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Smyrna times., 1952-01-24
TO FACE TOUGHEST FOES
Smyrna Eagles to Play Dover and
st. Andrews Here Next

Smyrna Eagles to Play Dover and
st. Andrews Here Next
The Smyrna High School Eagles
basketball team faces its toughest
foes of the season in the next two
games which are to be played on
the local court. On Friday night
the Red and White opposes the
ever-powerful and dangerous Dover
Senators, and on Tuesday night
they oppose the team they have
failed to beat in the last four years,
Saint Andrews. The preliminary
games will start at 700 pm. and
the public is advised to come early
if they want a good seat. Tuesday
night, January %, the Riders of
Caesar Rodney High School felt the
crush of the power Eagles as the
local boys ran roughshod over a
weak Blue and Gold team. The
final score was Smyrna 73, Caesar
Rodney 35. 1t was evident after
the first quarter at which time
Smyrna led PA that Coach Ever
EFT could just about name the score
and only by usingfi substitutes was
he able to hold it below the 100
mark. In the Junior Varsity game
Caesar Rodney sank a field goal
with five seconds remaining to win
1896. A desperation toss by Bill
Thorpe went through the hoop but
not before the final buzzer sounded.
Smyrna times., 1952-01-24
Supervisor of Civil Air Defense

Frederick Bell has been named
supervisor of the Civil Air Defense
organization at Taylor's Bridge.
Mrs. Thomas Rowan and Mrs. VIII
liam Francis are chief observers.
The spotting post Is temporarily
located at the home of Alvin Tush.
Amy persons in the area interested
in signing up as observers may get
in contact with either Mrs. Rowan
or Mrs. Francis.
Smyrna times., 1952-01-24
Winner of Door Prize

John Melvin, Smyrna was the
winner Of the door prize at the
grand opening of Boulevard Elec-
trio aast Saturday, and was award
ed an electric grill. The opening
was attended by more than three
hundred persons. Baskets of flow
ers were presented by several loca1
business firms in honor of the
opening.
Smyrna times., 1952-01-24
NO MARIHUANA
GROWN IN STATE
Narcotics Bureau Have No
Authentic Case Of Drug -Ad-
diction in School System
DR.. BRANSKY SPEAKER

Emphasizing that the Narcotics
Bureau has been unable to estab-
lish an authentic case of drug adj
diction in the Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania, or New Jersey school sys-
TENS, DR.. Joseph M. Bransky i'm
plored parents to evaluate the sit
uation and stop any hysteria. He
paid tribute to the alert state po-
lice in this state who keep their
finger on the pulse of the problem.
In addition, Dr. Bransky stated
that they have yet to find any
marihuana growing wild in Della
ware. Marihuana is not new, he
said, having been known in the Far
East for many centuries; it was in
troduced in 1925 into the United
States along the Mexican border,
and has now spread everywhere.
1t has a limited medical use as an
anodyne to relieve pain. He show
ed samples of marihuana which
looks like tea and smells like tea
and is known as ''tea" in the YER
nacular of the underworld. Stress
ing that parents would be able to
tell if their children had the mari
huana cigarettes in their possession
as it does mot require an expert to
see the difference" The maribuana
cigarettes were seen to be crudely
made by hand, much smaller than
the others, and with the ends turn
ed in. If smoked the same as an
ordinary cigarette there would be
no stimulating effect, he stated
but must be taken into the blood
stream. Despite rumors it is not
sold in candy or chewing gum, and
could not be effective in that form
He described the effects of the drug
as having tendency to destroy
time and space, to destroy fear and
to act as sex stimuli, and is no re-
specter of individuals. The adict
soon moves to the use of heroin
and other powerful drugs, the
speaker stated, as he described
heroin and showed capsules of it
The problem of juvenile delinq-
uency he laid in the lap of parents
and said the young people need
love, affection, guidance and relig'
ion,, and he saw the influence of the
church as good. Answering the
question-what can be done? he
said that if the problem arises 9
community should set aside beds
for treatment, and support legisla'
ton presented to Congress. He
paid tribute to women's organiza.
tions which helped get the Boggs
minimum-sentence bill passed. The
speaker was introduced by e. Nal
colin Belber. James e. Everhart
presided and the invocation wa:
given by the Rev. Luman ]. Nor,
gan, rector of st. Peters Church
William ]. Cavanaugh, of Dover
was presented, and spoke briefly OF
the March of Dimes campaign, urg
ing the support of everyone, as the
disease is leading the race. Dut
to increase in cases of polio WE
start with a five million dollal
deficit and the drive has been ex
tended to thirty days, in an effor
to curb the only epidemic diseas'
which is on the increase.
Smyrna times., 1952-01-24
Red Gross Directors Meeting

