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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-22

East, Middle East and Africa and
through the tropics of South
America, Australia and the Pacific
Islands. Sir Hubert's travels in
72 countries in both hemispheres
have distinguished him as one of
the worlds foremost authorities
on ex.I enc climate conditions.
wilkins served as correspondent
with the Turks during the Turkish
Balkan War of 1928 and worked
with the humanitarian relief mis-
sions during the central European
famine of 1929.
His achievements were such that
he was knighted by King George
V of England, in 1928. For his con-
tributions to the development of
trans-oceanic flight, he was a
ward the Order of st. Michael and
st. Lazarus by King Victor Eman-
uel of Italy. wilkins has been dec
Grated by the geographical soci-
cites of London, New York, Edin-
burgh, Berlin, Belgium, Denmark,
Cuba, Argentina, Peru and Phila-
delphia. Aeronautical societies of
France, Norway, Denmark and the
United States Air Force have cited
his achievements.
For his military service with
the Australian Flying Corps dur
ing World War l, he was three
times awarded the Military Cross
the British equivalent of the U. SIS
Distinguished Service Cross. He has
also been honored for outstanding
civilian service to the govern
ment of the United States.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-22
DIR. BURT POOLE TO
SPEAK HERE APRIL %
Robert ]. Bennett

Rev. Burt Poole to speak at
Presbyterian Mems Group on
Wednesday, April 9th, at s
p. m. His topic will be,
Scenes and Souls in Ire
land. Beautiful colored slides
will be shown, including pic
lures of famous Croagh Pat
rick Pilgrimage of Tenants.
The slides will depict much
of the life and habits of the
people of South Ireland. Rev
erend Poole is the Assistant
Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist
Church in Wilmington. He
I spent a number of months in
Ireland doing interdenomina-
tional work, preaching in the
open air and distributing por-
tons of the Word of God.
Light refreshments will be
served. Come out and bring
a guest
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-22
Sick At Home
Near Houston

Arthur Armour is still quite i'll
at his home near Houston. He
suffered a heart attack some weeks
ago. He makes his home with his
sister, Mrs. Pearl Messick and
niece, Miss Rosanna b. Messick,
both of whom are caring for him
in his illness.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-22
FATHER TAKES BLAME

HOUSTON, Texas P - A
Houston father, pleading for his
son on trial in federal court for
bank embezzling, told the Judge:
This is my fault The boy grew
up in a home where he never heard
a kind word.
II was trying to make him per-
feet young man when / should have
let him be a happy little boy"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-22
No Parking

In st. Joseph. Mo-. a group Of
Buchanan county residents pro-
tested that a house that had been
moved to the middle of a backwoods
road five years ago was still stand
Ing there.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-22
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Thursday, April 14th, To We'd
nesday, April Goth, Inclusive

John E. Barcus, weather recorder
reports the following weather con-
ditions for Milford as recorded on
instruments located on Lakeyiew
Avenue. for the week beginning
Thursday, April 14th, and ending
on Wednesday, April goth, inclu-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-22

Although tin is softer than cop
per, the addition of little tin to
copper creates bronze which is
harder than either metal.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-22

Queusy
Quality IN lettuce can Be de-
termined to some extent by looking
ut the core at the base Of the head:
II fresh. 1t will be firm and light
colorad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
Alexandra Still Battles
For Issue of Lee Stamp

two cities, I'll go to Norfolk or
Washington and get them and
bring them to Alexandria my
self" he said.
BrOyhill Promises
Representative Broyhill, Alex
andria's Congressman, has
promised to talk to postal off,
Gals to see what can be done.
Virginia Senator Byrd's office
also said the Senator probably
will ask that Alexandria be al
lowed to issue the stamp stimuli
taneously.
While Alexandria was pro-
testing, the battle spread to a
new front. Representative Har-
rison, Democrat of Virginia. said
the stamp should be issued at
Lexington because it was there
that Lee served as president OF
Washington-Lee University and
is buried.
Mr.. Mann also brought UP the
Post Office Departments plans
to issue a stamp honoring an
other Virginian, Patrick Henry,
October 7 in Joplin, Mo.
utterly fantastic" the coun-
Gilman said. Post Once off,
Gals ought to take a course in
history"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14

