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Evening star., 1952-07-23
Alexandra Wants Industry

Alexandria's City Council hopes
to lure new industries to the city
with a brochure to be prepared
by the city'S Chamber of Com
|merce.
The council last night agreed to
pay $2,400 for publication Of the
brochure. D. c. Book. business
manager of the chamber, said his
organization will distribute the
brochures to likely industrial
prospects.
Alexandria acquired more than
l 900 acres of new industrial land
by annexation from Fairfax
County recently.
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1914 to 1916 before joining the
law firm.
A native Of Catawba, N. c., Mr..
Myers received his law education
at Duke University. He was a
of the District, North
Carolina and American Bar As
SociationS.
Mr.. Myers was vestryman
and registrar Of st. Johns
Episcopm Church Of Mclean.
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The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia and
vicinity-Mostly sunny with high
near 100. Chance of a thunder
shower late this afternoon and
scattered thundershowers tonight.
Low tonight near 78. Tomorrow,
partly cloudy with high in the
lower COS and less humid.
Maryland-Hot with chance of
thundershowers late this after
noon and scattered thunder
showers late tonight and along
the coast tomorrow. Low tonight
Evening star., 1952-07-23
Clock Makers Luid Off

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, July %
(P.-The New Haven Clock &
Watch Co. laid off $50 employees,
about one-Quarter of its working
force, today because of the steel
strike. The laid off employees
were working on material for
automobile manufacturers.
Evening star., 1952-07-23
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Montgomery Seeks
Stote School Loan

A school construction loan of
81, ,203 900 will be sought from
State funds by the Montgomery
County Council.
The action is in line with a
recommendation of County Man.
ager Irving G. McNayr. The
State loan funds carry a is per
cent interest and will be used
to help make up an So million
construction program authorized
for the current year. The new
loan would bring the county's
total borrowed funds from State
sources to $8.5 million.
Evening star., 1952-07-23
US. Plane Hits Beer Hall
In japan, Seven Killed
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, July 23.-Kyodo News
Agency reported seven persons
were killed today when an Ameri-
can twin-engined transport plane
crashed into a japanese beer hall
in Fukuoka prefecture on Japan's
southernmost island, Kyushu.
The dead included five men
aboard the plane and two bar
maids. Another barmaid was seri-
ously hurt. Flames destroyed the
beer hall.
Evening star., 1952-07-23
Rent Control Studied

Montgomery County Council
members agreed yesterday that
a public hearing will be necessary
to decide whether rent controls
should be continued in the
county.
The current control law will end
September 80, unless the council
adopts resolution asking that
it be extended. The resolution
would have to state that a short
age of housing exists. The ex-
tention would only cover nom
incorporated areas. Municipali-
ties would have to act separately
No date was set for a hearing
on the problem.
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the first checks to be mailed out
early in October.
The new law, in addition to in
creasing the actual social security
benefits, also increases to SIS a
month the amount of money a
person may earn and still receive
the monthly Government checks.
The old maximum was $50.
Mr.. Shortley said that about
$4,000 persons in the District are
affected, 1900 in Virginia and
$4,000 in Maryland.
Evening star., 1952-07-23

Of 70 to 78. Partly cloudy but not
as hot in the interior tomorrow.
Virginia-Hot with chance Of a
late this afternoon
with scattered thundershowers to-
night and in the South tomorrow.
Low tonight of 72 to 78. Partly
and not quite so hot in
the northern portion tomorrow.
Wind: Northwest at 13 miles an
hour at 1870 am.
River Report.
tFrom U. 8. Engineersl
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1952-07-23

Qu1red r. either
to prove their
case at the first
hearing or lose
it.
The commits
sion has found
tha t agencies
have been con-
tent to only go
through tn e
motions of an
appe al case.
with the result
that many ap-
p e a Is h a v e
dragged on for
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GIoriu Gruhume Sues

LOS ANGELES, July % (P).-
After a years separation from
movie director Nick Ray. actress
Gloria Grahame has sued for di-
vorce. Her complaint. filed yes
terday, charged cruelty.
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Mrs. Crosby Recuperutino

|. SANTA MONICA, Calf, July %
P).-Bing Crosby's wife, Dixie, is
recovering today from abdominal
operation. She underwent surgery
yesterday and is expected to be
up and around next week,
Evening star., 1952-07-23
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Agencies Agree to StreomIine
Appeal Cases of Veterans
Bv joseph Youno

