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Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
MILLSBORO
BY Hrs.
B. E. Carey
Phone
MillsbOFO
5241


Rev. Harry Hufnal of RehObOth
will be the guest speaker at Grace
Methodist Church, Sunday morn
ing.
An ice cream festival will be
held on the ZOar Church grounds,
Friday, August 21st, beginning at
8 p. m. The rain date is Saturday,
August 22nd.
Carey's w. S. C. S. will have
an ice cream festival on the camp
ground, Thursday, August 9th, at
p. m. Friday, August 2Sth, is the
rain date.
There will be homemade ice
cream and cake at both festivals.
Rev. and Mrs. John Edward
Jones spent Saturday and Sunday
with relatives in Penns Grove,
N. J. They we're accompanied
home by Rev. Jones' sister, Miss
Matilda Jones, who is visiting
them this week.
Major and Mrs. Franklin Wolf
from Mcguire Field, N. j., were
weekend guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Wolf.
Mrs. E. E. Carey, Sr., and Mrs.
Clayton NJ. Dukes spent Monday
and Tuesday in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Hudson, Mr..
and Mrs. Leon Wingate, and Mr..
and Mrs. Marshall Hudson are va
catiOning this week at Fenwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew MacFar-
land, Jr., and children. Billy and
Sandra, of Runnemede, N. j.,
spent last week with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew MacFarland.
Donald Gartrell of Baltimore is
spending this week with his uncle
and aunt Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wes-
coat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Alien of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Earl Car
isle of Georgetown, we're guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Carlisle
last week.
Doris Mai Belts of Delmar is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Ca
hall and Mr.. and Mrs. George Ad-
kins this week at their cottage
at Fraim's Point
Mrs. Nina TimmOns and daugh-
ter, jeanne, spent a few days this
week in Ocean City, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Belts were
weekend guests of DR.. and Mrs
William Marshall in RehOboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wolf and
son, Jimmy, spent last week with
Mr.. VOLTS parents, Mr. and Mrs
Edgar Wolf, at Oakland, Md.
Miss Belle McKague entertained
at dinner Saturday evening. Guests
we're Mr.. and Mrs. Harry WescOat
Donald Gartrell and Mrs. Jennie
Jones; Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Jones
and Mrs. Carl Baylis of Lewes;
and Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Wescoat
of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Houston Long Oi
Philadelphia spent the weekend
at the Long home here
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Godfrey and
daughter. June, with their house
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. George Kip
pei of Gary, Indiana, spent last
week at Fenwick.
Mrs. George A. Wharton enter,
tanned several guests at a coffee
Thursday morning.
Miss Ethel Mae Jones is spend
ing week at Sea Isle City, N.
Mr.. and Mrs. James WheeldOI
and daughter, Janet, have return
ed to their home in Topeka, Kan
sas, after a three weeks visit will
Mrs. Wheeldon's mother, Mrs
Frank Campbell.
Ronald Mill of Glenside Gar
dens, Pa, spent last week with hi
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. lie
roy Richards.
Mrs. Egil Garthe and Mrs. Clar;
Young are spending a few days il
Philadelphia
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
Poultry Auction Has
Sold 4s,OOO,OOO Birds
CcOntinued- Ion iIFst 80

market is and the price is usually
better at the austion, too"
Roy Twilley Of Chincoteague. Va.
said he finds that the auction solves
his problem of providing types Of
chickens for individual buyers.
1t is easier 20 sell through the
auction and it is a fairer market,
he said.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
save Bowls

Sift flour and dry ingredients onto
Waxed paper or paper plates and
you'll save bowls when you're MAX
ing cakes, cookies. bread or pie
crust.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
Lightning Fire
Destroys Big Barn

CONTINUED from first page)
thousands Of dollars.
Fortunately the valuable cattle Of
Mr.. Hill, we're all saved, as we'll as
most Of his farm machinery.
Evening star., 1953-08-02
FEATURE FICTION

