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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-24
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who knows
. London knows the

Progress Club. 1t is one
of the most impressive buildings in Pail Mall.
and every line of its architecture proclaims
that for the best people Progress stopped in
1850 or whereabouts. am not member, but
my friend Prothero is, and / was his guest
there at dinner recently.
Prothero likes to call himself "criminolo-
gist" Murder is his hobby, and have long
since lost count of the famous crimes which he
has written up" / was not surprised, there
fore, that among the friends of his who joined
us in the smoking-room after dinner was
rather exalted official at Scotland Yard, by
the name of Wrestall
Over our coffee and liqueurs Wrestall hap
pened to ask me whether had been in the
club before.
YES" told him, but not for several
years. l remember that the last time was
here the member who entertained me was
Sylvester Kemball."
1t was not very tactful remark, seeing
that kemball had quite recently been hanged
for numbering his wife. But my companions
took it in good part.
rather pontifcally, that the kemball case
was one of the most successful examples of
modern detective methods. 1t was great
triumph for our police organization - and
for you personally, Wrestall," he added.
IF you say So" said Wrestall modestly.
But as matter of fact. it was only by the
merest stroke of luck that we obtained the
evidence to bring it home to him."
'Luckr' said Prothero When you come
to think of it. it is astonishing how often the
most astute and careful criminal is defeated
by some quite unforeseen accident - oftenby
an extravagantly unlikely event which he
could not possibly have guarded against. Take
the Abertillery murder, for example. :"
BUT we never took the Abertillery murder.
A man in the far corner of our group inter-
rupted him without ceremony THE I'M
luckiest murderer within my recollection, he
said. was Anthony Edward Fitzpatrick Pugh."
Everybody turned to look at him. He was
not much to look at small. insignificant
fellow with disaTeeably complacent express
sion. recollected that his name was Hobson
and that, like myself, he was present as the
sguest of member
"Pugh?" Prothero contrived to make the
name sound almost insulting. II think am
tolerably we'll acquainted with every crime of
any significance during the last century and
half, and have never come across the name
before. Wrestall, are you familiar with the
case of the homicidal MIR. Pugh?"
Wrestall shook his head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-24

To get to the main road she had to go through
gate across the drive which was kept shut
on account of the cows
"Pugh concealed himself behind hedge at
that point, waited till she came along, and
then shot her through the head at close range
as she got out of the car to open the gate
He used an old German pistol he had picked
up years before. Then he walked quietly
away, leaving the pistol. He saw no reason
why anyone should connect him with wom-
an to whom he had never even spoken in his
life. And, indeed, there was none"
Then how was he convicted?" asked Pro-
there.
He wasn't" Hobson replied Il never
said that. he was. merely said that he was
the unluckiest murderer within my recollec-
ton, and that was strictly true. You see,
although he had been absolutely right in his
calculations and completely successful in his
crime. he never got his ten thousand pounds.
"Pugh had been so careful to avoid being
suspected himself that it had never occurred
to him to wonder who would be likely to be
accused of the crime in his place. But of
course when rich woman with penniless
husband is murdered. there is one obvious
person for the police to pick on, if you don't
mind my putting it that way, Mr.. Wrestall.
If Pugh had thought the matter out little
more carefully, he would have seen that this
was also the one person he couldn't afford to
have convicted.
WHEN the authorities began to look into
the case against the husband, Pugh's bad luck
started to operate in earnest. It turned out
that the couple had had flaming row that
very morning and that the wife was actually
on her way to see her lawyer about making
new will at the moment when she was killed.
1T turned out, further, that the pistol
Pugh used was the dead spit of one owned by
the accused and so he said - lost by him
only week or two before. That made quite
a stable case against him. but the crucial
piece of evidence arose from the unlikeliest
stroke of luck you could imagine.
"A witness was found to prove that the
husband was near the scene of the crime
within ten minutes or so of the critical mo-
ment. He was the prisoners gardener, and he
had no business to be there at all at that hour.
His presence was due solely to the fact that
his wife had scalded herself by upsetting
kettle and he was on his way to telephone
for the doctor. Result: The abb which the
defense tried to set up was blown to bits. and
the husband was hanged.
Ills conviction, of course, deprived him of
all rights in the deceaseds estate and he died
as penniless as he had lived. You may say,
then, that Pugh lost ten thousand pounds just
because gardeners wife was bit clumsy
Continued on page 20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-04

