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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-13
Machine Designed to Provide
Quick Tests for 7orpedoes

neering Co. of Philadelphia will
handle the testing chores and
do the work in three minutes.
How does it work? Well, the
operator of this machine, who
can be trained in a matter of
hours compared to the years of
training some of the pre-tester
age technicians required. places
the torpedo in the holder part
of the machine.
He pushes the starter button
and tiny magnetic fingers start
probing through the working
parts of the torpedo's exploder
mechanism. The impulses are
relayed through some 1000
wires to the Instruments panel
where series of lights show
how the test is going.
After three minutes the ma
chine shuts itself of automat-
ically and a buzzer tells the
technician that it's time for him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-13
BY the A..Oeioied Pres,

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10
First it was the wheel. then the
steam engine. then the mechani-
cal brain.
Now comes a machine re-
sembling one of those portable
apartment-type washers but de-
signed to make sure every tor
pedo in the United States Nays
arsenal will explode when it hits
a target.
Not all of the Nays torpedoes
have gone straight to their tar
get or exploded when they got
there, in the wars gone by.
Skilled technicians often have
spent months checking closely
every operating part of the tor
pedo's exploding mechanism to
make sure it would fire-but
they couldn't guarantee success.
Now machine developed by
the Stuart F. Lochheim Engi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-13
BOYS
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against the door which had
closed from the outside.
A check was ordered Tuesday
of all ice boxes in the area, but
for some reason the container
in the old building was over
looked.
The refrigerator was of an
extra large capacity to service a
former dining room. 1t had six
doors and several compartments.
It could not be determined
Immediately how long the boys
had been dead. Death was due
to suffocation, according to
preliminary reports.
Three of the boys were twins,
Woodrow and Wilson, "a, and
George, S, sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
woodrow Blackstock, who live on
the grounds of the hospital,
where Mr.. Blackstock is a main
tenance man.
Walter Tex Boykin, 7. son
of DR.. and Mrs. j. Melvin Boy
kin. Dr.. Boykin. acting man
ager of the hospital, came here
in 1850 from a VA hospital in
Temple. Tex.
The Boykins have two other
children, Willela, IA, and
Jean, 10.
All four of the children were
barefoot and in play clothes
when they went out to play
about 9 am. Tuesday. The
families didn't become alarmed
at their absence until that
evening, DR.. Boykin said. be-
cause the children play all
around the sprawling VA grounds
and frequently drop in for lunch
at the home of one of the other
staff members.
1000 Hunt for Boys.
Planes, helicopters and an es-
timated 1000 persons took part
in the search during the day
light hours yesterday.
Throughout last night some
200 persons kept up their efforts
to find the boys, or some trace
of them. Soldiers, police, fire.
men and civilian volunteers
Joined in running down every tip.
Yesterday officials checked on
hundreds of tips that came by
telephone. calls from persons
who thought they'd sighted the
boys. Last night the searchers
turned to a thickly wooded area
just off U. S. l between Rich
mond and Petersburg.
Plane Searches River.
A search plane yesterday flew
down the James River on the
possibility the boys might have
gone down stream by boat.
In all, five Virginia Civil Air
Patrol planes flew IS sorties yes
terday looking for the foursome.
Two helicopters, one from Fort
EustiS and one from the Langley
Air Force Base. took part.
One man took crews of men
and dynamited the water in
several quarries in the area, hop
ing to recover the bodies if the
boys had drowned there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-13
Elephants Ruted Better
For Mid-Eost Farming
BY the Asseeiofed Press

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are
more economical than camels
and donkeys-at least in field
work-according to the Indian
commercial attache in Alex
andria who has recommended
importing them to the Middle
East, the Arab Jerusalem Old
City daily "A-Diffa" writes.
Jordan agricultural experts
have apparently agreed. The
Amman Chamber of Commerce.
has invited its members to file
their orders for the animals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-13
Blind Corp Coueht

A 25-pound carp with no eye
sockets, which apparently had
thrived despite its complete lack
Of sight. has been caught in the
Vaal River. South Africa. by M.
j. Campher, a fisherman of
8takpan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-13
Red Cross AIIots $4,000
For Relief in Greece
BY the Associated Press

