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Evening star., 1951-01-02
League Membership
Challenged in Amherst
BY the Associated Press

AMHERST, Va, Jan. 2.-Her.
man L. Page, president of the
Amherst Citizens Association.
yesterday questioned the value Of
Amherst County's membership in
the League of Virginia Counties.
Mr.. Page and members of the
associations Budget Advisory
Committee recommended to the
Amherst County Board of Super
visors that the $210 annual league
dues be Topped from this years
budget.
This is nothing but a very
good racket" Mr.. Page said, add
ing that some one is probably
getting good income" from it.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Big-Name Victims
OF Neor-Accident
BewIder Youngster
BY the Assoeioied Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. "A young
ster on Christmas bicycle had a
near collision on a sidewalk here
yesterday with two pedestrians.
Careful lad, this is the Mayor
of Baltimore" said the taller.
"Oh yeah. then I'm the Cover
nor said the youngster.
His elder replied gently. mo
you're not. son. I'm the Governor. :"
Then Mayor Thomas D'Alesan-
dro and Maryland Governor Elect
McKeldint introduced themselves
to a bewildered and embarrassed
young cycler.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
; Night Spots Raided
In Prince Georges;
3 Face Liquor Charge

Eight persons were arrested on
charges of violating Prince
Georges County liquor laws in
raids on three night spots by a
deputy sheriff and three county
policemen yesterday.
Those arrested included the
proprietors of the three places, all
in the suburban area.
The raiding party. which started
its tour of night clubs shortly
after midnight, was led by Dep
uty Sheriff William A. Duvall, jr.
He was accompanied by County
Policeman w. L. Baker, j. r. Hill
and Louis Weaver.
Owners and Customers.
Prince Georges County law pro-
hibits consumption of alcoholic
beverages after midnight. The
law also bans sale of hard liquor
on Sunday. Rules were not re-
laxed because of the New Years
holiday.
The first raid was on the Club
LaConga on Baltimore boulevard
near Berwyn. Arrested were the
owner, Milton Barrett, so, of Ber-
wyn, and a customer, Maurice
DeClercq, 38, of the 7400 block of
Blair road NV.
Scene of the second raid was
the Rustic Cabin at Colmar Manor
where Berk Motley, 81, University
Park, the proprietor, and two Gus
toners, F. c. Kadelka, Is, San
Francisco, and L. Vaughan, 81,
Charleston, S. c., were arrested.
The Club 4400, at 4400 Rhode
Island avenue, Brentwood, was the
third place raided. Arrested were
the proprietor, William Ryan, so,
OF the 4300 block of Rowalt drive,
College Park, and two customers,
Earl Killian, 81, of the 24O0 block
OF Second street NE, and Whaley
Carpenter, 38, of the 4300 block
OF Fortieth place, Brentwood.
Proprietors Post Bond.
Charges in all cases against the
proprietors were permitting con-
sumption c1 alcoholic beverage
after midnight, and against the
customers, with consumption of
the beverages.
Each customer posted $3.50
collateral and the proprietors gave
$500 bond each, pending a court
hearing in Hyattsville January 49,
Police said that q number of
night spots closed before police
reached them. The three places
where arrests were made were de-
scribed by police as large estab-
lishments."
On Sunday afternoon County
Sheriff Carlton G Beall made sew
eral arrests himself on charges of
violating gambling and liquor laws.
The sheriff who warned when
he took Office December II that
he intended to enforce county
laws. made his arrests in the
southern section of the county.
Evening star., 1951-01-02

yer Spring, identified the hos
pitalized woman as Miss Gross.
The Cook funeral home in Balti-
more confirmed one of the bodies
was that of Miss Tobey.
University Hospital in Balti-
more, where the victims were
taken, explained that means of
Identification were difficult and
apparently a mixup in names had
resulted.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
24,5OO Job Openings
In Maryland Forecast
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. The
chairman of the Employment Sc
curity Board predicts 24,500 more
jobs in Maryland by late spring
Chairman William H. Mahaney
foresees 14,500 additional workers
in non-agricultural activities and
10000 more in agriculture.
He said since the outbreak of
war in Korea in June, Maryland S
non-farming payrools rose by al
most $4,000. while jobless ranks
were cut by about $4,000 in the
same period.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Vanderbilt Gives More
For Woodstock HospituI
BY the Associated Press

