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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11

them. Opposing him was the
hardest thing she had ever done.
Jim" she said, its hard to
put into words what l feel that
bike will do for Tommy. In a way
it will put him on a level with
other boys his age who are bigger"
That's all beside the point"
What do you mean, Jim?"
Suddenly his temper flared.
LAS usual you want to give Tommy
his way at whatever cost. | Just
don't understand you, Jane.
You're his mother. but you We
never really taken that fact seri-
ously. And you've some cockeyed
idea that because he's your son
he's just little smarter than other
kids. Look how you used to send
him to the market when we lived
on Hayden. He wasn't six, and
his leg still weak. Look how you
let him ride that horse at
Bremmer's two summers ago. Oh,
Tommy can do it, You made a
theme song of it.
She carefully pleated little
fold of her skirt. 1T meant some
thing to be trusted to 90 to the
store alone after he'd been sick
and dependent so long. And know
ing he could ride on a tall horse"
Her voice was low. Il don't want
him to grow up afraid"
so you let me do the worry
ing"
JAMES temper flared. too. We'll,
you do enough for three people.
You're afraid, always afraid.
Something may happen. or is 60
ing to happen. | won't have
Tommy grow up like that. l won't.
And the things | do are thought
out. whether you believe 50 or
not. Nothing happened when he
went to the market, did it?
Why? Because l showed him
how the crossing signal worked
and the reason. | went with him
back and forth until he under
stood. And l explained about the
horse, how to make it respond and
what would make it unruly, like
jerking its reins or kicking it. l
did all l could think of, and then
didn't worry"
He said impatiently. you get
your mind fixed on a certain thing;
you never look beyond that"
She countered fiercely, you
never look beyond what may
happen. Anybody can dream up
the worst about everything"
Continued on page 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11

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this gracefully tailored sofa will be to your home.
Don't forget the real Simmons bed inside! The
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11

3. Leove the bedding on you,
Hide-A-Bed! Make it up in the morn.
ing and fold it away, all ready foI
the night! And when you sleep, you
lie only on the bed, never on an,
part of the sofa!
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-15

entertained a very large crowd. Mr..
Zuercher and his father who reside
in Berne have for many years made
high class accordions of various
types. Many of the band members
are from distant places within a
radius of eighty-niles from Berne
and in their own communities are
instructors of their favorite instru-
ments.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Schey and
daughter Jacqualin were Sunday dim
ner guests in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel A. Schey and daughter
Mary.
Clement Suter disposed of his
farm equipment Saturday afternoon
at public auction and expects to
devote more of his time with live
stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach
and son Roger, Mr.. and Mrs. Verl
Reichenbach, Larry and Carol Sue,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Reichenbach and
son Rex and Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Kohl and daughter Candice were
Sunday visitors in the home of Mrs.
Ida Steppler near Monroe, Indiana.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-15
The Brag-Boat Of The
Ohio

1t was an elegant boat, the "Mo-
selle," Captain Perkins in charge, as
it strained at its cables against the
Cincinnati wharf-boat the morning
of April 26, 1888. Besides it was a
rival speed boat, and both craft were
loading with passengers, ready to
cut loose for st. Louis and on to
New Orleans.
1t mattered little to Captain Per-
l1ins that after loading at the Cin-
cinnati dock the boat must go up
river mile and pick up an addi-
tional family at Fulton. That vii
lage, now a part of the Cincinnati
east Ohio Riverfront, was where the
Moselle had been made-even two
oceangoing steamers had been built
in the Fulton ship yards.
At Fulton the Moselle, tied to a
lumber barge, pulled at her cables
with smoke pouring from her stacks
while the family for st. Louis came
aboard Captain Perkins had not
shut off the steam-he wanted all he
could get to overtake the rival
steamer and beat it into St. Louis.
The new Moseile had reputation to
maintain-the fastest passenger boat
on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
BOILERS EXPLODE
Barely had the cables been loosen
ed from the lumber barge and the
Moselle moved into midstream when
her boilers let loose with roar.
All then was confusion. 1t was the
biggest story ever broken, even after
102 years, in the Cincinnati news
papers.
Heads, limbs and bodies flew thru
the air in every direction. There
were shouts, shrieks and groans from
the MANNED and dying. The boat
was complete wreck, entirely shat
tered as far back as the mems cabin,
and her hurricane deck, the entire
length of the boat, was swept away
Floating downriver but sinking al
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through the Western states.

