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Smyrna times., 1950-01-19
SCHOLARSHIPS
AT UNIVERSITY
Three New One-Year S40O
Scholarships For Men
Established
BY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Three new one-year, $400 schol-
arships for men have been estab-
lished by the University of Della
wares Alumni Association to sup
plement the DR.. George A. Harter
scholarship which carries a value
of $4,000 over four years. The ad-
ditional scholarships were made
possible through receipts from the
1949 Development Fund campaign.
From the same source, the alum
nae association recently announced
three new scholarships generally
similar to the alumni awards. The
awards will be granted this spring,
to be effective with the college
year starting in September, 1850.
Applications now are being receiv-
ed by the alumni scholarship COM
mittee at the university. and all
applications must be complete by
March 1. Ralph w. Jones, chair
man of the scholarship committee,
said that applicants should apply
for an alumni scholarship, not for
any one particular scholarship.
The applicant with the highest
qualifications then will receive the
FIarter award, and the three next
applicants in regard to qualifica-
tions will receive the new awards,
which will be named for DR.. Wal
ter Hullihen, DR.. Samuel Chiles
Mitchell, and DR.. w. Owen Syph-
erd, all past presidents of the uni
versity. All the awards will be
made on the basis of need, scholas-
tic rating, all-around extra-curric-
ular activity, and test admins
tered at the university to measure
candidates aptitude for college
work. Students receiving an award
NAV be either Delaware or out-of-
state residents. Men students only
are eligible. AS in the past, the
Harter Scholarship holder will re-
ceive $4,000, divided equally among
his four years at the university. so
long as he continues to meet eligi-
bility requirements there. The Hull
linen, Mitchell and Sypherd schol-
arships, of $400 each, are to be
awarded to incoming freshmen for
one year only, but they may be re-
awarded to the original holders for
each of the three succeeding years.
The scholastic record, extra-curric-
ular activity, and need of each
holder is to be reviewed each year
prior to the award. In the fourth
year of the program on which the
new awards are based, the scholar
ships will be worth $500 apiece in
stead of $400. The alumni scholar
ship committee includes: Mr.. Jones
as chairman; Knowles r. Bowen
Kennett Square, Pa; c. Wardon
Gass, Marshallton; Joseph M. Cher
pax, Edgemoor Terrace; and A.
iDurrell Vincent, Bellevue Manor.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-19

keeping poultry account calendars
were presented by Silas McHenry,
assistant extension poultryman.
With the serving of refresh
ments, the meeting was adjourned
until the next countrywide meeting
scheduled for February IA.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-19

With a gross area of zoos, ,90S
square feet the RCA building in
New York City is the largest Of
fee building in the world.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-19

Lowesf-prieed uUfomofie fransmis-
sion TO free you from shifting,
is now uvuiIubIe on coronef
models uf moderate exfra cost.
Evening star., 1950-01-29

|dredged channel. They will pro-
duce "surging or rocking" mo-
tion. That's what you use to
get your car out of snow or mud.
These tugs will pull at full speed
ahead for 10 seconds at 10-Second
intervals. A smaller harbor tug
will press in against the group on
either side to help the lead tug
keep the group pulling together.
Tugs Lashed to Sides.
Other tugs will be lashed to the
side of the Missouri to add power
to the pulling effort. Two harbol
tugs will alternate in pushing
against the opposite sides of the
Missouri's bow in "whipsaW
motion to help the big ship squirm
free of the tenacious mudbank
Once free, the Missouri will
be f1oated through a channel
dredged to a depth of 40 feet from
the stern of the ship to the main
ship channel a half-mile away.
Moorings will hold the Mis-
souri, from turning when the pull
is started.
Charges to Be Set OFF.
Tomorrow small explosive
charges will be set off near the
grounded battleship in an attempt
to break the suction that i'm
prisons her on the shoal.
A fleet spokesman said charges
equal to about rs pounds of TINT
will be placed about SO feet from
the ship on either beam. The ex-
plosives will be lowered into To-
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Missouri S Winches
To Join in Big Pull
AGAINST Mud Thursday
BY the Associuted Press


NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 28.-The
Navy is counting on the battle
ship Missouri to help pull herself
out of the mud.
The salvage experts are COM
pleting plans for operation pull
Off" which will include use OF
winches on the Missouri's deck
to haul on long and heavily
anchored cables.
But when the time comes for
the big pull-now scheduled for
Thursday morning, the big Mo-
will have plenty of help. Actually
all practical available Navy fa-
cilities and all the help nature
can give will be used.
High Tide Will Aid.
That's why Thursday morning
was selected for the all-out at
tempt. The highest tide of the
month is expected at 8:39 am
Thursday, higher than at any time
since the 45,000-ton battleship ran
aground on the Chesapeake Bay
shoal off Old Point Comfort Jan
uary IT.
Fuel oil, stores and ammuni-
tion have been taken off and by
Thursday the salvage men expect
the Missouri's stern draft will be
only 26 feet. That means that
the ships bottom will be only rs
feet below the surface, ten feet
less than when she ran aground.
Six submarine pontoons secured
under her stern will give addi-
tional buoyancy. Each pontoon
has a lifting power of 480 tons.
But the Navy expects that more
than buoyancy and high tide
will be needed. The mud of the
bottom has formed a giant suction
cup holding the Missouri fast.
The first phase of operation
pull-off" will be to pull the Mis-
souri, free OF this powerful grip
To do this, the Navy will employ
equipment and techniques used to
salvage landing craft from war
time beachheads. The winches
on the Missouri and the anchored
cables will be used in that man
ner.
800-Ton Pull to be Utilized.
There are nine of these 1900
foot cables tanning out from the
ships winches to four-ton an
chors imbedded in the mud
Block and tackle will multiply the
power of the winches. to a total
pulling force of 800 tons. A naval
spokesman said that each winch
installation can build up a pulling
force five times greater than that
of one tugboat.
Two windless-type beach sal
wage ships, will be used also, one
on either side of the dredged
channel aStern of the Missouri
Each will be linked to the Mis-
souri, by double tow cables, and
beach gear cables extending from
each salvage ship to heavy an
chors astern will multiply the
power of the pull on the big ship
A small armada of tugboats will
join in the combined effort. Five
seagoing tugs will be grouped
astern of the Missouri in the
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Missouri Grounding Uncovers
Mishops Concealed by Secrecy

is the Edisto is a Hydro Graphic
Survey ship, a type which makes
soundings. locates reefs and
otherwise supplies material for
the navigatorS charts.
One of the most serious of Navy
grounding accidents occurred on
September 3. 1923, when seven de-
stroyers, each following the other,
piled up on the rocks of Honda
Point, on the California coast. The
accident caused the loss of % lives.
Eleven officers were court-mar-
tailed. with nine convicted of neg
| ligence or incompetence or both.
In World War II, when Ameri-
can naval vessels steamed in little
known waters, often under combat
conditions, there were groundings.
One of them was the 35,000-ton
battlesnip South Dakota, then
known only as the mysterious
"Battleship X" which hit an un-
charted reef in the Southwest
Pacific, but got free. This was in
1912, when the United States Navy
was critically short of every type
of warship and especially capital
ships.
Submarine Incident Recalled.
Then there was the submarine
Darter. Her rusting hull still
shows on coral reef in Palawan
passage in the Philippines. The
Darter, in the pitch blackness of
the night of October "a, 1914, in
company with another submarine
went in after two Japanese cruis-
ers. The torpedos had been fired,
one cruiser was sinking and an
other damaged. The submarines
were getting out of there.
Suddenly the Darter struck
rode high up in the water and
came to dead stop. The crew
set demolition charges, then hus-
tied aboard the second submarine
The charges didn't work too well,
but the crew had taken the pre-
caution of destroying all secret
equipment.
The cruiser Little Rock went
aground near Gravesend Bay, in
the Long Island area, on Febru-
ary rs, '1947, but was refoated in
less than two hours.
Other Vessels Grounded.
The destroyer Ernest G. Small
grounded off Block Island, R. l.,
on April 8, 1947, but was refoated
in 13 hours.
The battleship Colorado stuck
Evening star., 1950-01-29

