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Evening star., 1952-01-15

rean prison camp at Kangdons
last night. The site is Is mile.
northeast of Pyongyang. Rec
Korean capital. Previously ont
American and 1891 South Ko.
|reans were listed as prisoners al
|Kangdong.
An official spokesman for Gen
Matthew B. Ridgway's headquar.
tiers in Tokyo said tactical re.
ports of air operations were beine
studied ito determine whether
there is any truth to the Com.
muniSt allegations"
The United States 5th Air Force
said the Red charge was not true
Other air operations Including
carrier-based craft and B-2s
Superforts were being checked.
Negotiations Fruitless.
The Red report was made by
North Korean Mai. Gen. Lee
Sang Cho at today's fruitless ne
gotiations on exchanging prison.
ers Of war.
Gen. Lee said three bombs hit
the camp hospital. He said a
list OF casualties would be given
the u. N. later.
The only American listed as q
POW at the camp was Sergt
Tadashi Kaneko Of the 1st Cav
airy Division. There was nothing
to indicate he might have been
q casualty.
Rear Admiral r. z. Libby ac-
knowledged Gen. Lees report, but
made no comment.
No progress was reported from
either the prisoner subcommittee
or the subcommittee on super
vision of an armiStice. Both
scheduled sessions for IL am.
Wednesday GO pm. Tuesday EST
Sessions Orderly.
Admiral Libby reported. I'VE
have finally smoked out the two
main issues In the prisoner Of war
dispute:
voluntary repatriation Of pris-
oners Of war versus the Commu-
mist desire for forced repatriation
and, secondly, our inSistence that
they have ROK (South Koreanl
soldiers in their army who should
have been classified as prisoners
Of war"
Evening star., 1952-01-15
Jury in Costello Case
Has judges Charge
Read 10 Il Again
Panel FoiIs to Reach
Verdict After More Thun
8 Hours DeIiberution
by the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-A Fed
|eral Court jury trying gambler
Frank Costello for contempt Of
the Senate returned to the court
room after more than an hours
deliberation today. still without a
verdict. .
The jurors few moments
earlier had asked for the steno-
graphic record of Judge Sylvester
y. Ryan's charge to the jury.
The jurors spent most Of last
night locked up in a midtown hotel
after six hours of deliberation
failed to produce a verdict.
Judge Ryan sent for the stenog-
|rapher who originally had taken
down his charge.
Charge Is Read Again.
Harold Miller, jury foreman
asked if it would be possible to get
the charge 'in printed form" fol
use in the jury room.
Judge Ryan replied he only had
his notes and it would be i'm
proper to give them to the Jurors
Instead. he said he would have
"the stenographer read the charge
to you slowly"
It took Judge Ryan 40 minutes
to deliver the charge yesterday.
During the proceedings Costello
sat with his attorneys. subject to
intermittent moods of GUINNESS
and good humor.
He Is seeking acquittal on IL
counts Of contempt for refusing to
answer questions put to him by
the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee last March.
Could Get IL Years.
If convicted on all counts, the
60-year-old gambler faces a pos
sible sentence of II years in prison
and a fine of $1,000.
The jury of 10 men and two
women started deliberations at
4::38 pm. yesterday.
Shortly before midnight the
Jury was sent to bed. Judge Ryan
ordered the Jurors locked ur
in a hotel after they told him
they would like to retire and
start afresh this morning.
The jury had deliberated al
most 71a hours, except for~an 30
minute dinner break. at the time
|of the adjournment.
Costello, who was continued in
1000 bail for the night, had
paced the Federal Building cor
ridor and chain-smoked cigar
cites during the deliberations.
