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Milford chronicle., 1952-01-18
State Grange Aids
Natl. Essay Contest
Delaware Organization Outlines
Entrant Procedure For Contestants

Harry c. Johnson, Master of the
Delaware State Grange, cOoperat-
ing with the National Grange and
the American Plant Food Council,
has announced a nationwide essay
contest on the subject, "COnserva-
ton Farming for Abundant Living" ."
The contest will close on March
81 with prizes tOtaling $4,000 be-
ing offered to young men and wO-
men through 20 years of age.
National prizes will be first, ST.
900; second, $500; third, $4OO;
fourth, fifth and sixth. each $500.
State prizes are $1OO, first; $50, sec
Ond, and S25, third.
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-01-18
Handicraft Day At
New Century Club
Variety OF Exhibits Attested To In-
dustriOuSneSS OF Members And Kin

Mrs. Leslie I. March was chair
man on Monday of the Handicraft
Day at the Milford New Century
Club. The variety of things shown,
some old and some new, spoke
much of the industriousness of the
members and their mothers and
grandmOthers. Beautiful quilts,
samplers, rugs, afghans, pictures,
embroideries and many other love-
ly things of the past and gone days
and some of the present were
shown. Each was displayed to ad-
vantage and the history of each
was given, either by Mrs. March
or its owner. Coming in for much
praise was the rug being done by
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-01-18
Potato Price Roll Back VIII
Mean Food And Money Saving

Moyau states Office of Price
rolbaCk ordered
families
price Deawars
this n the thousands since
consumption
Milford chronicle., 1952-01-18
Assured Quality In Poultry
Marketing Needed, Says Expert

consumption of poultry meat has increased ID percent
increased l25
w. McAlster marketing specialist with the Delaware Agcu
marketing
and market outlets lower pr
Milford chronicle., 1952-01-18
1852 Production Goals Are Set
For Major Spring Planted Crops

The Secretary Of Agriculture has announced the 1852 Production
part Departments
production
Evening star., 1952-03-09
o|''doy's
liqhIiqhts

9:45, WARLr--Washington Jewish
Hour: Vice President Allen Barkley
lis guest.
1880. WMAL-C College Choirs:
The billiard University Choir Of
New Orleans Is heard.
Hiss, WTOPN New York Phil
harmonic: French Pianist Monique
de Il Bruchollerie plays Tchaikov-
sky's Concerto No. In B Flat
Minor" Berlioz's Roman Carnival
overture and Elgar,s Enigma"
1890. VOL Georgetown Univer-
|sity Forum: Three Korean yeter-
ans discuss what Have We
Learned In or from Korea?"
2:3O, WRCAmerican Forum Of
the Air: Senator Homer Capehart
and Senator william Benton dis.
cuss "Do We Need Tighter Price,
Wage Controls2"
500. WCFM- Theater: Miles
Malles0n and Donald Wolfit. play
the leading roles In Moliere's|
"Tartuffe."
500. WRC Hollywood star Play
house: Paul Douglas stars In 'Hos-
pital Zone. Quiet"
$3.50, WMAL.--Vancouyer Sym-
phony Orchestra: William Warfeld|
and Irwin Hoffman are guest artists.
$3.50, WRC-The Big show: Ethel
Norman. Richard Eastman, Peter
LORE, Phil Foster and Meredith
Wilson are guests.
TOO, WOLr-American University
Hour: A dramatic reading Of Edgar
Allen Poe's Tell Tale Heart"
1880, WGMS- Guest Artist:
Pianist Wendell Margrave and
Violinist Jan Turkiewicz play music
OF Beethoven and Franck.
$500, WCFM National Gallery
Concert: The American University
String Trio plays music Of Jean
Francaix, Arnold SchoenberR and
Beethoven.
500, VOL New York Times
Youth Forum: DR.. Howard Meyer
hon moderates q discussion of show
Can Science Best Serve Ffumanity?.|
Bill Hooker Of Anacostia High
School is one Of the panelists.
$3.50, WRC-Theater Guild on the
Air: Montgomery Gift and Fay
BANTER star in The Search"
$3.50, WTOP-Playhouse on Broad
way: Barbara Stanwyck co-stars
with Robert Comstock, Rutgers UNI
versity Senior. In "Vivacious Lady. !"
$500, WASHSylvar Levin Opera
Concert: Mary Davenport and wal
ter Fredericlks are soloists.
10:O0, WRC-N New Hampshire
Primary Special: A preview Of the
flrst primary election in the presi-
dental race.
1000, WASH Oklahoma CITY
symphony Orchestra: Guy Fraser
conducts.
1880, VIVID District Round
Table: The topic for discussion Is
rs Released Time From Public
Schools for Religious Purposes Con-
stitutional?"
11:oo. w WWD &C Chicago Theater
OF the Air: Nancy Carr, Bruce FooteI
and Ruth Slater co-star in Jerome
Kern and Otto Harback's Roberts. ri
1850, WTOP-People's Platform:
Gov. Sherman Adams Of New
Hampshire. Shelby o. Walker andl
John W. Guider discuss 'Will New
Hampshire Pick the q. o. P. nomi-
nee?"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-01-12