through the western states.
Mrs. Dwight Plankenhorn has been
admitted to theh ospital recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Steiner have
announced the approaching mar
riage of their daughter, Lois Jean
to Erwin F. Regehr ON Friday even
ing, Dec. 23rd, at the ST. John
church.
Ladies chorus of st. John church
enjoyed their Christmas meeting at
the Barbara Welty home Tuesday
evening.
Members of the Ebenezer Ladies
chorus met the same evening in the
home of Mrs. Ezra Bucher.
A very unusual program was
presented in the Pandora high school
auditorium, Saturday evening when
Mr.. Walter Zuercher of Berne Ind,
and his accordion band delightfully."-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-15
Venom of Bees and Wasps

It is not generally known that the
venom of bees and wasps is not
the same. The effect of a bee sting
upon humans is definitely toxic, act
ing upon the heart and circulation,
and although believed to be a cure
for rheumatic disorders may cause
the death of the person stung. A
wasp sting, on the other hand,
has no i'll effect other than to cause
local swelling and pain about the
place of puncture. Wasp venom"
is for-nic acid, but what definitely
constitutes the venom of the bee
has yet to be discovered.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-15
Settlement

Oliver Schultz, Gordon Lugibihl,
Dwight Suter and Wilmer Lehman
left the first of the week for trip
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EDITORS NoTE-This is one
of series of articles to appear
in the Blufton Ne1Us dealing
with early Ohio history. Others ,
pill appear IN forthcoming
issues.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-02

former Clara w. Messick, she was
the daughter of the late Edward Il.
Messick and Mary Conwell Mes
sick. She is survived by four daug-
hters, Mrs. Lewis B. Graves and
Mrs. E. Gould Macintire of I.ewes:
Mrs. Robert C. Straw of Gathers
burg, Md, and Mrs. Perry T. Bur
ton of Bethesda Md; one brother.
Lewes T. Messick Of Drexel Hill,
Pa. The Rev. A. E. DOugherty con-
Quoted the services. Burial was
made in the Methodist Cemetery.
Edward B. Maniove, 40. Lewes
contractor, died Wednesday. Nov.
23rd, in the Beebe Hospital after a
long illness.
For some time he had been en-
plOyed at the Fish Products Com
pany. menhaden, plant at Lewes.
He was the son of the late Peter b.
and Mary S. ManlOVe. Surviving are
his wife, Mrs. Blanche Pride Man
love of Lewes; one daughter. Mrs.
Melvin Hennessy Of Milford: one
sister, Mrs.Jennie Hart Of Lewes:
three brothers, Saniel, John and
Ira Manlove. Phila. Funeral SER
vices were held Saturday at 2 D. m.
in the Atkins Funeral Home. Lewes
Rev. Clarence Strickland retired
minister of RehOboth Beach. ofici-
ated. Burial was made in the Lew
es Methodist Cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-02

Mrs. Edison C. Lodge ST., Mr.. and
Mrs Edison c Lodge Jr.. and daugh-
ter Snsann, Mr.. and Mrs. Archie
Brittingham, Chip and Judy and
Robert Birmingham all of Lewes.
Three Delaware youths have
been appointed as apprentices in
the Pilot Association for the Bay
and River Delaware. The young
men who were indentured on Nov
ember q, 1949, by the State Board
Of PiOlt Commissioners at Wilm-
ington, are J. William Hooker III,
of Lewes, who will follow in the
footsteps of his grandfather the
late Capt. Thomas r. Marshall Of
Lewes; Francis A. ReardOn ST.;
and Kenneth E. Ellis of Ocean
View, son-in-law of Capt William
Teal Jr., Lewes pilot.
According to time hOnored GUS
tom each apprentice is bound to
a licensed pilot who keeps him in
tow during his years of study. The
sponsor" for young Hooker is
Capt. Edwin c. Marshall. Pilot w.
L. Bennett, Jr., represents Rear
don, while Capt. William D. Collins
is the mentor for apprentice Ellis.
AS the quota for pilots and appren-
tices operating under the Della
ware board Of Pilot Commissioners
is only S6, the new appointees will
have to wait for vacancy, which
would need to be created either by
retirement or death in the ranks.
The association already has six ap-
prentices on the Pilot Boat Phila-
delphia, two of whom are expected
to get their licenses in January.
The men of st. Peters Church
Lewes, held a business meeting on
Tuesday evening in the Parish
House Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Grace Brittingham is max
ing visit in Baltimore, Md, with
her sOn-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. William P. Hill and FAM
lily.
The Lewes Yacht Club will hold
its first party for the winter season
, Saturday evening, December 3,1949
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-02
LEWES

