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Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
Yield Contest For
Tomato Growers
All County Growers Are Welcome
To Enter Competition

A yield contest open to all toma-
to growers growing three acres or
more has been announced by VIM.
III. Henderson, county agricultural
agent.
This contest is being sponsored
by the Delaware Agricultural Ex-
tension Service in cooperation with
tomato Gamers Of the state.
The purpose of the contest is to
stimulate interest among tomato
growers in better cultural prac-
tices. which usually result in a
better quality product with higher
profits to both the farmers and the
Gamers involved.
The following rules have been
set up for the contest:
j. Entries must be in the county
agents Office by August 18th.
2. Yields will be determined on
a weighted basis from sales, re,
ceipts and acreage measurements
A final application, signed by the
toont!nued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
Chairman Renamed
By State Democrats
H. B. Mcdowell, Jr., Again Heads
COmmitte; New Treasurer Named

The new Democratic State Com
mittee elected last Tuesday, organ
lied Monday night of this week
with the unanimous reelection of
Former State Senator Harris b.
Mcdowell, Jr., of Middletown, as
chairman in the Kent County
Courthouse.
Mr.. Mcdowell, after expressing
appreciation for the confidence
which the committee paced in him,
assured the committeeman that he
intended to do the best in his power
TO give the party the best possible
leadership toward winning the next
election.
He told the committee that he
wanted an active committee which
will recognize there is a definite
and important job to be done. He
urged each member to assume his
proper responsibility.
Mr.. Mcdowell was nominated by
Continued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
Grange Flower Show
Will Be Held May 21
Silver Loving Cup VIII Be Awarded
To Highest Scorer

The Milford Grange Flower Show
will be held on Friday, May 81, in
the Grange Hall. Exhibitors are
urged to have their flower arrange
ments in the hall by II a. m.
The classes of flower arrange
ments will be;
1. Miniatures.
2. Flower arrangement in an
antique cOntainer.
3. Flower arrangements for a
wall table.
4. Flower arrangements for a
dining table.
5. Flower arrangements for a
coffee table.
6. Arrangement of wild flowers.
7. A Japanese flower arrange
ment.
8. An arrangement of leaves.
A silver loving cup will be
awarded to the person receiving
the highest score. This winner
shall hold the cup until the next
Grange flower show when it will
be awarded again to the winner
The person who wins the cup three
times in succession will then OwT
! the cup.
Visitors are welcome from Il
4 in the afternoon to see the flower
show and a short program. A sill
yer offering will be received at thu
/ door.
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
Boy Scout Campaign
Successful Here
Total Of $1,000 Raised
During Recent Mil
ford Drive

Milford Boy Scout Campaign for
1s4s has Just closed and was very
successful, w. Dean Kimmel,
Chairman Of mail campaign. Total
amount raised $4,000.
Money was turned over to Scout
Executive Hendricks at a Special
Scout Meeting in the Log Cabin
Meeting Room on Monday evening.
Check was presented to Hendricks
by Kimmel in the presence of the
Scout Master Irwin Bowman, and
Dover District Officers, Capt. E. F.
Isaacs. Jr.. A. z. Humes, and for
mer District Officer Edmund F,
Steiner.
tcontlnued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
Delaware Park Will
Have Five Tracks
Season VIII Open For Thorough.
breds On Saturday, May 20

Delaware Park, known as the
big time racing plant in the
country setting" will have FIVE
tracks ready for the thorough
breds when racing begins at the
lovely spot seven miles southwest
of Wilmington, May 29. The addi-
tion of the five-eights mile training
oval adjacent to the stable area
was of great interest to horsemen,
and became the fifth strip in the
setup at the big 400 acre plant.
This new training track, care
fully patterned after the regular
cval by Track Superintendent
Clarke Pardee, one of the best
track superintendents in the racing
business. Scaled smaller all around
the five-eighths mile affair is fifty
Continued ON page y
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
State TO Observe
Americanism Day
Gov. Bacon Issues PrOCla-
nation Designating Next
Sunday For Observance

