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Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
Citrus Toxins Studied

BERKELEY - (Pl - Chemists
at tie University of California re-
port the theory that an organic
toxic material in soils cropped to
citrus plants NAV have a detrim-
entail effect on citrus seedlings.
The study mas been prompted by
the results of tests with soil fumi-
cation against fungi known to bt
associated with decaying citrus
feeder roots The treatment increas
ed the growth Of citrus seedlings
25 to 100 per cent.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

Bond Crown and Cork Co.; Dupont
Co.-CarOthers Res. Lab; Dupont
CO.-Eng. Res. Lab; Allied Kid Co.
Central Res. Lab; Borden's Ice
Cream Co.; DUPONT CO.-Mech. Dew.
Lab; The Texas Co.; Delaware
Coach Co.; John H. Mulholland Co:
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

and the Dravo Corporation. For the
second six months, honorable mem
ton winners were: Dupont Co.
Chemical Dept; DUPONT Co.-Wilm-
ingtOn Shops; Allied Kid Co. Spec.
New Castle Div. Hercules Powder
Co.; DUPONT CO.-Newport Plant;
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

Copyright l9sl-The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co..
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
Irve Burton Attends
Zone Dealer Meeting

Irwin G. Burton, of I. G. Burton
and Co, Inc, Milford, Delaware, at
tended Baltimore Chevrolet Zone
Dealer Planning Committee meet
ing at the Mayflower Hotel, Wash
ington, D. c., on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 7th.
The committee, elected by bal
lot of dealers throughout the zone,
conferred with Chevrolet officials
with a view to the program for
Chevrolet for 1861.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

Diamond Ice and Co.-Coal Div;
.DObdell United Co. and the Dravo
Corp. Honorable mention winners
in Group B were: Dupont e.-Stine
Lab; DUPONT Haskell Lab: Du-
Pont Minquadale Lab; for the first
six months. Honorable mention
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

winners for the second six months
were: Dupont stine Lab; Baker
Layton Machine Co.; Dupont Has
kell Lab; F. F. SlocOmh Corp: Du-
Pont Minquadale Lab: Brosius
and Smedley Co.; and the Dupont
Pigments Res.
Evening star., 1951-01-09
Munitions Boards S
Setup StreamIined

A streamlining of the Munitions
Board to provide vice chairmen to
handle stockpiling was announced
today by Chairman John D. Small.
Heretofore the vital stockpil-
ing program. the subject of con-
gressional criticism, was handled
by two divisions of the board.
Reorganization of the board will
provide five vice chairmen. Mr..
Small said he hoped to get high
caliber men for the positions who
would serve without compensation.
"The primary purpose of the
reorganization is to strengthen the
board by regrouping functions into
more efficient patterns, and to
provide for bringing in top flight
businessmen" he said.
In addition to stockpiling, the
other vice chairmen will have
charge Of supply management, re-
quirements, production arrange
ment, and staff management.
Evening star., 1951-01-09
5-DayWeek for Police
Delayed by Dispute
On Paid Overtime
Maj. Barrett Reported
Seeking Six-Doy Wages
For Entire D. G. Force

The start of the five-day week
for Washington police was delayed
today by the question of whether
some or all of them should work
a sixth day with pay.
Tie Commissioners, at a confer
ence with police officials, approved
the idea of the five-day week but
left open the question of the sixth
day.
T,ney directed Corporation
Council Vernon E. West, however,
to draft proposed legislation per-
mitting an additional days pay
for policemen working a six-day
week. chairman Davis of the
House District crime investigating
subcommittee included similar
PROPOSAL in his omnibus bill to i'm
prove law enforcement here.
Voluntary Basis Sought.
At issue now is not The question
of pay. but of who works the
sixth day.
The District Police Association
wants the sixth day to be put on
a voluntary basis, so that men
who need the extra money could
volunteer to work a six-day week.
Police Supt. Robert j. Barrett,
however, repeatedly wants a
compulsory six-day work week for
the entire force. This would
amount actually to a basic pay
(See POI ICE Page A-5l
Evening star., 1951-01-09
Fairfax Wins Control
Over Annexation Tract

