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Evening star., 1950-10-20
By Alex R. Preston
Star Staff correspondent

CAMBRIDGE, Md. Oct. 90
Republicans came to Dorchester
County today hoping to capitalize
on factionalism which has split
the local Democratic organization
Theodore r. McKeldin. Repub-
lican candidate for Governor, and
his running mates were in this
county only two. days after thei,
Democratic opponents had stump
ed the precincts.
Gov. Lane had conducted Q
"McKeldin-like" campaign Of the
area on Wednesday. In contrast
with many Of his visits elsewhere
the Governor and his running
mates went into the crossroads
stores, seafood packing houses and
filling stations. This has been
routine procedure for Mr.. Nickel
din throughout the drive.
Democrats here are divided into
two camps. one led by Grayson
Winterbottom, head of the big
Phillips Packing Co.. and the other
by Emerson c. Harrington, jr., son
of the late Governor of Maryland.
Feelings Injured.
Mr.. Harrington supported George
P. Mahoney, Gov. Lanes opponent
in the August primary. Mr.. VIM
terbottom was a Lane man.
But both have had their feel
ings hurt. Now, there's no telling
what will happen in Dorchester
County where more than 5000
Democrats and $500 Republicans
are registered.
Mr.. Winterbottom contends
Gov. Lane has not paid the re-
spect due his 8o-odd years.
Mr.. Harrington says he has
not heard from Gov. Lane since
the primary. although Senator
Tydings has called him three
times.
County Carried by Lane.
Four years ago in the Senate
race Dorchester gave D. John
Markey, Republican. 4.487 votes
against 3,137 for former Gov.
Herbert r. O'Conor, the Demo-
cratic nominee, who won. But
among Democrats Gov. Lane
carried the county against Mr..
Mahoney in the recent primary
by 1882 to 2,799. Mr.. Markey
polled more votes in the recent
Republican primary than his op-
ponent. John Marshall Butler,
for the Senate nomination. Mr..
Butler, like Gov. Lane, won the
nomination by virtue of unit votes
from the most populous counties,
rather than by popular vote.
Mr.. McKeldin charged last
night at a Wicomico County rally
in Salisbury that Gov. Lane has
completely surrendered to the
city bosses"
Four years ago, when Mr.. Nc
Keldin opposed Gov. Lane, the
vote in that county was Lane,
3.798, and McKeldin. 1927. Re-
Evening star., 1950-10-20
One Billiard ParIor
License Revoked but
HefIin Keeps Permit

The Commissioners yesterday
upheld revocation of the license of
one Ninth street billiard parlor,
but went against the police rec
ommendation for revocation OF
another.
The city heads concurred in the
District License Boards recon-
mendation that the license of
Frederick R. Murdock, at 937
Ninth street NV, be revoked.
They also went along with the
boards recommendation that the
license of William G.. Heflin at
913-915 Ninth street NV. be per-
mitted to remain "status quo" 1t
was in this poolroom that Joseph
H. Big Joe" Sheve was shot and
killed by James Rigsbee last year.
Police had asked the board to
revoke the licenses of the pool
rooms because they attracted an
undesirable element.
In another case yesterday, the
SOlIlIl1lSolO11C1o q " bAlC
boards recommendation for re-
vocation of the motor vehicle
dealers license of Southern Car
Wholesalers. 2150 Bladensburg
road NE.
In it's findings, the board held
that this licensee engaged in i'm
proper practice by charging tex
orbitant" rates in financing Ger
tain automobiles under conditional
bills of sale and in one case
charged for an insurance policy
which was not obtained until at
least three months after the We
hicle had been purchased, during
which interval the vehicle was
uninsured.
George w. Whisenant, a police
man, complained he arranged to
buy q Car at the establishment in
July. 1919. and found he was to
Evening star., 1950-10-20
.Seckinger Reversed
Himself on Milk Ban,
Dairy Attorney Says

