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Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

In the Junior American Citizens
Clubs the d. A. R. has about 30O,-
600 boys and girls of all ages,
creeds and races in training for
better citizenship.
Another recent accomplishment
Miss Carraway said, has been to
create a new National Committee
to sponsor the Children of the
American Revolution, helping the
members own children to become
creditable citizens.
She pointed out, too, that the
d. A. r. annually awards prizes to
the Academies of Army, Navy,
Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, Ma
rine Corps and Air Force to stim-
ulate leadership and scholarship.
Running through all d. A. r. pro-
grams, Miss Carraway declared, is
the shining thread of Christian
citizenship, a belief in this Nation
under God.
THUS" she declared, "the d. A.
r. has a workable, unsurpassed
plan for fostering true patrio-
tism and for pTacticing, teaching
and preaching better Americanism.
Women have vast power in this
land of ours" the President Cen
eral declared, Daughters Of the
American Revolution have especial
ly great prestige and influence. We
have the capacity collectively to
save our Republic, if we have the
zeal individually to do our part
for Home and Country"
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

General William Hesketh, President
of the National Association of Civil
Defense Directors, ". the radar
warning net now can be blocked
out by radio jamming device and
the first information of enemy
plane location may be obtained
from visual observation"
An higher authority, Secretary
of the Air Force, Harold E. Talbot,
said not long ago, There is and
may continue to be indefinitely the
known possibility that radar could
be blocked out; and if such a situ-
elton should arise, / want to en-
phasize strongly that the Ground
Observer Corps might we'll be the
only means of providing infOrma-
tiOn of approaching hostile air
craft"
Thus, the plane spOtter has be-
come a very important cog in the
national defense pattern. And that
is why, despite the seeming futility
of it, the veterans stay at it. Some
one has said that if one plane
spOtter sees and gives advance
warning of one A-bOmb attacker
the entire Ground Observer Corps
will have more than served its pur-
pose.
Meantime, every minute of every
day, somebody must be on the
watch. AS far as we can see into
the future, this nation will face
the threat of a surprise attack.
Though few civilians realize it,
the Air Force is on a perpetual
alert Twenty-fOur hours a day, jet
planes at strategic bases on all
our frontiers are ready to "scram-
BILE" against strange aircraft. Their
pilots stand by in shifts fully
clothed and ready to go at a
moments notice. Around our major
cities, anti-aircraft batteries keep a
24-hOur watch. And, of course, our
radaT antennae and ground OBJ
servers also are on a rOund-the
clock duty.
In Delaware right now. plane
spoilers are badly needed. At least
$500 more volunteers are required
to man all the posts the state should
have If YOU want to join this sky
watch, find out who is the chief of
your local observer post and then
volunteer. If there is no local post,
ask your local or county Civil De-
tense Director how you can help.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Maine Girls
Study Russian
(White of COurse)
AP Newsfeolures

AP NeWsteuiUFes
RICHMOND, Maine - In this
little village two American girls
are learning to speak Russian and
40 Russians are learning to speak
English.
Eleanor Jones and her sister-in-
law, Dorothy Jones, want to know
how to speak Russian so they can
better wait on members of a Rus
sion colony trading in their drug
store. The Russians want to make
themselves better understood to
their Down East neighbOrs.
There are about 100 White Rus
SLAMS and displaced cOuntrymen in
three Maine colonies. Most of them
were settled in this state through
the agency Of church groups which
helped European wanderers find
homes in the postwar period.
Miss Jones, blonde, attractive and
one of the few women registered
pharmacists in Maine, studies the
foreign language in between filling
prescriptions, and at home.
1--WE felt that if we knew just
one word of their language it would
make them feel better" she said.
we enjoy it. My Latin in college
helps me. We use records which
we have to study frOm-One at a
time, without knowing what the
next one will be except that it will,
of course, be progressive"
The drug store is a family bust
ness. Miss Jones, who served in the
Waves, always was interested in
medicine And once out of the ser
vice, she did something about it.
She enrolled at Massachusetts Col
lege Of Pharmacy, graduating in
1850.
She and her sister-in-law recall
that one of the first phrases picked
up by the Russians was TOO
much"
Soon, they hope, they'll be able
to explain to their Russian custo-
mers in Russian
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Americanism Talk
By OAR Leader