Gov. Walter w. Bacon has issued
a proclamation designating next
Sunday for a statewide. observance
of II Am an American Day" to be
celebrated nationally on that day.
The proclamation follows:
MANY thousands Of our vigorous
youth have attained their majority,
and many foreign-born men and
women who have sought refuge in
our free country to escape oppres-
sion and tyranny have become citi-
zens of our great Republic through
naturalization this last year.
Continued on page -
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
Wesley College To
Close Year May "a
Annual Commencement Program
viii BE Presented On That Date

AuMUmA OOMAAlOlhCOUACMb ALVBA uuA
viii Be Presented On That Date
Wesley Junior College will close
it's sixth academic year as a junior
college, after all examinations for
all students from May IA to May
21. Baccalaureate and Commence
ment exercises will follow on Sun
day and Monday, May % and "a, at
11:00 a. m.
On Saturday morning, May %,
the Board of Trustees of the col
lege will hold it's annual COM
mencement meeting in Holt Chapel
at 10:30 a. m. At 400, Saturday af-
ternoon, President and Mrs. Bart
ley will be host and hostess at the
Presidents Reception, which has
been given in honor of the gradua-
ting class. The commencement
dance, planned and directed by the
student and Social Committee, will
be held in the gymn Saturday eve
ming.
CONTINUED on mage a.
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
Discuss Fund Drive
For State Museum
Chairmen For Respective Counties
Met At Dover To Discuss Plans

Net AU power 10 DISCUSS PIanS
Finance chairmen leading the
campaign in the three counties
for a $4,000 fund with which to
restore and adapt the Old Presby-
terian Church in Dover as a state
museum held their first meeting
in Dover recently at the home of
Mrs. Henry Ridgely, president of
the Public Archives Commission,
to discuss the progress of the drive
during its first few days.
They are: New Castle county,
Mrs. Macmillan Hopes, Whining
ton; Kent county, Mrs. Cecil C.
Fulton, Jr., Dover; Sussex county,
DR.. Elizabeth F. Phillips, George
town.
All three are giving their SER
vices to head the volunteer COM
mittees of men and women who
will strive to bring to fulfillment a
project which will have untold
Continued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
Sussex Cancer Drive
Goes Over The Top
County Turns In $9,599.31, Or ST.
509.31 More Than Quota

Sussex county has turned in So
599.31 toward the Cancer Cam
paign, Mrs. James M. TunneIl.
chairman, and Mrs. Henry p. Can
non, vice chairman, announce. This
puts the county $1,599.31 or 90 per
cent above its $4,000 quota.
Returns still are incomplete"
Mrs. Tunnel said. I'VE fully ex-
pect our receipts to amount to
tcOntinued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
Traditional May Day Program
Viii Be Given 1t University

Saturday. May University
invited the May Day
presented under the joint
ISOLATION and ofthe Department Of Women Physical Education
Special will be held
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
State Board Of Health Warns
Against Deadly Tick Feye'

Five Rocky spotted Delaware were
ported the Board of Health resulting DEATH
and Is
by the bite
made their this spring. the
a vvarnino aIOr
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
State Anti T tuberculosis
Society WI Meet May 20

meeting Anti-Tubercuoss
Society will be held Thursday 90 the Hotel Richardson.
daylight
by Dr. William Marshall G Milford acting president of the society
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
Weather Report
For Past Week

G. Edgar Wood has submitted the
following report on the weather
for the past week:
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-14
Licensed Beverage
Associates To Elect
Several Well Known Delawareams
Aspiring For Directors Board

Several we'll known lower Della
wareans are running for election
to the Board of Directors of the Lii
censed Beverage Associates on May
18th. The organization, known as
the LBA, is the public relations
representation for the Alcoholic
Beverage Industry in the state.
Howard Furniss of Milford, Hor.
ace Jones of Seaford, Norman Law
son of Milton and Edward G. P
continued on page 81
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-03-01