AS much as 100000 miles of
gold thread is produced in New
Delhi annually.
Evening star., 1950-01-29

Only last Wednesday, the Navy
had cause to blush deeper shade.
The Edisto hit an uncharted
rock, but was only slightly dam
aged and put into Boston harbor.
The unhappy think about that,
Evening star., 1950-01-29
D. 6. Ministerial Union
Will Hear Educator

DR.. Frederick E. Johnson. pro-
fessor of education. Columbia
University. will address the Wash
ington Ministerial Union at II
am. and l pm. tomorrow in Lis
ner Auditorium. George Washing
ton University.
DR.. johnson, who is also execu-
tive secretary. Department of Re-
search and Education, Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ
in America, will talk on The
Church as Educator" in the morn
ing and on. Religion and Public
Education" in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Paul Wright, Jr., Dies;
In Service 29 Years

1t. Comdr. Paul N. Wright, jr.,
So, retired Coast Guard officer
who served in both World Wars,
died yesterday at United States
. Marine Hospital in Baltimore
after long illness.
Comdr. Wright, who lived at
4122 Eighth street NV, served
here with the Coast Guard for Is
years before his retirement in
1945.
Born in Norfolk, he was engaged
In the mercantile business there
before joining the Navy in 1916.
He served with the Navy in World
War I in the West Indies. A
veteran of 20 years in the service,
he joined the Coast Guard in 1925
and was commissioned in 1890.
He then was stationed on various
cutters and destroyers as a dis
bursing officer He was attached
to Coast Guard Headquarters here
in World War II as special dis
bursing officer.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Muriel Wright; two sons, Calvert
and Paul N. Wright III, both Of
Washington; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa
Stokes and Mrs. Gwendolyn
Kraemer, both of Norfolk, and two
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1950-01-29
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c. A-3
2s

foot deep holes dug in the bay
bottom.
Shock waves which will be sci
up in the water by the explosives
the spokesman said, are designed
to do two things:
Cd To squash" or f1atter
ridges in the sand on which the
Missouri rests.
(2) To help the ship break con-
tact with the sand.
Evening star., 1950-01-29
New PTA Group Plans
First Meeting Tuesduy

The first meeting of the newly
formed Parent Teacher AsSocia-
ton of the Washington Highlands
Jewish Center will be held at $50
pm. Tuesday at the center, 141
Xenia street S.W.
Noah J. Cohen, chairman of the
center's education committee, an
nounced that this is the first par
ents' association the center has
had.
Automatic can-making machines
produce up to $1,000 hourly.
Evening star., 1950-01-29
BY the Associofed Press

