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Evening star., 1952-07-19
Youth Emphasis Week
OPENS al Clarendon

A Youth Emphasis Week" pro-
gram will be held tomorrow
through Friday at Clarendon
(Va.) Methodist Church.
The Rev. Douglas Newman, pas
tor of Oak Grove Methodist
Church, Norfolk, Va, will be the
keynote speaker and chapel leader
Services will be held at 8 pm.
tomorrow, and at $50 pm. each
weekday. The program is spon-
sored by young people of the Ar
lington Forest and Clarendon
Churches.
Evening star., 1952-07-19

OF Bible Pres
b y t e r i q n
Church, 3038
@ street NV.
Mr.. Shopper
son, 81, Is a
n q t i v e Of
M o ntic e llo,
Ark. He Is a
gr a d u a tie of
II a m p d e n
Sydney College,
near Farmville,
Va, a n d of
Faith Theologi-
cal Seminary,
vii m in gton,
nal
Evening star., 1952-07-19
Pustor to Visit Germany

The Rev. Otto c. Schuetze, pas
tor Of Christ Lutheran Church,
Old Georgetown and Glenbrook
roads, Bethesda, will attend a
meeting of the Lutheran World
Federation next Friday through
August 3 at Hanover, Germany.
Evening star., 1952-07-19
Chaplain Chief to Preach

Chief of Navy Chaplains STAN
ton Salisbury will be guest preach
er at an II am. service tomorrow
in st. Johns Episcopal Church,
Lafayette Square.
Evening star., 1952-07-19
Pennsylvania Pastor
Comes 10 D. {. Church

The Rev. Flournoy Shepperson,
jr., former pastor of Grace Pres
byterian Church, West Pittston,
Pa, this week began the ministry
Smyrna times., 1952-04-17

tablished national reputation as
a classifer during the past six
years in which he has served as
Racing Secretary of the popular
and fast growing Buffalo Raceway,
Hamburg, N. Y. succeeds Dick
James at the ocean oval. James
recently was appointed Historian
for the United States Trotting AS
sociation. Mclean has provided
many a thrill for the fans at Buff
falo during his secretaryship there
and a large share of the credit for
the zooming success of the New
York oval has been attributed to
his skill at providing outstanding
races. But Mclean brings wealth
of harness experience besides that
gained at Buffalo to his new post.
In 1910, when big-time night har-
ness hacing was still in its infancy,
he was Associate Judge at Roose-
Smyrna times., 1952-04-17

left yesterday morning for Ashe-
vile, N. c., where they will spend
several weeks in order that Mr..
Bailey may build up his impaired
health.
Miss Katherine w. Beckett left
Monday for an extended visit to
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. G. Mariner, THE Frnotenac, F"
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Joseph v. Price, who has
been a resident of Smyrna for sew
eral years, has moved with his
family to Sassafras, Md, his form
er home.
Mrs. w. A. FAIRIES has returned
from a visit to her daughter, Mrs,
Harry v. Pyle at Camden, N. ].
Miss Elizabeth Denney is visiting
Miss Florence Wells in Philadel-
phia, where she will remain until
after the Commencement Exercises
of the Philadelphia College of Den
tistry, at which her brother, DR.
Reuben Denney, will be one of the
graduates.
Mrs. Frank E. Postles, Mrs. J.
Edwin Hoffecker, Mr.. and Mrs
John A. Hoffecker and Mrs. Ema-
line Waters, are guests of DR.
Frances VanGasken, in Philadel-
phia today.
Smyrna times., 1952-04-17

velt Raceway, L. l., N. Y, and in
the same year served as Associate
Judge at Good Time Track, historic
scene of the annual 100000 Ham
bletonian trotting classic at Gosh
en-, N. Y. In 1851 he was Presid-
ing Steward at Batavia Downs
Raceway and continued as Associ-
ate Judge at the Roosevelt plant.
Then the war forced an intermis-
sion of his harness activities, and
he served with the 14th U. S. Army
Division in the PHILIPPINES and in
Japan. Mclean is now 40, has
three children, and is definitely es-
tablished as one of the top Racing
Secretaries in the nation. He is
now hard at work preparing the
schedule for the 6S nights of racing
at Buffalo, which end August 2, but
is keeping in touch with activities
preparatory to the Ocean Downs
meet. He will arrive at Ocean
Downs on August 8, in time to
draw up the first entries for the
20-night session by the sea. He
will work in close cooperation with
two other new officials of the resort
tracks. Rudy Brittingham, Cen
eral Manager, and Paula Jablon,
Assistant General Manager.
Smyrna times., 1952-04-17
20 Years Ago