Summary Of an Address "Ameri-
canism and the d. A. r., given by
Miss Gertrude S. Carraway at d.
a. r., Delaware State Conference,
in Wilmington on Saturday:
Every American today is on the
firing line, within enemy range, in
the cold war between atheistic
communism and the moral philO-
sophy Of this Nation which incOr-
porates religious faith and the Dig
nifty of man in our Nation under
God, Miss Bertrude S. CarraWay,
President General, National Socie-
ty. Daughters of the American
Revolution, said tonight in an ad-
dress at the d. A. r. State Con-
ference.
The common defense depends
not only on military preparedness
IAN invincible Army. Navy and
Air Force-but also on a strong
citizenry, devoted to our Ameri-
canism and eager to improve and
spread it. 1t means political integ-
rity, economic stability, psychology
ical vigilance, moral stamina and
religious faith" Miss Carraway de-
clared.
Miss Carraway spoke before the
Delaware d. A. r. State Conference
at the Dupont Hotel, Wilmington.
During her fourth tour as Presi-
dent General, Miss Carraway is at
tending is state meetings as guest
Of honor. She will enter her third
year as President General when
the ID. A. r. holds its 64th annual
Continental Congress April 1922
in washington.
Speaking on "AmeFicanism and
the D. A. S." Miss Carraway said:
Ever since the National Society,
Daughters of the American RevOIu-
tiOn, was started it's principles
have been the same. Our detectives
from 1890 to the present day have
remained identical-WOrd for word
in our bylaws; historical apprecia-
tion, patriotic service and educa-
ti0nal training. All stand for the
preservation of the American Way
of Life.
These D. A. /. purposes are
sinilar to those for which our
Revolutionary fOrefathers risked
their lives and fortunes: the free
dom and independence Of our Ma
tiOn, individual liberty, and a form
of self-gOvernment based on the
rights and responsibilities of it's
constituents.
In the field of historical appre-
citation, Miss Carraway pointed out
that the d. A. r, preserves historic
shrines and sites, erects historic
markers, complies genealogical
records and enlarges the d. A. r.
library one of the three finest
genealogical libraries in the coun-
try, collects historic documents
and relics and improves the D. A.
r. Museum, which now has some
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Civil Defense Notes
BY COLONEL D. PRESTON LEE
state Director Of Civil Defense

Sitting at night in a plane
spOtter's post, a man sometimes can
feel rather foolish. Then, if ever,
the world seems peaceful and Sc
cure. Overhead the stars, un-
changed in the memory of mankind,
wink Familiarity Occasionally, an
airliner. it's lights blinking steadily,
trundles across the sky. On the
near horizon is the faint glow Of
ones hometown.
What. the spOtter asks himself
am l doing here? The mere thought
that he is there to watch for hos
tile, A-bomb laden planes, seems
ridiculous.
Every plane spOtter has felt this
mOmentarily. The longer he stays
in the business, the more the feel
ing grows. Plane spOtting is one
job that does not get easier with
practice.
Yet the spoilers stick with it,
putting in two or more hours a
week, building up staggering
ICCOLuo VI AAOuA oPCAb III soAA
watching. They stick with it be-
cause they know it is something
that must be done.
Outsiders find this attitude hard
to understand. To them plane spot
ting seems downright futile. After
all, doesn't the United States have
radar? Isn't this electrOnic barrier,
which extends along our northern
frontier and down both coasts, a
scientific sixth sense capable of
feeling out enemy planes with un-
canny accuracy?
All this is true. Still, the spOtter
continues to put in his hours of
watching. Why? There are two rea-
sons, one an old one and the other
urgently new. The old reason is
this: the radar used in our frontier
| barrier cannot detect lOW-hying
planes. Below 5000 feet is the dan
gerOus mile" In this range, spot
tiers are needed both to warn of
approaching planes and to track
their direction. Spoilers are the
only means by which the Air Force
can get a warning of aircraft COM
ing in at low altitude.
The second reason, and it has
just come to light, is that our radar
barrier can be blocked out. A radio
device now exists which can jam
radaT. This presumably is in the
hands of our potential enemies.
This means that in an attack a
portion of our radar net could be
deadened, and enemy planes could
slip through the dead spot
If proof of this is needed, there
is the recent statement Of Brig.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
PASSENGER TROUBLE

