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Smyrna times., 1950-01-26
Kent Juries Drawn for February

Petit juries for the February
term of the Kent County courts
have been drawn by Jury Commits
sions Walker L. Mifflin, and Wilbur
E. Jacobs. Jurors on the regular
panel for the First Representative
District are: George Scout, Martha
Jones, Lewis Black, and William T.
.Dyatt. On the special panel for
the First Representative District
are: John F. Melvin and James S.
Truax.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-26
Injured in Line of Duty

Greetings were extended to John
Bamberger, Cheswold fireman,
who was seriously injured when
struck by a car while in the line of
duty, and William Ackenburg of
Little Greek. Progress was report
ed on having red flashing lights in
stalled on the rear of county fire
engines. Officials of the state asso-
citation who were visitors at the
meeting included Col. Edgar Stay
er of Rehoboth, first vice president;
Layton Baynard of Mt. Cuba, past
president; William Kirk of Five
Points, parliamentarian; John
Moore of Hockessin, past president
and Arthur Hope, chief of the Del
aware City Fire Company.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-26
CLAYTON LIONS CLUB MEET
Hobby Evening" Was Featurec
BY Members Last Week

An interesting 'hobby evening"
was featured by the Clayton Lions
Club last week. with the president,
Ernest Mattiford, presiding. All
the members gave a short talk on
their hobbies. Edward M. Coving-
ton told of having puppy that
has won three ribbons, and Lions
Medford Davis, Jr., and Julian H.
Dunning have taken up photo
graphy as their hobby. A dance is
planned for the near future with
Robert Douglas, chairman finance
committee, as chairman. The
March of Dimes campaign has been
inaugurated by G. Medford Sparks,
chairman, Robert Douglas, and E.
M. Covington.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-26
PRESENT PLAY
WELFARE HOME
Drama Group of University of
Delaware Present ''The
EmperOr's New Clothes
PARTY ALSO ENJOYED

A production by the University
of Delaware Drama Group of ''The
Emperor's New Clothes" was pre-
sented Tuesday night for the resi-
dents of the State Welfare Home.
The laughter of the audience paid
tribute to the performers of the
fairy-tale play based on one of
Hans Anderson's much-loved stor-
les for children. However, adults
as well as children may be capti-
waited by the play, which was writ
ten and directed by Jane Sinclair,
a member of the drama group.
Based on the theme that clothes do
not make the king, the play ap-
peals to all ages. The group de-
serves commendation for putting
on so creditable performance, on
a small stage with no curtain, and
lacking many of the facilities to
which they are accustomed. No
effort was spared to create the
proper background. and fats were
brought down to Smyrna so that
the scenery element was not lack
ing. The illusion of court of the
emperor was maintained, ana the
costumes lent color and credibility
to the play, Music and dancing
further enhanced the production.
Members of the cast were David
Lincicome, Billie Schields, Sam
Handloff, Jane Wagner, Jim Hast
ings, Helen Gleekman, Norma
Handloff, Jim Merritt, and e. G.
Mahanna.
Social Hour
a social hour followed the pro-
duction, at which members of the
cast and staff were guests of the
home. DR. G. J. Prickett thanked
the group for bringing color and
beauty into the humdrum lives of
the patients at the home. Miss
Emma Payne was assisted by other
staff members in arrangements for
the play and the party which fol-
lowed.
Religious Services
The chorus of MT. Friendship
Church presented a religious pro-
gram last Sunday. which included
a talk by the Rev. ]. c. Brown. The
junior choir of Asbury Church
sang at the home last Sunday. On
Saturday the Seventh Day Advent
lists will conduct a service at the
home. The Peoples Chris tian
Church, of Dover, will present mus
ical selections at the home on Sun
day afternoon at o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-26
CHURCH NAMES
NEW TRUSTEES
Congregational Meeting Held
at Presbyterian Church
Last Friday Night
INVITE REV. JONES HERE
Photo by Rutter

