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Evening star., 1950-04-26
Law Against Open Wells
Invoked in Michiqun
By ths Assoeietsd Press

MARSHALL, Mich, April 90
Michigan invoked its "Kathy Fis-
Gus" law yesterday.
For leaving an open well on his
property, Starr Walbeck was or
dered in court to pay a fine and
costs Of $3l.90 or go to jail for
80 days.
He also was ordered to cover
the we'll within "a hours.
Michigan's legislature passed
the law year after 3-year-old
Kathy Fiscus fell into an open
well in California and lost her
life despite heroic rescue efforts.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Mae West Considers N

PITTSBURGH, April 26 (P.-
Buxom Mae West of the stage and
screen says she may put her curves
on television. 1T will keep dad
home at least once q week." she
quipped yesterday. She Is ap-
pearing here in a revival of her
play Diamond Lii"
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Colombian Ships Collide

BOGOTA. Columbia, April 90
The newspaper El Espectador said
today that two Colombian motor
ships collided in the Caribbean OF
the Colombian coast. 1t identi-
fed the ships as the Princesa and
the Diamante and said the Prin-
cesa sank with a loss Of two lives.
Evening star., 1950-06-24

itary Commission has had areas
mapped for studies and esti-
mates. And there has been other
work Of a similar type in this
area by the Geological Survey,
Army Map Service and the Ag-
riculture Department.
Except for Washington itself
and some areas within sur
rounding counties, however,
comprehensive land ownership
and basic engineering maps are
not available. In this respect,
officials in this area are handi-
capped in the same way as those
generally throughout the entire
Eastern Seaboard, officials say.
Persons who are acquainted
with the problems arising from
inadequate land ownership rec
ordS say the lack Of good maps
Is costing county governments
In the Eastern area many thou
sands of dollars in tax revenue
every year and in other expendi-
lures which such maps would
make unnecessary.
The West and parts Of the Mid
west do not have the problem to
the same extent as the East.
Before the lands west of the
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
were opened to settlement, the
Evening star., 1950-06-24
By Robert J. Lewis
Reel Estote Editor Of The Stor

Keeping track Of land has be-
come more important since the
war than ever before because
OF its higher value. AS a result,
new techniques are coming into
wider use to inventory land and
its ownership.
Most talked about of the new
techniques is called photogram-
metry.
This is the one-word way of
saying "map-making through
&eraal photography" Through
suSh aerial mapping a wide
range of specialized information
can be made available in
graphic form.
Already, some Of this infor-
nation has been developed for
the Washington area on a some
what limited basis. And there
are indications that before long
aerial mapping on an even
broader scale may be used to
modernize land maps and owner
ship records in the metropolitan
area.
Right now the aerial survey
method is being used to develop
q property ownership map of
the City of Bowie and surround
ing area in Prince Georges
County. Md. This job is being
done under contract with the
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Prince Georges Project Now UNDERWAY

Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission by Beasley & Beas-
ley, Washington firm. Aerial
mapping for the work was hand
led by Air Surveys Corp. also Of
Washington.
The job has the limited aim of
aiding in the provision of water
service in the Bowie area and in
obtaining accurate data on front
footages so that correct charges
can be assessed against property
owners. The work started in
May and is expected to be COM
pleted by July Is.
Also studying possibilities Of
county wide aerial mapping, it
is understood, are the governing
boards of Fairfax County, Va,
and Anne Arundel County, Md,
Of which the county seat is An
napolis. Prince Georges County
officials also are said to be in
terested in the possibilities Of
such work being done on a wider
area in that county.
Some time ago the National
Geographic Society issued a
comprehensive road map of the
Metropolitan area based on an
aerial survey. The National
Capital Park and Planning
Commission has had survey
work done for study purposes.
The Washington Suburban San.
Evening star., 1950-06-24

handicapped, created and per-
petriated many errors.
AS a result Of these and other
difficulties, in the absence of ac-
curate land ownership maps. the
existance Of many thousands of
acres of land has never even
once been recorded on tax books
with the resultant additional
burden on owners whose land
Is taxed.
The existing situation in the
East has led some experts to
guess that as much as to 10
per cent of the land in many
counties Is not on the tax books.
Besides all that, thousands of
persons as result do not know
the real boundaries of their
property, and thus thousands Of
acres lie unclaimed. Only about
a year ago. for example, the
Prince Georges County Assessor
announced he had found that
Continued on Pare B-3, Col. s.,
Evening star., 1950-06-24

