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Smyrna times., 1948-12-23
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
so YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old files OF
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature Of the
Times, will cal to mind people
and events Of the older genera
ton.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-23
PACK XMAS BOX
fContinued from Page onel

ter; five year pins: Ruth Ann Syl-
vester, Kenneth Tharp, Jannet
Tharp, James Chase; six year pins:
Mrs. Olive King; seven year pins.
P. r Smith, Roy Rogers, Jannette
johnson, Jane Johnson; nine year
pins: Cleo Rogers, Charles Duff,
Clifton Rogers; IL year pins: Har-
vey Carrow, Shelby Rogers; IA
year pins: Shirley Rogers, Preston
Knight Richard Rogers; Is year
Smyrna times., 1948-12-23
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Smyrna times., 1948-12-23
What ChicIe Hunters Found

Explorers in Yucatan. in search
of chicle to be used in the manu-
facture of chewing gum, located IL
Mayan temples which date back to
about 1000 B. c.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-23
so YEARS AGO

Judging from the seats already
taken on the chart at the drug
store of J. P. Hoffecker, the enter
tainment of the White Rose Min
strels at the Opera House next
Monday night promises to be well
patronized.
A good deal of poultry has been
brought to market in the last week
or two, but yesterday was emp
phatically Poultry Day" for ship
ment-turkeys, ducks, and geese.
The home consumers have to pay
Is cents per pound for their Christ
mas turkey.
The cold weather of last week
put Lake Como in a condition to
furnish some pleasant skating. Had
not the recent snow furry covered
the ice with thin coating, the
skating would have been of much
finer order. AS it was there were
many, especially school children
who availed themselves of the op-
portunity. The ice was between
three and four inches, thick enough
to encourage ice men to make a
haul. Those who were most active
in gathering ice were Geo. w.
Turner, and william Carr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Stevenson
gave a very pleasant party vast
evening in honor of their son, G.
Reynolds Stevenson, who had just
reached his majority. Unique invi-
tations were sent out by folding
them in a peanut shell and tying
them with a red ribbon. The party
was purely a stag affair and the
young men had rollicking time.
ST. PETERS P. E. CHURCH
The Episcopal Church will doubt
less be trimmed for the ocassion,
as is always the custom, and Rev.
c. w. Dame will hold services in
harmony with the other pulpits, on
the great gift to the world of a
Saviour incarnate in human flesh,
nearly 1900 years ago, whose ad-
vent is now celebrated more than
in any former period in the worlds
history. Their choir under the lead
ership of w. H. Janney will sing
some special music.
METHODIST CHURCH
At the Methodist Church the
custom that dates back beond the
recollection of our oldest citizens
the beginning of the day with a
six o'clock or daybreak prayer
meeting will be observed This will
be followed at 1890 o'clock by a
sermon from Pastor Hill on the
passage in st. Luke For unto you
is born this day in the city of Dav-
i'd, Saviour which is Christ the
Lord"
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. j. L. Estlin, DID,, will give
Christmas sermon next Sunday
morning from Isaiah End Chapter
and latter portion of the 9Th verse:
"And little child shall lead them
Capt. Joshua Davis, of Camden
N. j., was in town Monday, called
by the illness of his uncle, David
Richards.
William Walker, a well-knowr
former shoemaker, but for some
years in the. cattle business al
Chamberlain, South Dakots
writes of his continued interest il
Delaware, and hopes to make
Smyrna a visit some of these days
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Price will
give reception on Tuesday nigh
next in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Ger
hardt E. Grimm, of New York City
Mrs. Abel Taylor left on Satur
day to join her husband and t
make her future home at Clarkes
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Radio Asks Fec Hearings
On Political Censorship
by the Associated Press

The National Association of
Broadcasters asked the Federal Com
munications Commission yesterday
for public hearings on its proposed
ruling that broadcasting stations
may not delete even ibelous and
slanderous remarks from political
hroadcasts.
The association said the ruling is
causing confusion and consterna-
ton" among station operators and
candidates for public Office. It in
wolves 50 delicate adjustment be-
tween Federal and State authority"
which should be settled by the Su-
preme Court, the fbroadcasters
argued.
Until such a solution is reached,
the association said, broadcast
licensees would be on the horns Of
q dilemma. On the one horn, they
would be subject to the loss of their
licenses If they did not permit the
broadcast of defamatory- and. other
illegal matter; on the other, they
would be subject to criminal and
civil liability under State law If they
did permit the broadcast of defa-
matory and other Illegal matter"
The FEC made the ruling recently
in a decision granting renewal Of
the license of Wills at Port Huron,
Mich. The commission said the
station illegally censored political
broadcast. 1t expressed the view
that when Congress forbade censor
ship Of political broadcasts, the Fed
eral law took precedence and re-
lieved stations of liability under
State law.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
British Union Council
Accepts Wage Freeze
By the Asseeiatsd Press

