Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Delaware

AVoEo APPEAL-An appeal to
free Mrs. Thelma Dorothy Powell
So OF near Georgetown. who was
sentenced to life Imprisonment last
July, was denied Saturday hv fho
supreme Court of Delaware.
MIS-. Powell, former WAC. was
convicted of murder in the second
aegree in the death of GranvilIo
bIlttlngham, %, an ex-Marine. also
OF Georgetown. He was fatally
wounded by a % calibre rife hni-
leI curing an argument.
In uphOlding the lower court the
supreme Court admitted that there
is no Delaware statute autborizinS
q jury to recommend mercy after >
verdict of guilty except when tbe
crime is one punishable bv death
Dut added that 1--WE can see no
objection to the practice"
MILk-Dairymen in the Nassau
area received $459, ,639 in 1851 for
milk sold to the Supplee-Wills-
Jones Milk Company of Philadel-
phia. '''A
The company disclosed the total
payments to 81 farmers as it re-
leased plans to honor the II ton
producers for the year in the area
These dairymen with the best rec
ords based on high quality and
consistent patterns of level pro-
duction, will receive awards at a
meeting of Supplee producers to
be held on Tuesday, February 12.
at Coolspring Community Hall. at
Coolspring, at 7:45 p. m.
Those to be honored," said
George ]. Hauptfuher, Supplee vice
president in charge of milk pro-
curement, 'have succeeded in one
OF the hardest tasks any of us are
called upon to do-that of steadily
maintaining an excellent record for
twelve months of the year. Our
way OF thanking them will be to
present them with useful awards.
AS in the past, the two dairymen
with the top performance records
will be given special prizes" Mr..
added.
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LIMIT DEMOCRATS -Dela,,are
Democrats have been cut to six
delegates at the Democratic Ma
tional Convention to be held next
July in Chicago, it was revealed on
as the official call for the
convention was issued in Wash
lngtOn. At the last national con-
vention, in 1848, the Delaware Dem
Ocrats had 10 delegates.
With six votes at the national
convention, Delaware Democrats
will be back at the strength they
had at their party's national con-
clave in 1910. They won a boost of
two delegates in 1914, and two more
in 194S to reach 10. At the 1896
convention they had a dozen dele
gates.
Delaware Democratic leaders
were not clear on how the delegate
strength is being distributed. They
assume that Delaware was cut
back because the states presiden-
tial vote in 1948 went. to Governor
Dewey, in spite of the fact that a
Democratic state administration
was elected.
The 1852 convention will have a
total of 1890 delegates, and Della
wares strength will be about two
hfth of one per cent of the total.
This is still higher than the states
proportion of the nations popuIa-
ton, which is about One-fifth of
one per cent.
HEADQUARTERS - The Repub-
lican State Committee will open
headquarters in the Ho-
-el Rodney in Wilmington, about
March 1.
Clair j. KillOran, chairman of
he committee, says that the open
ng of the party's offices will sig
lalize the start of policy commit
zee meetings similar to those
which turned out successfully in
he 1850 campaign.
The Hotel Rodney headquarters,
dr. KillOran added, will be fully
stated with persons able to an
'wer the scores of questions about
conventions, candidates
Ind the election itself, as we'll as
publicity unit.
Mr.. Killoran disclosed that the
'f1cial call for the Republican Ma
ional Convention in Chicago next
has been received and
acknowledged
Tentative arrangements call for
he states IL delegates to use the
Hotel for their head
quarters.
The state chairman said that a
Meeting of the Republican State
will be called early in
March to transact several items of
business including fixing a date for
he first convention at which the
2 delegates will be selected. This
will probably come in mid-April.
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BEAUTY CONTEST - The Miss
Delaware pageant to be staged by
he JayCees at RehobOth Beach on
uly 26 will be one of the major
TENS of business on the agenda of
meeting of the board of directors
f the Delaware Chamber of Com
lerce in Betty's Restaurant, near
lover, on Monday night, February
A second beauty pageant has
cen announced. It will be held in
he Layton Theatre, Seaford, on
une 25, for the selection of Miss
eaford who will then vie in the
.ehOboth pageant for the state til
e and the honor of representing
delaware in the Miss America pag-
ant at Atlantic City.
The first contest to be calendar
] is one to be held at Dover on