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Smyrna times., 1949-03-31

house, 2-car garage, tool shed, and
small chicken house and building
lots totaling over acre of ground,
conveniences being electric, town
water and sewer, and city gas.
Smyrna times., 1949-03-31
pistance TO MOON

Distance TO mOOn
The moon, travelling its elliptical
orbit around the earth every four
weeks (27.3 days) averages 238, 300
miles distant-about 30 times the
earth's diameter.
Smyrna times., 1949-03-31
TERMS OF SALE

Cash on personal property. No
good removed until settled for.
Real Estate: 20eo cash on day
of sale; balance on Tuesday, April
26 when a clear and sufficient deed
will be given. Immediate posses
sion.
Smyrna times., 1949-03-31

| "Little Miss Hopeful" is Bette
Jean Bligh of Custer, South Dakota,
poster girl for the 1949 Easter Seal.
Drive of the National Society for
Crippled Children and Adults. Bette
Jean, who is receiving medical and
therapeutic care in one of the coun-
try's first hospital-school units to
be financed by Easter Seal funds, is
a victim of cerebral palsy, but now
able to walk. She is a symbol of the
hope extended to the nations Grip
pied through the services financed
by Easter Seals.
Smyrna times., 1949-03-31
JOSEPH E. CHURCHMAN
PUBLIC SALE

Having decided to discontinue
farming and having no further use
for the following articles, 1 will
sell at Public Auction on farm
where I now reside, three miles
south of Smyrna, on DUPONT High
way, Route 13, where Mr.. Willard
Shorts use to live on
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20

how to recognize plant starvation
signs, and radioactive material for
increasing yields. A grain produc-
tion session includes such topics as
new wheat and barley varieties,
winter oats in Delaware, and lodg-
ing of grain. Thursday mornings
session will be devoted to the topic
of farm credit-the economic out
look and its effect on 1949 agricul-
ture, a bank service program for
farmers, and yardsticks for sound
farm operating and mortgage
loans. Special for the homemakers
will be forum on the family and
the community, q demonstration on
color in home furnishings, exhibit
of new floor coverings and look
behind the scenes in the pattern in
dustry. In the afternoons, noted
agricultural speakers will highlight
the program. AT this time also,
winners in the Delaware Ten-Ton
Tomato Club and Food Preserva-
ton Contests will be announced.
Two All club members who attend
ed the National Club Congress in
Chicago last November will speak
on the wide scope of All club work.
AS in previous years, exhibits on
the latest farming and homemak-
ing advancements will line the halls
of the main floor of Wolf Hall. Wis
itors will have ample opportunity
to view these exhibits between the
meetings. The complete program
which lists speakers, topics, times
and places will soon be issued by
the Agricultural Extension Service,
University of Delaware, Newark,
and is available to anyone desiring.
a copy.
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20
PLAN FARMERS
WEEK AT u OF d
Noted Agricultural Speakers
Highlight Farmers Week
Program February S-11
DISCUSS MANY SUBJECTS

Every day will be Farm Family
Day" during Farmers Week, which
will be held February 8>to IL, at
the University of Delaware. A wide
range of topics to attract farmers
and homemakers will be offered, ii
was disclosed recently by John E.
H. Lafferty, chairman of the pro-
gram committee. Separate sessions
for farmers and homemakers will
take place during mornings, while
combined session of general in
terest with noted speakers and en-
tertainment will fill the afternoon
bill. A number of Delaware farm
ers will appear as speakers and in
discussions of various agricultural
subjects. For poultrymen, a pro-
gram on egg production will in
clude a panel on efficient feeding
practices and talks on disease con-
troll recommendation and ways to
reduce labor costs. The broiler pro-
duction program features a COM
parison of heating systems for
brooding, high energy feeds, and
problems in marketing Delaware
broilers. Turkey growers will have
discussions on new developments in
this industry and on progress being
made in the control of blackhead.
The programs on dairying will
have talks and panel discussions
on conservation of nutrients and
feeding values of hay and silage,
feeding high quality hay, breeding
efficiency, and sterility and delayed
breeding in dairy cattle. Vegetable
and fruit growers will learn of the
newest varieties, labor saving and
management practices. The garden
ing session will be of interest to
both men and women, with talks
on annual and perennial flowers for
the home grounds, fruit and vege-
table varities for the home and
market gardener, and preparation
of fresh fruits and vegetables for
the retail market. In the agronomy
field, there will be a program on
soil fertility, dealing with soil tests,
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20
Vegetables Need Water

