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Smyrna times., 1952-10-30
PROPOSAL FOR TRAFFIC COUNTERS
CONTRACT SERIAL NO. TP-2-52
Hourly Clearance Recording
Traffic Counters.
Cumulative non-recordng traf-
fic counters.

Attention is called to the special provi-
sions in the proposals, specifications and
contract agreement.
Copies of proposals are available upon
request at the State Highway Department,
Equipment Division, Dover, Delaware, At
tention w. B. Markland.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
The envelopes provided by the Depart
ment for bidding shall be identified as to
Proposal Number and name of bidder in
the space provided therefor.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Awards may be made in any combination
which will best serve the purposes of the
Department.
The successful bidder will have the re-
sponsibility of performing predelivery SER
vice.
All bids submitted must be for the net
price not including Federal Tax.
Any dealer submitting a bid will not use
the name of this Department in any adver-
tising, if he is a successful bidder.
DELAWARE STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT
By: j. H. Tyler Mcconnell. Chairman
Richard A. Haber, Chief Engineer
October 20, 1852
Dover, Delaware
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HOUSE FOR SALE 8 rooms,
bath, entrance hall, storage room,
attic, storm and screen sash, G.E.
automatic oil burner, steam heat,
lot size 52x2O0, barn facing alley,
plenty of shade, excellent location,
quick possession. 205 South St.,
Smyrna, Del. Call or phone 1912.
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BUY FURNITURE WISELY
For the best in prices and quality
see our complete display of more
than one-third acre of furniture.
Mundy Brothers, Furniture, Car
pets, Bedding. S12-14-16 King St.,
Wilmington, Phone 5-3376.
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NOTICE-Have your lane grad
ed before winter. Call Paul Spenc-
er, Dover 417S, for estimate by the
hour or contract.
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NOTICE
Phone Smyrna 5091

CARD OF THANKS - Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. zippe wish to thank
everyone for their expressions of
sympathy in the recent death of
their daughter, Elsa.
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FOR SALE = Dodge 10-wheeler
with new custom 18' fiat bed. Less
than 5000 miles since complete mo-
tor job. Can be seen at the Warn
er Fruehauf Trailer Co., Smyrna,
Del, or call Smyrna 9301.
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SALE-Friday, Oct. 81, 1852 at
my home on Delaware Street from
9 to 5, Antique Rocker, Victorian
Chair, Blanket Chest, other things
too numerous to mention. Nellie
Garner, Phone 1896.
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FOR SALE = Groom House,
Spruance City, electric, shower.
$45OO. Others. Ollie D. Loose,
Realtor, Smyrna Telephone 6451.
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Century Club Board Meeting

All members of the Twentieth
Century Club Board, chairmen, will
meet with Mrs. R. EE Denney on
Monday, November 8, at 2 pm.
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FOUND
NOTICES

NOTICE. am now taking or
ders for Yellow Mountain Locust
Posts. Charles Poore, Phone
Smyrna 1852 or 3747.
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Books at Library

Queens Gift, by Inglis Fletcher.
Morning in Kansas,
by Kenneth S. Davis
Shadow Marriage,
by Kathleen Norris
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NOTICE. will not be RESPONSE
BILE for any bills unless contracted
by myself. Henry ]. Harvey.
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HALLOWEEN DANCE at VFW
Post Home, Clayton Friday, octop-
er 81, $50 pm. Come masked or
unmasked. Prizes will be given.
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PUBLIC SALE
Sponsored by Clayton Lions Club
Saturday, November 8
1870 pm.
PUBLIC SALE

on site former st. Paul's Church
ITEMS FOR SALE
Farm Equipment, all types.
Used Clothing, Automobiles, An
tiques, Furniture. Bring in any
thing you wish to sell. viii charge
commission.
Medford Davis, Jr., Auctioneer
Roland Mills, Outside Clerk
Mrs. Henry Ennis, Inside Clerk.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Heavy Guage Used
Fuel Oil Tanks. Sove over one
half. Sizes from 200 gal. up. From
$4,000. L. Hampson, Odessa. Phone
Middletown 2245.
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CONTRACT SERIAL NO. 525S-1S
ONE BOILER FOR STEAM HEATING
STATE ROAD GARAGE
NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Rating 2600 So. feet equipped with therm-
ostat controls
Pressure Type Oil Burner for the above
boiler. This heating system is to be
installed at State Highway Garage,
State Road, Delaware.
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CHAIN SAWS, Sales, Service,
Parts, Roberts, shop on DUPONT
Boulevard at Blackbird, Del, 9 a.
m. to 8 pm. Call Middletown
2719 after A pm. call Newark 2O471
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FOR SALE = Oriole Gas Stove,
good condition, reasonable; bottled
or regular gas. Phone evening 6472.
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CONTRACT SERIAL NO. 525s-i2
SNOW PL0WS