W7HEN Katherine Barnes had come into
w this room two hours - two year-long
hours - ago, it had fascinated her. Perfection
was spelled out in its mirror-paneled walls, its
uItra-modern furniture, the glass fiber dra-
peries hung near the arched entrance to the
terrace where the least draft would stir them
into motion. the sculptured bronze bust of the
famous producer himself.
She had thought then, This isn't real
room at all. It's stage setting Act one,
Scene one: Living room of Thornley, Pride's
Penthouse on Sutton Place. Time, late
afternoon in August"
It still seemed like stage setting but for
different play now with different characters.
A ridiculous play - nightmare of aplay
that was half farce and half tragedy, and
totally unbelievable.
She glanced into one of the mirrors - it
was almost impossible to look anywhere with
out looking into mirror = and saw the wor-
ried lines in her face that stamped her with
more than her thirty-seven years, despite her
neatly girdled figure and blond hair that might
be graying if she ever gave it chance.
Il look" she told herself, Il look old!"
Suddenly she remembered that, yesterday,
when she'd been dressing for dinner. she'd
voiced the same lament Now she thought,
''Is that why Henry -? But didn't look
old when l came here to read for Thornley,
Pride! didn't feel old then"
She forced her face to relax so the sharpness
of the lines Iessened and now, still looking in
the mirror, she saw the man who sat at Thorn
ley's Pride's desk = the big. gray-haired man
who had Just asked her so matter of-factly,
and so abs,Irdly, if she had killed Thornley,
Pride. He was police inspector and he was
waiting patiently for her to answer.
NO" she said, forcing her voice to calm
ness. mo, I've already told you how he
died Besides, why would want to kill him
when was hoping for part in the new play
he was producing?"
Maybe he turned you down." said the
Inspector.
Thornley, Pride had not turned her down.
She had only just started to read for him when
she heard a gasping sound, and the word
".. Heart"
by THE time she had crossed the room to his
side, Thornley, Pride was lying quiet on the
floor in the unmistakable, eternal quiet Of
death. Blood was seeping from the cut on his
forehead that had come when his head had
struck the corner of the glasS-topped coffee
table as he fell.
Il telephoned for a doctor right away.
Evening star., 1953-08-02

didn't l? Would / have done that if I'd killed
him?" Katherine argued.
''You might have" said the Inspector and
then, almost apologetically, for this woman
seemed to be nice, land the doctor called us
Immediately; but you we1e out in the hall
waiting for the elevator when he got here.
And you've persistently refused to tell us your
name. Why?"
81 told you why didn't want to embarrass
my-my = husband. mean, after all, just
because we - separated recently - isn't any
reason to get him mixed up in lot of sensa-
tional publicity. He he hates publicity"
The Inspector who, with his rmless glasses
and rumpled suit, seemed to Katherine Barnes
more like family doctor than prosecutor
ofcriminals, looked reflective and, she thought,
distressed - as though the idea of wives leav-
ing their husbands saddened him.
did you leave your husband" he asked,
because you were in love with Thornley,
Pride?'
Katherine Barnes laughed. 1t was possible
to laugh now that Thornley, Pride's body had
been taken away.
Il hadn't seen Thornley, Pride in twelve
years." she said mot since left the stage
to marry Henry"
HERE was a long silence. Except for the
muted traffic sounds floating up from the
street, and the long curtains swaying ever so
gently in the almost static summer air, the
room was completely still. Presently. very
softly, so his voice blended with the stiffness
rather than broke into it, the Inspector spoke
eff it wasn't because of Thornley, Pride"
he asked, why did you leave Henry? Things
might 60 easier for you if you told me-
why did leave Henry? Why because -"
She broke off. The question should have been
so easy to answer But it was not. At least
not in way that this gently menacing police
man would understand - and believe.
If only she could have said. why, because
Henry keeps six chorus girls and is in love
with his secretary and it was breaking my
heart and that's why left him!" This police
man would understand that.
But Henry didn't know any chorus girls
and wasn't in love with anybody Katherine's
blue eyes filled with tears. This was the real
trouble - and it had been breaking her heart.
Henry wasn't in love with anybody.
She was an actress. She had played her
part = the role of the perfect, yet glamorous
and romantic young wife. But Henry had not
Evening star., 1953-08-02