astonhed me. She broadminded so understanding
about it ALL"
The chief bridesmaid to-be chuckled
Have you ever bothered work out your mothers aee?"
'Of course. She's forty-two"
Born o. that's to say. Too young to remember World
War l. Read Hemingway at high school, Came out in %:
the last year OF the BOOM the first years of the depression
npasks speakeases John Held Jr caroons that's when
she made her first dates They were tough babies then
We always think of parents as old fogies The very
woro parent suggests sarched linen wish you could have
heard your mother discussing it with mine Modern wasn't
the word for it. Unless surprises everyone and lasts first
marriage like the measles. Best get it over early"
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19
Guernsey Breeders
Donate 81 Pure Bred
Cattle To University
foontinusn rrom arst pasaD

Child, field representative of the
American Guernsey Cattle Club. A
parade of the purebred animals was
also part of the program.
The addition of the Guernsey herd
is part of an extensive expansion
program in dairy research and in
struction now going on at the uni
versity, according to Director Wor-
rilow.
Sixteen of the animals were pre-
sented by the following members
of the Breeders Assn: DR.. How
ard ]. White, Monterey Farms, Mid
dletown; Horace NJ. Woodward
Woodela Farm, Wilmington; Har-
old S. Schutt, Spar Hill Farm
Greenville; DIR. c. M. A. Slime and
Frederick Samendinger, FOxd e 2
Farms, Newark; Clyde Belts, Sus-
sex Farms, Milton; John B. Nc
Waugh. Eden Hill Farm, Newark
IL. Dudley Walker. Pecan GroyE
Farm. Harbeson; Harry G. Haskell
Jr.. Hill Girt Farm. Chadds Ford
Pa: Mr.. and Mrs. Alden v. Keen
Upham Downs Farm, Middletown
Pusey and Wills Passmore, Lynth
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19
Average Pedestrian
Is A "Sitting Duck
Continued from nrst pass)

Mr.. Reeder's remark came in con-
nectiOn with the Delaware Safety
Councils October program of traf-
fic safety education, which is con-
centrating on the dangers of night
driving and walking.
October is really the pivot month
between Fall and winter" he said,
land is the first month following
Summer in which more of every "a
hours is spent in darkness than in
light. This effect on the drivers
recognition of pedestrians makes it
an extremely hazardous time Of
year for him."
The Delaware Safety Council,
this month, is pointing out that the
hours of morning and early eve
ming are the days deadliest periods
for pedestrians.
And" Mr. Reeder said, when
the pedestrian walks in the road
way without regard for his own
visibility to traffic-such as in
dark-colOred clothes-the danger
to him skyTOckets!
The Delaware Safety Council is
urging all pedestrians to walk al
night facing traffic when no side
walks exist; to wear something
white; and to remember how in.
visible they may be to oncOming
drivers. Drivers, themselves, are
being urged to reduce their speed
at night end and to be doubly aler
for the night-walking pedestrian.
"Our slogan this month" Mr.
Reeder said, "is: NIGHT DOUBLES
TRAFFIC TROUBLES. It's a warn
ing that can spell the difference be
: tween life and death for hundred
of u.s."
- The Delaware Safety Council
October emphasis on night drivini
2 hazards is being sponsored in co
2 operation with the National Safet
Council.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19

