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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
A Good Sign-Moybe

According to Lieutenant General S. E. An
derson, commander of our 5th Air Force in
Korea, the Chinese Communists have made mo
appreciate shift" of their warpanes from
north to south Ever since the signing of the
truce at Panmunjom there has been worried
speculation to the effect that they might decide
upon such move in order to give greater sup
port to the Red-controled Wet Mini troops in
Indo-Chna AS far as it goes, therefore, the
fact that they have not done this up to now is
a good sign. 1t may mean, conceivably that
the Peiping regime-together with it's senior
Moscow partner-is not Understanding the
seriousness of our Governments repeated warn
ings against further aggression in Southeast
Asia -
However, as Secretary of State Dulles has
revealed, the fact remains that the Chinese
Communists are already in actual combat on
the side of the Wet Mimi in Indo-China.
Although it is true that they are not yet there
In very large numbers they are none the less
there-driving hundreds of supply trucks man
ming radar- controlled anti aircraft guns and
serving actively, at the highest command levels
as military advisers mapping the tactics and
strategy of the war against France and the
Associated States of Wet Nam, Laos and Cam
bodia. In the circumstances, since they have
thus moved lawfully close" to the kind of ag-
erosion our country mas warned agalnSC-tne
kind that might lead to retaliatory counter
action against China itself-it would be prena-
ture to take an optimistic view Of General An
dersons report.
Maybe the report has fairly bright mean
ing, but what needs to be remembered is that
the Peping- Moscow axis-if it so chooses-can
make fast southwark shift of its air power to
carry out open and large-scale aggression
against Indo-China. After all, great deal of
time is not required to fly attack planes from
one theater to another. Accordingly, what Gen.
eral Anderson has said is not necessarily re-
assuring. crosSed-hngers attitude is still in
order. If Red China and the Soviet Union mis-
takenly decide that the warnings of the United
States are empty-mere sounding brass and a
tnkling cymbal"-anything happen over
there. President Eisenhower and Mr.. Dulles
have made that much very clear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Delay in MAKING H-Bomb

regret to see that The Star has
already prejudged the reasons for the
delay in the making of the H-bomb.
In your April editorial, Mccarthy and
the H-Bomb" you lambasted Senator
Mccarthy as making another lire
sponsible charge" How do you know
Mccarthy was either right or wrong?
1t would have been advisable for you
to have done what David Lawrence
suggested the same day your intem-
perate editorial was printed.
The crux of the whole matter is that
we delayed 18 months. Why did we?
Senator Hickenlooper, vice chairman
of the Joint Atomic Energy Committee,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

Palms frames Conqueror for whom un-
dimmed faith and perfect love had cast
out fear. The NaZarene rode along a
palm strewn way instead of turning into
the bypaths of safety because, in the
discharge of His mission, He feared
God and nothing else. That one fear
which captures all other fears and COM
pels them to make obeisance at its
throne is sensed in all its august SOW
ereignty in these lines:
Men may naisjudge thy aim,
Think they haze cause for blame,
Say thou art iDrong.
Hold on thy quiet Day
God is the Judge, not they;
Fear not, be strong.
No truer words ever were said or
written than that statement of Holy
Writ: "The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom" There is no
wisdom which is not tied to that That
is to say. the faith that behind all
shadows standeth God, keeping watch,
is the sure arrow that punctures the
hollowness of all petty fears which
spoil the march and the music OF life.
More vital than the pursuit of happi-
ness. greater and higher and deeper
than any other consideration of these
earthly pilgrim days is the fact of
God. Apart from that life is medley
Of bowling fears.
The reality beyond every thought of
your brain. every beat of your heart,
every breath of your body, is God. The
final, irreducible and unacceptable de-
nominator of the universe is God. If
one is not conscious Of that, life itself
becomes an enigma haunted by para
lying fear. That Steadfast Face of
Palm Sunday reminds us that it is only
through a concrete person who is
divine enough to show love and grace
in consummate degree and human
enough to be identified with us, that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Postal Pay Raise

The Eisenhower administration is
betraying the postal employees of the
Nation by allowing Postmaster General
Summerfield to push his diabolical re-
classification plan in order to kill
much-needed postal pay raise and to
reduce the postal employees to point
of Serfdom
When ike" was campaigning for the
presidency he knew then of the need
of the postal employees for a pay raise
and better working conditions. Seems
he has forgotten his promises after the
Nation voted him in for a change for
the better
SQmmerf1eld is using misleading
comparisons and statements such as "a
raid on the Treasury" to smoke-screen
Congress.
But, Mr.. Summerfield the ladies and
gentlemen in Congress have been
around Washington longer than you
have. and can't be fooled by your
antics. Why don't you resign?
Peter Landover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
ThoiIund's Example