The various departments changes
suggested by the Civil Service Commission
cases involving veterans in Government
Consequently the commission weeks
issue the order changing the present appeals
Under the program veterans will
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appeals on grievances. dismissals
and reductions-in-force, but the
number of hearings will be re-
duced and the agencies will be re-
Evening star., 1952-07-23

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. l01. on June 20.
Lowest. 10. on January 80.
High and Low of Last "a Hours.
High. 9S. at 1925 pm.
Low. 70, at 6:25 am.
Evening star., 1952-07-23

THE MODE: Importont Mems Corner
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Monthly precipitation in inches In tn
Capital (current month to date):
Evening star., 1952-10-12
Guest of DuuQhter

Elder and Mrs. S. A. Wellman
have been the guests of their
daughter, Miss Thelma Wellman,
Tor a week. They have returned to
their home in Orlando, Fla.
Evening star., 1952-10-12

comfortable, allergy-free :. single, double size
prices qualities oy lighter
density rubber wengh perfect sleeping
includes boprne matching ticking sturdy
design fobcs Each quo available single double sze and
checking rubber mattresses prices offer
quite sovhe Of the Steons Foster label that
Of the three qualities quality and three
The Sleep Shop
W6L-The Sleep Shop, Fifth Floor also BetedoChey Chase
Evening star., 1952-10-12
Back From Vacation

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter B. Thomas
and their daughter. Mrs. Betty
Edwards and little Karen Edwards
have returned to their home in
Indian Head following a vacation
trip to Tennessee and Alabama.
Evening star., 1952-10-12
.HeSSler Phot0

Woodside Methodist Church
was the scene on October IL of
the marriage Of Miss Susan Eliza
beth Harper to Mr.. Wallace E.
Roy. DR.. j. Milton Rogers per-
formed the ceremony after which
a reception was held at the CO.
lumbia Country Club.
The bride is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Alexander Harper
OF Silver Spring and Mr.. Roy is
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. WadS-
worth D. Roy, ST.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12

Fine qualify pinwuIe corr
dvroy coufs at a thrifty
low price. They're fully
lined with lUxCrious ruyon.
And you choose from q big
selection % new Full
shades. Regular = Ions
sizes 34-46.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12

August totaled $445,OO, with four
commitments leaving a net of
S4S1.OO
A petition was presented by res
idents Of West Laurel ST., a new
development, in which they protest
against erection of electric light
poles in front of their properties.
The residents contend the poles
should be located on other sites
available in the vicinity.
Three building permits were is
sued by the Council, the main one
being the permit for the additional
buildings to the Georgetown School.
! The other two granted were for
demolition Of barn to be replaced
by garages and the building of a
shed.
The spraying of Georgetown in
the battle against flies and mos
0uitos began last Friday morning
with the Lewes Unit of the Mos
quito Control Commission using a
motor driven sprayer. Prior to the
beginning OF spraying several tests
were made in possible breeding
spots in and adjacent to the town
and were found to be literally alive
with larvae. Residents were warn
ed by radio that spraying Of the
j streets would commence at 700 p.
m, last night. The town police pre-
coded the sprayer to facilitate
movement through any intersecting
traffic. Yesterday during the day
all catch basins and other likely
spots were sprayed and today the
work continues, including the
spraying of several open bitches
on the outskirts Of the town.
/ The Town Council is calling upon
all citizens to remove all trash
rubbish and weeds and to keep ali
containers emptied of even small
amounts of water and last week
began strict enforcement of the or
dinance for removal Of weeds OF
town lots.
Beginning on August 13, there
have been four cases of polio tt
develop in the Georgetown area
one of which resulted in the dealt
of a seven year old girl. This is the
greatest number of cases ever t
develop at one time in. this particu
lar locality and every effort is be-
ing made to remove any possible
sources of causes for any illness
: of an Infectious nature.
The first fall meeting of thu
W.S.C.S. of Grace Methodist Churcl
was held last Thursday night, will
Mrs. Edward B. Green presiding il
the business. session and Mrs. FL
wood Short, Spiritual Life chair
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12