He refused to comment when
Inewsmen asked him if he con-
sidered the jury's prolonged dis
lclISsions n "rood SIGN F"
Evening star., 1952-01-15
Wagstaff Sentenced
To 7 10 20 Years for
HoIdup Netting $40
Judge Tomm Ignores
PIeo for Mercy for
Chevy Chase Bod Boy

Joseph A. Wagstaff, %, tn.
f'Chevy Chase bad boy" was sen.
fenced to from z to 20 years ir
IA Federal prison for $40 holdur
by Judge Edward A. Tamm in Dis
|trict Court today.
The jury deliberated only one
hour this morning before finding
Wagstaf guilty of armed robbery
and assault with a dangerous
weapon. .-
Judge Tamm brushed aside de-
fence pleas for mercy after the
Jury returned its verdict and an
Inounced he was ready to impose
sentence at once on the defendant
whose police record, dating back
to the age Of IS, lists A arrests.
Defense Attorney Thoma.
Ahern pleaded that Wagstaff was
emotionally unstable when he was
discharged from the Navy in 1945
Heir to $4,000.
"The Navy should have giver
this boy proper medical treatment
at the time of discharge" Mr.
Ahern said.
Wagstaff, heir to some $4,000
bequeathed in trust to him by his
grandmother who died in Novem-
ber, 1850, obtained only $1,000 in
the holdup Of a taxicab driver last
September which resulted in his
conviction today.
He had been at liberty only
about four months after serving
two years in the Maryland House
of Correction for menacing a maid
in his Chevy Chase home with q
knife.
IN 1916 he was sentenced to 9
year in a Nevada prison after
shooting and seriously woundins
a friend in an argument ovel
gambling losses. ..
Shot i'm Shoulder.
After his release, he was shot
in the shoulder by Montgomery
County police when he broke intt
a Chevy Chase home and barri-
caded himself on a second floor
District police fired six shots al
Wagstaff and an accomplice
Richard H. Osborne, 20, Of the
600 block Of r street NE, before
he surrendered after the taxicat
hold-up last September.
George r. Murray, 1349 Massa.
lchusetts avenue Sc, radioed hi.
cab dispatcher for help after the
hold-up and six scout cars were
rushed to the scene.
Wagstaff and Osborne were frs
stopped by Pvt. j. M. Jackson
While he was searching Osborne
the policeman said, Wagstaf
grabbed his arm and shouted:
Shoot the--cops."
Wagstaff did not take the stant
at his trial. Osborne, who hat
pleaded guilty earlier, was the onl,
defense witness. He repudiatec
an earlier confession and swort
that Wagstaff was not his com.
panion on the night of the taxi.
cab holdup.
The house In the 100 block O,
Grove street. Chevy Chase, Md.
which Wagstaff inherited from hi.
grandmother, recently sold fol
$35 600
Evening star., 1952-01-15
New Hearing Sci
Here Next Week
In Tax Probe
San Francisco Session
Put Off Until Feb. a
For Further Inquiries
By Cecil HoIIond

House tax Investigators an
nounced today a series of hear
ings here next week on reforms
in the scandal-hit Bureau of IN
ternal Revenue.
Chairman King, of the House
Ways and Means investigating
Evening star., 1952-01-15

in Illinois Primary. Poae A.:
Anti Worren Rebels in coIifornio Stos,
Roly. Seek Delegates. Pase A.:
Nine Democrats Compete p Louisiano Pi
mary for State Governorship. Pose A.:
~~~-
since the Kefauver-for- -Presiden
move began to pick up steam
would tell reporters only that h,
and Mr.. Truman ''had a yer!
pleasant conference" Specifically
he refused to say if he had tclt
the President his own plan.
about running. or if he had sought
to get a line on the President,
own carefully guarded intentions
Senator Kefauver repeated what
he has said earlier that he will
"give a definite statement of my
intentions about February L.
Asked the significance of that date
the former head of the Senate
crime investigation said that there
are a number of presidential pri.
maries in the offing. and for that
reason he must decide early. The
Ohio primary of February 6 wa.
one to which he referred.
Encouraged by Support.
Senator Kefauver expressed
himself as much ENCOURAGED b,
the grass roots support evidenced
for his candidacy.