Thaland has set a fine example OF reso-
luteness in unqualifedly announcing It's
readiness to join in arrangements for "a united
front against Communist aggression IN South
east Asia" Should Indo-China fall. this little
country-which is very rich in courage as well
as in rice, natural rubber and tin concentrates
would be next in line for Red conquest
directed by the Peiping Moscow axis. But 1t
does not propose to resign itself to that threat
with a passive or do-nothing policy. Instead,
it agrees with our own Governments view
as advocated by Secretary of State Dulles,
that there should be concerted defensive action
by all the nations principally concerned.
Actually of course, as the first of these
countries to respond aff1rmatively to the Dulles
proposal, Thailand has not done anything par
ticularly surprising. 1t has merely acted in
keeping with its Stout-hearted national char
acter-a character that has expressed itself
throughout the postwar years in policies firmly
dedicated to the maintenance of its independ-
ence against the Peiping Moscow menace.
Thus besides having sent troops and planes to
fight under the U. N. Command in Korea, and
besides having voted forthrightly in the General
Assembly to brand the Chinese Communists as
aggressors, it has been among the first and
strictest of all free lands in banning trade with
them. And now, with typical f1rmness. it has
made clear Its resolve to do it's full share in any
united effort to stop the Red tide from further
advances in Asia stand that should help to
stiffen the spines of waverers elsewhere in the
non-Soviet world.
We're skeptical of these threats to boycott
coffee, since, outside Of the barbershop shave,
We can't think Of anything that ever actually
priced itself out II the market.
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stated only recently that he, too, was
uneasy over the long delay.
I remember when the first charges
against Alger Hiss and Harry Dexter
White were raised. Many newspapers
said it was just an irresponsible
charge" made against two highly COM
petent men in our Government. Future
events showed who was right and who
was wrong? Are you sure you won't
have to retract that editorial of April 8.
Dewitt o. Burke.
Was the delay fatal? What differ
ence would it have made in our con-
duct or our fate if the H-bomb had been
available for use 18 months or more
earlier? Who is responsible now for
the delay in it's use on Moscow, Peiping
or some other target more interesting
than an uninhabited Pacific Island?
Another balmy investigation is called
lor' Sidney KOretZ.
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definitely an expression OF the whole American
people. It is intended to carry mail abroad
and to speak of our national goals and purposes
in worldwide terms Serving this dual objec-
tive, it will be- as Postmaster General Summer
field has said, IAN ambassador of good will"
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
.PTA TO MEET
DECEMBER 9TH
Silver Eagles Glee Club and
Fashion Show To Fol-
low Business
CLOTHING NEEDED

The December meeting of the
Smyrna Special District School
Parent Teacher Association will
be held Thursday, Dec. 8 at 8
pm. at the elementary school.
Lester Liefere will preside at the
business session, which will be
followed by a program including
selections by the Silver Eagles
Glee Club under the direction of
John Dickinson. A fashion show
will be staged, following which
parents and teachers will have
the opportunity to hold confer
ences and discuss their problems.
The need for warm clothing is
stressed by Mrs. James Vessel,
clothing chairman, and Miss Clara
Sparr, school nurse. Contributions
of warm clothing, especially need
ed for boys, will be picked up by
Mrs. Vessel if she is called, or
may be left at the Office of the
school nurse at the elementary
school.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02

Delaware Memorial Bridge is as
Sound as 1889 dollar" That
was the concensus of Howard,
Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff,
consulting engineers, in report
to Charles T. Gallagher, Jr., gen.
eral manager, following a COM
plete inspection. During Hurri-
cane Hazel bridge employees re-
ported some strange 'creaks and
groans' as they went about their
work keeping traffic moving DUR
ing the storm. 1t was for that
reason that an inspection was or
dered. Elmer K. Timby, reporting
for the consulting engineers, said
that trusses and chord spices
were checked for evidence of pos
sible extreme shear stress on riv-
cts of the field connections. He
said that not a single splice or
connection revealed the slightest
indication of fracture of paint
seals, which would be the first
evidence of unusual strain. The
"creaks and groans' which main
tenance men had reported were
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
FREE PARKING
TIL JANUARY 3
Parking Meters Lifted Dur
ing Xmas Shopping
Season
WELCOME TO SHOPPERS

