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Evening star., 1948-11-11
This and. That
By Charles Z. TrdceDel
ARLINGTON, Va.

aktA4NG4ON, Va. g.
Dear Sir.
II have long meant to ask you for some infor-
nation on the compost heap, for I know that
you decry those blazing piles Of leaves that
mean autumn around here.
I'VE are almost smothered in trees-not by
choce-and predominantly oak trees. Now,
have heard that oak leaves will not decompose.
Can you give me any assurance that they
will? II so, shall save as many as there Is
room for-otherwise, that will be our pile Of
leaves burning. In case you drive down North
Vermont street! Sincerely, L. M. T."
-
Oak leaves will decompose, although more
slowly than those Of the maple and locust
The reaction Of oak leaves is on the acid
side.
A little lime however, will Ak that.
Any one can see whether oak leaves will make
compost or not by looking at them in the gutter
In the spring.
They will be found to have rotted as well as
any other leaves.
The action of bacteria, wind and rain is the
same on all such material.
In the compost heap, there is not much diff
ference.
If the idea Of an acid reaction is distasteful.
the compost maker may conf1ne his use Of
leaves to those Of other trees.
Actually, 1t will make little difference, ex-
cept that too many oak leaves, or all oak, may
Il
Time for composing depends upon many fac
tors, one of which is the use Of water.
More water Is needed, in most cases, than
the homeowner is likely to think necessary.
The pile must be turned over, and watered
necessarily week after week, when possible in
order that the tough fiberS may be dissolved.
In nature, the action Of winds tends to keep
the natural pile from being too deep, except
here and there, where leaves fall into O gully
and are held by various materials
The homemade compost pile is commonly
made too deep, and is then hedged In by wife
SO that 1t becomes difficult to turn.
This, in addition, makes 1t difficult to put
water on the right place.
For these reasons the average compost pile
does not decompose as well as the homeowner
would desire.
He says, Yes have tried making compost,
and it doesn't work"
He thinks his use OF oak leaves, perhaps, is
what causes 1t not to work"
Actually the oak leaves had little effect, one
way or another, although they may be some-
what slower than the smaller locust leaves, for
instance, in dissolving.
One Of the wonders of decaying leaves Is
the specimen, sometimes found in the lawn of
the leaf from which all the tissue has been
dissolved except the ribs and veins.
This lace effect Is wonderful.
Some people collect them.
We have one perfect specimen, found in the
yard years ago.
Today, kept in closed bookcase, it is still
in perfect condition
An eye should be kept open for such speci-
mems.
They are always delightful to contemplate,
and number Of them might be mounted In
Dook, preferably with pages made Of some light
green or blue color
such collection would offer many minutes
of pleasure to the nature lover, or even to the
casual guest.
We have discovered that many persons have
never seen such leaves, and are as startled over
their effect as the average person is when he
sees for the drst time o snow crystal under q
mieroocope.
Evening star., 1948-11-11
Cabinet Changes

AltnOQgn Cnere Is no visible evidence LIlaL
the President has decided on any cabinet
changes, or even that he has yet given the
matter serious attention, there is more
than little speculation in Washington as
to who will get what place and who will
lose another. There is nothing surprising
about this after campaign such as that
just ended, and 1t cannot be said that the
particular harm.
The reservation concerns that part of
the speculation which tends to measure
the Office ce-holding life expectancy of a
cabinet member by the amount of money
he contributed to the Democratic cam
paign fund. MIR. Truman, 1t should be
noted, has said nothing to justify a belief
that he will approach the question of
cabinet changes on any such basis as
this. And the chances are that he will
not do 50, at least insofar as the key
posts are concerned.
It is q hard fact of political life, of
course, that a political party cannot func-
tion successfully, especially in a campaign
year, without funds. And it is only natural
that the party managers should look for
funds to those who have received favors
or who have otherwise benefited at the
hands Of the party. Those in this category
who looked the other way when the Demo-
cratic solicitors came around this year
will have no just complaint If their plums
are taken away from them.
The post of cabinet officer, however,
should not be put on the level of any
such quid pro quo. Whatever the prac-
tics may have been in other years, this
country cannot now afford the luxury
and 1t could be very expensive luxury
in terms Of national interest-of cabinet
oficials whose main claim to their jobs
rests on the amount of their contribu-
tions, If any, to the party war chest.
The President, at least with respect to
those posts which touch most vitally on
the interests of the country, has tried
TO find the best man for the job, and has
paid little If any attention to his political
standing. General Marshall Is a case In
point. And the probabilities are that Mr..
Truman will continue to do this. Still,
he may want to make some changes, and
1t would be too bad If the current gossip
ahould lead people to believe that the
choice Of one or more new cabinet mem
bers was made, not on the basis of fitness,
but by the test of whether they con-
trtbuted, and how much.
Evening star., 1948-11-11
Plea for Veterans Housing

