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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-09-30
The 300 List

The 300 hitter, in spite of the
lively ball and slump in pitching,
has regained his old place. A 300
hitter today is on the scarcer side.
How many would you figure there
are now at work in the two leagues?
In the two big leagues there
are at least IS players on each
side. not counting pitchers. who
have been at bat more than 300
times. From this list we dis
covered exactly IL ball players
in each circuit who had reached
the 300 mark, or better, with
five or six others who had a
good chance to make the grade.
1t might also be noted that five
or six are SO near the 300
mark they may fall out before
the season ends.
Jackie Robinson is almost GER
tain to lead the National. He has
been between 1850 and $40 the
greater part of the year.
Country Slaughter and Red
Schoendienst of the Cardinals are
the next two authentic zoo hitters
in the older circuit where they have
been nesting between 1920 and $50.
Marshall, Thompson, Lockman,
Musial, Hodges, Kiner and Gordon
are over 300. but they can't afford
to do any slipping through Septem-
Der. Musial has been putting on a
desperate scramble to reach q
much higher mark, but Stan has
found the travelling much rougher
than it was last year. He has been
over 40 points away from his 1913
mark. Why? Who can say?
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-09-30
NEW LOOK:
Next, the Male

The American male would be
smart to move cautiously, for fash
ion designers have launched a
movement to give mems clothes a
new look" every five years.
"The mems apparel industry Is
in bad shape" was the dim view
of the situation expressed by Myron
Kahn, executive director of nation.
al fashion previews Of mems ap-
parel, incorporated. He COM
planned Of no changes.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-09-30
OrchEn LEm;>s

An orphan lamb sometimes may
be adopted by another eve, by
putting the skin of ner dead lamb
on the orphan for few days. In
case a foster mother can not be
found, the lamb can be raised by
hand.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-09-30

the puts t h a t
stopped an inch
short? Or the puts
that trimmed the
cup?
A venerable golf
er at the age of 10
W Guild consider
himself a poor fish
if he missed a two
footer or even a
three = footer. But
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-09-30
Great Golfers Dread Short Puts
9y GRANTlAND RICE,
re DRIVE

HW1E DRIVE for pleasure"
" Johnny Farrell once said.
But we putt for money" I Won
der how many dollars have been
lost by puts, short, puts that just
slipped by the edge of the tin cup,
possibly half inch out of line? Or
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-09-30

Looking like a swizzle-stick
in giant-size highball, Melvyn
NJ. Maxi is shown demonstra-
ting the navy's new submersion
suit which will enable its wear
er to spend as many as three
hours in freezing water.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-09-30

In Powell, Wyo.: 5-room modern house on
100x240 lot with 36x50 #. cabinet shop. Could
be converted into grocery or garage. etc.
Also wash house and facilities for trailer
camp. Priced to sell.
r. E. DECKER Lowell. Wyoming
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-09-30

head. The short one he missed
at st. Louis in the Open on the
final green-the short one he
missed again for the Open in
Chicago-three puts from 10 or
IL feet at Tam O'Shanter in the
big Mays money tournament.
In the St. Pete Open, I saw Snead
almost hit the pin with his second
on a 500-yard hole. He had a TO-
footer for 3. He putted two feet
over. He missed that one.
We have often wondered how a
star golfer felt who had hit two
great shots requiring power and
skill, control and timing, only to
push or stab two-foot putt and
undo all the fine play he had used
making shots far more difficult.
But putting isn't so much a mat
ter of skill-at least not always.
1t is also matter of nerve control.
Strength has nothing to do with
it. A veteran of 70 has skill enough
to be fine putter-as good as
many of the better pros. I've seen
a few of those old codgers from
go and up at work. Some of them
can't understand how any one can
miss a five-foot putt.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-09-30

With Russians reported to be
massing troops at his borders,
Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito sent
DR.. Josa william (above) as his
envoy to lay the Yugoslav-Mos-
COW dispute before the United
Nations.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-09-30
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Truman Pumps for Brannan Plan;
Union Of E uropean Nations Urged;
Publicity Asked in Dollar Farley

