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Evening star., 1953-12-27
Police Stop Train,
Recapture Convict
BY the Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Tex. Dec. 90
A 25-year-old convict, who per-
suaded the pretty 19-year- -old
wife of a rancher to run away
with him, was captured tonight
as he stepped from a train.
Police arrested Norman Daven-
port when the train, on police
orders, pulled into a siding on
the Arlington outskirts. They
had received tip that Daven-
port was aboard.
Davenport escaped October 8
from the Granite, Okla, State
Reformatory where he was serv-
ing a 25-year sentence for kid
naping an Oklahoma State high
way trooper.
His older brother, Chester. in
the same prison for the same
offense, walked away from a
prison baseball game last July z
and still is at large.
During his near three months
of freedom, Norman Davenport
lived for some time on a New
Mexico ranch, but on November
% he left with the wife of the
rancher and her two babies.
In Wichita Falls, Tex. today
he wife, Mrs. Naomi Crosswhite
Evening star., 1953-12-27

Five Central High School
graduates were honored last
night at the schools Alumni
Association annual reunion in
the Shoreham Hotel.
Those receiving certificates OF
distinction were Comdr. William
F.. Bulls, 20; Rear Admiral Vic
tor D. Long, '21; Robert E.
Newly, 20; Bess Davis Schreiner,
'97, and Howard M. Stackhouse,
'25.
They were introduced to the
large gathering of alumni and
friends by Miss Bessie Whitford,
'02, who taught many years in
the school. James A. Reilly, 80,
president of the association, pre-
sented the awards.
Award Basis Cited.
! Comdr. Bulls was honored for
his achievements in the field of
education. A graduate of the
Naval Academy who transferred
to the Army and later returned
to the Navy for service during
World War II, he is the founder
and principal of the Bulls
School.
Admiral Long, also a graduate
of the Naval Academy, was given
the award for his work in the
field of naval science. He is the
director of the Logistics Division,
Naval Operations.
Mr.. Newly, who was with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
from 1881 until last June, re-
ceived his certificate for his
efforts in the public service. He
is now assistant to the president
of the Potomac Electric Power
Co.
Miss Schreiner, associated for
many years with theater activi-
ties in Washington. was honored
for her work Gin the field of the
drama" Managing director of
the Theater Guild in Washington
since 1886, she produced many
religious dramas at Luther Place
Memorial Church.
Mr.. Stackhouse has been active
in Bible class work since 1920.
He has served as an officer of
the Organized Bible Glass As
sociation of Washington since
1886 and as it's president since
1852. He is also executive sec
retary of the Washington City
Bible Society.
Reilly Reelected.
Mr.. Reilly headed the list of
officers who were reelected
unanimously last night. A
member of the Glass of 1880, he
is a graduate of the Columbus
University of Law and of Wilson
Teachers College. He is now a
Evening star., 1953-12-27
a Killed, 20 Injured
In Bus-Auto Crash
By the Asseeioted Press

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 26.-
Four persons were killed and 20
injured here tonight in a bus
automobile collision, the highway
patrol reported.
The patrol said the bus plowed
into the automobile broadside
when the car pulled onto U. S.
Highway 62, near suburban
Nicoma Park. All four dead,
Trooper Clifford Duggan said,
were Negroes riding in the car.
Mr.. Duggan said all 20 pas
sengers on the bus, enroute from
Fort Smith, Ark, to Oklahoma
City "were more or less injured" !"
It wasn't known how seriously
they were injured.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
WheeIchoir No Bur
To Wisconsin Man
By the Associated Press

MADISON. visa man who
has been operating his business
from a wheelchair has been rec
ognized for a special citation by
the Governors committee on the
physically handicapped.
Robert Stevens, 20, of Wausau
Wis, operates a physicians serv-
ice bureau, a bookkeeping serv-
ice and also sells insurance and
magazine subscriptions.
The committee said Stevens
had overcome handicaps from
birth and from polio to earn a
degree at the University of Wis
consin and work as an assistant
gas plant superintendent.
Evening star., 1953-12-27

