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Smyrna times., 1949-05-26
Price Supports For
I949-C Crop Soybeans


Ninety percent of the compar-
able price for all soybeans on Sep
tember 1, 1949, has been set as the
support level for this years crop
of soybeans grading U. S. No. 2,
and containing not more than ID
percent moisture. Premiums and
discounts will apply to all other
grades of soybeans.
To be eligible for loan or pur-
chase agreements the, soybeans
must grade U. S. No. 4 or better,
and have not more than IA percent
moisture. A premium of 1 cent a
bushel will be paid on green and
yellow varieties, and a discount of
19 cents bushel has been set for
black, brown or mixed varieties.
Loans and purchase agreements
will be available to producers from
time of harvest through January
81, 1850. Loans will mature May
81, 1850, or earlier, on demand.
Producers who wish to deliver soy
beans under purchase agreement
must declare their intention to sell
within 30-day period ending May
81, 1850, or ending on any earlier
date that may be determined by
the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Adequate storage is an import
ant item in carrying out support
operation through the CCC loans
and purchase agreements and pro-
ducers should give serious consid-
GRAFTON in advance to their own in
dividual storage needs in order to
insure orderly marketing of the
1949 crop.
Smyrna times., 1949-05-26
Record Lima Bean Crop
Being Planted in Delaware

Delaware farmers this year plan
to grow the largest acreage of lima
beans of any state east of the Mis-
sissippi, reveals Robert Stevens.
extension horticulturist for the
University of Delaware. The bean
planting operations have already
started and will continue for many
weeks.
Over 10000 acres of lima beans
will be planted in Delaware if pres
ent plans are not upset by unfav-
orable weather. This represents
an increase over 1s48 of more than
5000. The only state to exceed
Delaware's acreage is California.
The lima bean industry in Della
ware has developed into blk busi-
ness, says Stevens. Most of the
planting, cultivating and harvest
ing is done by machinery. Four
row planters, rotary hoes and mo-
bile viners enable farmers to grow
large paintings with minimum of
labor.
These lima beans will, for the
most part, be frozen or canned.
The many processing plants in Del
aware and adjacent states have
contracted most of the acreage.
Delaware's climate, soil and topo-
graphy are especially suited to this
crop, and the quality of the Della
ware lima beans is the best in the
country.
Smyrna times., 1949-05-26
Newcastle Disease Remains Serious

Newcastle Disease Remains Serious
Newcastle disease continues to
be menace to the poultry indus
try, according to J. Frank Gordy,
extension poultryman at the Uni
versity of Delaware, who reports
that research is continuing toward
improved methods of control.
The disease is serious and has
spread widely and rapidly, now be-
ing present in every state. In re-
cent years it has caused economic
losses in poultry second only to
pullorum disease.
Two kinds of vaccine are avail
able for use when needed, and prwa
dent poultry growers should 49,
form themselves on the vaccine
situation and be ready to immunize
when local conditions make this
advisable.
Meanwhile, Gordy stresses that
strict sanitation and the blocking
of channels for transfer of infec-
tion remain the most desirable
form of protection for most poul-
try growers. Serious as it is, the
disease-as it has developed in this
country-has not yet proved as
deadly in the proportion of chick
ems killed as it has in several other
countries.
For most meat and egg produc-
ers in areas where the disease has
not yet caused serious losses, Cor
dy says that the Bureau of Animal
Industry of the u. S. Department
does not recommend vaccination
except on authoritative advice
from local authorities. If New
castle disease strikes a producing
flock, good procedure is to burn
or bury all dead birds. Susceptible
chickens should not be brought to
the premises for at least weeks
after the outbreak.
Smyrna times., 1949-05-26

early to make a serious study of
their farms to determine the most
urgently needed practices for 1850.
Soil is not static. Changes are
going on all the time-some i'm
prove the soil and some to tear it
down. Mineral supplies, water,
humus, soil structure, slope of the
land and crops previously grown
should all be considered in deter
mining how to make the most eff
fective use of conservation prac-
tees in building a better soil.
Smyrna times., 1949-05-26
soil-sIore Than Bin of Plant Food