Pa, spent last week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Ryan.
Mrs. Herbert Brock of Airing
ton, Va, is recuperating from a
recent operation at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Bennett.
Mr.. Frederick Myer. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ellis Myer. is in Wash
ington, D. c., taking special in
structions preparatory to leaving
for Brazil, early next month,
where he will teach agriculture to
Brazilian farmers.
Mr.. Charles York of Newport
News. Va, is making an extended
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis My
ers.
Willard Thomson, Jr., who is at
tending the University of Della
ware, spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. willard
Thomson, Sr.
Mrs. c. Walton Smith. Jr., Mrs.
Edwin James and Mrs. Ray Pass
waters were in Philadelphia Mon
day and Tuesday of this week.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19
C. NJ. WeLch, Jr., Heads !.
Scout Fund Drive
reontlnusa from arss pasg1


Lincoln, Charles Dodd, Lewes, of
Quakertown, James Jarvis, Harbe-
son, of Harbeson-C -CoOlspring. At the
kickoff meeting in Georgetown,
Mr.. Paul D. LOvett, Chairman of
the Council Finance Committee
pointed out to the men present, that
the support of Scouting was debt
that the people throughout our
Country owe TO their boys. He
sighted several examples of the eff
fort of the Boy Scout program in
developing character and better
citizens of our men of tomorrow,
Mr.. Lewis H. Talley, Chairman Of
the Council Sustaining Membership
Committee, encouraged the work
ers in the Dover District to carrv
back to their County the effect OF
Scouting and the value that the
program can be to the youth in
their respective areas. Mr.. Welch
reminded the group, the large in-
crease in membership throughout
the Council and the necessity fol
additional funds to make a full
! Scouting program available to these
boys. He also noted the amount Of
the contributions should be in.
| creased to meet the uprising cos
to the Scouting program.
Justice James M. Tunnel, Jr., 0
Georgetown and Ellis K. Lecron'
of Middletown, Chairmen of Dove
and Sussex Districts respectively
encouraged all of the peOpp
throughout the two Districts t
generously support the youth move
ment that is growing throughou
this area.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19
Senator Frear Talks
About Atomic Weapons

United States Senator ]. Allen
Frear said Monday night that the
use of atomic weapons in Korea
may be the only alternative to an
endless and incOnclusive cam
paign which will slowly but surely
destroy entire generations of Am
erican manpOwer.
In an address to members of the
American Association of University
Women in Dover, the Senator re-
affirmed his earlier statements that
the opportunity for ending the con-
fict is probably available through
the use of such superior weapons.
Mr.. Frear told his audience that
he abhOrred the thought of atomic
warfare, but he said, II am like
wise sickened by the endless kill
ing and manning of our sons in
battle. North Korea is the area of
conflict. 1t is the place where ag-
| gressiOn started and where it
should be contained. 1t seems to
me-" he continued, that this Gov
ernment has afforded every OppOr-
tunity to the North Koreans and
their Chinese Communist allies to
end the fighting. The results of our
endeavOrs have been for the most
part indecisiVe. The time is there
fore at hand, / believe, to consider
more drastic but seemingly neces-
sary action"
In the course of his remarks,
Senator Frear reviewed the posi-
ton of the United States in the
East-West struggle. He warned
that our failure to reach a clear
cut decision in Korea is already be-
ing reflected among other nations,
which have been on the side lines
in the struggle, but which are OF
vital Importance to us. He pointed
to the upsurge in Iran and in Egypt
which he said threatens an erup-
ton of the whole middle East. "The
British lion," Mr.. Frear said, "Once
the proud and feared symbol
throughout the world has beer
humbly forced out of the Iraniar
oil fields. Egypt, sensing it's i'm
pOrtance wants to clear the Eng
lish from it's land also. 1t is tragic
but true that much of the wOrlC
today is impressed only by tht
r elements of power and force. II
the absence of an outright Teversa
of the Soviet position in Korea,
Mr.. Frear continued, "Other nations
with their customary realism ar
Z jOckeying for positions, so as t
be on the winning side in the fina
Z showdown"
The Senator declared that Wes
p tern Europe is terrified at tn
thought of another war, and with
p out the strong leadership of Gen
eral Eisenhower might cOmprOmis
p it's Western principles for the SAX
of preventing open conflict. "a
though the millions of people no
: controlled by Russia want thei
Il freedom" he warned, "they al
aware that after countless years {
struggle and strife it is pCrhaI
. better to live in bondage than
- die in a hopeless attempt for fre'
+ DOM"
" Senator Frear cautioned that IL
J. Marxist's dream of conquest r
u spects neither God nor individu
u man. ut recognizes only the' con
e plete and ruthless suppression
~ everything and everybody to Il
~ iron clad rule of the State"
=. said.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19
DELAWARE FARM MARKET news
Morkss News Informuon Supplied BY The Bureau Of Markets
State BouFd Of Agriculture, Dover, DelawuFs