Fairfax County today won back
control, for another 80 days at
least, over the rs square miles
that Alexandria seeks to annex.
The city had moved into the
territory January 1.-The date
specified by an annexation court
decree on December 10. The same
court agreed today, however, to
suspend the effective date of its
decree for 80 days to give Fairfax
County time to perfect it's appeal
to the State Supreme Court.
Attorney Robert j. McCandlish,
jr., argued for the county that
control of the territory should not
go to Alexandria before an appeal
is decided because of conflicting
legal complications that would re-
suit. He said that if an appeal
is granted, Alexandria would be
performing services and enforcing
laws in the area without authority
to do so.
Attorney Horace Edwards ar
gued for the city that if an appeal
is denied, the effective date of
annexation would revert to jan
uary /, making Alexandria the
(ue authority in the territory. 4
Evening star., 1951-01-09

prank by supporters of a victori-
GUS club. such as a goal post
rush in the United States?
Or was it an act of reprisal for
the theft of the Scone stone?
Frankly, Scotland Yard didn't
know. 1t sent it's men to railway
stations and all-night cafes in the
hope of finding some one who saw
some one brandishing something
like 4-foot bronze sword some
time Saturday night or sometime
Sunday morning.
The Lord Clyde statue shows
the soldier with his sword
sheathed. At his foot Britannia
sits on a lion. The sword was in
a metal container on her skirt.
Lord Clyde was born Colin
Campbell in Glasgow in 1892. He
was raised to the peerage in 1853
for his services as general COM
manding the British forces during
the Indian mutiny. He also COM
manded brigade during the
Crimean War.
Evening star., 1951-01-09
Truman Urges More Fairness
In Representation in House
Wants Districts About Equally PopuIous;
Virginia to Goin Seat in Reupportionment
President Truman today asked

President Truman today asked
Congress for legislation to require
the States to apportion their rep
resentatives on basis that would
prevent wide differences in the
populations of the various con-
gressional districts.
Declaring that "some variation
is inevitable" Mr.. Truman said
"the extreme differences that now
exist can and should be corrected" "
Concerning wide differences
within States the President said
such defects within our system of
congressional districts obstructs
the effective operation of the dem
ocratic principles on which our
whole Government rests"
The President sent the message
to Senate and House as he flee
a report of the 17th decennial cen
sus of population with the CLERK
of the House of Representatives
preparatory to the congressional
redistricting that now must be ef-
Evening star., 1951-01-09
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

EIsENHoWER'S BIG TAsK-veteron
Foreign Correspondent WiIIiom H.
Stonemon describes the complex tosk
focins Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as
he tokes control Of Atlantic treoty
forces. In the second Of q series of
five articles, Mr.. Stonemon reveals thot
five new American divisions ore ex-
peeted in Europe this summer. See
Pose A-l6.
GEORGETOWN TO PLAY NAVY
The Hoyos and Middies will resume foot
ball relations with gome ot Annapolis
in October. 1852. Stor Sports coIumnist
Froneis Stonn tells about it in an ex-
elusive story on Pose Alb.
ARMY BATTLES "HosPITALITIs"-
Stor Reporter jones 6. Deone describes
the Armys new system Of hondlins COM
bot fotigue ond minor casualties in the
combot zones on Poee A-8H
Evening star., 1951-01-09
I Say, ChumIey, Now the Sword Is Missinq'

fans who Travelled from all parts
of the country to take in the foot
ball association matches.
Sunday morning the sword was
gone.
Detectives, scratching their
heads, asked: who took it?"
Could it have been supporters
of the Cardiff soccer team to
demonstrate their support of
Welsh home rule?
Zone theory about the coro-
nation stone theft was that
Scottish Nationalists hoisted it
from the abbey. The stone was
originally taken from Scotland
by England's Edward I in the
18th century,
Could it have been the Carlisle
followers to show they backed
their Scottish neighbors? Car
Isle is right on the border OF
Scotland. Its supporters were in
a gay mood Saturday after the
team pulled one of the season :
biggest upsets by holding London s
champion arsenal club to a score
less draw.
Was it just a high-sp5Ated
Evening star., 1951-01-09
BY the Associated Press