The Navy unwrapped a wartime
secret yesterday to disclose that a
sister ship of the 45,000-ton
Missouri, now aground in Chesa-
peake Bay. suffered an underwater
accident in 1943 off the Maine
coast.
And in answer to questions. the
department came up with some
other encounters between Its ships
and too-shallow water.
The giant battlewagon. Iowa.
commissioned a year before her
sister the Missouri, sideswiped a
ledge of rocks in the summer of
1943 as she was heading into Cas-
co Bay. Me-, on one. of her first
trips.
Long Groove In Hull.
The rocks made a long groove
in the hull of the new ship about
five feet above her keel. The
Iowa kept on into the bay, where
divers made an inspection. The
Iowa then was sent to the Boston
Navy Yard where she remained
three weeks.
The repairs to the hull plates
took only a few days. However,
the Navy said, investigation
showed that a contributing cause
Of the accident apparently was
the fact that the chart house was
As feet away from the bridge and
that the delay, while officers went
from the chart house to take
sightings from the bridge, con-
tributed to the accident. There
fore, much of the Iowa's stay in
Boston Navy Yard was for moy-
ing the chart house nearer the
bridge.
Skipper Reprimanded.
A Navy spokesman said today
that her skipper, the then Capt.
John L. McCrea, received a letter
of reprimand. The then Capt.
McCrea now is a vice admiral,
director of the personnel board
of the Defense Department.
The Navy expects to make a
supreme effort on Thursday
when high tides should help-to
get the Mighty Mo" off the mud
bank of thimble shoal. The eff
fort is given an air of urgency
by several factors, including:
Cd She is the only battleship
in commission.
She is the favorite of President
Truman, a native of Missouri.
But there was no certainty that
she would be freed by the new
efforts. The Bureau of Ships at
Washington has sent to the scene
Capt. John zabilsky, head of the
salvage section, and number of
experts.
The first and, as it turned out,
puny efforts to haul the Missouri
out of the mud was made with a
feet of more than a score of tugs.
Since then salvage men have
worked to tighten the huge weight
OF the ship, actually more than
$4,000 tons when fully fueled and
equipped with supplies and am
munition.
Edist0 Runs Into Rock.
Only last Wednesday, the Navy
had cause to blush a deeper shade.
The Edisto hit an uncharted
rock, but was only slightly dam
aged and put into Boston harbor.
The unhappy think about that,
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Arends and Woodruff
Call Upon President
To Get Rid of Acheson

Two prominent House Repub-
licans demanded yesterday that
Secretary of State Acheson re-
sign, or that President Truman
fire him, in view of Mr.. Acheson's
expression of continuing friend
ship for Alger Hiss.
In separate statements, Repre-
sentative Arends of Illinois, mi
norlty whip, and Representative
Woodruff of Michigan, chairman
of the Republican cacus, declared
Mr.. AcheSon's statement made
him unfit for further service as
head OF the State Department..
Hiss Has Appealed.
Hiss, former official of the
department, is under a f1ve-year
prison sentence on perjury con-
viction stemming from charges he
passed confidential information
to Whitaker Chambers, admit
ted one time Soviet espionage
courier. He has appealed.
"The continuance of Dean Ach-
eson as Secretary of State is an
affront to the Nation" Mr.. Arends
declared.
ut is accepted around the
world. and has been since the
foundation of the Nation, that
when the Secretary of State
speaks, he speaks for the UnitedI
States Government.
what Acheson does as an in
dividual is his own business;
what he does as the Secretary
of State is the business of every
person in the United States. Mr..
Acheson should resign his Cabinet
post Immediately. He is unfit
for such high position, and his
statement on Alger Hiss proved it.
eff Mr.. Acheson does not re-
sign, President Truman should
fire him.
Calls Shakeup Necessary.
MIR. Woodruff said the state
ment, in which Mr.. Acheson said
he would not turn his back" on
Hiss, emphasizes the need for a /
. shakeup from top to bottom" In
the State Department.
"Mr. Acheson's thinking is not
IN line with the thinking of the
people of the Nation, as reflected
5 by the jurors who heard the evi-
dence in Hiss Trial." he said.
In calling on Mr.. Truman to
. oust Mr.. Acheson if he does not
quit, Mr.. Woodruff continued:
Despite the fact that President
Truman called the investigation
into Hiss activities a red her
E ring and that he said the menace
{ of communism to the United
States was a 'bugaboo,' the Pres
ident has a responsibility to the
people of the Nation, and that
responsibility is to have a Sec
retary of State whose thinking
comedies with the thinking of
patriotic Americans"
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Toft Says Aeheson's Stand
On Hiss Is A Great Mistake

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. % (P)
Senator Taft, Republican, Of
Ohio today termed Secretary OF
State Acheson's stand on the per.
jury conviction of Alger Hiss "a
great mistake"
Senator Taft. here for talks
in his campaign for reelection,
said:
Il think the Secretary of State
made a great mistake because his
statement gives some protection
to people in the State Depart
ment who take the same position
Evening star., 1950-01-29

in the East River on April 80,
1927. but was free of the mud
the following day.
The old battleship Texas
grounded off Block Island soon
after her commissioning prior to
World War 1, but was freed to
fight in two world wars.
Evening star., 1950-01-29
FOUND.

