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Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
FRANKFORD
BY @. G. CrOckeP
Phone Rodney 4s1S
d. A. R. Special

ID. A. R. Special
On Monday, January u, the Col
Armwell Long Chapter, d. A. r.,
and its new regent, Mrs. Elisha
Dukes, Sr., of Frankford, was de-
lightfully entertained at the home
of Mrs. Roland West in Baltimore
Hundred. The meeting was in the
hands Of Mrs. Oscar H. Campbell
of DagsbOro, regent in 1852 The
chapter voted to give S1.00 per cap
ita to the completion of the Tower
at Valley Forge, and donations to
the three girls schools in Della
ware. Results of annual election Of
officers: Regent, Mrs. Dukes; vice
regent, Mrs. Raymond Belts, Of
AIiIlville; recording secretary, Mrs.
.Caspar Kollock, of DagsborO; cor
responding secretary, Miss Hope
Bennett of FrankfOrd; treasurer,
Mrs. Roland West of Millville; his
torian, Miss Maud McCabe of Sell
byville; parliamentarian, Mrs. Pc
ter Whaley of Selbyville; registrar,
Mrs. Norman Gum, of Frankford; !;
advisory chairman, Mrs. James M.
Tunnel, Sr., of Georgetown, a di-
rector of Delaware Archives and
John Dickinson Memorial. Her son,
sChief Justice James M. Tunnel, Jr.,
lis president of the latter founda-
stion.
National Defense, Mrs. Edyth
Lee Long of Philadelphia; approx
Ted schools, Mrs. COvington Town
ssend of Selbyville; student loan
fund, Mrs. John Davis, Selbyville,
and Mrs. Clifford Burton of Ango-
ia: chaplain, Mrs. John Miner OF
Newark, Md; motion pictures and
fTV, Miss Elizabeth HuxfOrd; press
Mrs. Lamotte Harmon Warrington
sAppointed delegate to state cOnven-
stion, Mrs, Harry HuXford, Jr., OF
sOf Wilmington.
Delicious refreshments were ser
sved by Mr.. and Mrs. Roland West
sthe gracious host and hostess.
The 1853 project for this chapter
lis the History of Delaware and Sus-
ssex County is rich in that line
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Murray ol
sSelbyville entertained to Sunday
sdinner in honor of the return from
sKorea of her nephew, Pfc. John
Layton Lynch, Jr. among those
apresent were the young mans par.
tents, Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Lynch
sSr.
On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
8(Chap) Toomey visited Katie's folks
sin Ocean City. Md.
Mr., and Mrs Richard Taylor anC
son "Mickie" of Salisbury were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs
George r. Marvel and family.
Mrs. Jacob C. Savage Of Willards
Md, was a weekend guest at tn,
#home of her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland G. Coffin
and family Two birthdays wer,
sobserved by the group. The tentl
afOr Master Donald Coffin on Mon
day, January 19, and on the goth
shis maternal grandma's C5Otb,
sbelieYe).
Miss Carolyn Williams, UniveT-
Esity of Delaware senior, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Preston L. Williams
sspent the weekend at home.
On Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs
OrYille Long were thrilled by a
sphone call from their son, COrpor-
al Richard T. Long enroute home
from Korea via San Francisco
kwhere he placed the call to advise
the home folks that he had arrived
safely in the States, and would bo
theme with them on Tuesday. Wei
scOme home, Rick.
William S. Long, Jr., is the new
purveyor of Sealtest dairy pro
ducts, having recently purchase
THE business from John L. Houds.
Kendall H. Noble, assistant man
lager of the local warehouse of tn
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23

Mrs. Nelson Dolby Of Ocean View,
Mr. and Mrs. Junior Jarvis Of Sell
byVille. Mr.. and Mrs. Kenny Sch
mierer and family Of Rehoboth, Mr..
and Mrs. William Lawson and
family.
Rev. s.nd Mrs. J. V. Holiday and
children were Sunday guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ralston Pettyjohn.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Perry and
children spent Sunday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Mitchell
in Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23

CoverdaIe and son and Betty Can
non.
Our sympathy is extended to the
family of Mrs. Henry Noble in their
bereavement. Mr.. and Mrs. Noble
resided on a farm near here for
a number of years before moving
to Harrington.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
REDEEM