Persons driving to Smyrna to
do their Christmas shopping will
be greeted by a strange sight
beheaded parking meters, and
they will stay headless until Jan.
8. Free parking in Smyrna was
inaugurated here last year during
the holiday shopping season and
met with the approval of both
shoppers and merchants, and
traffic was under control at all
times. This year it was decided
to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to service the meters and
put them all in good working or
der during the interval. The town
crews started the decapitation of
the meters early last Saturday
morning, following authorization
by the town council at the meet
ing the night before. Altho no
formal Christmas greeting will be
found at the site of the meters
the town of Smyrna by this ac-
tion has extended a welcome to
all shoppers.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
RETURN FROM
GRANGE MEET
Harry c. Johnson and Wife
Back From National
Grange Session
AT SPOKANE, WASH.

State Master Harry c. johnson
and Mrs. Johnson have returned
from a months trip by motor to
the west coast where they at
tended the National Grange ses-
sion at Spokane, Wash, from
Nov. 9-18. They left Smyrna on
October % and went the South
ern route to Los Angeles. stop
ping at various points of interest,
among them Painted Desert, the
Grand Canyon, and the Petrifed
Forest. After visiting in Los An
geles they drove north to San
Francisco, and thence to Spokane.
While attending the Grange ses-
sion Mrs. Johnson, who is Nation
al Flora as well as Delaware
State Grange Flora, assisted with
the seventh degree which was
conferred on 5O89 candidates. This
ceremony was held in the new
Coliseum at Spokane, which was
used for the first time by the
Grangers. Their headquarters
while in Spokane were at the
Hotel Davenport. Among the in
teresting events they enjoyed was
a tour of the University of Min
nesota, where the professors acted
as their guides. On the return
trip to the east they stopped at
Yellowstone National Park, and
were taken on a trip to the Grand
Coulee Dam. While in San Fran
cisco Mr.. and Mrs. johnson visit
ed Kenneth Attix, of Smyrna, who
is stationed at Fort Scott.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
MEMORIAL BRIDGE SOUND AS
'39 DOLLAR REPORT ENGINEERS

believed to have been produced
by a normal expansion of metal,
which does cause slight sound
according to Timby. Inspection of
the cables included a check of the
splay section at the anchorages,
the cable saddled at the anchor
ages and on the towers, a walk
ing inspection of the cable for
loose wrapping wire; the cable
bands for possible slippage. All
were found in perfect order. Con-
cluding his inspection report, Mr..
Timby frote that psychologically
speaking, such infrequent disturb
ances produced by the elements
tend to play tricks on those in
volved in the performance of haz-
ardous tasks, and it is believed
that such was the case here. In
addition to the phases of inspec-
tion reported, the concrete deck
was observed for possible recent
cracking. No such cracks were
found. We report Delaware Mem
orial Bridge as sound as a 1899
dollar"
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
HOSE COMPANY
XMAS PARTY
For Members and Wives and
Auxiliary To Be Held
Friday, December 10
GET TICKETS BY DEC. 6

The Citizens Hose Company is
planning a Christmas party for
its members and their wives, and
members of the Ladies Auxiliary
and their husbands to be held at
the fire house on Friday, Dec. 10
from 9 to II pm. Single members
of both organizations are entitled
to bring boy friend or girl
friend. An assessment of one
dollar per person will be made for
all who attend to cover the ex-
penses. The committee emphasiz-
es the Importance of making res
ervations and purchasing tickets
on or before Dec. 6 so that the
proper arrangements may be
made. Reservations and tickets
are being handled by Reynolds
Bradley. The committee in charge
of the affair includes Alan Robin
son, Fred Harris, ,Jr., William Car
san, Oscar Attix, George Bradley,
Robert FAIRIES, and Mr.. Bradley.
Music will be furnished for dane
ing by Sam Green and his orches-
ira. This is the first activity the
fire company has had in six years
at which the volunteers have had
the opportunity to entertain their
wives, and the committee hopes
that all will attend.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
PRPN NAMED
TO JAIL POST
Levy Court Appoints Robert
Pippin Warden of Kent
County Jail
PRESENT SHERIFF