AT a, congregational meeting
held at the First Presbyterian
Church Friday night, DR.. John E.
Thomas, Middletown, acted as
moderator. The following trustees
were elected: Elmer P. Corrie,
Harry J. Lower, George Rothwell,
Fred Slaughter, for three-year
terms; Millaway Broadway, John
Stevens, Harry Cloud, William
Norris, for two years; George
.Blendt. ]. Harper Jones, Roland
Weber, Carl Wright, one year. A
call was extended to the Rev. o. C.
Jones for pastor, and the call will
be prosecuted at the Presbytery
to be held in Dover on February 6.
Mr.. Jones, who has been acting as
pastor since early in October, is a
native of Wales. and came to this
country last spring, from England,
where he had been preaching.
Harry ]. Lower was clerk of the
session.
Rev. w. G. Hards in Puerto Rico
Word has been received that the
Rev. Walter G. Hards, former pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church
here, and Mrs. Hards, are now in
Puerto Rico, where he is teaching
and preaching at a college. He was
sent there by the Presbyterian
Foreign Mission Board. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hards visited relatives in
England after leaving Smyrna, and
before their new assignment.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-26
NEW OFFICERS
KENT FIREMEN
j. Harper Jones Installed AS
President; Other officers
Take Office
125 MEMBERS PRESENT

] Officers of the Kent County Vol
unteer Firemen's Association were
installed at ceremonies Wednesday
night, January IS, in the fire hall
of the Citizens Hose Company.
There were 125 representatives
from IL volunteer companies in the
county present. Installed were: ].
Harper Jones of Smyrna, presi-
dent; Paul Neenan of Harrington,
first vice president; Harry Helm of
Leipsic. second vice president;
William Dawson of Camden-Wy-
oming, secretary; and William Bar
Gus of Cheswold, treasurer. Named
to the board of directors were
Walter Handsberry of Leipsic; By
ron Creadick of CheswoId; Emory
Webb of Houston; Paul Smith of
Marydel; and Hubert Dill of Mag
nolia. The new officers were in
stalled by Past President Caleb
Johnson of Magnolia, and Fred
Burke of Clayton, president of the
State Association of Volunteer
Firemen, acted as sergeant-at-
arms. Following his installation,
President Jones appointed Mr..
johnson as chaplain and E. Rey-
nolds Bradley of Smyrna as fire
recorder for the group.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-26
Fireraen Called to Chimney Fire

The volunteers of the Citizens
Hose Company were called to a
chimney fire Saturday morning at
10 o'clock at Georges Place, Du-
Pont Parkway. No damage was
done.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-26
Rev. w. G. Hards in Puerto Rico
Meeting Kenton p. T. A.

The Kenton P. T. A. will hold its
regular meeting Thursday, Janu-
ary 26th at 3 p. m. All members
are urged to attend. Refreshments
will be served.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-26
TALK ON FRESH AIRS VISITS
Smyrna Men Attend Meeting Held
at MurpheY School, Dover

at AIurphey School, Dover
Norman G. Wilder, Walter Eley,
and John H. Fearon, who comprise
the Smyrna Lions Club committee
on Friendly Town plans for the
New York Herald-Tribune Fresh
Airs visits, attended the meeting
held at Murphey School auditor
iun, Dover, recently. A talk by
Mrs. Ruth Allen, of the New York
Office for the fund, was given and
movies were shown which proved
the worth of this project. Repre-
sentatives from Milford, Dover,
and towns in Maryland also at
tended the meeting.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-26
1919 Fire Report