Mr.. Reilly headed the list of
officers who were reelected
unanimously last night. A
member of the Class of 1880, he
is a graduate of the Columbus
University of Law and of Wilson
Teachers College. He is now a
Evening star., 1953-12-27

of Clovis, N. NJ, was reunited
with her forgiving husband. Zeno
Crosswhite. But she still faces
Federal charge of harboring
a fugitive.
Mr.. Crosswhite said Daven-
ports ''big talk" about big cities
his young wife had never seen
turned her head.
Mrs. CroSSwhite was arrested
near Wichita Falls a week ago
by officers hunting for Daven-
port.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Devils Island Turns
From Penal System
To Defense Bastion
By GouIt Mac cGowon
Nogth Aunariecn Navvenrnar Ail;-n..

PARASITIC French govern
ment since 1946 has poured the
equivalent of SIS million into
the South American province
of Cayenne-formerly notorious
for it's Devils Isle penal system
in strategic collaboration with
Washington and the Pan-Amer-
ican defense system.
Officials of the French Min
istry of the Interior, in quoting
these figures here. revealed that
this burden has fallen almost
exclusively on the shoulders of
the French taxpayer. And it is
in addition to his contributions
to the North Atlantic pact and
the defense of south Asia against
Communist aggression.
Cayenne and its hinterland
known as the Inini territory are
together known as French Gui-
ana. They embrace an area
approximately the size of Indi-
ana. Unlike British Guiana,
French Guiana has no Commu-
nistS.
Province of France.
The Inini territory, separately
administered. is largely a coun-
try of deep, dank forest inhab-
tied by aboriginal bushmen or
descendants of escaped slaves.
Forming part Of the original Ell
Dorado, gold washing is one Of
its occupations with exports Of
500 pounds year.
Since the war, Cayenne has
become a department or prov
ince of continental France, rep
resented by one elected senator
and one deputy. The last Of the
convicts were shipped home in
1948.
Devils Island is now unten-
anted, but its neighbor, the Isle
Royale, has been granted in
part to Pan-American Always
for the establishment of a radar
station. United States Air
Forces have an installation near
Cayenne.
Most important contribution
of strategic material is the rare
mineral known as colombo-tan-
talite which fetches approx
mately $3.50 a pound. Used for
hardening steel, it is flown out
in small quantities. Production
has reached only about six tons.
An American corporation has
the concession in association
with French interests.
Collaboration is similarly be-
ing arranged for production of
aluminium ore, of which resources
availavailable have been esti-
mated at 4 million tons. Hard
wood from the mini territory is
also being offered. for United
States exploitation.
Budget Runs in Red.
In addition to these contribu-
tions to mutual defense, the
French ministry pointed out
that there is an annual budget
deficit for developing the pro-
vince of about So million. Tax
revenue crosses only the equiva-
lent of $780.O00.
The population is only 10000
Of which $4,000 are non-whites.
Roads are being built, airflelds
developed, electricity, water and
drainage facilities have been in
stalled in the capital, Cayenne,
which got along without them
for 100 years while it was a con-
vict colony.
French Guiana is wide open
for refugees, but up to now only
$50 have chosen to go there
and only 80 remain. They were
intellectuals rather than agri-
culturists who sought a tropi-
cal paradise with easy living and
cheap labor.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
Group Seeking Funds
For Church Organ
Friends OF Church Of God Hope
To Procure Instrument

A group of public spirited citi-
zens of Milford, who believe In
lending a helping hand to worthy
organizations and worthwhile peo-
pie, met this week with Charles E.
Banning and formed a committee
to be known as the Friends Of
Church Of God Organ Committee.
AS the name states, the group is
interested in securing the organ
for the edifice, which the Church
of God is building on North Wall
nut Street. The committee, which
is headed by Mr.. Banning, has de-
cided to procure a Hammond Elec-
trio Organ of the latest type.
The committee proposes to so
licit funds throughout the Mil
ford area, and hope to secure the
necessary funds in a short time.
Not a single member of the COM
mittee, who are displaying such
civic mindedness is affiliated with
the Church of God, but all are
friends Of the pastor, Rev Tull,
who is conducting an inspired pas
torate in Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
Set
Closing Hours
For Coming
H Holidays
Will Remain Open Friday
Evening, May 29, ClO-
sed All Day Decoration
Day. Same Procedure
On July 3 And 4.