Councilman Frank E. Mann
hasn't given up his campaign for
Alexandria to share honors with
Norfolk in the first-day issuance
of a Gen. Robert E. Lee Stamp.
The Post Office Department
said it is standing by its decision
to issue the stamp September 81
in Norfolk.
I'm going to keep fussing,
protesting and whatever else is
necessary until the post office
gives in,' said the Alexandria
Councilman. a descendant Of the
Confederate general.
Claims Are Made
Mr.. Mann and other city off,
cials maintain that Norfolk has
no association with Gen. Lee,
while Alexandria was his home
town. A letter of protest was
sent yesterday to the Post Office
Department by City Manager Ira
F. Willard.
Councilman Mann made it
plain he wasn't accepting the
departments view that it would
Ibe a burden to issue the stamp
simultaneously at the two cities.
why, If it's a burden to dis
tribute that 30-cent stamp at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
Boy, 13,Found
Hanged 10 Tree

A 13-year-old boy-missing
from home for seven hours
was found by his mother last
night, hanging by a rope from
a dogwood tree in the yard Of
"a vacant house, police reported.
He was Charles F. Chamber
lain, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
ard Chamberlain, 4l01 Fessen-
den street NV.
His mother, Mrs. Frances
Chamberlain. was searching the
neighborhood with a neighbor
and friend, Hatsell o. Bowman,
5027 Wisconsin avenue NV.
when she found her sons body
suspended from the tree.
He was in the yard of a
vacant house at 5025 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV, next door to
the Bowman home and about
a block and a half from his
own home.
Detective Sergt. A. D. Clark.
Of the homicide squad, said there
were indications the death may
have been a tragic accident.
He said the rope was not tied
to the tree limb, but was
wrapped once around it, and ap-
Iparently had caught in a freak
fashion and held fast. He said
there also were indications that
the boy had struggled to gain a
footing on a nearby log.
His parents had reported to
police that he had been missing
from home since 3 pm. yester-
day. His mother found him
about 10 pm. A physician pro-
nounced him dead at the scene
lat 11:40 pm. He said the boy
had been dead five to six hours.
Mrs. Chamberlain had search
ed the lot earlier in the day
without result. She and Mrs.
Bowman looked again later
when the boys bicycle was found
nearby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
Full Adherence to Code
For Housing Held Remote

IAN effective tool in making the
improvement.
He expressed the view that
property owners will be chiefly
affected by requirements for ad-
ditional plumbing and utilities.
Another that will be felt is the
requirement for lowering the in
tensity of occupancy in sub
standard conditions.
Replacement Housing
Col. Evans anticipated that
there would be housing for per-
sons forced to move. He noted
that the Redevelopment Land
Agency has been successful in
relocating the bulk Of its dis
places, and some $500 addi-
tional housing units have been
requested here.
The official said he believed
the code was written in fairly
simple language and should be
clear to the general public.
Copies now are being prepared
and should be available within
the next two or three weeks in
the Department Of Licenses and
Inspections, he said.
The new code is the culmina-
ton Of two years of work by
District officials and interested
citizen groups. It was drafted
1--WE times.
Col. Evans. who leaves the
District Building next week for
a new assignment, commended
city government employees and
said he had enjoyed his work
in the District,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14

1t may take several years be-
fore the entire city IL in COM
pliance with the Districts new
housing code, Assistant Engineer
Commissioner Giles Evans said
last night, but it should be an
effective weapon in the war on
slums and blight.
Col. Evans told a radio audi
ence that the city's Housing
Division, which will be the en-
forcement agency, does not have
enough men to bring about total
compliance overnight. He spoke
on the Commissioners Report"
program over station WWDC.
1t is anticipated that when
the new code goes into effect
September /, enforcement will
proceed in response to COM
plants. in inspections Of licensed
housing, and in an area basis.
Good Results Forecast
Col. Evans said 1--WE think now
We have q good housing code
which will be effective in the
CITY,"
In response to questions, the
official said he did not believe
the average householder would
feel the effects of the new code
except as it benefits the entire
city" It is aimed at maintaining
minimal acceptable housing con.
ditions, he noted.
About IL or IS per cent Of the
total housing in the District IL
estimated to be Substandard and
in need Of improvement or elm.
ination. Col. Evans said, and il
is hoped that the code will prove
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
Arlington Man
Held in Knifinq