To make room for the building
of the dual highway from Black
bird to Smyrna, the old brick house
at .Blackbird, known as the Bassett
Ferguson property, home of the
late Lieutenant Governor Colen
Ferguson and owned by Theodore
Ferguson, has been sold to the
State Highway Department and is
now being torn down. Workmen
started demolishing it this week.
The house was constructed in 1910,
from bricks made on the property.
Miss Helen E. Bush, daughter of
the late Elizabeth M. and Henry
Bush of Wilmington, was married
to M. Davis Truax, son of Mrs.
Amanda ]. Truax of Wilmington,
formerly of Smyrna, on Saturday
afternoon in st. Andrews p. E.
Church by the Rev. R. Ridgely
Lytle, Jr. Mr.. and Mrs. Truax, af-
ter a reception to their many rela-
tives and friends in the dupont
Biltmore, left on a wedding trip.
On their return Mr.. and Mrs. TruaX
will be at their new home, 612 West
Twenty-ninth street, Wilmington.
Miss Ruth Kaufman spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey M. Kaufman at their
home at Columbia, Pa. Mrs. Kauff-
man returned to Smyrna with her
daughter on Sunday and spent a
short visit with her at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Hynson.
Mrs. Homer D. Hudson and Miss
Rena D. Williams entertained at a
bridge luncheon at the Wayside
Inn last Friday afternoon in honor
of Miss Nora Wills, of Stanhope, N
u. The guests were: Mrs. Hervey
P. Hall, Mrs. Clarence b. Raymond
Miss Cora Tschudy, Mrs. William
j. Taylor, Mrs. Howard R. Jones
Mrs. R. F. Corley, Mrs. William H
Stayton, Mrs. ]. w. Stayton, Mrs
R. D. Hoffecker, Mrs. Edwin c. Nc
Smyrna times., 1952-04-17

Kenzie, Mrs. John w. Clifton, Mrs.
y. Harvey Speakman, and Mrs. C.
]. Prickett.
Mrs. William G. Roe, who has
been critically ill for several days
at her home on Main Street was
taken to the Kent General Hospital
at Dover this morning in the
American Legion Ambulance. Her
many friends wish her a speedy re-
covery and hope to see her home
again soon.
Mr.. William H. McCawley of Bal
timore, Md, was the guest over
the weekend of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
P. McCawley.
Mrs. Lee C. Gooden who is crit
ically ill at the Kent General Hos
pital at Dover where she has been
since Saturday, underwent a bone
operation near the base of the
brain on Sunday. Mrs. Gooden still
remains in a very serious condi-
tion. Her many friends wish her a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. Sarah M. Farrell left on
Sunday for Washington, D. c.,
where she is the guest of her niece,
Mrs. Charles Howell LeFevre. She
will also attend the sessions of the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, representing the Elizabeth
Cook Chapter of this town.
Smyrna times., 1952-04-17

