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CONFERENCE
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NANAN~N NAo@A eAsN OAS
he has taken part in a number of
nationwide radio chain broadcasts.
DIR. Smith served as a naval officer
in World War II, serving as a
member of Admiral Nimitz' staff
and later as a member of the
United States Strategic Bombing
Survey. Another feature of the
two-county conference will be a
talk by Truman D. Weller, Nation
al Affairs Advisor of the National
Chamber. He will analyze the i'm
portant trends in government and
in recent years their relation to
business and their effect upon the
country. Mr.. Weller, who is a
former newspaperman, has been a
member of the U. S. Chamber staff
the past ten years. He is a grad
uate of the University of Nebraska
oAiO LllS I1dI NdId DuSlll6SS 0CllOOl,
An important part of the meeting
will be discussion period at the
conclusion of the two speeches, in
which the audience will direct
questions to the speakers. The
forum part of the program will be
in charge of John T. Soltmann, as
sistant manager of the Northeast
ern Division of the National Cham
Der of Commerce, who will come
from New York City for the con-
ference. Tickets for the confer
ence are being handled by the Off
GERS and members of the local
chambers of commerce. They may
be obtained from w. S. Kruchen
at Smyrna Cleaners or Louise
Denney at Delaware Real Estate
office.
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stalled at the Colony and it is
planned to institute a complete
Photographic record of each child
showing his development under
Colony care and training. The
monthly population report shows
a total institutional enrolment of
500 of which 256 are males and
244 females. Nine males and
eighteen females of this number
are on home placement. Six males
and three females have been ad-
mitted to the Colony during the
past month.
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Blackbird

Mrs. Victor Kohl spent Saturday
in Middletown.
Mrs. ]. d. Conner spent Tuesday
with her mother, Mrs. ]. w. Web
Der.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Carlisle
and children spent Sunday with
Mr.. Carlisle's parents at FELTON,.
Mrs. Royden Caulk and daugh-
ters, of North Carolina, visited Mr..
and Mrs. B. Riley Watson last
week.
Mr.. Homer McGinnis, who is a
patient at Memorial Hospital, Will
mington, is somewhat improved at
this time.
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step. This quick process will often
prevent the potatoes turning dark.
Most of the sweet potatoes
bought in Sept. and Oct. are not
cured. Consequently they will not
keep as long as those of late win
ter and early spring which have
been cured. Store all sweet pota-
toes in a cool dry place, but not
in a refrigerator. Plan to use them
before spoilage starts.
This is a good time of year to
use sweet potatoes boiled, baked,
candied, as a puff or as the ever
popular pie.
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Food for Thought
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low the steam to escape. This pre-
vents soggy potato. Boiling sug-
ar and water syrup is hotter than
boiling water. You can save time
in preparing candied sweet pota-
toes by adding the pared raw
sweet potatoes to the syrup, elm
mating the usual boiling-in-water
Smyrna times., 1950-09-21