Over $50 pounds, $1O.5O to $3.50,
mostly $11.5O per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to good, $1,000 to $3.50,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Common, $500 to $3.50, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to II Weeks Old
Choice, $3.50 to $3.50, mostly
$1,000 each.
Medium to good, $500 to $500,
mostly $3.50 each.
Common, 1925 to $3.50, mostly
$3.50 each.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type, $410O to $4,000,
mostly $4,000 each.
Butcher type, $1,000 to $500,
mostly $1,000 each.
LIVE POULTRY - -.
HEAVY BREEDS: FOWL, $1.25
to $18O, mostly $1.S5 each.
ROSTERS: $145 to $40, most
ly $3.50 each.
LIGHT BREEDS: Guineas, $1.1E
each.
GEESE: 1920 to $3.50. mostly
$3.50 each.
MUSCOVY DUCKS: 75q to $1.25
mostly $1.1O each.
MUSCOVY BRAKES: $3.50 tt
! $500, mostly $1.75 each.
RABBITS: large breeds, $1.6O
to 1925, mostly $3.50 each; small
breeds, 55c to SOC, mostly 75c each
EGGS: Ungraded, mixed, 6Oc Il
S8c per dozen; pullet, S715c to 50'
per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
| SWEET POTATOES: SOC to 95
! per Ss bushel.
APPLES: SOC to zoe per 5s bu
shell.
TOMATOES: 25c to zoe per 2
PEPPERS: zoe to 45c per :
bushel.
LIMA BEANS: $3.50 to $3.50 pc
5s bushel.
WHITE POTATOES: 45c to 65
per "a bushel.
GRAPES: $1.3O to $1.7O per
} bushel.
CABBAGE: $3.50 to $1.7O pc
} bushel.
PUMPKINS: sc to 4Oc each.
PEARS: 55c per 5s bushel.
LARD: 1926 per 50-1b can.
D POP CORN: 6Oc to $1.20 per
bushei.
} TURNIPs: 7Oc to $1.4O per
bushel.
B., WATERMELONS: lie to II
each.
COUNTRY BUTTER: soc p'
pound.
D BLACK WALNUTS: $i.3O p'
"a bushel.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19

Korea has become a universal
symbol and a focal point of the
struggle between East and West"
Mr.. Frear stated. "All of our plans
for ourselves and our children in
the years ahead, plus the continu-
alton of the priceless American way
of life, are dependent directly upon
the outcome of events now taking
place on that war-torn peninsula in
Asia"
"We have the ability to attain
final victory" he added, provided
we exercise it with wisdom"
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19
Ag Engineer Added
u. Of D. Staff
tcontlnusd from nrss paes1

An honor graduate of the Uni
versity of Maryland, Grouse holds
bachelors degrees in agriculture
and mechanical engineering. He is
a member of Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha
Zeta, and Tau Beta Phi honorary
fraternities. He served as part time
instructor at the University of
Maryland for the past two years.
He is a Navy veteran, and is now
in the Inactive Naval Reserve.
He will teach courses in drain
age and surveying, and farm ma
chinery and building construction.
He will work with the county agri-
cultural agents and other extension
specialists out in the state, and will
take part in the Delaware Farm
and Home Hour radio program.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19
Wider Tractor
Rims Don't Increase
Pulling Power