WOODSTOCK. Va, Jan. a.
Another $4,000 gift to a new
memorial hospital under construc-
ton here has been made by Harold
S. Vanderbilt.
The hospital now has received
total of $215, 900 in contributions
from Mr.. Vanderbilt, New Yorker
who spends much of his time at
his Shenandoah County home near
here.
Evening star., 1951-01-02

prdcLlCe law IN
Montana.
A life long
re S | d e mt of
Chevy Chase,
Mr.. Morgan is
a limited part
ner of Robert
c.. Jones & Co,
m e m b ers OF
the New York
. { o c Il T. K
C h a n G e. He
also operates a
d airy f ar m
ne ar Dicker-
son, in Mont
gomery County.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
PTA Plans Book Exhibit

A children's book exhibit and
discussion will be sponsored at
8 pm. tomorrow in the Floris
(Va) school by the Floris Parent
Teacher Association.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Chevy Chase Village
NamesC. Morganto 10
Succeed John Vance

c. Carroll Morgan has been
elected to the Board of Managers
of Chevy Chase Village to succeed
John Vance who resigned to
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Warm Weather
Marks End Of
Season
Union Station Busy
With StroeeIers os
200, 900 Come Home

uOTIldl cxCepG Tile WeaCQer To-Day
as Washington emerged from the
holiday season.
The weather. always a bit
capricious here, took an unsea-
sonal tack with temperatures 8 or
10 degrees above normal.
A high of near SIS degrees was
expected today, followed by a low
of 40 in the city and 35 in the
suburbs tonight and continued
mild temperatures for the re-
mainder Of the week. Some rain
was indicated for tomorrow.
Union Station was still busy
spot this morning as stragglers
from the Christmas and New
Years holidays drifted in. The
movement was even heavier than
that right after Christmas.
President Returns.
Similar peak loads were reported
by air and bus lines, but by this
evening the need for extra Sec
tions will be ended.
Among the 100000 or so tray
elers involved in the back to- home
shutting was President Truman,
who returned to the White House
after four-day cruise on the
yacht Williamsburg.
Down to a fighting trim of
ITS pounds. II less than a year
ago, Mr.. Truman was reported IN
buoyant spirit. He spent the cruise
alternately resting and working on
his state of the union message.
The holiday ended with a jar
for thousands of District and
nearby school children. OF the
public schools, only those in Prince
Georges and Alexandria remained
closed today and they will reopen
tomorrow, when parochial schools
also resume classes.
New Years Day Quiet.
Washington's final day of the
holiday season was quiel, with
little formal activity intruding on
open houses, and the exchanges
of Happy New Year"
AS has been the custom for
many years. about so members of
the Association Of Oldest Inhabi-
tants met at the Old Union En-
ginehouse, Nineteenth and H
streets NV.
AT high noon. the 114-year-old
f1re bell rang out the days greet
ings as tolled by Walter M. Proc
ter. Joseph P. Stephenson and
Frank j. Gummell.
Jennings Randolph, Capital Air
lines executive and former United
States representative from West
Virginia. called for greater unity
Y face Of the real crisis we face
Red Expansion Outlined
Outlining the expansion of COM
munism in II years, Mr.. Randolph
said 40 per cent of the world is
under direct domination of the
Kremlin. In the 11-year period
the number of people under Mos
COW S control has increased from
l72 to $40 million, 18 nations have
been subdued and II million
square miles are now Red
controlled. the speaker added.
AT the associations brief busi-
ness session Samuel Rosenberg
Herman Norwood and Edward B
Horen were elected to membership
John Clagett Proctor, association
president, recited his poem, when
Washington Crossed the Della
ware"
Most business places were closed
yesterday. but drunk court
opened for its annual New Years
session. There were SO defendants
many recognized as regulars who
needed no special occasion to cele-
brate.
Most Of them found Judges
Frank H. Myers and Milton S
kronheim, jr., unimpressed by a
variety Of alibis, and sustained
fines or jail sentences ranging
from 81 to $50 and a day to 80
days.
Milford chronicle., 1951-05-25
Reese Jester
Heads 40 Et8
Down State
Milford Veteran Elected
To Succeed J. E. Feas-
ter Of Lewes Post AS
Head OF Fun Group.