The proposed plans for a new fire
alarm system by having a syren
whistle at the plant and a system
Of electric push buttons, bells and
relays to notify the engineer, seems
now to be a dead issue. Henry S.
Anthony, chairman of the Electric
Light and Water Committee, stat
ed to the Town Council in session
last Friday evening that the whis-
tie would not work to the satisfac-
ton of the town, and that he had
boxed it up ready to send back to
the owner.
The sixty-fourth stated meeting
of the New Castle Presbytery con-
vened in East Lake Presbyterian
Church, Wilmington, at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Rev. ]. L.
Estlin, pastor and Mr.. George w.
Taylor of the Presbyterian Church,
Smyrna, are in attendance.
Messrs. Cummins Speakman and
A. Lee Clifton of Smyrna were
among the large numbers of New
ark folks who participated in the
FARMERS Dance" given by the Sc
lect set of that town in Caskey
Hall, Friday night. Every feature
was successfully carried out. The
large room was filled with straw,
hay, cornfodder, harness, ox-yokes
and farming implements, which
gave to the place an idea picture OF
a EARN filled with the seasons har-
vesting.
John Armstrong of Elkton, one
of the best known hotel men on
the peninsula died at the Smyrna
House. the residence Of his niece
Mrs. g. p. Gears, on Friday after
noon last, in his 65th year. Death
was caused by cancer from which
ne has been great sufferer, de-
spite the fact that several opera
tions had been made and he receiv-
ed the best of medical and suurgic-
al attention. When in Smyrna, he
was associated with Ezekiel Sparks
under. the firm name of Armstrong
& Sparks.
Mrs. Susan Wells has issued in
vitations to the marriage of hel
granddaughter, Miss Hilda Wells
to Mr.. John Selby Anthony, which
will take place at Asbury M. E
Church this town on Tuesday
morning, the twenty-ninth inst. al
half after ten o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel G. Bailey
Smyrna times., 1952-04-17
NEW SECRETARY
AT RACE TRACK
c. Stuart Mclean Jr., To Be
Racing Secretary at Ocean
Downs Track
TO OPEN AUGUST 5TH

Ocean Downs Raceway, the pic
turesque harness track overlooking
the sea at Ocean City, Md. COM
pleted the roster of its new officials
for the 20-night harness meet
opening August 5, with the an
nouncement by track President
Earl E. Conley that popular c.
Stuart Mclean, Jr., of Hamburg,
N. Y, will take over as Racing
Secretary. Mclean, who has es-
Smyrna times., 1952-04-17
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
so YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Evening star., 1952-09-11
West Asks Reds 10 Ease
|Curbs on I Nazi Prisoners
BY the Assoeiaied Press

BERLIN. Sept. 1.-THE West.
ern Allies have asked the Rus
slams to ease up on the sever
high Nazis spending their re.
manning years inside Spandau
Prison.
United States High Commis.
sioner Walter j. Donnelly dis
closed to correspondents yester-
day that the United States, Brit
ain and France have sent a let
ter to the Soviets, requesting q
modification of the rules in the
four-power Jail.
Mr.. Donnelly said those rules
seem much too strict, and prison
life should be made "a little more
human and livable" for the high
Nazis.
There has been no reaction
from the Russians as yet, but
most Western officials expect q
thumbs down answer.
The Russians feed the Nazis the
exact minimum, restrict their
courtyard walks to the exact min
imum of time and abide by the
letter Of the rules.
The Russians operate the prison
once every four months, the West
ern powers alternating in be-
tween.
Evening star., 1952-09-11
.GE Plans No New Offer
To Head Off WaIkouf
BY the Assoeic,ed Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE
General Electric Co. is not holding
back any "eleventh-hour addition"
to its pay offer to the CIO Inter-
national Union of Electrical Work.
ers UUE). a company spokesman
said last night.
"We have nothing extra up our
sleeve" said Lemuel r. Boulware,
GE vice president in charge of
employe relations.
Federal mediators, who entered
the company union dispute yes
terday, scheduled another session
today. The current contract ex-
pires next Monday midnight.
James B. Carey, IUE president,
has said a strike was possible il
there was no settlement satisfac-
tory to the union.
Evening star., 1952-09-11
BY the Assoeioied Press

LONDON, Sept. 11.-A porter
was sentenced to death today for
Staying a glamorous one-time
Polish countess who served as q
British secret agent during World
War II.
Dennis George Muldowney, Al,
calmly admitted stabbing to death
Mrs. Christine Granville last June
Is after the 37-year-old beauty
spurned his affections.
Muldowney refused legal aid and
showed no emotion during the
three-minute murder trial in Old
Bailey, Britain's famed criminal
court.
Evening star., 1952-09-11
Several Hurt in Clash
AT Harvester Plant;
Seven Are Arrested
BY the Associated Press