The report of the Kent County
fire recorder for 1949 revealed that
during the year there were TIT
alarms in the county, including six
false alarms. AS result of fires
there was county loss of $269, ,155
part of which was covered by in
surance. Other statistics in the re-
port showed 10,058 men in service,
588 hours in service, 31,607 man.
hours worked, and 1852 miles
travelled in answering alarms.
Types of fires: mercantile Is;
dwellings 1854; chimney 65; auto
55; grass 1O2; woods 10; chicken
houses 9; miscellaneous 81; not
classified 191.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

and unusually mild weather forced
the company to ask for and obtain
an increase in rates. The cost
of main extensions and other
plant facilities was approximately
$4,200.0O0. an outlay financed by
the sale of 100000 of bonds
and through short-term bank
loans.
Approximately 62 per cent of
all common and preferred shares
of gas stock are owned by persons
or institutions located in this area.
Not more than 2 per cent of the
stock is held by any one in
dividual, the average holding
being 83 shares.
The new 26-inch-diameter pipe
line from Charleston, w. Va. to
Rockville. Md. has been finished
by the Columbia Gas System, sup
pliers of natural gas to Wash
ington. Gas from Texas now will
provide for increasing needs here.
Pepco Pushes Expansion.
Ten years ago it was realized
that the Benning and Buzzard
Point generating plants would
soon be unable to meet the grow
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Home Modernizotion
To Create Bio Market
SpseioI Dispatch 70 The Sfor

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 31.-Amer-
ica's 23,000,000 obsolescent homes
dwellings 80 years old or more
loom as one of industry's biggest
potential markets for 1850, ac-
coriing to Harold w. Sweat,
president Of Minneapolis Honey
well Regulator Co.
Concerted sales campaigns to
raise old homes to a par with
newer dwellings could be major
factor in maintaining overall
economic activity and save mil
lions of dollars in home opera
tion," he said.
Outmoded plumbing and heat
ing plants alone will cost owners
$3.50, 900 900 in 1850, according to
the survey, since faulty plumbing
and inefficient heating systems in
most obsolescent homes generally
boost water and fuel costs is per
cent q year.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

group, with Potomac Electric
Power common again the most
active stock, followed by Virginia
Electric g. Power common and
Washington Gas common. Vir-
ginia Power was up Is per cent
at the year end and many stocks
were near the years highest quo
tations.
Two new securities were added
to the list, American Telephone
& Telegraph convertible 3Ass and
Potomac Electric Power 27ss, due
in 1884.
Prices at the close Of the year
ranged from generally firm to
higher. The outstanding issue
was National Bank Of Washing
ton with a gain OF approximately
500 a share, or over so per cent.
Present bids are around $3.50
q share.
Phone Outlays $55,000,000.
Expenditures for improvement
and expansion of telephone IA
cilities to meet Washington's
growing needs amounted to more
Evening star., 1950-01-01

cialty stores, Edward D. Shaw.
fuel, food distributor and public
utilities. Total employment and
payrolls continue to rise as pri-
vate employment offsets the small
drop in Government employees
which the Civil Service Commis-
sion recently listed at 211,070 in
Washington.
Department store sales in the
Metropolitan Area increased 2 per
cent in 10 months compared with
1948, according to the Commerce
Department, the same source re-
porting a 2 per cent increase in
general merchandise, 8 per cent
in the furniture, household and
radio group, 18 in the automotive
group and S in filling stations
group. The Labor Department
reports equally significant gains
in construction.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

dent of the Potomac Electric
Power Co.. said with pride.
The investment already has
cost $21,500,000 and will require
s27,00o,OO0 on completion of the
second unit. The entire postwar
program will call for 500. 900 900.
almost as much as the sos, ,000.-
600 invested in property and plant
in the company's first so years
existence.
With an additional 0,400. 900
authorization and funds available
from prior years. the construction
budget for 1850 stands at $780,
100000, Actual expenditures are
placed at $17,000,000. For the II
months ending November 30. net
income amounted to $4.068,139, an
increase of II per cent over 1948.
Operating income. $5,141,732. was
up 10 per cent.
In September there were 42,146
holders of common stock, 10.096
residing in the District, Maryland
and Virginia. Their holdings
amounted to 1,680.255 shares. or
40 per cent of the shares out
standing. 8
Life Insurance Near Peak. /
Washington families purchased
an estimated $132 900, 900 new life
insurance during 1S49, close to a
record volume, and brought total
Evening star., 1950-01-01

amount of in W. J. McCausland.
surance owned per family. Pur-
chases showed greater rate OF
increase than the national aver
age, a rate of gain exceeded only
by eight States.
Benefit payments to Washing
ton families rose to a record
volume of more than $25. .000, 900.
Death benefits alone were $2,-
Oo0,0 larger than in the previous
year. Facing continued growth
in 1850, the only concern felt by
those in the insurance business
is in the broader field Of economic
trends and the efforts being made
to meet them, the sound value Of
future dollars being all-important.
The Underwriters Association.
largely responsible for the striking
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Growth Seen