A corn plant uses about 1868
pounds of water to produce one
pound of dry matter. Potatoes re-
quire 636 pounds of water to make
one pound of dry matter.
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20
Saves Window Washing

Frequent brushing of window
screens and sills helps keep panes
clean and saves window washing,
especially in summer.
Evening star., 1949-02-13

~
Where is he workings
I. MEMORIALS Hov ,otU
part Of the $4,000 ions of granite
bought for Hitler's victory monu-
n.e,t be ased9
1t will be used in erecting me-
MORALS for American servicemen
killed in World War II.
-Mrs.A.C.T. MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.
z. JUVENILES :. What is the
acreage age Of top Hollywood mooie
Stars?
Men, 40 years; women, 80.
-JB., Collinsrille, III.
;. AT EASE How much
Vo1k is done by animals ON
modern American tarm:9
Only four per cent; 92 per cent
is done by machines, the rest by
men.
Mrs. J.P.M., ,Fo,tSheridan, III.
4. ON THE BOOKS =. . Hoso do
most people get hold of the books
they read?
Fifty-seven per cent rent them,
81 per cent buy them and the
rest get theirs as gifts.
Mrs. AS, New York
s. NEW WORKERS What
country is ,aoa0 training elk and
deer for labor?
Russia.
SCH, Centralia, Wash.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
SIX YOUTHS SOUGHT IN
 MASS RAPE

CHEHALIS, Wash, Nov. 29.--tR
 Six youths, sought for the mass rape of a 22-year-old woman, may also be charged with Kidnapping and attempted murder. Prosecutor Dor- win Cunningham said today
 The attack was reported by Mrs. Josephine Huss, 22, of nearby Gen. tralia, Sheriff Frank Thayer said
 Six John Doe" warrants charg- ing rape were issued yesterday.
 Mrs. Huss said that after the at tack one of her assailants wanted to beat her over the head with a rock. He was discouraged by his companions, however, and finally agreed she should be thrown into the flooding Cowlitz River after she told them she could not swim. She was nude.
 She saved herself by grabbing a rock and pulling herself to the bank.
 Thayer said all nearby military stations are being checked on the strength of Mrs. Huss' story that her attackers mentioned they had to get back to base" All, however, wore civilian clothes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
GUNFIRE IS NOW HEARD,
 (HUNGklNG
Commies Move fo Doors of Chinese NdiionaI-
 ists' Capital
(By Associated Press)

Tn the Far East the Communists closed in on Chungk,ng A dis patch from the provisional capita of the Nationalists said Communist gunfire could Le heard in the city. Generahssimo Chiang Kai-shek was reported personally directing the fight.
 The last plane from Chungking reported the Communists on the banks of the Yangtze river oppo- site Chungking, which has been abandoned by the National Govern ment. All indications were that the city would be in Communist hand before long.
 Fight ng in the Chungking area was reported to be desperate.
 The South China Morning Post published story that Lii Tsung-jen, absent Acting President of Ma tlonalist China, would leave for the United States soon. Ii, on the outs with Generalissimo Chang kai-Shek, has been in Hongkong for treatment at hospital
 BATTLE RAGING
 HONG KONG, NOV. 29 = R - Chungking battled tonight to stave off Communist hordes.
 Nationalist messages said Gen. eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek person. ally was directing the fight.
 The last plane from the teleag- uered city arrived here at nightfall. Passengers said the Reds were at the Yangtze river bank skirting Chungking.
 The Reds fired on the plane as it took off from an island airport in the river. None was injured. Passengers left their baggage in their haste to escape.
 Taipeh, Formosa, Chiang's island redoubt headquarters off the South China coast, reported crack troops from Szechwan had stopped the Reds before Chungking. But a dispatch from Spencer Moosa ol the Associated Press indicated Chungking would nestle easily III the Communist power within hours.
 Most of the Nationalist officials had fled from Chungking to Chengtu. 170 miles to the nortn- west. Premier Yen Hsi-shan salo Chengtu would be the next Ma tionalist capital. It is only 30 miles from far western sikang province.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
2S KILLED IN CRASH
 OF PLANE
Ship Hits Chemical Pl dni Before Dawn-Charred
 Bodies Recovered