A spokesman for the Wakefield
Dairy. one of the independent
distributors affected by the Com
missioners' ban on milk importa-
tions. declared today Health Di-
rector Daniel L. Seckinger hae
reversed himself on the ban.
| John F. Hillyard. Wakefield at.
torney. said in a statement tina
DR.. Seckinger had stated Monda!
that the ban on imported mill
would be held in allegiance unit
milk regulations had been amend.
ed as requested by independent
dairieS.
No Changes in Regulations.
The Commissioners decided
yesterday to make no changes ir
the regulations and to go aheao
with the ban on imported milk
effective November /. However
the city heads gave the health
director a loophole. They said
he could allow milk importations
again. if another shortage de-
velops as during World War II.
Mr.. Hillyard. on the other hand,
declared that "the complete re-
versal Of DR.. Seckinger can only
be attributed to great pressure
from above" He elaborated:
THE result of the Commission
ers' action would be to force
distributors, whether they want
to or not, to purchase milk from
the Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Association.
For the past 20 years. this
association. through political pres
sure, has been able to dominate
and control the Health Depart
ment and the Commissioners"
Seckinger Error Charged.
Mr.. Hillyard said department
inspectors seem to be dominated
by the association.
The attorney said DR.. Seek
niger was in error when he re-
ported that only 5 out of 292
applications submitted by En-
bassy and Wakefield Daries as
potential shippers to Washington
had passed the health regulations.
Mr.. Hillyard said actually some
200 producers in the Cumberland
area scored more than the re-
quired points to get permits.
DR.. Seckinger was not available
for comment on Mr.. Hillyard's S
charges.
Evening star., 1950-10-20

pay $480 in addition to the $500
balance due over 24-month
period. under the financing ar
rangement.
He said also he had understood
a $50 deductible collision insur-
ance was to be included in the
financing price. but when he
finally got the policy it was dated
October 20, 1949. and was 500
deductible.
The Commissioners approved
another recommendation of the
License Board that a license be is
sued at the earliest date prac-
ticable to Frederick G. Pence for
a detective agency.
Evening star., 1950-10-20

dent of the mortgage lending firm
that bears his name. The COM
pany has been in business here for
more than a quarter of a century.
1t has Offices in the building.
Mr.. Kelley said he bought the
building as a personal investment.
The structure was built by the
F. H. Smith Co. in 1929.
The contract of sale provides
for a 90-day settlement. The
buyer said he will settle as soon
as title papers are completed, per-
haps within two weeks.
A number of other firms and
individuals are understood to
have made efforts to acquire the
property.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Fiiqht on Roof Sends One Man
To Hospital, Another to Cell

A real-life drama with strong
-overtones of romance and tragedy
reached it's climax today with two
men fighting on the edge of a
roof in the 1900 block of L
street NV.
The curtain went up with Sam
Motion, colored, 38, construction
worker. asking his boss for the
day off and explaining he planned
to move. Permission was granted.
Motion told the homicide squad
this story:
Motion came home, raped
lightly on the door of his second
floor apartment and heard his
wife Mabel tell him TO wait
awhile. Then he heard the sound
Of a window. leading TO an ad-
joining roof, being raised slowly.
Evening star., 1950-10-20

ira under the direction of Alex
ander Smallens. also as concert
master.
The program for opening night,
with official Washington society
providing the glitter and glamous.
is a combination of modern and
classical. Listed are:
Handel's Suite From the Royal
Fireworks" Samuel Barber s
Symphony" Schumann's Piano
Concerto in A Minor" with Gui-
omar Novaes as soloist. and Res
pighi's THE Pines of Rome
The score of the Respighi work
calls for four extra trumpets, two
additional trombones, an organ, a
piano and a celeste, a small key
board instrument with a bell
sound.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
By George Kennedy
Sfor Stoff Correspondent

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct
20-The orchard bough is heavily
laden in the Virginia Piedmont
hereabouts. The crop is the best
in years and the price is profit
able one to the producer.
And there has been dancing in
the streets as this old university
town celebrated its first apple
harvest festival week, in beautiful
October weather. promotion
of the local merchants with the
slogan Buy in Charlottesville"
This afternoon, Gov. Battle and
the mayors of the surrounding
towns will lead a parade with the
princesses of the festival. each
on a highly decorated float. Later,
the queen of the festival will
be crowned between halves of the
apple harvest football game. Fish
burne Military Academy against
Hargrave Military Academy.
Last night, the princesses in
dazzling attire were the attrac-
ton at the apple harvest dance
at the Fry Z Spring Club.
Main Street in Bunting.
Main street is all red, white
and blue bunting. Every store win
dow has apples on display and
sweet cider freshly pressed from
the early Delicious variety Is
available at every refreshment
stand.
The exhibit in the Armory
where one booth is stacked with
bushels of polished apples and the
rest devoted to commercial ex-
hibits of sprays, fertilizers, prun-
ing knives, ETC., is disappointing.
But the display in the orchards
20 miles west of here near Crozet,
the center of Albemarle County's
orchards, is incredible-it's hard
to believe that so many apples
could be punched on each tree.
The pickers, mountain men who
consider the season bonanza.
seem oblivious to the possibility of
falling as they stand on their
swaying ladders and grab apples
with both hands.
They leave the trees stripped
clean and woman in the team
goes about beneath picking up
the apples they have knocked off.
There are not many windfalls. A
hormone spray. a recent develop
ment, causes the apples to stay
on the tree until they rot. The
pickers get 13 cents a bushel and
Evening star., 1950-10-20