The American Red Cross today
allotted $4,000 for the relief of
earthquake victims in Greece.
The organization said $4,000
will be used to buy antibiotics
for immediate air shipment to
Greece. The other $4,000 will
be used to buy blankets for the
homeless.
The blankets will be bought in
Europe by the League of Red
Cross Societies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-13

to work. From a slot on the side
Of the machine pops a card like
those used to punch time clocks,
with holes in it.
BY reading the location of the
holes on the card the technicians
can tell if the torpedo is all
right or needs its mechanism
repaired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-13
SPORT COATS

lA$25 Royon Sport coots. Single
breasted models, gray, blue, tan, Regular
IS, 81, 80; short, 40; long, So to 80; extro
long, 80 and 49, 1850
z3-$35 Wool Sport coots. Lightweight
IS to AZ; long, So to 3d. 1850
2e-42.5o Wool Sport coots. In neat
potterns. Sizes, regular, So to SO; "A to
46; short, 81, SO and 80; long, 81, SO, 80
and "A; extra long, SO. 40. 2l.25
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05

Plan Center
For Youth
Ground Was Broken For
New Project At Old
City Playground On
Tuesday Evening.

Twenty-nine members of the Mil
ford Kiwanis Club were on hand
Tuesday evening to break ground
for the new Kiwanis Youth Center,
which will be located on a part of
the old city playground. The club
members, each of whom brought his
own excavating tools, completed
digging for the footing, which was
poured the following night. J. Har-
ris Belts, a local contractor, and
Edgar Burlingame volunteered
their services in laying out the
foundation.
Formal cornerstone laying cere-
monies will be held on Tuesday,
June Is, at 100 p. m. 1t is expect
ed that Governor J. Caleb BOggs
and other civic officials will be on
hand to take part in the dedica-
tiOn.
The concrete block building will
be used as a scout meeting place,
and for other youth activities.
Members of the club expect to do
all the construction themselves, and
are planning to hold their sum-
mer meetings at the building site,
after which they cam all pitch in"
on the work Smaller groups of
Kiwanians will also work on alter
nate nights.
The committee in charge of the
building program is Robert Fis-
cher. general chairman; DR.. James
R. West, fund raising chairman,
and Irwin Bowman, planning chair
man.
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
ROtarians To Fete
Graduates Monday
Rev. John w. WOOtten, Or Laurel,
Will Be Speaker

The Glass of 1853 of the Mil
ford High School will be enter
tanned at dinner by the local Ro-
taTy Club on Monday evening, June
Sth. Following is the program:
Opening Song, America; Invo-
cation, George Macklin; Address of
Welcome, George -Sheaffer. Presi-
dent, Rotary Club; Dinner, served
by ROtarians; Group Singing. Alex
Presentation of the
Graduates, DR.. Ramon c. CObbs,
Superintendent of Schools; Special
Music, A Capella Choir, George
Messick, Director Madame Jean
nette". Rock a My Soul, Give
Me Your Tired, Your Poor; IN
PRODUCTION of Graduates, ROtarians; :;
Piano Solo, Rambling Rhythms"
George Messick; Address, Rev.
John w. WOOtten, Methodist Pas
tor, Laurel, Del; Response, Jim
Messick, President, Glass of 1858
Closing Song, "Star Spangled Ban
ner". The POSTMASTER will be Bob
Yerkes, Club Secretary.
Flowers will be supplied by
Frank Elton, local florist. Charles
E. Varney will arrange for the
banquet and Cal Ball will supply
the place cards.
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
Bob Kitchens
Award
FOrCitizenShip
Son Of Mr.. And Mrs.
Dallas ''Dike" Kitchens
To Receive VFW Cita-
tiOn Graduation Night.

William Robert Kitchens, IT.
year-Old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Dali
las Kitchens, this city, has been
designated to receive the Citizen
ship Award, awarded annually to
a member of the Milford High
School senior class by Blue Hen
Post No. 64S3, Veterans of Foreign
Wars. The award, consisting of a
handsome bronze medal and a
suitably inscribed citation, will be
presented at the Milford High
Schools Commencement Exercises,
June 9Th.
Young Hitchens-or Bobby, as
he is known to his schoOlmates-
has not only been outstanding in
scholarship, but has been active,
during his high school years, in a
variety of other fields. He has been
a member of Student Council the
past three years, a member of the
school band and the school
chorus the past two years, and has
had prominent roles in school
plays; he served as manager of the
basketball team in both junior and
oCAAA0A VNcAA anu GAASU DC4 NCQ cLo
assistant editor of the 1853 Milford
High School Yearbook. Bobby has
maintained an S2.118 average in
taking a scientific course and will
graduate 23rd in a class Of So. Next
Fall, young Kitchens plans to en-
ter college. with the University of
Delaware as his likely choice.
According to the citation that
accompanies the V. F. w. Citizen
ship Medal, a recipient of this
annual award is selected. "as
the male senior, who, by his ac-
tiOns and activity during his school
career, has best exemplified those
qualities associated with good
citizenship. Previous local recipi-
ents of the v. F. w. Citizenship
Award have been: Charles Thomas,
class Of AZ; Joseph Lank, AS;
Richard Clendaniel, 40; Frederick
Michel, so; Howard Harrington,
81, and r. Clayton Emory, so.
Nominations of prospective recipi-
ents are made by the seniors,
themselves, with the final selec-
tiOn accomplished by a Faculty
Award Committee.
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
No Highway
Deaths Here
Over Holiday
Few Traffic Jams Report
ed AS Weather Cuts
Down Travel; Large
Crowd At RehObOth.