Robert Pippin, Dover, present
sheriff and former Levy Court
commissioner, was appointed by
the, Levy Court Tuesday after
noon as warden of the Kent
County Jail to success Norris B.
Garrison, whose term will expire
on Jan. 3. Sheriff Pippin, an ag-
riculturist, has always been active
in Democratic politics and will be
the first Democratic warden of
the jail. His selection by the
Levy Court was unanimous. There
were six other applicants for the
post. The Yarden-elect's term as
sheriff will expire at the same
time he will take over the duties
of warden.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB
There Will Be a Christmas Ex-
change Sale of Candy and Cookies

There Will Be a Christmas Ex-
change Sale of Candy and Cookies
The program for the meeting of
the Twentieth Century Club for
Thursday, Dec. 9 at pm, has
been arranged by Mrs. Edgar j.
Boggs, chairman of home depart
ment, and her committee. Mem
bers are urged to bring gifts
which will be sent to Delaware
Colony at Stockly. Gifts suitable
for the residents of the Colony
are such articles as costume jew
elry, handkerchiefs, or other small
gifts which would appeal to per-
sons who are mentally handicap
ped. At this meeting there will
also be Christmas exchange sale
of home made candy, cookies,
jams, or other items made by
members. There will be group
singing of Christmas carols. Mrs.
Harold E. Wickham will preside.
Dues are payable before January.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS NOW ON
Turned on Saturday Night in the
Downtown Shopping Area

o"heO"h AC&AoPPhs6 1hASN
The Christmas season has been
ushered in by the turning on last
Saturday night of the Christmas
lights in the downtown shopping
area. The festoons of red and
green bulbs on Main and Com
merce Streets as we'll as the
large lighted Christmas tree in
the island at the intersection of
Market Street Plaza and Com
merce Street create a holiday at
mosphere, and with the imminent
arrival of Santa Claus proclaimed
by store windows full of holiday
merchandise, the merchants are
anticipating a big season. The
strings of red and green lights
also outline the Town Hall and
the fire house, as on previous
years. Upon arrival of the light
ed stars purchased by the Jaycees
they will be hung in the center
Of the festoons The n1j--Upnt OF
ten percent to home owners who
use fifteen, or more lights in their
outdoor holiday decorations from
Dec. Is to Dec. 81 is expected to
prove an incentive to many to
further enhance the beauty of
Smyrna during the holidays. Free
parking is now in effect and will
be until Monday, Jan, 8, sgf
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
SEES 'MAN WITH THE KEY"
Mrs. Marjorie w. Speakman At.
tends Play in Washington


Mrs. Marjorie w. Speakman,
Belmont Hall, Smyrna attended
a play, "The Man With the Key"
presented at Lister Hall, Wash
ington, d. c., by Moral Rearma-
ment, which deals with the spread
of the theology of MIRA to win
people over from communism.
She was the guest of Mrs. Char
les Haines, the former Miss Marg-
cry Speakman, of Wilmington.
The theology is based on four alb
solutes, of honesty, unselfishness,
purity, and love. The movement
has a team of two hundred work.
ers of all races and creeds from
all over the world working to
spread the ideology in this coun-
try, many of them who have been
converted from communism.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
SCHOOL ASSEMBLY PROGRAM
Rev. f. S. Bancroft Was Speaker
and Spoke on Thanksgiving"

anu SPOKE on thanksgiving
Miss Helen Scout was in charge
of an assembly program for
grades 4, 5, and 6 held last week
in the high school auditorium, at
which the Rev. F. Sydney Ban
croft, rector of st. Peters Church
spoke on Thanksgiving. He
said that people were thankful
they felt good. The fifth grade
program was announced by
Brandon Jones, and the Tooth
Psalm was read by Harold Car
row, which was followed by the
Lords Prayer and the flag salute.
A play: who's Thankful" was
presented by the following cast:
Joan Niles, Barbara Ross, Karen
Kraus, Catherine Knight, Donna
Rae Long, Nancy Moore, and
Mary Ann Gearhart. Due to the
illness of Judy Street her part
was read by Patsy Moffitt, who
also played a piano solo. The
fifth grade sang two songs: 1--WE
Gather Together" and "Swing the
Shinink Sickle" Mrs. Doris Fear
on led the three grades in singing
two rounds. The assembly was
closed by the singing of America.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
SANTA CLAUS
HERE SATURDAY
Youngsters To See Movies
and Greet Santa at
Theatre
SPONSORED BY JAYCEES