s' s: ;.'': .Ss not
Smyrna times., 1949-03-17
IHomemakers Hints

Compiled by the home economics
specialists of the Delaware Agri-
cultural Extension Service.)
A warped aluminium skillet may
be Strengthened by heating slowly
for ten minutes, turning upside
down, and placing a piece of wood
over the entire bottom. Hammer
the wood until the skillet is flat.
To remove dog and cat hairs
from upholstered furniture, use a
damp sponge, applied lightly. This
also removes lint and dust.
Laundry assembled through the
week in hamper or closet re-
quires less time than collecting the
soiled clothes from all over the
house on washday.
When sprinkling garments for
ironing, fold them loosely, never in
a tight bundle. Tight rolling in
creases the number of wrinkles to
be ironed out. Moisture does not
evaporate from loosely folded
clothing.
To gather up tiny bits of broken
glass without danger to fingers
use crumpled, moistened tissue
paper.
In brushing UP floors a long
handled dust pan and push broom
are recommended instead of tn,
common short-handled dust pal
Smyrna times., 1949-03-17
Apple Growers Warned
Scab Spores Are Here

Delaware apple growers are
warned that apple scab spores
have matured in many orchards.
According to John w. Heuberger,
extension plant pathologist at the
University of Delaware, microscop-
ic examination of overwintered
apple leaves collected at Bridge
vile has showed the presence of
spores causing apple scab disease.
These spores, already matured,
will be discharged during rains for
a period of several weeks.
AS these spores are the ones that
cause primary scab infection on
leaves, Heuberger cautions grow
ers that the delayed dormant spray
application may be a critical one
for control, particularly if the
weather is wet during this period.
Apple growers should be pre-
pared to apply a fungicide during
the delayed dormant period. Rec
commended sprays in the Della
ware Fruit Spray Schedules for
1949" are: (1) 8 percent oil emul-
sion and 2-2-100 Bordeaux mix
ture, or (2) IL gallons liquid sulfur
and / pint nicotine sulfate (40 per-
cent? per 100 gallons.
DIR. Heuberger observes that this
is the first time in Delaware, as
far as can be determined, that
the apple scab spores have been
mature at such an early date.
Smyrna times., 1949-03-17

and dust brush because the long
handles save back-bending. Before
buying a vacuum cleaner, it is a
good idea to try it out to see
whether the handle is the right
length for comfortable use. When
waxing floors, spare the back by
using a long-handled waxer with
sef-polishing liquid wax. When
washing kitchen or bathroom
Smyrna times., 1949-03-17
All Club Results of
Past Year TabuIated

Delaware All Clubs are going
concern, in the amount of material
goods they have produced this past
year, reveals Miss Jean Lee, state
All specialist, in an annual report
Of All Club work.
Sixty-nine clubs throughout the
state with a total of 1,400 men,
bers chalked up the following sta
tistics in 1913: 81 acres of gardens,
SO acres of corn; 90 dairy animals;
POI pigs; 9,50s chickens; 247 rab-
bits; S4 colonies of bees; 1,042
acres involved in soil conservation
practices; 6.435 meals served;
1886 quarts of food preserved,
and 1894 garments made or re-
modelled.
Each member enrolled in a All
Smyrna times., 1949-03-17
Home Vegetable Varieties
Listed for Delaware

A chart of vegetable varieties
most suited for growing in Della
ware gardens this year has been
prepared by Robert F. Stevens, ex-
tension horticulturist for the Uni
versity of Delaware.
Thirty-nine varieties are includ-
ed, with some recommended for
freezing. Several of the vegetables
are new varieties, recommended as
worthy of trial. Copies of the
Home Vegetable Varieties for 1949
are available from the Office of In
formation, Agricultural Extension
Service, Newark, Del, or from
County Extension Offices in New
ark, Dover, and Georgetown.
Smyrna times., 1949-03-17

the boys and girls themselves.
They may select projects such as
gardening, canning, food prepara-
tion, health, sewing, home I'M
provement, soil conservation. home
grounds Identification, safety, bet
ter methods, tractor maintenance,
CONTINUED on Page Eleven)
Smyrna times., 1949-03-17

club must choose at least one pro-
ject each year. in agriculture or
home economics. Each project has
specific minimum requirements
which the member must complete
in order to receive credit for the
project. Choice of projects is up to
Smyrna times., 1949-03-17

floors. use a long-handled mop
rather than the hands-and-knees
method.
The Valley settler., 1949-02-25
REMPfL AMENDMFVT
Cont. iron pc 6

