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Evening star., 1954-05-26
Al JoIson's Far East Tour
Brings Posthumous Award
BY the Assoeiased Press

LOS ANGELES. May ga
certificate of esteem" signed by
Secretary Of Defense Wilson has
been awarded posthumouSly to
singer AL Jolson for patriotic
services in providing entertain
ment to members of the armed
forces in Korea and Japan"
Senator Kuchel, Republican,
of California. presented the
award yesterday to Mr.. JolSon'S
adopted son, Asa Albert Jolson,
6. Mr.. Jolson died in San Fran
cisco shortly after returning from
a 42-show tour of the Far East
in 1850.
Mr. Jolson's widow, Mrs. Nor
man Krasna. %. attended the
presentation. made before the
cadet corps of Backbone Mil
itary Academy. where young Jol-
son is a student.
Evening star., 1954-05-26
School Chief Sturs,.
As Class PIuy Actor
BY the Associoted Press

STORM LAKE. Iowa.-When
the leading man in the class
play fell i'll. School Supt. Charles
Waterbury of Nemaha filled in.
The role called for him to
spend considerable time on stage
minus his trousers. The play
title was Let Me Out of Here. :"
Mr.. Waterbury was voted a
smash hit by the audience.
Evening star., 1954-05-26

ne went on. was international
vice president Of the Building
Service EMPLOYEES international
Union tAFL). but he was later
expelled during a factional fight
against communism. ''s"f
He now manages a Seattle
apartment. NAP
Evening star., 1954-05-26
Childbirth Sofety

CHICAGO.-A woman in the
United States has better than
999 chances in 1000 of coming
through childbirth safely, &C
cording to the American Medical
Association. Her chances of sur
viving childbirth are eight times
better than her mothers.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

ATTENTION: II you ore opt to move
John 6. Webster will REMOVE and Re-.
INSTALL any unit you have purchased from
US ABSOLUTELY FREE II. to your
NEW RESIDENCE tonywhere in MetropoIi-
ton Washington any time within THREE
YEARS from the dote of purchose..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03

family assets inyour possession"
II threw it over the side of the
bay bridge" Mrs. Santana, "a.
replied.
Superior Court Judge William
T. Sweigert almost bounced of
the bench.
"What?" he exclaimed.
"My husband throws his money
away gambling" Mrs. Santana
replied calmly. II can throw
away mine, too"
Sadly shaking his head. Judge
Sweigert ordered Augustin San
tana. a 55-year-old baker, to pay
his wife $50 a month temporary
support for their 7-year-old son
pending final settlement Of her
divorce complaint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
BY the Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN. Md, Mar. 3.
States Attorney John S. Holly
day said yesterday he is investi-
eating reports that a prisoner
was badly beaten by an officer in
the washington County jail.
Testimony of other inmates in
dicates. Mr.. Hollyday said. that
the beaten prisoner was intoxi-
Gated at the time.
The prisoner, John r. Car
baugh, 35, serving a six-month
term for larceny, was treated at
the Washington County Hospital
for decorations of the face and
scalp. The States attorney said
the wounds were inflicted by a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Life in the U. S.
This Johnny
Just Ought to
Quit Wishing
Life in the U. S,
BY the Assoeiossd Prsss

ROCHESTER N. Y, Mar. g.
Nine-year-old Johnny Calvin
made like a meteor while wish
ing on a star, but got his wish,
anyhow. Then for a moment
he wished he hadn't.
Johnny was doing his wishing
for a bicycle from a second
story window when out he went.
He grabbed a ledge and held. on
until a neighbor caught him in q
blanket.
Johnny. banged his head on
the way down, but E. r. Hershey
of Plymouth. Mich. read of the
mishap, and as balm for the
bump sent Johnny the bicycle.
= It arrived yesterday. Johnny
set out on a tour of the neigh
borhood, lost control and the
bike wound up against the rear
Of an automobile. Johnny es-
capped injury and the bike came
through with nothing more Sc
rious than a bent front wheel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
New Cunodion Envoy
In Soviet, First Since '46
BY the Assoeioted pre..

MOSCOW, Mar. 3.-John B. c.
Watkins. 81, Canadian career
diplomat. arrived in Moscow to-
day as Canada's first ambassador
to the Soviet Union since 1916.
The post Of Soviet Ambassador
to Canada, similarly vacant
more than seven years, was filled
October is with the arrival Of
Dmitri Stepanovich Chuvakhin
in Ottawa.
Each nation withdrew its am
bassador from the others capital
after a Soviet espionage ring
was uncovered in Canada in
1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
BY the Associated Pres.