The meeting of the directors for
Area MO. A, Red Cross is scheduled
TO be held next Monday night, Jan.
I28 at 8 pm. at the Denney Office
on Commerce Street. Harry r..
Jones, recently appointed area
chairman, will preside.
Smyrna times., 1952-01-24
CENTURY CLUB PROGRAM
Cummins e. Spealman, Jr., to Talk
on Foreign Relations"

Cummins e. Spealman, Dr., to Talk
on Foreign Relations"
The Twentieth Century Club will
meet at 8 pm. tomorrow, Friday,
January Is at the club house to
hear a program arranged by Mrs.
Cummins E. Speakman, ST., chair
man international relations. Cum
minis E. Speakman, Jr., a member
of the faculty of the Woodrow Will
son School of Foreign Affairs at
the University of Virginia, is sched-
uled to speak on the trend in for
eign relations. Mrs. Speakman,
who is also state C h irm n
UNESCO, will speak briefly on de-
velopments in that field of our for
eign relations.
Smyrna times., 1952-01-24
Ladies Auxiliary Citizens Hose Co

Ladies Auxluary ClC1zenS Hose 20.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Citiz-
ems Hose Company was held at the
fire house on Monday night, with
thirty members present, and Mrs.
Addie David presiding. Mrs. Franc
es Dukes was appointed publicity
chairman upon the resignation of
Miss Mary Rash. The members
have purchased coffee urn for
their kitchen at the fire house.
Mrs. David reported on the recent
PTA meeting which she and Mrs.
Evelyn Shane attended. Mrs. Kate
Elterich was named an honorary
member of the auxiliary. Ten dol
lars was donated by the group to
the March of Dimes.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
GI Asks Van Fleet
When 9th Army Will
Hit Communists
BY the Assoeioted Pre3B

WITH U. S. 5th REGIMENTAL
COMBAT TEAM, Korea. Nov. o..
"A sergeant asked Gen. James
A. Van Fleet at Thanksgiving
dinner today when the 9th Army
was going to hit the Communists.
Well" the 9th Army COM
mander said, laughing. Il guess.
that's what a lot of people are
going to ask Gen. Eisenhower"
Gen. and Mrs. Van Fleet had
turkey with Company G of the
5th Regimental Combat Team.
The Van Fleets had second
Thanksgiving dinner when they
were hosts to Korean President
Syngman Rhee and his wife to-
night.
On her tour of the front Mrs.
Van Fleet wore a gray suit. mink
wrap and an Army overcoat. It
was one of the few times in 40
years as an Army wife that she
had accompanied her husband in
a battle zone.
The Van Fleets also visited a
base hospital. They were shown
around by It's commander. Col.
George j. Hayes OF Washington,
D. c.
Evening star., 1952-11-27

until the free peoples Of the
world have all been enslaved un-
der their world government"
1--WE. as Army men. can only do
our best under God to fight to
keep our own families and our
own countries free from the Com
lmunist menace that is ready to
swallow each of our countries sep
arately unless we all stick to-
gether," he said.
Gen. Van Fleet voiced the
thoughts of thousands when he
said families back home at their
Thanksgiving Day dinner tables
are thanking God that our lives
have been spared in this terrible
war;"
Gen. Van Fleet told his mer
that on Thanksgiving last year
1--WE thought that peace would be
here before Thanksgiving came
around again
"But is is communism we are
fighting" he said, mot the inno-
tcent North Koreans or the Chi
nese people"
The turkey-plus- trimmings mea
was laid before every American
soldier who could be reached
Troops of the other 81 Allied ma
ltions taking part in the Korean
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Indonesian Situation Tense
AS Parliament Reconvenes
BY the Associated Press

JAKARTA. Indonesia, Nov. 27
-Indonesia's Parliament recon.
vened today after a 40-day riot.
brought recess. I. Chairman Sar-
tono warned that the young is.
land republics political situation
is still tense.
The chairman lashed at thu
"October II affair, which among
other things has caused infringe.
ments of the. law which disturbed
order and soiled our meeting
place and disturbed the security
of some honorable members o1
the house"
Demonstrators invaded the
Parliament building and demand
ed that the lawmaking body be
dissolved because it had adopted
a censure resolution against the
defense ministry of Sultar
Hamengku Buwono TX, the Sultan
of Jogjakarta. Many of the law
makers accuse the army of set
ting off the riot.
President Soekarno averted q
further political upset by sus-
pending Parliament temporarily
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Arthur Murray Teachers
Vote Against Unionizing