Delaware escaped any auto fatal
tiles over the Memorial Day week.
end as accidents were kept to a
minimum in the relatively light
traffic produced in the cold, wet
weather of last Saturday and Sun
day which kept most residents in
doors.
Three were listed as injured on
Delaware highways with one ia
tality recorded in nearby Maryland.
This was the sixth Memorial Day
weekend since the end of World
War ii in which death has taken a
holiday on Delaware roads. 1t was
also the second straight Memorial
Day holiday in which there has
been rain.
The clearest indication of the
light traffic is the last Saturday
figures for the Delaware Memorial
Bridge which reported 24,107 We
hicles for last Saturday, more than
10000 below the 34,15S carried on
Memorial Day of 1852.
Figures for last Friday on the
bridge were 28,687, which was still
about 1000 less than the Memorial
Day eve of 1862.
State police said there were few
tie-ups last Sunday night, report
ing that traffic was lighter than
most Sunday evenings let alone the
last day of a holiday weekend.
Large RehObOth Crowd
At RehObOth the crowd was sur
prisingIy large, considering the
weather, but the number was still
Continued on page eight)
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
Milford Story
By
Third Grade
Was A Great Credit To
The Pupils And Teach
er; Showed Results Of
Research And Study.

"The Milford Story, written and
presented by one section of the
third grade on Wednesday, at two
O'Clock, to parents and interested
friends should be called a study in
facts and pictures. The section,
taught by Mrs James Mayhem, has
had this work as it's project for
some time and just now the work
is completed in most instances and
is a great credit to the pupils and
the teacher. Children of eight and
nine years of age lack much that
comes in the way of creative art,
but this class has done work that
was surprising to those who look
ed at the exhibit of chalk pictures.
Many scenes of the old Milford had
been reproduced in pictures and
linoleum block printing and can
well preserve some of the local
scenes for another time when some
history hunting person wants evil
dence of other days. Pictures of
the Thorne House, Trusten McCOl-
ley Farm, The Old Red Mill, the
Calvary, Baptist, Presbyterian and
Christ Episcopal Churches, Rail-
road Station, Ship Yard, Old Wal
nut Street, First Store House and
Purity Row were on exhibit and as
the story or history of each was
read by some member of the class.
the picture was held by those who
worked on it and the block print.
All members of the class had
worked on the project but those
taking part III the reading of the
history were Charles Murphy.
Beverly Argo, Tommy Mills, Eugene
Holden, Fred Workman. Lille
Bell Moore, Pamela Monroe, Dom
ma Lyuch, J. c. DobsOn, Virginia
BOyce, Robert Burris, Gerald Lank.
Donna Elliott, Richard Goodrich,
Shirley Reynolds and Nancy Con-
ard. Appropriately enough, the
singing of Our Delaware. brought
the presentation to a close. Norma
Lee Hopkins was narrator for the
program. The book, "The Milford
Story, of which each pupil had
made a copy, has a yellow back
cover with the words in blue. the
State cOlOrs. A phOtostat of the
order of memorial service for the
late Major General A. T. A. Torbert
on September 30th, 1880, is in
cluded in the book.
Well executed printing told the
story and the illustrations of pic
lures and cuts went along with the
story. 1t is a very creditable piece
OF work and Mrs. Mayhem is to be
commended for the facts which
she has helped to store in the
minds of her pupils about their
town.
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
Bond Issue
Defeated AT
Here
Last Friday
Proposed Water And
Sc Wer Improvement.
Program Defeated By
2 To l Margin In
Heavy Turnout.