To the Editor Of The Star:
When one reads the Federal Housing Act
passed by the recent Congress at the special
session, he is left under the impression that any
veterans owning their own land would have
no trouble arranging for the financing and con-
struction of their own homes It appears,
though, that there is more than the letter OF
the law to be satisfied.
It has always been possible for an individual
owning a plot of ground to obtain financing
for the construction Of his home. Yet 1t seems
that If q group of veterans, owning tract Of
land and being desirous Of building their own
homes band together to take advantage Of the
savings which can be effected by quantity
buying and collective effort 1t is next to i'm
possible to obtain financing.
One such group, headed by honest men and
honestly trying to obtain the necessary financ-
ing, has for approximately two and a half
years been put off and promised; later the
promises were withdrawn. After this length of
time, they have received no definite commit
ment, although they have not been asking for
special favors only for an opportunity to build
courage of this group, the idea and project
would have died in its infancy.
Is there nothing that can be done for this
and similar groups? Are we to assume that
these financial agencies and Federal bureaus
are in existence solely to help people who ac-
tually need no help? Is it ever going to be
possible for an honest man, with honest mo-
tives and an honest desire for q home Of his
own, to obtain from the aforementioned agen-
cies and bureaus the financing necessary to
build the home to which he feels himself en-
titled? w. WALLACE WILSON,
Alexandria, Va
Evening star., 1948-11-11
A Political Boomerang
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 the Editor OF The Star:
Shedding salty tears over the November 2
elections, Gerard D. Reilly In The Star of
November 7 mournfully predicts the decline of
the United States as it adopts the middle
way. Your makeup editor is to be thanked for
confronting MIR. Reilly's statement about the
debility OF British mining and manufacturing
with an Associated Press dispatch on the facing
page which reports that the steel output in
1s4S is proceeding at the annual rate Of
l4,652,O00 ingot tons, compared to 12,724,00o
tons in 1888 and 5,261 900 tons In the depression
year Of 1892.
or course, this ecord-breaking steel pro-
ouctlon has been accompanied by an increase
OF coal production. under great difficulty, from
189oO0,OO0 tons in 1916 to 900 tons in
ls47, and to an annual rate of 211, 900 tons
Tor the frst 20 weeks of 1e48 Such debility
is remarkable. 1t appears to be the production
OF Nation and people who know where they
are going and are determined to get there
together in a democratic fashion.
Mr.. Reilly raps Gov Dewey smartly on the
knuckles for not having gone over the heads
OF union officials ito the workers themselves
and explaining the issues" in the Taft-Hartley
Act. He asserts that Gov. Dewey's "caginess
IN this respect not only cost him his own
opportunity, but undermined the position of
Senator Ball and others who had placed the
interests OF the country above their own DO
htical fortunes" Perhaps the best comment
on this statement is another of the same date
by ]. A. Livingston In the Washington Post:
"A political-economic moral for the Republic
cans: Never try to drive q wedge between
union leaders and union members. In his
Pittsburgh speech. Dewey attacked the ad-
ministration for its opposition to the Taft
Hartley Actor vetoing it. In so doing, he
attacked indirectly all labor leaders, who also
opposed the Taft-Hartley law. He was saying,
in effect, to the union rank and file: You
leaders were wrong A prime. management
principle in industrial relations is never try to
appeal over the head OF union leaders to the
workeS. Inevitably, it boomerangs That ap-
plies in politics, too" PAUL SIFTON.
National Legislative Representative, United
Automobile, Aircraft and Agriculture I'm
plement Workers, CIO
Evening star., 1948-11-11

them, and forget what they owe the
country, they ought to try to realize how
fortunate they really are They ought to
think little bit about what the father
from Brooklyn said. For there is some
thing fine about the Levins and Mr.. Levin's
little speech.
Evening star., 1948-11-11
Praise for Gallinger