T AM PLENTY sor at the specula-
4 tors or whoever it was knocked
the props from under wheat but just
between us I'm twice as mad at one
enough to sell all his grain when
the market was high as a cats back.
My only consolation is that I did
unload after that first two-day drop.
But the thing that really makes
me plumb sick is the KNOWN look
on the complacent mug of that
neighbor of mine. He sold his
wheat a week before the drop and
went out of his way to advise me
to do the same. It's goin' to be
hard Twin with that guy for a
while.
Those parkin' meters they have
in town now are pretty nearly as
popular as the slot machines. The
only difference is you T guaran-
teed time out of n and headaches
out of the other.
s.
Following the address of the
noted scientists a society matron
inquired: Doctor. can science give
us any assurance that the split
atom can be controlled" To which
the learned gentlemanA smilinglY
replied: 1T is doubtful. IN 5000
years we have failed TO control
the animated rib resulting from
the split Adam"
Those new chemical insecticides
probably won't be an unmixed
blessin'. A flealess pup will have
just that much more time to chew
slippers.
Summerfallow Sam thinks the
scientists who developed the new
chemical weed and insect killers
shouldn't rest too heavily on their
laurels until they find something
that will exferminate the ta1-col-
l~ectors.
Foxtail Johnson of Arizona Farm
er believes progress is at a standstill
until at least 1000 A. D. The cen
fury that gave the world the atom
bomb and bubble gum can't have
much more to offer.
Sometimes I Yearn for 2he old
days when we used to sell our
wheat as soon as it was harvested.
Nowadays a fellow has TO guess
what congress is goin' TO do to the
tax law. get out his soil auger and
try to figure what kind of d crop
he's likely to get next season. and
estimate how insistent his wife
will be about that new fur coat
before he can make up his mind
whether to sell or hold. and If 50.
how much. Even then he'x prob
ably about az well off to leave il
10 a flip of u coin rather than de-
pend upon his W Judgment
Alfalfa Ike says the ex-houst
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-03-01

Montana Farmer-Stockman
Published twice a month. on the LIST and 18th,
by The Montana Farmer, Inc, Great Falls.
Mont. Entered as second class matter at the
Postoffice at Great Pals, Mon -
tana, under act of March 3, 1879. -
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-03-01

Alfalfa Ike says the ex-house
painter ne hired as a farm hand re-
Gently has been just a little hard to
handle. The first crack out of the
box he wanted to saw two inches
off the pitchfork. Now he is askin'
for time-and-a-haf for second story
work pushin' hay out of the loft. So
far he hasn't objected to the milk
stool havin' four legs.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Rites for Herbert Graft, 63,
Scheduled for Tomorrow

Funeral services for Herbert
Graft, SO, Agriculture Department
marketing specialist, will be held
at II am. tomorrow at the S. H.
Hines Funeral Home. Burial will
follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Graft, who lived at 1701 Ho-
bart street NV, died Thursday in
Yourk, Pa, where he had gone for
medical treatment, He had been Ill
for six months.
A native of Ionia, Mich, he was
graduated from the University of
Michigan. He then served for sew
eral years as supervisor with the
United States Forest Service in
Mccall, Ohio.
Mr.. Graft came to Washington in
1915, year after his marriage, to
work with the Agriculture Depart
ment. Later. he attended George
town University Law School, grad
uating in 1886. He continued to
work as a marketing specialist.
Although he never practiced law,
he was member of the District Of
Columbia Bar, and was admitted to
practice before the United States
Court of Appeals and the United
States Court of Claims. He was a
Scottish Rite Mason.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Hilda E. Graft, and q cousin, Miss
Therese Gisted, who was reared by
Mr.. and Mrs. Graf.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Rites for Arthur P. Cook
ARRANGED in Takoma Park

Funeral services for Arthur Pur.
don Cook, 81, commissioner of st.
Louis County, Mimi, from 1890 un-
til 1880, will be held at 8 O'Clock
this afternoon. at the Takoma
Funeral Home, 254 Carroll street,
Takoma Park. Burial will be in
George Washington Memorial Gene
terry.
Mr.. Cook died Friday at the
Washington Sanatarium after an
illness of two weeks. He had lived
for the last five years with his son,
George A. Cook, 20 Denwood avenue,
Takoma ark. E-
Mr.. Cook was born in Chardon,
Ohio. In 1885 he went to Duluth.
Mimi, where he operated a drug
store for five years. He was post
master there for four years.
A 33d degree Mason, he was o
past master of his lodge and q
potentate of the Shrine in Duluth.
He received his 50-year Masonic pin
last year.
Besides his son, who Is owner and
operator of the Takoma Letter Shop,
Mr.. Cook is survived by two grand
sons and two greatgrandchildren.
His wife was the late Mrs. Ella
Center Cook, who died in 1884.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
DrathH