ROCK FALLS. ILL.,. Sept. IL
Fists flew along the International
Harvester Co. picket line yesterday
and several persons were cut and
bruised. Seven men were arrested
on assault and battery charges.
Police Chief Glenn Keim said
the first violence here in the strike
against INC plants that started
August 20 was caused by an in
vasion Of strikers from the tri-city
area of Davenport, Ia, Rock Is
land and Moline, Ill.
About 80 employees have been
working at the plant during the
strike. Yesterday. Chief Keim said
men arrived In automobiles to as
sist pickets at the plant entrance,
The chief estimated from rs to 100
were present during the f1sticuffs.
Most seriously hurt was Charles
Mosbey. SO, of Davenport. He
suffered a cash on the head and
bruises when hit with a lunch
pail. Several others were treated
for cuts and bruises and released
from the hospital.
When non-strikers obtained the
arrest of pickets on assault and
battery warrants issued by Police
Magistrate Louis j. Pignatelli,
those arrested had similar war
rants sworn out against the COM
planning non-strikers.
All were released on maximum
bond of 500 each pending hear
ing tomorrow.
Evening star., 1952-09-11
|3-Minute Trial Doon1s Porter
To Die for Murder of Countess

Mrs. Granville, born a Polish
countess, was awarded the George
Medal. the Order of British EN-
pire and the French Croix de
Guerre for her heroic exploits
when she parachuted into France
during the war to work with the
underground.
She met Muldowney in 1851
while serving as a stewardess
aboard passenger liner running
to Australia. He was q porter on
the ship.
After one trip she returned to
London. Muldowney later followed
her. The stabbing occurred in
the entrance Of a hotel where she
lived.
Evening star., 1952-09-11
Jury Takes 6 Minutes
To Indict Grammer in
|Wife's Auto Death
By The Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Sept. IA
grand jury took but minutes to
indict G. Edward Grammer Of
New York City for the murder Of
his attractive wife late yesterday
after the panel heard 9 of the 81
witnesses summoned.
The 35-year-old Office manager
of a metals firm has been held
without bail since his arrest 10
days ago.
He is accused of beating to
death Dorothy May Grammer.
33-year-old mother of three chill
dren.
She was found dead in her car
shortly after midnight on Au-
gust 20 by two policemen who
saw the auto careen down a hill
on a north Baltimore street.
slam up an embankment and
overturn.
Death Appeared Accidental.
At first it appeared as If she
were fatally injured in the crash.
But the officers found a pebble
jammed under the foot of the &C
eelerator. holding it down. They
said, after further examination,
she could not have received the
fatal wounds on her head from
the interior of the car.
After an autopsy the medical
examiner. DR.. Russell S. Fisher,
called 1t plain homicide without
qualification.
Grammer said his wife took him
to the railroad station shortly
before midnight and that he re-
turned to New York. She had
been staying here since early
summer when her father died.
Informed in New York.
There has been no report re-
leased by police to indicate if
there were any proof Grammer
left Baltimore at 1:27 pm. on
August 19, as he said he did. He
was informed of her death at
his New York Office the next
morning and returned here.
Under the indictment, Gram
mer could be convicted of any
degrees of homicide or man
slaughter. He is eligible for bail
when set. States Attorney An
selm Sodaro said he would ask
for an arraignment early next
week.
Earlier this week, q young
woman described by Mr.. Sodaro
only as an important and mate
rial Witness" testified before the
grand jury. She later was identi-
fed as Mary Matthews, 28, Of New
York City. Mr.. Sodaro said she
was more than a casual ac-
quaintance" Of Graminer.
Evening star., 1952-09-11
Two Boys Hijack Bicycle
And Tie Owner in Woods

The police bicycle squad had
another theft to work on today
but this one was little different.
Two colored boys stole 9-year-
old Tommy Fenner's bicycle right
out from under him yesterday
and then left him in the Fort
Dupont Woods tied up with his
own rope.
Tommy, who lives at 1910 v
street S. E., tied hand and foot,
hobbled his way out of the woods
off Fort Dupont drive and at
tracted the attention of a passing
scout car.
Evening star., 1952-09-11
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Evening star., 1952-04-20
HighIights
Radio Today,