To the Editor Of The Star:
AS patient just released would like to say
that Gallinger is q very fine hospital. have
had good food and fine treatment in q fine
Christian atmosphere there. It is very clean
and cheerful there and not overcrowded
hope you will print this since 80 many are
afraid to 60 to Gallinger because Of uncon1pli-
mentary and untrue remarks they have heard
about II. il. j. w.
Evening star., 1948-11-11

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
toriter, although 1t Is permissible tor.
t1riter knotDn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be briet.
Evening star., 1948-11-11

The Kremlin has something still to learn
from the late Hitler. Thus far, 1t only
accuses the West of treachery; it doesn't
whip out the captured documents, with the
ink still wet, to prove it.
Evening star., 1948-11-11

Stung by the remarkable progress Of
the plane designers, another determined
little band of scientists is off somewhere,
we presume, developing faster type of
sound.
Evening star., 1948-11-11
Questions and Answers
Southern Blocs Could Spike Measures
Planned for Incoming Congress
By Gould Lincoln

. reader can get the answer to any question Of
fAct by writing The washington Star Information
Bureau, 316 / street NE, Washington 2, D. c.
Please inclose 8 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1948-11-11

Moose in Alaska are again parking on
railroad rights-of-way, with painful con-
sequences. Always touching is the news
that they had to shoot the locomotive.
Evening star., 1948-11-11

If his audience isn't the kind that seems
likely to check on his wild assertion, the
seasoned spellbinder will say 'it is uni
verSally conceded that"
Evening star., 1948-11-11
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

O. Where did the donkey originate?-M g. H
A. The donkey was known in Egypt long be-
fore the horse. There appears to be little
doubt that it is derived from the wild ass Of
Ethiopia, which stin exists In certain parts of
that country.
Evening star., 1948-11-11

Q. What is the freezing point Of gasolinei-
M. G.
A. Authorities are Of the opinion that gaso-
line has no definite freezing point. 1t stiffens
up slowly like melted wax at temperatures far
below those ordinarily encountered even In
the polar regions,
Evening star., 1948-11-11

Q. How long have pomander balls been
popular?-J. F.S.
A. These little scented balls were worn
around the neck or as girdle as early as the
14th century as q protection against the pre-
vailing bad odors Of the times and infectious
diseases
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-18
Name Registration
Stats In Kent
Members Appointed For Two Year
Terms

The Kent County Department of
Elections at a special meeting yes
terday, appointed registration Off
GERS for the two-year term begin
ming July l. The department also
called attention to the fact that
only two more supplemental regis
tration days at the department Off
ces in the courthouse remain
Thursday, July II, from $3.50 to 9
?. m, and Thursday, June "a, from
z to 4:3O p. m. The two registration
days in the various election dis.
tricts will be July IA and Oct. 20.
Registration Officers
The refiistration officers named
by the department follow:
First election district of the First
Representative District Smithers
Snow, registrar; Mary H. George.
alternative; Fletcher Truax and
Lloyd Jones, assistants. Second of
the First, Roland Moore, registrar:
Florence Lurty, alternate: Ange-
line Moore and Florence Ford. as
sistants.
Other speakers will include A. E.
TOmhave Of the University of Del
aware and DR.. H. R. Baker of the
State Board of Agriculture.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-18
State Group To Haze
Penn Sheraton Room
No. 2O6 In PhiIIy Hotel
Will Be Center For
Delegates

Headquarters for the Delaware
delegation at the Republican Ma
tiOnal Convention in PHILADELPHIA
next week will be Room 2O6 in the
Penn Sheraton Hotel, Thirty-ninth
and Chestnut Streets, it was an
nOunced this week.
From this room the delegates
will operate and the room also will
serve as center for state Repub-
licans attending the convention.
Mrs. Frank G. Tallman Republi-
can National COmmitteewOman
said yesterday that souvenir but
tons for Delaware Republicans vis-
iting the headquarters would be
available to those who want them.
With only AZ daily tickets avail
able, the scramble for admissions
to the convention is heavier than
ever before. Tickets not distributed
daily by 10 a. m. will be pooled and
left at the headquarters for visitors
wanting them on a first come, first
served basis, it was said.
The states nine delegates plan to
arrive at the Penn Sheraton Sun
day afternoon. They will probably
caucus either Immediately before
or after dinner and will come to
some preliminary decision about
their voting.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-18
G. O. p. Leaders Are
Arriving In Phila.
The "Big Show" Is Due To Get
Underway Next Monday