Captain Anthony Potter, Delaw-
are River Pilot, underwent an oper-
ation for appendicitis at the Beebe
Hospital on Monday. Captain Pot
ter is convalsening very nicely at
this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel West, who
have been spending a few weeks in
Wilmington. Delaware with their
sOn and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Dodson West and family, re-
turned to their home here on Sun
day.
Mrs. Thomas Virden, Mrs. Her
bert Hazard and Mrs. Wilson In
gram were hostess at a dessert and
Bridge party, held in the Zwaanen-
dael Club building, Monday even
ing.
Col John D. Mitchell, command
ing officer Of the harbor defense
post on Cape Henlopen annOunc-
ed that the full complement Of
Navy will only have charge Of this
one section. while Fort Miles will
continue to be an Army anti-air-
craft, training post for civilian ex-
pOnents Of the National Guard for
Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania
the District Of Columbia, and other
states under the second Army. The
Mine command was established in
1912 and was an important defense
project in the late war for the part
Of Phila., and other military in
stallations and towns along the
Delaware River. The Army person.
mel at the post has been reduced to
around 100 men since the war and
the Naval Unit of the war was
withdrawn. Fort Miles has been
chosen for the annual anti-aircraft
encampment Of the National Guard
that for many previous years es-
tablished at Bethany Beach.
Mrs. Frank Metcalf and son OF
Washington, D. c., spent Thanks
giving here with Mrs. Metcalf's
parents, DR.. and Mrs. w. G. Wilt.
hank, at their residence in DeVries
Circle. Mrs. Metcalf may be remem.
bered as the former Kathleen Wilt.
bank Of Lewes.
Mrs. Margaret Wiltbank of Phila
was a recent guest Of DR.. and Mrs
Arthur H. Morris at their resid
ence on Savannah Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Rinikel
and daughter Catherine entertain
ed at a turkey dinner at their home
on Savannah road, THANKSGIVING
Day. Their guests were: Mr.. anC
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-02

in the clubhouse on Lewes Beach
Hostesses will be Mrs. John P. JO-
seph, Yacht Club Auxiliary presi-
dent and Mrs. w. Weldon Britting-
ham. Auxiliary Treasurer. There
will be three piece orchestra for
dancing and a buffet supper will
be served. The admission will De
$1O0 per person.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Steele and
family Of Portsmouth, Va, were re-
cent guests Of Mr.. SteePs mother,
Mrs. Irwin B. Steele, at her resid-
ence on Mulberry St.
MI. and Mrs. Irven S. MauIl of
Lewes Beach, had as their guest
during Thanksgiving weekend; Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Johnson of Baltimore,
Md, and Mrs. Maull's mother. Mrs.
Mary c. Morrow of Wilmington,
Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton B. Flick of
Pittsburgh, Pa, and their daughter
Miss E. Abagail Flick, spent the
Thanksgiving Holidays here at
their cottage on Lewes Beach.
Miss Mary Ellen Teal, and Miss
Nancy Vaughn, who are attending
Linden Hall, in Litiz, Pa, this win
ter, spent Thanksgiving here with
their respective parents.
Captain and Mrs. ]. Wright Row
land and daughter Jay, and Captain
and Mrs. Harry H. Rowland, will
attend the Army Navy game in
Phila. They will be the guests OF
U. S. Congressman and Mrs. ]. Cal
eb BOggs, and Caleb Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Clifton
entertained as their dinner guests
on Thanksgiving Day, Mr.. and Mrs
Harvey Baker, Mrs. Friedrich G
Clifton Sr.. and son HirOns Clifton
and Mrs. Harry Francis. Mrs. Cliff.
ton, who has been quite i'll the past
few days has improved at this writ.
ing.
Funeral services were held OF
Friday at 2 p. m. in the Atkins Fun.
eral Home for Mrs. George w. Co.
verdale, 76, who died Tuesday
Nov. % in the Beebe Hospital. Tn,
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-02
Don't Let Death
Take Your Holiday