The WSCS of McColley's Church
will sell refreshments, including
hot dogs, cake, pie, and drinks at
the public sale of Mrs. Nancy E.
Donovan, on Saturday, January 81,
at l p. m. All members and friends
are urged to please donate pies,
cakes, money or anything else to
help in making it a success.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
ANTl-RED CITY POPULATION
TREBLES

TAIPEH, Formosa - up - This
city, capital of Nationalist China,
has trebled in size since the end of
World War II. Swollen with Chi
nese who fled the Communists on
the mainland, Haipeh has a popu-
latiOn of about 100000.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23

Mr. and Mrs Jack Roach and
Mrs. Francis Wilson are on the
sick list
Mr. and Mrs George Matthews
spent Saturday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Pettyiohn.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Hips, Hips BroOFav

OF half million women enrolled
In home beauty courses, 81 per cent
reported themselves overweight. SO
per cent said they were disturbed
over their hip sizes.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Young victims

Twenty-Five per cent Of all driv-
ers involved in fatal automobile ac-
eidents in the US. last year were
under 25 years old.
Evening star., 1953-07-23
Take NY Word for 1t By F'o"t Colby

In the following sentences.
check the form which you think
is correct; then check your
answers with the correct ones
given below. Give yourself 10
points for each correct choice.
100 is perfect; 80 is positive
proof that a brush-up is in order.
/. We could not enthuse over
it. We were not enthusiastic
over it.
2. It has got to be done. It
must be done.
3. Sit the baby on the floor.
Set the baby on the floor.
4. His voice sounded harsh. His
voice sounded harshly.
S. I need a new hat the worst
way. I need a new hat very
much.
s. have had plenty. I have
had a plenty.
7. We were already to go when
the news arrived. We were all
ready to go when the news
arrived.
8. What line of work are you
engaged in? What kind of work
are you engaged in?
8. I wouldn't do that for no.
body. I wouldn't do that for
anybody.
10. We seldom ever see her.
We seldom, if ever, see her.
Evening star., 1953-07-23
Natures Children

about q inches long: his legs
are sturdy and exceptionally
strong, and his black feet are
equipped with steel-strong claws.
Wallowing in the dirt keeps his
white shirt" front dirty yell
low. The center of his face. in
cluding the eye region. is black.
There is a white stripe from his
nape almost to his glossy black
snout. His eyes are fairly large
and earnest in expression.
Roaming over western North
America, east to Wisconsin and
Texas, the badger digs for pleas
ure and with a facility that is
amazing to see. If caught out
side of a fox hole, the digger
flattenS out on the ground. His
long shaggy hair blends with the
grass and shadows until it is
Evening star., 1953-07-23
By LiIIion Cox Athey

coat and great layer of fat, and
settles down for a sleep that
lasts until spring.
Some have insisted the badger
lacks imagination because he
never plays or appears to like
company.
Those who have been troubled
with moles in their garden are
high in their praise for the eff
cient manner in which the badg-
er dispoSeS of these plant de-
StroyerS. When digging, the
badger is single minded and
shows great displeasure if OBJ
servers remain too close. On the
plain the digger fox holes are
easily distinguished from those
of other underground dwellers.
They are much larger and the
Evening star., 1953-07-23

almost impossible to identify
him. This f1attening tendency
is assumed even in a cage or
when need for escape is absent.
The badger is a gopher hunter.
though he never misses tender
mice, ground squirrels, prairie
dogs. grasshoppers, beetles and
young snakes.
In cold weather and rainy days
he remains indoors. A bit of
chill in the air makes him dor
mant and lacking desire for food.
Through the summer he hunts,
overeating to put on extra
weight. With the approach of
cold weather the badger is in
clined to remain inside longer
and longer each cool bracing
autumn day. Then in winter he
curls up in his warm woollined
Evening star., 1953-07-23

This is the time of year to
watch young badgers. These
animals grunt like a pig, have
claws like a grizzly bear and
hiss like snakes if annoyed.
If you have studied animals,
you can often recognize their
relatives. Somewhere, centuries
ago, the badgers must nave had
a wild boar in his family, judg-
ing from his grunts and Joy in
wallowing in the dirt and water.
His equipment for digging is far
superior to that of any rodent
and resembles that of the grizzly
bear. His sharp canine teeth in
dicate a real flesh eater. His
sleeping quarters underground
could account for the need of a
thick warm coat.
The badgers thick set body is
Evening star., 1953-07-23