negro women have been WORKING
~ huiialo defense factories since
last Spring, he reported.
Pose Program
a 'hrc point program TO re-
neVe the unemployment in De
'lolt has been adopted as JAW
,,fa'"ey Rouihcr said Monday.
Tvs program calls for increased
unemployment compensation ~
= ''i'' pres urc ON Wahnston
=, =, '''''" more dcfDne york H.
D','o.i trit9- allocate na.o ~,
' - ''''~ ea.n stecl and
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-01-12
$4,000 Negroes JobIess

lh.fty thousand Negroes are
marching "ith Detroit ,mcll,np
fmy Of Joblcs men They are
lighting with non aitchdlpac,s
and snow plows for the odd ~
me City has to offer Their mum
per IS expected 10 rcacn 90 900
eierc winter breaks
Walter P. Reuiher. head Of
the UAW.cI estimated Tues.
day that Of the total 1854 600
Iobiess men. $4,000 of them
were non. auto workers. He said
every effort is being made 10
bring .nio conversion STRUCK
Detroit factories. a fair share
OF defense contracts and ciiieaI
materials.
Fm A. Korncsg ~ The
-.nan it~sDc sa4 Tu1l,y -.
<ptt'e1 Nngfaa would n,,oh.,
~ 20 pe cent ol mo
epnmployed He ALSO .ppef rou
lnsf heIr" 70 10000
JAW siaris Survey
i.eii'nefs 7r." = Dril,lf "a
te7i 70 BE- the hardest mt - 49,,
oaiiDn arnament eatrr n
~ al eady m.nrba 81 fh,.
va" Is tzpecfed 30 prn t..
sDfaln .Dfg f-p,..
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-01-12
u. of Tenn.
Appeal to
High Court

WASHINGTON The question
of whether OF not tatc-sup-
ported university has the right
TO refuse admission To qualified
Negro students Will again come
before the United states Supreme
Court Jan 9 or 10. when at
tofncvs Tor the NAACP VIII ar
que appeals involving the Uni
vcrsity Of Tennessee
In March 1851. three judge
federal court. after hearing.
held that the refusal OF the uni
versiiy 10 admit qualified Ne
gro applicants was not case
within its jurisdiction. and re-
manded the NAACP suit for a
further hearing before a single
federal Judge.
The Jtaise handed down an
opinan holding that Ncgi oes
were cllslblc for admission. but
he tctu>ed 10 order the univer-
sly io tdut Gene Mitchell Gray.
LIN oin Ande. son Blakency. Jo-
scph Hutch Patterson, and Jack
Alexander the plaintiffs involves
IN order 20 gigc The university
time q appeal
NAACP lawvris appealed u
the S4pieme Count from the or
der OF the three adge court. le-
tuS.ng 20 assume jurisdiction.
They also filed motion for
leave 10 file petition for writ
II mand4mus seeking an order
rom me meh court ordering the
ihFe" udsc court 10 rcconvene
and uier the case on It's merits,
since ne right TO appeal was IN
doubt
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-01-12
Non Segregated Troops Fight.
Best in Korean, Mag Reports
Figures From
Battlefront
Observations