played his part properly He had played the
part of oontented, middle-aged man who
seemed each year increasingly, maddeningly,
more and more. to take his wife for granted.
Katherine Barnes found her voice. "All
right she said IN tell you. left my hus-
band because realized he had stopped being
in love with me. Since you're man, you
wouldn't understand what thing like that
does to woman. Even if she doesn't love
her husband, and did = do love Henry -
desperately. was pretty good actress once.
came here today because used to work for
Thornley, Pride and thought if could get
back into the theatre - well - the lights, the
crowds, the applause - l thought might get
back my self-respect. She gave a short, bit
ter laugh why would kill Thornley, Pride?
He was my only chance"
Again there was the silence. Then, still
softly, the Inspector once more broke into it.
His voice sounded sympathetic, as though
what this woman had said had touched him
and made him wish to help her.
Il don't want to take you down to The
Tombs and hold you there on suspicion of
murder, until the autopsy either proves or
disproves your story of how Pride died. If
you can identify yourself as a responsible per-
son, I'll release you on your own recognizance.
hope you'll do that"
Katherine Barnes felt her heart quicken.
Until this second she hadn't realized that,
being innocent, she could actually be taken
to jail That - that would be the final crush
ing blow to her pride
"All right" she said my name is Kath-
crime Barnes. Mrs Henry Barnes"
HE Inspectors gray eyebrows arched up
ward as though he recognized the name and
it was an important name.
"Of Fairfield. Connecticut"
Eyes"
Il know you have no identification in your
bag. Mrs. Barnes, because my men searched
it. Can you suggest anyone can phone to
describe you? Your husband, maybe?"
''Oh, mol" She rushed to the desk, and
clutched at his arm as he raised the telephone.
mo - not Henry, not my husband, please!"
The policeman looked up at her and smiled.
IN be very tactful," he said.
He picked up the telephone, placed his call
Katherine Barnes leaned on the desk, trem-
bling, waiting for the sound of her husbands
voice. They had not spoken since the night
she had told him she was leaving him and
Evening star., 1953-08-02

going back to the theatre, and he had looked
hurt and puzzled = and then, unforgivably,
had let her 60.
Hello, Mr.. Barnes? -. This is Inspector
Moore of the New York Police Department
l happen to be interviewing a woman" hi
glanced up at Katherine Barnes =" "A lady,
that is, who witnessed a rather serious -
accident - this afternoon. l don't want to
hold her as witness, but she has no identif-
cation with her. She gives her name as Mrs
Henry Barnes. Can you describe your wife
to me? So that can release her?"
Can describe Katherine?"
HE Inspector held the phone loosely. Kath-
crime heard her husbands faint chuckle.
AFTER being married to her for twelve years
ought to be able to describe her." Henry's
voice was warm with amusement Let's see
she's tall, and quite slim and she's got
funny little turned-up nose and determined
little chin and very soft golden hair and bright
blue eyes. She's very pretty girl That's all
=. that help any?"
1T may help great deal. Her age?"
"Her age I'm sorry, don't know just how
old she is. But for description we'll - I'd
say Kitty looks about twenty-five, maybe
twenty-eight. That do it?'
Thank you very much, Mr. Barnes"
The Inspector put down the phone, turned
to Katherine Barnes. She was trembling and
her face was flushed with anger.
''How dare he!" she cried. 'How dare he!
Tall Slim! Funny little turned-up nose! -
Looks about twenty-five! knew he wasn't
in love with me any more, but didn't know
he hated me enough to describe me falsely,
so you'd think -"
Mrs. Barnes"
''Yes?"
Mrs. Barnes -" The Inspectors eyes
turned toward the draperies hanging, now, as
still as the air outside. He was smiling. Mrs.
Barnes - one of the things that makes police
work so difficult is that witnesses are con-
stantly describing things not necessarily as
they are, but simply as they see them"
AS understanding came to her, she took a
quick deep breath, spoke again in quite
different voice - a hushed, awed voice.
oh, DEAR" she said. why couldn't he
have told me that's how look to him?"
Her eyes were bright, her shoulders straight
and high Her lips were parted in smile.
She shone with an inner youthfulness that
swept years from her face.
Tall! Slim! Funny little turned-up nose!
Inspector, may l use that phone? L I'd
like =" She spoke now as if she were ex-
planning something to an old friend. "YOu
see, want to ask Henry if it's all right with
him - if if come homer The End
Evening star., 1953-08-02

TW--8-2-53
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27
EaTiy InfemaeiaI
Marriages Reported
BY Pioneer Press