pleaded, threatened, cajoled and
scolded his charges. He sang,
hummed. whispered and shouted
until they got things exactly right.
Playing for the first time with
the orchestra was Werner Lywen,
the new concertmaster. He re-
placed Jan Tomasow, who joined
the Baltimore Symphony. Mr..
Lywen. "a, is German-born but
has wide experience in this coun-
try. Actually. he began his pro-
fessional career with the Metro
politan Opera Orchestra as
assistant concertmaster in 1885.
Seven years later he became
concertmaster with the New York
City Symphony under Leonard
Bernstein. Then in 1947 he joined
the Radio City Music Hall Orches-
Evening star., 1950-10-20
By l. Edqor Primo

By l. Edgar Primo
Conductor Howard Mitchell put
the National Symphony Orchestra
through a gruelling three-hour re-
hearsal at Constitution Hall today
its first of the season-and when
it was over he asserted:
This will be the best orchestra
we've ever had"
The casual observer might not
have guessed that verdict was
coming up as Mr.. Mitchell led his
86 musicians through the pro-
gram for opening night-next
Wednesday.
Sitting on the edge of his high
chair atop the podium, his sleeves
rolled up and beads of perspira-
ton on his brow, he urged, begged.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Chamber to Be Host
To County PIoy Board

Members of the Prince Georges
County Recreation Board will be
the principal guests at the
monthly meeting of the Prince
Georges Chamber of Commerce
at pm. Monday.
Temple r. FARRELL, county rec
reation director, will speak on,
past, present and future county
recreation programs for the coun-
ty. The affair will be held at the
Prince George Golf and Country
Club.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
By Robert J. Lewis

The Continental Building-until
recently known as the Investment
Building-has been sold in a cash
transaction involving more than
81 million it was learned today.
The building at 1911 K street
NV. was bought by w. R. Kelley
from the Southland Life Insur-
ance Co.. of Texas, which acquired
it when it bought the Continental
Life Insurance Co. several months
ago.
The structure. one of the larg-
est private buildings in Washing
ton. has II stories and is assessed
at $2.637,185.
Mr.. Kelley. the buyer, is presi-
Evening star., 1950-10-20

est union locals
with one fac
ton demanding
the suspension
o t H e n r y
Thomas, presi-
dent of the To-
cal, it was dis
closed today.
Three investi-
eating agencies
the Federal
Bureau of In
vestigation, the
House Commit
tee on Un-
Anorinon Az
Evening star., 1950-10-20

OF $l9,6O0 Tor
basic research
on c h e m | c a !
changes in the
adrenal glands.
DR.. M a r y
Barbara Mills,
81, of 4 8 0 l
C on n e C t / cut
a v e n u e NV,
assistant pro-
lessor or bio
chemistry, will
be prov i'd e d
W ith thre e
years of study
~, 4 I. ~
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Treasurer to Broadcast

Arlington Treasurer John Locke
Green will give another in his
series of 15-minute radio talks
attacking waste and extrava-
gance of the County School
Board" over WEAM at 8 o'clock
tonight.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
GNU Woman Professor
Gets $4,000 for Study

A young and attractive woman
professor at the George Washing
ton University School of Medi-
cine has been awarded a grant
Evening star., 1950-10-20
Dinner at OIney Church

st. Johns Church, Olney. Md,
will hold an oyster. ham and
chicken salad dinner at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the parish hall.
Evening star., 1950-10-20
This Orchestra Our Best Says MitcheI|Red Issue
.Laborers' Local.;
Thomas Remains
Three Agencies Probe
Charges Union Head
Had Leftist Ties

A controversy over communism
has split the membership Of
Building Laborers Local Union.
No. 74-one of the Districts larg.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09
FEEDS and GRAIN

Corn
Cracked Corn (All Sizes)
Oats
Ground Oats
Pulverized Oats
Crushed Oats
Cottonseed Meal
Linseed Oil Meal
Bran
Middlings
Brewers Grain
Beet Pulp
Gluten Feed
Alfalfa Leaf Meal
PulveriZed Barley
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

Chick Starter
Chick Grain
Chick Grower and Pellets
Broiler Ration and Pellets
Lay Washes (All Types
Turkey Starter
Turkey Grower
Mash Concentrate
Turkey Concentrate
Fattening Mash
Scratch Feeds
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09
nand, Hockessin; and Fred Voshell,
Magnolia.
DIR. Ernest F. Waller Appointed
Head of Animal and Poultry Dept