Soil-sIore Than Bin of Plant Food
Soil is more than a static storage
bin of plant food and conservation
of the soil is more than replacing
minerals taken out in crops.
Soil is more like something alive
that has to be kept healthy and
strong to keep it producing and
when it gets sick it may take a
long time to make it well again
if ever; and conservation that
keeps the land well and productive
is more effective than that which
seeks only to cure sick land.
Each farmer should consider his
farm-the land-with this in mind
in carrying out conservation prac-
tices. The provisions of the Agri-
cultural Conservation Program are
intended to help the farmer not
only correct damages from erosion
but to help him build in to the soil
a resistance to erosion.
Soils differ and they require diff
ferent treatment to protect them
against erosion and depletion. In
recognition of this the Agricultural
Conservation Program includes 6
great variety of conservation prac'
tices from which farmers may Sc
lect those that are most needed.
The farmer, with the help of his
local committeeman, is urged tC
study the needs of his farm to Sc
lect those conservation practice:
which are best adapted to meet
those needs.
Even though farmers already
have signed up in the ACP for 194s
and have indicated the practice!
they will carry out, it is not toe
Smyrna times., 1949-05-26
Survey Reveals
Accident Causes

A year-long survey of farm and
home accidents in Delaware has
resulted in an impressive collection
of accident facts and figures, re-
ports Miss Louise Whitcomb, ex-
tension home management special
ist for the University of Delaware.
The survey was con du e d
throughout the State from April 1,
1948 to March 80 of this year, by
the Delaware Agricultural Exten-
sion Service and the Delaware
Safety Council.
Community safety chairmen, 104
in all, made monthly reports of
accidents in their neighborhoods.
From these local reports were COM
piled the following statistics. A
total of 764 accidents were report
ed, or one person injured for every
Is farms. Of these, 289 were farm
accidents, 296 home accidents and
179 occurred off the farm. More
men and boys were injured than
the fair sex-425 to 339. ~ !,
Falls injured more people than
any other type of accident, accord
ing for about two-thirds of home
injuries. Around the farm, mach
inery accounted for one-third of
the accidents, with the tractor
taking the highest toll-24 injuries.
Forty-seven deaths were listed.
IA on the farm resulting from
tractor or truck accidents, animals
high tension wires and electric
storms; % off the farm, swimming,
boating and in car accidents.
Miss Whitcomb estimates that
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Evening star., 1949-03-06
SIS. and s4975 Coats- S38
SIS. and s5975 Coats- s48
SIS. and s6975 Goals $50

Trio pictured from large assorments in all price groups
Juniors S4975 Fored Cosuo coot in soft wool broodcoh
Stitching trims the deep cuffs slonted pockets and big
round collar. Yoked back hugs the shoulder flare Navy.
beige toast, orey, or qreen Sizes 7 to IS s38.
Misses S6975 Double breasted Short Boxcoo tailored by
Anseiqh Soft roll collar inverted bock-peot and sveY
costume buttons Juiord "PIonoteen: navy beige, Doco,
black or red Sizes 10 to l6 $50.
Womens Se5 Dressy Gobordine coot with slim panel back
stitched yoke and tob fastened collar An opupose beauty
in beige toost grey or black Sizes 30 to 40 $50.
Jele0-Coat Shops-Thrd Floor,
snd at JeEet Branch Stores Anntversosy Euents.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

Springs first beautiful fashions special everything
manages
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08
XXI lakes Off Alone,
Sets Climbing Record
BY the Associated Press

The "faster-than-sound" plane,
the rocket-powered Bell XII, has
taken off under it's own power for
the first time, the Air Force dis
closed yesterday.
The tiny plane reached an alti-
tude of $4,000 feet in one minute
40 seconds in a test Monday at the
Muroc Base in California.
This rate of climb exceeds preyi-
GUS records, but the Air Force said
no official claim will be made.
Capt. Charles E. Yeager, the first
pilot to exceed the speed of sound
in the plane. was at the controls.
The XII averaged a rate of climb
of more than 10000 feet a minute
in this test. The Air Force said a
propeller plane of fighter type can
rise about 5000 feet a minute. Jet
fighters, like the Shooting Star, can
climb 5000 feet the first minute and
10000 the second.
Although originally designed for
conventional ground takeoff, the XII
heretofore had been carried to an
altitude of about 10000 feet by a
B-29 Superfortress and then re-
leased.
The XII burns a mixture of ethyl
alcohol and liquid oxygen. 1t can
fly two and one half minutes at full
power or for 10 minutes if the four
rocket units are used one at a time.
No notifications were made in the
plane nor was any auxiliary power
source used in the first ground take
off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08
Capper Praised by Kansas
DELEGATION at Breakfast