NEW YORK Possibly the
most impo.tant lesson learned by
the Army in Korea is that mixed
units OF white and colored sol
dierS make stronger fighting
teams than segregated units
In an analysis of the combat
record of the Negro soldier in
Ko-ea in the current issue of
The Reporter magazine. John
B. Spore and Robert F. Cock
lin. both associated with the
Combat Forces Journal. declare
that experience taught the
A my that the average Negro
soldier is as able and spirited
as his white counterpart when
he is convinced that his SUI
periors have confidence in him
and are treating him as an
equal
Although the lesson could have
been learned during the Second
World War, the Army was re-
luctant TO act as vehicle for
social reform 1t pointed TO sew
eraI Wa College studies made
attic the first World Wal which
found large Negro combat units
'lneilc.cnt and troublesome and
recommended that the Army new
e. again form Negro units of
divisional size,
Segregation dies hard IN the
Army despite recommendation
as early as 1922 that racial diff
tlculties could be avoided if one
or Two Negro soldiers we're placed
IN every white squad
In 1915 the Glllem board.
headed by 1t Gen. A. c. Gillem,
recommended what in actual
practice would have meant the
creation of second Army con
Slstlng entirely OF Negroes.
This proposal was demolished
by the Presidents Committee on
Equality Of Treatment and OPP
portunIty in the Armed Services
the Charles Fahy Committee
which pointed out that Scgre-
cation forced inefficlcncy in
two ways BY requiring skilled
Negroes to serve in racial units,
the Army lost skills which could
tind no place in Negro organiza-
tions On the other hand, by con-
ccntra,lng large numbers OF I'M
skilled Negroes in combat units
It multiplied inefficicncy.
Way Finally Opens
The Presidents Executive Or
del IN 1913 finally led to the
opening oi all job and school.
courses 10 Negroes 10 September.
l949 Other parts Of the directive
led - further step ia the fight
against segregation
The elimination OF segeeaation
IN the Army IS rot set complete.
The Reporter states
Progress has been Slow in
Europe and in such csiabl he'd
installations in the STATE d the
overhead units that operate the
ArmJ schools. large hcadquar.
ters and depots II IS almost com
pletely abolished Ia the Far
East.
Nero noncon and officer
have nad consr .31 sacce
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-01-12
Six Youths
Face Weapon
Holding Count

a warrant for carrying con-
cealed weapons vas issued Mon
DAY against six youths who we're
arrested near Central High school
saturday armed with clubs.
knives and a gun in an attempt
70 accept a challenge TO gang
fight.
They are Mitchell Mcclellan
49, 1877 Ford; Edward Samp-
son. ~. lS8 LaBelle. Odeli
mn. 10. lS45 w. Davidson.
Thomas Wilson. 20. 1875 Ford:
Tavern RaYford. ls. liza La.
belle; Ernest Bennett. Ia lsses
lverness. A seventh Communion
was released TO juvenil auior;.
nes because of his age. Is.
me youths were arfeSfcd Mo-.
oi,ieerS checking Disturbance
can az the chool sax ~. -
'eeN being thrown from ,he rr
IN winch they were ndtns Tho,,
lated u police thar n, frnn,
,'o' ''eIn High School had chsl'
'ensed them % heht. and ~,
. were returning with rem.
gang. e 'i'hefn
o ' Of the Gun va. adj
.tl o' McC iellaa
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-01-12

''ooo companies are being quo,ind
10 determine the actud cxicnt ~
unemployment among Go work.
crS.
kornegay said that other ct,cs
are already busy on dcfcnso .vark
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-01-12
tiviiies.