The spectacular business de-
velopments in suburban Silver
Spring during 1949 represent a
sound growth which will be
equaled if not surpassed in 1850,
in the opinion Of George T. Day,
president of the Bank Of Silver
Spring.
Mr.. Days institution is, the
youngest bank in Montgomery
County, but within three years
from the time of its organization
in 1916, resources increased from
100000 to $5,300,000. Last
November the bank moved into it's
own modern building at 8701
Georgia avenue,
Evening star., 1950-01-01

1ilc COlllpdily
made marked progress in meeting
public demand in 1949. with the
addition of 10000 telephones, a
net gain Of 1900 and bringing
the total in service to an all-time
high of 900. At the same
time untitled requests for service
were reduced from 3,572 to 1000.
The Capital became the fourth
large United States city to con-
vert completely to the dial system
Much construction in the way of
new buildings and additions was
completed. The new Brookland
Office alone cost S1,025, 900.
Pending before the PUG is a
request for an increase in rates,
second in 20 years, because Of in
adequate earnings and operating
costs.
Capital Transit on Spot.
The Labor Arbitration Boards
recent award of higher wages has
put Capital Transit in a flnan-
cially critical position requiring
Evening star., 1950-01-01

Transit took in more than $l1,-
100000. After giving effect to
about $5O0,000 in back wages as
provided for the arbitration
award, and other necessary
operating expenses, the company
operated at a deficit.
The new wage award will add
about $1,100.000 annually to a
payroll that now totals over $16,-
900, 900. To continue to exist
financially, the company must sell
its product - transportation-for
more than it cost to produce it.,
We feel confident Washington
people will continue to cooperate
in preserving their transit system
as one of the finest in the
country. Mr.. Merrill added.
District to Use Texas Gas.
During 1949 the Washington
Gas Light Co. continued an un-
Evening star., 1950-01-01

UQe 1uu i've
hour sessions
being an I'M
portant con-
tributor to the
results, Thomas
L. A n G lin,
Exchange presi-
dent. com
mented. FIRE.
quently the
bulk of trading
took place dur
ing the ex-
tended hours.
Utilities were
the most active
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broken record Of growth covering
1O1 years, gained 10000 new Gus

t o m e RS, and
now serves ap-
Xxi m a t ely
$4,000 families
and firms, &C
cording to Pres
ident Everett j.
Boothby. G a S
output was ap-
rox i m a t ely
l 6 8, 0 90, 0 0 0
therms, an g.
0 0 O, 20 in
crease.
Sharply ris-
ing commodity
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than $l6,O00,-
900 in 1949,
W hile the
Chesapeake &
Potomac Tele-
phone Co. has
spent more
than $55,000.000
for new build
ings and equip
ment since the
war. c. H.
johnson, vice
president and
general man
aper- asserted.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

TWO CQuI SCS VI
action - a re-
quest for an
other rate in
crease and a
cut in service,
e. D. Merrill.
president a n d
chairman of the
board, declared.
We have no
c h o / c e, he
added.
For the five
months ended
November 80,
10 40, Capital
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lie insurance
to a new high
Of $1,875,000.-
900, w. j.
MEGA u S ! a n d,
president Of the
District Life
Underwr | ter s.
Association, an
nounced.
The District
appears to have
retained its
leadership in
the Nation In
the average
Evening star., 1950-01-01

Ing Q6UlduQ 1OT
electricity in
the Washing
ton area. In
1912 a 23-acre
tract Of land
was bought in
Alexandria on
which has been
built a third
g e n e r a t / n g
station, the
first unit of
which is now
in operation, A.
G. Neal, chair
man and presi.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

tory, EDWARD -.
Shaw. secretary
of the Mer-
c h a n is an d
M a anufacturers'
Association, de-
clared.
T here h a S
been q trenen-
d US demand
for additional
housing. and all
business h a S
been stimulated
general mer-
chandiSe, spe-
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Business at New Heights.