Former Senator Capper, Repub-
lican. of Kansas, was praised today
by the entire Kansas congressional
delegation at a farewell breakfast
in, a private dining room at the
Capitol.
The States two Senators and six
House members each paid tribute
to the publisher, who will leave
Washington January IL for his
home at Topeka.
Representative Hope, Republican,
was the host. Senator Schoeppel,
who succeeded Senator Capper, said
the veteran legislator is "revered
and respected not only in Kansas
but throughout the United States. -
Senator Reed, Republican, de-
clared his record would stand in
Kansas for a long time to come"
House members who joined in the
farewell were Republican Represent
atives Rees, Scrivner, Cole, Meyer
and Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08
Lesinski Assures Hook
OF Labor Committee Job
by the Assoeioted Press

Former Representative Frank
Hook Of Michigan will return
to Federal Government service.
whatever the outcome of his effort
to unseat Republican Senator Ferg-
uson of Michigan.
Representative Lesinski, Demo-
crat, of Michigan said yesterday
that one of. his first acts as chair.
man of the House Labor COMMITTEES
will be to name Mr.. Hook his special
counsel. He said Mr.. Hook will &C
cept the appointment.
This committee will write the
House version of a new labor law,
following President Truman's de-
mand that Congress repeal the
Taft-Hartley Act and re-enact the
Wagner law. with notifications.
Mr.. Lesinski said he would name
another Michigan man, Joe Koski of
Detroit as chief clerk to his COM
mittee, and that he is seeking the
services of an experienced investiga-
tor for the committee, also from De-
troit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08

lie statement praising his services
highly.
Alger Hiss brother Donald Is one
of % partners in the Acheson law
firm-Covington. Burling, Rublee,
Acheson & Shorb.
In the early years Of his previous
service in the State Department, Mr..
Acheson was often criticized by
some colleagues and others who con-
sidered he relied too much on con-
tinued friendly relations with Rus
STA That was in the war period
when he firmly espoused the Roose-
welt policy of all-out aid to Russia in
the war against Germany, and of
working for postwar cooperation
with the Soviet.
Mr.. Acheson's views changed as
Soviet actions after the war blasted
peace hopes. In one of his last
speeches as Undersecretary, on June
Is, 1947, he listed such actions and
said:
"Unhappily. the whole course of
recovery and the international pur-
suit of happiness has suffered deeply
by the failure to attain or maintain
great power unity. This has come
about by the Soviet Unions pursuit
of policies Numerically opposed to
the very premises of international
accord and recovery"
Blasted Soviet Policy.
A few months earlier Mr. Acheson
had voiced one of the most out
spoken criticisms of Soviet policy
to have come from top American
official at that time, and had drawn
a sharp protest from Soviet For
eign Minister Molotov.
On February 10, 1947. Mr.. Ache
son was testifying before a con-
gressional committee in favor of
the controversial appointment of
David Lllienthal as chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission. Sena-
tor Mcclellan, Democrat, of Ten
nessee. asked him if he thought
Russia would take over the rest of
Europe and the world" if she had
the atomic bomb.
Mr.. Acheson replied that he
couldn't answer the question in the
way it was asked, but said Il am
quite aware of the fact that Russian
foreign policy is an aggressive and
expanding one" He added that if
world problems couldn't be solved
through the United Nations and
other agreements 1.-The situation is
very serious"
Mr.. Molotov protested the "inad-
missable behavior" of Mr.. Acheson
for what he called a statement
"rudely slanderous and hostile to the
Soviet Union"
Aided "Cold War Strategy.
AS Undersecretary, Mr.. Acheson
helped to chart the current cold
war" strategy, including the THU
man doctrine" Of military as well as
economic help to Greece and Turkey
and the Marshall Plan for European
recovery.
Mr.. Truman emphasized yester-
day that the changes in the State
Department high command do not
mean any changes in policy.
Mr.. Lovett, in a news conference
later said the changeover would be
made smoothly. He said he would
stay on in the department as long
as necessary to help Mr.. Acheson
and Mr.. Webb assume control.
Mr.. Acheson has behind him one
experience of Republican opposition
in the Senate-that was to con-
f1rmation of his appointment as
Undersecretary in 1945. At that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08
Conductor Charges Libel
To Whitney in $4,000 Suit