WASHINGTON, wILLIMENIA A. On
4. WASHINGTON. wife Of Carroll wash
ana aavsgro ssser
Campbell. Ellen Brown. Lucy. Robert, Mel
win and Frederick Young Other relatives
snd friendS also survtys After Pm n
Fraziers Funeral Home, Inc. .389 r. !.
ave. NV Funeral Tuesday. February II,
at 1 p.m.,. from Mount Bethel Baptist
Roy oficiating. 1nterment Harmony Gem
etery. 16
day, February II, 194s, ERNEST WATERS.
beloved HUSBAND of Pearl Waters OF 4416
Lane pl, ne. He also is survived by many
ing at Henry S. Washington & Sons Pu-
neral Home, 1925 Deane ave: ne, where
funeral services will be held at pm.
Monday, Febguary, 49, the Rev. christian s,.a AZ
intermsnt woodlawn Cemetery. is
rusTy fs. 1873 h aer m rasidenee ass !si5 sH
31st, ST.. Sc. ETHEL H. WILSON, the be-
loved wife, OF lnaaaeus G. Wilson. mother
q sr 3haS II NJ a9waa and Miss 4 Ws1n Ges Hsn
nihn; aunt OF Miss julia Eannitin; Re,
mains resting at Chambers, Funeral
FEBRUARY % is. at pm. Interment Butte.
Mont. 15
WINSTON, CORNELIA +. On Wednes-
day. February II, 194S, CORNELlA r;
WINSTON OF 21a0 9th st. NV. wife Of
the late Isaiah Winston. She is survived
by one daughter, Ruth Lewis; one brother,
friends. Friends may call after 8 pm.
Tuesday at the Funeral Home OF L; z.
Murray g. Son, 1897 10th St, NV. where
February IS, at l pm. Interment in
PayneS Cemetery. 17s
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Aldo Franchetti, Composer
And Conductor, Dies
BY the Associofsd Press

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. IA. Aldo
Franchetti, IS, internationally known
composer and conductor of grand
opera, died at his home today. He
had been i'll for three weeks with
a heart ailment.
A native of Mantua. Italy, he had
conducted most of the worlds lead
ing opera companies, including the
Metropolitan in New York. Two
years ago, he conducted "Pagliacci'
in Hollywood Bowl.
Until he was stricken, he was ac-
tive in motion pictures, composing
film scores. He is survived by his
widow Ethel.
His best known composition was
the opera "Namiko-San," premiered
at the Chicago Civic Opera during
the 1925-1926 season. He was
awarded the David Bissham gold
medal for the work.
Mrs. Franchetti said he had just
completed a Chinese opera entitled
"TChao Chan" and was making
plans for its publication before his
illness,
Evening star., 1948-02-15
By the Assoeiotsd Press

Relations between the United
States and Russia are expected by
American officials to 60 from bad
to worse during the next three to
six months. After that, these
United States diplomats say, they
may get better.
Within year or SO, some advisers
to Secretary of State Marshall re-
port, there is a hope for easing up
the differences between East and
West.
Spring seems certain to these
officials to be a time of crisis be-
cause of efforts of the Western
powess to unity Western Germany;
to reorganize the economies of the
Marshall Plan countries, and to
|form-with American backing-a
Western European union.
The central issue in the crisis Is
the Marshall Plan for European re-
covery.
Settlement Attempt Expected.
The most expert estimate of the
future of relations between the
United States and Russia, assuming
that the Marshall Plan goes
through, goes along these lines:
AS long as Europe remains in a
state of great instability, the Rus
slams will continue to try to gain
control of the whole continent.
But eventually, if Western diplo-
macy is successful in it's main oh
jective-helping accomplish political
and economic stability in Western
Europe-the Russians will try to
make settlement with the West.
Meanwhile, the State Department
shut up like clam yesterday on
the question of whether Russian
diplomat in Berlin had called on
an American official there recently
and thrown out Soviet peace feel
ers."
/ Informally and privately, officials
who are in a position to know about
any such development said that
they did not believe there was any
thing to 1t.
Reports Started 10 Days Ago.
The reports of Russian peace
feelers" or efforts to lend the cold
war go back about ten days. Init
tally, they came from Berlin and
conceded with speculation in Wash
ington that Russia might be ready
Evening star., 1948-02-15
u. Sired Relations May Grow
Worse, But Accord Is Seen Soon