Don't Let Death Take Your
HOLIDAY"
That is the slogan Of nation-
wide campaign by the National
Safety Council to hold down the
Christmas-New Year holiday acci-
dent toll this year.
Council figures show the year
end holiday season is the most
dangerous period Of the year, and
that accidents annually mar the
holiday celebration in thousands Of
homes throughout the nation.
In a united effort to focus public
attention on the extra holiday haz-
ards and the extra caution needed
to meet them, city and state offic-
ials, civic groups. local safety
councils and 100 national organiza-
tions are joining with the Council
IN the Christmas safety campaign.
The Council pointed out that
traffic accident deaths on both
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
run about twice as many as the an
nual daily average Heavier travel
and the festive spirit of the holiday
season add to the normal winter
hazards Of bad weather, slippery
roads and added hours Of darkness.
Every family in America should
put one extra gift under its Christ
mas tree this year." said Ned H.
Dearborn, residentp Of the Council.
That gift is life. It could be the
life Of some member Of the house.
hold, or of a stranger. But it will
be saved because someone has used
just a little extra caution, common
sense and courtesy to meet holiday
hazards.
Unless everyone is willing to go
to a little trouble by taking extra
care during the Christmas holiday
season. America is likely to cele-
brate the holiday by repeating the
record-breaking carnage Of the re-
cent Labor Day holiday disaster.
when more than $50 persons were
killed by needless accidents.
Remember safe Christmas
celebration, free from accidents
that mar family happiness at this
joyous time of the year, is the very
best present anybody can give OF
receive. Don't let death take your
hOlidayi"
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-02

great distances. This they said Is
apt to occur in the peculiar wealth.
er conditions known as tempera-
ture inyersions. It happens when
the air close to earth is colder than
that higher up. The Place where
the two air temperatures meet acts
like a pipe for teleyision signals.
This temperature line follows the
earth's curvature and so do the
signals.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-02

through the watery blobs the rays
are scattered in many directions.
This scattering causes the snow
and also causes television sets to
receive the signals at extraordinary
distances. Ordinarily television sig
mails travel in straight lines and are
cut off by the earth's curvature at
SO miles or less.
The Cornell engineers also ex-
planned a second and better reason
for television occasionally skipping
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-02
Spots Explained

ITHACA. N. Y. 0Pl Those
spots that look like snow on your
televiston screen are explained in
a new way by Doctors Henry q.
Booker and William E. Gordan, Of
Cornell University engineering
faculty. You could call them pict-
ures of water in the air.
When the television signals pass
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-02
water Is a Food

According to biochemists, water
Is food. even though it does not
supply energy as do carbohydrates,
fats and proteins. Food is con-
sidered as including all materials
required for growth and repair Of
body tissue, and water is certainly
one Of these.
Evening star., 1949-12-03

results will be obtained by allow
ing a thorough drying Of several
hours before placing the rugs
coated surface against the floor
surface. It does not come off on
the floor and moths cannot at
tack 1t.
The material can be used to
join two rugs together by treating
the rugs in the ordinary manner
and also the joining tape. The
adhesive is waterproof and gives
additional body to all size rugs.
making them easy to clean with
a vacuum cleaner.
For information on where to obtain
products mentioned above. please address
Room 1874, The Star Building, inclosing
stamped. self addressed envelope for reply.
Please do not telephone.
tReleased BY Consolidated News
Features, Inc)
Evening star., 1949-12-03

applied either with a spray gun
or brush and it dries to form a
strong rubbery film which anchors
Itself to the rug, making it stay
Iput.
One application costs only a
fraction as much as a rubber un-
derlay. If the rug. is large. the
preparation need be applied only
along the edges. Applied to
hooked rugs, it will anchor the
tufts and prevent them from
raveling.
The rubber-plastic is self-vulca-
nizing and it's tensile strength
continues to increase after its is
applied. While the film will ap-
pear. to be dried within a few
minutes of being applied. best
Evening star., 1949-12-03
HomeGudgets'
By D. M. Derwin