When Senator Kefauver wa,
asked if he thought it possibl.
when there might be a time wher
he would be free to disclose thu
nature of today's conference HI
said he didn't think so. ....
just before the Tennessee Sen.
ator arrived for his noon confer.
ence the President saw Represen.
tative Kirwan of Ohio, chairman
of the Democratic Congressiona
Committee, but Mr.. Kirwan insist.
led that they discussed very littl.
politics" and there was no talk o.
national politics.
Mr.. Kirwan also said he askee
the President to appoint Johr
Kane, now assistant United State.
district attorney in Cleveland, t.
succeed Don Miller, former Notr,
Dame football star, who is quittins
the Office to 60 into private Law
practice. The President did no
commit himself.
Skeptical ON Truman.
Two party leaders who saw tn,
President yesterday, said they die
not believe Mr.. Truman had def
nitely made up his mind abou1
running.
Mrs. India Edwards, head o1
the women's division of tn,
Democratic National Committee
came from a White House con.
ference with this observation:
MY own hunch would be that
the President hasn't made up his
mind definitely. I think he has
(See POLITICS. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1952-01-15
1S Die in Bus PLUNGE

CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. IL
E(R.-A bus plunged over 1900
foot precipice into a river yester-
day in the southwestern state OF
Merida. killing Is persons and in
ljuring 13 others.
Evening star., 1952-01-15
India Shifts Envoy Here

NEW DELHI. India. Jan. Is up.
The Foreign Office announced
today the appointment of M. K.
Kirpalani. now minister to Wash
|ington,. as Indian ambassador to
lThailand.
Evening star., 1952-01-15
Wadsworth Indicates
UNIT Trainees Could
Get Call After 6 Months
Tells Herring He Isn't
Enthusiastic About
LoophoIe in Program
By Robert K. Walsh

A possibility that the President
could order active duty for youths
soon after they completed six
months of universal military
training service touched off a
lively discussion today at the start
|of House committee hearings on
the proposed program.
Former Senator james w.
Wadsworth of New York, chair
Evening star., 1952-01-15

Civil Service offieioI Sees SeonioIs Aidjna
Federal Merit System. Pose A-6
Evening star., 1952-01-15
BULLETIN

The House today voted a 10
per cent raise for the 3.5 million
persons in all branches of the
armed forces. The bill still re-
quires action by the Senate. The
bill also adds 10 per cent to
subsistence allowances and re-
tired pay.
The vote was 269 to 40.
Evening star., 1952-01-15
By the Assoeia,ed Press

BY the ASsociuted Press
Backers of a 10 per cent pay
raise for servicemen counted on
election year pressure today to
put the measure through the
House.
They conceded, in advance of a
decisive vote today, that the out
come may be close because of the
unusual conditions under which
the House is considering the meas
ure.
The bill comes up under pro-
|cedure limiting debate to 40 min
Evening star., 1952-01-15

Air Bottles Renewed in Korea After Four
Doys Of Snow and Storms Pose AS
Evening star., 1952-01-15
|kefauyer and Truman
Talk Politics; Senator
lis Silent Afterward
Tennesseun Won't Soy
If Either DivuIeed His
Intentions on Election
By Joseph A. Fox

Senator Kefauver of Tennessee,
potential aspirant for the Demo-
cratic presidential nomination,
talked politics with President
Truman for nearly 30 minutes
today. but declined fatty after
ward to discuss his meeting.
The Senator, who was seeing
the President for the first time
Evening star., 1952-01-15

(See NELSON, Page AS.
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Continued on Page A-4, Col. ~
Evening star., 1952-01-15

Late New York Markets, Pooe AIT.
Evening star., 1952-01-15

Eisenhower Bockers Won't Enter Name
IN Illinois Primary. Page A
Anti Worren Rebels in Colifornio Stoqe
Roly. Seek Delegates. Poae Al
Nine Democrats Compete u louisiuno Pri.
mary for State Governorship. Pose A.;
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16

Mrs. Myrtle Horner and Mrs.