to seek a settlement of outstanding
differences.
This speculation arose because the
Russians had resumed Lend-Lease
settlement talks at the State De-
partment and because the Russians
had made new proposal for agree
ment on an Austrian independence
tready.
At news conference 10 days ago
Secretary of State Marshall said,
however, that he knew of no evi-
dence that added up to softening
of Soviet policy.
The initial report from Berlin of a
secret meeting between an Ameri-
can and Russian has drawn skep-
tical reactions from officials here.
Murphy Refuses to See Press.
Earlier this week, Ambassador
Robert D. Murphy. ranking Ameri-
can diplomat in Berlin, came here
for conferences on the Western Ger
man zone talks to begin in London
next week.
Word had spread that Mr.. Muir
ply was the American diplomat who
received the reported Soviet peace
feelers" from an unidentified Rus
sian. Reporters sought to question
the Ambassador about this but he
made himself inaccessible.
He was approached by Michael j.
McDermott, State Department press
officer, who said afterward he could
make no comment-could neither
confirm nor deny that Mr.. Murphy
had seen a Russian emissary.
Marshall Reiterates Stand.
Secretary of State Marshall re-
iterated in a speech Friday night
that there must be a decided
change in the situation" in Europe
before there is "a basis for a gen.
uine settlement with the Soviet
Union"
And yesterday, several high off,
cials, speaking privately, told news
men that Cd they knew of no "ap-
proach" by Russia to the United
States for a settlement and (2)
they were unaware of any reports
made by Mr.. Murphy to State De-
partment colleagues on any meet
ing in Berlin.
Mr.. McDermott persisted in his
mo comment" response and refused
to say why he felt it necessary to
take such a position.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Arthur Hompson Dies;
Wartime U. S. EmpIoye

Arthur c. Hampson, So, of 2l22
California street NV, a member Of
the staff of the Smaller War Plants
Corp. during the war, died unexpect-
edly yesterday at Bryn Mawr (Pao
Hospital.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
Tuesday at st. Mary's Church in
Wayne, Pa, where Mr.. Hampson
lived before coming to Washington
at the beginning of the war.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs.
Ann Crawford Hampson, a son,
John Crawford Hampson, Indianap-
oils, and two daughters, Mrs. Edwin
Draper, Wayne, Pa, and Mrs. Harold
Sherman Larchmont, New York.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Teen-Agers Will Sing
At Veterans Hospital

The teen-age glee club of Barney
Neighborhood House will give a
concert, sponsored by the American
Legion, at 8 pm. Tuesday at the
Veterans Administration Hospital,
1850 Wisconsin avenue NV.
Mrs. Ida Nancy, director of the
music school of the house, a Com
munity Chest agency at 470 N streets
S.W., will lead 20 voices in selections
from "The Chocolate Soldier" 4"
Show Boat" State Fair" and
Blossom Time"
Soloists will be Virginia Curtis,
Mary Cordivillia, Shirley Britt,
Jack Shannon and George Charu-
kas,
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Masonic Shrine to Get
Portraits of 3 Presidents

The life-size portraits of three
Presidents, Harry S. Truman, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and Warren G.
Harding, will be hung in the Mystic
Shrine rooms of the George WASH
ington Masonic National Memorial
in Alexandria.
The Imperial Council Of the
Shrine for North America announced
yesterday that Norman Rockwell
had been commissioned to paint the
portraits, the Associated Press re-
ported from Kansas City.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Dratha