Reese Jester of Milford. was
elected chef de garelof Kent-SusseS
Locale 1920, La SOciete 40 HON
mes ct 8 Chevaux, fun Organiza-
tiOn of the American Legion, sue
ceeding John 3. Feaster of the
Lewes Post. II, at the annual
meeting last Wednesday night in
the Milford Post Home.
1t was announced that Kent-Sus-
sex Locale viii be host to the nine
teenth promenade of the Mid-At-
lantic Association to be held at
Reh0b0th Beach IN May, 1852.
New officers of Locale 1920 will
be installed June 90 in the Legion
home in Milford.
Other new officers are:
Solomon Walls of Dover, chef de
train; Arthur M. Lockwood, Jr., of
Laurel, commissaire intendant:
William Craig of Houston, con-
ducteur; Earl V. Massey Of RehO-
both, sous cOnducteur; COlOnel Ed
gar S. Slayer of RehObOth, advo-
cat; Donald Farens of Milton,
commits Voyageur; David Boyd of
BTidgeville, sous VOyageur; Melvin
Charles Jackson of SeafOrd, sous
lampiste; H. M. Bouchelle of Do
yer, garde de la porte: Harry Cox
Of Lewes, and Joseph Jackson of
SeafOrd, first and second sous
garde de la porte.
Chane SheaVeF of SeafOFd. med
icin; Elbert c. Bailey, Jr., of Lau-
rel, aumOnier, and George Evans
Of SeafOrd, sous aumOnier; Win
field Scott of Seaford, historian,
and Otto Lange of Lewes, Fred L.
Marvil Of Laurel, Howard A. Fos-
ter of Rehoboth. and Wilson Atkins
Of Seaford. to the post Of cheminot.
The Office of correspondent is
an appOintive post to be named by
The new officers. The incumbent is
Winfield Scott, of Seaford.
Milford chronicle., 1951-05-25
Aged Man Killed liz
SGSSer Car Crash
William Hearn, 86, Of Near
MiIlsbOrO, Latest High
way Victim

An 86-year-Old motorist was IA
tally injured on Wednesday of this
week IN a head-on collision be-
tween two cars on the Millsboro-
Oak Orchard Road, east Of Mills
borO.
The victim. William Hearn Of
near Millsboro, died in the Beebe
Hospital, LeWes, about three hours
after the accident.
According to state police at
Georgetown, HeaFn was driving his
car west on the highway when ii
was involved in the accident with
an automobile driven BY James La
cey, 45, Of Rehoboth Beach. The
collision occurred at / D. m. and
Hearn died at 4:2O o'clock.
The aged man suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, fracture OF the skull
dislocated left wrist and other in-
juries.
His death raised the highway IA
tality toll in Delaware to % So far
this year, compared with % In the
same period last year.
Coroner William S. Marvel. III. of
Delmar, said an inquest into
Hearn's death viii be held May %.
The body was released to the James
Funeral Home, MillsbOro.
The cars Of both the drivers
were badly damaged. troopers re-
ported. Lacey escaped injury.
Milford chronicle., 1951-05-25
IOOF Memorial
Service To Be
Held Sunday
Group Will Worship At
Avenue Church; Spe-
cial DedicatOry Service
At Cemetery May Both.