me p.in' pal work experiences
9'gsl''n VIII ask the ntp,bo, -
WORKED last var. supple.
'.' qeo. tlons VII determ,na
.f this was full-ilme -
work dome @ "Pe 81
=. ,Pe, ial questions on work
'i'nce arc n addition 10 ~
,p3 '''i.,'''es on employment
employment which ara
hed each month in the ca~,' sae
p'la'on Survey.
Evening star., 1952-09-28
By LiIIion Arthur

People whose names will be inl
the news again and again duringl
the next few months are:
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, whose
story of what she called "AnI
Africa Safari," will eappear in one
|of the early 1868 issues Of the
National Geographic magazine.
DR.. and Mrs. Grosvenor went toI
Baddeck. their summer home in
Nova Scotia. shortly after they ar
rived home from their African
trip. They are remaining there
until October IL, a little later than
they usually do, and Mrs. Gros-
venor is now working on her man
uscript in an effort to complete
lit before she returns to her busy
life in Washington.
The safari began somewhere
near Dakar in Central Africa.
They continued south as far as
Cape Town apd then turned back
north up the African coast. They
covered $4,000 miles on the trip
and their days were filed with ad-
ventures. Mrs. Grosvenor's story
will give the details of the trip.
Mrs. StrobeII Arriving
Mrs. Peter B. Stabell, the former
Dorothy Nicholson, will be in town
Thursday to stay with her mother,
Mrs. Jesse B. Nicholson, until after
the wedding Of her brother, Mr..
David Nicholson. and Miss Flavia
Lee. October "a in Our Lady of
Lourdes Church in Bethesda.
Mrs. Stabell has made her home
in Oslo, Norway. since her mar
lriage to MIR. Stabell. Mr.. Stabell
will fly over in October to return
home with Mrs. Stabell.
Cyclists Return
Lilly Stone and Mary Stevens.
the two Wilson College classmates
who started off in July on a bicycle
tour Of Europe. also are back
home again.
Pushing the pedals over TOO
miles of rough roads wasn't too
easy, but they covered Scotland,
England, Belgium and Holland
before they shipped their bicycles
back home and took to the trains
for transportation.
Each of the girls insists that
Ishe would make the same trip
|again and in the same way. They
both agree that they enjoyed par
lticularly the trip over Scotland's
rugged roads. There, they claim,
1.-THE weather was just a little
|pleasanter. the scenery a little
|lovelier than in other places-in
short. that their stay in Scotland
was just a little more wonderful
than any other part of the trip.
AIosko Summer
Mrs. Addie Constantine spent
the greater part of the summer
on a trip to Alaska. and she is
back at home in Friendship
Heights with material enough to
write several volumes.
Always interested in travel,
Miss Constantine had visited Ber-
muda. Florida, California and the
Panama Canal Zone, but never
had been in Alaska. Last winter
she read in the Sunday School /
Times of a tour to Alaska.
There were to be So on the trip,
Evening star., 1952-09-28
Mrs. Hale Leovinq To Joia Husband

Mrs. Dudley Hale. wife of Brig.
Gen. Hale. is of to join her hus-
band in Europe: She has been
serving as the Air Force repre-
sentative on the committee for the
rummage sale on October II and
18 for the benefit Of the Soldiers,
Sailors. Marines and Airmen's
Club. Mrs. Lawrence Kuter, wife
Of 1t. Gen. Kuter, will take her
place. Mrs. Kuter is also a hard
worker for this worthwhile prof.
ect, which is sponsored by the
Women's Army and Navy League.
AL sorts Of things in good con-
Evening star., 1952-09-28
Bethesdo-Lower Montgomery County
mrs. Grosvenor Is Writing
Story on Trip; Other News

$50 Miss Constantine went along.
The group went up the Inland
Passage and returned to Chicago.
There Miss Constantine left the
tour and visited Toronto and
Buffalo and then spent two weeks
at Ocean Grove, N. j., before re-
turning home.
Evening star., 1952-09-28
Returning Home