Opponents Of the mayor and
council sponsored program of mu-
nieipal improvements scored a vic
tory last Friday when they de-
teated the proposed 100000 bond
issue in q referendum by a 2 to /
vote. The final tally showed 81 1,693
woes against the bond issue and
1910 in the affirmative. The judges
voided 2,161 votes as improperly
marked.
The total Of S4,46S votes showed
the keen interest of taxpayers in
the issues at stake, revolving
around proposed sewer and water
facilities expansion along with en-
largement Of the existing sewage
disposal plant.
In the campaign preceding the
referendum, Mayor Edward G.
Evans and members of City Coun-
Gil took the stand the improve
ments Were necessary to keep pace
with MilfOrd's population and
business growth. The city fathers
had stressed particularly the need
for enlargement of the sewage dis
posal plant.
They said the city has been adj
Vised by the State Board of Health
and the State Water Pollution Com
mission that the continued pollu-
ton of the Mispillion River by the
city must be corrected. Also warn
ing has been given that if remedial
means are not taken as soon as DOS
s1ble the city will be liable to a fine
OF $1OO per day for each consecutive
day of violation, according to
council.
The opposition to the bond issue
was led by a group of taxpayers
headed by former City Councilman
Albert Peterman, based mainly on
their statement that it would take
I approximately 80 years to alaortfze
/ the bonds. They also contendeS
passage of the bond issue woul,
bring the city's ability to borrow t
the saturation point. The bond
would constitute too heavy q deb
/ for the city at this time, this groul
stated.
In the referendum each taxpayei
was allowed one vote for every dol
lar of tax paid and fraction thereof
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
Day. Vas
Fittingly Observed
Parade Was Largest Held
In Recent Years; In
clement Weather,
However, HI ED The
Crowd To A Minimum.

Overcast skies and intermittent
showers Saturday morning failed
to dampen the enthusiasm of Mil
ford Area veterans, Scouts, and
National Guardsmen, and the tradi-
tiOnal Memorial Day parade was
held as scheduled. While the damp
and unpleasant weather served to
limit the spectators, it did not af-
feet the turnout of parade partici-
pants; in fact, Saturdays parade
was the largest held here in re-
cent years.
Saturdays parade, which form
ed near the Railroad Station at
$3.50, included the following march,
ing units: Milford High School
Band; Airmen from Dover Air
Force Base; Blue Hen Post No.
648S, V. F. W., and its Auxiliary:
Milford Post No. 8, American Le-
gion, and its Auxiliary; Milford
Boy Scouts, Milford Cub Scouts.
and Milford Girl Scouts. Marching
for the first time in a formal par
ade were the Cub Scouts, members
of V. F. W.-sponsOred Milford
Pack No. 101, and these uniformed
8 to IL year old youngsters, were
unquestiOnably the shit" of the
parade. The parade route was east
on Maple Lane to S. Walnut Street.
and north on Walnut Street to the
l. 0. o. F. Cemetery, with a pause
at the War Memorial for brief
special exercises.
Admiral ]. Lockwood Pratt, a
native MilfOTdian, recently retired
after distinguished naval career,
spoke briefly at the War Memorial
and paid tribute to the memory of
Milford's honored war dead. Mrs.
Emma Cunning, president of the
Auxiliary to V. F. w. Post No.
6483. and Mrs. Agnes Orkin, presi-
dent of the Auxiliary to Legion
Post No. 3, placed wreaths at the
base of the Memorial, and the ex-
erclses. were brought to a close
with the firing of an honor yolley
by the V. f.. w. Firing Squad. Ar
rangements for the parade and the
exercises at the Memorial WerS
AAeAN " +olAS -. NOASus PaLE4Olll
instructor of Blue Hen Post.
AT the cemetery, Rev Kennetl
Kepler gave a brief Memorial ad
dress at the graveside of Ganun
Hunnicutt, deceased World War Il
veteran; Milford Post No. 8, Ameri.
can Legion, then conducted exer-
cises that were brought to a close
with the firing of an honor volley
and the sounding of Taps.
Memorial exercises were held at
the Benjamin Banneker School last
Continued on page eight
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
|. Bible School At
Presbyterian Church
Vacation Classes To Begin
At Milford EdifCe On
June 18th

A Vacation Bible School, open to
the public, will be held at the Pres
byterian CHURCH for two weeks,
starting on Monday, June Is, and
closing on Friday, the 26th. Bible
centered, nOn-denominational ma
terials will be used, carefully grad
ed, so that every child who comes
will be sure to acquire a real ad-
vance in Bible knowledge, and at
the same time enjoy the study, the
play and the handwork. The mate
rails published by the Scripture
Press of Chicago, have become SO
widely used and popular that they
are being taught in churches in all
denominations in this country. and
in many foreign countries. The Va
cation Bible School will be open
for children from nursery depart
ment through junior high school. A
committee, with Mrs. Hallett Vim
yard as chairman, has been making
thorough preparation. The teach
ers on the school staff will be: Nur-
sery Department, Mrs. Harold Kra-
continued on page eight)
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
Delaware JobIess
Cost Is Lowest
State Leads q. S. 4th Straight
Year In Economy