LONDON, Feb. 19.-The general
council Of the Trades Union Con-
gress, which represents 5000. 900
workers, agreed yesterday to accept
with conditions the government
policy of a freeze on wage increases,
The government appealed two
weeks ago for voluntary stay on
wage increases, except those merited
by increased production, as .
method Of checking imitation. The
government warned that financial
disaster threatened unless such a
policy were adopted.
Cooperation OF the Trades Union
Congress Is necessary to make the
program work.
In a statement, the council an
nounced its acceptance Of the prin-
ciples which this statement proposes
should be applied to wage claims at
the present time," but added:
"On condition that the govern
lnent pursues vigorously and firmly
a policy designed not only to sta
bilize but to reduce profits and
prices"
The government already had an
nounced last week 1t was freezing
most prices at the December-Janu.
airy level and called on industry to
produce a plan within a month tor
eurbing profits.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Memorial Service SET
For William perhall

Memorial services for william L.
Perham, 8s. former washington resi-
dent who died last Saturday at Lynn,
Mass, will be held at f2:15 pm.
Sunday at Universalist National Me-
mortal Church, Sixteenth and 8
street NV.
Mr.. Perham, son of Sidney Per-
ham, three times Governor Of Maine.
was for many years q trustee OF
the church.
The services will be conducted by
the Rev. DR.. John van Schaick, jr,
pastor emeritus of the church, with
the Rev. DR.. Seth r. Brooks, pastor,
assisting.
Mr.. Perham was a clerk with the
old Veterans Bureau and was asso-
ciated with other departments Of the
Government before his retirement.
He died at a nursing home at Lynn
after suffering q heart attack sew
eral months ago.
Mr.. Perham was a native OF Paris
Hill, Me. He was named for Willie
Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln,
as an outgrowth of Gov. Perham's
friendship with President Lincoln.
An architect, MIR. Perham super
intended the construction of grad
uate schools at Princeton University
and the Metropolitan Club here, &C
cording to Or. Yah Sehaick.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Lawrence G.. Kicker of Brooklyn,
N. Y: a grandson, the Rev. Francis
q. Kicker of Columbus, Ohio, and
two Observation-Disclosures. Mr.. Per
hams wife died several years ago.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Bill Pushed 70 LET Women
Join Services as REGULARS
BY the Assoeidted Press

Representative Shafer, Republican
of Michigan predicted today the
House will approve a bill to let
women become. regulars in the
Army, Navy and Air Force.
He told reporters the Armed serv-
ices Committee will send. such a
measure to the House before the end
Of the month. IT know of no oppo-
sition to it," Mr.. shafer added.
The Senate passed a bill last July
to establish a peAananent Women's
Army Corps and permit the Navy to
take in women as regulars. 1t did
not include the Air Force, which
was then a part OF the Army.
An Armed Services Subcommittee
headed by Mr., Shafer plans to in
clude the air. arm .ip It's version. ;.
iOtdcial military support of the
plan is unanimous. Witnesses be-
fore the Shafer group yesterday
included Secretary of Defense For
restal,- Gems. Eisenhower, Bradley
and Hoyt s. Vandenberg and Ad-
miral Louis Denfeld, :
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Prisoners FoiIed
In Break USING
Dynamite Dust
BY the Assseiassd Press

FAIRBURN, Ca, Feb, ls.--Nine
prisoners were foiled yesterday in
an attempt to blast their way out
Of prison here with dynamite dust
smuggled in their shoes, Warden
M. r. Tyree reported last night.
One prisoner was wounded by gun
hre, said the warden. He identified
the wounded man as Cornelius
Thomas, Negro, serving IS years
for robbery.
The warden said the explosion in
q concrete barracks housing about
100 Negro prisoners blew out 10 win
dows, shook the prison courtyard
and hurled fragments Of the door
$50 feet.
The prisoners had been working in
in stone quarry, Mr.. Tyree said,
and he believed they had shaken the
dynamite dust into their shoes. The
dust passed rs dirt on inspection,
he said.
One Of the men, Mr.. Tyree con-
tinued, was believed to have snug
gled the dynamite cap into the bar
racks in his mouth. Only a short
fuse was used.
The charge, amounting to about
six sticks of dynamite, was placed
against the door cracks and sealed
in with soap, Mr.. Tyree said.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
SteeIworkers 10 Ask
Substantial Raise
By the Assoeiufsd Press


PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10. - The
CIO-United Steelworkers will ask
the steel indsutry for substantial
wage increase" and a social insur-
anee program.
The announcement, made at the
end of a one-day meeting of the
unions 175-man wage and policy
committee, fixed no figure fer the
sought-for raise.
President Philip Murray said no
figure will be given prior to the
negotiations expected to begin about
April S.
Mr.. Murray released a 250-word
Statement OF policy" which he de-
clared, will be presented to the steel
industry.
The statement affirmed Mr.. Mur-
rays prior announcement that the
union would not strike to gain
higher wages.
Mr.. Murray added that the
unions executive board will meet
here March Is to map strategy for
handling about 610" wage contract
meetings.
The coming wage talks will cover
about $4,000 workers. Another
225. 900 members of the union, most
ly employed by steel fabricators, will
not be involved. -
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Lord Rothermere 10 Speak
Al AP Annual Luncheon
By the Associated Rrsss

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Lord Roth
ermere, 49-year-old British news
paper proprietor, will address the
annual luncheon OF members Of
the Associated Press at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel, April 10.
Lord Rothermere heads = group
of three London newspapers, the
Daily Mail, Evening News and sun
day Dispatch, and a provincial
group known as Northcliffe News
papers. He is chairman Of Britain's
Newspaper Proprietors Association.
The invitation to speak at the
luncheon was extended on behalf Of
the Associated Press board Of di-
rectors by AP President Robert Nc
Lean, president OF the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Smithsonian Will Get
Wriqht's S First Plane
BY the Asseeidfed Press

DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 19.-The
Smithsonian Institution in Wash
ington will obtain permanent pos
session; Of the Wright brothers
plane, which has been in a British
museum since 1928.
Executors of the estate of orville
Wright, who died January 80, an
nouneed yesterday. that in going
through his files they had "defnitely
determined it was his intention to
return theeKitty Hawk plane to'the
United States land, place it in the.
custody of the, United States Ma
tionals Museum. . =" ,.,. !
The craft, which orville andsWilr
bur Wright flewt at, Kitty Hawk,
N. c., :olr December. II, $685., was
sent to. England during a. eontro-
versy between Ornlle >and Smith
sonian officials. f. - -
The plane will. be. returned when
legal fermalities hayer been COM
pleted. 49,
Harold s. Miller .of Dayton and
Harold w. Sleeper of Lawrence,
Kans, executors of 'the inventors
estate, said a deluge of letters and
suggestions for handling the return
OF the plane have been received.
Suggestions include, they said, a
proposal that an aircraft carrier be
sent to return the plane from Eng
land with honors.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Defeat Of Taft Cited
As Major Aim Of Labor
by the Asseeiatsd Press

CLEVELAND, Feb. 19.-The
American Federation of Labor's ma
tional legislative agent, Lewis Hines,
names these two as the most i'm
portant issues confronting organ
lied labor:
/. Defeat of Senator Taft if he
becomes the Republican presidential
nominee.
q. Repeal of the Taft-Hartley act.
Describing himself as q Republic
can wheelhorse In Philadelphia, Mr..
Hines said last night before the
Cleveland Federation of Labor that
'Taft's election would drive this
country into communism.
1--WE have got to defeat those who
voted for the Taft-Hartley bill, but
most of all we have to defeat Bob
Taft" he asserted. "I, as q Repub-
lican, am going to vote against
Taft"
Evening star., 1948-02-19
6M Official Tells
|0i Reuther Agreement
BY me ksseeiaisd Press

DETROIT, Feb. 1s.-General Mo-
tors planned to call more witnesses
today to bolster It's story that WAL
ter p. Reuther, CIO United Auto
Workers president. consented to .
"gentleman's agreement to stall
social security" demands until
April, 1s4s.
Louis G. Seaton, GIN labor rela-
tions director, testified at Ma
tional Labor Relations board hear
ing that Mr.. Reuther made the oral
agreement April ~, 194I when GIN
and the UAW were discussing their
1947 contract.
The agreement, he declared, was
followed by supplement to the 1s4T
contract stating GIN would continue
discussions of health, welfare and
retirement provisions.
Group insurance, Mr.. Seaton In
sisted, was never mentioned.
The corporation Is replying to an
unfair" labor practice charge by
the NLRB in behalf of the UAW.
The union alleges GIN refused to
bargain collectively on new group
insurance plan scheduled to begin
February /.
A temporary Federal Court re-
straining order has suspended the
new plan during the NLRB case.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Man Riding on TruckIoad
Badly Injured In Collision