An Arlington man was critic
ally stabbed with a butcher knife
yesterday after driving another
mans wife home from o tavern.
The husband, Frederick r.
Peer, jr.. "a Of the 600 block of
South Walter Reed drive, was
held on $4,000 bond after being
charged with felonious assault.
The victim Of the stabbing
Calvin E. NGoode, Is, Of 1913
North Rochester street, was given
a $3.50 chance of survival. He
underwent an operation at Ar
lington Hospital for q stab wound
below the heart.
According to Detective 1t.
Lynn Smith, the attack came in
the wake Of an evening of beer
drinking at restaurant on Co.
lumbia pike.
Mr.. Peer left his wife in the
tavern after an argument over
money, 1t. Smith said, and Mr..
Goode later drove Mrs. Peer to
her apartment.
The stabbing took place when
Mrs. Peer returned to the parked
car after visiting her apartment
in an effort to get some money
from her husband, 1t. Smith was
told.
Mr.. Peer is scheduled to appear
tomorrow for preliminary
court hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
CONNIE CUT LINES
AT PENTAGON AND
WEATHER BUREAU

Not the least of Hurricane
Comics transgressions was the
disruption caused to Western
Union transmission lines serv-
ing the Pentagon and the
Weather Bureau.
A Western Union official
said a cable crossing Highway
Bridge was knocked out Fri
day causing temporary dis
ruption of service to the Army
and Air Force at the Pentagon.
The company's trouble shooters
were able to minimize the de-
lay by providing emergency
circuits.
The Weather Bureau line
serving newspapers. radio sta
tons and other subscribers in
this area was out for a brief
time also, but emergency serv-
ice was provided on this line
as well, the spokesman said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
Special Dispatch to The star

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. Is
The new Terre Haute Transit
Co., nearing the three-month
mark Of its operations, says traf-
flc volume has increased even
more than expected and that the
company plans improved service,
The company started opera
tons with new equipment May
16. after Terre Haute had been
without transit service for nine
months. The stoppage came
when go drivers and garage
workers for the Terre Haute City
Lines. Inc, struck for a pay in
crease while the company wanted
to reduce wages.
Now the 30-odd buses of the
City Lines are still standing In
the company's terminal. The new
company this week increased its
buses on the streets from Is to
81. The young company said II
is satisfied with the progress ii
has made and said also that
the patrons seem satisfied.
Smaller Than Washington
Terre Haute, of course, is much
smaller than Washington. Its
1850 population was 64,214. But
like Washington it had to gel
along without mass tranSporta.
ton. And Washington may be
like Terre Haute in having tc
deal with a new transit company
William F. Cronin. editor Of
the Terre Haute Tribune, said
yesterday that the new company
seems to be getting on swim.
mingly and that transportation
is about restored to normal"
The new company has sur.
mounted one legal hurdle. Il
has held a franchise from thu
city council. This week the In.
diana Public Service Commission
granted it a certificate Of public
convenience and necessity.
The commission had revoked
the City Lines franchise las
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14

Residents served by the Vir-
ginia Water Co. were urged last
night to use water only for es-
sential purposes because of q
breakdown in pumping facilities
at the Occoquan Pumping Sta
ton.
Oficials were not able to esti-
mate how long it would take to
repair the pump.
Howeowners served by the An
Mandate Water Co. must depend
upon stored water until the
pumping facilities are repaired
Paul T. Marrow, assistant super
Iintendent. pointed out.
The Virginia company, which
is owned by the Alexandria Wa
ter Co., serves residents Of Alex.
Iandria and in parts Of Fairfax
County.
Water Problems Eased
Luckily, cooler weather ant
Hurricane Connie has solved
temporarily some Of the water
problems in nearby communities
Outside use Of water has beer
restricted in Vienna, Va, fol
some time and the Rockville
(Md.) Town Council authorized
a restriction which was not i'm
posed.
The biggest problem has mo-
been one of supply but of distri'
button. But spokesman in these
jurisdictions said the coo,
weather this week and heav!
rain the last two days have re-
duced the demand.
Uses Water Wells
Joseph Blocker, clerk of thu
Rockville Council. said yester.
day that Rockville's problem!
should rs solved unless there j.
another continued hot spell. Ths
town gets its supply from well.
and from the washington Sub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
Manassas Fair
To Open Tomorrow