Answers.
I. Enthusiastic" is correct.
"Enthuse" is still a dubious word.
though a few dictionaries give
it some sanction.
2. It must be done is correct.
"Use "got" only in the meaning
of obtain; secure"
3. Set the baby on the floor.
4. His voice sounded harsh.
(Adjective.)
S. I need a new hat very much.
Worst way" is dialectal.
6. I have had plenty.
Z. We were all ready to go ..
Already" is an adverb meaning
previously; by that time"
8. What kind of work .
Line" is slangy and dialectal in
this sense.
9. I wouldn't do that for any
body.
10. We seldom, if ever, see her.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate,
Inc.)
Evening star., 1953-07-23
A,s2 THEEvEN1NGs STAR RO
Contract Bridge
By EosIey BIockwood
I" Washington, D. G.
THNRGnAY. IuI.Y "a, 1919

The offensive power in today'S
deal was so we'll distributed be-
tween the two sides that none Of
the players knew for sure who
was sacrificing. Mr.. Champion
finally landed in a hopeless six
spade contract which he would
have made If Mr.. Dale had not
defended carefully.
South dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
NORTH
(MrS. Keen)
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4 Q9432
WEST EAST
(Mr. Dale) (Mr. AbeD
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CMr. Champ1on
4 109742
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The bidding:
South West North East
Is Sd IS 4D
As SD SIS Pass
Pass CD Pass Pass
Evening star., 1953-07-23
4 One-MinMte Test of You
NelUS knowledge
NEWS QUIZ
By Tom Henry

1. ATTACK-In Korea
last week the Chinese Com
munistS launched their
greatest offensive in two
years. How many soldiers
were used?
2. BOOK-Adolf Hitler's
personal copy of "Mein
Kampf" was put on the auc-
ton block recently. Who
bought it?
8. HONORS-What Amer
lean writer has received
Cuba's highest decoration.
Order of Carlos Manuel de
Cespedes?
4. ROOKIE-Who is the
first National League rookie
to pitch shutouts in his first
two starts?
5. QUOTE - Who said:
I'm far buster than I was
when I served in the House
and when I was a senator
from California?
Answers.
I. An estimated 10000. 2.
There were no takers. 3.
Ernest Hemingway, whose
latest book, THE Old Man
and the Sea-" was about a
Cuban fisherman. 4. Allan
Worthington of the New
York Giants. S. Vice Presi-
dent Richard Nixon.
Tom Henry'S News Quiz"
appears every Sunday in
THIS WEEK Magazine with
The Star.
Evening star., 1953-07-23

entrance more in keeping with
his form.
Triplets or a quartet arrive in
spring, the joy and responsibility
of their mother. Wisconsin is
the Badger State, headquarters
for these excavators who are
fading away.
Evening star., 1953-07-23

The opening lead was the king
Of diamonds and Mr.. Champion
ruffed on the board and dis
carded the ten of hearts from
his own hand. He then led the
jack of spades from dummy and
overlook it with the queen.
Next came the jack of hearts
and this was the critical moment
for the defense. It was a terrific
temptation for Mr.. Dale to put
up the ace but he was not
stampeded into making that
play.
Counting the hand instead of
depending on instinct" he
recalled that Mr.. Champion had
played the ten of hearts at trick
one. His own hearts, under the
ace, were four. trey, deuce. After
looking at dummy's hearts. it
was clear that Mr.. Abel had
queen-eight doubleton.
If Mr.. Dale played the ace Of
hearts, all of the remaining
hearts on the board would be
good and the ace of trumps was
still there for the necessary
entry.
Mr.. Dale therefore ducked the
heart lead and although Mr..
Champion made the correct
guess and went up with dummy's
king, he still had no chance for
his contract. Not a bad bargain
for Mr.. Dale, to give up one trick
to get three-especially playing
against a doubled slam contract.
"A very dumb play. to duck
that heart lead" said Mr.. Cham
pion. every play that works to
his disadvantage is a dumb play0
IF I'd had only one club loser
with something like A 10 z in
clubs-you would have been Civ
ing up the setting trick"
mot so," replied Mr.. Dale. IF
go up with the ace of hearts.
you'd have enough good hearts
left in dummy to discard all
your clubs including the ace"
(copyright 1858. General Features Corp.)
Evening star., 1953-07-23
Word Come

