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Evening star., 1953-05-25
Five Journeys Ahead
For BrOWnel|, Bogaf,
Belle Haven Winners
By MerreII WhittIeseX

Bobby Brownell and Ralph
Eoeart. either together. individ-
ually. or with different partners.
had six straight tournament til
ties to defend, starting with the
Fclle Haven four-ball champion
ship. concluded yesterday. With
that victory under their belts,
they're one up and five to play.
This is the schedule:
This week - Congressional
member guest, Brownell and
Jimmy Grear defending. First
week in June-Maryland ANA
teur. Bogart defending. Second
week in June-Washington In
vitation, Brownell defending.
Third week in June-Middle At
lantic Amateur, Brownell de-
Tending. Fourth week in June
Columbia member-gu Bo-
CART and A. G. Dezendorf de-
Tending.
After losing in the first round
at Belle Haven the first two years
of the tournament, Brownell and
Bogart have won three straight
titles. The years they lost in the
first round, they won the title
flight consolation.
Victories Not Easy.
This year, like last, they were
IS under par for the five rounds,
qualifying and four matches. But
this year they could have been
beaten. In the second and
fourth rounds it took a birdie by
Bogart on the 18th hole to win
the match. He birdied the 18th
against Ashly Briggs and Bert
Brown in the quarter-finals and
again yesterday against Bobby
Norris and Mike Jankowski in
the final.
The winners tossed a 7 under
par best ball at Jay Randolph
and Tom Manning and won, 5
and 8. in one semif1nal and Nor
ris and Jankowski won by the
same margin over the MARITIME
brothers, Pat and Bob.
The final was even after 13
holes. Bogart and JankoWski
exchanged brides on IA and Is,
the next two were halved. and
then Bogart. one of the finest
putters in amateur golf this sec
tion ever has known, rolled in
the 30-footer to win the title.
The final round defeat was the
second for Jankowski at Belle
Haven. Mike lost with Bob
Chandler in 1850 to Jim Gardner
and Col. Jimmy Wilson.
Hair, Wild Win Consolation.
The Belle Haven event is one
of the top events on the District
golf schedule, but usually is
semi-buried on busy week ends.
With less busy dates, it could at
tract better balanced field and
that is the clubs aim.
Winning teams in other
flights all we're of championship
flight ability, but had poor
qualifying rounds. Harold Hair
and Claude Wild, the medalists,
picked up a second prize each
when they defeated Louis Fuchs
and George Thornton of Manor.
2 and l. in the consolation.
Henry Kerfoot and Phil
Wiechman, both regulars on the
Wake Forest golf team, won the
second flight over Eddie Bean
and Doug Mattison of Prince
Georges. S and 4. Carl Shook
and Bob Harrington of Fred
erick, who upset Brownell and
Bogart the first year, beat Eddie
Frank and Frank Wooley, 3 and
2, m the third flight. Alex
Campbell and w. T. Elmer of
Fredericksburg. Va, won the
fourth over Tom Shenk and
Arnold Prada of Argyle, l up.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Ace Walker Retuins Title

BALTIMORE, May Is R.-
Leo Sjogren of the Finnish
American Athletic Club, Brook
lyn, N. Y, successfully defended
his national 50-kilometer walk
ing championship yesterday. His
winning time over the route of
approximately 81 miles was 4
hours. Sc minutes, 500 seconds.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
DoIton Shares Skeet Title

HOT SPRINGS, Va. May Is
R.-John Dalton of Chevy
Chase. Md. and Harry Wright
OF Baltimore turned in a perfect
200 score to win the doubles
event in yesterdays skeet shoot
ing championship at the Home
stead Club.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
New Breeding Test
To Aid Chickens