Dancing teachers at Arthur
Murray studios in Washington,
Alexandria, Arlington and Silver
Spring have voted against union
izing in an election held under the
auspices of the National Labor
Relations Board.
Ethel M. Fistere, operator of the
dance studios, expressed gratitude
for the confidence" in her shown
by her employees.
| Earlier this month Miss Fistere
was charged by the Government
with unlawfully firing nine dance
instructors for union activities.
A hearing held last Monday was
adjourned shortly after it opened.
lit was continued until Decem-
ber 8.
The complaint, issued by the
National Labor Relations Board,
ALLEGES several violations of the
Taft Hartley Act.
The Washington Association of
Dance instructors, an independent
union, brought the charges.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
400 Rounded Up in Korea
As Eisenhower SAFEGUARD
By the Associated Prsss

SEOUL, Nov. 27.-ThousandS of
Korean national police assigned
to protect United States Presi-
dent-elect Eisenhower when he
arrives got their orders today.
Already an estimated 400 per-
sons are behind bars in a crack
down on suspected subversives.
Despite a steady rain, armed
national police on foot and horse
back maintained a heavy guard.
They were stationed every 20
yards on both sides on main city
streets and on those leading to
the hillside mansion of President
Syngman Rhee.
Police kept up the search for
suspected Communist agents. Nu-
merous plainclotheSmen checked
identification cards of Seoul res
idents and kept a close watch on
violators of the $50 pm. curfew
Evening star., 1952-11-27
BY ths A..eeioied Press

SEOUL, Nov. 27.-United Ma
tions fighting men feasted and
prayed on the misty Korean
battlefront this Thanksgiving Day.
The day was solemn for SOL
diers, sailors and airmen.
A light rain sprinkled the battle
line. Men laid down their weapons
for a moment to pick up tender
turkey and all the trimmings
from shrimp cocktail to pumpkin
pie.
Chaplains knelt on wet ground
leading men in prayer. But the
30-month-old Korean war con-
tinued. Men had to 60 into
battle-and die.
Gen. James "A. Van Fleet ate
turkey with the 5th Regimenta
Combat Team, a unit he com.
manded 20 years ago.
The husky 9th Army com.
mander could see only a handful
of the ground troops under hi!
command. But he already hae
issued stirring words which
reached the ears Of many ovel
armed forces radio and through
service publications.
Goddess communism" Gen
Van Fleet said. wants no peac.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Allied Troops Repulse
; Chinese Assaults
Against Sniper Ridge
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Nov. 27.-Allied troops
slammed back three Chinese as
saults in the murky, pre-dawn
cold of this Thanksgiving Day on
Sniper Ridge on the Korean cen
trail front.
On the western front. Allied
raiding parties shot up two Com
riunist positions near Panmun-
jom-site of the suspended truce
talks-and Yonchon. some 20
miles to the northeast. The raid
ers returned to their lines after
sharp skirmishes.
The Chinese jabs on the central
front were preceded by a heavy
artillery and mortar barrage.
Then a company of Reds-more
than $50 men-hit the northern
slopes of Pinpoint Hill. dominant
height on Sniper Ridge.
Grenades Smash Attack.
Allied infantrymen smashed the
attack with grenades and rifle fire.
Two smaller attacks were broken
before daybreak. with Allied ar
tillery aiding the South Korean
defenders.
The United States 9th Army has
said such Communist attacks dur
ing the past week were aimed at
gathering information on South
Korean troop dispositions-and
harassment-rather than FORE
shadowing a renewal Of large
scale fighting.
Warplanes ranged deep into
North Korean territory. blasting
Communist troop concentrations
and supply facilities.
Railroad Bridge Bombed.
United States Superforts from
Okinawa bombed a 1,700-foot
wooden railroad bridge at the
southwestern edge Of Pyongyang.
Korean Red capital. The Air Force
made no immediate report Of
damage.
Allied fighter-bo -bombers and B-26
Intruders blasted a supply center
near Haeju in Western Korea.
Pilots reported 40 secondary ex-
plosions in the area.
The 5th Air Force reported the
1ntruders also wrecked IS supply
trucks.
Although still cold, the battle
front warmed comparatively dur
ing the day. GIs laid aside their
weapons long enough to eat tur-
key. Many were able to attend
Thanksgiving Day services.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Woodward Says He's
Sorry TO Leave Post
BY the Associated Press