George E. Long spent Tuesday at
Seaford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Daisey of
Philadelphia spent the weekend
with their father, A. T. Adkins.
Beautiful baskets of flowers were
placed on the table at the Bethel
Methodist Church last Sunday in
memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Bunting,
Mrs. Emma DOnaway and Mrs. Fan
ME Willin by their children and at
the Christ Methodist Church for
Mrs. Martha ClOgg and Mrs. Bessie
DOnaway by their children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Thomas and
son Carl of Chester, Pa, spent the
weekend with relatives and
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Hudson were
dinner guests Sunday of thier son,
Dr. and Mrs. Floyd Hudson at Re-
hObOth Beach.
Jack Layfield arrived home Mon
day after undergoing an operation
for his appendix the past week at
the Peninsula Hospital in Sails
bury.
Bobby DOnaway, who has been
on the fighting front in Korea, ar
rived home last week on a 30-day
furlOugh He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter DOnaway.
George Turner and Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Turner and two sons of
Long Island, N. Y, visited their
sister, Mrs. Blanch Reynolds and
Miss Gladys Turner the past week,
also her sister, Mrs. Edna Davis
of Glendale.
Master Bobby Timmons is i'll at
this writing.
Oliver Turner of Baltimore spent
the weekend at his home here.
Weekend callers of Mr.. and Mrs,
COrklin Brittingham and mother,
Mrs. Prudence Brittingham were
Ernest Birmingham of Harrington
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Brittingham
of Laurel and Ed. Brittingham OF
Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16

chell, Frank D'Amolso, Jerry War
go, Jack Vaughn, Robert Hannah,
Bob Smythe, Charles Navarro, Lew
is Wells, their son, Gerald, all of
Wesley Junior College at Dover;
Harry Carter and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Williams of this town.
Mrs. Harry Bell of Philadelphia
spent last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
William Bell.
Mrs. Julia Moore returned home
Tuesday after spending the winter
months at DR.. Insley's Private Hos
pital in Salisbury. Mrs. Sarah Clark
of Cambridge is staying with Mrs.
Moore.
Miss Linda Allen spent the week
end in Laurel with her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Allen,
Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Owens and
children of Landenberg, Pa, were
weekend guests of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Carter.
Mrs. Marguerite Garrett spent
/ Monday in Philadelphia and C. T.
Garrette was a mid-week visitor
in Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
Twenty Years Ago.

AIKEN from the May 20, 1882 Issue
There are more square miles
i'm the State Of Idaho that a
white man has never set FOOT
on than the area Of the hOle
State of New York, .
It was announced last Sat-
urday night at the Better
Homes Show that Mrs. Charles
Mag, Of South Milford, was. the
winner If the slogan contest
conducted by the Milford Busi-
ne6s Mems Association. The
winning slogan was Garden
City Of Twin Counties" This
s.ogan is to be the official slO-
gan of the City Of Milford.
sos
Delaware's greatest trap
shooting tournament will he
staged at the Lakehurst Gun
Club, Talleyville, May 28th and
29th, according to announce
ment made by the State Trap
shooting Association.
zee
A game of baseball was
played on the school house
grounds. Glendale, on SatuT-
day afternoon between Milford
and Ellendale. Score IA to II
in favor of Ellendale.
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
BETHEL
By Mrs. Anna Smith

Miss Peggy Miller Of Philadel-
phia and Stephen Jacobs of Phil
lipsburg, N. j., were weekend
guests of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Orner of
Newark, N. j., were guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Spicer
over the weekend.
The Count On Me Club met Tues
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Barbara Collins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Phillips of
MiddletOwn were guests Sunday of
Captain and Mrs. Reuben Quillen
and Mrs. Ella Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Garrett of
Wilmington we're weekend guests
of his mother, Mrs. RhOda Garrett.