At a well attended meeting Of
Milford merchants, held on Mon
day evening in the gymnasium Of
the Community Building, store
hours for the forthcoming holidays
were discussed and a schedule of
hours arranged.
The meeting was sponsored by
the Retail Merchants Division of
the Milford Chamber of Commerce,
and was called by the chairman of
that group, Wilson w. SOckrider.
After period of discussion.
during which Mr.. Sockrider served
as moderator, a motion was made
and duly seconded, that the stores
of Milford remain open the evening
of Friday, May 29th, until nine o.
clock and remain closed all day
Decoration Day, Saturday, Nav
both. The motion was unanimously
carried.
1t was also unanimously decided
by the group to repeat the same
procedure on the Fourth of July
holiday, with the stores remaining
open until nine o'clock the evening
of Friday, July Srd. and closing all
day Saturday, July 4th.
The Retail Merchants Division,
under the Craftsmanship of Mr..
Sockrider, are planning to hold a
series of meetings throughout the
balance of the year: Mr.. Yerkes,
who is secretary of the Board of
Directors of the Chamber, will
serve as secretary to the Retail
Merchants group, at the request OF
the chairman and several of the
members.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
HOmemakerS
Observing
Annual Week
Delaware Group Of $500
Joins With 3,5OO,OOO
Throughout Nation In
Observance.

The $500 Home Demonstration
Club members in Delaware are
joining with three and a half mill
lion other women observing Nat
iOnal Home Demonstration Week,
May 3rd to 9th.
Delaware clubs plan special pro-
grams, news stories, radio pro-
grams, and exhibits to inform the
public of Home Demonstration
work. Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson paid tribute to
the Home Demonstration program
by saying: "HOmemaking as you
teach it is as much concerned with
human values as chronological
changes. Unfortunately, the art of
living has Jagged somewhat be-
hind technical progress.
You hold the key to much that
stands for stable and democratic
living in this great nation. You
have the responsibility for promo
ting fine human qualities that help
build better homes, where charac-
ter grows and where youth devel-
ops the roots of the hOmely virtues
fidelity, love and unity-which
undergrad our Nation"
The 1852 Delaware reports show
a broad and active program of
building for better homes. The
$500 women belonged to SO groups,
with several new groups now max
ing total of 80 organized clubs
in Delaware. Fourteen hundred of
these women served as local lead
ers, learning skills and teaching
them to their fellow homemakers.
The Home Demonstration pro-
gram reached 1904 Delaware
homes, 2,O62 of them being reached
for the first time Over $4,000 edu-
catiOnal bulletins and leaflets we're
distributed. Home furnishings and
foods and nutrition were the ma
jor iields of interest. Family life
Continued on page seVen)
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
Local DeMOIGy Group
Goes To Washington
Temple Chapter Members
And COunselOrs Report
Wonderful Time

A party of twenty-three from
Temple Chapter, Order OF De-
Molay, spent Saturday evening and
Sunday, May 2 and 3, in WASH
ington, d. c., as the guests Of
Robert lie Bruce Chapter Of that
City.
The Chapter had been invited
to pay fraternal visit to Robert
lie Bruce and attend their Grand
Masters Night Program. held in
honor Of Most Worshipful Grand
Master Roy d. Borden Of the Dis
tTict of Columbia, who was pres
ent to witness the conferring Of
the Degrees of DeMOlay on a
class of candidates named for him.
Thomas j. Harkins, Supreme
Commander Of the Scottish Rite.
Southern Jurisdiction. DR.. Claud
f. Young. Grand Secretary of the
Body and Chairman Of the E.xecu-
tive Committee of the Grand Coun-
CONTINUED on page eight
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
State Grange Rural
Life Sunday, May 10
Rev. Roy Lawson Tawes will Be
The Guest Speaker