HONG KONG, Jan. 9.-Ameri-
cans in this British crown colony
bordering Red China are being
warned today to remove theiI
families because of the worsenine
situation in the Orient.
American Consul General Wal
tel P. McConaughy told a special
news conference no actual emer-
gency is seen but that the warn
ing "is more or less precaution-
ary."
An official circular is being put
cut by the consulate general to-
morrow to the 600 heads of Amer
ican families in the colony. Nearly
400 Americans are registered
here. The list includes large
number of American citizens of
Chinese descent.
A substantial number of Amer
leans already has left Hong Kong.
Dependents of five American COM
panus were warned last week to
Evening star., 1951-01-09
Cold Wave Is Over,
Weatherman Predicts

The Weather Bureau cheerfully
predicted today that the cold wave
is over-at least. this particular
one.
The mercury will start crawling
up thermometers today, said the
forecaster and will climb more
rapidly tomorrow and Thursday.
The low point of this cold wave
was hit at 7:30 am. today when
18 degrees was registered in the
city and Is degrees in various
parts of the suburbs.
With no wind and plenty of sun,
the temperature is expected to
reach 36 today. That's an i'm
provement over yesterday, when a
high of 81 was registered. Yes
terday's low was "a degrees.
For those who shivered under
their overcoats and couldn't get
warm by sitting on radiators this
morning, the forecaster had this
consoling thought:
In Miami, where some of the
fashionable hotels lack steam heat,
low of SO was reported today.
Evening star., 1951-01-09
Tommy Won't Go
To Korea Without
His Daughter, 5
BY the Associoied Press

NEWTON ABBOT, England,
Jan. 9.-Pvt. Harry Wilson showed
up at his British Army barracks
for trip to Korea leading his s.
year-old daughter by the hand.
"If co." the 31-year-old
widower firmly told the command
ing officer, "she goes"
Wilson, a supply corps driver,
said he volunteered for Korea
three months ago. He claimed
the army promised then to allot
az shillings, or $3.50 weekly, for
the upkeep of his home and
daughter Pamela. At the last
minute, Wilson said, he learned
the allotment would be only 81
shillings, or 1894.
The commanding officer said the
army would investigate.
Meanwhile, Wilson is missing
this trip to Korea, but may be sent
later - without Pamela. His
daughter was taken to the home of
friends in Torquay to await the
decision.
Evening star., 1951-01-09
BY the Associaied Press

LONDON, Jan. 9. "Gad,
Chumley. things can't go on like
this. First the Stone of Scone and
now Britannia's sword. Bad show"
Indeed Britannia's sword is
gone.
The 4-foot bronze sword was
attached to girdle around the
figure of Britannia seated at the
base of a statue of Scotsman Lord
Clyde, the Indian mutiny hero.
It was reported missing last night
by the Ministry of Works, prob
ably swiped sometime last Satur-
day night or early Sunday morn
ing.
The statue is in Waterloo place,
right off Pail Mall, in the heart
of London.
Scotland Yard detectives, still
mystified by the disappearance of
the coronation stone from West
minister Abbey on Christmas Day,
were switched to the new theft.
They had these facts to
work on:
Saturday night. London was
filled to overflowing with 81 Ger
Evening star., 1951-01-09
Navy Officer Covers.
nStotes BeforeH He's
Ticketed for No uq
BY the Associated Press

HOPE VALLEY, R. l., Jan. O.
A naval lieutenant admitted to
Rhode Island State police yester-
day that he drove a car from
Louisiana through IL States and
not until he reached the 18th
Rhode Island did any one notice
he had no registration plates.
1t. Stanley Sterbenz, drove 1900
miles from New Orleans and got
within 20 miles of Newport, his
destination, when he was stopped.
He told troopers that he bought
the car in New Orleans but found
that the State of Louisiana would
register the cars of permanent res
idents only. So he decided to see
how far he could get without
license plates.
He will appear in District Court
on Friday. 4
Evening star., 1951-01-09
Tentative OK Given
Here on Plan 10 Send
6 Divisions 10 Europe
No Definite Schedule
Or Details on Units
Are Yet Available
The dispatch of six divisions of