Memorial services hOnoring the
members of Crystal FOunt Lodge
No. 10, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows of Milford, who have pass
ed on will be held this Sunday, May
27.
The members of the fraternity
are respectfully requested to as
semble at the temple on North
Walnut street at 1O:3O a. m. and
march in a body to Avenue Meth
odist Church, where the Rev. Roy
Lawson Tawes will deliver the
memorial sermon.
All of the members of Crystal
FOunt are urged to attend this
service, dedicated to the deceased
of the order, and members of
neighbOring lodges are welcome to
attend and worship with the mem
bers Of Crystal FOunt
All Odd Fellows are also invit-
ed to attend a dedicatOry service
which will be held in Odd Fellows
Cemetery on Memorial Day MORN
ing at ten o'clock. At this service
an American flag and flag pole will
be presented and dedicated to the
memory of Major James w. Can
non, WHO served as president of
the cemetery board for a number
of years. Mrs. Cannon will be
present to raise the flag.
Milford chronicle., 1951-05-25
Opportunity
Days Will Be
Observed Here
This Weekend
Have Planned
Well For Monthly Sales
Fete; Several Have Ad-
vertisements In This
Issue OF Chronicle.

Milford merchants according 10
officials Of the merchantile division
of Chamber Of Commerce are fully
prepared for Opportunity Days"
which will be observed for the
thirteenth time today and tomor-
row, Friday and Saturday, May
25th and 26th.
Many Of them have advertise
ments In this issue Of the Milford
Chronicle. These advertisements,
which tell a few Of the many. many
bargains that await the thrifty
shopper who makes Milford his
shopping headquarters this week
end, may be found on pages nine
to thirteen Of this paper If you are
interested in buying fresh seasonal
merchandise at the lowest possible
figure, you will do we'll to carefully
peruse these advertisements. There
are bargains galore in every store.
The large banner announcing
Opportunity Days" will be stretch
ed across Walnut Street and the
participating stores will have "Op-
portunity Days" stickers affixed to
either store front or door.
The success of Opportunity
Days" in Milford has attracted
much attention in other towns on
the Peninsula and lately Salisbury,
held one Of the sales fetes with de-
cided success. It is understood that
in the near future several other
communities are going to put on
similar sales fetes.
The idea. back Of Opportunity
Days" is to offer a series of out
standing bargains the days Of the
sale, to really share profits with
customers on those days. The idea
has been popular and has made for
better relations between merchants
and customers.
Milford chronicle., 1951-05-25
Reed Heads
State Bankers
Association
Milford Man Elected To
High Post In Delaware
Banking Circles Last
Thursday Morning.

George T. Reed, Jr., treasurer of
the Milford Trust Company. was
elected president of the Delaware
Bankers Association last Thurs
day to succeed Robert U. Altemus.
vice president of the Delaware
Trust Company.
Mr. Reed, and other officers were
elected at the morning session of
the associations annual meeting
at the dupont Country Club.
The other officers are: Edwin P.
Neilan, vice president and secre-
tary Of the SecuritN Trust Com
pany, first vice president; Howard
E. Lynch, Jr., president of the
First National Bank of Dover. sec
ond vice president; and Gilbert B.
Meyer, assistant vice president of
the Wilmington Trust Company,
secretary and treasurer.
Elected to the executive com
mittee are: Edward B. Green, cash
ier of the Georgetown Trust Com
pany, one year; o. H. Perry Bald
win, president of the Wilmington
Office Of the Farmers Bank of the
State of Delaware, two years: and
Edwin P. Messick, second vice
president of the First National
Bank and Trust Company of Mil
ford, three years.
A native of Milford. where he
was born in 1907, Mr.. Reed was
graduated from Dickinson College
in 1929, and attended American In
stitute Of Banking classes for three
years.
After working with the Bankers
Trust Company in New York, and
later with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, he entered the en-
plOy of the Milford Trust Company
in 1884, succeeding his father as
treasurer, trust officer, and secre-
tary. He was made a director in
1910.
He is a member of Phi KapDa
Psi Fraternity, the First Presbyter-
ian Church Of Milford, and the
Milford Chamber of Commerce. He
is president Of the Sussex County
Bankers Association.
The meeting opened with a re-
Continued On page l2)
Milford chronicle., 1951-05-25
TJUO Troopers Hurt
liz Auto MishaD
One Of Policemen Is Seri-
Ously hart When Pa
troll Gar OVerturns