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING
TO TOWN-He will not have to
hold his court in the outdoor cold
this year, nor will parents have
to stand in the cold for hours
awaiting the turn of their chill
dren to be received by him. The
Clayton Junior Chamber
of Commerce has arranged for
Saint Nick to appear at the
Smyrna Theatre on Saturday, Dec.
4, where the eager children will
be entertained by cartoons and
other films until the time comes
for them to tell him what they
want for Christmas and to re-
cieve a stocking full of toys and
a candy cane. He will be seated
on the stage at the theatre and
a definite plan for handling the
large crowd has been worked out.
Santa Claus has been fore-sighted
enough to get the assistance of
the Jaycees in preparing the 1000
stockings needed, and when he
arrives from the North Pole he
will find them ready to give. On
Monday night large group OF
Jaycees and their wives filled the
red net Christmas stockings with
the gifts. They formed an as
sembly line at two long tables in
the Colonial Hotel and with cheer
and good will managed to pack
the stockings at the rate of thir-
teen a minute. Children aged ten
years and below who live in Clay
ton and Smyrna and in the wide
area covered by the Smyrna
Special School District and the
CLAYTON School are invited to
meet Santa. The mother of any
child too young to be seated alone
at the theatre will be admitted
provided she will hold the child
on her lap. Parents with chill
dren old enough to come alone
are urged to do SO. All of the
seats are needed to take care of
the large crowd expected.
Free Bus To Clayton
A free bus will leave Clayton
at 1:3O pm. from Sparks Pharm-
acy. The doors of the theatre
will be open at 1:45 pm. and the
front doors of the theatre will be
locked at 2:15 pm. The Smyrna
Continued on Page Sikh
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
$12O,I5s.5O IN XMAS CHECKS
1905 Members of Christmas Club
in Three Banks in This Area


in Three Banks in This Area
Checks amounting to a total of
S120, 1880 were mailed out this
week to 1905 members of Christ
mas clubs in the Smyrna-Clayton
community's three banks, an in
crease in both memberships and
savings over the year 1858. The
National Bank of Smyrna report
ed that a total of 737 members
received checks amounting to
2,445.75 this year, while in 1858
they disbursed S66, 6,225.50 to 727
members. The Fruit Growers Of
fee of the Farmers Bank of the
State of Delaware showed an in
crease of fifty members and ap-
proximately $4,000 in disburse-
ments, sending out $31, ,207.75 this
year to 333 members. At the
Clayton Bank and Trust Company
an increase in savings of $1,000
was reported for the same num-
ber of members as in the previous
year, with this years disburse-
ments amounting to $16,500.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
Toy Collection by Boy Scouts

The collection of toys staged
last Friday by the members of
Boy Scout Troop 1876 was great
success and a large quantity of
very good toys, including bikes,
scooters, wagons and an enorm-
Gus amount of small toys has
been left at the fire house. This
service by the Boy Scouts will
greatly aid the firemen in their
efforts to deliver toys to several
hundred boys and girls on Christ
mas Eve. The volunteers will
work many hours to refurbish the
toys and a display of them will
be arranged at the fire house be-
fore their delivery to the chill
dren. The Boy Scouts covered the
Clayton-Smyrna area and met
with good response from the resi-
dents in this effort.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
Graduates From Army School

Graduates From Army School
Pvt. Stephen D. McNatt of Bay
View, near Smyrna, will graduate
this week from the Pole Line
Construction Course, one of the
many courses offered at The
Southeastern Signal School, Camp
Gordon, Georgia. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard B. Nc
Matt, Bay View, Smyrna. The
Pole Line Construction Course,
which is weeks in length, trains
selected enlisted men to construct,
maintain and rehabilitate open
wire, cable and field wire COM
munications systems. During his
training, Pvt. McNatt received a
technical education worth thous-
ands of dollars. He will now be
reassigned to an active unit of
the United States Army, The
Southeastern Signal School is a
component of the Signal Corps
Training Center, mammoth COM
munications college, which sup
plies trained signal technicians to
Army units all over the world.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-02
Awarded Certificate of Merit

Private First Glass Philip H.
Denney, stationed with the 392nd
Army Band, Fort Lee, Virginia,
has been awarded the Certificate
of Merit Soldier of the Month"
at Fort Lee. Philip won this
award over a field of 675 eligible
applicants. The award will be
presented to Philip by the Com
manding Officer, ONO, at an ap-
propriate ceremony in the near
future.