Find 20 or more words in
MIG H T L o NJ G..
meaning, lasting all night"
Average is 25; time limit. 20
minutes.
Rules of the game-1. Words must be
of four or more letters. 2. Words which
IS" such as bats" cats" are not used.
3. Only one form Of a word is used. &.
Proper names are not used.
Answer to DERIVES.
Deer. desire, devise. dire, diverse,
drives dries elder ever. reeds revised,
Wed. wise, seer. sere. served, seed sever.
side. sire. sieve.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Jobs
Continued From First Page0

NNOIJA4luCN Ell OLA 11IOC SdRC.J
ice Commissions budget and
finance division, told the House
group the commissions estimate
was that Federal employment
would be cut by 100000 jobs by
June 80. 1854.
When Mr.. Williams made his
statement. Representative Phil
lips, Republican, of California,
chairman of the subcommittee,
gave a strong hint that Congress
has a more severe reduction in
mind.
You mean to say you only ex-
pect in one year to reduce this
ant hill Of Government employ
ment and bureaucracy by 240, 900
employees" asked Mr.. Phillips.
Certainly this committee can
take that as the minimum re-
duction and something less, we
hope. than the minimum" Mr..
Philips aQQeQ.
Some Face Direct Firing.
Mr.. Williams explained that
the personnel estimate usually
is done by the Budget Bureau,
but that this year the bureau
had not done so. AS a result, the
commission official said, the CSC
was making its own estimate, al
though it did not know how close
to actuality its figure would
come.
Mr.. Williams said the csc
240,000 job-cut estimate was
based on the current hiring re-
striction in Government, where
by only the most essential va
cancies are filled; on the admin
istration's current economy dis
missal program, and on con-
templated budget cuts by Con-
greSS.
It is felt a good portion of
the predicted cut could be
achieved by not filling vacancies,
although some direct diSmissals
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Group 10 Study Sales Tax
For Financing DC. Project

Gilbert Hahn, jr., has been ap-
pointed chairman of a special
committee of the Young Repub-
lican Club of the District to in
vestigate the possibility of flnanc-
ing the Districts $685. million
public works program by raising
District sales tax rates, Carl l.
Shipley, club president, an
nounced yesterday.
According to Mr.. Shipley. q
proposal to finance the program
through water and sewage tax
increases 'is grossly unfair and
discriminatory to local property
owners. Thousands of non
property owners, transients and
shoppers from Maryland and
Virginia helped create the need
for these expensive repairs
and they should help pay for the
bill by means of an increase in
the District sales tax"
Mr.. Shipley would like Con-
gress to raise the present 2 per
cent tax to 4 per cent to bring
in an additional SIS million in
revenue.
Mr.. Shipley also said Mr.
Hahn's committee will look into
the possibility of raising revenue
by lowering the $4,000 individual
District income tax exemption.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Pentogon Threatens Cleanup,
The Broom Kind, Not Politics

The Pentagon has threatened
to do its own cleanup job, a
House appropriation subcommit-
tee revealed today. But this de-
mand for a new broom applies
solely to the premises and not
to politics or personnel.
The situation was uncovered
in the Subcommittee's recent
questioning of Public Buildings
Commissioner W. E. Reynolds.
He and others from the General
Services Administration said
were unhappy about the untidy
conditions of many Govern
ment buildings.
Things will get worse before
they get better because the
agency's budget revision has
eliminated a requested SOS mil
lion to restore cleaning work and
maintenance on a daily basis,
Mr.. Reynolds said. With a few
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Entertainment Bill
Could Upset Budget
Plan for White House

Social entertainment-an ex-
pensive headache in many a.
household-could upset the
budget table in the White House.
The executive mansion, despite
its renovation and addition of
rooms and Easements, can be
maintained at less expense dur
ing the coming fiscal year than
for the current fiscal period, q
House appropriations subcom-
mittee disclosed today.
Howell G. Grim. chief usher
at the White House, informed the
subcommittee that President
Eisenhower approved a MAIN
tenance budget of 1856, ,184. a cut
of about $1,000. Part of the cut
came from a lower estimate for
maintenance expenses for enter
tanning. Additional expenses
might include such varied items
as electricity, fresh flowers and
additional services If entertain.
ing exceeds the estimates.
"Is there any knowledge as
to whether or not the extent Of
entertainment will be increased
over next wear" Mr., Grim was
asked.
THAT is a problem" he re-
piled. mo one knows"
More than 720,500 persons
dropped in the White House on
public visiting days during the
past year. Many others attended
receptions or dinners there or
enjoyed conducted tours. Mr..
Grim and Frank T. Gartside, as
sistant superintendent of Ma
tional Capital Parks, said few Of
the visitors could have realized
the huge job of housekeeping
there.
They explained that main
tenance takes in 1.6 million cubic
feet of space. equivalent to 100
average American homes. That
does not include 18 acres Of
grounds. The officials said the
10 employees are merely Q
moderate force considering the
scope of the problem.
Evening star., 1953-04-17