ing 600 baskets of tomatoes be-
tween Downingtown, Pa. and
Greensboro, Md, was badly wreck
ed as its breaks failed in rounding
the sharp curve at the entrance to
Marydel at about $50 p. m, Fri
day evening. Both the driver, w.
S. Chudleigh and his companion,
VIM. Davis of West Chester, Pa,
escaped certain death by jumping
from the truck just before it
crashed into the embankment
along the railroad tracks. The
northbound freight train was sig
nailed by station master Amos
Wyatt and delayed for an hour un-
It'll the truck could be removed
from the tracks where it became
wedged due to the impact.
Although plenty of brakes squeal
daily while rounding this sharp
curve, this has been the first seri-
our accident here for several years
and only, the alertness of the rid
ers saved it from being a fatal one.
The weight of the thousands of
tomatoes smashed the cab forward
and downward so that it rested on
the top of the motor, completely
shattering and destroying the
windshield. Had the riders not
jumped they would have met in
stant death.
Guests at the Robert Carmen
home during the week were Mrs.
William Furrer, Mrs. Fred Furrer,
Dolores and Fred, all of Linden
hurst, New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Rausch-
er, of Newark, N. j., are spending
the week visiting with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Provost, of
near Marydel
Miss Marilyn Greasley, of near
Marydel, spent last weekend visit
ing in Philadelphia with Miss jan
ice Flanagan.
Miss Louise M. Wilkens will be
among the 20 graduates to receive
their R.N. degree from the Wash
ington Hospital and Sanitorium at
Tacoma Park, Md, on Sunday,
September IL. Marydelians who
plan to attend the commencement
activities of the graduating nurses
are her parents, MIR. and Mrs. Hen
ry Wilkens, and brother, Charles,
her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Wilkens and son, Donny and
David, and Mrs. Elizabeth Cobb.
Funeral services for the late
Mr.. Bert Rutherford Kaler, the
highly respected mayor of Mary
del, were held from the Rawlings
Funeral Home at 1 pm, Friday,
September 18th, with burial in the
Greensboro Cemetery. Services
were conducted by the Rev. C. H.
Atkins, pastor of the Calvary
Methodist Church of Marydel. Mr..
Kaler was born in Philadelphia on
February 9Th, 1880, the son of
James L. and Anna McClousky
Kaler. In 1905, he was married to
a native Marydelean, Miss Bertha
Price, who survives him, as do
their two sons, Price w. w. Kaler
and James L. Kaler, both of Wash
Smyrna times., 1950-09-21

ington, d. c. He moved to Mary
del shortly after his marriage and
has lived here the greater part of
the past 46 years, holding the Of
fee of mayor since 1888. He was
also town commissioner and tax
collector, assistant chief of the
Mary-Del Fire Company, and a
charter member of both the
Greensboro and Marydel Lions
Clubs, having been an active Lion
for the past twelve years. He was
a member of the Friends Central
Church of Philadelphia and of the
Odd Fellows of Massey, Md. In
addition to his immediate family,
the only surviving relative is an
aunt, Miss Flora Kaler, of New
town, Bucks County, Pa. He died
on Tuesday at 1886 pm. at the
Easton Hospital to which he was
admitted several hours previous.
Although in failing health for the
past several years, he was able to
attend to his community duties up
until few hours before his death.
He will indeed be missed in this
community where he took a very
active part in all civic activities.
The Marydel Homemakers Club
met at the home of Mrs. Herbert
Ward, with Mrs. Guy Sleeves as
co-hostess, on Thursday evening,
Sept. IA, with 20 members pres
ent. Devotionals were in charge
of Mrs. c. H. Atkins; a book re-
view on Robinson Crusoe was pre-
sented in a most interesting fash
ion by Mrs. Virginia Heather; and
a poem was recited by Mrs. Helen
Heather Brannock. AS many men,
bers of the club as possible are re-
quested ito meet at the home of
Mrs. Brannock on Thursday after
noon at 2 pm. to help roll band
ages for the Cancer Clinic. Week
ly song practices will be held at
the home of Mrs. l.. H. Collision for
preparation for the Homemakers
Club song festival to be held in
October. Mrs. H. K. Shulta and
Mrs. Virginia Butts were appoint
ed members of a committee to
work with a Lions committee to
decide what should be done with
the playground equipment belong
ing to the community. Announce
ment was made of the october
meeting which is to meet at the
home of Mrs. Lee Leslie, with Mrs.
Virginia Heather as co-hostess, on
Thursday evening, Oct. IL, at
which time Miss Bessie Spafford
will be present to bring helpful
suggestions on proper home light
ing. Following the meeting, deli
cious dainty sandwiches, candy
nuts, cake, and coffee were served
by the hostesses. There's only one
bug problem to be solved by the
Homemakers-where were the fif
teen members who were not pres
ent to answer roll call? We hope
+ to see them with us next month
Smyrna times., 1950-09-21

The first American officer killed
in France in 1918 was Marine 1t.
Frederick Wahlstrom.
Smyrna times., 1950-09-21