The Delaware State Grange will
hold its annual Rural Life Sun
day on May 10, 1853, at Barratt's
Chapel at 2:SO p. m, d. S. T.
Rural Life Sunday has been OBJ
served by the Grange in the sew
eral states for many years.
Faith is the first principle of the
organization, and this principle
cannot be maintained unless we
worship God" and the Grange
desires to promote this worship
through the observance of Rural
Life Sunday. This service is not
only for the Grange but for all
who have a desire to Worship with
us. All people need this worship
to calm us for the days ahead.
The pastor of the Church, DR..
Elderdice, will be with us to give
the opening prayer and benediction.
The Rev, Roy Lawson Tawes Of
Avenue Methodist Church, Milford,
will be the guest speaker.
Miss Shirley Yanaman of Dia-
mond State Grange, Stanton, Del
aware, will be the sOloist.
Let us honor Mother by attend
ing this service.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
State Schools
Will Graduate
2,2OI In June
Milford High Will Hold
Commencement Exer-
Cises On June 5. There
Will Be 81 In Glass.

A total of 2,2O1 seniors will
graduate from the states public
high schools next month, S48 of
them from the four in Wilmington
and the remainder in schools in
other parts of the state.
The 1858 graduating in state
and special school districts is an
increase of SO over last year. In
Wilmington, $50 will graduate from
Wilmington High on June IL; 262
from P. S. dupont on June l.;
Brown Vocational will have 81 on
June z, while Howard, in a COM
bined commencement with Carver
Vocational High School, will have
a graduate class of 1876.
Henry G. Conrad High School
will have the largest graduating
class outside the city with a total
of 154, with Newark the second
highest with 100 graduates. Both
schools will hold their exercises
on June 18th.
Other schools, their class size
and commencement exercises dates
are:
Special district schools; Mt.
Pleasant, "a students, June 12;
ClaymOnt School, 55 students, June
II; Alexis l. dupont, So pupils,
June Il; New Castle (William
Penn SCHOOL,, sc seniors, June 10;
Smyrna High School, 81 pupils,
June 10; Dover High School, 70
seniors, June IL; Caesar Rodney
School, 81 pupils, June 12; Har-
ringtOn School, 80 pupils, June s.;
Milford School, 81 seniors, June g.;
Georgetown High School, 43 SEN
iOrs, June 5; Lewes High, 80 pu-
pills, June 5; Seaford High, 81 pu-
pills, June 8; Laurel School, So
seniors, June IL; Rehoboth Beach,
% seniors, June 10.
State Board unit schools: Della
Continued on page twO)
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
Will Honor
Governor On
May Is
Members Of N atiOnaI
Guard To Give Ball At
State ArmOry, George
town, On That Date.

Friday evening, May 18th, will
be an eventfUl occasion for Della
wares Governor, J. Caleb BOggs.
On this date the officers of the
Delaware National Guard will hon
or their COmmander-in-C Chief, Gov
ernOr Boggs, d former Guardsman,
as they hold their annual Military
Ball at the State Armory, George
town, Delaware. In addition to be-
ing hOnOred by the Guard Officers,
the Governor will also be calebra-
ting his birthday on the same date.
Following recent adopted poll
cy of rotating the Ball to various
parts of the State, this will be the
first time that Sussex County has
been the scene of the annual Mill
tary Ball. In previous years it has
been held in Wilmington or in
Kent County.
Invitations have been extended
by the Guard officers to members
of the Governors Military Staff,
Delaware members of Congress,
elected State officials, and elected
members of the State Legislature.
Commanding officers of 6Ae various
Armed Forces in stallatiOn n s
throughout the State have been in
vited along with the many retired
Officers in the State who have
served with the Delaware National
Guard. 1t is expected that more
than 600 will be on hand to honor
Governor Boggs and extend happy
Birthday Greetings.
Music for the occasion will be
Continued on page eight
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
Glenn DiU Editor
OF u. of d. ReUielU
Milford Youth Succeeds
Neal Robbins; Is A
Junior