In 1852, for the fourth consecu-
tive year, Delaware's costs of adj
ministering unemployment cOmpen-
satiOn and public employment serv-
ice functions were the lowest in the
country, Albert Stetser, chairman
executive director of the UnemplOy-
ment Compensation Commission,
/ reported this week.
Grants to the commission by the
U. S. Department of Labor totaled
$444,000 during the past calendar
year. This was $4,000 less than the
amount received by South Dakota,
the next lowest state. These were
the only two states whose admin
istrative costs were less than
| $5OO,OOO.
| Highest on the list was New
York with the figure of $29,572, 900.
1 Others among the lower cost states
were Wyoming, $555,OOO; Nevada,
$576,0OO; North Dakota, S579 900 +;
and Vermont, S598.0OO. Rhode
Island, only state smaller in area
than Delaware, drew $1,732,O0O.
Funds for operating state unem-
plOyment compensation agencies
come from appropriations made to
the U. S. Department of Labor by
the Congress, Mr.. Stetser explained.
They are derived from a tax paid
by all employers of eight or more
persons to the federal government.
The funds collected from this tax
are always in excess of those ap-
propriated for the country as a
whole, but many states receive
more money in grants than their
] employers pay in taxes.
This is not true in Delaware, Mr..
lStetser pointed out. Employer tax
es for the year 1852 are estimated
at $744,000 and the states admins
trative expenses of $444,00 were
less than so per cent of that
amount. During the period 1886
81, since the federal law has been
in effect, payments by employers
have been $2,247 900 in excess of
grants to the state for administra-
ton.
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
Teen-Agers Held In
Local Robberies
Police Say Boys Admit Ransacking
Milford Stores

Town police said the arrest of
two teen-age boys last Sunday
night solved three breaking and en-
tering cases that occurred in Mil
ford over a week ago.
The youths, according to police,
admitted forcing entry to the Coff-
man-Fisher store, the Kent Dry
Goods store, and BreretOn's Drug
Store. Nothing was taken, from the
Kent and Brereton establishments,
while quantity of work pants was
stolen from the COffman- Fisher
store.
The names of the youths, one
from Wilmington and the other
from near Pennington, were not
released by the Milford authorities.
They said the Wilmington youth
will be taken to that city for ques-
tioning in connection with rob-
berries there.
Police almost captured the duo
in the Coffman-Fisher case. Two
officers in a patrol car became
suspicious as they halted their
machine late at night at the store,
located at the Walnut Street bridge.
AS they alighted TO investigate,
two youths ran out the back door
of the building. The policemen gave
chase but the boys disappeared in
the high grass and brush along the
river.
Police have been conducting an
investigation since that time and
the two suspects were picked up
last Sunday night. After question
ing, the boys admitted being in
volved in the three cases, accord
ing to police
They said they were searching
for money in the dry goods and
drug stores but denied touching
the stock.
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
Graduation
Exercises AT
Theatre Next
Tuesday Night
DR.. Robert L. jerks Will
Be The Main Speaker; +;
Many Awards Will Be
Presented; Graduates
Are Listed.

The fifty-third annual commence
ment exercises of the Milford High
School will be Aeld in the New Mil
ford Theatre on the evening of
Tuesday, June 3, beginning prompt
ly at eight o'clock.
The address will be delivered by
Rev. Robert L. jerks, while the
diplomas will be presented by John
F. ROOsa, president of the board of
education Of Milford Special School
District.
The program, in its entirety, to-
gether with a list of the graduates
follows:
Band concert, professional, Ma
tiOnal Anthem, salutatOry, "Why
study Government" Margaret
Case; valedictOry, Threat to De-
mocracy, Charles Belts; address,
DR.. jerks; girls chorus in a series
of numbers, announcement of
awards, by M. A. Glasmire, princi-
pal of Milford High School: pre-
sentation of the Glass of 1853, DIR.
Ramon c. CObbs, superintendent of
Milford Schools; presentation Of di-
plOmas, John +. ROOsa; benedic-
tion, Rev. Joseph S. Kinks, rector
OF Christ Episcopal Church, Mil
ford; recessional, during which the
audience is requested to remain in
their seats.
Awards 70 be presented are the
Alumni Scholarship, Babe Ruth
Foundation Award, Balfour Award,
Beth Sholom English Award,
Daughters Of American Revolution
Awards, d DanfoFth Foundation
Award, Hearn Scholarship Awards,
kiWanis Scholarship, Robert Lett
hlser Memorial Award, DR.. G. W.
CONTINUED on page eight