SNOW FLOWS
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Extra Heavy Duty Reversible Mold
boards.
Extra Heavy Duty Adjustable Flowing
Angle High Speed Tripping Moldboard.
0ne-Way Type.
There are five used Snow Plows to be
traded in and may be inspected for ap-
praisal at the State Highway Garage. State
Road, Delaware, any work day between the
hours of 8 100 AM. and 100 PM, EST.
SUSSEX COUNTY
4-Reversible Blade Snow Plows with g.
"a" Moldboard Complete with: Front
frame attachment and bumper arm
type. hand hydraulic lift device, for
installation on 1lA ton trucks.
There are four used Snow Plows to be
traded in and may be inspected for ap-
praisal at the State Highway Garage.
Georgetown, Delaware, any work day be-
tween the hours of 100 Am. and 4;O0
PM, EST.
Smyrna times., 1952-10-30

Anthony Carroll. Auctioneer
Evening star., 1952-05-15

Europe. They have emphasized, too that they
unqualifiedly reject the Russian idea that the
proposed peace treaty must forbid the Germans
to join in the European Defense Community
under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
However, France, Britain and the United States
are ready to negotiate with the Kremlin If the
Kremlin is willing to agree to these points and
cooperate in the following procedure: Cd An
impartial and unhampered investigation -
preferably by the existing special United Nations
commissioning determine whether genuinely
free elections can be held in the Soviet zone and
other parts Of Germany; (2) four-power consul
tation on the basis of the investigation to reach
an understanding on staging those elections
under conditions guaranteeing their honesty;
and 60 measures to insure that the resulting
alderman government of the reunited country
will have necessary liberty of action before as
we'll as after the working out of final detintive
settlement.
Since the Russians have every reason to fear
that genuinely free elections would result in
crushing Communist defeat in the Soviet zone
and since such defeat would be blow to their
long-range plan to win eventual control of the
whole of Germany, the chances are that the
procedure proposed by the Big Three will get
an extremely cool and perhaps vituperative
reception. But that does not alter the fact that
the procedure itself is fair and reasonable. If
the Stain government really wants a peaceful
settlement of the German issue, the means are
at hand.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Miss Merrick

Mary Virginia Merrick was young girl
when she founded the Christ Child Society in
1886. Now she is more than 80 years of age.
Her life has been spent in the service of others.
The movement she sponsored has become one
of the social assets of Metropolitan Washing
ton It also has spread to other cities, even
to foreign countries. There is every reason to
believe that it will continue to prosper indefi-
nitely, living monument to the brave and
valiant spirit from whom it derives
Crippled herself when she was in her teens,
Miss Merrick always has felt kinship for chill
dren who were handicapped. It therefore is
appropriate that the latest of her dreams to
come true is hospital on the Christ Child
Farm on the Rockville pike in Maryland. Her
settlement house at 608 Massachusetts, avenue
Me- and her summer camps are branches Of
her organization which she directs from wheel
chair Much of the money needed to support
the work comes from the sale of used objects
and articles at her Opportunity Shop at 1927
Wisconsin avenue NV.
Four generations of young people have
profited thus far from Miss Merrick's idealism.
The example she has set inspires many of her
Junior contemporaries. So the Christ Child
Society is certain of continuance as far into the
future as there may be need for it. Looking
back, the initiator of "this good cause" well may
accept the conviction Of Alexander Hamilton
that every great human institution Is the
heightened shadow Of great personality.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Radio Commercials