The Friendly Sunday School
Class met Monday night at the
home of Mrs. Betty Collins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklyn Eskridge
and son are spending a week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Weilder at
Erie, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard
Gordy, Jr., of Laurel, were dinner
guests Friday night of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Cubbage and Mrs.
Marian Cubbage.
Mr.. and Mrs. William SnedakeT
and children of Audubon, N. j.,
were weekend guests of her mo-
ther, Mrs. Laura Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Spence en-
tertained the following at dinner
on Thursday night: Gehman Nit
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16

Mrs. Nora COulbourn of Har-
ringtOn attended the commence
ment exercises at Jefferson
Hospital in PhiladO phia, May
5th, her daughter, Ellen, being
one of the graduates.
4eA
Geyer's Dairy, located on
Marshall Street, sells the only
pasturized milk in Milford.
40A
VOlley ball tournament be-
tween classes in Senior High
School was played off last
Thursday and Friday, show
ing that the Senior girls and
the Sophomore boys have the
champion teams.
Aoa
The FELTON, Band will hold a
sacred concert on the lawn of
Mr.. Petry's home on East High
Street, on Sunday afternoon.
AoA
Robert Grell, superintendent
of the button factory, returned
to Milton from the city of
Philadelphia on Monday and
opened the factory for the man
ufacture of buttons on Wednes-
day and wiL- run three days
per week.
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
DAGSBORO
By AIrg. Essle Hlekman

The w. S. C. S. of the Christ
Methodist Church met at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Davidson
Friday night with a large crowd
attending. After the routine of
business refreshments were serV-
ed which were enjoyed by all.
Cashier Lewis passed away Sat-
urday morning after a long illness.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at Hickory Hill. In
terment was made at MillsborO.
The family has the sympathy of
the community.
Mrs. Grace Mitchell of Milton is
spending some time with her ia
ther, Howard Vickers, during the
illness of her mother at the Pen
insula Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar HOrsman en-
tertained friends from Bivalve, Md,
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George WalstOn of
Laurel we're guests of their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Mitchell
last Sunday.
Miss Dunreath Campbell of Sal
isbury spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. H.
Campbell.
Technical Sergeant Austin Bak-
er, Mrs. Baker and son Eddie of
Washington, d. c., are spending a
3O-day leave with their sister, Mrs.
Millard West and family and fa-
ther, Horace Hickman. They will
sail overseas the first of June.
Sympathy is extended to the fam
i lily and relatives of Will Murray,
who passed away Saturday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip West, Jr., of
Philadelphia. spent the weekend
with his sister, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wardel. They spent Sunday with
Mrs. Mildred Burton and daughter
at Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
Ten Years Ago.

aken from the May IS, 1912 Issue
The patrol boat PC-6S6, one
Of a series Of vessels being
built by the Vinyard Shipbuild-
ing Company Of this city for
the United States Navy, was
launched at the cOmpany's yard
on the Mispil ion River at 10
o'clock, Thursday morning.
Separate fires badly damaged
Pilgrim Holiness Church in
this city shortly after midnight
and destroyed three filed
chicken houses and partly
leveled a fourth on the farm
Of Horace F. Harmon, near
Ellenda e, Sunday afternoon.
zee
Sergeant and Mrs. Edgar
Isaacs OF Seabury Avenue,
welcomed a little daughter in
Memorial Hospital on May End.
The little Miss will be called
Deborah Ealema, named for her
two grandmOthers. She will
likely be called Dee Dee or
Debby.
DR.. Walter L. Grier, chair
man of the Milford community
USO drive, announced today
that he has successfully COM
pleted negotiations to have the
Fort DUPONT baseball team play
the 199th Field Arti lery nine
comprised Of men stationed in
and near Georgetown. a game
in this city next Wednesday.
The game will be played at the
Milford Ball Park and will start
promptly at six o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16

Amos Stayton of Greenwood,
won the second prize in base
ball throwing at the track meet
at Georgetown last week.