LONDON. Mar. 3.-American
Air Force officers yesterday were
bumped out Of Winfield House,
London mansion built by Ameri-
can dime store heress Barbara
Hutton, now Mrs. Porfirio
RubiroSa.
The State Department wants
the million-dollar home, now an
officers club, as an official resi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Nuzi Victim Now Tex

DALLAS. Tex, R.-Lev Aron-
son, first cellist Of the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra. was late
for rehearsal the other day.
When he showed up, Conductor
Walter Hendl gave him a glare
and then ignored him.
Let's go back to No. S." said
Mr.. Hendl to the orchestra,
which instantly burst into THE
Star-Spangled Banner" Mr..
Aronson had Just left Federal
court and had become a natu-
rallied citizen.
John Rosenfield. music and
drama critic of the Dallas News
who sponsored Mr.. Aronson,
says the finer Buchenwald in
mate is \, thorough a citizen
that the ether orchestra mem
bers now call him Tex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Prisoner Beating Probed In Washington County

deputy sheriff he would not
name.
Mr.. Hollyday said it had not
been determined how Carbaugh
got the beverage that intoxicated
him. but Deputy Sheriff Lester
Isanogle. testifying in City Court
on another case, said visitors
have been known to slip liquor
to prisoners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
State Department Takes London Mansion From AT

dence for American Ambassadors
in London.
Ambassador Winthrop Aldrich,
former New York banker. is ex-
pected to move into the palatial
residence within q year after
major renovations costing an
estimated $150000. The Air
Force was given three months to
evacuate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Is Women Convicted
For Reformotory Riot
By the Assoeiatsd Press

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 3,-Circuit
Judge James Clark yesterday
convicted Is women for taking
part in riot which threw the
State Reformatory for Women
into an uproar last summer.
He suspended sentences which
tOtaled 68 years on charges of
rioting. assault and malicious
destruction Of property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Football Saves Guruqe

ALTADENA. Calf. (R.-
'Firemen say that when q
football exploded in the burn
ing garage Of John M. Eiken-
berry it saved his property.
Spontaneous combustion in
oil-soaked waste started the
fire yesterday. The heat burst
the football and the noise at
tracted Mr.. Eikenberry's at
tention. He turned on a gar.
den hose until firemen ar
rived,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03

Government sued to recover
it. Mayor Sherman G. Gartrell
wrote in to point out the agree
ment called for repayment af-
ter the start of the work. And,
said His Honor, work hasn't
started, so why all the fuss?
Government attorneys inves-
tigated and found the Mayor
spoke truly, so the action was
dropped. If Uncle Sam will
Just hold his horses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
$4,000 Over the Side

SAN FRANCISCO, (P.-It was
a quiet divorce hearing on Mrs.
Elena Santana's charge Of ex-
IRENE cruelty yesterday until her
husbands attorney asked what
has become of the $1,000 cash
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Queries Named to NACA

President Eisenhower yester-
day appointed Donald A. Quarles,
Assistant Secretary of Defense.
to be a member of the National
Advisory Committee for Aero
nauticS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
No Work, No Poy

ATLANTA. Ga. o. In
1916. Jasper. a North Georgia
mountain town of 1880 souls;
borrowed $500 from the Fed
eral Works Agency as an ad-
vance against the cost of q
sewerage system.
It hasn't been repaid so the
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
ADDRESS ON
MEDICINES
Martin Golden Tell of Pro-
gress in Medicines From
Days of Superstition
WARS SPUR DISCOVERIES

A portrayal of the progress ir
medicines from days of super
stition to modern scientific know.
ledge was given by Martin Gold
en-, pharmacist, at the Smyrna
Rotary Club on Thursday night
at The Wayside Inn. He told Of
how in the days before the Twen.
tieth Century the pharmacist hac
his own botanical gardens, raised
the plants and made his own tine
lures and elixirs of materials he
gathered himself. The new ther-
apy began at the start of the
Twentieth Century, he said, dis
cussing the marvels of new medi-
cines developed rapidly since the
1905. Penicillin was originally
discovered in 1928 but was
shelved until the 1940's, he sta
ted. The sulfa drugs came along
in 1885.
Wars Spur Discoveries
Wars seem to spur medical dis
coveries, according to the speaker.
Antibiotics have been helpful to
humans but also have produced
healthier animals in the veterin-
ary field, he continued. Insulin
has made twenty-one price drops
since it's discovery, and all drug
prices drop after research has
been paid, he said. Mr.. Golden
also told of polio vaccines, giving
a detailed account of three diff
ferent tests made by three diff
ferent laboratories, making for
safety in their use. "Our health is
our most important asset, he
said in conclusion, and "as soon
as any new drug is proven your
local physician and pharmacist
will have it." DR.. C. J. Prickett
gave the response. The speaker
was introduced by Elmer P. Cor
rie, program chairman. DR.. Prick
ett said that he recalled the COM
pounding of complicated drugs,
and expressed appreciation for
the contribution to the program
made by Mr.. Golden. DR.. John w.
Spies, of Indiana was the guest of
DR.. Prickett. William S. Freed,
Dover, and Henry J. Ridgely,
Camden, were visiting Rotarians.
w. L. Wheatley, member of the
club, has returned from a trip
to Nova Scotia. Clarence E. Bod
ley was the song leader. George
e. Bryson conducted the business
session.
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
WATER SKIING BECOMING VERY
POPULAR SPORT AT LAKE COMO