The dispatch of six divisions of
American troops to Europe to boil
ster the combined defense forces
against the threat of Communist
aggression has been tentatively
approved here.
However, no definite time
schedule has yet been established
and none will be until after Gen.
Eisenhower returns from his eek
ploratory" trip to the capitals of
the other II North Atlantic
Treaty powers. an official said.
Speculation was raised as to
how many and what type divi-
unconstitutional Guard or Regular
Army-would be sent.
Indications still point to sharp
differences of opinion over the
sending of Guardsmen because of
the uncertainty as to the length
OF time they would be available.
But with the small number of
divisions in training, observers
predicted that some of the four
National Guard units, which have
been in training since last Sep
tember. would be nominated.
4th Infantry Mentioned.
The most frequently mentioned
unit. however, has been the 4th
Infantry Division. It has long been
rumored that this outfit would
said for Europe early in the spring.
Today the Navy increased by
$4,000 its quota of enlisted Naval
reservists who will be ordered to
active duty during April, May
and June. A total of 431 enlisted
reservisits in the District area will
be called by the Potomac River
Naval Command, the Navy De-
partment said.
An announcement in December
had set the national quota for
the three-month period at $4,000.
The increase ordered today will
bring the total to 47,0O0.
President Truman some weeks
ago said that more American
troops soon would be dispatched
to Europe, but gave no indication
of numbers. From, five to 10 di-
visions has been the force most
often tossed about in Pentagon
speculation, with the likelihood
that a substantial part of the
total will have sailed by the end
of this year.
Other Manpower News.
Elsewhere on the manpower
front there were these develop
ments:
l. The House Armed Services
Subcommittee investigating Re-
serve programs scheduled a session
Evening star., 1951-01-09

fected as the result of population
shifts found in the count of 1850.
These changes will be reflected
in the next Congress, in which
IA House seats will be shifted.
Gaining seats win be California,
Z; Florida, 2, and Massachusetts,
Texas. Virginia end Washington,
/ each. Losing will be Oregon. 8;
Missouri, New York and Okla
homa. 2 each, and Tennessee, Ar
kansas, Illinois, Kentucky and
Mississippi, l each.
Under the law the clerk of the
House will send each State a copy
of the report received today tt
show the number of representa-
tives to which they are now en-.
titled. Then the redistricting ma.
chinery starts.
The text of the Presidents mes.
sage follows:
However, certain problems have
| Continued on Page A Col. 5.
Evening star., 1951-01-09

in view Of the widening debate in
Congress and elsewhere !, over
whether Mr.. Truman could COM
nit American forces to Europe
without the consent of Congress.
During his speech, Mr.. Truman
did not refer directly to the matter
nor to Senator Taft, Republican,
of Ohio, and former President
Hoover who have cautioned against
any large-scale involvement of
American forces overseas.
Emphasizes Need Of Support.
The Presidents nearest ap-
proach to the issue was in saying
there has been much discussion
recently" on the question of
whether Europeans are willing to
defend themselves.
"Our North Atlantic treaty part
nerS, together. he remarked, "are
building bigger armies than our
own"
At another point he emphasized
that the United States needs sup
port and "our national safety
would be gravely prejudiced" with
out European allies in the struggle
against Communism.
Members of Congress, in the
main. regarded the speech as mild
and conciliatory with an over
riding appeal for national unity
in the face of threats from abroad.
They regarded as gesture the
Presidents call for certain Pair
Deal' measures he has advocated
in the past.
Brannan Plan Ignored.
Congressional leaders were quick
to say they see almost sure defeat
for nearly all such measures on
which the President might push
for action this year.
They gave the best chance to
his proposals for Federal training
Of doctors and nurses and Govern
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Evening star., 1951-01-09
Americans Warned to Evocuote
Dependents From Hong Kong
Circular Advises Departure While Normal
transportation Facilities Are Available

return home. Some British resi-
dents and wealthy Chinese have
gone.
The official warning came as no
surprise. Americans have been
watching Chinese Red forces on
the neighboring mainland swell to
an army of more than $4,000 in
the paSt month.
Hong Kong, through which
British trade with China passes,
is at the mouth of the Canton
River about 80 miles south of the
big South China city of Canton.
The island was ceded to Britain
by China in 1841. The opposite
peninsula of Kowloon, on the
mainland, was ceded to Britain in
1860 end forms part of Hong
Kone.
The crown colony, a great CEN
ter of trade in the Orient, was oc-
cupied by the Japanese Christmas
Day. 1941. They surrendered there
(Caa ryC,NYrS DoNy|< No. o>
Evening star., 1951-01-09
81 Billion Navy
Ship Bill Voted
Committee
57,000-Ton Carrier
Included; May Be
Named 'ForrestuI'