As a result Of rapid increase
in population, Washington busi-
ness has reached by far the
greatest volume in the city's his
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ing during 1949, well above the
record year of 1948 and of 1947,
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1949 production gain, now has 400
members who represent 81 legal
reserve companies.
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| Many Capital Banks
Report New Records,
Earnings Impressive

Continued From Page DID
Evening star., 1950-03-01
WherrY Asks Senate Fund
In Memory Of Chaplain

Senator Wherry, Republican,
of Nebraska, is urging the Senate
to grant a small sum to keep
fresh the memory of one of the
earlier Senate chaplains, the Rev.
Phineas D. Gurley. buried here at
Glenwood Cemetery.
The Rev. Mr.. Gurley was pastor
of the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church during the period
when President Lincoln attended
services there and he was a close
friend of the Civil War President.
Senator Wherry offered reso-
luton yesterday to grant $425 to
provide continuing care of the
Gurley grave and to reset the
stone. The measure was sent to
the Senate Rules Committee.
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Two Tried in Murders
Found Guilty Here
On Lesser Charges

Two men tried on charges of
tlrst-degree murder yesterday
were found guilty of lesser charges
by District Court juries.
A jury of eight men and four
women found George R. Burn, 80,
an oil burner service man, guilty
Of manslaughter sin the fatal
shooting last July of Harry M.
Mauz, At, in a house where both
lived in the first block of I street
NV, Mr.. Mauz also was an oil
burner service man.
On the stand yesterday, Burn
clung to the story he had given
police that the pistol was fired ac-
cidentally while he was tussling
with Mr.. Mauz. Burn testified Mr..
MAUI was standing over" him
with knife after Burn had light
ed a hot water heater. The
heater, located in Mauz' basement
apartment. also provided hot
water for Burns apartment.
The defendant was represented
by Attorney James j. Laughlin.
Burn was prosecuted by Assistant
United States Attorney Richard
M. Roberts, Judge Alexander Holt
zoff, who presided at the trial, did
not set date for sentencing.
In the other case, John Leach,
63, colored, 600 block of New Jer-
sey avenue NV, was found guilty
of second-degree murder in the
fatal shooting last October Of Car
rie Means, SO, colored. She was
killed at her home in the 17O0
block of Tenth street NV.
Judge T. Alan Goldsborough,
who presided at the trial, did not
set date for sentencing. Leach
was prosecuted by Assistant United
States Attorney Grace B. Stiles.
He was defended by Attorney
Dnho,.+ N6;1ra,
Evening star., 1950-03-01
Bradley to Take Ride
In Navy BIimp Today
BY the Associated Press

KEY WEST, Fla, Mar. 1.-Gen
Bradley, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs Of Staff, plans to take his
first ride in a blimp today.
| The general, here on combined
business and vacation trip, went
down in submarine yesterday
for the first time in his long Army
career.
He had no comment when the
submarine returned to base here
ate in the day.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-02-24
BIRTHDAYS
ANNIVERSARIES