Mr.. and Mrs. Warren N. Hyn-
son OF Manassas and their young
son. Kenneth Newell. will return
next week from a To-day motor
trip to Holyoke. Mass, where they
visited the formers grandmother,
Mrs. j. N. Burt.
Evening star., 1952-09-28
Luncheon Hostess

Mrs. Henry F. Steinbock of Ma
|nassas entertained at luncheon on
Thursday in her apartment in
honor Of her guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
e. r. Thomas of Washington.
Other guests present were Mrs.
John Consolvo, Mrs. Allen Mer-
chant. Mrs. o. j. Fitzwater, Mrs.
A. w. Sinclair. Mrs. o. D. Waters,
Mrs. c. A. Sinclair and Mrs. Keith
Lyons.
Evening star., 1952-09-28

dition for the sale may be left at
the clubhouse. l015 L street NV.
Proceeds will go toward the upkeep
Of the Club.
The Miami times., 1952-10-25
RICHMOND HEIGHTS
ELEMENTARY

The Richmond Heights Elemen-
tary School believes in the Slo-
gan, Keep Right on Working.
The faculty and patrons of this
school met last Monday night and
organized a PTA. Mrs. Mamie
Williams, who is the vice preSi-
dent of the National Congress Of
Parents and Teachers gave some
interesting and encouraging re-
marks. The officers elected were:
Mr.. Ollie Williams, president.
Mrs. Wealthy Jonathan, vice
president; Mrs. Rebecca Fisher,
corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Madeline Williams, financial Sec
retary; Mrs. Emma Bentley,
treasurer and Mr.. Moore, chap
lain.
For the safety of the children
while they are on the campus; the
student patrol has been organiz-
ed by Miss Viola Crawford. The
patrolmen have been installed.
They are doing a wonderful job.
The officers elected were: EN-
met Gaines, captain; Ernest
Coney, first lieutenant and Char
lie Merritt, second lieutenant.
Mrs. Bernice Thompson has or
ganized a All club for the girls.
The officers are: Kelly Zeigler,
president; Gwendolyn Bentley,
vice president; Willie Finch, sec
retary; Bobbie Nickerson, trea-
surer; Evon Coney, reporter and
Sarah Lee, council delegate.
The intermediate Scouts and
Brownie Scouts were organized
by Miss Clyde Wright. The Off
GERS for the intermediate scouts
are: Gloria Williams, president;
Sarah Lee, vice president; Ernes-
tine Bennett, secretary and Will
lie B. Larkin, treasurer.
The Brownie Scout officers are
Sandra Nickerson, president; De-
lores Hodge, vice president; Fer
recita Pinder, secretary, and
Margaret Singleton, treasurer.
The sixth grade class rendered
a splendid program in chapel last
Monday.
Walter A. White, principal
Geneva Campbell, reporter
The Miami times., 1952-10-25
School Happenings . .
J. r. E. LEE SCHOOL

The IRE Lee Elementary school
has really opened with a bang
for the term 1928. New teach
ers added to the faculty for this
term are as follows: Mrs. Mary
Lane, teacher of first grade, Miss
Dolores Cox, 4th grade and Miss
Gloria Morley, physical education.
Many activities are being spon-
sored by the various organiza-
tons of the school. The Rockpit
Rangers Club, under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Lenora Smith, is busy
sponsoring poster contest. The
posters will center around the
Pit Witch. The participants who
draw the best "Pit Witch" will
be awarded a prize at the next
chapel program.
Last Fridays chapel program
was very Interestingly conducted
by Mrs. Clara Brooks, 3rd grade
teacher. This program was in OBJ
servance of Fire Prevention
Week.
Chief Melton of the South Mi
ami Fire Department came out
and gave a demonstration rela-
tive to extinguishing fire. He
gave us many helpful suggestions
concerning protecting ourselves in
case of fire. The school was high
ly praised for the very effective
manner in which it conducted
fire drill.
On Monday of this week, Mr..
Henry of the AAA came out and
installed the members Of the
safety patrol The members of the
patrol are as follows:
Dan Holmes, captain; John
.Stackhouse and Walter Powell,
ieutenants. Patrolmen: Alvin
Hannah, Fleetwood Price, Jimmie
West, James Wesley Woodard,
James Wright, Alphonso Williams
Clifford McClary, Benjamin
Jackson, Fred Miller, Roger
Thompkins, Charles Wright and
Arnold Brundage.
Mr.. Nelson Adams is teacher
sponsor of the patrolmen.
Mrs. E. N. Pittman, Prin.
Mrs. A. J. Pinkney, reporter
The Miami times., 1952-10-25
n. r. NOTION SCHOOL