Many home owners across the
country are busy removing screen
doors and putting up storm doors.
In many instances, a certain
amount of repair. painting ana
renovating work is getting under
way.
To those home-owners who are
making requirements or repairs.
we call attention to a new solid
brass, rustproof, precision-made
screen and storm door latch. Fea-
turing trouble-free performance,
it is built for a lifetime OF service.
It is available for doors OF any
thickness from V16 up to 21s
inches.
The latch comes in two styles,
one for those desiring to lock
their screen or combination doors
from the outside with a key. and
the other embodying the same
features excepting that OF outside
locking. Both can be locked from
the inside with a separate dead
bolt. There are no knob screws to
loosen or lose. Both latches are
available with either q mort1se
strike or a rim strike.
The forged brass handle, spindle
and solid brass escrutcheon plate
are furnished in an easy-to-install
unit. The spindle fits into the
latch bolt mechanism, providing
proper alignment. The latch-bolt
mechanism Is a complete, SELF
contained unit that fits snugly
into the latch housing without the
use of an attached cover plate.
It can be quickly reversed by
lifting out, turning over and re-
placing. There are no screws or
springs to remove-nothing to dis
assemble. It has two-spring ac-
ton, assuring easy latching OF
the ship-type latch bolt.
The forged brass handle and
spindle are permanently attached
to the one-piece brass housing.
The dead-bolt and sliding thumb
piece are also securely attached
to the housing so that there is
nothing to work loose or get lost.
Portable Clothes Dryer.
A portable clothes dryer that
opens and closes like an umbrella
is a recent addition to the growing
list of space savers for the home.
Made from a combination OF bake
lite phenolic plastic and light
weight aluminium. this convenient
little gadget with its six drying
arms can be set up in a moment
to accommodate a surprising num-
ber Of garments. d..
The dryer is excellent for
delicate lingerie and baby clothes
because the smooth plastic elimi-
mates all danger Of snags and rust.
The six drying arms and the top
into which they fit are not az
fected by dampness, bleaching
chemicals or grease and make the
easy umbrella like operation pos
sible.
AIu,,iuu,,o Wall Tile.
Evening star., 1949-12-03
FAC Receives Offer
OF Tract for Home
In Temple Heights

An offer of two Washington
builders Of $4,000 square feet of
land at Temple Heights for a
headquarters for the Food and
Agriculture Organization has been
turned over to the FAC.
The proffer was made in a let
ter sent this week to the United
States delegation by Morris CAT
ritz and Charles Tompkins, owners
Of the 8h-acre Temple Heights
tract in the vicinity of Connecti-
cut avenue and Nineteenth street
NV.
They proposed to deed portion
Of the tract, estimated to be worth
$3.50, 900, to the United Nations
agency without charge and with
only stipulation that construc-
ton of a building begin some time
In 1850.
Next Move In Doubt.
Just what the next move Is re-
mained In doubt in the light OF
Monday nights decision OF con-
ference delegates to move to
Rome, probably in 1851.
However, some delegates who
were disappointed in the defeat OF
the United States for an FAC
headquarters were grasping at the
new offer as q last straw IN their
desire to get a reconsideration OF
the matter.
Officially, the United States
delegation considers the question
q closed one in the light OF Mon
days vote and therefore decided
to refer the Cafritz- Tompkins
communication to the FAC.
Meanwhile, Commission 3 OF the
conference was to get report to-
day from a committee OF United
States, United Kingdom and
French representatives, appointed
by Chairman B. r. Sen to look
into the problem of financing the
agency's move to Rome. Costs OF
the transfer range have been esti-
mated as high as $1,500,000.
Report on Surplus Food.
Also due today was a report OF
q committee of Commission l on
the proposed International Com
modify Clearing House plan for
disposing of surplus foods in pro-
ducer nations to needy countries.
The committee is reported to be
prepared to recommend a watered
down version of the idea.
In another action yesterday,
Commission 3 voted to recommend
to the delegates that Spanish be-
come the third working language
of FAC. English and French have
been used In all conferences and
reports since FAO's formation in
1945. Seventeen of the 81 men,
ber countries in FAC are Spanish
speaking nations.
Evening star., 1949-12-03
Sunday Concert Planned
By AII-Stote Orchestra
By the Associo,ed Press

" he 'fSSs
RICHMOND. Va, Dec. 3.-A
public concert at pm. Sunday
will be a higi1light of the 7th an
nual meeting of the All = State
High School Orchestra at Thomas
Jefferson High School this week.
end.
Players from Is Virginia high
schools will make up the 1872
member orchestra, which win be
directed by Miss Elizabeth A. II.
Green of Ann Arbor, Mich.