am thoroughly weary, disgusted, and
insulted by the general calber of radio
advertising.
Particularly Objectionable are disc
jockey programs which feature mini
mum of music and deluge of deceitful
drivel which offends the ear. turns the
stomach, and trays the nerves. CONNER
cials on these programs are character
lied by endless repetition and short-story
length; they are delivered by hawkerS
who scream and shout at machine gun
pace, drool in sickeningly saccharine
voices. and bribe with anything from
piggy banks to chicken gizzards.
Even more unfortunate than the ef-
fects this cacophony has on the hapless
listener is the apparent success of this
technique in selling. Perhaps some do
not realize that they are paying for this
and can quickly put a stop to it by in
forming the offending merchants and
by boycotting them If the advertising
doesn't improve.
Happily there are a few advertisers
whose commercials are brief, effective.
dignified and delivered in calm and sane
manner. Julian w. Haydon.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
This and That
By Charles E. TroceweU

This is the famous territorial theory,
as it is called; each nesting pair is sup
posed to stake out a territory Of it own,
and to set up nest. But in doing this,
they first must look the land over, and
to do this, they must indulge in little
police action"
So you have it that some very fine
birds do some very lousy things. For
tunately, some of them do such things
only occasionally We have seen mother
cardinals chase robins as if they were
flends. We have been robins do exactly
the same. thing to redbirds.
It is necessary to keep in mind that
only a few species make q business of
killing other birds. At the peak Of these
predators, Of course, stand the various
hawks. Since these are far-rangers, they
will not take more than one or two birds
out Of any yard in year.
Pretty sharp eyes have been kept on
our own place, and we can say with some
surety that hawks have not seized from
it more than a dozen birds in 20 years.
The grackle is a species that delights
in killing the neStlingS of other birds.
It seems to be favorite sport with them
to tear off the legs and heads of cardinal
young.
But in the main the birds get along.
very well with each other. probably much
better than human beings do with hu-
mans.
Occasionally. there is an individual
mockingbird that loves to do the dog
in-the-manger act. He will drive all
other birds away from feeding station,
and then refuse to eat. himself.
Evening star., 1952-05-15

This often occurs in winter, when food
is difficult for all species to find.
"BILTMORE STREET.
Dear Sir:
"This mNrning the radio blared Some
where Over the Rainbow bluebirds fly,
ETC., and it reminded me of my long
departed bluejay, Petey. He came to me
as starving little stubby- tailed indi-
vidual which had fallen out of some nest.
fed him little balls of hard-boiled egg
and unsalted cracker. rammed little
pellets Of this down his throat with the
little finger; water with an eye dropper.
"Well, Petey grew into a handsome
bird. with more character, plain and
fancy deviltry than any bird ever had.
He could literally raise the dead, calling.
and that indirectly was responsible for
his death. I was afraid some of the
neighbors would object. so I put him
in closet at night, as he would wake
everybody at daybreak.
"Had the closet fumigated for moths,
and two weeks later put him in there.
The next morning he was gravely sick.
He died in my hand, as II to say, You
did this to me-
There are two points to this story
well worth noting. Most any bird makes
much more wonderful pet if taken
away from its own kind and not Gagged
I guess was just another bluejay to
Petey.
"The second lesson is that disinfect-
ants and the like are very dangerous to
birds and pet fishes. too. and their
effects last longer than you think.
yours truly, r. c."
Evening star., 1952-05-15
"THIRTY-THIRD STREET.

"THIRTY-TH1RD STREET.
Dear Sir:
do mockingbirds destroy or interfere
with the nest building of other birds?
"A pair of catbirds came to my garden
last week and began to eat raisins from
my hand the first day. When the mocker
interfered with one, he got his mate and
together they drove the mockingbird out
of the garden.
Nov they come around for a few
minutes only, and before getting their
raisins they fly up to the tree where they
are building their nest as though appre-
hensive about something.
"They have barely been here long
enough to have eggs or babies; so it may
be the nest itself that the mockingbird
is disrupting.
every truly yours.
III R. S. COL .: S. A. retired"
Most species interfere with others at
times.
The common wren is a notorious egg
pecker and nest-destroyer
Charges often are made against the
jay. The English sparrows delight in
taking over bluebird nests. The starlings
sometimes attack and drive away the
thraSher.
So it goes, all up and down the bird
lanes. Part of this attitude is due to
original nature, as one might say; hui
mans share In this, as well as birds and
animals.
In the bird world. there is special
reason for it. Food is hard to come by
for so many mouths. and this means that
If there are too many nests In q given
space, some babies may 90 hungry.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Letters to The Star