The entire length of the Susque-
hanna River and its branches is
about 400 miles.
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Sgt. Pinkerton r. Vaughn was
first Marine to win Medal of Honor.
Evening star., 1950-05-05
Acheson Reported Seeking End
Of Reich Occupation Controls

complished at London is agree
ment on general policy lines and
establishment of a committee to
study specific future steps.
Mr.. Acheson leaves tomorrow.
flying to Paris and then London.
He will hold Big Three talks with
the British and French Foreign
Ministers next week and partici-
pate in a meeting Of the North
Atlantic Council the following
week.
American officials hope for
agreement in the council sessions
on measures to strengthen North
Atlantic treaty machinery as a
means of tightening the Western
coalition In the cold war.
One proposal is for creation of
a permanent commission of top
diplomats representing the For
eign Ministers of the IL treaty
nations, with an executive head
on full-time duty. 1t would meet
much more frequently than the
council itself. It's chief functions
would be to coordinate work Of
other council agencies and serve
as a sort of clearing house for
cold war strategy.
Evening star., 1950-05-05

British and French agreement
for gradually reducing and even
tually ending occupation controls
over Western Germany is under
stood to be one of Secretary of
State Acheson's aims in Big Three
talks in London next week.
officials said the American idea
is to end the occupation as such
in about l8 months. but keep
American, British and French
troops on duty in Western Ger
many on a new basis as advanced
defense forces rather than occu-
patton armies.
One reason for development of
proposals along this line is a be-
lief that maintenance of armed
occupation for too long will Gre
ate resentment in the German
population and defeat its own pur-
poses.
AS considered here. the gradual
relaxation of occupation controls
would permit the West German
Republic to run its own foreign
and domestic affairs, but with
strict Allied controls kept over
any military activity.
The most expected to be ac-
Evening star., 1950-05-05
City Heads, Producers
Plan Milk Conference

District area milk producers viii
meet with the Commissioners next
Thursday to discuss the milk sup
ply.
Last December the city heads
issued an order TO take effect June
80. hating the importation Of
milk into the District from outside
the Washington milkshed.
Importation OF milk from out
side the area began during World
War II, when q shortage developed
in the milkshed here.
Officials Of the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers AsSocia-
tion notified the Commissioners
late last year that within six
months they could supply all milk
needed, The Commissioners or.
der followed.
The Commissioners will review
the situation Thursday TO decide
whether supplies within the pres.
ent milkshed will be adequate.
The city heads also win take
up the question Of whether the
present requirement that dairy
farm utensils be SteriliXed by
steam be changed TO allow Sterili-
cation by chemicals which would
be cheaper.
Evening star., 1950-05-05
Texas City Victims TO Gel
Damages Set by Court
BY the Associated Press

HOUSTON. Tex. May 5.-Fed-
eral Judge T. M. Kennerly yester-
day entered a final judgment in
favor of about $500 plaintiffs
seeking approximately 5000 mil
lion in damages from the Federal
Government because of the Texas
City disaster.
The courts order held each
plaintiff is entitled to recover such
damages as later set by the court.
The order included all plaintiffs in
suits already filed and in suits to
be consolidated later for joint trial.
The judge on April 13 held the
Federal Government liable for
damages suffered in the nitrate
ship explosion of April 1917,
1947. in which more than 500 per-
sons were killed.
His ruling resulted from seven
month mass trial for final DISPOSE
ton of one of the approximately
300 damage suits and for determ-
lining the Governments liability in
all the suits.
In entering the final order Judge
Kennerly ignored a suggestion by
Joe Cash. special assistant to the
Attorney General, that final judg-
ment should be made in only one
of the numerous suits.
Mr.. Cash argued that an order
covering all suits would not be a
true final judgment. since the
question of monetary damages still
must be determined in all cases
except one included in the mass
trial.
Evening star., 1950-05-05
Milk Coop Manager
Tells Court Of '46 Fear
OF Price Manipulation