TWO state troopers were hurt in
an automobile accident last Friday
The two state troopers, attached
to the Dover station Of the Della
ware State Police, were hurt when
their police car, racing to another
accident, skidded and overturned
on U. S. Route 13 near Smyrna
shortly after 2:30 o'clock last Fri
day morning.
The most seriously injured,
Trooper Charles F. DOlan, 80, of
Dover, is in the Delaware Hospital
where he underwent an emergency
operation. His condition was re-
ported as serious by hospital at
taches.
Trooper James 3. Turner, Jr., of
Smyrna, driving the police car, was
admitted to the Kent County Cen
eral Hospital in Dover, suffering
decorations Of the neck and face,
body bruises and shock. According
to state police, Turner, son Of Major
James e. Turner, retired member of
the state police, and now chief Of
police in Dover, may be released
from the hospital.
Trooper DOlan suffered fractures
about the hips and pelvic region,
several fractured ribs and a severe
laceratiOn Of the head.
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Milford chronicle., 1951-05-25
Model Airplane Show
VIII Be Held May "a
Originally Scheduled For Last Sun,
day, Postponed Because OF Rain

originally scheduled For Last Sum
day, Postponed Because OF Rain
Due to bad weather, the Civil
Air Patrol Model Airplane Show,
originally scheduled for last Sun
day, has been postponed until this
coming Sunday. May 9th, and will
be held at the same time and place,
namely at 300 p. m, at the Milford
Airpark. Tickets are still available
from members of the G. A. P. and
the Milford Gift and Hobby Shop
at the nominal price of 25 cents.
Net proceeds from this show are
to be used in the G. A. P. Cadet
Training Program. A large number
of contestants have already regis
tered for the meet, and it Is hoped
that this slight delay will enable
even more modelers to ready their
planes for the contest this Sun
day. Entries have come from Phila-
delphia, Wilmington, Dover, Har-
ringtOn and Milford so far, and a
large variety of planes will be rep
resented, some having speeds of
over 100 miles per hour.
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Milford chronicle., 1951-05-25
Two Injured
At MisPiIliOn
Bridge
Tragedy Neatly Avoided
By Skillful Driving Af-
ter Brakes Went Out
On TractOr-trailer.

Two men were injured early
wednesday when a large tractor.
trailer crashed through g safety
gate at the life bridge on Route IA
near Milford, and plunged into tho
MispilliOn River.
Only quick action by the driver
upon discovering that his brakes
would not hold, prevented the trac-
tor and trailer from crashing into
three cars stopped at the safety
gate, and driving them and THEN
occupants into the river as well.
The injured are: Thomas Alonzo
COlsOn, 28, of Milton, driver of the
tractor, and his helper, Robert Har-
man, "a, also of Milton.
COlsOn received possible fractures
of the ribs and bruises. HarmOn's
thumb was fractured. Both were
treated at the Milford Memorial
Hospital.
According to a preliminary inves-
tigation by state police, the bridge
was raised to permit the tug Spar
tan and the barge Elizabeth A.
Graham to pass. The safety gate
was down, and the blinker lights
were operating.
Three cars going north had
stopped at the safety gate as the
tractor and trailer, loaded with
Dilings, approached the bridge.
When COlson found his brakes
would not hold, he swerved the
tractor tn the left to avoid striking
the waiting cars. The tractor
shattered the safety gate. and dove
into Is feet of water, narrowly mis-
sing the tug. The tractor. the front
end Of the trailer and the pilings
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Milford chronicle., 1951-05-25
Fair Trade"
Laws Upset
By Supreme
Court Ruling
Six To Three Ruling De-
clares That Merchants
Who Do Not Sign Ac-
cords Don't Have To
Comply.