KITTEN, about 5 mos, male, black and
white, gentle found vic Chevy Chase
Circle; cannot keep, must give away. EN-
1923.
KITTEN, cutest little tiger-striped male;
10th and Park I'd. co. 1910.
DOG, terrier type, male. brindle color;
vic. Fairhaven, Va. OV. 4043.
PIN, Women of Army and Navy Legion Of
Valor, q. s. A.; vic 18th st. and N. Y.
ave. NV. Alex. 02S0.
FOR LOST OR FOUND ANIMALS, caIl
ARLINGTON ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE,
OW. 6055; qualified homes wanted for
pets; hours L. to 3, Mon. through Sat.
IL 70 q, suns,
, 1950-05-19
GOVERNOR

as & St. John; Valdemar Hill,
Administrative Assistant; Hon
Francisco Corneiro, United
States Attorney; Darwin Cree
que and Ralph de Chabert,
Tax Assessors for the two mu-
inequalities.
There was a general agree
ment among those present
that something definite should
be done to promote the de
velopment Of idle and unused
land, but that proper and prac
tical procedure to that end
would require considerable
study. It was decided that a
small committee should be set
up to explore the problem in
detail and to submit a report
to the full group at an early
date, Accordingly, the Cover
nor appointed a committee
comprised Of Honorable Os-
wald Harris Honorable Wal
ter Hodge, Mr.. Chabert, Mr..
Creque and Ariel Melchoir to
further study the matter.
, 1950-05-19
CIVIL SERVICE.

may take the exam Employ
ees are only required to make
q passing grade in order to be
converted to the competitive
status. However, the examina-
tons will be open to all per-
sons who desire to take them
in order that registers may be
established for the filling Of
vacancies. Further informa-
ton will be released at a later
date.
, 1950-05-19
NATIONAL

Thomas on Monday afternoon
and go to st. John on Wednes-
day and Thursday and back to.
St, Thomas On Friday
Officials Of the ST. Croix
Landmarks League who have
been actively working towards
the preservation Of historic
sites in the Island will doubt
less join the visitors on their
inspection tour.
, 1950-05-19
BROOKLYN

Coming from behind 80, the
Dodgers defeated the Cardinals.
1913, by scoring four runs in the
9Th inning, and S in the 9th. Tom
my Glaviano, third baseman Of
the Cards was responsible for the
scoring of 4 Dodgers runs in the
9th inning, when he committed
three consecutive errors on rollers
Of Campanella, Miksis, and Reese,
each with the bases loaded. John
ny Lindell had his first National
League homer off pitcher Erv Pa
lica. Furillo and GIaviano also
homered in the game. Batteries:
st. Louis: Pollet, Staley (8), Bra
zle CD, Boyer (9) and Rice. Brook
lyn: Hatten, Palica al, Barney (8).
, 1950-05-19

Branca (s) and Campanella. Win
ner:: Branca. Loser: Brazle.
OTHER RESULTS
i. Red Sox -1s Winner Nc
Derrnott. Tigers LIZ Loser: Hut
Crimson.
2 The games scheduled be-
tween the Phillies and the Reds,
and the Pirates and the Braves
were washed out. The Yankees &
Browns were not scheduled. The
respective league leaders are the
.Phsls and Yanks.
, 1950-05-19
JUAN .