The sport of water skiing,
which is rapidly increasing in
popularity, has its devotees in
Smyrna, and the thrill of riding
on top of the water is being en-
joyed by a number of the young
set at Lake Como. Last summer
a group of young men and women
learned the rudiments of the sport
and this year, having become
more proficient in the art they
decided to build ramp for MAX
ing the jumps at high speed. The
ramp was built by the boys
themselves effshore from the
home of Hal Bodley, and is now
being used at a two-feet level
and will be increased gradually
to about five and one-half feet.
The work on the ramp, which is
supported by drums and anchored
in the lake, was done by the
boys working part-time and took
about three months. The young
men who worked on the project
include Hal Bodley, Jack Graham,
of Philadelphia, who spends his
summers in Smyrna, Rodney Fox,
of Leipsic, Bill Denney, Doug
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29

Anderson, and Lee Slaughter,
who also has his home on the
lake shore. The most youthful of
the devotees who have mastered
the art is "Chip" Slaughter who
gave demonstration of his skill
at making the jumps on Tuesday
afternoon, wearing the bright
orange-colored life jacket which
he was wearing when he made a
rescue alone of a man who was
thrown from a boat earlier this
season. Interest in small boats is
increasing and it is figured that
there are now about 25 outboard
motor and other types of boats
being enjoyed at Lake Como, in
cluding those of property owners
on the north shore. Several girls
have also become proficient at
skiing and expect soon to attempt
making the jumps over the ramp,
among them Beth Denney. The
activity centers about the pier at
the home of Hal Bodley, who has
his boat, Sheba, tied up there.
The water skiiers are towed by
Jack Graham in his outboard
motor boat.
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
BISHOP LASH
AT ST. PETERS
Speaks in Smyrna Church
His First Sunday i'm the
United States
FROM BOMBAY. INDIA

A plea for world wide fellow
ship and a consciousness of the
world wide mission of the church
was made by the Rt. Rev. Will
liam Quinlan Lash, Bishop of
Bombay, at a service at st.
Peters Church, Smyrna on Sun
day. Bishop Lash was presented
by the Rev. Paul Kellogg, rector
of Christ Church, Dover, and was
speaking for the first time on his
first Sunday in the United
States" and had been made aware
at an early service at Christ
Church, Dover that across the
width of the world 1--WE have the
same practices and traditions" ."
The reality of fellowship depends
on our real intimacy, he said, and
on the eve of the Anglican Con-
gress at Minneapolis, which he
will attend, he hoped that the
fellowship there would help
make concrete and real a world
wide communion and conscious
ness of the church's world wide
mission" Such a congress of re-
presentatives from the whole
Anglican world should help
make this possible, he stated.
Services In Seven Languages
Bishop Lash comes from a do
cese which includes the Church OF
India, Pakistan, Burma, and Cey-
Ion. and services in this diocese
of which he is the spiritual faith
er, are conducted in seven langu-
ages in addition to English. His
communicates range from aborlg-
inal Jungle tribesmen to the cul-
tured and cosmopolitan citizens of
Bombay. He pointed out that mis-
mionaries from England were
sent to India at the same time
they were sent to establish the
church in this country in colonial
days. Bishop Lash is one Of sew
eral bishops of the Anglican
Church from various parts of the
world now visiting in the Diocese
of Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
IMPROVEMENTS
AT LAKE COMO
Improved Parking Space and
More Space for launch
ing Small Boats
SAFETY PROGRAMS