tsee BUILDERS. Page B-s)
Evening star., 1950-06-24

Government surveyed the area
and established a basic system
of land measure consisting of
a section (640 acres), township
and range. This, say those who
have studied the situation, es-
tablished basic land maps and
also provided an easy and simple
means of describing individual
ownerships.
But in the East, land owner
ship predated even the estab-
lishment Of the Government.
Original ownerships were passed
in. the form of charters and
grants which came, in most in
stances, from European sover-
eigns.
AS time went on, original
errors in land measurement and
location have been compounded.
Many boundary lines have never
been completely located.
Adding to the tumble, say OBJ
servers, is the fact that in the
earlier days land was so cheap
that a sale often didn't warrant
Evening star., 1950-06-24

lion new dwelling units, q major
portion of which have been COM
pleted. and the remainder Of
which are In the process Of COM
pletion."
Asked to comment. the Public
Housing Administration said PHA
Commissioner John Taylor Egan,
without seeing the home build.
ers' statement. stated the PHA
program was moving ahead stead
lily, and added:
Planning and building q large
housing development Is q compli.
Gated and time-consuming proc.
ess. whether undertaken by q pri.
vate group or q public agency.
1T takes something like nine
months to move q low-rent public
(See BUILDERS, Page B-S.) g.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Builders Assoi, PHA Defends
Pace of PHA Construction

The Washington Home Build
ers' Association today assailed
what it believes was q tardy start
on the Federal public housing
program.
The group pointed out that
Washington builders alone have
started 20 times as many homes as
the Government program through
out the country In the last year
James w. Pearson. executive
secretary Of the local group. said
"The Government program has
been. in operation for about II
months. It was stated that ad-
vance planning had made 1t pos
sible to begin operations immedi-
ately on tremendous scale. Dur
ing those II months. private build
ers have started more than a mil
Evening star., 1950-06-24
the expense of an accurate sur

the expense of an accurate sur
vey.
That is how it happens that
sometimes property boundaries
are described, for example. as
beginning where you and I
stood yesterday and thus to
where Cousin George killed the
Indian. thence East to the top
of the ridge. thence to the
branch in the gap, and thence
back to where you and I stood
yesterday"
The courts might find that
such legal description is ade-
quate so far as ownership is con-
cerned, but the problem is as to
the whereabouts of the bound
aries for tax and other pur-
poses.
Technical experience on the
part of some early surveyors
was lacking, and this sometimes
resulted in serious errors. Typo
graphical mistakes in county
books, many of which are still
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-17
SPORTS FI5HERMEN
 READY TACKLE AZ FIRST
 KING OF 1850 CAUGH1

Now that the rirSs --.ing salmon of the year has been landed in the Juneau area, locai sports fishermen are at work readyirg their gear for possible battles with the game fin bearers this weekend.
 The first fish cs 1850 was landed last Sunday oss Marmion Island by Mrs. Leo (Mildred) Moran of Juneau. It was a 38-pound king taken while Mrs. Moran was trolling with Bert Seaton plug painted white.
 Ruth Hager, with the same party, hooked into one which she said acted like a "big one" The fish shook the hook loose and got away.
 General local opinion seems to be that the first good run of the sea- son won't be seen until early in April. but this isn't stopping many of the keener sports fishermen.
 Quilico Sports Center reports that the salmon tackle business was quite good following the appearance of Mrs. Moran's salmon on display.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-17
ELEMENT NO. 9S iS PRODUCED BY TEAM OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

BERKELEY, Calif., March 17--IR The atom smashers have pro- duced another new element, a strange, invisible substance which seems to fit dramatically into the jigsaw puzzle of creation.
 The newcomer is Number 98 in the list of known elements which make up the universe. It does not now exist naturally on earth, but was formed.
 The discovery was reported today by a team of University of Califor- mia scientists working under con tract with the Atomic, Energy Com mission. They are Dr. Stanley G. Thompson, Dr. Kenneth Street, Jr., Dr. Albert Ghiorso and Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
 Number 98 is the sixth addition to the roster of elemental substances since the dawn of the atomic age. Before that, there were only 92 known elements and number 92 was uranium. All the new ones have come from building up uranium by bombarding nebular particles.
 The amount of the new element so produced was too small to be seen. However, they had been able to predict some of it's properties.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-17

throughout his four-day trial that he killed the pretty 21-year-old F&M secretary lon an impulse after they drove to 'petters hang out" near here last Jan. 10.
 The youthful married student broke into tears and sobbed as the verdict was returned.
 The verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree with the death penalty marked the first such find ing by a Lancaster county jury. Several death sentences, however, nave been imposed by judges in this county, heavily populated by mem oers of the finish and Mennonite faiths-both opposed to capital punishment.
 If the former Air Force veteran goes to the electric chair, 1t Will mark the eighth electrocution Ill the county's history. The last was in 1922.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-17
IMpUl5E-5LAYER
 SENTENCED TO DIE
 IN ELECTRIC CHAIR