Republican leaders are pouring
into Philadelphia in preparation
tor the National Convention which
will start next Monday.
Both Houses of Congress have
been working overtime to complete
essential legislative business be-
fore the Convention starts. Rep. J.
Caleb Boggs, Delaware At Large,
and other Republican legislators
are expected in Philadelphia, Sun
Cay.
Main business this week is the
preliminary meetings of the Plat
form Committee, on whose should
ers rests the responsibility of word
ing the issues upon which the cleo
ton of the ultimate nominee de-
pends. Although they have been
pretty clearly defined in legislative
actions Of Republican Representa-
tives in all phases of local, state,
and national government, those is
sues must be presented in exact
terms for the approval of the en-
tire Convention.
Publication of the Platform-ex-
pected on Tuesday of next week
will provide one of the Conven-
tion's biggest stories and will be
relayed to the Nation in minute de-
tail by the 1900 members of the
working press"-news. magazines,
radio and televisiOn-whO will be
on hand to cover the Convention.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-18
Frank Waples
Elected To
U. OF D. Board
Caulk Company Execu-
tive Named To Succeed
DIR. S. M. d. Marshall,
Resigned.

Election of G. Franklin NAPLES
of Milford to the board of trustees
of the University of Delaware was
announced by university authori-
ties this week. Mr.. NAPLES, an a.
lumnus of Delaware College, class
of 1921 fills the vacancy left by
the resignation in 1947 of DR.. Sam
uel NJ. D. Marshall of Milford.
COncomitant board appointments
include that Of Robert H. Richards
Of Wilmington to serve his third
consecutive siX-year. term, and that
of R. R. NJ. Carpenter, Jr., as chair
man of the finance committee. In
this capacity Mr.. Carpenter sue
ceeds Gen. Eugene Reybold, who.
however, continues as a member of
the board.
Mr.. Carpenter, who is also chair
man of the boards committee on
health, physical education, and
athletics, is serving his first six
year term as a trustee. He was ap-
pointed to the board in 1914. Mr..
Carpenter, president of the Phila-
delphia National League Bas seball
Club, and the Wilmington Bas seball
Club of the Interstate League,
maintains an active interest in the
university's sports program.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-18

List Group
e g S
DR.. Thomas C. MulIigan
Reveals Dates For Sub
District Ses siOns In
Dover District.

DR.. T. c. Mulligan, Superinten-
dent of the Dover District of the
Peninsula Methodist Conference,
has announced a series of group
sub-district quarterly conferences
in September in place of a confer
ence of each church, with special
programs to be given.
The District l conference will
be held in Christ Church, Laurel.
September % with w. B. Thorn
burg and Norman H. Winde of Sea-
ford and Harold Phillips and Lew
is c. Boyce of Laurel as leaders.
The conference of the District II
churches will be held September
% in Trinity Church, Harrington.
The leaders will be Leroy Truitt,
Bridgeville; w. w. Sharp, Harring-
ton, and Vinal Bennett and G. Ro-
land Messick, Milford.
The District II churches will
hold their conference in Wesley
Church, Dover, September IA, with
C. Kenneth Roper and w. w. Mack,
Dover; William B. Simpson, Cam
den, and w. R. Brown, Wyoming,
as leaders.
SelbyVllIe September Is
Selbyville will be host to the
District w conference to be held
September Is. Leaders will be Ar
thur r. Hudson, Selbyville; Elias
Tingle, Frankford; Raymond Ba-
ker, DagsbOro. and William Muir
ray, Gainesville.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-18
40 Girls Enter
Beauty Contest
Will Vie For DelmarVa Festival
Queen Honor

Forty Delmarva beauties who
Will match feminine charms in the
selection of a Festival Queen at
Easton, Md, on June % have filed
contest applications with the Del
marva Chicken-Of-TOmorrow Fes-
tival committee.
With June 18th the closing date
for applications, Maryland leads
its two neighbOr states with total
OF IL contestants. Delaware has 16
representatives in the pageant, and
six Virginia girls have filed with
the contest committee.
General chairman Ernest w.
Matthews of Salisbury expects that
upwards of so contestants will
parade before the panel of five
judges at EastOn on June %. The
Queen will receive 100000 in
awards, and will be the hOnOred
guest at the Festival Ball in Re-
hoboth on June "a.
Several mobile exhibits from the
U. S. Navy Base, Chincoteague will
participate in the parade on June
"a. Aviation ordnance equipment, a
bat" type guided missile, and an
airbOrne rocket projectile will be
included in the Naval display.
Floats, decorated cars, service
and veterans organizations, fire
companies and auxiliaries, bands
and bugle corps will march in the
parade scheduled to begin at 1900
p. m. D. S. T.
Entries in the Queen Contest are
as follows:
Delaware - Jane Claire Scott,
SelbyVille; Sune Jane Field, New
ark; Nellie Wilkins, Georgetown:
Lorraine Tidewell,. Georgetown;
Verma Carey, Selbyville; Betty
Ann Timmons, MillsbOro; Virginia
Kirkpatrick, Newark; Mrs. Eliza
beth Wilson, Newark; Jill Barth,
Wilmington; Cherryl Ann Ritchie,
RehObOth; Pat Owens, George
town; Connie Lynch, Selbyville;
CONTINUED on page q
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-18