DALLAS, Texas. Nov. 29.-tR- An American Airlines plane plowed into chemical plant at the edge of Love Field and burned before dawn today. Twenty eight of the 45 persons aboard were believed dead.
 Seventeen persons were hospital ized from the big DC-6, enroute to Mexico City from New York and Washington. They appeared to be the only survivors.
 The plane struck as it approached for landing. A crew member who staggered, dazed and bleeding, to nearby house. said one of the ar~ires was afire and he had stop ped the other three.
 Colored flames from burning chemicals lit up the scene eerily. Nearly two hours after the crash officers described the situation as organized chaos.'
 Bremen were still pulling charred and rigid bodies from the twisted wrecEage.
 40 Passengers Aboard
 Three of the five crew members were among the survivors. American 0Airlines said. There were 40 pas- .sengers aboard.
 A uniformed representative Of the lines stood by the plane. weeping unashamedly as he kept count of the bodies brought out.
 Flames licked the one-tory gal- 'yanized building into which the larger part 1of the plane craalisd for hours after 1t hit. Firemsn used grapplng hooks to pull apart the mixture of plane and building.
 It was about 5:45 aim. when the hig plane struck the Magnaflux plant on the northwest edge of the field. Tine plant inspects plane engines by chemical means.
 Burst Into Flames
 Beth the plane and plant ap- parently burst into flames. Small explosions followed.
 A seriously injured crew member staggered to nearby home. While blood oozed from his mouth, he said:
 T want to make a statement"
 Statement Made
 Frances Hudson, grocery store employee, said she took this state ment from the man, who described himself as the co-pilot:
 Number four engine afire on approach Air opened tho right hatch. The plane was on fire and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
Ex-C0NvICT E FACING JURY IN
 DEATH, AGED MAN

TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 2o-tR- John Edward Summers, 33-year- old ex-convict, went into court to- day to hear the state outline it's first degree murder case against him.
 A jury of nine women and three men, chosen in a day-long session yesterday, will try Summers for the shooting of Howard Easley, 63, last summer.
 Summers has admitted shooting both Easlet and his wife last July Is and defense attorney Roswell Quinn indicated repeatedly in ques- tloning prospective jurors that he would not contest his clients guilt.
 Time after time, Summers asked if jurors would take into consid- eraton that Summers mother was Q prostitute. practiced bootlegging and had married Negro.
 Then he asked:
 Would you feel society owes any thing to defendant so raised especially if the defendant comes into court and admits in his testi- mony that he is guilty of first degree murder?'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
PROTESTS
 SMELLING
 OF SHIP
State Department Warns Nationalist Govern-
 ment of China