OTTAWA, Nov. 27.-Stanley
Woodward, retiring United States
Ambassador, returned yesterday
from Washington where he gave
his resignation to President Tru-
man.
He said his immediate future
will be spent on his farm at Char
lottesville, Va.
He told reporters he is sorry to
leave Canada after two and one
half~years.
II have covered this country
from coast to coast and I feel !
am leaving a lot Of good friends
here"
The two countries, Mr.. Wood
ward told reporters. have become
closer as friends, as neighbors
and as partners, and he added:
"One thing I would like to
stress. would like to be remem-
bered for the contribution I have
Evening star., 1952-11-27

conflict also had turkey on their
menus. Messmen dished out an
average of one and one-eighth
pounds of turkey per man.
Several soldiers turned up their
noses at the traditional turkey
meal. They shouldered shotguns
and bagged Korean pheasant near
the front lines.
Ten United States soldiers had
their Thanksgiving dinner at sea
Evening star., 1952-11-27

The soldiers, from front line
units, we're flown by plane to the
carriers Essex and Bon Homme
Richard, where the Navy gave
them VIP very important person.
treatment.
After receiving the best Thanks
giving Day dinner a Navy galley
can serve Up, they were conducted
on a full tour of the aircraft car
rierc
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Sterling Hayden Sued
For Separate Maintenance
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27.-Movie
Actor Sterling Hayden has been
sued for separate maintenance by
Mrs. Betty de Noon Hayden. 30
who charged cruelty and asked
custody of their four young chill
dren.
She said he earned more th1n
100000 in the last year but be-
cause the professional life of an
artist often is of short duration
she demanded that the actor. So,
establish trust funds to insure
support of the children. She asked
that community property be di-
vided and she be allowed reason
able support for herself.
The couple was married in 1947.
He formerly was married to
Actress Madeleine Carroll.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
BY the Assoeioted Press

HELENA, Mont, Nov. 81
Eighty-seven per cent of the
Montanans eligible to vote did SO
in the general election Novem-
ber 4.
This was reported yesterday by
the State Canvassing Board.
The vote cast for President
totaled 265,037, or 81 per cent Of
the 304.053 registered voters.
The G. o. P. in Montana car
Iried the Presidency, Vice Presi.
dency, the I'd Congressional Dis
trict and the Governorship.
Democrats filled the Office o1
Evening star., 1952-11-27
81 Pct Of Eligible Voters In Montana Cast Ballots

United States Senator and 1st
District Representative.
BY giving Gen. Eisenhower a
plurality of 1,181 votes over Gov
Stevenson, Montana maintained
its record of having voted for tht
Presidential winner in every gen
eral election since 1904.
Evening star., 1952-11-27

46 Navy Blue Velour OveVeoots
Were S85. Washington weight.
SinoIe-breosted box model or
DoubIe-Breosted Town Coat All
sizes in Regulars, Shorts and
Lonos os---------69.e5
Evening star., 1952-11-27

c CHARGE IT: 5o-doy or Tri-PIor
Evening star., 1952-11-27

made toward the st. Lawrence
waterway and power scheme"
| He is scheduled to leave Canada
five days before President-elect
Eisenhower takes Office.
Evening star., 1952-06-15

mission is to defer destroying trees.
lawns, ETC., on the proposed slope
parkway, allowance for curb, gutter
and two sidewalks of the eventual t.
foot highway until such time as they
have funds to complete it.
AS to the reasonable plan suggested
in Mr.. Buffers letter of June 4. this
deals not with local property damage
but with duplication of expenditure OF
taxpayers money. Mr.. Buffers sug-
gestion was to widen Blunt's road
rather than Kings highway, both en-
tering Telegraph road at the same point.
Blunt's road is on the low level. enter
ing Route at the beginning Of the steep
gradient up Route to Penn Daw. This
would throw the burden Of expensive
gradient road building onto Route l..
already paid for, instead of duplicating
this ascent to the same point by new
construction.
However. this is probably impossible Of
acceptance. The Highway Commission
points out there is a saving Of Z mile
by Kings highway matter Of saving
possibly two minutes! This eventual
copy of Shirley highway will run into
millions of dollars.
Virgila Stephens.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Spires of the
On Playing Second Fiddle By zssSsssz @ s$s*2 !5o"'
Spires of the Spirit