A. F. Whitney, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
was sued for $4,000 damages in
District Court yesterday by a Penn
sylvania Railroad conductor, who
charged he was libeled in letters
alegedly written by Mr.. Whitney
last July.
The plaintiff, Raymond D. Hefin,
1926 Underwood street NV. con-
tended he lost his position as Sec
retary-treasurer of local 28e, BRIT,
as a result of the letters.
Mr.. Hef1in charged he was libeled
when Mr.. Whitney accused him of
misrepresenting the facts, IN a tele-
gram the conductor allegedly sent
the union head concerning Presi-
dent Truman and Judge T: Alan
Goldsborough of District Court.
Last May Judge Goldsborough
granted an injunction asked BY
President Truman which averted 4
Nation wide railroad strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08
DR.. George F. Crofton,
VA ConsuItanf, Dies

DR.. George Howard Crofton, so
medical consultant at the Veterans
Administration for the last 80 years,
died unexpectedly today at his
home, 1906 Thirty seventh street
NV.
He was found unconscious in his
bedroom early this morning by his
wife, Mrs. Josephine Crofton. and
was pronounced dead by an Emery
ency Hospital physician.
DR.. Crofton was born in Taunton,
Mass. He was graduated from the
Physicians and Surgeons School at
the University of Maryland and
Georgetown Law School. He in
termed at st. Francis Hospital in
Hartford, Conn, and later practiced
medicine in Attleboro, Mass. He
came mere 81 years ago.
During World War I he served
overseas as an officer in the Medi-
cal Corps. During World War n
he was a major in the Medical
Corps, but remained in his job al
the Veterans Administration as q
doctor.
DR.. Crofton was a fourth-degree
Knight of Columbus and member
of Washington Council No. 224. He
was also a member of the Ameri-
can Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Besides his widow he is survived
by daughter, Miss Mary Patricia
Crofton, of the Thirty-seventh
street address; a brother, Joseph
Crofton, and five sisters, the Misses
Mae Emma Crofton and Gertrude
Crofton; Mrs. John Sullivan, Mrs
Jeffry O'Brien and Mrs. Arthur
O'Connor, all of Fall River, Mass.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08

recently assigned to the Arab side
in the Palestine war, said the Royal
Air Force was flying fighter recon-
Nuisance patrols over Trans-Jor-
dan within view of the Negeb battle
area.
The Raj also has been building
up its gasoline stocks and other sup
plies in Trans-Jordan by means of
cargo planes flying from bases in
1raq and the Suez Canal Zone of
Egypt. This airlift operation was
planned to continue two weeks.
One British government source in
London said the Raj activity in
Trans-Jordan was not designed as a
military threat against Israel, but
as evidence of Britain's intent to
back up warnings against Jewish
violations of the borders of Allied
countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08
Ceuse-Fire
Continued From First Page.)

II 81 FdSc.t
planes" appeared over the battle zone
again in the afternoon and were at
tackled by anti-aircraft fire and
fighters.
He said during this time a forma-
ton of II planes was seen to be
carrying wing bombs northeast of
Rata. These were attacked by four
Israeli fighters. One plane crashed
in flames and another was claimed
by Israeli pilots as probably shot
down.
The spokesman said later the
Israeli forces found a burned wreck
OF one of these planes and asserted
it bore Raj markings. Thus it was
assumed the squadron was British
and that the second downed plane
was an Raj machine.
The pilots body found in the
wreckage was burned beyond recog-
milton
Meanwhile, observance of orders
for cease-fire between Jews and
Arabs appeared to be complete in
Palestine
"The Egyptian attack in the Rata
area ceased at pm. last night az
noon EST yesterday and all fight
ing in that area stopped" an Israeli
Foreign Office spokesman an
nounced.
All was quiet on the central sector
as we'll, he said.
Jews blamed the Egyptians for
the furry of shooting which de-
veloped in the Rata area after the
cease-flre was to have become eff
fective yesterday.
An Israeli spokesman said fight
ing was still going on at Rata, an
Egyptian frontier base, at 5 pm.
yesterday 90 am. EST. This was
three hours after the deadline.
Informed Jewish sources said the
Egyptians counterattacked the Is
raeli lines there late in the after
noon and were thrown back. Is
! raeli spokesman, however, described
the incident as local in character. 4"
| Rata is on the communication
lines up the coastal strip of South
ern Palestine to the Egyptian-h held
city Of GAIA. d. .n-, ,,J.i
Jewish sources said Rata was UNI
der attack by Israeli forces from
the south and west before the cease
fire deadline. Jewish claims to the
city of Rata complicated the matter
OF whether part of these troops
were on Egyptian soil.
Issuance of the cease-fire orders
is due to be followed by armistice
negotiations between Egypt and
Israel under United Nations auspices.
The Egyptian government, in Or
dering its troops to quit shooting,
said its action was conditional on
Israel withdrawing her forces to
positions of october IA and obeying
other U. N. Security Council orders.
October IA marked the start of
the first Of two Israeli drives south
ward.
An Egyptian communique said:
while the Egyptian government re-
news the cease-fire in compliance
with the Security Council decision
and with the mediation of the
United States Government and its
assurances, it pays tribute to its
courageous army, which carried the
responsibility alone and maintained
its traditions and glories, standing
firm in all its positions and lines"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08
Palestine
Continued From First Paee)