Glenn Dill, a junior at the Uni
versity of Delaware, has assumed
the editorship of the Review,
undergraduate newspaper, follow
ing stan elections recently.
Glenn succeeds Neal Robbins, a
senior political science major.
Others receiving top positions are
Ted zutz and Phyllis Skult, both
of Wilmington, who were named
business manager and associate
editor, respectively.
Glenn is a resident of Milford.
He is enrolled in the school of agri-
culture at the university, majoring
in horticulture. A member of the
staff Of the weekly publication
since his freshman year, he has
previously been feature editor and
managing editor.
Dill is on the STATS of three other
Continued on page ski
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
Toll On Delaware
Highways Is Heavy
Five Killed, Many Injur-
ed AS Accidents Con-
tinue On State Roads.
Section Near Frederica
Is Most Hazardous.

Four persons were killed in an
auto accident in Delaware during
the weekend.
A 49-year-old mother of four
was injured critically in another
Delaware accident.
Delaware's fatal accident occur
red last Sunday morning on the
DUPONT Highway near Harrington.
Two of the persons Killed were
public school teachers.
Dead were Handy Jesse Wright.
28, of Salisbury, teacher in the DEN
ton Negro School; Roxy Wright, %.
his wife; Reuben K. Collins, %.
SeafOrd, an instructor in the Negro
elementary school there, and Cath
crime R. Easter, %, an employee of
the Governor Bacon Health Center.
who boarded in Seaford on week
ends.
Police said the car ran off the
road and struck tree one and o,e-
tenth miles south of Harrington.
They were thought to have been
enrOute to Philadelphia to see the
Phillies baseball game. Tickets to
the game were found in the two
mems pockets.
1t was the second time in a little
more than a week that a trip to a
Philadelphia baseball game result
ed in highway deaths. Three men
died when their car hit the bridge
at Spring Greek, north of Frederica.
They were returning from the
game.
The fifth highway fatality in two
days and the twenty-fourth in Della
ware this year occurred on Monday
OF this week with the death of Mrs.
Betty Virginia Parsons. 40. of
Georgetown, in the Milford Mem
orial Hospital
For the corresponding period last
year there had been 80 highway
deaths in the state.
Mrs. Parsons suffered a fractur-
ed skull and chest injuries when
the car she was driving crashed
into a loaded chicken truck at the
intersection of Routes 113 and %.
the Laurel-GeOrgetown Highway.
three.tenths miles west of George
town. State troopers at George
town said it was fOggy at the time
OF the collision. 1880 a. m.
The victim was thrown from the
car following. the impact. She died
In the hospital at shortly after 1
p. m.
Truck Driver Hurt
Troopers said the operator of the
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
DeImarYa Chicken
Festjvd!June22,23,24
One Of The Outstanding
Features OF The An
nual Event Will Be
The National Chicken
Cooking Contest.