Conditions at the beach at Lake
Como are better than ever before
from the angles of the water
which recently had the best re-
port ever, increased parking
space, safety from the traffic
viewpoint, and improved space
for launching small boats, accord
ing to town officials. The greatest
improvement of all is the elimin-
alton of a real driving hazard,
by the removal of the necessity
for traffic leaving the beach to
enter and cross Route 13, the
heavily Travelled Dupont Parkway.
The entrance to the beach is at
the same point as befole, which
was also the exit. The exit is
now about $50 feet from the en-
trance and permits traffic to
move into Main Street instead of
Route 13.
Fill-in And New Roadway
A large corner of the lake has
been filled in with material taken
from the East Commerce Street
roar construction project, and
this section of the lake will con-
tinue to be filled in so that a
large space will be available for
parking or other uses, and will
also remove the stagnant water
which always stood at that point.
This fill-in has provided the exit
roadway, and also a walk outside
the fence on the lakeside which
gives access to a number of small
boats which are tied in there.
The small boats may now be put
over at the Main Street exit from
the beach, anil there is also space
to park trailers used for the
boats. This project is another in
the safety program which the
town of Smyrna has inaugurated
this year IN cooperation with the
Governors Highway Safety Com
mittee. The beach is open daily
and two lifeguards are on duty.
Tentative plans are being con-
sidered for the removal of piers
which would almost double the
bathing beach area. The beach
would be extended in a westerly
direction if these, steps are taken
next year.
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
ANNUAL OCEAN
SWIM RACES
Tenth Annual Event Will Be
Held at RehObOth Beach
August 20 and 21
TWO NEW EVENTS

Two new events have been add
ed to the program for the 10th
Annual Ocean Swim Races at Re-
hoboth Beach, August 20 and 21,
it was announced this week by
Col. G. B. Shaffer, secretary of
the Rehoboth Recreation Club.
The meet is held under the sane
tion of the Southern Division,
Amateur Athletic Union. There
will be an $50 yard race for men
and women, to decide the Della
ware State Championship at that
distance. These events will take
place on Saturday afternoon.
Competition in the races will not
count in the totals for high scor-
er of the two-day meet, it has
been announced. All events on the
two-day card will feature free
style swimming. On Friday,
August ZO, there will be 220, 40
and $50 yard races for both men
and women, while on Saturday
the mile classic for each sex will
be featured along with the two
state $50 yard races. Col. Shaf-
fer announced that trophies will
be presented to all winners and
there will be gold, silver and
bronze medals for first, second
and third places in all events. An
individual point trophy will be
awarded for the highest point
score. Clubs may enter as MANY
swimmers as they wish, but only
the scores of the four highest
ranking competitors will be con-
Continued on Page Twelve
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
STATE HIGHWAY
PROJECTS LET
Three Contracts Are Award
ed, One For Walnut Street
Extension, Wilmington
BIDS AND BIDDERS

Colonel w. A. McWilliams
Chief Engineer of the State High.
way Department, has announced
that contracts for three projects
have been awarded by the DE.
partment to the concerns who
submitted the low bids on the
projects when bids on them were
recently received by the Depart
ment. The three projects are the
erection of the substructure for
the bridge on the Walnut Street
Extension over the Christiana
River, improving a portion of
North Star Road in New Castle
County, and the reconstruction of
an existing road in Sussex Coun-
ty. The contract for the Walnut
Street Bridge project was award
ed to A. S. Wilkstrom, Inc, Ska
naeteles, N. Y, at their low bid
price of $820,455.00. Completion
date for the project has been fix
ed for october Is, 1855. This pro-
ject provides for the construction
of all piers, main abutments,
sidewalks and tenders on both
siles of the bridge and also pro-
vides for the placing of some of
the supports needed for the bridge
operation in the main abutments.
Specifications for the bridge sub
structure provide for $3.50 cubic
yards of concrete masonry for
footings and above the footings,
15,400 feet of concrete piles, 12,-
200 feet of creosoted timber piles,
475,000 pounds of reinforcing
steel and 10000 pounds of struc-
tural steel. The contract for the
bridge substructure is the second
contract awarded by the Depart
ment on the Walnut Street Exten-
sion project. Previously a con-
tract was awarded to the Empire
Construction Company of Balti-
more for the underpass under the
CONTINUED on Page Sikh
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
FOOD SERVICE OFFICER
Capt. o. G. Nelson Is Stationed
At Seoul City Air Base in Korea