the mandate period. showed
Rata as an Egyptian city,
The British charged yesterday
that Israeli ground forces had made
a fresh incursion into Egypt and
had $50 vehicles at a camp three
miles south of the town.
The Jewish chief of operations
said that if Israeli forces actually
are in Egypt the matter can be
easily adjusted in armistice or peace
talks between the Jews and Egyp-
tianS.
Reports Are Confirmed.
The announcement riding
Aqaba officially confirmed reports
circulating for several days that
Britain is moving troops into Trans
Jordan to back up her mutual de-
Tense treaty with King Abdullah.
A Foreign Office spokesman told
newsmen the British troop move
ments to Aqaba had been ordered
In response to request from Trans
Jordan" under its treaty of alliance
with Britain. He refused to disclose
the number of soldiers involved.
No other movement of troops has
taken place so far" the spokesman
continued. He volunteered the OBJ
servation that the Royal Air Force
has bases in Trans-Jordan at Am
man and Mafraq.
The informant denied published
reports that Britain also is sending
troops to the Egyptian Palestine
frontier, where Israeli and Egyptian
forces were reported to have clashed
after yesterdays cease-fire deadline.
No movement of British forces
has taken place from the Suez Canal
zone to the Egyptian-Palestine Dor
der, the spokesman said. Britain
has a mutual defense treaty with
Egypt as well as with Trans Jordan.
Denies Arms Deliveries.
Britain has delivered no war ma
terials to the Arab states, he said,
The United Nations Security Coun-
Gil ordered a Middle East arms en-
barge last spring. -.
rAqaba links TRANSIT ordans Capt
tai OF Amman with the sea. 1t is
near the part of the Negeb desert
allotted to Israel and also near Saudi
Arabia. In Paris last month Brit
ish delegate charged before the Sc
curity Council that a small Israeli
force had crossed the Trans-J Jordan
border near Aqaba but that it later
withdrew.
The Foreign Office spokesman
said: THE British government con-
tinues to regard the situation tin
Palestine) with grave concern" Ac-
cordlng to the Foreign Offices latest
he said. there still are some
Jewish troops on Egyptian soil. He
acknowledged, however. that the
Foreign Office had received no fresh
information since yesterdays cease
fire order
The British government hopes the
cease-flre will lead to improvements.
he said, but will be more convinced
of this when there is evidence that
Security Council orders ARE put in
practice"
He said 1t was natural that Trans
Jordan should request the aid of
British troops in view of Israel,s
actions along the border and added
that it was natural that Britain
should fulfill her treaty obligations.
Raj Flying Patrols.
The British-Israeli air clash fol-
lowed authoritative information
from Cyprus that Britain has taken
positive military steps this week to
safeguard what she considers her
vital interests in the Middle East.
A dispatch by John Roderick, As
ISOLATED Press correspondent until
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08
Civic Federation 10 Ask Bill
To End Play SEGREGATION

The Federation of Civic Associa-
tons voted last night to ask Con-
gress to amend the District Rec
reation Act to abolish "discrimina-
ton and segregation" on Recrea-
ton Board-controlled Fairgrounds.
During a meeting at Garnet-Pat-
terson Junior High School, Tenth
and U streets NV. the group also
rescinded a resolution adopted at
its November meeting asking hiatt
Congress. abolish the District Rec
reation Board and put it's functions
under the Board of Education.
1t was pointed out in discussion
last night that the Board of Edu-
cation already is overworked and
the Recreation Board is doing "a
good job except for its segregation
policy"