The patrol group of r. r. Motion
school under the direction of Mr..
Richard V. Deveaus is doing a
wonderful job, they are getting
full cooperation from pupils and
teachers. The newly organized
group were installed recently
(42) in number. The following
officers were installed: Laconio
Jackson, captain; James Shipp,
lieutenant; Blonnie Rigby, lieu
tenant; Eddie Banks, sergeant;
Joseph Penn, sergeant.
The sixth grade classes are do
ing bang up job with their unit
on Citizenship and Character
Building, under the direction OF
the three sixth grade teachers,
Mrs. Wilhelmena Wilson, Mrs.
Zelma Black and Mr.. Richard v.
Deveaux. For the past three weeks
they have been giving daily as
Sembly programs over the PA
system and ending each program
at the general assembly on Fri
day. The following Citizenship
programs have been presented:
"Our Constitution Lives"-Mrs.
Wilson; Etiquette of the Flag -
Mr.. Deveaux and Challenge to
Battle for a Healthy Citizen. The
unit is still continuing and all
classes have been asked to visit
these sixth graders.
Our monthly PTA meeting was
held in our cafetorium on Mon
day, October Is with our chair
man, Miss A. Crawford, presiding
We were very happy to have SC
many patrons out despite the
weather. Emphasis was placed or
the necessity of voting for Amend
ment l, as we'll as active partici-
patton in all voting matters. Tags
were distributed to the teachers
and parents for the annual PTA
Tag Day rally.
Mrs. E. M. Espy, principal
Mrs. z. D. Black, reporter
The Miami times., 1952-10-25
Big Outdoor Thriller
Re-Enact. Adventure

Fur-trading perils ON the Upper
Missouri river in 1880 forms the
exciting theme of Howard Hawks
production, "The Big Sky" spec
tacular screen version of the best
selling adventure novel by A. B.
Guthrie.
Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin,
Elizabeth Threat, Arthur Hunni-
cutt and Buddy Baer have the
starring roles in the story of a
daring group who make their way
into the heart of the Blackfoot
country, $500 miles above st.
Louis, to trade for valuable beav-
er pelts.
The thrill packed adventure
screening begins Saturday mid
night at the Ritz Theatre.
The Miami times., 1952-10-25
BETHUNE SCHOOL NEWS

Attorney John D. Johnson,
prominent lawyer in our COM
munity was our chapel speaker
Wednesday, October l. He gave
very inspiring talk on four of
his favorites among the Colored
race.
His talk was a challenge to all
young boys and girls of today.
On Friday, October "a the 4th
grade pupils in Mrs. Edges and
Mrs. Symonette's classes are pre-
senting a play about the United
Nations.
These children tell some of the
things that the United Nations are
doing to help promote peace
throughout the world.
Various countries of the world
are represented by pupils in color
full costumes, who do singing
games and interpretative dances
of the countries they represent.
The assembly program is at
8 o'clock am. We invite your
presence.
Tuesday, October Fl, proved to
be another red-letter day at Be-
thune Elementary. That was the
day the students went to the polls
to cast a vote for the president
and vice president of the Student
Council.
Prior to election day a lively
and spirited campaign was car
ried. on by the candidates and
their campaign managers which
! family reminded one of the cur
rent national campaign.
The following are the results
of the election:
PRESIDENT
Donald Hopkins 1857
Lizzie Alexander ISL
Ira Morgan 78