The House Armed Services Com
mittce today unanimously ap-
proved G 50 billion shipbuilding
and conversion program under
which the Navy would get a
57-c00-ton flush deck aircraft car
rier
After Admiral Sherman, Chief
Of Naval Operations, explained de-
tails Of the program calling for 173
new ships and conversion of 29l
others. the full committee sent
the enabling measure on it's way
to the House floor via the Rules
Committee.
Chairman Vinson said the new
carrier would cost $235 million,
about SAC million more than the
proposed 65,000-ton carrier Unit
ed States, which was Cancelled
with much controversy under for
mer Defense Secretary Johnson's
economy drive.
'1nfiation" Is Blamed.
The Georgia Democrat explained
that imitation" was the reason
for the higher cost of the new
f1attop. He added that prelim-
mary work will start Immediately
on the vessel. The first funds,
however, are not expected to be
voted until about March !, when
the third supplemental appropria-
tions bill-to total about $40 bill
lion-reaches the House floor. Mr..
Vinson said the blueprints and
designs would be ready about that
time, and that it would take three
and half years to complete the
ship.
The flush-deck carrier will be
able to accommodate heavy atomic
bonb-carrying aircraft. 1t will
top the largest carrier now in
operation. the 45,0o0-ton Midway
class, by $4,000 tons.
Representative John z. Ander-
son, Republican of California, to-
day was promised the support of
Mr.. Vinson in having the new car
rier named after the late James
v. Forrestal. the first Secretary
OF Defense, who died in a plunge
at Bethesda Naval Hospital in
1949.
Just before today's session, Mr.
Anderson, while chatting with Mr.
Vinson and Admiral Sherman, dis
closed he would push the proposal.
Ocean Escorts Planned.
Among the other new ships
planned are two prototype "ocean
escorts designed as an expert
ment in anti-submarine warfare
They will carry secret electronic
equipment and it is hoped that
they would be effective against at
tack by modern long-range snorkel
equipped submarines.
New construction also calls for
seven snorkel subs. Six 27,OOO-ton
Essex class carriers will be modi-
fed and strengthened to accom-
modate heavier and faster planes
and IL cruisers will be modernized
and two others converted into
guided missile launchers.
The bill as approved by the
House committee today contained
strict provision against the SELL
ing or giving away to any foreign
nation any more United States
warships unless they had first been
struck from the Navy register.
Evening star., 1951-01-09
Censorship Throwing
Curtain on News Of Biq
U.N.PuIIback Korea
Large Chunks Clipped
Out of Field Dispatches;
Word Retreat Banned
By Russell Brines
Assoeioted Press Foreign Correspondent

TOKYO, Jan. 9.-CensorShip is
throwing a black curtain around
news of the tremendous pullback
of United Nations forces in Korea.
Field censors have clipped large
chunks out of dispatches on the
grounds of military security. Some
Associated Press stories have ar.
rived in Tokyo minus their first
and most important paragraph.
Correspondents are not per-
mitted to use the word retreat"
in connection with the pullback.
Security officers in Tokyo say this
is a planned and orderly with
drawal-not a retreat in the face
of Red China's overwhelming man
power.
Field Dispatch Junked.
(WebSter's Unabridged Die
tionary says 6. A retreat is
properly an orderly march, in
which circumstances it differs
from a flight, rout, etc.")
A field dispatch from Associated
Press War Correspondent Tom
Lambert was completely junked by
censors here because it dealt with
what American troops are think
ing in the pullback.
Mr.. Lambert's and other field
dispatches show the soldiers know
they are in retreat.
All field copy is routed through
Sth Army headquarters in Korea
for censorship. The minimum de-
lay is one hour. Censorship is
airtight because the Army controls
all communications.
Minimum of Delay.
In Tokyo correspondents still
voluntarily submit their material
to a "press advisory DIVISION -
then transmit it over uncontrolled
telegraph and telephone channels.
There is a minimum of delay and
security officers have been willing
to discuss disputed points with
newSmen.
Censorship was applied in the
field less than three weeks ago
after Army officials said the COM
petition for news had produced a
number of security violations.
Since then the only case of this
sort has been what officers termed
premature disclosure of the with
draWal from Seoul.