LANCASTER, Pa, March 17-ER A sobbing Franklin and Marshall D College student was marked last night for death in the electric chair in the impulse" staying of Marian Louise Baker
 A jury of seven men and five women found dark-haired Edward Lester Gibbs. 25-year-old senior from Putnam, NJ, guilty of first degree murder with the death pen alty mandatory
 The verdict came after jurors had deliberated four hours and 45 min utes.
 Gibbs attorney, w. Hensel Brown, made an immediate oral motion for an appeal and said he would file a written plea within the allotted Is days.
 Gibbs steadfastly maintained
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-17

LIVE SAFELY-LIVE HAPPILY.
 See page 155 March IS issue of
 Saturday Evening Post. FLOYD FAGERSON = District Manager. MUTUAL OF OMAHA.-adv. At
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-17

Saturday Morning ana Afternoon
 Sign On. 7:0eSunrise Surprise.
 705-Locel Weather
 7:30-News Summary. g 8:00-Morning Thought.
 8:15-News Headlines.
 8:25-Weather report. 8:30-Langworth Choristers. 9:00- Music for the Missus. 9:aa-Weather report. 9:35-Songs by Eddie Arnold. 9:45-Dusty Records. l0:00-News. l0:05-Just Jazz. 10:15-Look at Books-ABC. 10.30-Kids on KINY. :0O-STEVE ALLEN SHOW
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 CBS. 4:00-Hoonah Church. 4.15-Children's Chapel. 4:30-Voice of Army. 4.45-Juneau Players. :OO-SHOW IS ON-CBS. 5.30-Viking Varieties. All programs subject to change due to conditions beyond our con- trol.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-17
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-17

Closing date for entering
 was Saturday but there's a twO-week mailing dead- line for outlying com munities. .. consequently new contestants can post
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
TO PURCHASE FIRE TRUCK
Cheswold Fire Company To Get
New Engine; Carnival Aug. 4-12

CheswOld Fire Company To Get
New Engine; Carnival Aug. 4-I2
The Cheswold Fire Company has
voted to purchase a new pumping
engine to replace its old engine,
which is in addition to the COM
pany's tank wagon. A committee
appointed to get bids and submit
them for action of the company
comprises Joseph Roy, chairman;
Nick Sawyer, George Cahall, Cor
don Casson, and Fred Wiley. The
Cheswold firemen will hold their
annual carnival August Alp with
the traditional parade set for Aug
ust 10. The company will award
a television set, a deep freeze and
an electric range at the close of the
carnival, plus a kitchen set Satur-
day night, August 5, with other
prizes. On the carnival committee
are Chief Cahall, Nick Sawyer,
Bryon S. Creadick, Willard D. Bar
Gus, Joseph Roy and Gordon Cas-
son.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
AT
ROTARY MEET
Layton Mabrey, Former Clay
ton Boy Speaks on Televi-
sion and Photography
NOW TEACHING IN TEXAS

Layton Mabrey, formerly of
Clayton, was guest speaker before
the Smyrna Rotary Club last week.
Mr.. Mabrey is now a member of
the faculty at Baylor University,
Tyler, Texas, where he teaches
dramatics. He and Mrs. Mabrey
are vacationing with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Mabrey,
of near Clayton. Speaking on tele-
vision and photography, Mr.. Nab
rey described for club members the
preparation and production of a
television program, including the
script and stage settings. He ex-
planned about the colors used for
background and costumes. The
speaker has long been active in
dramatics. He began by taking
part in plays given by the Clayton
4-H Club and by the Smyrna Little
Theatre. When he was graduated
from the John Bassett Moore High
School and went to the University
of Delaware, he became a member
of the Esq Players there, and by
the time he was a senior, attained
Continued on Page Ffvel
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
Candidates For Kent Offices