A man suffered severe head in
juries when he was thrown from his
perch on a load of filing cabinets
In o collision at South Carolina
avenue and D street yesterday be-
tween the truck that carried them
and an auto.
The man, James Brown, rs, col
cred, 102 Massachusetts, avenue
NV. was reported in fair condition
today at Casualty Hospital.
Police said he was tossed over the
cab Of the truck, operated by Rich
ard H. Smith. GO. eologed, 32l7 sher-
man avenue NV. when 1t collided
with an auto driven by Charles A.
Wood, Il, OF 8606 Irvington avenue,
Bethesda, Md.
In another accident, John Joseph
Carniello, a, Of 652 Massachusetts,
avenue NE. suffered pelvic injuries
and possible internal injuries early
today when the car he was driving
struck q parked auto in the 800
block Of Thirteenth street NV,
then veered onto the sidewalk and
into q tree. His condition was re-
ported good at Emergency Hospital
Evening star., 1948-02-19
The Federal Spotlight
Rees Bill Asks $3.50 Raise
For Government Employees

the moor after the Dill was passed,
he wisechaeked:
II think that name sort of intinli-
dated us into passing the bill"
+ u X X
NAVY-The Navy Department
promises it will complete its retro
active night wage differential pay
ments to Navy Gun Factory en-
ployes here within a week or so.
About half the workers here have
not been paid, despite the fact that
the retroactive payments have been
overdue for some time. Navy OFF,
cials said the delay has been caused
by bookkeeping complications.
The delay, however, has turned out
to be a good break for an additional
800 Navy Yard workers here who
hadn't been aware that they were
eligible for the back pay. After
reading about the delay in the news
papers, these workers suddenly real
lied that they, too, were eligible for
retroactive night differential pay.
And they have filed their applica-
tions to collect the money.
X y X y
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The pub
lie Buildings Administration needs
plasterers and steamfitters. Salaries
start at $2,694 a year, and appli-
cants should apply to room G-341 G,
Federal Works Building, Eighteenth
and F streets NV. -. A new sta
tistical breakdown of Government
salaries and the various type of
Federal jobs is being prepared by
the Civil Service Commission. John
Mitchell, the commissions ace stat
istician, is in charge Of the project.
;. Former President Herbert Hoo
YER and his 12-man commission to
reorganize the Government have no
objection to individual govern
mental reorganization plans being
considered before the commission
brings in it's own repart and recon-
mendations. There had been some
talk that the commission would
prefer that further Federation re-
organization plans be held up until
it completed its project. There
are still civil service retirement
booklets available for those who
want them. Drop me postcard
at The Star and as soon as the bill
becomes law I'll send you the book
let which contains all you will need
to know about your retirement, dis
ability, insurance and withdrawal
rights.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Strike Assessment Boost
Leads in First ITU Returns
By the Associated Press


INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 19.-First
returns reported in the Nationwide
voting by about $1,000 members Of
the AFL International Typograph-
ical Union to increase strike assess
ments favored the proposal by a
wide majority.
In Chicago, members of Local 16,
who have been on strike against the
citys five major daily newspapers
for nearly three months, and Chica-
go Mailers' Union, No. 2, an ITU
affiliate, voted more than 10 to to
raise the assessment from " to s
per cent of their pay. With 500
votes not counted, q union spokes-
man said the vote was S.170 to 314
in favor of the increase.
Cincinnati members, of the ITU
approved the ten-fold increase in the
levy on their earnings by vote of
543 to 76, President Lester French
of the Cincinnati ITU local said.
Yesterdays vote by the members
in the $50 locals will be canvassed
on March /, but union headquarters
here said incomplete figures may be
available before that date.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
British-C Chartered Ship
Long Overdue in Atlantic
By the Assoeiatsd Press

LONDON, Feb. 19.-The 7,219-ton
freighter Sankey, travelling In ballast
with q crew OF 43, is long overdue
and unreported on a voyage from
London to Santiago, Cuba, a spokes-
man for her operators said today.
She was last heard by an Azores
radio station giving weather reports
January 81. The Sankey, owned by
the United States Maritime Commits
sion, was chartered to the British
Transport Ministry.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Foes Of Fare Increase
Tell Of Time Lost on
Maryland Routes