The average American chicken
may become a super" bird one of
these days-if plans for a new test
ing method are successful.
The proposed plan calls for a
national poultry testing program
based on random samples of chick
ems from breeding fiOcks. Under
standard tests now in use, breeders
select only their best birds for test
ing. The new plan has been rec
commended on a nationwide basis
by a committee of poultry breeders
and scientists.
THE main objective of random
sampling will be to show which
strains of chickens have the best
inheritance for egg and meat pro
ductiOn," says DR. William J. Mellen
of the University of Delaware. DR..
Mellen directs poultry genetics re-
search in the department of animal
and poultry industry.
The new testing method will help
chick buyers select flOcks of super
iOr chickens for both egg and meat
production. 1t will also aid breed
ers in the further improvement of
their stock.
The suggested plan calls for a
national headquarters to conduct
random sample tests of breeding
stock. 1t would be a cooperative
plan between the poultry industry
and government. The committee
proposes a $15O,00O plant built from
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27

industry funds-with about 100000
annually from the U. S. Department
of Agriculture for operating ex-
penses.
Random sampling of poultry has
been tested in Canada and a few
states with promising results. New
York, California and Florida have
tested egg laying ability this way
in the past few years. Random
sample brOiler tests are now in Op-
Grafton in Maine, New Hampshire,
Georgia and California. Several
other states are slowly converting
their tests to random sampling.
DR.. Mellen believes these plans
for random sampling show a def
mite trend. He calls this sampling
technique 'the most valid coIapar-
isOn of poultry strains of any meth
cd yet devised" However, the re-
suits of several tests must be cOn-
suited for the best evaluatiOn of the
strains tested.
The new method of testing pOul-
try breeding is impartial. A sam
pie Of Matching eggs is selected by
someone not connected with the
breeding organization, such as a
county agricultural agent A few
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27

Bethany Beach, lots Hal, #42, fl
and ifs, Baltimore Hundred.
From Francis and Mildred Mass
ey, RehobOth Beach, to Louis and
Catherine Zurborg, of RehOboth
Beach, lots FAC and HAT, RehO-
both Beach.
From Elva and Carrie Justice.
DagsbOrO Hundred, to Joseph and
Edna Dukes, DagsborO Hundred,
q 1900 acres, DagsborO Hun
dred.
From Cecil and Helen Carpen-
ter, to Frank and Irene Leuthau-
ser, MillsbOrO, 10,600 square feet,
Milton.
From Elsie Ewell, Marguerite and
Harlan Hill, Betty Jane and Cecil
Hill, Broad Greek Hundred, Robert
and Mary Ewell, SeafOrd, to George
and Helen Turner, SeafOrd, lot # Sc,
south side Eighth street, Broad
Greek Hundred.
From Greensbury and Anna
Dukes, New Castle, Eric and Made
lyn Dukes, and Pauline and Fora
Waller, Broad Creek Hundred, to
Fannie and Reginald EllingswOrth,
Seaford, 140 acres, Broad Creek
Hundred.
From Coral and Charles Moore,
Bethany Beach, to James Straughn,
Burtonsville, Md, lots #41. #42,
fl, and ifs, Baltimore Hundred.
From .Alva and LeVenia Donovan,
Cedar Greek Hundred, to Harry
Donovan, 2h acres, Cedar Greek
Hundred.
From Earle and Elsie Tull, Sea-
ford, to Webster and Evelyn Love
lace, Seaford, lot #2O, Seaford.
From Marie Till, Cedar Greek
Hundred, to Alva and Leyenia Don
ovan, Cedar Creek Hundred, Is
acres, Cedar Greek Hundred.
From Alan and Sara Carter, Mil
ford, to Harry and Marie Reynolds,
Pennsauken 8, N. j., l acre, Cedar
Creek Hundred
From NanticOke Service, Inc, to
Walter and Louise McNeilly, Sea
ford, lots Hap, #44, and FAC, Sea
ford Hundred.
From NanticOke Service, Inc, to
Weldon and Margaret Harper, Sea
ford, lot #48, Seaford Hundred.
From NanticOke Service, Inc, to
George and Helen Turner, SeafOrd,
lots #5O and #38, Seaford Hun
dred.
From Henry and Grace Folsom
Wilmington, to John and Gertrude
Royal, Seaford, lots ifs, #6, H.
ifs and #9, and parts of lots HIS
#16, HI and HIS, Broad Greek
Hundred.
From Joe King, Harrington tC
Linden and Bessie Givens, George
town, lot with improvements, east
side of North Railroad avenue
Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27