Four candidates for nomination
to four different offices at the Kent
County Democratic primaries to he
held Saturday, August 19, have
filed with w. Marion Stevenson,
secretary of the committee. Sher-
iff Robert A. Salisbury, Harring-
ton, has filed for the nomination
for Recorder of Deeds, while State
Rep. William M. Paskey, FELTON,,
has filed for nomination for Sheriff.
Edward Kelly, Rising Sun, has
filed for the nomination for Levy
Court Commissioner from the
Third Levy Court District and John
H. Cahall, Willow Grove, for the
nomination for State Representa-
tive from the Sixth Representative
District.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
PATRIARCH
VISITS LODGE
Herbert Hussey, District De-
putty Grand Patriarch,
Speaks to Local Lodge
MANY GUESTS PRESENT

On Friday evening, July %, the
Morning Star Lodge No. 6, I.O.O.F.,
Smyrna, was honored by a visit of
District Deputy Grand Patriarch,
Herbert Hussey, of Delaware Coun-
ty, Encampment SO, Past District
Deputy Grand Master George Bald
win, Past District Deputy Grand
Master Frank Voshell, of Farmers
and Mechanics Lodge 1856, Lin
wood, Pa, and Vice Grand Alvin
Merritt, of Farmers and Mechanics
Lodge, and members of Upland
Lodge 183, and Kousatt Lodge 393,
Chester, Pa. Noble Grand James
Warren welcomed the guests and
presented Vice Grand Alvin Mer-
ritt, who introduced District Depu-
ty Grand Patriarch Hussey. Mr..
Hussey spoke on the advantages
of all members preparing them
selves and becoming affiliated with
an encampment. Past District
Grand Masters George Baldwin and
Frank Voshell gave brief talks on
Oddfellowship. Fred Mills, Upland
Lodge No. 1888, Frank Inman,
Farmers and Mechanics Lodge No.
1876 gave brief resumes of their
activities in their respective Lodges
stating that each lodge room is
equipped with television set and
other games for the pleasure of
their members. Grand Representa-
tive to the Sovereign Grand Lodge
Harry Johnson gave talk endors-
ing Mr.. Hussey's idea of member
ship and identifying Morning Star
Lodge No. 6 with the Encampment.
At the close of the meeting re-
freshments were served.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
Meet Tuesday Night
Death of e. Kennard Price

Funeral services for Edwin Ken
nard Price, So, who died suddenly
from heart attack in Dover Mon
day. will be held from the home
here on East Commerce Street this
Thursday afternoon at 1870
o'clock with the Rev. Walter L.
Beckwith, pastor of Asbury Meth
odist Church, officiating. Burial
will be in Centreville, Md. Mr..
Price was fatally stricken while
attending to his duties as a repre-
sentative of the Quaker City In
surance Company. He was at the
home of John Wesley Waters, So
North Queen Street, Dover, and
died before the arrival of DR.. E.
Harold Mercer who pronounced
him dead. Mr.. Price was the son
of the late Casper B. and Hattie
Lurty Price of Centreville, Md. He
was a member of the Centreville
Masonic Lodge. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Lydia Wilson Price,
and a sister, Mrs. Nelson ]. Brown
of Church Hill, Md.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
GETS APPOINTMENT
Mrs. Fred Steffgen Named To staff
of Crippled Children's Services


of Crippled Children's Services
The Crippled Children's Services
of the Delaware State Board of
Health announce the appointment
of Mrs. Fred Steffgen, speech ther-
apist, to the speech and hearing
staff. Mrs. Steffgen is a graduate
of Northwestern University with a
BIS. degree in speech and has done
some postgraduate work there.
Prior to her marriage she was the
speech correctionist in the public
schools of Darlington, Illinois. The
addition of Mrs. Steffgen to the
speech and hearing staff increases
the personnel of the department of
the Crippled Children's Services TO
four workers: namely, two speech
therapists, one audiologist, and one
worker who will devote most of
her time to speech therapy but who
will also assist the audiologist.
Since there is an increasing num-
Der of referrals to this department,
the program will be greatly bene-
fited by additional personnel.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
BATTLE FOR FIRST PLACE
Clayton To Play CeciIton Sunday
For N-K-C League Lead