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29-R The State Department drafted an energetic protest to the Chinese Nationalist government today as a result of a second attack on an American merchant ship.
 The skipper of the vessel the Sir John Franklin, declared shells from two Nationalist warships struck his ship 12 times during a barrage of about an hour.
 The incident, piling up new troubles for the US. and China, occurred yesterday at the mouth Of the Yangtze river, near Com munist-held Shanghai.
 It was virtually the same spot where another ship of the same line, the Flying Cloud, was shelled by a Nationalist warship on Nov, IS. An American protest filed at that time has produced no reply from the Nationalist government, which at the moment is shifting capitals again to escape the ad- vancing Communists.
 The new attack brought new demands from the ships operators, the Isbrandtsen Co.,, of New York, that the US. government protect American commerce.
 Captain Warren Hardy, master of the Sir John Franklin, radioed ir a message, relayed to the State Department from Shanghai that the two warships opened fire from a distance of 800 yards without the traditional preliminary of 2 warning shot across the Tow.
 Hardy reported that the warships were destroyer escorts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
PURGE OF TITO NOW
 STARTED
Assault by Eastern Eur ope's Solid Communist
 Bloc Ordered
(By the Associated Press)

Moscow may have set the stage today for the decisive assault against the fostering score ot Titoism in Eastern Europe's solid Communist bloc.
 The Cominform Communist In ternational Information Bureau issued what unquestionably was a long thought-out blast, calling upon all Communists in the world to help overthrow the regime of the rebel of Belgrade, Premier Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia.
 "A decisive struggle is necessary against the intrigues of these agents of the Imperialists (Titoists) wherever they try to work in the workers and Democratic organiza- tions," said a resolution adopted by the Cominform at meeting in Hungary in the latter part of this month.
 This apparently is a call hy Mos COW to other Communist parties making up the Cominform-Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and the parties of France and Italy-to finish the jo5 of housekeeping begun with the re- cent purges of those suspected or leading Tito factions.
 Only last week in New York foreign diplomatic quarters said they had heard reports an anti Tito coup was planned for sometims between Christmas and Easter. These reports necessarily uncon- firmed, speculated that coup against Tito would start with a staged revolt in Belgrade, brought about by infiltration from Yugo- slavia's Cominform neighborS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
DEATH TOLL
 OF CRASHES
 REACHES 200
By Assoc'nted Press

The crash of an American Air. lines plane at Dallas today raised the death toll from major civilian and military air accidents in the past month to more than 200. Twenty eight persons were believed killed at Dallas
 It was one of the worst months for aviation in peacetime history. Just about a month ago on Nov 1, an Eastern Airlines plane and P-38 fighter collided near Wash ington, D. C.. killing 5l passengers and crew of four on the DC-4
 Three days before Paris New York Transatlantic airliner crashed in flaming heap against a noun tain peak in the Azores. The 48 dead included Marcel Cerdan. form- CT French and world middleweight boxing champion.
 Then, on Nov. 20, Dutch mercy plane carrying 28 Jewish refugee children from North Africa to Scandinavia came down in a mass of twisted wreckage near Oslo. Norway. A 12-year-old boy survived. but 34 others died.
 Meanwhile, the Air Force plagued by a series of tragic mishaps. took some of its famed B-29 superfort- resses out of the air for overhaul.
 The Air Forces November pack of woes was highlighted by the loss of IS personnel when two superforts collided in mock bombing run near Stockton. Calf, on the 16th.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
Jobs for All,
 Asks Truman
 0fLabor Men
By NORMAN WALKER

1Sy lSotb&Af1Af w
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 29-lR- President Truman said today il will take the best efforts of al citizens to use the nations re- sources in way that will assure jobs for everyone.
 That was the message the Presi- dent sent to the opening meeting of the Labor Departments annual conference of State Labor Commis- sioners and representatives of labor unions.
 The group meets each year to review state and federal labor laws and exchange views on how they can be improved.
 MT. Truman's message, read for him by Secretary of Labor Maurice 1obin, said:
 You meet at a time when, de- spite nearly record levels of em- pioyHnent, special unemplOyfnent problems exist in certain areas of the country.
 We need the experience and in- genuity of all our citizens in motilizing our resources to afford them full opportunity to work free from the fear of economic in- security.
 T am sure you will make a con- structive contribution to this high purpose"
 Delegates to the conference were from 40 states, the District of Co., 'smb'a, Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
N WA STRIKE RADIO
 MEN DISPUTE