The United States Supreme Court
on Monday knocked props from un-
der fair trade" laws which LET
merchants fix retail prices on
thousands of articles in As states
The court ruled by a 6 to 3 vote
that merchants who do not sign
fair trade agreements are free to
charge cut rate prices if they wish
The 80 fair trade" states have
laws compelling all dealers, those
who agree to uniform prices and
those who do not, to sell at the fair
trade price The practice has been
widespread for many years.
Attorneys attacking the cOmpul-
sorry feature said the court ruling
strikes an immediate blow at high
prices and imitation "in the present
crisis detonated by the Korean
war"
Opposing lawyers said such a
ruling just about kills fair trade
laws. They argued such laws pro-
tect the public and small merchants
from monopOlies gained by cut
throat competition.
Fears "Cut-ThrOat" Pricing
George J. Burger, vice president
OF the National Federation of In
dependent Business, inc, said in a
statement in Washington that the
decision may lead to the destruc-
tiOn of half million retail estab-
lishments." He predicted that mi
nority interests" in the retail field
will now engage in "cut-thrOat com
petition" Burger said the fedora
tion represents 10000 independent
businesses and professions.
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Milford chronicle., 1951-05-25
.LegiOnnaires,
.VFW Planning
For Poppy Sale
This Weekend
Milford Veteran Groups
Will Offer The Little
Red Flower Of Remem-
brance To Aid Their
Respective Units.

Mrs. Oscar Moore has again
been chosen poppy chairman fol
the American Legion Veteran Pop
by Sales, Friday and Saturday
May 25 and 26. The little red pa.
per flower made by disabled sol.
d1ers in our veteran hospitals fol
you to wear proudly, showing you
gave to help make them happy and
that they have money that they
look forward to at this time OF
year by. Part of the poppy sale
proceeds are used to help needy
families in this. location and last
year at Christmas time Is children
were bought shoes and stockings
very much needed, by the chairman
of child welfare of the American
Legion Post, Mrs. Byron Gibson.
Mrs. Reese Jester, assisted by the
school nurse, Mrs. Pauline Webb.
So this year when you donate for
the lovely little red poppy, think
OF how happy you can make some
disabled veteran and some little
children. This year, as poppy day
a lovely wreath was plac-
ed on our city war memorial mon
ument by Mayor E. c. Evans. The
wreath was made by the ladies of
the American Legion Auxiliary un-
der the supervision or Mrs. John
Holland and Mrs. Oscar T. Moore
Contributions by those who gave
and wear the pOppies form a prin-
cipal source of support for the
vast rehabilitation and child well
fare work carried on by the leg
ion and auxiliary. so by wearing
poppy everyone is aiding the liv-
ing victims of war, while thev
honor the war dead.
Wear a pOppy-America's ST.
lent Tribute to Her Heroes"
Plans for the annual sale here
)f buddy pOppies have been com
Dleted and these little flowers of
remembrance" as in years prev
Gus, will be offered for sale this
weekend prior to Memorial Day.
Milton r. Smith, local BUSINESS
nan and a member of Blue Hen
Post, No. 6483, V. F. W., is the
1851 Milford area buddy poppyI
chairman, with Mrs. Mildred Hall,
If the Blue Hen Ladies' Auxiliary,
lcting as cO-chairman.
AS in previous years much of the
lctual selling will be done by the
members of the Blue Hen Auxiliary
With post members assisting.
The local sale of pOppies will
,et underway this Friday, when
he industrial plants and schools
will be canYassed. Saturday will
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