Clayton defeated Townsend 6-1
last Sunday to kept right on the
heels of the league leading Cecilton
Club, just one-half game off the
pace. Bob Knight started on the
hill for the locals and struck out
the first six men to face him, but
had to leave the game when hit by
a pitched ball in the third. Lew
Wright, credited with the win,
famed 13 in relief. Tom Kennedy's
local nine will meet the league
leaders in the Maryland town this
Sunday to battle for undisputed
possession of the New Castle-Kent-
Cecil League lead. Cecilton now
has record of IL wins and 2 loss
es against Clayton's IL wins and
3 losses.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
DISABLED SERVICEMEN GET
INSURANCE PREMIUMS WAIVED

and remain SO for at least six
straight months. Total disability,
as defined in an NSLI policy, is
"any impairment of mind or body
which continuously renders it i'm
possible for the insured to follow
any substantially gainful occupa-
tion." Waivers of premium are
not granted automatically, VA
said. Instead, application to VA
must be made-if possible, immed-
lately following the six consecu-
tive months of total disability. A
person who applies for waiver Of
premiums should continue to pay
his NSLI premiums regularly, as
they fall due, until he receives
notice from VA of "entitlement to
waiver"
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
Named to state Board

Prof. Leo Blumberg, of Whining
ton, former vice chairman, has been
named chairman of the State Board
of Registration for Professional En-
gineers and Land Surveyors, sue
ceeding Edgar L. Mustard, of
Georgetown, whose term expired
July 1. He is also chairman of the
State Board of Boiler Rules and a
of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers, of the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, and of the qualifications
committee of the National Board
of Professional Engineers. Edward
L. Simpson, of Ocean View, was
to the board.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03

American servicemen totally
disabled during the current fight
ing in Korea may be eligible to
have their National Service Life
Insurance premiums waived, if
their totally disability lasts six
consecutive months or longer, Vet
Grams Administration said today.
The waiver would go into effect,
upon application, after the six
period was over, and would
remain in effect as long afterwards
as total disability continued. VA
said the waiver provision is not
confined to those suffering total
disability in action in Korea. Vete
Grams who hold NSLI are eligible
for waiver of premiums, if they
become totally disabled before age
60 and while their policy is in force
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
Death of George HI. Bradley

George H Bradley, 81, retired
farmer, and former county road
supervisor of Blackbird Hundred,
died suddenly of heart attack
last Thursday at his home on the
DUPONT Highway. Mr.. Bradley
had seemed in his usual health
Thursday. A son of the late Will
liam and Christina Livingston
Bradley, he was born July IA, 1869
at Forest, Ontario, Canada. At the
age of IA the family moved to the
Blackbird section, and he had lived
in this vicinity since. Mr.. Bradley
served as supervisor of county
roads for % years, and retired
from farming in 1928. Surviving
are his wife, Mrs. Louvia Snyder
two children, G. Earl
and Mrs. Minerva B.
both of Blackbird; a
brother, John L. Bradley of Smyr-
ma; three grandchildren, Reynolds
and George Bradley of Smyrna and
Paul Bradley of near Blackbird,
and a great granddaughter, Joan
Funeral services were
held from his late residence Sunday
at 2 o'clock. The Rev.
o. C. Jones, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Smyrna, Off
ciated. Interment was in Old
Drawers Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
PUBLIC PARK
FOR SMYRNA
Shade Trees and Shrubbery To
Be Planted and Park
Benches Furnished
BEAUTIFY SECTION

The Town of Smyrna is in the
process of making public park on
the town-owned lot where Main
Street meets DUPONT Parkway
across from Lake Como, according
to Stanford c. Marvel, town man
ager. With the widening of Ham
ilton Lane from Main Street west
to make it the same width all the
way through, the top soil is being
used to fill in the triangular lot by
the spillway as the first step in
beautifying the spot. When this
work has been completed, grass
seed will be planted as well as
shrubs, shade trees, and Towering
plants. Already several trees and
strawberries have been planted as
a donation from Mrs. Norwood
Pawn, florist in town. Benches will
be placed throughout the area upon
its completion. 1T is the hope
that the park will polish the ap-
proach to Main Street as well as
beautify the community" Mr.. Mar
vel stated. This is the first town
park in the history of Smyrna.
Town Council Met Friday
AT the regular meeting Friday
evening, the Town Council went on
record as making the Town Hall
available free of charge for any
meetings of bona fide civic organi-
cations when these meetings are
non-revenue producing. Any group
interested in using the Town Hall
should contact the Smyrna Town
Office. A date book will be kept
in order to avoid conflicts.