9:l5, VOL ~ Cathedral Canon:
Rev. Theodore Wedel speaks on
Loneliness"
l0:30, WMAL- College Choirs:
The Tuskegee Institute Choir is
heard.
1l:35, WTOP-In Invitation to
Learning: Francois Renne de
Chateaubriand's Rene" is discussed.
1880, W0L-Georgetown Univer-
sity Forum: "NATO and World
Peace" is discussed by Marquis
ChildS, Representative Clifford Case
and DR.. James D. Atkinson.
1880, WRC-UniverSity of Chicago
Roundtable: John Nuveen, Paul
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Can Europe Unite"
200, WMAL- Hollywood's Open
House: Ann Rutherford and Jackie
Gleason visit.
200, WGMS-King of Thailand: :
A salutation to Punipel Aduljadet.
King OF Thalland, composed OF
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2:30, WRC-American Forum of
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Admiral Ben Moreell discuss What
Does the Steel Crisis Mean to
American"
2:30, WTOP-New York Philhar-
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soloiSt in Tchaikovsky'S Piano Con-
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400 WTOP, WCFM, WGMS-
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Dream Job"
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Youth Forum: Arthur M. Schle-
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$3.50, WRC-Theater Guild on the
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Ray Bolger is guest.
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1890, WWDC-District Round
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1l:00, WWDC-Chicago Theater
OF the Air: The presentation is
Verdi'S "Rigoletto."
Evening star., 1952-04-20
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Evening star., 1952-04-20
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Evening star., 1952-10-28
ROadrunner)

New Mexico's State bird is the
roadrunner. No bird is more alert
and unusual In it's habits. The
roadrunner is not only swift, but
dressed in colors that hide it. You
know where it Is only when 1t is
racing from one object to another.
His choice bill of fare is lizards.
He is known to many as the ground
cuckoo, chaparral cock, snake killer
or lizard bird. BY his names you
get some idea of his nature and
calling. He is from 1924 inches
long, his olive back streaked with
tawny- brown. The whitish chest
is streaked with brown. His hand
some war bonnet is composed of
blush bristle tipped feathers.
The runner appears to skin over
the sands and his ability to find and
capture swift running lizards shows
the feathered racer to be a very
clever hunter.
The nest, If you can call the
cluttered affair that, usually has a
fresh egg, one just ready to hatch
and twins Of featherless black
skinned hue. The oldest of the
clan leaves about the same time the
youngest one arrives.
All are fed on young lizards. The
parents whock the lizards heac
'on the ground until 1t II deac
Evening star., 1952-10-28

Watch the word unguent, which
means a soothing ointment or salve.
There is no sanction for the all-too-
commonly heard "UN-jent." The
"g" of all "gu-" syllables should be
hard, as witness: Guest, guide,
guard, guilt, gulf. Be sure to say:
UNG-gwent.
A word to campaigners both pres
ent and future: Demagogues is NOT
pronounced "di-MODG-ez"-if you
think that pronunciation won't
break the trend of thought of lis
teners (even those In "the smoke
filled room'D, you're wrong. We're
hearing and reading a lot about
demagogues these days, zone who
trades on the prejudices of the
people or his own interest" If it
must be used as an epithet for an
opponent, please say: DEM-uh-gog
(hard "g").
And the word epithet brings us
to another horrible" example OF
what not to do: Overheard ON a re-
cent broadcast: ". angry union
pickets hurting angry epitaphs at
the police" An epitaph is an In
scription on a tomb or grave. 1t
is from the Greek epi, upon" plus
taphos, "a tomb" The word the
newscaster should have used Is
epithet, "a meaningful name" pro-
nounced EP-i.thet. It Is probably
Evening star., 1952-10-28
Natures Children
By LilIion Cox Athey

then it is pushed head into the
throat of the infant. But the black
skinned youngsters manage to thrive
on this strange diet. After leaving
the nursery they are taught to run
and freeze, then brought face to
face with skittering lizard. The
parent races ahead to see that the
prize does not escape.
In q short time the young birds
appear to know how to grasp the
lizard in their strong. sharp beak
and knock it senseless. Then the
hunter backs into a cresote bush
and engulfs the lizard, head first
New Mexico is very proud OF her
State bird. His blue feathered war
bonnet and his long blue tail
feathers give him a look of dis
tinction against the sands OF the
desert. The extension of farming
into the desert is causing an
alarming decrease in their num-
bers. The road-runner is an in
stitution of the desert.