the redevelopment operations and that
new housing accommodations should
be provided for both white and Negro
families. The Redevelopment Land
Agency will not at any time designate
redevelopment areas for white families
or for colored families. Any such desig-
nation would be clearly contrary to the
spirit of our legislation and to the estab-
Ished policies of our agency.
Further, neither in our press con-
ference nor in our press release was
any statement made to the effect that
the Davis plan was "out"
We appreciate your fine coverage of
this agencys program in the past and
will appreciate very much your publica-
tion of this letter to rectify the mis-
statements in Sundays article.
John r.. Searles, jr.
Executive Director. District of Colum-
bia Redevelopment Land Agency.
Editors note: The Star does not
feel that it's story misrepresented the
statements made at Mr.. SearleS' press
conference, with the exception of the
reference to the Davis plan, which was
a typographical error and was regret
table. The erroneous passage read:
"The Peets plan is before the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion, but the Davis one is out" The
last word should have been "not.")
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Southwest RedeveIopment

In your story describing the alterna-
tive redevelopment plan submitted to us
by the architectural firms of Juste-
ment. Elan & Darby. architects Keyes,
Smith, Satterlee, architects, and Leth-
bridge (associate), there were num-
ber of statements resulting from mis-
understandings at our press confer
ence, suggesting policies which have
been and are now contrary to the prin-
ciples Of this agency.
The article states, "The point is def
nitely not rebuilding housing for the
people now living there. 1t is to attract
a higher-income group" It has been
our objective and recommendation to
the planning commission that the area
be redeveloped for families of various
income levels. This includes attract
Ing higher-income families to the South
west but at the same time providing
housing for substantial numbers of fam
lilies of low or middle income groups,
many of whom live in the Southwest
at the present time. Furthermore, this
agency has stated that it will seek re-
housing in the area for those families
who now live in the Southwest and who
choose to remain there after redevelop-
ment. Further, we have assured the
people in the Southwest that we are re-
sponsible for the rehousing Of all fam
lilies who now live in the area and who
may be displaced, and that no family
will be evicted except for non-payment
of rent and failure to accept an offer
of decent alternative accommodations.
The article states. further, Area
"A under the new plan would probably
have white occupants. Area B. now
almost entirely all colored, probably
would stay that way" This is not the
policy of our agency. and any implica-
ton that it is. clearly is in error. White
and Negro groups now live in the area
in harmony. We feel that this harmony
should be preserved and encouraged in
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Ridewoy's Porting Shot

Gen. Matthew Ridgway's denunciatory
blast at the Communist truce delegates
during his farewell press conference at
first seems to set an unfortunate prece-
dent in the Korean truce talks. It
seems to embarrass any truce negotia-
tions under Gen. Mark w. Clark, to
whom he turned over his command.
Gen. Ridgway called the Red delegates
lying" men of neither logic nor in
tegrity. can't condemn in strong
enough terms their baseless, lying
charges of germ and chemical warfare.
.. The Communists know they are
lying. They (the charges) are an inter-
national crime of the first order" At
the same time he fatty gave notice that
the u. N. would not bulge from it's final
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Extend the Authorization

The $l14 million appropriation which the
President has asked for five local hospitals is
part of the hospital-construction fund which
Congress already has authorized Since the
money in effect has been pledged, it should be
advanced without hesitation. But coincident
with the appropriation Congress should see to
1t that the authorization does not expire before
the building program can be carried out That
WILL happen unless the Hospital Center Act. as
amended last year, is extended beyond the June
81 deadline originally written into the act
The center authorized by the law is still in
the planning stage. Several hospitals outside
the center program are ready to proceed with
ther separate projects however. The nom
center institutions were promised Federal aid
under an amendment adopted by Congress last
be divided among Sibley. Casualty Children's
National Homeopathic and Providence Hospitals
Half OF the Federal advances eventually would
be repaid to the Treasury by the District on
long-term basis Matching funds must be put
up by the institutions themselves In the center
development will be Emergency, Garfield and
Episcopal Hospitals Contractual technicalities
and other red tape have delayed a start on the
center, which is to be built on the Soldiers Home
grounds, adjoining the proposed Veterans
Administration medical center.
Extension of the center act for another five
years has been approved by the House and by a
subcommittee of the Senate District Committe
Mr. Truman's request for an appropriation should
accelerate favorable action by the Senate on
continuance of the basic authorization.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
Girl With Flowers