Playing second fiddle long has been
the synonym Of failure to reach the sum-
NIT in any line of endeavor. It is
regarded as the epitaph Of a frustrated
ambition. How often the suggestion
that one be content with what some
might label secondary role is met by
the petulant, indignant rejoinder, II
won't play second fiddle to anybody"
Such refusal often is telltale revela-
ton that one who cares more for recog-
milton than contribution Is not really
fit to play either first fiddle or second
in the orchestra Of life.
The youth of this competitative day
are often spurred on by what has been
called the drum-major complex. They
have been taught to be keenly aware of
outlets for display. AS has been aptly
said, 1--WE all want to play Hamlet"
Success means the head of the parade
where. with whirling baton, the exhibi-
tional instinct can run, have free course.
and be glorified. Life is regarded as
ruthless race and, in spite of polished
and polite amenities. the goal is to out
strip all competitors and, crowned with
laurel. to be acclaimed as victor. But,
alas. this road ends in dust and ashes.
The truth is that the apex is not the
pyramid. Ninety-nine per cent Of the
sustaining base is beneath the highest
point. There would be no isolated
height were it not for the dependable
foundation which holds it up. An
orchestra is not all first fiddles. The
proportion of those who reach> that dis
tinction is small compared to those who
on other instruments make their con-
tributionS to the total effect Of he
swelling music.
The caliber of the performer is indi-
Gated not by the place he occupies or
the instrument he plays, but by the
quality of work rendered in the niche
which is his. A poor second fiddle can
spoil the music of whole orchestra.
AS matter of fact, the most inSignifl-
cant work of the world always has been
committed to the hands of those who
by their contemporaries would be ap-
praised as second fiddlers But that is
the most honorable fraternity of the
centuries. It also offers the most dura-
BILE satisfactions. Fame Is notoriously
unhappy. Uneasy is the head which
wears any crown. The limelight of dis
tinction makes one the target for carp
ing criticism. So-called celebrities envy
those whose cup of joy is full as, away
from the scorching searchlight of public
attention, they play second fiddle"
Life's most vital lesson is that in all
fields it isn't what you play, but how
you play, that greatly matters.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Good Advice

There is good advice for the Commissioners
IN the report OF the Senate Committee on Gov
ernment Operations indorsing the District reor-
ganzation plan. incidentally, Senate indorse-
ment is not necessary to assure passage of the
reorganization measure. It will become law on
July unless either the Senate or the House has
voted disapproval of it. The committees we'll
considered report should help to bring the plan
to reality.
Included in the advice vouchsafed to the
Commissioners by the Senate group was the wise
suggestion (although not new one) that in
setting up the new municipal organization care
be taken to- avoid past tendencies toward
three-headed District government. What the
committee had in mind was the trend toward
dividing among the Commissioners the RESPONSE
bilities which all of them should share as a
body. Such division of authority might be con-
Venent in passing the buck" to fellow Commis-
soners, but the public insists on joint response
bility. General Robinson, principal architect of
the proposed reform plan, has promised that
the detailed program will be drawn up in such
a way as to insure against so-called compart-
naturalization. President Truman evidently had
reference to this phase of the reorganization
problem when he told Congress that under all
delegations (of power to others) the board will,
of course, retain ultimate authority and respon-
sibilty"
The committee also agreed with the President
that under the plan the Commissioners should
delegate overall administrative supervision to
Subordnates. Mr.. Truman put it this way: Like
the head of any large organization, the board
should be given adequate top-level assistance in
carrying on the operations of the District gov
ernment." The committee pointed out that the
present District government lacks a chief admin
istrative officer. "In the absence of such an off,
cer," the committee said, G.. the Commissioners
are unavoidably diverted from their policy
making functions by their preoccupation with
administrative detail" The Commissioners, in
cidentally, have indicated their intention Of
appointing such an officer.
The committees third suggestion was that
every effort be made to reduce the number of
major District departments to not more than
10 to IL. At present there are IS different de-
partments, divisions and agencies. The Com
missioners have proposed that these be consoli-
dated into IS major departments. This number
is not final, however, and it may well be that,
when the merger details are given further con-
sideration, it will be possible to set up fewer than
is departments. This should make for increased
administrative efficiency and more direct lines
of administrative control.