At SeOuI Clty AIT Base IN hOrea
"The preparation of meals is an
art and a science" said Capt.
orville C. Nelson, Gam Valley,
S. D., in describing his job at
Seoul city air base in Korea. Cap
tain Nelson is the food service
officer at the capitol city air base
in Korea who judges his dining
hall staff not by any established
criteria, "but by the reaction of
officers and airmen using the din
ing hail." he said. 'sThey are my
customers and are treated as
SUCH" the veteran of IL years
military service said, adding, I'VE
allow no letdown in either the
attractiveness of the meals or in
the courtesy of the staff" The
Korea-based officer flew with the
18th Air Force in Germany dur
ing World War III and since the
war has served in Saudia, Arabia
prior to going to the Far East
He arrived in Korea from larson
AFB. Wash, and will return to
the United State in February
1856. His wife, Helen, lives in
Smyrna, Del, during his tour in
Korea. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John M. Nelson, Gam Val
ley, S. D.
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
TWO COURSES
AT REHOBOTH
Special Courses Offered by
Extension Division of Uni
versity of Delaware
REGISTER AT SCHOOL

Two special courses will be of.
fered by the Extension Division
of the University of Delaware in
Rehoboth during the month OF
August. The two course offerings
are Ed 4055v Laboratory in Ele-
mentary School Problems, and Ed
5625- Social and Emotional Ad.
justments of Children. DR.. Alvin
SCHNEIDER of the University OF
Maryland and DIR. Catharine L.
Hultsch of Wilmington will be
the instructors for the courses
which will be offered five days
weekly, August 2 to August 20
in the Rehoboth Beach High
School. Both professors are highly
regarded in their respective fields
and have been members of the
Extension faculty on previous
occasions.
Register At Rehoboth High
Class registrations for each
course will be held at the Reho-
both High School on August 2 at
100 pm. and 600 pm. and will
be limited to the first thirty-five
persons who make reservations.
Laboratory in Elementary School
Problems will be held each after
noon from 200 to 4:30. The Soc
ial and Emotional Adjustments of
Children will meet in the evening
from 700 to $50. Each of the
courses is worth three hours of
graduate credit. For further in
formation interested persons are
invited to contact Gordon c. God
hey, associate director of the
University of Delaware Extension
Division.
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
JONES FAMILY REUNION
Eighty Attend Annual Affair at
White Crystal Manor

Eighty descendants from New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, and
Maryland attended the seven
teenth annual reunion of the des-
cendants of John, Robert, Rachel,
and Susan Jones' held at White
Crystal Beach Manor last Sun
day. Lloyd Jones, Sr., president
of Smyrna presided, and the Sec
retaries, Miss Ruth Jones, Smyr-
ma, and Mrs. Caroline Hutchison,
Cordova, Nd, as well as the presi-
dent, were elected to serve for
another year. The invocation was
given by Mrs. Earl Hutchison,
Cordova, Md, and singing was
led by Mrs. Henry S. Fisher, Den
ton, Md. Prizes were given to the
following: Mrs. Robert H. Denney,
Smyrna, the oldest lady present;
William H. Jones, Philadelphia,
the oldest man; David Hutchison,
one year old, Cordova, Md,
youngest attending; and to Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Turner, Chester
town, Md, the youngest grand
mother and grandfather. Three
deaths since the last reunion were
reported: Morris Sapavitz, Ches-
ter, Pa, Matthew Hutchison,
Dover; and Leon Jones, Leipsic.
The birth of Joann Money, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Money,
of Delaware City, was announced.
CONTINUED on Page Sikh
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
FIRE AT HOMER SHORTS
Blaze Near Here Started in En-
gine of Hay Baler Yesterday

The volunteers of the Citizens
Hose Company were assisted by
the Clayton Fire Company at a
fire on the farm of Carl Webb, of
Pedricktown, N. j., tenanted by
Homer Shorts yesterday after
noon. 1t was caused when a
blaze started in the engine of a
hay baler which was being used
to bale straw, and spread rapidly.
The baler was a complete loss. 1t
was owned and operated by Butch
Daniels, who estimated his loss at
$3.50. The tractor. pulling the bal
er was ,:aved. The fire spread
over eighteen acres of wheat
stubble and destroyed some of the
baled straw. Mr.. Shorts estimat-
ed his loss at $3.50. The firemen
stood by for some time in case
the blaze should break out near
the barns.
Smyrna times., 1954-07-29
Fire South Of SMYRNA

Twenty-six volunteer firemer
answered an alarm on Saturday
morning at 1856 o'clock for a
rubbish fire in an unused hog
pen on the property of Leonard
Taylor, two miles south of Smyr-
ma on Route 13. The blaze was
caused by burning trash in back
of his home and secondhand busi-
ness on the highway. There was
no damage. The firemen of the
Citizens Hose Company were in
action approximately three-quar-
ters of an hour under the direc-
ton of first assistant chief Robert
FAIRIES.