Bailey and daughter Of the late
Charles Haitian and Martha Ken
merry Haitian. She is survived by
the following children: Mrs. White
of Delmar, Mrs. Roy Russell Of
Sharptown, Homer Bailey of Del
mar, Mrs. Mack Bradley of New
Haven, Conn, Mrs. Emory Yohans
Of New Haven, Conn, Mrs. Thomas
Hearn of Delmar, Mrs. Albert
krewatch of HyattsVille, Md, Mrs,
Roland Brumbley and Robert Brad
ley of Delmar and Leonard Brad
ley of Wilmington. There are q
grandchildren and % great-grand-
children surviving. Three brothers
also surviving are Charles Moore,
John F. Haitian and Howard Hat
tan of Mardela and two sisters
Mrs. William Mills of Salisbury
and Mrs. Grafton Mills of Hebron,
( She was a member of Old School
Baptist Church, Delmar.
Mrs. Blanche Sturgis has return
ed to her home on State Street af-
ter undergoing an operation in
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in
SeafOrd.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12

man, in charge Of the program.
Plans for the bazaar to be held
in the Church on Thursday No
vember Is, were outlined by Mrs.
Florence Graves, cO-chairman with
Mrs. Olive HOlsOn for the WS.C.S.
and Mrs. Velma Hayman, of the
,Strivers Glass. Plans include the
bazaar, beginning at IL am, Nov.
10; the serving of a business lunch
con for Guinness women and men
of the town, at noon, and a dinner
/ to be served from 4:S0 to 500 pm.
Chairmen for the various sec
tiOns of the bazaar include the fol-
lowing: Parcel Post Booth, Mrs.
Ida Mae Green; aprons, Mrs Oleta
( Smith; candy and cookies, Mrs.
Mildred Collins; fancy work, in
Guiding crOcheted and knitted ar
ticles, Mrs. Helen Stevenson; hand
/ kerchiefs, Mrs. Anne r. Wilson /;
white elephant, Mrs. Elizabeth
1 Mifflin; Farmers Market, Mrs.
Marie Pepper; Flower Mart, Mrs.
Mildred Petit; Stork Booth, Mrs.
Alma Mustard: Bake Booth, Mrs.
Prela Lynch.
Mrs. Green, the president, an
nOunced that the Fall Seminar OF
w. S. c. S. will be held in Salem
Methodist Church, Selbyville, We'd
nesday September "a, at 10:9O a
m, with luncheon to be served al
the church. Also announced was the
tea at Riddle Memorial DeacOness
Home in Wilmington, from 2 to q
pm, Oct. Is, with Mrs. Mabel Gar
rett Wagner, from New York, as q
speaker
Mrs. Short, in charge of the pro
gram, conducted devotional serv.
ices. Reports on the Methods
Youth Camp, at Centerville, Md.
were given by CarOle Enid Wilson
and jamie Roach, who presented
high-lights of the camp activities
and studies. Mrs. Elizabeth Mifflin
Mrs. Mary Keller and Mrs. Nellie
Mulligan each gave interesting
highlights of the program and &C
tivities of the Summer Bible School
held in Wesley Junior College, il
Dover, this summer. Mrs. MiffliI
reported on Bible studies; Mrs
Keller on Africa and Mrs. Mulligal
on the theme for the year
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12
DELMAR
By Mrs.
Ella N. CarmIne

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Coco and
children, Diane and Larry of Pas
sale, N. j., have been visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Day of
Ridbeville, Nd, spent last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Richie,
here.
John B. Lang of Washington.
D. c., is spending two weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Elliott at the
Ridgeview Farms, Delmar.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Jones and
daughter, Ann, have returned to
their home here after spending the
summer at their cottage at Dewey
Beach, Delaware.
Sgt George M. Moore, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Moore, of
this town, is spending a 30-day
furlough with his parents after
having been in Korea II months.
Mrs. Matte Kirk, who has spent
the summer at the Majestic Hotel
lin Ocean City, has returned to her
home in Delmar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Tull and
two sons, Ted and ROnnie, spent
the weekend in Washington, d. G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright Phillips
and son, Clyde, of Forest Brook
Glen, Wilmington, have been visit
/ ing Mrs. Phillips parents, Mr.. anC
! Mrs. A. E. Hautwerker, here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cooper are
vacationing in the POcOnOs.
Miss Miriam Wright has return.
ed home from a visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. Agnes Mathey, in Wake
field, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hurst o
Trenton. N. j.. have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hurst here
A number Of our young people
will enter various schools thi
month: John Lowe and ROber
Trader, both graduates in the Jun,
class at the Delmar School, will
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12
GEORGETOWN