TOKYO, Nov. 29-lR-Radio op- orators on Northwest Airlines in- ternational flights threatened to strike today. One plane was delayed five and half hours.
 Leslie Osborne, assistant Orient traffic manager for Northwest, said the radio operators agreed to work pending cabled instructions from union officials in Minneapolis.
 A. D. Piepgras, company comp troller here, said all aspects of the dispute would be handled by North vests head office in Minneapolis.
 The company said notice of a strike was received but it contained no demands. Haneda airport's d S patcher said, however, the radiomen were demanding the same rate oi pay received by operators for other airlines.
 A Northwest plane from Alaska which arrived at 4:30 am. took off for Seoul, Korea, at am. It was scheduled to leave at 5:30.
 Piepgras said this plane would return from Seoul late today, and tomorrow's flight from Manila to Alaska via Tokyo probably would be made on schedule.
 Northwest is installing air to eround facilities that eventually will eliminate radio operators in plane crews, Peipgras said later, and the dispute centers on severance pay.
 Approximately Is flight operators are employed in the Orient by Northwest, he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

iCopyrignt. 1s4s, by Bell Syndicate. Inc. WASHINGTON = Young Repre- sentative Mel Price of Illinois and Gen. Vastly Chuikov, Soviet Con- mander in Berlin, had a long con- versation at Berlin reception at which the Illinoisan did some half humorous, but blunt talking. To his surprise, the tough Soviet soldier displayed quaint sense of humor, if not a knowledge of American geography.
 On tour of inspection for the House Armed Services Committee Congressman Price was introduced to Chuikov at reception for U. $ Secretary of State Dean Acheson Talking through an interpreter, the Russian general inquired what state he came from. When Price told him, Chuikov commented.
 Illinois that's close to Col orado, isn't it?"
 No, it's about a thousand miles away" replied Price.
 T guess you can see that I'm not very good at American geo. graphy,' admitted the Russian But I know a lot about German geography"
 T hope you're not making a study of American geography now, Gen. eral," observed the Illinois Con- gressman dryly.
 With a smile, Chuikov replied that he was not, then asked Price how long he had been in Berlin. s"Time is only relative, General responded the Congressman. How long have you been here?'
 Four and half years" said
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
STORY HOUR LADY

Miss Judy Greene, recent arrival here from Hastings, Nebraska, will begin series of Story Hour Lady" programs over KINY on December l. The programs. directed toward the kiddies, will go on the air at 5 pm.
 Special Christmas stories will be featured on the programs, which are being sponsored by the Juneau- Young Hardware store.
 Miss Greene is former pro- gram director on Hastings, Neb- raska radio station, as well as hav- ing been a club director for the Army for many years,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
WEATHER REPORT

. tThia data is for 2i-hour pe-
 . riod ending 7:30 am. PSTJ
 , In Juneau-Maximum 40,
 , minimum 35.
 , At Airport-Maximum 40; , minimum 34.
 . f C IL E C A !, I . Juneau and victnityb Light rain and southeeast- erly winds as high as 25 miles per hour tonight and Wednesday. Lowest temper ature tonight about 35 de- grees, highest Wednesday near 40.
 , P R F. IPIT A ITO N , tPast 24 hours ending 7:30 am. today City of Juneau-.28 inches; since Nov. 1--11.70 inches; since July 1--47.79 inches. At Airport-.08 inches; , since Nov. 1--9.15 inches; since July 1-33.05 inches. !
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
THIRD SON FOR MR. AND
 MRS. LINN FORREST JR.

MT. and Mrs. Linn Forrest Jr., be- came the parents of baby boy last night at St. Ann's Hospital. The child weighed seven pounds 12 ounces at birth.
 The Forests have two other children, Craig, two and one-half years, and Linn, 13 months.
 Mrs. Forrest is the former Doro- thea Hendrickson, daughter of Mayor and Mrs. Waino Hendrlck- son.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof from Seattle in port bound westward.
 Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday.