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Milford chronicle., 1952-06-13
BRIDGEVILLE
By Mrs.
Keller HOGh
Phone
BridgeVille $3.50

Miss Elizabeth Kinder and Miss
Katie Kinder had as their overnight
guests on Monday, their cousin,
Miss Vera Pratt and friends, Misses
Hazel DanielsOn, Beulah Hawkins
and Dorothy Freriks of Cherokee,
Iowa.
Mrs. Roger Dick, Jr, of Shelby,
Ohio and Joseph NJ Lank of Mil
ford, were weekend guests of Mr..
and Mrs. H. e. GTossnickle. On
Sunday, Mrs. Dick and Mrs. Gross
nickle attended the commencement
exercises at the University of Del
aware where Mr.. Lank was a mem
Der of the graduating class.
Mrs. James Reagan and son Mi
chael left by plane from Washing
ton on Saturday to join her hus-
band, Lieutenant James Reagan in
St. Louis, Missouri.
Miss Rosalie Ryan spent last
week with relatives in Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mace Allen spent
the weekend with their daughter,
! Mrs. Ernest Ellis and Mr.. Ellis in
MaybrOOk Gardens, N. J.
Jack Christine was an overnight
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hoch
/ last Thursday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Willin were
the weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Durham in Roanoke,
/ Va.
The faculty and families of the
Bridgeville School held a picnic at
Fenwick Island on Friday.
Glow worms are flightless fe-
males or larva of fireflies.
Milford chronicle., 1952-06-13
ADAMS x ROADS
Mrs. Marian Robinson
Phone Greenwood 4367

Sunday School at Bloomery
Methodist Church, Sunday. e
Miss Jane Mcdowell, of Bridge
vile, was a Thursday overnight
guest of Virginia Lee Robinson.
Misses Sadie Devore and Blanche
Stetler entertained Mr.. and Mrs. AL
Smith, of Greenwood and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Fountain, of Bridge
vile and daughter Helen, on We'd
nesday evening.
Several around the neighborhood
attended the Bridgeville gradual
ing exercises on Wednesday eve
ming of Miss Gloria Johnson, who
is graduate of 1852.
Mrs. Helen Harmon, Mrs. Grace
HOrsey, Mrs. Edna Adams and Mrs.
Marian Robinson spent Monday in
PocOmOke. Virginia Lee Robinson
was an entrant in the beauty con-
test.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Parker, of
Bridgeville, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Adams and family on Sun
day, after the services at Bloomery.
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Milford chronicle., 1952-06-13
CONGO BUILDING ROADS

COsTERMANsvILLE, belgian
Congo-(P)-About 200 public utili-
ty projects are underway as part
of the Eastern Kivu 1O-year plan
for the development Of the Belgian
Congo.
The program consists Of road
construction and improvement to
proceed along with the building Of
new port installations on Lake
KivU-
Milford chronicle., 1952-06-13
ToucAY AUTO

PORTLAND, Me.-(P)-Robert B.
Farley, Jr., is only 2 but already he
has his doubts about these modern
autos
All Master Robert did recently
was press a couple Of gadgets and
the family car jumped over curb
ing and smacked a fence.
The two gadgets were the igni-
ton and the starter. The car was
damaged a bit but Bobby wasn't.
Milford chronicle., 1952-06-13
Red Mountain Ores

1S63-About this time the Red
Mountain ores, which still supply the
expanding iron industry near Bir-
mingham, Alabama, were devel.
oped.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Two Concession Stands
Wrecked in Alexandra

Two concession stands at the
George Washington High School
stadium, Alexandria, virtually
have been wrecked by thieves who
broke in sometime during the past
three days. ...
Thirty cases of soft drinks
valued at $31 were stolen. A tele-
phone was torn from the wall.
and more than 10000 paper cups
were strewn on the floor. Six
rolls Of tickets were unfurled, and
the interior of both stands was
generally wrecked.
Police said damage was esti.
mated at $500.
The ransacking was discovered
yesterday by A. E. Doran, athletic
director when he made a routine
check. The stands are the prop
|erty of the Virginia Sporting AS
sociation.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Death Of Dr.. EIdridge's S Son
Is Listed as Suicide

Deputy Coroner Christopher J.
Murphy yesterday issued a certif1-
cate of suicide in the death Of
John F. Eldridge, 27. son Of Or.
Watson w. Eldridge, jr., director
of the medical and surgical de-
partments at st. Elizabeths Hos
pital.
DR.. Murphy said death was due
to cyanide poisoning.
Mr.. Eldridge had recently re.
turned from Army service in
Korea. Capt. Richard Felber of
the homicide squad said the vet
eran had been depressed since his
return. &&
Mr.. Eldridge was found in tho
yard of his fathers home on the
st. Elizabeths grounds late Sat-
urday. A can of poison and an
empty glass were found nearby.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Baroness Happy in Housework
As She Becomes Citizen Here

The former baroness came to
Vienna with her mother and sis
ter in 1914 to join her father who
was stationed there on matters
concerning the Hungarian govern
ment.
When the Russian army moved
into Austria the family fed to
Bavaria. Mrs. Erdos' father, Col.
Baron Wolkensperg died in Ba-
varia in 1947.
Enjoys Housework.
Mrs. Erdos said she enjoys
houSework despite the fact that
her home in Europe was stated
with five housemaids, q cook and
a chauffeur.
Mrs. Erdos' naturalization, plus
the fact that her husband is an
American, automatically conferred
citizenship on their 4-year-old
son, Joseph Julius Erdos who was
born in Regensburg, Germany.
A total of 10 other persons were
naturalized in the ceremonies
held before District Judge Charles
r. Mel a1Irhlin.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Girl, 5, Hit Running
Into Path Of Auto :.

A 5-year-old girl was injured
last night when she ran into the
path of an automobile from be-
tween two parked cars.
Accident Investigation Unit Of
ficers said Patricia Emory, 5, of
62112 Park road NV, suffered
head injuries when struck in front
of her home by a car driven by
Ruby p. Hubbard. "a. colored. of
2208 Flagler place NV, a clerk
at the Southwest Health Center.
The child was reported in salts
factory condition at Children's
Hospital today.
Five persons were injured, none
of them seriously, in a two-car
crash last night in the 900 block
of Mount Olivet road NE.
Miss Lynn Leyden, II, Of 1898
Seventh street NE, driver of one
car, received head injuries when
her car was in collision with enc
driven by Cornelius Alderman,
"a, of sos Seventy-third street,
Carmody Hill, Md. Mrs. Janis
Ackerman, his wife, and the
couples son. Cornelius. jr.,
months old, were admitted for
treatment at Casualty Hospital
Mr.. Ackerman and his mother
Mrs. Eta Ackerman. were re-
leased after treatment there. An
other Ackerman child. Dona Lee
q, was uninjured.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Absentee Voting in
MINNESOTA

As a serUice to the Districts
absentee Uoters The Star is pub
fishing Doting regulations in
each State for merit November's
election. One State 1Dill be pub
lished each day. Watch for
yours. TodGy's i,,stGllnle1,t is for
residents ,Dho ,Dish to Dote in
Minnesota:
Primary: September ..
Officials to Be Elected: United
States Senator. 9 Representatives
to Congress, Governor and other
State and county officials.
Residence Requirements: State
8 months; election district, 80
days.
Registration: In person or by
mail with city or village clerk Gin
Minneapolis and st. Paul with
commissioner of registration)
Permanent If elector votes at least
once during each two consecutive
years. Register for primary
through August 10: for election
through October IA.
Registration is not required in
communities having less than
10000 population.
Absentee Voting: Permitted In
both primary and general elec-
ton. Request ballot Of county
auditor during the 30 days before
an election. Voted ballot must be
received by election judges before
polls close on election day.
Minnesota does not permit CT
villains to vote from outside conti-
mental limits Of the United States
unless employed by the Army OF
Navy.
For further information call
Mrs. Clarence Fisher, chairman
of the Doters' service, District
League OF Women Voters, Taylor
OO56.
Tomorrow: NeU Hampshire.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
.Ex-Firemon Takes
Increase in Pension
He Once Rejected

1t. Henry A. Streb. retired fire.
man, today was awarded a pen.
sion increase that he rejected last
January.
The District Commissioner.
raised 1t. Streb's retirement pay
from $193 to $213 monthly.
When he first became eligible
for the increase 1t. Streb asked
the Commissioners to withhold il
because it would have placed hi.
income above the margin under
which he was allowed to draw
benefits from the Veterans Ad-
ministration. Since then VA re-
strictionS have been liberalized, ht
told the Commissioners.
Evening star., 1952-08-12

johnson and Elizabeth Gurley
Flynn as party functionaries she
met or heard speak during six and
a half years Of activity in the
Washington ranks of the Com
muniSt Party.
Called 'Best Secretary"
She became treasurer Of the
Washington group and, she testi-
fed, defendant Albert Lannon,
then head of the Westinghouse Bal
timore District, described her In
1945 as "the best secretary (sic)
any place in the Communist
Party"
"He said I had the real mate
rial to be a professional revolu-
tionist," she said.
Lannon forced a wry smile.
Unlike the seven previous wit
nesses, Mrs. Markward did not
hesitate when cross-examining
defense counsel suggested that
she joined the party to inform. -
It'd say yes" she declared
Husband '1nformer", Too.
Later she. was asked whether
her husband also was IAN in
former" against the Communist
Party.
Il should say yes" she re-
piled in a clear. positive voice.
Mrs. Markward told of q gath
ering around May /, 1948, at the
National Press Club, at which
Miss Flynn addressed an open
meeting organized by the Wash
ington Communists.
She said Miss Flynn urged ef-
forts to defeat the then pending
Mundt-Nixon bill, purportedly
declaring it was "a completely
Fascist measure and something
which would hurt the party If it
should be passed"
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs presented through the
cooperation of the District and
Arlington, Prince Georges anc
Montgomery County Recreation
Departments and the Film Center
of Washington:
Washington at Dusk.
Georgetown, Thirty Fourth
street and Volta place NV.
Twin Oaks. Fourteenth and Tay.
lor streets NV.
Turkey Thicket, Tenth street
and Michigan avenue NE.
Sousa, Thirty-seventh street and
Ely place Sc.
Jefferson. Eighth and H street
S.W.
Hillcrest. Thirty-second and
Denver streets Sc.
Parkview. Otis and Wardel
streets NV.
Bundy, 429 o street NV.
Carver. Whittingham and Lane
streets NE.
Barry Farms. 1880 Sumner road
Sc
Prince Georges County, $3.50 PM
Riverdale Playground, Foot oi
RittenhouSe street.
Montgomery County, at Dusk
Cabin John Recreation Center
Macarthur boulevard, Cabin John
Viers Mill Elementary School
Dahill and Joseph Mill road, Sill
yer Spring.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Police Still Seek Customer
In $4,000 Gem Theft

Police today were looking, for
the customer" who escaped from
the Schwartz Jewelry Store, 708
Seventh street NV, yesterday
with q box of rings valued by the
store at $4,000.
The suspect, a colored man
about 5 feet 10 inches tall, came
into the store to "size" some rings
for his wife. He told Clerk N. v.
Collins. 3481 Croffut place Sc,
he was waiting for his wife to
meet him. MIR. Collins displayed
the box Of rings, then replaced
them in a drawer behind the
counter when another customer
came in.
Another clerk saw the suspect
lean over the counter for a min
ute, then run from the store. The
box containing the rings was gone.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Mrs. Morris Heuds
Board on Noturies

The District Commissioners to-
day designated Mrs. Una Rita
Morris, assistant corporation
counsel, to be chairman of the
Board for the Removal Of Notaries
Public from ofIice.
This board hears charges
against notaries public. She sue
ceeds Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Henry e. Wixon, who has held
the post for several years.
Evening star., 1952-08-12

A Hungarian baroness whose
family once owned large estates in
Hungary and Austria, now does her
own housework as a plain house.
wife in Southeast Washington.
But she is happy about it all, be-
cause today she became an Amer
ican citizen.
The former noblewoman, now
Mrs. Joseph Erdos, IS, of 3424
Twenty fifth street Sc, received
her final citizenship papers at nat
uralization ceremonies in District
Court.
Came to q. s. i'm 1948.
Mrs. Erdos, the former Baroness
Charlotte Maria Wolkensperg.
came to the United States in 1948
with her American husband.
The couple met in Bavaria, Ger
many, in 1916, when Mr.. Erdos was
serving with the Army. At that
time, Mrs. Erdos was a volunteer
nurse in Bavarian hospital. Mr..
Erdos came to the hospital to visit
friend. "And it was my luck to
meet him." Mrs. Erdos smiled. Mr.,
Erdos is employed by the Federal
Government.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Mrs. Markward
Says Red School
Wasurged Here
Housewife Testifies
At Conspiracy Triol
On Reports to FBl
BY the Assoeioted Press

+. NEW YORK, Aug. PA Vir-
ginia housewife testified yesterday
that one Of the Is defendants in
the Communist conspiracy trial
urged establishment of a Commu-
nist-taught school in Washington,
D. c.
The witness, Mrs. Mary Stalcup
Markward, of Chesterbrook, Va.
rose in Communist Party ranks
after joining to report on its &C,
tivities in the Capital to the FBI.
She said defendant Alexander
Trachtenberg told the District of
Columbia Communist City Com
mittee in 1949 that its member
ship should always be familiar
with the so-called Marxist-Lenin-
ist classics to be able to "solve
any problem that would come up
in day to day work"
Trachtenberg, she said, pro-
posed the District of Columbia
School, comparable to the Jeffer-
son School of Social Science in
New York to teach the classics. ="
Teachers. Might Twist Line.
"He said such a school should
be set up" she testified, "but that
If the teachers were not active
Communists they might twist the
Communist Party line.
Trachtenberg was one of four
defendants Mrs. Markward
pointed out yesterday. She pointed
out two others Friday.
Mrs. Markward said Trachten-
berg advised party members to
bring about the removal of anti
Communist literature from the
Washington Cooperative Book
Shop.
He also urged Communists get
jobs in the bookshop. she said.
Mrs. Markward pointed out
Trachberg, Pettis Perry, Albert
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Safety Officials Find
Old Birney School Fit
For Use This Fall

Municipal safety officials yes
terday declared the old Birney
School building structurally fit for
use this fall.
Approval was given after a
special inspection tour of safety
factors throughout the building,
|2427 Nichols avenue Sc.
The check was made on the re-
quest of the Emergency Educa-
ton Committee of the Garfield
PTA and the Douglass Heights
Civic Association.
This group had charged that
the building was unfit for school
uses. The protest followed de-
Icision by the Board of Education
to use Birney annex for relief of
Iovercrowded conditions at nearby
Turner and Garfield Schools.
Called Fundamentally Sound.
Representatives of the Fire
Marshal's Office, the District Re-
pair Division, Department of In
|Spection and the District Archi-
tect's Office made the inspection.
Their favorable report was given
to c. Melvin Sharpe, chairman oi
the school board, and to Francis
A. Gregory, an associate superin-
tendent of colored schools, who
also made the tour.
Mr.. Sharpe declared that "the
building is fundamentally sound
and. but for some minor repairs
needed, is in beautiful condition.
"The foundations here" he
added" are laid better than in
some of the new schools"
Out of Service in so.
Birney was first an elementary
school. and later was used as an
annex for Douglass Junior High
It went out Of service in the sum-
|mer of 1850.
A new Douglass is scheduled to
open in September and the old
building will be used as the main
Birney School. All the schools
are for Negroes.
The Birney annex has IA class
rooms and will accommodate about
500 fifth and sixth grade students
Evening star., 1952-08-12

"It can be done without money"
Mr.. Totten declared. "It's nice to
have money but there is plenty to
do anyway. In fact, it should have
been done last year"
Downtown Area Surveyed.
Mr.. Fondahl said he had been
trying to get the shelter program
with little success. for
more than a year. He is con-
on the downtown area,
hoping area wardens will follow
Mr.. Totten'S example.
Mr.. Fondahl said the downtown
problem is on the way to being
licked now, however.
He said the police reserve corps
a 150-block area down.
town. The survey was to eliminate
buildings which could not be used
for shelter, and listing those
which had possibilities.
The q engineering societies in
the District then took over and
are engaged in making technical
survey of the buildings with pos
sibilities, Mr.. Fondahl said. When
that is finished. real progress will
have been made. he added.
Evening star., 1952-08-12

wardens are consulting with the
owners as to the best spot in the
baSementsto take shelter.
In apartment houses, shelters
are being selected and residents
are being informed.
This has been accomplished by
volunteer effort soleley," Mr.. Tot
ten pointed out. mo public funds
have been expended"
Wardens Hard to Find.
The organization of Area E-40
has not been simple, however.
This progress. which Mr.. Fon-
dahl said far exceeds that of any
ether area in the city, has been
made in only four of the IL zones
in which Area E-40 has been
subdivided. Wardens can't even
be found for some of the zones.
In addition, a number of the
big apartment houses in the E-40
area lack suitable Easements for
shelters. Others objected to dis
playing shelter signs in their
ornate lobbies. This objection was
met by designing less garish
sign to meet the esthetic sense of
the apartment managers.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
This Civil Defense Warden Gets ResuItscam

A District Civil Defense warden1
is busily proving that the program
can work in Washington in spite
of woeful lack of funds.
Robert L. Totten is warden of
Area E-40. This area In the Civil
Defense setup takes in the terri
tory around Washington Cathed-
raj and Mclean Gardens in
Northwest Washington.
1T just will take unlimited
drive and CUTS to get this city
organized" Mr.. Totten declared.
Civil Defense Director John e.
Fondahl said MIR. Totten appar-
emily is applying just that method
to Area E-40 with results that
put the section far ahead of other
area wardens in the city.
Best Shelter Comes First.
Mr.. Fondahl is the first to moan
about the lack of Civil Defense
funds. His organization suffered
Ia heavy blow when Congress ap-
Ipropriated 100000 for local civil
defense work during the next
IL months. Mr.. Fondahl tried to
get an appropriation Of some
$500, 900.
The result will be o. skeleton
organization which will devote its
efforts to stirring up enthusiasm
among volunteer Civil Defense
workers.
Just what has Mr.. Totten done
in Area E-4O?
Mr.. Totten believes the first
thing to be done for Civil Defense
in Washington is TO determine the
best shelter available to each resi-
dent or visitor in the city. He says
everything else stems from this.
Surveyed His Whole Area.
Mr.. Fondahl said Mr.. Totten is
putting emphasis on one phase of
Civil Defense but finds no objec-
tions to this emphasis. He de-
cfared:
"Give him full credit. If more
people would take an active part in
Civil Defense as he has done, the
program would be put over"
Mr.. Totten and his assistants
surveyed their area. They found
STA detached homes, 80 semide-
tached homes, Is row houses, 4,219
individual apartments. IS business
houses, nine private schools, six
churches and one fire house. An
estimated $4,000 people live in the
area.
In four and a half months. Mr..
Totten recruited 223 wardens.
Shelters were selected in 46 build
ings and shelter signs erected in
10 buildings, including Washing
ton Cathedral. A total of 40
|wardens are taking a census Of
residents and 20 are taking first
aid courses.
Casualties Would Be Cut.
1--WE actually are trying to take
people by the hand, decide with
them where their best shelter
would be in case Of an attack, and
impress upon them the necessity
for such shelter" Mr.. Totten said.
If every one in Washington has
a designated shelter. the Civil De-
fense work would be simplified in
case of an attack, Mr.. Totten
pointed out. Casualties would be
cut drastically, he said. making
less work for other branches Of
Civil Defense.
In private homes, MIR. Totten's
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Cost Of Tag Program
In Civil Defense Due
For Airing Thursday

The cost Of the civilian defense
"dog tag" program Will get a public
airing Thursday night at the
second session Of the new board
set up to supervise this disaster
Identification plan.
The decision to hold an open
discussion of the dog tag plan was
made at the boards organization
meeting last night. The Thurs
day meeting will be open to the
press and public. It will be held
at District civil defense head
quarters in Reno School.
Joseph A. Kaufman, Washing
ton attorney named temporary
president Of the board, explained
that the group did not go deeply
into the dog tag program last
night because it was felt the press
should be in on its deliberations.
Says Firm Suffered Loss.
He said, however, that an audit
of the books of the United Equip
ment Co., which supplies the tags,
shows that "far from the fabu-
lous profits which some critics
of the Identification plan have
claimed they made. they actually
sustained a substantial loss"
w. H. Wolowitz, president Of
the company. was quoted by MIR.
Kaufman as telling the board
that while his firm would stand
by its agreement with the Dis
trict to supply the tags, the board
was free to look elsewhere and
see if it could make a better
contract.
Mr.. Kaufman said his board
has asked four cities and four
States for advice on Identification
plans.
A review of what the equipment
firm provides in addition to the
dog tags. Mr.. Kaufman reported,
shows that the so cents charged
for the tags also covers numerous
other expenses. Among these
costs he listed envelopes, card sys-.
tenn, file cabinets, registration
teams and various mechanical
equipment.
To File for Incorporation.
The board. MIR. Kaufman said,
will file certificate Of incorpora-
tion today. In addition to Mr..
Kaufman, temporary officers
elected last night include George
G.. Fleming, insurance agent, vice
president; Jerome p. Lynch Of the
Potomac Electric Power Co.. sec
retary. and Kenneth G. Read, air.
raid warden, treasurer.
Other incorporators are Ray
mand E. Lang, certified public ac-
countant, and Fl. Neil Mcmillan,
an ex-oficio member from the
civil defense ofaee.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Condition Of Machinist
Good After Gas Explosion

A 28-year-old Naval Gun Fac
tory machinist was in good condi-
ton at Casualty Hospital today
with burns received yesterday
when a can of gasoline exploded
and set his clothing af1re. s.
A quick k-thinking neighbor, Mrs.
Hazel Wirsching, 81. heard the ex-
plosion and Immediately sprayed
the victim, Donald Small of 4615
North Capitol street, with q gar
den hose.
The water extinguished the fire
In the clothing.
Evening star., 1952-08-12
Hacker Licenses Barred
To All immunity Drivers

The Commissioners today pro-
hibited issuance Of q hackers IL
cense to any applicant who claims
diplomatic immunity.
The move was urged by Traffic
Director George Z. Keneipp as q
result of the recent case Of Walter
C. Hook, jr.. employe Of the Saudi
Arabia Embassy who was arrested
by a motorcycle policeman on July
so for speeding 60 miles an hour
in a 25-mile zone.
He also was arrested in Prince
Georges County on a speeding
charge. In both cases he claimed
diplomatic immunity.