The highlights of the day pro-
gram included a tour of the Uni
versity Campus on Sunday after
noon and vesper service that eve
ming. On Monday morning a dis
cussion on the subject of Living
With My Family led by Mrs. VIII
ma HeinzeIman of Ithaca, New
York, and. Monday afternoon a tour
Of the New Castle Air Base. Tues
day morning a discussion on the
subject, Getting Along in Our 4-H
Club while demonstrations on
Chemical Agriculture" were con-
Quoted in the afternoon. The We'd
nesday morning program was de-
voted to the subject of Crusade
for Children" and was under the
direction of the Wilmington Cru
sade for Children Committee. The
program ended at Wednesday noon
with a luncheon.
The clubs and their members at
tending from Sussex county are as
follows:
Stockiey Rosalie Belts.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-18
Blue Hen Post
Ready For
Local Group Will Have
Largest Delegation Of
Any DOwnstate Veter-
ans Posts At Dover
Meet.

Blue Hen Post No. 6483 will have
the largest delegation of any down
state V. F. w. post at the Eighteen
tn Annual Encampment of the De-
partment of Delaware, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States
to be held iii Dover this weekend.
The local post, by virtue of being
lower Delaware's largest V. F. w.
post and fourth largest among the
states thirty-One posts, will have
an authorized Encampment streng-
tn of sixtten delegates and fifteen
alternates.
The following members of Blue
Hen Post will attend the Encamp-
ment as delegates and alternates:
DR.. James R. West, post command
er; William A. Lynch; post junior
vice-cOmmander; David S. Hugg,
Gdjutant; Robert Lingo, former
Department senior vice-cOmman-
der; Charles w. Sigler, Jr., post
advocate; Russell Evans and John
H. Hallett, Jr., trustees; C. Watson
Hall; William X. KentOn, George H.
Baynum, Jr., Carleton Fisher Rich
srd Farley, William M. Gillespie,
Bradford Kitchens, Benjamin Hol-
loWay, Clemen Miltiades, Eurle
Savage, James Tatman, William r.
Deputy, Harold ]. Donovan, Martin
Hastings Norton Leverage, Leslie
Macklin, William Stevens, Ralph
Scott, Paynter Sharp, John H. HoI-
land, Jr., R. Emerson Meredith,
Walter Quering, William G.. Man
love and John Kniceley.
Continued on page q
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-18
Chicken Of
0 m orr OW
Contest Set
For June "A
Prize Awards For 1948
Will Be Announced In
Georgetown N ex t
Thursday; Celebrities
Will Be Present.

Government, state and college
poultry experts, together with
other leaders in the nations three
billion dollar poultry industry,
will be on hand for the announce
ment of prize awards at the 194S
National Chicken of Tomorrow
contest in Georgetown on June "a.
The event will highlight the
broiler festival pageant with ST.
600 in cash prizes being awarded
to champion breeders. The pro-
gram will culminate three-year
search for superior meat-type
chickens sponsored by A. and p.
Food Stores in conjunction with
industry leaders.
The 40 competing flocks repre-
senting 25 breeders from all parts
of the United States, have been
raised here under uniform .condi-
tions at the Delaware Agricultural
Experiment Station. The birds are
being shipped to the Birdseye-S -Sni-
der plant at Pocomoke City, Md, on
June 18. Judging will be cOmplet-
ed once the 12-week-old flOcks are
dressed.
While the meat characteristics OF
the competing 1locks are the chief
factor, judges will rate the birds
for hatchability, feed consumption
feathering, egg production of the
parent focks, and mortality. Com
plete records have been compiled
since the contests start on Feb
ruary %.
The top prize of $4,000 will go
to the winning breeder. The sec
ond award will be $1,000. 90; $250.OO
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