An official of the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers Associa-
ton told District Court today that
the group appealed to the Secre-
tary of Agriculture in 1916 for
repeal of it's Federal marketing
agreement because producers
feared price "manipulations."
The witness, William B. Hooper,
office manager of the co-opera-
tive, made the statement before
Judge Alexander Holtzof in the
trial of the association and seven
dairies on charges of conspiracy in
restraint of trade. The trial is In
its third day.
Mr.. Hooper explained, under
questioning by Defense Counsel
William Leahy, that the Federal
order contained a provision in
which wholesale milk prices in
Washington would rise or fall
with the wholesale price of butter
on the New York commodity mar
ket.
Feared Manipulation.
The witness said the association
first asked the Government for
suspension of the order in Octo-
ber. 1916, because we believed
butter would be manipulated on
the New York market"
Finally, Mr.. Hooper continued,
the directors of the association
held meeting early in 1947 and
voted to terminate the milk mar
keting order.
Asked by Mr.. Leahy if directors
discussed the matter with the
dairies, or whether any of the
dairies had asserted any influence
on the board, Mr.. Hooper replied:
mo, sir. In fact. most of the
distributors here would have pre-
ferred the order to stay in effect. I"
One charge in the indictment
contends that the defendants
agreed among themselves to term
mate the milk order because they
faced a price reduction under it.
Diaries On Trial
Diaries on trial with the as
sociation of producers handle
about IS per cent of the milk sold
in the Washington area, it was
testified. They are Chestnut
Farms-Chevy Chase, ThompSon's,
Richf1eld. Wakefield, Harvey,
Alexandria, and the Lucerne
Milk Co. of the Safeway stores.
Mr.. Leahy brought out, under
croSS-examination, that high
standards of the District Health
Department add to the cost of
milk sold here.
Provisions include inSistence on
a low bacteria count, maintenance
of sanitary farm conditions and
quick delivery in iced containers
to distributors here.
Evening star., 1950-05-05

Five-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, May $40.
The temperature will average
about 10 degrees above normal for
the period. The normal maximum
for the Washington area is 72 de-
grees, normal minimum 81 degrees.
Showers Saturday night probably
clearing Sunday with showers
again late Tuesday or Wednesday.
Total amount of precipitation
from one fourth to one-half inch.
Evening star., 1950-05-05
4.4 Million School Budoet

The Montgomery County Board
OF Education has submitted a $4.4
million budget to the County
Council-about $500, 900 more than
in the current year and calling
for a 25-cent tax increase on the
$1.90 rate.
Total school requirements
amount to $50 million-an in
crease of $1.1 million-the board
estimates, but the difference will
be made up by State funds. Mrs.
Durward v. Sandifer. board presi-
dent, said the request shows "a
normal increase in the cost of
education"
Evening star., 1950-05-05

Upham, director of the Motor We
hicle Parking Agency, will be mas
ter of ceremonies. Commissioners
John Russell Young and Gordon
R. Young and Representative
Smith, Democrat, of Virginia, will
speak.
Music will be furnished by the
Metropolitan Police Band and the
Police Quartet. After the ribbon
is sniped. a motorcade will move
across the bridge and return. The
new bridge is scheduled to carry
District-bound traffic from Vir-
ginia only. The old highway bridge
will carry Virginia-b bound motor
lists.
Evening star., 1950-05-05

Otherwise, the employees fear,
political and personal patronage
would become rampant in the
agencies and that many workers
would get hurt in the process.
It's true some Budget Bureau
officials as well as some Civil Serv-
ice Commission officers favor more
leeway for the agencies. But
these officials. too. would favor
this only II the commission had
extraordinary police and inspec-
ton powers, as well as the COM
plete authority to set and promul-
gate standards.
The fact is the commission
feels it already has decentralized
enough powers to the agencies
during the last few years. While
it is ready to give agencies a bit
more leeway when needed, 1t is
strongly opposed to the basic de.
Capitalization proposals of the
Hoover Commission.
Those favoring complete de-
centralization are planning an in
tensive publicity drive to gain
their objectives. But the COM
mission also plans to make it's
position known wherever possible.
This was exemplified by the speech
of Civil Service Commissioner
Frances Perkins yesterday, who
said further decentralization not
only would violate the merit sys-
tenn but would be unsound and
costly.
LEAVE--The National Associa-
ton Of Travel Officials was
expected to discuss the move in
Congress to cut Federal employees
anual vacation time at the groups
executive committee meeting to-
day in the Statler Hotel.
While Congress won't do any,
thing about cutting leave this
year, the matter may receive seri-
Gus attention next year. That's
what is troubling q lot of travel
officials. who fear the travel in
dustry would lose a lot of business
Evening star., 1950-05-05
Maryland
and
Virginia
Arlington in First Place
For Traffic Safety Aword
News in Brief