The appointment of DR.. Ernest
F. Waller as chairman of the De-
partment of Animal and Poultry
Industry of the University OF Della
ware, is a further step in expan-
sion of the poultry research pro-
gram according to George M. Wor-
rilow, director of the Agricultural
Experiment Station.
DR.. Waller, who took Office
March 1, succeeds Professor A. e.
Tomhave, who will devote full
time to expansion of the animal
and poultry research program.
The reorganization of the largest
department OF the School of Agri-
culture was termed by Director
Worrilow as ''in keeping with our
efforts to meet the ever increasing
demands of our growing agricul-
tural industry. We believe that this
move will result in expanded SER
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

age 65 or later, any Of his unmar-
ried children under the age of Is
are also eligible to receive an in
surance check each month. The
amount a child of a deceased or re-
tired worker receives is equal to
one-half of the amount the father
has earned for himself. Once a
child's eligibility has been estab-
lished, the payments will continue
each month until he reaches age
Is or is married. Benefits are not
payable, however, for any month
in which the child or his retired
father earns over $14.99 in employ
ment covered by Social Security.
For further information regard
ing the Old Age and Survivors In
surance Program may be obtained,
by writing or calling at the Social
Security office, located in the Old
Customs House, 9th and King
Streets, Wilmington, Delaware.
This office is open Monday through
Friday, from 900 am. to 500 pm.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

Committee. The contest will run
for IL weeks, during which time
each contestant will try to raise
birds of superior meat quality.
The boys and girls who are en-
tering this years contest are: Ger
aid Layton, Robert Richards, Don
Steele, Frankford; Richard War
rington, Clarksville; Donald Short,
Georgetown; Richard Carey, Del
mar; Leroy Calhoun, Millard Cal
houn, Greenwood; Patricia Dover,
S. Almeda Isaacs, Earl Hastings,
Jr., Alvin Kruger, Franklin Krug-
er, Paul Kruger, Georgetown; Ger
aid w. Lynch, Roland F. Lynch,
Jr., Frankford; Henry I. Short, Jr.,
Georgetown; Charles Stehl, Del
mar; Neal Warrington, George
town; James Williams, Seaford;
Kenny Williams, Seaford; Ralph
Givens, Georgetown; Charles Joe
Farrow, FELTON,; Edward Long,
Wyoming; Mary Lou Sylvester,
Janet Sylvester, GoIdsborough;
Preston Beauchamp, Billy Bowdle,
Harrington; Ralph Carpenter, Eel
ton; James Hopkins, Robert Shul-
tie, Billy Vanderwende, Harring-
ton; Paul Welch, FELTON,; William
Wolfe, Harrington; Charles Moore,
Vaughn Fox, Bear; Donald Poole,
Newark; Ben G. Kohl, MiddIetown;
James Fraze, Jr., David Kirk,
Frank c. stopyra, Newark; H.
Wallace Cook, Jr., Samuel Smith,
Elkton; Donald Cooke, Marshall
ton; Gene Jordon, Mt. Cuba; JOS
eph Pugh, Roselle; Robert Saw
idge, Charles Savidge, Richard An
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

visions of the Social Security Act,
according to the Wilmington Office
of the Social Security Administra-
tion. Payments are being made to
these children, Roger r. Minker,
manager of the Wilmington Office,
explained, to partially compensate
them for the financial loss suffered
when the income on which they
were dependent was cut off by the
death of their father, or his retire
ment at age 60 or later. The inn
portance Of this insurance protec-
tion for children is illustrated by
the fact that almost 20 percent of
all persons receiving Old Age and
Survivors Insurance payments are
children. Most of the children re-
ceiving Old Age and Survivors In
surance payments are orphans of
fathers who have died after having
earned an insurance protection for
their families. For children of de-
ceased worker to be eligible for
monthly payments, the manager
said, the father need only have
worked in jobs in commerce or in
dustry for Approximately one-half
the time that has passed since So
cial Security started in 1887, up to
the time he became 65 or died,
whichever first occurred. If this re-
quirement is not met, the child
may still be entitled to benefits, il
the father was employed in jobs
covered by Social Security during
Approximately one-half of the last
three years of his life.
The other children in the grouI
have fathers who are receiving re-
tirement insurance payments under
Old Age and Survivors Insurance
When an insured worker retires al
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09
ElSM
news !
News of interest to farmers
and farm families of Kent
County.
Dairymen Warned Against
Nations No. 1 Calf Killer