The annual DelmarVa Chicken
Festival will be held on June 22nd,
23rd, and oath in Harrington, Del
aware, at the Kent and Sussex
County Fair Grounds.
One of the main events of the
FESTIVAL will be a National Chick
en- Cooking Contest to be held on
Wednesday, June Gath, in the res
taurant on the Fair Grounds. To
conserve time and space the num-
Der of contestants this year will
be limited to 100. Because this is
National Contest, one fourth of
the contestants will be chosen
from states not represented on the
DelmarVa Peninsula, one fourth
will be chosen from Delaware, one
fourth from Maryland and one
fourth from Virginia. Contestants
will be accepted on the first come
first served basis. In the event the
quota for any group is not filled,
the vacancies will be made up from
the entries received next in line
from the other states.
The contest is open to persons
Is years of age and over, of either
sex. Any person living in the Uni
ted States, it's territories and pos
sessions, except a professional
cook or chef, such as a chef in a
restaurant or hotel, or a caterer, is
eligible 20 enter The first place
winners of previous contests in
the Delmarva Chicken Festivals are
not eligible.
The contest will begin at 900
a. m, Eastern Daylight Saving
Time and each contestant will be
assigned definite time based upon
his or her preference, in so far as
is possible.
The first prize will be $500 plus
choice of gas or electric range
and trophy from Poultry and Egg
National Board. Second prize, $500
plus choice of gas or electric
range. Third prize, a new range.
According to Mrs. Earl White,
Chairman of the contest, there will
be is prizes awarded in all. Prizes
four through fifteen to be annOunc-
ed later.
Rules and regulations sheets and
entry blanks are now in the hands
of the State Chairman.
Delaware: Mrs. Violet GOOdwell
Harrington, Mrs. Margaret Os-
borne, Dover. Maryland: Miss Nell
Grim, Salisbury, Mrs. Howard Ry-
an, Salisbury; Virginia: Mrs. Lacy
Vincent, Tasley.
They can also be obtained from
All Club Leaders, County Agents,
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
To Observe National
Hospital Day Here
Ladies Auxiliary viii Hold Silver
Tea Next Tuesday

On Tuesday, May 18th, Milford
will observe National Hospital Day
with a Silver Tea, sponsored by
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital, from 2 to
5 p. m, in the G. Layton Grier
Building, (the New Nurses HOme).
Past Presidents and present Off
GERS will receive the guests. This
benefit offers the public an OppOr-
tunity to inspect the three floors
of this building, which includes
lounge, recreation room, library,
class rooms, as well as bedrooms.
AS usual, the women are working
hard in support of the hospital.
an added inspiration is given this
year by the completion of this new
Home. Much interest has been
shown in trying to make it com
Portable andsattTactive. Recent pur-
chases have been: window draper
les and cornices and ten chairs for
the library.
Mrs. Charles Heisler with her
capable Committee is in charge of
refreshments for the Silver Tea.
Mrs. Willard Pierce is chairman
of Flower arrangements and Mrs.
Curtis Vinyard, Publicity.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-08
Armed Forces
Day At Dover
Air Base On
Sat-, May 10
Colonel Paul hartman
Has Announced An
Outstanding Display
For The Annual Cele-
bratiOn.

A gigantic display Of the latest
in United States Air Force aircraft
and equipment will be on display
at Dover AT Base on Saturday,
May 16, 1858. This date has been
designated as Armed Forces Day
by President Dwight d. Eisenhow-
er and, in the local area, by Gov
ernOr j. Caleb BOggs.
Mr.. Irving H. Carton, Chairman
of the Armed Forces Day Civil
Project Committee, stated today
that sit is the hope of all concern
ed with the planning and Organi-
zatiOn of the Armed Forces Day
program at Dover Air Force Base
that the citizens of Kent, New Cas-
tie and Sussex Counties win set
aside Saturday, May 10th, to honor
the men and women of our Armed
Forces by attending the Power for
Peace" demonstration at Dover
Air Force Base.
Colonel Paul A. hartman, Dover
Air Force Base Commander and
Dover Area Project Officer, said
that "it is anticipated that the
1853 Armed Forces Day Power for
Peace program at Dover Air Force
Base will be the largest and most
informative ever held in the State
of Delaware. We are leaving no
stone unturned to bring to the
pOpulace of Delaware the latest in
aircraft and equipment used by
your Air Force"
Colonel hartman went on to say
that there will be all types of air.
craft open for public inspection. A
few of them named were the F-94,
F-84. T-33 jets. plus the C-54, C-47,
C-82, C-119, C-45 and the TIL
transports. "These are just a few
Continued on page sevenl