The Town Council of George
town, meeting in the Town Offce
last week, voted unanimously to
authorize the installation of 149 adj
ditiOnal parking meters; discussed
plans for amending of the Town
Charter to eliminate outmoded
laws and ordinances; let a contract
for patching and resurfacing of
certain streets in the town and re-
ceived a petition from residents Of
one section protesting against in
stallatiOn Of electric light poles in
front of their properties and con-
sidered enforcement of weed and
rubbish control ordinance.
Mayor Harvey B. Spicer presided
over the session. The additional 149
parking meters will be placed on
North and South Race Street and
on North and South Bedford, for a
distance of one block each way and
on the Circle, with the exception of
spaces in front of the Farmers
Bank and Georgetown Trust Co.,
and the POstoffice. Installation will
be done within the next 80 days. 1t
is pointed out by the Council that
the parking meters are installed on
a $3.50 basis, with no cost to the
Taxpayers, the meters being paid
for out Of meter proceeds.
In order to bring the laws and
ordinances of the town up-tO-date
Lawrence Elliott, town attorney
will prepare amendments to the
Charter which will be presented tC
the next session of the State Legis-
lature. There are large number
of these out-moded provisions still
on the Town Charter which in tht
opinion of many should be elimin.
ated in the interest of the town ii
general and its residents.
The contract for resurfacing and
repairing some of the streets which
are in bad condition was let to thu
Delmarva Ashphalt Co. In connec
ton with condition of streets anC
alleys used for traffic in the town
which are badly in need of rehabil
itatiOn, the Council discussed tn,
possibility of holding a referendum
in which residents would be asked
to vote permission for the Council
TO borrow money to be used to d.
necessary work, such money to b,
borrowed on an arrangement which
would entail no increased taxes OF
the citiZenry.
Ins connection with enforcement
of a Town Ordinance enacted Jul,
8. 1851, the Council ordered letter.
be sent to all property owners
renters or Ieasers of vacant or un
improved land to remove all rubbish
and cut or NOW any lots covered
with weeds, etc. Under provision o
the ordinance such persons are Civ
en- five days to comply with thu
order, failure to do so resulting il
a fine of $1,000 and costs for eacl
offense and an additional penalty
of $1.00 for ach day of neglect Of
refusal to remove rubbish Of
growth after the expiration of thu
5 day period. Four notices have al
ready been sent out, three Of the
owners having complied immedi
Rtely. Suit will be brought by th'
Council against the fourth owner
who failed to comply.
Fines collected for the month o
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12

enter Fishburne Military Academy;
Barbara Bailey enters State Teach
ers' College in Salisbury, Md; Da-
vid Hastings, John Petersen, Kirk
Banks, William Ammonia, Charlotte
Philips and Kathleen Adams will
return TO the University of Della
ware; Archie Ellis will enter Uni
versity of Delaware as freshman;
Fred Baker will continue the study
of law as post graduate work at
William and Mary; Vaughn Dennis
is a senior at L. S. U.
Mrs. j. Paul Ellis left Friday for
Boston as one of 4 of the delegates
of the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Diocese Of Delaware, to attend the
two weeks session of the 57th
Triennial Convention of the Epis-
cOpal Church. Mrs. Ellis will pre-
sent the United Thanks Offering OF
the Diocese which is more than
$4,000 at the service in Boston
Gardens, Thursday. She is the re-
firing treasurer of the U. T. o., in
Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cooper OF
Lewiston, Pa, were weekend
guests of Mrs. Cooper's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Morris, here
Funeral services were held Fri.
day afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mrs
Lenova Helen Bailey at the Mar.
vel Funeral Home here. Mrs. Bailey
died Tuesday at the home of hel
daughter, Mrs. Harry T. White
near Delmar, following a long i'll
ness. Elder Harold Bennett. pastor
of the Old School Baptist Church
Delaware, Officiated and intermen
was in Smith Mills Cemetery. Mrs
Bailey was the widow of ROber
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12
Junior Chickens-Of-
Tomorrow Face Final
Test, Sept. 22nd