A standard 13-inch tractor rim
has just as much pulling power as
do wider rims, according to re-
search done at the U. s. Tillage
Machinery Laboratory in Alabama.
Tests showed that tires with but
ton-type and bar-type treads on Il.
IA, Is, and 18 inch rims showed nc
gain in pull or efficiency over regu-
lar tires. These tests were done in
sandy soils.
The engineers who did the re-
search says that for the most draw
bar pull and efficiency in dry, loose
i soil, air pressure should be as low
as possible. But tires should not
be so low as to make the side walls
wrinkle. or the tire slip on the rim.
Actually, these engineers say,
lowering the pressure from the re-
commended IL pounds to eight, in-
creased pull by Is per cent. This
also improved traction efficiency by
8 per cent, but did wrinkle the
side walls.
For the best combination in dry
loose soil, the engineers recommend
a tire pressure OF 12 pounds, anC
driving at moderate speeds.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19
BRIDGEVILLE
By Mrs.
Keller HOch
Phone
BrldgeVlIle 5232

Mr.. and Mrs. William Spratt OF
Philadelphia, Mrs. w. H. Willin,
Miss Shelley Willin and Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth West of Bridgeville
and Mrs. William B. Chandler OF
DagsbOro, joined Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph West and daughter, Mrs.
Helen Turner for sdinner at Cor
dy's" in Georgetown on Sunday in
celebration of Mr.. Vests birthday
anniversary.
Little Miss Susan Short enter
tained a small group of her friends
on Tuesday afternoon at her home
on Main Street to celebrate her 9th
birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Lee Culver, Mrs. William ].
Swain, Miss Bessie Rash and Mrs.
LinwoOd Culver, attended a idge
luncheon at the home of Mrs. Ma
bel Culver. near FELTON, on Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Willin re-
turned the first of the week from a
vacation trip to Mount Airy in the
POcOno Mountains. They also visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. William Evans at
Drexel Hill, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Spratt in Philadelphia,
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Rhodes and
sons, Bob and Bill, of Baltimore
Md, were recent guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs William Donovan.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Speicher and
son of Wilmington. spent several
days last week with her parents
Mr. and Mrs Mace Allen.
Mrs. Keller Hoch returned home
on Thursday from Wilmington
where she was a patient in the
Delaware Hospital for several days
MRS. w. H. Willin attended The
monthly meeting of the Sussel
Garden Clubs, on Thursday, at thu
home of Mrs. William T. Atkins
Jr., in Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan MacAllel
of bingham, Mass, we're week-en,
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. RaymOn
Short. On Monday evening the
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Morgan.
Mrs. Julia Ray and Miss Virgini
Ray are spending several days thi
week with Mrs. Julia 0leatt a
Drexel Hill, Pa.
Mrs George Tuck was hostess t
her bridge Club on Monday eve
ming.
Little Miss Aileen Short cele
brated her sixth birthday anivel
sary last Friday by entertaining
number of her friends and play
mates at an afternoon of fun an
games.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Willin an
children spent Sunday with NJ
and Mrs. Sidney Scott near Wi
mingtOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Evans ente
tanned at bridal shower last Sa
urday night, in honor of Mr.. al
Mrs. Harold HulligeT
EnrOute to Florida, Mr.. and MI
Paul q. Bowden and daughter, Be
ty. we're overnight guests at Il
home of Mr.. and Mrs. James Gu
yer on Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. L. H. HOch spel
Thursday in Philadelphia.
Dinner guests at the home of N
and Mrs. William Donovan last Su
day were Mrs. Annie Cole of Fe
eTaisburg, Md. Mrs. Edwin TOwe
Of Ridgely. Md. and Mr. and MI
Charles Keller and Mrs AL
WYATT of FELTON,
Mrs. Charles Wimbrow al
daughter are visiting her pareT
in Fairmount N. c.
Mrs. John Weinbrock Of Chest
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscel-
laneOus commodities prevailing
last week. This report shows av-
erage prices received by Delaware
farmers for commodities that were
marketed throughout this week:
LIVESTOCK PRICES
CALVES
Vealers, choice, $500 to $44.25,
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
Medium to good, $4,000 to $3.50,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Rough and common, $24.00 to
$4,000, mostly $2S.00 per cwt.
Monkeys, $500 to $4,000, most
ly $500 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium, $S5.75 to $3.50, mostly
$S5.75 per cwt.
COWS
Slaughter. medium to good,
$23.OO to $26.75, mostly $24.OO per
cwt.
$ZS.OO per GNU.
Gamers and cutters, $500 to
$4,000, mostly $1S.75 per cwt.
STEERS
Common to medium, $27OO to
$3O.5O, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type, S21.O0 to $4,000
mostly S24.75 per cwt.
Beef type, $500 to $3.50, most
ly $1,000 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Good to choice, S2750 to $S1.75
mostly $2S.75 per cwt.
BULLS
Over 1000 pounds, medium tt
good, $26.25 to 1925, mostly $500
per cwt.
500 to 1000 pounds. medium t
good, $24.OO to $26.75, mostly $3.50
per cwt.
Common, $4,000 to $2S.5O, most
ly $500 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
Good Quality
12O to 40 pounds, $500 t.
S2O.5O, mostly $2O.25 per cwt.
40 to 24O pounds, $2O.5O t
S21.75, mostly $21.25 per cwt.
24O to $50 pounds, $18.25 t
$21.OO, mostly SPOTS per cwt.
SOWS
Good QUALITY
200 to 300 pounds, $17.0O
S2O.5O, mostly $500 per cwt.
300 to 400 pounds, $3.50
$500, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Over 400 pounds, S14.50 to $16.5I
mostly S16.25 per cwt.
BOARS
(GOod Quality
Under $50 pounds, S12.25
$15.25, mostly $14.00 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19