Robert Prann Of San Juan,
who bid 1894, 1885. The next
| west bidder was Caribbean
Enterprises Corporation. An
abstract Of the bids is being
forwarded to the Governor.
from Washington.
Mr.. Boreham is also confer
ing with members Of the Sem
ate Appropriations Committee
on the harbor dredging pro-
iect.
, 1950-05-19
NEW YORK

In a game that went just six
innings on account of rain, the
Giants for tn second straight
time, defeated the Cubs 1914. Two
grand slam homers were struck.
IN the top of the 9th inning, AL
Walker clouted one with 8 on for
the Cubs, and ia the last Of the
9th, Monte Irwin struck a similar
blow for the Polo Grounders. In
all, Irwin batted in 5 runs. and
scored one. Manager frankie
Friseh was bounced BY umpire
Babe Pinelli. Clint Hartung was
the winner, and Johnny Schmitz,
the loser.
, 1950-05-19
S q
Hubert Francis


~
The Indians, with Steve Gro
mex and big Al Benton dividing
the mound honors, defeated the
Athletics 4-3. Lou Brissie lost his
sixth straight game for the AS.
Ferris Fain hit his sixth homer IN
the 4th inning and Bob Kennedy,
his second in the 9Th inning. Ben
ton, who was the winner, now has
a record of 10, while Brissie's re-
cord, of course, is 0-6, However,
Brissie is better than what the re-
cords show.
CHICAGO S
The Nome nugget., 1950-06-07
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS

Arriving with Pan American this morning were Bob and Jane Scott, Travis Lane, Fred Mulock, Roy Earling, J. C. Lewis, Thomas Heath, MT. and Mrs. Eric Hay, and Lorena Mills.
 Departing were It. Fred Milan, Ann Walsh, Ingvold Folden.
 Round trip passenger was John Penning from Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1950-06-07
AIRLINES
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINEs

On Monday Earl Browning was a passenger form Nome to Candle and Frank Tipleman and War rant Officer Miller from Nome to Kotzebue.
 Arriving Tuesday on the Doug las from Fairbanks was Harold Warner. Arriving from Kotzebue on the same plane was B. C. Strickland. Departing for Fair banks was Jack Whaley.
The Nome nugget., 1950-06-07
NOTICE

Women's Society of Christian Service Ladies Aid) of inc Fed erated Methodist Church will meet at the LWY Clubhouse. Fri day evening ali $500 with Esther Mccoy as hostess, assisted by Mrs. Norman BellurY and Mrs. Noel Adams.
The Nome nugget., 1950-06-07
Forecast And Weather Report Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. s. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Wednesday. June ,. 1850

Forecast Nome: Continued clou- dy. Fog again tonight. Occasional light rain tonight and Thursday. Gentle to moderate southeasterly winds. Lowest temperature to- night 35, highest tomorrow 45.
 Nome data last 24 hours as of FOO am. today:
 Precipitation, none.
 Temperatures: highest 4l, low est 35. Maximum wind "A miles an hour from the southwest.
 Sunrise at 1:32 a,m., sunset at 1929 pm.
 Comparative data:
 Temperatures one year ago to- day: highest 37, lowest 29.
 Extreme temperatures on this date since 1907: highest Fl in l94O. lowest 26 in 1887.
 Data for other selected stations as of TOO am. today:
The Nome nugget., 1950-06-07
Hospital News

Jane Foster was admitted 10 the hospital.
 Buford Strickland was brought in from Candle yesterday with a broken ankle.
The Nome nugget., 1950-06-07
NOTICE

Mems Cleanup Detail meets to- night ali 7:00 p.m. ali inc Fererated Methodist Church. Volunteers wanted.
The Nome nugget., 1950-06-07

Cousin Rufus had to quit his job at the Weather Bureau. It seems the weather didn't agree with him.
The Nome nugget., 1950-06-07
NOTICE
PIONEERS OF ALASKA Meeting of Igloo No. Wednesday. June ,. 500 pm. Tn the Pioneer Hall
 Refreshments
NOTICE

Until further notice Service Baths will be open until $500 pm. Use side entrance.
The Nome nugget., 1950-06-07

Ralph Lomen left yesterday for the Alaska Placers Mine at Coun- cil which is now in operation.