The contestants have been fat
tening their birds since early July.
The final entries should be deliver
ed to the Swift Dressing Plant,
Georgetown, between three and
eight p. M, September 18th.
The awards program will start
at 1890 p. m. September 22nd,
with an open house for contestants,
parents, and friends at the Uniyer-
sity Satisfaction at Georgetown. At
'2:15 p. m, the state dressed bird
judging contest will be held At
p. m, the judges will give the judg-
ing contest winners and why they
won. At 1920, awards will be pre-
sented.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12
A Prayer

eff our brothers are oppressed.
then we are oppressed. If they hung
er, we hunger. Grant US common
faith, that man shall know bread
and peace-that he shall know JUS
tice, righteousness, freedom and
security, an equal opportunity and
an equal chance to do his best, moi
only in our lands but throughout the
world. Franklin Delano Roose
welt.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12
Poultry Demonstration
Contest September IL
tcontinuso from flrsi passl

handling Of poultry on the Farm.
Those who enter the contest must
be IA years old, and not over Fl,
as Of January /. 1852 They must
be a All Club member, enrolled
in All poultry project.
The winner, or winners, Of the
contest will represent Delaware in
competition with 16 other states at
the Northeastern Poultry Produc-
ers' Exposition, in Syracuse, n Y,
September 30th-0ctober LIST.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-12
Component Parts

Exterior house paint is made Of
pigment. an oil binder and drier,
plus a thinner to make the paint
brushable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-14
Discovery That Only 3 Viruses
Cause Polio Will Aid Control
Use of Vaccine Available for Six Years
Awaited Completion of Long Research

so different that a vaccine for one
is no protection against the
others. And if you have polio
caused by one of the these viruses
that will not protect you against
getting polio again from one oil
the others.
The three types of virus are
Leon. Lansing and Brunhilde
They were discovered in that order
beginning in 1887.
Leon is named after a lad in
Los Angeles who died of this type
Of polio virus. Lansing was named
for Lansing, Mich, where the
virus was taken from a youne
man who died of polio, in 1888
Brunhilde is the name Of a chin.
panzee. which died Of virus OBJ.
tanned from seven human polio
cases in Baltimore in 1899.
The long search for these Grip.
piers has developed clearly thai
there are other viruses which re.
semble polio but are not thai
dreaded disease. The only one oil
these imitators fully identified il
Coxsackie, named after the New
York Upstate town where it was
discovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-14
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-There
are three viruses which cause
polio, and long search has un.
covered no others, the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly.
sis announced today.
It is the result of the largest
research job ever undertaken with
March Of Dimes money. The study
covered three years and was
worldwide.
Today's announcement is q
milestone in polio because the
trials Of vaccine have been wait
ing for this study to be completed
The vaccine has been available
for nearly six years. It's testing
could not be done satisfactorily
as long as the number of diff
ferent viruses causing polio wa.
unknown. Now the vaccine car
be tried. It was developed al
Johns Hopkins University, first
for monkeys and on them II
showed nearly complete protec-
ton.
The foundation report names
the three types of polio virus
each one able to cause all the
known kinds of polio, but each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-14
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

ERRANT SPAN RETURNED-Ensi.
neers worked Yesterday to free 49,
foot span Of the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge which broke loose and ron
aground o quorter Of mile awoy. A
Stor photographer wos there to record
in pictures the job Of flootina the
span and towing it back in ploee.
Pose 81.
SPRING AND FAsHIoNs-spsiso.
it soys here. is coming, ond the de-
sisners ore busy dreaming up costumes
for women who will soon BE- shsddisa
their eeots. Eleni reports fran Nav
York on the latest fashiohs, and what
the designers hove to soy ebouf them.
pase 81. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-14

to report 1t to Fire Marshal Ray
mond c. Roberts.
Baltimore f1remen started tests
today on blankets used TO wrap q
popular brand of doll. Firemen
had q report the blankets were as
inf1ammable as the sweaters.
Police Capt. Millard Horton said
the fire department tests followed
o complaint from q Baltimore res
ident who touched q match to q
doll blanket. Horton quoted the
man as saying:
ut went up like celluloid."
Meanwhile, States Attorney
Anselm Sodaro said he would ask
the legislative council to recon-
mend laws aimed at statesmen
peddling inilammable sweaters.
About three dozen cases Of sweat
erS have been turned up.
Three men selling sweaters on
o parking lot were reported ar
rested. L
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-14
Fight by Insurgents
Facing Both Parties
In California Contests
Opposition SIotes Likely
To Enter Against Truman
And Gov. Warren
By the Asseeioied Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IA
Insurgents today challenged eff
forts Of leaders in both parties to
deliver CALIFORNIA; votes for Pres
|ident Truman and Gov. Earl
Warren in the Democratic and
Republican presidential nominal
ing contests.
Arrangements by organization
Democrats to put a slate of dele