The first account Of a wedding
between a Negro and q white per-
son In Minnesota was recorded in
May. 1876. The couple may have
been married some time before
then. because the st. Paul Pioneer
Press carried this account:
"A colored man. Henry WASH
ington, lives with a white wife on
the Nicollet Island. the pair occu-
pying a house formerly known as
Aunt Esther's.
For some time the husband had
grave reasons 10 suspect his other
white half was untrue to him and
disgracing herself by too great In
timacy with other colored troops.
Conspicuous in the group sus-
pected was a tail colored gentle
man.
The husband returned home 10
find his wife intoxicated, in COM
pany with the tall one, and the
family bed crashed TO the floor {.
they started fighting. :"
The second account Of a mar
rage Of a white and Negro APP
peared in 1878, this time in Fergus
Falls. when a white girl, 20 years
old, married a full blooded Me-
gro"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

II makes sense that as more
and more job barriers are drop
ped for Negroes that they would
become active in the various labor
unions that they might belong to.
And unions particularly like
those in the CLIO have been in the
forefront of the struggle to open
more doors of employment to Ne
groes.
Louis Erwin or Buster, as he
is known by his friends is a typi-
cal example of a Negro who has
risen to a position Of leadership
in the community as a result Of
his work in the union.
Erwin is now president Of dis
trict II. International Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers. CLIO,
that includes states.
Back in the days when II was
not popular or safe for a Negro
to speak up for his rights to an
employer, Erwin never had any
qualms about speaking his piece.
The result was that II wasn't too
long before his reputation had
spread and he was blacklisted
from jobs that were so-caIled
'colored jobs"
Erwin is a devoutly religious
man who believes that the
Brotherhood of Man" is some
thing that should be practiced
everyday and not just something
you talk about.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
INCREASED

Since World War II Indignation
Of Negroes into better job cate
gories spanked by the wartime
Twin cities Ordnance plant oper-
ated by Charles L. Horn has
greatly increased.
Some of the jobs now held by
Twin City Negroes include engi-
neers, craftsmen, nurses, retail
store clerks, street railway motor
men and conductors, milk wagon
drivers, truck drivers, stenogra-
pliers. school teachers, typists, ra-
biologists. medical technicians, tel
ephone operators, cashiers, jour
nalists, dining car inspectors. pos
tai superintendent, plant super
intendents.
Common labor jobs on building
construction, practically closed TO
Negro labor before the last war,
now are open in most unskilled
areas.
Through the work Of william
seabron Of the Minneapolis Urban
League, Negroes are now being
admitted TO building trades APP
premiership courses.
The Negro in Minnesota looks
forward with confidence to the
future. His white fellow citizens
on the whole are receptive to and
encourage his advance in most
lines OF endeavor. The future looks
bright. and much Of the credit
goes to those early pioneers who
blazed the trail.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

Until 1885, Negroes were not
employed in any capacity at the
Nicollet hotel. That year, headed
by II. w. B. Greer, white head
waiter at the hotel, a crew of Me-
gro walters brought pressure for
employment at the hotel that re-
suited in breaking the 22-year
monopoly whites held on jobs at
the hotel.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

In 1903, citizens in the Prospect
park area Of Minneapolis agreed
to keep Negroes out of that Sec
ton Of the city.
In 1919, z. B. Fifield, Negro,
was forced TO move by his land
lord, the Western Express Co.,
because they did not like to see
so many Negroes coming to his
office on the second floor
of the Scandinavian American
Bank building. Sixth and Jackson
SITS, st. Paul.
The Fifth Avenue Improvement
League was formed In 1908 to
make plans to keep the district
lily-white.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

@. n. COmstOck was fined SIS In
Minneapolis In 1901 for violating
the civil rights bill for refusing TO
serve q Negro couple In the Bruins
wick restaurant.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27
Minnesota Negro
History

CONTINUED from Page 3-B)
Minnesota. Both the white and
Negro are concerned, and have set
up organizations, both private and
under the auspices Of the govern
ment, for the betterment and adj
vancement Of the race and better
race relations.
Negroes in Minnesota today
have a higher percentage of home
ownership than those Of every
other state except one.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

In. 1914, a Negro girl in Brain
erd sued for $1,000 because she
was forced to sit apart from the
other children in Sunday school
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

The editor Of rne Minneapolis
Journal in 1909 favored the bin in
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