From Leighton Fowler and etal,
Laurel, to Paul and Mary DeFelice,
Laurel, $50 feet, Broad Greek Hun
dred.
From Charles and Mary Mills,
RehOboth Beach, to d. F. Quillen
and Sons, RehOboth Beach, lot #53,
RehObOth.
From Suburban Development
Corporation to Dennard and Dor
Othy Quillen, RehObOth, lots Nos.
80, 80, %, 29, 80 and 81, Quillen
Road, Lewes and RehObOth Hun
dred.
From Charlie and Elizabeth ROg-
ers, Lewes and RehObOth Hundred.
to Francis and Mildred Massey,
RehObOth, lots #16 and HIS, Lewes
and RehObOth Hundred.
From Ralph and Rita Billings,
Milford, to Thomas and Agnes Yet
ter, Milford, lots #21 and #22, Ce-
dar Greek Hundred.
From Joseph and LOvina Kauff-
man, New Castle, to James and
Doris Pusey, lot and improvements,
DagsbOrO Hundred.
From Dewey and Martha Pusey,
New Castle, to Joseph Kaufman,
New Castle, north side of 80 foot
street, DagsbOrO Hundred,
From Logan and Catherine Grier,
Milford, to Carson and Nadine
Ward, Milford, 5,595 square feet,
Fenwick Island.
From Webster and Irene John
son, Laurel, to Frederick and Elsie
Walls, Little Greek Hundred. lot
fl, SeafOrd Hundred.
From Leighton Fowler, etal, Lau-
rel, to Layton Carmina, Laurel, lot
# l, Broad Greek Hundred.
From The Most Reverend Ed
mund FitzMaurice, Wilmington, to
Theodore and COrnelia Townsend,
Milford, 1892 square feet, Cedar
Greek Hundred.
From Utis and Thelma Downs,
Laurel, to Howard and ElVa Dais-
ey, Laurel, 42,882 square feet,
Broad Greek Hundred.
From E. l. DUPONT de NemOurs
Company to Maurice and Doris An
dersOn, 0.344 acre, SeafOrd.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
Sussex County
Property Transfers
November is Through November 20

November IS Through November 90
From Leighton Fowler, etal Lau
rel, to John Marshall, Little Greek
Hundred, lots #1S and #19,
Broad Greek Hundred.
From Mamie Wood, GOrdentOwn,
N. j., to Otto Voight, Delmar, 6,695
square feet, "Frogtown," Little
Creek Hundred.
From Leighton Fowler, etal, to
John and Loretta Marshall, Laurel,
lots rs and #6, Broad Greek Hun
dred.
From Nellie and Edward Mel
son, MillVille, to Peninsula Finance
Company, MillsborO, u acre, Bal
timOre Hundred.
From Leighton Fowler, etal, Lau-
rel. to John Marshall, Laurel, lots
#28 and #29, frontage 900 feet,
Broad Greek Hundred.
From Robert COnOway, MillsbOro,
to Andrew COnOway, MillsbOro, 3D.
44O square feet, north side of West
State street, DagsbOrO Hundred.
From George Buchanan, Oak Or
chard, t0 Indian River Volunteer
Fire Company, Inc, MillsbOrO, 7O'
26' x 1874 160', Indian River
Hundred.
From William and Carrie Lany,
Salisbury, to Carroll and Ruth
Twilley, Sharptown, Md, lot #215,
Baltimore Hundred.
From Loleta and Walter Robin
son, Lewes and RehObOth Hundred,
to Kathleen Walker, Wilmington,
lots % and "a, Lake avenue, RehO-
both.
From South Bethany Corporation
to LOmax and Helen Wells, Wash
ingtOn, d. c., lots #34 and#36,
Baltimore Hundred.
From Elizabeth Roberts, Odessa,
to Priscilla EmmOns, Washington,
D. c., lot ifs, Fenwick Island.
From James and Betty Whitman,
Elkins, w. Va, to o. d. and Nettie
Rhea, Seaford, 1866 square feet,
Seaford.
From Norman WOOtten, Celia and
Edward Buchy, Jennie Lee and
Steele Howard to Joseph and Char
lotte WoOtten, HavertOwn, Pa, 280'
x 4SO' 12O' x 800, Cedar Creek
Hundred.
From Secretary of State, State
of Delaware, to the Sussex Trust
Company, "a acre, DagsbOro Hun
dred.
From Blaine and Ollie Atkins,
MillsbOrO, to Harper Feed Mills,
Inc, Washington, Pa. acres, 1873
acres, Indian River Hundred.
From John and Virginia Rams
berger to Virginia Ramsberger, CO
RappapOrt, LagakOs and Blank,
Philadelphia, $4,000 square feet,
Baltimore Hundred.
From William and Odessa Nc
Cabe, Petersburg, Va, to John and
Ella McCabe, MillsbOrO, 10 acres,
Baltimore Hundred.
From Lewis and Iva Carmean,
Laurel, TO Thomas and Lillian Co
ker, Laurel, 2.34 acres, Little Creek
Hundred.
From Harry and Myrtle White,
Laurel, to MedfOrd and 'Isabelle
White, Laurel, Az acres, Little
Creek Hundred.
From William and Marian Thorn
burgh, Seaford, to Coral Gray,
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27