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - up
Lawrence Colley was brought into
traffic court and officers testified
he was charged with reckless driv-
ing, driving without a license and
without tags after his car had run
40 feet off the road. torn down
fence and plowed into a tree.
His defense was that his girl
friend was holding me too tight
and I just couldn't hold her and
the wheel too"
Judge John B. Scott fined Colley
$50 on the license and tag charges
but ruled him innocent of reckless
driving because "I'm convinced it
could have happened as he said"
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

10000 historic items. Daughters of
the American Revolution have re-
stored some $50 historic homes and
buildings.
Even more Importantly, Miss
Carraway said, the d. A. r. seeks
to imbue the Nations children with
a love of this cOuntry's history.
Last year, she pointed out, d. A. r.
members took $4,000 children on
historical tours and gave more
than 5000 history prizes.
The d. A. r. leader called for
detailed studies in American his
tory, the Constitution and the Dec
laratiOn of independence in the
public schools.
The President General also brief
ly reviewed some of the d. A. R.
accomplishments in the field of pa
tTiOtic service. She pointed out that
during the past year the d. A. r.
presented over $4,000 United States
Flags and more than $4,000 Flag
Codes.
In fostering better citizenship,
the d. A. r. last year gave 277
Awards of Merit to adults cOntri-
buting to the protection of Con-
stitutional Government Four thou
sand Good Citizenship medals were
given to young people of all grades,
races and creeds. Thousands of the
outstanding d. A. r. Manual for
Citizenship-last year almost Ga
000-were distributed, mainly to
immigrants and others wanting to
become citizens. She also men
toned the committees on Ameri-
canism, National Defense, Red
Cross, Conservation, American Mu-
sic and Correct Use of the Flag
The d. A. r., she said, seeks to
preserve the American Way Of Life
through educational training, one
Of the fields in which the d. A. R.
has been astOnishingly successful.
To the two D. A. R. schools
Tamassee at Tamassee, S. c., and
Kate Duncan Smith at Grant, Ala
and IL Others on the Approved
Schools list the D A. r, gave ST.
100000 in the last four years. To
be on the d. A. r. Approved
Schools list, a school must educate
children who would otherwise have
no opportunity for education or
children of the. foreign born.
In the 35 years Of operation of
Tamassee, Miss Carraway declared,
not one graduate. of Tamassee
d. A. r. school has ever been in
volved in any kind of crime, and
all have developed into upstand-
ing American citizens.
Kate Duncan Smith d. A. r.
School has raised the standard of
living Of its entire area and
brought law-abiding citizenship to
once lawless area.
These d. A. r. schools add two
R's-RespOnsibility and Religion
to the three academic RS, the D.
A. r. President General said.
Thousands of American girls and
boys have for years received a
higher education through the Stu
dent Loan and Scholarship Funds,
Miss Carraway said. The revolving
d. A. r. Student Loan and Scholar
ship Funds now total $35O,000. Last
year, Miss Carraway pointed out,
the D. A. r. raised $4,000 for
scholarships for American Indians
and awarded six nursing scholar
ships to young Negro women.
Each year the d. A. r. presents
about 5000 certificates, with pins,
to D. A. r. Good Citizens out
standing girl leaders in senior
classes of accredited public high
schools, with S100 bonds for the
State winners.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Safety Council Notes
us this trip necessary"

rs this trip necessary"
Reynolds du Pont, president Of
the Delaware Safety Council said
today that this question is one
every traffic violatOr should ask
himself as he makes his way
reluctantly to traffic court.
"Of course, the answer will be
No, he said. "A little more pa
tience, a little more spOrtsmanship,
a greater sense of responsibility on
the part of the offender could have
made the trip unnecessary"
Mr.. du POnt made that observa-
ton today as he spoke on behalf of
the current know and obey traffic
sponsored by the Delaware Safety
Council and the National Safety
Council.
why people will take the chance
of being arrested or even killed just
to gain some temporary advantage
in traffic is beyond me-" he said.
Mr.. du POnt urged all drivers to
avoid an. unnecessary trip to traffic
court by observing the following
simple rules:
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