Farm, Marshallton; and John c.
Webster, Highland Orchard Farm,
Wilmington.
Funds contributed by Mr.. J. w.
Mccoy, Osborne Hill Farm, West
Chester, Pa; Mr.. Peter Zeitler,
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19

waite Farms, Wilmington; Arthur
c. Tatman, Greenwood; Ralph B.
Jarmon, Newark; c. Douglas Buck,
Buene Vista Farm. Wilmington;
Irving G. Klair, Marshallton;
George Carson Boyd; Evergreen
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19

Zeitler Farms. Newark; The Penn
sylvania Guernsey Breeders Asso-
citation; and The Delaware Guern-
sey Breeders Association made
possible the purchase Of eight
more high record animals.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-19

The 1851 U. S. corn crop is es-
timated at 3.S billion bushels. Pro-
ductiOn in 1850 was 81 billion.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-06
PIMA Adds Plane Thrice Weekly

Monday Pacific Northern Airlines began operating an extra plane between Anchor age and Kodiak in addition to it's regular daily flights.
 Monday, Wednesday and Fridays extra plane arrives here at 5 pm and departs at 5:35 pm. The extra plane on the three days connects with PNA's flight from Anchorage to Seattle and Portland.
 The daily plane arrives here from Anchorage at 12::50 pm and departs at 1.25 pm. Dead line for depositing air mail let ters in the post office is 12 noon.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-06
Harry Howe Dies At Oregon Home

Harry Howe, former Kodiak resident and CAA employe at Woody Island, died recently at his home in Gladstone, Ore gon.
 He formerly owned the Ku- preanoff Sawmill and Logging Go. and is we'll known in Ko- diak.
 Howe, about 50, left Kodiak four or five years ago. He is survived by his wife Susanne von Scheele Howe, his child ren, Jo Ann, Harry Jr. and Diane, and by his mother.