Cont. iron pc 6
 another would bo denied voto on 5000. income because it did not represent 75% of his livingo Others said that it un- d01ocratic and had no placo in coopora- two sot-up. Others folt that SOHO liaita- tion should be placed on rorbors since as it stood, nonbor could produce a handful of radishos in his back yard and oloin a voto, providing of course that he sold thor1 through tho As $500 fat ione
 Mr. Rnsrnsson or said that Mir. DoUnoy and lr. Brodorson had boen in favor of nominal limitation such as $loos in ordor to keep tho voting within tho hands of bona-fido farTOrs.
 Mr. Stock then proposed an arondaont to tho Rcrlpel atlondnent that the "75%"bo struct out and $1Oo. be sub stituded for tho $2ooo. Following nore discussion, tho A7ondraont to the Mlondrlent vas put ho Q vote and passed. Thon tho Rorlpcl Amendment as O. nondod put to a voto and carried with only a foU dissenting votes.
 DISCUSSION ON MARKETING
 CONTRACT HELC OVER Tho Board had prepared a new Market ing Con- tract to be presented to tho rlorbors for the ir approval, but duo to tho fact that it required a 2/3 vote of tho total vot ing membership to tako any act ion upon it; it had to be lain osido for the present. cnly 48 norbors wore present at this ti1lo all
Evening star., 1949-01-02
High Costs Plague
Shipping Industry
By the Assoeiofsd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE ship
ping industry faces it's old bugaboos
of foreign competition and high
operating costs in 1949 as it fights
to keep its head above water.
1t enters the, new year with the
greatest potential passenger list in
history and the most modern freight
ships and tankers.
But the freight lines need cargoes;
the passenger lines need vessels; the
shipbuilders need long-range con-
struction program that will elimi-
nate uneconomic peaks and valleys
IN their business.
And the things that are necessary
to their we'll being, they say, are the
very things that are necessary to a
strong national defense.
The United States ship operator
showed a profit this year, thanks
largely to the Marshall Plan freight
he carried. The shipbuilder was
saved from the spectacle of idle
Evening star., 1949-01-02

will fall off further unless offset by
an unexpected rise in Government
and private employment. In the
face of traffic decline, the COM
pany finds demands increasing for
extensions in outlying suburban
districts where thousands of dwell
ing units are under construction.
More new buses will be added to
Capital Transit's fleet early in 1949.
Twenty-Five new buses were ordered
in 1948, to cost $4,000 against
$500, 900 for a similar. number before
the war. AS more operators are
hired and trained, a greater per-
centage of scheduled service is being
operated in morning and evening
rush hours. This plan will be con-
tinued.
d. C. Insurance Tops Nation.
Washington families, in l948,
owned more life insurance than
residents in any State in the Union,
$7,40O per family contrasted with
Evening star., 1949-01-02

1915, ,000, 900 through the sale of mort
gage bonds and will provide SIS. .000,-
600 more from operations in the
next five years. Other funds will be
obtained from the sale Of bonds and
stocks.
On December 3, 5,681 holders Of
the common stock, residing in the
District, owned 947,774 shares, or 80
per cent of the shares outstanding.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D. c. E.
SUNDAY 4

yards only by the sudden influx of q
tanker building program.
Almost at the year end the ship
operators were set back on their
heels by Economic Cooperation Ad-
ministrator Paul G. Hoffman's de-
cision to stop giving American ves-
sells $3.50 share of the ECA bulk"
cargoes.
And shipbuilders pointed out that
Evening star., 1949-01-02
New interpretations
Lowest in 3 Years
speeiaI Dispatch TO The Stur


NEW YORK, Jan. New busi.
ness interpretations showed a further
decline in November, totaling GAL;
for the month, according to Dun &
Bradstreet, Inc.
This represented the smallest
total for any previous month ir
more than three years, or since
September, l945, when company
formations numbered only 1926.
The November figure at 6,413
compared with $685. during Octo.
ber, a drop of al per cent, ano
with 1873 in November a year ago
IA loss of 1875 per cent.
Evening star., 1949-01-02

larged. Since #. G. Macarow.
VI day, $4,000, 900 has been spent
for telephone service Improvement
and expansion in Washington. The
end Of 1948 saw the company's in
vestment in plant and equipment
pass the $100, 900 900 mark.
The company had 5000 untitled
requests for telephone service at the
end of 1948, after a reduction of
1900 during the year. Continued
expansion is in the 1s4s picture.
Gas Demand Unparalleled.
Completion of nearly $4,000 new
dwelling units in 1948 created a
hitherto unparalleled demand for
service Marcy L. Sperry, president Of
Evening star., 1949-01-02

@1, foo IHIOuBH-
out the country,
Charles F. Suter, ,
president of the
Di S t rict Life
U n d e rw r tiers
Association, not
ed with pride.
District individ-
uals now own
an average of
81 900 of life in
surance against
$1,000 nationally.
In the first
ten months of
1o42- a total of
S1O6,227,0 900 of
Evening star., 1949-01-02