Feb. 23-Milton Miller, Mrs.
Charles Fitzthum and Mrs. Olga
Hemminger (twins), Mrs. Fred
Neidecker, Mrs. Carl Liske, Mrs.
Halle Finefrock, James Edwards,
Cheryl Ames. Wedding anniver-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Schultz.
Feb. 24--Mrs. Hazel Brown De-
bien, Mrs. William Fell, Fred
Schneider, Mrs. William Buck.
Tom Stevens, Mrs. Oscar Heine-
man, Art Long, Mrs. Thomas
Turley, John Zetzer, Jr. Wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Vance
Wright, Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett
Hofacker.
Feb. 25-Eleanor Rahnsen Wolf,
John Winnie, Mrs. Robert Loder,
Nora Lee Wright, James Yensen,
Joyce Ann Babcock. Wedding an
niversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Laudy.
Feb. 26-Mrs. R. S. Smith, Roy
Drickhammer, Dewey Cullenen,
John Belknap, Clarence Yost,
Irene Lacumsky French, Adolph
Wozniak, Mrs. Theodore Strouse,
Mrs. Warren Balduf, Christina
Ann Mannisto. Wedding anniver-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Boy
sen.
Feb. 27-Robert Ernst, Michael
Matheny, Lloyd Danklefsen, Hickey
Lenke. Wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. Enos Rarden.
Feb. 28-Mrs. George Adams,
Mrs. Edward Lieske, Mrs. George
Schafer, Enos Rarden, Melvin I'M
mel, Georgia Carol McGee. We'd
ding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Steve Adams.
Feb. 20 = Raymond Hoffman,
Mrs. Pete Lukac, Harry Thomp-
son, Bert Mackey, August Warn
ke, Hugh Miner.
March Richard Allyn, Mrs.
Weldon Scherer, Jane Miller,
Irma Dayton, Mrs. Charles Lano,
Herbert Coon, Ned Newcomer.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-02-24

Milt reported the Rattle Snake
air strip as the best of the four,
as its base is solid rock with a
grass covering. He said that in
his many years of flying expert
ence, he has never known the fields
to be so wet or so difficult to find
a firm landing surface for the tri-
motor planes.
-JOT
TWO local high school senior
boys left their homes Saturday
to hitch hike to Florida, but with
out parental permission, we un-
derstand. They had reached Ten
nessee by Monday, as they tele-
phoned a girl friend to report
their progress toward the sunny
climes.
TWO local World War II vet
Grams, Harold H. Sperber and
Roy Frye, Jr., are completing ar
rangements for the purchase of
Quisno's Store from Mr.. and Mrs.
Tony Borsh. The young men are
to take over active operation of
the popular store next Wednesday,
March 1, although they have been
on duty this week while learning
the business under Tony's tutelage.
Mr.. Borsh will continue on the
staff for several weeks after
Sperber and Frye take over. No
changes in personnel or service
are contemplated for the immedi-
ate future.
MISS TILLIE SMITH, owner
A of the Smith Beauty Shop,
who is touring California and the
west coast with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Rupert, postcards from San
Rafael that the weather and
scenery are wonderful but there's
just too much to see in month"
We've heard that Tillie had an
interesting experience while at
tending church services in New
Mexico. She had to climb 142
steps to reach the church and then
the services were spoken in Span
ish.
-JOT r
A RTHUR WARE, U. S. Navy
= airman, Graytown, is now
taking 14-week course of in
struction at the Aviation Struc-
tural Mechanics School at the
Naval Air Technical Training
Center in Memphis, Tennessee -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Riedmaier and
his sister, Mrs, Jennie Hartenfelt,
Chicago, left Thrsday to spend
three weeks vacationing in Flor
ida Rev. Philip Pryor, of the
First Baptist church, is becoming
the most popular speaker in this
city. He has the unusual power OF
making his listeners wish he'd con-
tinue talking all night. When a
speaker can captivate the usually
restless Port Clinton Legionnaires,
he's tops.
-JOT -
Joe MACKO, Port Clinton's gift
) to professional baseball, will
soon be in the sunny south. AS
property of the Cleveland Indians,
Macko leaves March II to begin
spring training at the Indians
farm camp at Daytona Beach,
Florida. He hasn't signed his
contract to play with Dayton,
Ohio, in the Class A league as
yet, but plans to do SO after con-
ferring with Hank Greenberg. Joe
expects to change from first base
to the outfield, where his youth,
speed and slugging ability can be
better utilized.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-02-24
TIRES STOLEN

Donald Neal, Sandusky, mott
fled police Monday that someone
had stolen four tires and tubes
from his car while it was parked
along the railroad tracks near the
Matthews Company Saturday
night. Neal is railroad en-
ployee.