eggs are chosen at random from
various cases in various places.
The chicks are raised and housed
with chicks from other breeders
under uniform conditions of man
agement, feeding and disease ex-
pOsure.
The present type of standard egg
laying tests have been used for 90
to 80 years. In standard tests, the
breeder makes his own selection of
his best strains of birds. Each en-
try is raised on the home farm be-
fore testing.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27

Ever since our electricity was
cut off last year on account of me
forgetting to mail in the pay
ment, the Missus has been sort
of leery about giving me letters
to mail.
At first she'd ask if I mailed
them, then double-check my coat
pocket at night. She stopped
that, and I figured she was con-
vinced I'd learned my lesson.
Then yesterday, l got a post
card at the Office in a familiar
handwriting. I turned it over and
by golly it was from the Missus
herself! 1t read: "Thanks, Joe,
for mailing my letters" Well!
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27

From Webb Turner, Inc, to Ken
meth and Anna Liston, lot Hi,
Broad Greek Hundred.
From Fletcher and Elsie Will
hanson, Dorsey and Ruth William
son, Bridgeville, to Clarence and
Helen Major, Wilmington, lot #13,
North West Fork Hundred.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27

Between 1901 and 1945, the U. S.
divorce rate rose from 8 per 1000
people to 3.6 annually.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
From where | sit e. by Joe Marsh
The MissUs Keeps Posted

Looks like she figured I still
needed some checking-up and
slipped that postcard in the last
batch of letters.
From where l sit, an occasional
check-up is good thing. Check
ups on just how tolerant we are
of other peoples preferences and
tastes, for example. l like a glass
of beer with supper, you may
prefer cider-but if ever try to
switch you to my, choice, simply
address" me with a reminder of
your rights.
@e Ma.4<
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
Ten Years Ago

Lieutenant and Mrs. Howard
Vreeland are the proud and
happy parents of twins, born to
them on Saturday, November
q, in Memorial Hospital. They
have been named Mary Louise
VTeeland and James Howard
VTeeland. Mrs. VTeeland was
the former Miss Mary Lambert.
Lieutenant Vreeland is home on
leave from Camp Robinson.
soH
Another subchaser, the S. c.
1896 was launched at the Vim
yard Ship Building Company,
Milford, Wednesday afternoon,
December l. Sponsoring the
ship as she made a graceful
slide into the MispilliOn River
was Mrs. J. Lynn Pratt of MIL
ford, mother of Captain J.
Lockwood Pratt, U. S. Navy,
and Lieutenant d. g. Eugene
EFaLI) u. >. N. II.
Buried under a huge sand
dune that collapsed at a sand
plant near Lewes, three small
boys narrowly escaped suffOca-
tiOn late Sunday afternoon. One
boy, ElwOod Tull, 8, son of Ser
geant Ellis Tull of Fort Miles,
was unconscious, and physi-
clans at the Beebe Hospital
worked on him for some time
before he was resuscitated.
They were rescued by a detail
of Coast Guardsmen from the
Lewes station.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27

Copyright, 1853. United States Brewers Foundation
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-04
Wrestler Wins