Opponents OF increased fares on
Capital Transit Co. lines In nearby
Maryland contended ali the Public
Service Commission hearing at Balti-
more today that buses and street.
cars on some routes lose an hour a
day on their schedules.
The Associated Press reported that
Gregory Hankin, spokesman for a
group Of Prince Georges County
residents opposing the increase, made
the point, and held the lost time
should be deducted from the COM
pany's operating costs.
Under cross-examination. by MIR.
Hankin, Dean J, Locke, transit COM
pany staff eusinaar, said that "al-
though this time Is lost to the public,
there is no comparable gain to the
company" ~.
Still Wave to Fay Driver.
he added, IF q bus breaks down,
va still have to pay the driver"
MIR. Hsnkin was rebufed yester-
day by Commission . Chairman
Charles Bosley when he asked that
stair members be assigned to help
him prepare exhibits and sought to
present his case through cross-ex-
animation OF company witnesses.
Mr.. Hankin said he lacked suf-
ficient funds to summon his own
witnesses. 90
Mr.. Bosley turned down both re-
quests, declaring, "We will not re-
IQuire the company to furnish any
further information. He added the
commission felt MIR. Hankin had had
enough time ito make and to have
gotten the data to be presented"
"Delaying Tactics" Charged.
MIR. Hankin was accused by the
chairman Of using tactics for the
purpose of causing q delay in the
final disposition Of this case"
The company Is seeking to charge
cents for each zone of IL miles
in Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties. 4.
Attacking both depreciation and
operating costs figures submitted
by the company in reporting an
annual loss Of $58S, ,l54, Mr.. Hankin
sought to show the Iayover time
was not properly included in the
costs.
J. =. Heberle, company vice pres
ident, admitted under examination
by Mr.. Hankin that the gasoline
consumption estimates of the COM
pany included running the bus en-
gines during layevers.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Ere Coalition Begins
Work Under Threat Of
Attack by De Valera
By the Asseeiatsd Press

DUBLIN, Feb. 19.-Eire began
itsafirst experiment in coalition
government today, and to most
Irishmen that simply meant:
"'Dev is cut"
But while Eamon de Valera,
Prime Minister since 1882, has been
turned out by the Dali (Parlia-
mefit), he remains a political power
in Fire. His Fianna Fail (Soldiers
Of Destiny Party holds GO parlia-
ment seats, only six short OF a
majority.
Mr.. de Valera's followers, far
from downcast, were predicting the
overthrow of the coalition and new
elections within the year.
A f1ve-party coalition, apparently
sesentful at Mr.. de Valera's 16 years
In office, Joined forces yesterday
and elected John A. Costello, Sc, a
Dublin attorney.
The idea of an Irish government
without the mystical, New York
born De Valera, was still little
strange for many Irishmen. Most
politicians agreed there would be
little immediate change in Irish
life under Mr.. Costello's coalition.
The quiet, cautious new Prime
Minister is leader of the conserva-
tive-Fine Gael Omitted Irish) Party.
Change Demanded.
Ever since Fire broke away from
Britain in 1921 it has been ruled by
a Single-party government. For the
first II years William Cosgrave's
United Irish governed. In 1882, Mr..
de-Valera, a rif1e-carrying rebel in
the early Irish troubles" with the
British, took over. Some have crit
icized what they termed a one-man
government" under Mr. de Valera.
SIt's time for change!" was the
rallying cry of anti-De Valera
groups. The change has comet
surprised even the victors-and now
the question is whether the five
different parties can carry out a
common program. In the I'VE are
the Conservative Fine Gael and the
lusty liberal Clam ma Poblachta
(Republicans) under fiery Sean
Mcbride.
ANY break in the coalitions ranks
viii force new elections and such a
break is not beyond possibility. Mr..
de-. Valera gained experience as a
skrlful opposition politician before
he assumed power as Prime Min
lister. A half dozen switched votes
on any major issue will give his
Fianna Fail Party the whip hand
and overthrow the coalition govern
ment.
-. Closer British Ties Seen.
Observers felt that one OF the first
concrete results of the coalition may
bs-oIoser economic ties with Britain,
aIthough the party-bloc is pledged
to-fght against separation OF
Northern Ireland from Fire.
,The new Prime Minister is some-
thing of a rarity in Irish public life.
He is one of the few successful poll
ticians who did not rush to the
barricades in the Irish rebellion
against British rule. He never has
been in America and has no rela-
tives there. But he may get tne
chance to 60.
Mr.. de Valera was invited to New
York to celebrate st. Patrick's DAY
on the condition he was reelected
Prime Minister. There is the pos
sihttity Mr.. Costello may be- asked
irfg his stead.