1. Know and obey traffic laws.
z. Drive at a speed that is safe
for conditions.
3. Never drive after drinking.
Don't drink if you intend to drive.
4. Never attempt to cross an
intersection unless you're sure you
have the right of way. Always be
ready to give up your right of way
to avoid an accident
5. Don't pass on hills or curves,
and never cut sharply after pass
ing.
6. Don't hog the road
Z. Heed the signs of Life"
8. Check your car, check acci-
dents.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

Columbus had red hair.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
School Board Backs
Virginia U. Branch
In Arlington County

Creation Of a Northern Vir-
ginia branch of the University
of Virginia has the support Of
members of the Arlington School
Board.
Establishment Of the branch
has been proposed as an out
growth of the University Of Vir-
ginia Center. now conducting
classes at Washington-Lee High
| School. At a School Board meet
ing yesterday, DR.. Barnard Joy,
board member, said a regional
approach to the problem of es-
tablishing a Junior college
should be fully explored before
any jurisdiction should consider
going ahead on it's own"
Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell. board
chairman, said that many
authorities believe there are ad-
vantages to having a junior COL
lege as part of a university
rather than part of a public
school system.
Another board member, DIR. E.
r. Draheim, said that for more
than five years he has favored
establishment Of an area educa-
tional institution connected with
the University of Virginia. Board
Member Warren Cox said he
favored the University of Vir-
ginia approach also rather than
having the junior college pro-
gram added to the public school
system.
One Of the aims of some school
improvement groups active in the
county in the past 10 years has
been extension of the public
school system to include kinder
gartens and a junior college.
The board voted to advise the
county board that it considers
a proposed fire station site at
Old Dominion drive and North
Twenty fifth street a hazard to
students at John Marshall
School, 4751 North Twenty fifth
street.
Supt. T. Edward Rutter was
requested to discuss with county
officials possible construction of
a foot bridge across Four Mile
Run so students could walk from
Bancroft Apartments to Wake
field High School.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
$4,000 Requested
By Recreation Board
In Prince Georges

A 100000 budget has been
asked by the Prince Georges
County Recreation Board for its
activities during the forth
coming 1886 fiscal year. This
represents a $4,000 increase
over the current years budget.
Mrs. Clyde L. Everson, chair
man Of the board, announced
the request yesterday as it was
forwarded to the county COM
missioners for inclusion in the
county budget now being pre-
pared.
Mrs. Everson said expansion
of the recreation program to
cover many new communities
accounted for the proposed in
crease.
The budget request provides
leadership for an eight-week
supervised summer playground
program in SIS communities. an
increase of five over last year.
plus two day camps. Leadership
for 33 teen clubs, an increase
of eight, also is covered.
1t is planned to expand super
vision for athletic leagues for
boys and girls and to conduct
after-school playground pro-
grams in the spring and fall
for elementary school children
in q few communities.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

TUSKEGEE. Ala. Feb. H.
Macon County Negroes were
challenged at a rally last night
to go after a court order that
will help bring then equal citi-
zenship rights with white people.
Judge Hubert P. Delany of the
Domestic Relations Court. New
York. chided the group for fall
ing down on the job.
II don't believe you people be-
lieve in representative govern
ment," he said. "You have U.s.
900 Negroes in the county and
only 1000 white yet you have
no representative in the State
Legislature and only about 1000
registered voters"
Earlier Suit Dropped.
Several years ago a group Of
Negroes tried a lawsuit such as
Judge Delany suggested to force
the County Board of Registrars
to put their names on the voting
list.
The suit dragged along for
some time during which most
of the board members resigned
and finally was dropped after
an appeal to United States Dis
trict Court was dismissed.
Judge Delany, who is colored,
was a speaker at the annual
Founders Day meeting Of the
Tuskegee chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
II hear that Brother Jim Gov.
James e. Folsom is getting a
little better" Judge Delany said.
But if he doesn't move fast
and get you a registration board
in Macon County, / am advis-
ing you to get in touch with
the NAACP and have your local
chapter file mandamus COM
pelling tie registration Of all
Negro voters in Macon County"
Sacrifices Urged.
On the subject of integration
in public schools, Judge Delany
was critical of the Southern Ne
groes who are afraid to stand
up for their convictions"
The time has come when it
may be necessary to sacrifice
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Powell AssaiIs Services
On Treatment Of NEGROES
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-Repre-
sentative Powell, Democrat, of
New York, said today President
Eisenhower's program of racial
integration in the armed forces
is in serious trouble"
Negro men now serving in the
defense establishments of our
Nation are deliberately prevented
from advancing and, in the case
of the Navy. are being discour-
aged from enlisting and re-en-
listing" Mr.. Powell said in a
prepared speech.
Mr.. Powell, speaking on the
Man of the Week" program on
WRCA-TV, said Negroes COM
prise 1/10 of l per cent of the
officers in both the Navy and
Marine Corps and this is def
nitely not integration."
He said another alarming
fact is that Negro civilians
are definitely being discrimi-
mated against by the Pentagon.
There was no comment on Mr..
Powell's remarks from the Pent-
agon in Washington today.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
4 Police Boys Clubs
Compete in Art Contest