NAPLES. italy ton a recent
moonlit Neapolital night Tiberio
Sibbracciao. q Naples wrestler.
ciambered up a ladder to the bed.
room window of Mlss Ermine Gilda
Otsavini. 81.
Then he carried Ter down 10 the
garden in his arms, all 264 pounds
of her.
Her father. retired army gen.
erai, swoke and came roaring
into the garden with shouts for
police. He accused Sibbraceiao Of
attempted elopemeHt without con.
sent.
"Eiopement nothing" the wrest-
Ter told the court. II made q bet |
could carry her down ladder to
the aarden-and / claim I won that
bel.
Ermine said thai vas correct.
Don't know z5ovf the bet
ruled the court. 'sbEt yoa'se voc
your case. Dixmissets
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-04
EXPENSE
PACKAGE

BOSTON (AP)-W would van
think OF the efticientpf q ship-
ping department whisuses IA
pounds of material TO IN M ana
gram Of merchandise Actually.
it's very good In the nion AZ
both the management arkustou,..
ers Of Tracerlab Of Bost Trsc.
erlab. shipping radio-actisuater.
ials. encases each gram $50
pounds Of iron and steel aliesd
for the protection OF every kso,
handling the shipment.
With remote handling dees.
the material - like radio-d ve
cobalt wire - Is first encasan
a steel capsule. Then the cap
is pushed into the heart Of |
iron and lead container which 4
Is bolted and locked secure
Foundries use radioactive cob
in instruments to detect laws
castings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-04
Cookie Order
Filled For CT.

NEW YORK Cap - Sgt. Tho
mas c. Cooper OF the. First Marine
Division in Korea was hungry for
cookies. Remembering the home
economics department Of his New
York High School, he wrote to the
superintendent OF schools.
Now $500 cookies are on their
way TO the sergeant. They were
made by the students Of Walton
High School. Seven cooking classes
each baked 10 patches Of cookies.
varying the recipes with chocolate.
nuts, lemon and other good things.
School funds paid the s45 postage.
Just to make sure the sergeant
win not Try TO eat al 2.5o0. they
put an alternative ADDRESS TO com
pany commander" On each pack
age.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-04
FILA Announces
Advisory Group

WASHINGTON B-The Federal
Housing Administration announced
the appointment of an advisory
committee to make plans for i'm
praving housing conditions and
home financing methods.
Commissioner Guy T. o. Holly
day said the first meeting would
be held this month in Washington.
He said both construction and
financing interests were represent.
ed in the group. Members are
Fritz Burns. Los Angeles; e. A.
Camp Jr., Birmingham, Ala; Wal
ter Gehrke, Detroit; Philip M.
Klutznick, Park Forest, H.; III. j.
Mendon, Los Angeles, and James
Rouse. Baltimore, chairman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-04
sy sos THOMAS

HOLLYWOOD N - Notes and
comment on the Hollywood scene:
Ho hum, spring fever has hit
the studios. Most Of them seem TO
be settling down for siesta until
this Sd thing rises up or blows
over.
III Is closing shop for month or
50. Paramount is hmping along
with one picture, and RKO. MGM
and 10th Fox have two or three
apiece.
Only Columbia has much Of q
schedule, and It's locations are
spread from England to Hawaii.
Large numbers Of film stars are
in Europe or else out trying to
earn some money In other fields
like Tv, the legit and saloon cir
cults.
Again the critics and the public
take different sides. Most Of the
New York reviewers PANIED the
first two ID epies from major
studios. But the crowds are flock
ing 20 see them.
I think the critics win win out.
however. Once the novelty Il over
and II won't be long now-depsh
on the screen won't make mp for
xhallowness In the script Movie
making win be taken away from
the photographer and given back
10 the writer and director.
IT'S too bad that 50 far no studio
has made Sd film that wsuld
be q good morIe in any dimen-
sion.
Speaking al %. Why doesn't
some smart producer snap up
Mister Roberts" and make ii with
the new techniqaes. u can be had.
and IL should be made with Henry
Fonda. But hen Be too cid for
the part II Il isn't dane soon. :.
Red Shelton. dropped by his ~
spcnsor. Il seeking y new seenp
for next seascu. Let's hope he
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-04
HOLLYWOOD NOTES

doesn't try to continue his weekly
half-hour.
Reds first 10 weeks on Tv con.
tributed some of the funniest CON-
edy on TV. But even such a gifted
comic as he is bound to run out
Of material, and he has been
scraping the barrel ever since.
His fans would much rather see
him In one hilarious show q month
than In q $3.50 Offering every
week. He'd live longer, too. 3.
Coming generations may suffer
mass claustrophobia from watch
ing too many situation comedy
shows. Why do all of them have
to take place indoors? I'd love To
see just one exterior scene on Il
Love Lucy"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-04
IVA Removes ALI
Restrictions On
Paying Cratuity