Delaware cattle owners can go
a long way toward preventing
heavy calf losses by following ap-
proved feeding and sanitation prac-
tices to avoid calf scours in their
herds.
According to the American
Foundation for Animal Health,
scours is rated as one of the ma
tion's No. calf-killers. The Foun-
dation says, Remember that there
are two types of scours. One kind
is due to digestive upsets, while
the other is contagious, and may
sweep swiftly through herd.
1.-THE non-infectious type usual
ly is brought on by overfeeding,
feeding from dairy utensils, irreg-
tilar feeding, sudden change of
feed, or chilling. In some cases, it
is caused by the milk itself.
AT the first sign OF trouble,
owners should obtain a veterinary
diagnosis to determine which type
of scours is present. AS a safety
measure, the securing calves ra-
tions should be cut in half, until a
course of treatment is worked out.
Infectious, or white scours is
much more dangerous than the
type caused by digestive upsets.
The healthy calves should be i'm
mediately isolated from the sick
ones. Quarters which have housed
sick animals should be scrubbed
with lye solution, and the litter
should be burned"
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

Good productive topsoil is lost
in more ways than one, says the
Soil Conservation Service. Soil par
ticles are not only washed off the
land, but some are literally blasted
loose. Each falling raindrop that
strikes the ground acts as mini
ature bomb and splashes sell into
the air AS much as 10 tons of sol
per acre may be blasted in a vio-
lent rainstorm, removing the top
soil in sheets and separating or.
ganic matter and mineral particles
so they too easily float away.
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vices to the poultrymen, dairymen
and swine growers of the state"

vices to the poultrymen, dairymen
and swine growers of the state"
DIR. Waller served most recently
as head of the Department of Ami
NAL and Poultry Pathology at the
University of Vermont. He received
his B.S., MS. and Doctor of Veter-
mary Medicine degrees from Iowa
State College and has completed
requirements there for the Phi. D..
degree.
Professor Tomhave came to the
University of Delaware in 1921 and
has headed the Department of Ami
NAL and Poultry Industry since
1910. Under his direction the re-
search substation at Georgetown
has grown into one of the leading
practical poultry research farms in
the country.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

Delaware turkey growers intend
to raise more turkeys in 1866 than
in the past year, according to a
report of the Bureau of Agricullur-
al Economics. The number planned
for the coming year is $4,000, as
compared to 10000 birds in 1919;
an increase of 5 per cent.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

Information on construction and
operation of septic tanks is avail
able from William A. Calvert, ex-
tension agricultural engineer at
the University of Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09
CHILDREN RECEIVE BENEFITS

1900 Children Receive $4,000
Each Month Thru Social Security
Almost 1900 children in Della
ware are now receiving more than
SIT, 900 each month under the Old
Age and Survivors Insurance pro-
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

SO Delaware Boys and Girls Enter
Jr. Chicken of-TOmorrow Contest
Fifty-nine Delaware boys and
girls began their chick raising this
week in preparation for the 1850
Junior Chicken-of- Tomorrow Con-
test. Most of these youngsters have
had previous experience in raising
poultry either in FLA. or All pro
jects.
Each contestant will start next
week with at least so baby chicks
which will be wingbanded for iden-
tification by members of the Junior
Chicken-of Tomorrow Contest
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

A total of 4O2,60O acres Of all
crops was harvested in Delaware
in 1949 as compared with 403,200
acres the previous year, and the
10-year (1938-47) average of 1885,
200 acres, reports the Delaware
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

Don't gamble on respiratory dis
ease; vaccinate pullets for pox;
disease and laryngetrac-
heitis.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

Crop Reporting Service. The total
value of Delaware crops harvested
in 1949 is estimated at SIG. $4,000
compared with S2O,416,OoO in 1948.
Evening star., 1950-04-14
'UnfavorabIe Weather
Accents Postmaster
Drop in Store Sales
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, April 14.-The
end of the Easter shopping season
and unfavorable weather cut
down retail trade this week, Dun
& Bradstreet reported today.
There was a slight seasonal
decline in consumer purchasing
in the week ended this Wednes-
day." the survey said. Dollar
volume was no longer sustained
by the Easter impetus of the pre-
vious week and was slightly below
the level of the comparable week
in 1949. Unfavorable weather in
scattered areas served to hinder
sales somewhat.
'"The dollar volume of apparel
was maintained at the previous
weeks relatively high level as a
general interest IN spring BUYING
carried over from Easter. A
noticeable interest in children's
wear was reflected in an increased
volume of play-suits, juvenile
dresses and children's accessories
"The demand for women's &C.
cessorieS also rose. as did that for
sportswear and fur pieces. Re-
quests for mems and women's top
coats gained moderately in many
communities. Mems spring suits
of varied fabrics were becoming
favored"