SAld1I d 1dA IC-
turn on the
rop ty, Ed
ward D. Merrill.
president, said
Passenger traf-
hc continues tc
show declines,
the decrease be-
ing accelerated
somewhat as q
result of the
new rates OF
fare.
AS more auto
mobiles become
available, pas
copror fro fir
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Brisk Demand Foreseen
For Copper. Products
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Jan. demand for
fabricated copper products will
continue brisk in 1949 because OF
the many utility modernization
projects under way and the increas-
ing needs of the national pre-
paredness program, said Wylie
Brown, president of the Phelps
Dodge Copper Products Corp
Extensive areas scheduled foi
rural electrification also forecast
heavy copper wire needs" he added
in year-end statement. AND
European industrial recovery in a
great degree is dependent on ade-
quate supplies of wire, tubes ane
other copper products"
Evening star., 1949-01-02

the current flock Of tanker orders
fall far short Of being a long-rangs
program.
Mr.. Hoffman said higher cost
American shipping for such products
as grain and coal cut into dollars
meant for European Recovery.
Maritime Commissioner GrenviIle
Mellen said the action was selling
out" the American Merchant Marine.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Pepco Breaks All Records.

months, kllO-
Watt-hour sales
exceeded 1,800,-
100000, an in
crease of 10 per
cent over 1947.
Net addition of
1880 customers
was a vital fac
tor in the up
turn.
In the same
pc1lOu, operating
revenues of $28,-
796,299 W ere
1925 per cent
above 1947, and
Evening star., 1949-01-02

o p r atlng eX- A. G. Neal.
penses Of $24,34o,119 up 1872 per
cent. Rejecting the sliding scale
adjustment, net income for II
months was $3,468, 1853, compared
with $2,737,222 for 1947.
With costs mounting, the COM
pany asked and obtained the first
rate increase in % years. Four new
substations were placed in service
IN 1948, in the $86,500,00 expansion
program. The company obtained
Evening star., 1949-01-02

above 1947. The Marcy Sperry.
company completed the first full year
of operation in which it distru-
ted straight natural gas to all GUS
toners. The change enabled the
company to keep gas rates at ap-
proximately prewar levels, despite
increased costs.
Two issues Of common stock
offered in l948 were largely taken
by existing stockholders, increasing
outstanding shares by 40 per cent
The company, founded in 1848,
reached the century mark, and kept
Evening star., 1949-01-02

all.tlme peak OF
449,300, F. G.
Macarow, vice
president and
general mana
ger, commented,
The largest
expansion pro-
& ram in the
conpany's histo-
ry, started in
1945, has been
carried forward
at an accelera-
ted pace. Almost
every central Of
flee has been en-
Evening star., 1949-01-02
ID. {. Bankers Declare
'48 Was One Of Best
Years on Record
Continued From Page ELY

more attractive as based on current
dividend rates.
Potomac Electric Power common
led the years record trading, with
sales exceeding $4,000 shares,
followed by Washington Gas COM
mon, Garflinckel common, and pre-
ferred, Hecht common, Virginia
Electric & Power common, Peoples
Drug and Lanston Monotype.
Net Gain Of $1,000 Phones.
The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. added 107, 100 phones dur
ing 1948, resulting in net gain of
80 200 and bringing the total to an
Evening star., 1949-01-02

the washington
Gas Light Co.,
stated. To meet
this demand the
company invest
ed $6,000,0 in
improvements.
Durin 6 t h e
year meters in
service increas-
ed to 250,000 a
gain of 5000 over
1947, while gas
output reached
a ne W hi 6 h
of 100, 900, 900
thermS, or Is %
okoxyo 1NA7 Tho
Evening star., 1949-01-02

up the continuous dividends paid
since 1866.
Transit's Net Turns Upward.
The increase in fares effective in
October and revision of mileage
schedules gave Capital Transit a
higher income for 1948 but still less
Evening star., 1949-01-02

$106, ,227 600 Of Charles F. suter.
life insurance was purchased here,
approximately per cent of all the
insurance bought in the United
States and a 66 per cent increase
Evening star., 1949-01-02

over the l942-46 average. Policy
holders paid $44,760,000 to keep ST.
697 ,278, 900 insurance in force. In
nine months, death benefits of $8,-
$4,000 were paid on 1920 claims
The District association became
one of the largest Of the $40 units
in the country, membership jumping
from 1923 to 400.
Pepco Breaks All Records.
Electricity demand in 1948 was
the greatest in the 52-year history
of the Potomac Electric Power Co.,
President A. G. Neal said. In II
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
Labor Leaders Pay
Solemn Tribute To
Justice Murphy