Arlington County has been
awarded first place in the l949
National Traffic Safety Contest
for cities in the 100.0 .000- zoe, 900
population group.
clifton G. Stoneburner. traffic
engineer, was informed today Of
the award by the National Safety
Council. In 1943 the county
placed first in the $4,000 100 900
population group and has won
several second -place~awards.
The work of the highway and
police departments, the County
Court. the Arlington Safety Coun-
Gil and the Commonwealth's at
torney's Office are recognized in the
citation. The county had five
fatalities and 202 injuries out of
a total 1862 accidents.
Evening star., 1950-05-05
Police BoIk at Job Bon

A number of Montgomery Coun-
ty police are threatening to re-
sign because of the chiefs order
prohibiting them from taking
part-time jobs elsewhere.
Chief Charles Orme yesterday
warned the order would be en-
forced beginning May 10. In ef-
feet many years. its enforcement
has been waived to permit sup
Elemental income. Salaries now
range from $4,000 to $4,70O an
nually for all except the chief
who gets $4,000.
Evening star., 1950-05-05

among Government workers If
leave were cut.
HATCH ACT-Although Presi-
dent Truman will be under some
pressure TO veto the bill providing
for partisan participation in local
elections by Government employees
in nearby Maryland and Virginia,
indications are he will sign the
measure into laN.
House Senate conferees have
agreed on the legislation and final
action by Congress is expected
within the next few days, The
House yesterday approved the
measure. 203 to l40.
Some members of Congress, as
veil as Federal employees active in
nonpartisan activities in the near
by areas, don't like the bill be-
cause they feel 1t will absorb the
independent movement. They say
it is a move by the Democratic
and Republican political machines
TO gain complete control.
However, the Civil Service Com
mission is expected to recommend
the signing Of the bill. and Presi-
dent Truman probably will ap-
prove it.
The commission is rather cool
TO the political participation sec
ton of the bill. but it has long
sought the provisions in the
measure whereby lesser penalties
than outright dismissal could be
applied in cases where Federal
employees are guilty of only minor
violations. That's why the COM
mission is prepared to swallow the
POLITICAL participation part of the
bill in order to get the lesser
penalties provision.
DISCRIMINATION ISSUE -
The Veterans of Foreign Wars has
issued statement sharply criti-
cizing the American Veterans
Committee for charging that ra-
cial discrimination is behind the
HouSe-approved bill TO invalidate
the exams given veterans at the
Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing.
The VFW, which supported the
bill, declared the issue was that
OF giving all veterans who wanted
to take the exam a chance to
compete, regardless of race or
creed"
EMPLOYMENT - The Byrd
Committee on Reduction of Nom
Essential Federal Expenditures re-
ports the following departments
and agencies increased employ
ment during the past month:
Agriculture. Interior and Treas
ury Departments, the Federal Sc
curity Agency. and the Housing
and Home Finance Agency.
y y
MEETING Mrs. j. Atwood
Maulding, personnel director of
the Interior Department. will ad-
dress the monthly meeting of the
Evening star., 1950-05-05
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia-Consider-
able cloudiness, but some sunshine
this afternoon. Highest tempera-
ture around 80 degrees. Partly
cloudy and warm tonight and to-
morrow with possibly a few scat
tered showers tomorrow. Lowest
tonight about "a degrees.
Maryland and Virginia-Partly
cloudy and warm with scattered
showers and possibly thunder
storms late tonight and tomorrow.
Lowest temperature tonight from
so to IS degrees.
Evening star., 1950-05-05
George Morris Heods
Dartmouth Lowyers' Unit

George Maurice Morris, former
president of the American Bar
Association. last night was elected
president OF the Dartmouth Law
yers Of the Nations Capital at .
meeting in the Metropolitan Club.
John L, Sullivan. former Sec
retary of the Navy and member
OF the class OF 1921. spoke on
The Role of Lawyers In Liberal
Arts Colleges"
Other officers elected were
Percy H. Russell. jr.. vice presi-
dent, and Karl NJ, Dollak. secre-
tary-treaSurer.