exceptions the cleanup will be an
every-other-day operation.
Mr.. Reynolds agreed with Sub
committee Chairman Phillips,
Republican, of California, that
public buildings and agency Of
fees in general would win no
prizes for cleanliness.
Il am advised by a very good
source that the Pentagon is
much disturbed by the failure
to clean that building properly -
Mr.. Phillips continued. "They
have even said that if you dc
not clean it better they will take
over and clean it themselves"
Mr.. Reynolds contended that
shortcomings in the appearance
of offices and corridors do not
result from once-over- lightly OF
dumping under -the-desk prac-
tices by the cleaning force. The
cleaners, he said, do as we'll as
they can.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Toll May Reach 80
In Chicago Blast;
Bodies Of 3 Found
BY the Assoeio,ed Press

| CHICAGO April IT, The
body of the goth victim of an
explosion and disappearing
factory fire was removed from
the wreckage today and firemen
said the body of three other VIC
Tins had been discovered.
Debris must be cleared away
before the newly found body can
be extricated, they said.
Eleven other persons known
to have been in the four story
brick building enveloped by
flames after q terrific blast Thurs
day were listed as missing. Police
Capt. Robert Ryan said the
death toll might reach 80.
Thirty-seven persons were in
juredt in the fire at the Haber
Co., manufacturer of electrical
appliances and parts. About 80
persons, both men and women,
were reported to have been in
! the building.
| work throughout NlgnC.
Firemen and wreckers worked
throughout the night and early
morning at the structure, locat-
ed at 908 North avenue, an in
dustrial district two miles north
west of the Loop.
| The blast ratified windows in
buildings several blocks away.
Panic stricken employees, some
with clothing and hair on fire,
rushed screaming toward doors
and windows. Others jumped
from third-floor windows onto
the. roof of an adjoining one
story building. Some were in
jured. Many were burned in at
tempting to flee down a fire
escape as sheets of flames shot
out Of second-story windows.
800 Firemen at Scene.
Five extra alarms brought
more than so pieces of fire
equipment and some 800 firemen
| to the scene. A dozen police
squadrons, squad cars and am
balances took the injured to
hospitals.
Fire department officials esti-
mated damage at $175,000, but
a company spokesman placed
the damage as more than $780,
OO0."
While firemen fought the big
factory blaze, a fire broke out
in an apartment house nursery
home 2 miles away. killing two
babies and injuring two other
| children and two women.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Budget c Chief Cuts OwnBuduet
ToBe Foir, but Doesn't Like 1t

Budget Director Dodge has
worked himself out of a dilemma
by cutting the cost of his own
Office despite his belief that 1t
deserves more money.
He told a House appropria-
tions subcommittee, in testimony
made public today, that the Bud
get Bureau now is so much buster
tying to cut governmental ex-
penses that it really needs $3.7
million or about $240,000 more
than it got for the current fiscal
year.
On the theory that he shouldn't
ask any other agency to do some
thing his own agency couldn't do,
he suggested that the bureau get
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Foirmont Heights Fire
DESTROYS Vacant House

Fire early today destroyed Q
vacant three-story frame house
at 1907 Fifty-eighth avenue,
Fairmont Heights. Md. Seat
Pleasant firemen reported.
Firemen from six Prince
Georges County departments
fought the blaze for three hours.
Flames. seen for miles. threat
ened nearby homes, firemen re.
ported.
Evening star., 1953-04-17

along on about. $3.4 million for
the fiscal year beginning July /.
That is $1,000 less than its ap-
preparations for the year ending
June 80.
Il am frank to say" he con-
feSsed, that am in somewhat
of a dilemma here in looking at
the job we have to do for the
budget for 1854 and 1855 this
year. There. are things / think
I could do with a strengthened
staff which would be to the ad-
vantage of all. But the principle
to which I subscribe is that we
should not be an exception to
what we are asking the other
agencies to do"