Washington (LPA) = Many Of
the nations outstanding labor
leaders paid tribute last week tc
the late Supreme Court Justice
Frank Murphy, who died unexpect-
edly in Detroit hospital of a cor
onary occlusion.
President Philip Murray spoke
of the great jurist's "compassion-
ate understanding of the problems
of the people of America and his
answering devotion to the dignity
of the individual and to the safe
guards by which that dignity is
preserved in free society"
President William Green of the
AFL said, "He showed by his de-
cisions he was living in the pre-
sent and not in the past"
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers pointed out
that Justice Murphy was "ever
forgetful of himself through his
lifetime of activity, has never falt-
cred in his earnest work of estab-
equality of privilege for
all Americans"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
Rail Clerks Chief
Hits Job Slaughter

Cincinnati, Ohio (LPA)-Whole'
sale slashing of work forces by
some railroads-in order to reduce
the cost of the 40-hour week which
goes into effect September Twas
denounced here by President Geo,
rye M. Harrison of the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks.
One of the biggest cuts was
made by the Baltimore & Ohio,
which announced abolition of 100
clerical jobs.
Assailing the B & O's action,
Harrison declared that "there's
nothing in the business situation
to justify such a drastic cut"
at is obvious the B & o is en-
deavoring to retaliate because a
Presidential Board granted to the
railroad workers, after the most
extended hearings, a 4O-hour week
and an increase in wages" Harri-
son said.
"The 40-hour week has been long
overdue in the railroad industry.
By common decency the carriers
should abandon their chiseHng. Our
union will do everything in it's
power to protect those employees
who are unjustly treated"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
Truman Hopes To
Aid Areas Hit
By Mass Cutbacks

Washington (LPA)-More hope
for relieving the parts of the
country where most serious unem-
ployment has hit communities was
held out by President Truman at
his weekly press conference last
week.
He told reporters that he thinks
favorable progress is being made
He said that Labor Secretary
Tobin and his department are COM
piling some of the figures and Sec
retary of Commerce Sawyer is
also collecting information on busi-
ness situations in the hardest-hit
areas.
Governor Chester Bowles of
Connecticut, one of the toughest
job spots in the nation, was in
Washington last week and express
ed hope that Truman's plans to
channel government buying into
areas of greatest unemployment
would help.
Meanwhile, President Carl Hold
erman of the New Jersey CIO has
written to Sen. Robert Hendrick-
son Or, MY that official state re-
ports show joblessness in the state
had risen 1000 since last October.
urged Congressional
action on improving unemployment
compensation, increasing public as
sistance, tax relief for low-income
families and elimination of excise
taxes, a 81 minimum wage, and
start of public works
in places like New
Jersey where men and women need
Jobs most.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
Dixiegops Vote To Let Food Rot
Before Passing Bronnon Farm Bill

would get just as much as he does
now. Difference would come out of
tax funds, in the form of payments
to the farmer to assure him a de-
cent income.
At present, the government must
support a price out of which the
middleman between farmer and
housewife takes a big cut. Under
the Brannan plan, the middleman
isn't supported" by government
purchasing.
Though Speaker Sam Rayburn
Cd, Tex.) and Majority Leader
John Mccormack Cd, Mass.) plead
ed for the plan, solid bloc of
southern Democrats and Republic
cans with only three northern
Democrats) voted to reinstate the
farm parity program push
ed back in 1888 and 1884 by the
American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton. The Federation, which has
been dominated by the big cotton
planters and corn farmers, won
the support of then Agriculture
Secretary Henry Wallace to the
plan to curb production by buying
up goods on which prices were fall
ing, and either destroying the
surplus" or dumping it abroad.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
GOmpers Stamp Proposed
To Mark Tooth Birthday

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). =
A bill authorizing the Post Office
Department to issue a special g.
cent stamp commemorating the
Tooth birthday of Samuel Gompers,
for more than 40 years president
of the American Federation of
Labor, has been introduced by Rep
resentative Augustine B. Kelley,
Democrat of Pennsylvania.
Gompers was born Jan. 27, 1850,
in London, and came to the United
States in 1868. With the exception
of one year, Gompers was AFL
president from 1882 until his
death, Dec. Is, 1924. His Tooth
birthday will be commemorated at
the AFL convention in st. Paul in
October.