received word oily few days
ago that he soon would be pro-
NOTED to the post of chief engineer
of the building.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
performed an autopsy yesterday, but
delayed issuance of death certifi-
cate pending an investigation by
the Homicide Squad.
Man Falls on Walkway.
Besides his son, Mr.. Karnes is
survived by his widow, Mrs v. D.
Karnes; three daughters, the Misses
Carol and Wanda Karnes of Wash
ington and Mrs. Mary Baker Smith
of Waldorf, Md; his father, a
brother and four sisters.
lyi1 iY1 fd1J vrne
rerfce G. Baker, SO, of 1902 Girard
street NV, who died in Gallinger
Hospital yesterday of injuries suf-
fered when he fell on a cement
waLkway in the front yard of his
home.
Mr.. Baker, an agent for the En-
pire State Mutual Insurance Co.
was found unconscious by Charles
F. Cannon of the Girard street ad-
dress. Police said Mr.. Bakers wife
was out of town.
DR.. Macdonald performed an au-
topsy and said death was due to a
fractured skull A certificate Of
death was withheld pending further
investigation.
Burns Fatal to Elderly Man.
Injuries suffered in a pre-Christ-
mas traffc accident brought death
yesterday to George Brown, about
IS, Of 139 Grant avenue, Takoma
Park, Md.
Mr.. Brown, who died at Garfield
Hospital, was struck by an automo-
bile last Monday in the $500 block
of Sixteenth street NV. Police
said the automobile was driven by
Comdr. Robert A. Hayne, USN, at
tached to the Atomic Energy Com
mission.
Comdr. Hayne said the man, who
had to be identified from finger
prints, was walking in the street
The Brown death is the 66th traffic
death of the year as compared with
II at this time lat year.
A Christmas Eve fire caused the
death of Frederick c. Bell, 50, late
Friday at Emergency Hospital. Mr.
Bell, a retired labor foreman at
Arlington Cemetery. lived with a son
Frederick W. Well at 1348 Fourth
Street S.W. The elderly man ap-
psrently had tried to extingWsh the
fire with his own hands before his
son heard his cries for help and
dragged him from his room.
Evening star., 1948-12-26
Christmas Appeal Nets
Salvation Army $4,000

The 1948 Salvation Army Christ
mas Appeal Fund was one Of the
most successful, totaling more than
$4,000, 1t. Col. Wesley w. Bouterse
has announced.
More than 1000 checks or food
orders were sent to families, and toys
of all descriptions were distributed
from the Army's toy center.
Col. Bouterse extended the thanks
of more than 5000 recipients to
those who contributed to the success
Of the appeal.
Evening star., 1948-12-26
Gov. Lone on Radio Today

Gov. Lane of Maryland will make
an appeal for the Forgotten Chill
dren of Europe" campaign at 1915
pm. today over Radio Station
WTOP. He will be interviewed by
Mrs. Hazel Kenyon Markell, WTOP
dfector of public service.
Evening star., 1948-12-26
Rockville Plans Eye Clinics

Eye clinics will be held in Rock
vile at | pm. the first and fourth
Tuesdays of each month, beginning
Tuesday, the Montgomery County
Health Department has announced.
DR.. Ronald White will be the physi-
clan in charge. Appointments must
be made to attend the clinics.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-05-15
Election OF AME Bishops
Delayed by fractional Fight

Bishop c. L. Saunders Of
Georgia offered substitute
motion that the motion 10
move the bishops be sent 10
the proper committee" Bis
hop ClaYborne attempted 10
block this move by seizing the
platform mike and declaring.
while he held IL for several
minutes "a state Of unread
ness"
Sentiment for the removal leg
iSlaton was overwhelmine. and
there was a sharp division among
the Bishops themselves as 10
IT'S passage The apparent lineup
of forces among the bishops saw
Bishops Nicholas. Reed. Ransom.
Williams. Greene TookeS. Baber
and Gregg. aligned against Bis
hops Fountain. Wright Davis.
YOUNG Allen and Claybornc
The latter group pulling out all
the stops IN an effort 90 prevent
the motion from coming TO a
vote
Bishop Ransom finally put an
end 60 the obstruCtioniSts tactics
Wv coming to the platform mike
and declaring that he along
with the delegates. was tired Of
and compromises and
We want 10 take a vote. he
said. and we will take II in
any manner we decide upon"
He took his seat amid thun-
derouS cheering. and a vote was
taken Ballots showed that 1880
voted for the motion while $50
voted against IL, according 70
the secretary.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-05-15
Big Top Worker
Called Rohber

Earl Wheeler % % 2457 81
Antoine IS charged with ls
ceuy after check of the Biz
Top HanburCcr stand hN tht
owner showed that Inc ca
register was SIS short thS week
Wheeler according o. police
claims that he divided The money
with an unidentified person Wh
saw hmm hide the S45 in tw
different containers carly las
TUcSday morning
Wheeler is reported 20 have
told police that originally d
had planned o. rob the cash
register Of most Of the money
and pretend that some one else
did 10 However he says. as he
placed twenty five dollars %
chanaf INTO a paper sack an'
20 dollars in bills into a salt
shaker. the unidentified person
saw him
Entering the Biz Top Ham
burger stand az COS Vernon the
man forced him 20 give him
half OF the money "or he woul
tell - Police reported they found
S2l on his person The ''unidcnt
fed man was not identified
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-05-15

This also marked the FIRST an
n.vcrsary of the home Red
Feather agency. operated by the
Delta Sigma Theta sorority tor
girls between the ages Of IA and
H.
Reports were heard by mem
beers OF the sorority. board and
members of the Citizens Com
mlttec. from Mrs. Helen Garvn,
chairman OF the board of direc-
tors: Miss Porter Rainey. house
mother. Harvey jackson char
man of the recreatlonal commit
tee. and other committee heads,
all OF which were received by
the body with rising vote OF
thanks for service.
Board members elected unan-
imously for the coming year
were as follows Swear terms,
Fclen Garvin NJ l.. Walker,
Frances Owens, Mrs John j.
O'Brien, Rev. Tohmas ClyncS,
Bcrnice Johnson and Name AL
exander; 3-year terms. Mrs, Mary
Jeffrey, Harvey Jackson. Esther
LaMarr. Miss Hazel Tuck. Edyth
White. Maggie Matthews. and
Edith Bland Ono year terms.
Mrs William Rca, Bertha Lam
tom. Jerolean Snccd. Helen
Lounzic. L. c. Blount, Thclma
Raddcn and Rev. Jordan
Esther LAMAR, acting cotre
spending secretary for the board,
served as mistress Of ceremonies
during tho banquet which pre-
ceded the business portion of
tho meeting. and introduced the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-05-15
Elections"
TO Be Topic
At Confab

civic minded Detroiters Will
haze an opportunity 10 dis
cuss problems concerning the
coming election with such out
standing community leaders IS
George Edwards. Charles Mahon-
cv. James lngliS. George Scher-
men. Joseph Brown Andrew
Brown and Joseph Coles on May
IA and 5 At 546l Brush. u was
cvcaled by the Voters Education
al Institute.
Tho session. scheduled on Fri
dav Mav IL extends from 8-l030
pm. with the discussion on Sat
urday lasting from 10 am 70 :
pm.
Sponsors Of this community
discussion are the Detroit Asso-
citation Of Women Clubs.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-05-15
Gets Years
Probation
Beat Wife

Beau his wife discussed his
e'ns called back to work. a
|. y Zone year old Ford worker
II dlIeeed 10 have beat her in
~ homo at 2647 w. Forest
ernest KING was found guilty
assault and battery in Re-
ucl S Judge Paul Krauses
our last Wedesnday. Judge
D, 'auNe placed King on one years
MS Hazel King. 80. wife. told
Sourt that her husband be-
guy angry when the recent
olI was terminated and he
o. ,oid TO report for work She
~ beaten, following the argu-
eSlmony also revealed that
NlhgS, VINO have five chill
IN receive 50 every two weeks
n the Detroit Welfare de