In December, 1900, ]. A. Scott,
a Negro patron, sued Bart Hanty
for refusing to serve him q meal
at the Hanty restaurant.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

White dancers walked off the
floor at Wildwood in 1901 when
two Negro couples danced in the
dance pavilion at the amusement
park.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

The hack drivers union stopped
a funeral procession until the Ne
gro driver Of the hearse was re-
moved in Minneapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

The first Negro to be graduated
from a high school in Duluth was
MaN Harriet Black, who gradu-
ated in 1899. She came to Duluth
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Black, from Chicago in
1895.
In 1885, Thomas Jefferson, as
far as can be ascertained, was
the only Negro to own and operate
a threatre in Minnesota. It was
called the Park Theatre" and was
located at 374 Minnesota st.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

the state legislature that proposed
to prohibit interracial marriages.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

In 1899, the editor of the Mime
apolis Journal condemned the view
of a dignified ecclesiastic Of the
Church of England for his advoca-
ton Of intermarriage between
white and Negro races to elimi-
nate the color line in the U. s.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

The editor Of the Minneapolis
Journal, in 1900, stated that the
Negro owed civil and political
rights to the Republican party.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

The Minnesota State BARRIERS
Association, in 1900, decided to
leave to the unions the decision on
whether or not to test the law CIV
ing white BARRIERS the right to
refuse to shave Negroes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-07-03
SUPPRESSED INTERIOR DEPT REPORT
FAv0RS HELLS CANYON PROJECT

Calf, and was employed by the Gov
eminent under an agreement date
October 20, 1862, to make a com
plete study of this matter.
The basic conclusions of the Cot
ton report are:
1. THE 5-point scheme proposed
by the Idaho Power Co. is not eco
nomicalIy feasible"
2. "The 3-point scheme of de-
velopment proposed by the Idaho
Power Co. is not economically feas-
ible, but is much more attractive
than the 5-point project scheme.
1t is much less desirable from an
economic standpoint than the HelIs
Canyon multiple-purpose scheme
proposed by the Bureau of Recla-
nation"
3. "The Hells Canyon multiple
purpose scheme proposed by the
Bureau of Reclama alton is econom-
ically feasible, completely develops
the power resources, and is the
most attractive from all points of
view. The construction of this
scheme would provide some $780,
900 additional low cost firm kiIo-
watts which other wise would be
lost forever. Furthermore, there
are very substantial indirect and
intangible benefits which would be
realized, but cannot be evaluated
in monetary terms. This scheme,
as proposed, represents high de-
sign standards"
The report exhaustively analyses
additional projects on the lower Snake
md Clearwater Rivers, and finds
hat none are at present possible of
in the foreseeable flu
ure.
Secretary of Interior Mckay and
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-07-03

AS approach tomorrow the 177th the
signing of the Declaration of Independence the Wchunter
and the zeaots wagng about campaign for book
burning both here and in American libraries abroad
1t reminiscent of the backto middle philosophy
of Hitler and Mussenof what supposed to be the rule
day behind the almost impenetrabe iron curtain of the Com
munst world LET subversve literature be in reach of
the Masses the zeaots es they read and having read
conclude that all perfect in this captasc heaven of
ours"
President Eisenhower spoke at least twice against the
McCarhynspred campaign conformity of American
and free world thinking by denying to information
And then brought with the brute strength nto
the President backed and to quote LIFE magazine
he further confused it he of bookburnng by
demnng censorship subverve literature the
tme and he finally fell back the old French adage
All congratulations false, including this one.'
But despite the Presidents equvocation the zeaots
mediate past that this time they sayng forth
into battle with dull sword Newspapers and radio
tators OF note speaking Magazines with mumon
circulaOns such LIFE and GOLFERS meeting
of destroying the Bill of Rights head Senators and
congressman alarmed the gathering black clouds which
would destroy American freedom surely
havoc everything in its PATH donnng battle garb The
longsumberng giant American public opinion at
last to be awakening the path would
have follow In their fear of Communism and for their
political agrandzement.
This Independence Day burn books but at long last
the realization is gaining wider that continuing
that will certain death for traditional American
liberties More and people understanding the full
meaning OF the statement by the late Huey Long, that eff
csm ever comes to America, will in the
racy- they determined it shall not happen here
Another anniversary of July A. 1776, may find brighter
day dawnng for freedom in the US.A