WASHINGTON B-The Veterans
Administration announced that Il
has removed restrictions on how
It's I per cent gratuity payment on
CT loans may be applied.
N Of April Is, all credit con-
trolls were removed from CT home
loans.
The VA grztuisy payment. which
equals Z per cent Of the guaran-
teed portion Of . CT loan up 70 .
maximum Of SIS, had been sp-
piled 10 reduce the principal
amount at the loan. Nuw. however.
Il may be used TO pay al or part
at the first years taxes snd Ia
Saranee Or to pay the first install
meats ca the loan a. il ether
WAYS.
With renewal of eredis cOnsross.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-04
A LETTER FROM BILL LANTAFF

Dear Neighbor:
Two shocking examples of waste
and inefficiency within the Mill
tary Departments were uncovered
recently by a House Government
perations Subcommittee of which
your Congressman is a member.
The-S Subcommittee, who is head
ed by Rep. Walter Reihlman,. New
York Republican, is a carry-over
of the Hardy Subcommittee of the
SIND Congress that successfully in
vestigated practices of waste and
inefficiency in the Military De-
partment during the past two
years. The watchdog" role of the
Hardy group during that period
resulted in q savings Of many hum
bred millions Of dollars.
The two cases involved the pro-
curement of 1,262, 900 overcoats by
the Army Quartermaster and the
purchase of SS5 fork lift trucks by
the Army and Navy. This column
will take up the overcoat procure
ment case and next weeks column
the case Of the fork lift truck pur-
chase.
Information was received by the
Subcommittee that the Army had
procured a new overcoat in 1916 at
total cost to the government OF
in excess Of $45 million for the
use CT officers and men for both
field and garrison duty.
Investigation developed that the
Army In March 1874 approved a
field overcoat for use of all per.
sonnet after July /, 194S. Specifi.
cation for the new coat was ap-
proved In mid.1946 and the Quar-
termaster Purchasing Office in
New York solicited bids from $50
companies but received only Is re.
plies. Although the New York Of.
flee had no opportunity to analyze
the prices submitted by bidders
nor inspect their manufacturing
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-04

For more than q month The
Citizen has been aware Of the
presence in Key West Of three
oil men, representing Texas in.
tsrssfs. who have been obtaining
leases for The purpose. they de.
clare, Of drilling wells TO find out
u they will yield oil. One Of the
men. o ssoIogist, told The Cit
ixsn several weeks ago, that he
feels confident there are vast
pools Of oil under the Florida
Keys. The lower chain Of keys,
he added, are . continuation Of
The strata that sre present in the
great oil.prodveins wells In Tam.
pieo. Mexico.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-04

facilities it made conditional a.
wards to each of the IS bidders in
order to obligate funds which were
to expire on June 80, 1916.
f Further investigation revealed
that the Army later discovered
that it had at least a million more
of the standard wool overcoats in
its supply system than it had
known about. Consequently, the
wool overcoats were continued in
use, and in fact, are still being
used. None of the new overcoats
were issued until after the begin
ming of the Korean War over 4
years after the initiation of the
procurement. In addition, the Ar
my has been involved in continued
and extensive litigation with these
contractors, several Of whom went
broke trying to fill the order.
The Quartermaster and Army
Field Forces conducted tests on
coats in 1s47, 194S and 1919 to de.
termine its suitability for issue in
lieu of the wool overcoats, which
was after the procurement. It was
discovered by these tests, the coat
was not suitable for combat use,
and that although it was better for
garrison use than the old wool
overcoat, nevertheless the coat
was bulky, did not fit properly,
was too heavy, and that the leg
gins feature Of the coat should be
discarded.
From 1850 to 1852. approximate
ly 75O, 900 of these coats were mod.
flied at a cost of approximately
one million dollars. Approximate.
ly one half million Of the unmodi-
fled coats were issued for use Of
troops to be sent to or already
stationed in the Far East. There
is also some evidence that while
modification Of the coats was TAX
ing place, there was q shortage Of
overcoats in Korea.