Her eyes are closed and the fragrant
bloom
Circles her hair like hdlo's glo1D:
What are her thoughts in that moment
there?
She. alone, can knoU.
But I think of a Greek girl long ago
Waiting her loue while the fragrant air
OF the Grectan night and the blossoms
there
Haloed her dusk-stDeet hair.
Empires and kings haze gone their uay-
And girl stands silent dreaming
there;
Centuries fade, but they remain:
TlDo girls pith haloed hdtri
Arthur Wallace Peoch
Evening star., 1952-05-15

offer to exchange 10000 Communist
prisoners for 10000 Allied prisoners. He
reaffrmed the U. N. refusal to send back
the $4,000 Communist prisoners who
prefer U. N. asylum to confinement in a
concentration camp or death at the
hands of the Reds.
Red propagandlSts may step up their
vlrulent attacks because Gen. RidgWay
has so soundly upbraided them. The
Korean truce talks may now seem to
degenerate into a launching site for
propaganda from both sides. Until now
we have seemed to be losing the propa-
ganda war in the Orient. In naming
them liars Gen. Ridgway has not de-
scended to the level Of the Reds-name-
calling for the sake of putting out a
smokescreen. Pointed and pungent re-
proof of the Reds is but first step in
taking from them their initial advan-
tage. The next step is to tell clearly
that the U. N. will always act fairly,
with equal justice for all.
The U. N. commander has uncovered
the Reds for what they are and is hold
ing them up for world censure 1t is
good tactics to put the Reds on the de-
fensive. Face" means much in the
Orient. The Reds will lose much face"
unless they can shout down the charges.
Gen. Ridgways attack must be strongly
supported by follow-up tactics. But this
attack may win back for the U. N vast
part of the Orient which has been ac-
cepting Red propaganda as the truth.
We have the advantage of telling the
truth, but we have not been exploiting
our advantage. We must help the lies
of the Reds to catch up to them. When
the Reds realize there is no advantage
to their stalling tactics. then only will
they talk peace in earnest.
Evening star., 1952-05-15
The Big Three and Germany

In their latest identical notes to the Kremlin,
France, Britain and the United States have
delivered an admirably firm and forceful reply
to the April Soviet proposal on Germany. The
sum of the reply which does not compromise
in the slightest on any essential, is that the
proposal cannot be accepted unless it is dras-
tcally modified.
AS it now stands the Kremlin's plan calls
first of all for "free elections" under Anglo
French American Soviet supervision The pur-
pose of these free elections" would be to create
an alderman government and bring about the
reunfication of Germany That done, there would
then be a ful-dress conference to work out
definite peace treaty. Finally after the effectua
tion of the treaty, the Germans would be at
liberty to organize defensive armed forces of their
own, but they would be "neutralized' by an
ironclad provision prohibiting them from allying
themselves with lone or another grouping of
powers directed against any peace-loving states"
The Western Big Three, for very good and
obvious reasons, have responded to this PROPOSE
ton with clear-sounding "no." Having in
mind past experience with the Soviet version of
Stree elections"-in Poland and elsewhere-they
have taken the position that an alderman
vote must be held under conditions that will
guarantee against force and fraud designed to
lay the groundwork for the long-range objective
of converting the country into another Russian
satellite. Beyond that, France Britain and the
United States have made plain-in diplomatic
language-that the Kremlin's present plan is
altogether unacceptable because it would have
the immediate effect of delaying action on the
Anglo-F French ch-American peace contract with
Bonn, stopping progress toward rearming West
Germany as a participant in the European
Defense Community, and in general disrupting
the Atlantic worlds common effort to build up
strength against the threat of Red aggression.
Accordingly, in their reply to the Soviets, the
Big Three have been at pains to emphasize that
they will not be detected from the policy Of
actively associating free Germany with free