Plans for the first art contest
and exhibition of Division II of
the Metropolitan Police Boys
Clubs have been announced.
The contest, beginning March
81 in Boys Club No. 13, 1900 U
street NV, will be limited to
members of Division II clubs
numbers 2 and 13 and the South
east and Southwest clubs.
Prizes will be awarded in two
categories, drawing and sculp-
ture. A midget" competition,
restricted to members from 6 to
10 years of age. is part of the
contest. Juniors, from IL to IA,
and seniors, from Is to 18, will
also compete.
James V. Herring, professor
emeritus of art at Howard Uni
versity. will judge the entries for
artistic merit and neatness. They
must be received in the office of
division Co ordinator Corpl.
Bernard Ruffin at Club No. 13
before 9 pm. March II.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Russia Reported Giving Visa
To Justice Douglas for Visit

with the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation Administra-
ton, and Mr.. Khrushchev headed
the Ukrainian Communist Party
organization.
Mr.. MacDuffie quoted Mr..
Khrushchev as saying he under
stood Justice Douglas had been
given a visa, and would come to
Russia next summer following a
trip to India.
Mr.. MacDuffie said that after
the interview, Mr.. Khrushchev
sent him a message through an
other Russian official confirming
that the visa had been granted.
In Washington, the State De-
partment said it had no knowl-
edge of the Soviet action. JUS
tice Douglas could not be
reached.
Charges that Justice Douglas
was spying" on the Russians
appeared in the Soviet press
after the American went noun
ain-climbing with his son in
the Middle East in 1949.
Justice Douglas, returning
home after that trip, scoffed at
the charges, saying 1t was a
purely pleasure" trip.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Weather
stan Photo,
Continued. From First Page.)

at 8 am. today to determine
whether it had reached the
three-inch thickness required to
open it to skating.
In Washington police counted
remarkably few traffic accidents,
none of them serious. They at
tributed the low number to scam
ty traffic. A dozen or more per-
sons went to hospitals for treat
ment of injuries suffered in falls.
Even the deep South lay frozen
under the blanket of icy air
and Sub-freezing temperatures
pushed as far south as the Flori-
oa winter Fairgrounds Miami
had a 39-degree low Friday night.
Experts saw danger to Florida s
rich vegetable crop except those
on the lower East Coast.
The temperature was down to
13 in Atlanta, Ga, Tupelo, Miss,
had Is and Lexington, KY, four
below zero.
To the west the picture was
much the same-but worse. Bis
marck, N. D., had an overnight
low of % below zero.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
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Evening star., 1955-02-13
Byrd Doing Nicely
After Operation,
Marks Goth Year
By the Associcted Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. IL. - DR..
Harry Clifton Byrd. president
emeritus of the University of
Maryland. marked his 66th birth
day today and was reported do
ing we'll at University Hospital,
where he is recuperating from a
hernia operation.
DR.. Thurton r. Adams, his
surgeon. reported DR.. Byrd was
"up and around and doing very
we'll"
DR.. Adams said the former
university president probably will
remain in the hospital for
another week. He was quite sick
for several days soon after the
operation when the wound be-
came infected.