Ralph Snowberger won third
place and Lester Draper won
third place in the standing
broad jump.
4oA
The play which was given
by the senior class of Green
wood High School was a great
success, the door receipts alone
amounting to over $40.
go
Hoyt Carmean of Bridgeville,
who was recently manager Of
the Layton & Owens Manu-
featuring Company, has ac-
cepted a like position with a
Laurel concern, resuming his
duties on Monday.
&oA
BirdsOng Brothers of Mil
ton are receiving cans for the
pea canning season. Twenty
carloads have been received,
with five more expected in the
next few days.
A severe electrical storm
passed over this section on
Monday evening. The heavy
dOwnpOur of rain has done
much good to vegetation which
was beginning to suffer from
the dry weather.
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
Thirty Years Ago.

aiken from the May 10, 1922 Issue
Mrs. Jonathan Johnson has
a Paw-Paw tree in bloom in
her flower garden in East
Newark WHICH is attracting
considerable attention. Mrs.
Johnson planted the seed about
six years ago and this is the
first time it has blOOmed.
About twenty-five fishing
boats from New Jersey are
fishing at Lewes and making
their shipments from John w,
MarshalPs wharf in the Lewes
canal.
Clifford P. Mink, of Lewes,
who for sometime has been
stationed at the radio station
at the Point of the Capes, has
been transferred to the radio
station at Bethany Beach in
the new quarters which have
just recently been built there.
&Gs
Mr.. GOOding, one of Bridge
vile High Schools teachers,
has purchased the property on
Walnut street, Bridgeville, OF
F. E. Henry.
go
Strawberries are In market
in Lewes, but owing to the
freeze, are not very abundant,
yet, although the later varie-
ties will be very p entiful from
present indications.
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16

The town authorities have
been trying an experiment by
pouring a light coating of as
phaltum oil, or rather, an oil
with So per cent of asphalt, on
the macadam streets, for the
purpose of preserving the wear
ing surface and laying the
dust.
The annual rhetorical con-
test at the high school was held
in the Assembly Hall at the
building last Friday evening
before a crowded house. The
Junior Glass won the coveted
silver loving cup. The winning
class was represented by the
Misses Mary H. Hammond and
Grace Savage. ShOckley Daugh-
erty won the individual hon
crs, he having made more
points than any other one of
the contestants.
&oA
Last Saturday evening was a
busy one for the police of this
town. The liquor drinking ele-
ment of Milford were we'll sup
piled with the wet goods" and
from early in the evening until
late at night first one and then
another of them were rounded
up and locked in the city Jail.
Colonel Robert H. Williams
is improving his residence on
South Walnut street with a
new coat of paint. The work
on the house is being done by
Cleveland Marvel, a decorator
and painter of this town.
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
The Past In Review
News As It Was Reported In The Chronicle
Forty Years Ago.

AIKEN from the May II, 1912 Issue
The newly organized team
of Milford ball players will 90
to Lewes, tomorrow and play
a game with the ball players Of
that town, and on Decoration
Day, the Lewes PLAYERS viii
come to Milford and play two
games.
The ladies of the New Cen
tury Club appreciating the ser
vices of the young ladies' and
gentlemen who assisted in Civ
ing the Three Chauffeurs" for
their benefit recently, gave to
them a complimentary social
dance in the Century Club
rooms on Monday evening, at
which $50 persons were pres
ent.
There will be one Of the
best racing programs ever CIV
en- at the Driving Park of DR..
DerricksOn at Frederick. on
Thursday, May 80. Some fine
horses are entered in these
races and unusual speed will be
exhibited.
Mrs. SalIie R. Davis has just
had completed a new wood and
coal house and board fence at
her home on East Second
street.
The contractor and engineer
in charge Of the wOrk on Front
street, South Milford. are grad
ing it out preparatory to put
ting down a concrete street