ADAMS. JAMES. On Monday, Febru-
Abas e. e. tTis ifsd1sas osss ST. HesPisi eRspei
Oaks. Nd. beloyed husband Of, Mrs. Isa-
two daushters. other relatives and friends
Friends may call at the W Ernest Jarvis
pm. Saturday. February "A. Funeral sery-
Ices Sunday, February Is, at ] pms at
the Walker Memorial Baptist Church, 18th
son J. Smith oficiating. Relatives and
friends invited Interment Woodlawn
Cemetery Monday, February 16. Is
ALLNUTT, SADIE L. On Saturday,
beloved daughter of Joseph N and the late
Lucy W. Allnutt of Poolesville, Md, and
sister Of Mrs; Horace T. Jones, Mrs. Law
renee A. Whitaker, Emily D., Guy F., j.
Kenneth and r. Walter Ailnutt Notice Of
services later
Evening star., 1948-02-15
james H. Hogan Dies

CRANSTON, R. l., Feb. IA (P.-
James H. Hogan, 70, for nearly half
a century a widely known Rhode
Island newspaperman, died today at
his home here.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
UarnH uf UhankH

~, BR2oKEH .3 MALTEs Tbs family family Of
express It's since appreciation and sTati- a
tude to the relatives, neighbors, Zion Bap-
tist Church. fraternal organizations, police
escort and friends for the beautiful floral
tributes. cards and expressions Of SYM
pathy received during It's recent bereaVe-
FRANCES P. BRooKER AND FAMILY.
CARROLL. FORREST a. AND sEyEL-
tSRolL t2s 1sb TN tax sEVELLoN q ToRs B eARRoL
wishes to express its since THANKS and
sppreciation to Its relatives and :Eiends ND
for the kindness extended during their
Illness anu a. THE fHs' CARROLL FAMILY.
GARRISON. MINNIE L. The family of
the late MINNIE L. CLARKSON wishes to
sana eyery h for ths
GEORGE r. CLARKsoN AND FAMILY.
FARRELL, CHARLES J. To. those loving
friends who were SO thoughtful and Kind
cHARLEs i f efs FARRELL 0eee desire to % express
my heartfelt thanks l shall ever. ever re-
reavement. ELLA FARRELL.
FENNELL. RACHEL B; The family OF
the late RACHEL B. FENNELL wishes to
tude to friends and neighbors ior the
floral tributes, cards and expressions OF
sympathy. received during its recent be-
saoY' Leroy B. FENNEIL AND FAMILY.
HUGHES, CHESTER. We wish to ex-
press our gratitude to the Rev. Claggett
Ward and the many kind friends who
showed their sympathy in our hours OF
bereavement. Many thanks for the floral
tributes and words of comfort.
HIS MOTHER. MRS. IRENE PAGE, AND
HIS FRIEND, MISS BESSIE TAYLOR.
MACK, FRANK. The family of the late
FRANK MACK wishes to express Inelr
sincere thanks and appreciation TO the
relatives, friends and ORGANIZATIONS for the
horal tributes, cards and other expressions
CLARA A. MACK AND FAMILY
PAYNE, IDA CORNELIA. 1 wish to ex-
press my sincere thanks and appreciation
to the relatives, friends and neighbors foI
the beautiful floral tributes, cards and ex-
pressions of sympathy at the passing oi
my beloved wife, IDA CORNEI,IA PAYNE
WILLIAM H. PAYNE. 16'
PAYNE, MINNIE r. The family of the
late MINNIE R.. PAYNE gratefully &C.
knowledge the thoughtfulness and sym.
pathy shown in its bereavement.
NARY P. PETTIFORD AND FAMILY.
RoCKFIELD, MARY r. (BERLIN. The
family Of the late MARY r. tBERLIN)
RoCKFIELp wishes to express its sincere
thanks and appreciation to the relatives
friends, neiEhbors and fraternal, organ.
izations for the kindnesses extended dur
ing her illness and for the floral tributes
passing. THE BERLIN FAMILY. 17'