Hurricane Connie raised havoc
with the Manassas (Va.) fair
grounds but officials are plan
ming to open the Prince William
County Fair on schedule to-
morrow.
A big tent for exhibiting beef
cattle collapsed Friday after
rainfall Of eight inches in two
days made the ground too wet
to hold the tent stakes.
A second tent for home DEM
onstration club exhibits was
taken down when it was feared
it would collapse. A third tent
for poultry exhibits remained
up.
The Official opening Is sched-
uled at / pm. tomorrow. The
fair will continue through Satur-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
Three Rescued From Island;
One Reluctantly Accepts

neer, and Vernon Sweadner, Of
of 1890 Burns place Sc, q
Capital Transit Co. employee.
Mr.. Karkanan said the three
rented the rowboat and an out
board motor in Georgetown, went
down the Potomac and up the
Anacostia, and were broadside
the current trying to moor the
boat for a short time when 1t
capsized. They held onto the
boat until it drifted to the
island.
When the theft suspect said
he would rather stay and try to
save his boat, Harbor Police
recognized him as a man they
wanted to question. They sent g
patrol boat after him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
Star star Correspondent

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del,
Aug. Is. - Maryland and Della
ware Atlantic Coast beaches took
Hurricane Connie in stride today
then settled down to q pleasant
week end despite strong winds
and drifting and singing sands.
Damage along the beaches
from Ocean City northward to
Rehoboth Beach was negligible
as the hurricane veered and
threw its main force at the Ches-
peake Bay area.
At the height Of the storm
winds were running 50 miles an
hour with gusts above 10 at
Ocean City. Vacationers, how
ever. appeared undisturbed and
were seen along the Boardwalk
watching the storm.
Water swept under the Board
walk between Fourteenth and
Twenty fourth streets at Ocean
City covering Baltimore and
Philadelphia avenues but failed
to stop traffic.
AT Fenwick Island, Just over
the Delaware line, water from
the Sinepuxent Bay rose well
over its normal level and sur
rounded several blocks Of homes,
stranding some cars in the area.
Fashionable ocean front beach
homes at South Bethany were
unchanged except for a few
shingles which were torn loose.
Across Ocean highway. how.
ever. the Sinepuxent Bay also
inundated several new homes.
A mid-afternoon twister that
struck just west of the Bethany
Beach Friday ripped UP trees
and damaged buildings in q
l50-yard strip for about q IS
mile distance to Oak Orchard.
Three chicken houses, a barn
and three other buildings were
leveled at the home Of Samuel
Piper, at Ocean View. Only Mrs.
Piper and a baby were home at
the time, They escaped injury
as the twister skirted the edge
Of the house.
The twister struck the corner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
|Strike-Sporked BusIine
Doing Well in Indiana

December in an unprecedented
action. The franchise granted
by the council to the new COM
pany was under a statute passed
by the Indiana General Assem-
bly, in February. It granted the
city council authority to regu-
late mass transportation.
Old Firm Opposed
The grant of the certificate to
the new company this week was
over the objections of the old
company. City Lines also is chal-
longing the commissions right
to revoke its franchise and the
case may come to trial this fail.
While the new transit COM
Ipany Is headed by a Terre Haute
attorney, H. Ralph Johnston, it
is reported that most of the
stock is held in Dayton. Ohio.
The Dayton interests already
owned the buses now operating
here.
Newly painted and larger than
the buses formerly in use here,
they were driven to Terre Haute
and placed in service. A ware
house was acquired which IS
used as a garage.
Service appears to be about as
frequent as was the case when
City Lines operated. The fares
are the sarne-15 cents, with 2
cents for transfers and a cut
rate for school children.
The strike came when the
union workers asked 20-cent
pay increase. The pay scafe
ranged from $1.45 to $1.72 an
hour. The company replied with
a proposal to cut wages 10 cents.
The new company pays the
scale in the old contract. 1t is
estimated it is operating with
between 10 and Is per cent fewer
employees.
City Lines Is a subsidiary Of
National City Lines Of Chicago,
which operates transit service
i in about 40 cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14

Police and firemen rescued
three men-one of them some
what reluctant to be saved
after their boat capsized last
night in the Anacostia River
near the Benning Road Bridge,
Detectives said they believed
the reluctant victim had a good
reason for being shy about want
ing to be pulled off Kingman
Island, where they had drifted
with the boat after 1t over
turned.
They took him to the Ninth
Precinct station house for ques-
tioning about an auto theft.
Others taken off the island
were Robert Karkanan. 81 Of
rs Victor street NE, an engi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
1900 All Member.
Wind Up Week
At Maryland U.

Inc I,oUU Maryland young
sters attending All Club Week
at the, University Of Maryland
packed up and headed home yes
'terday.
The weeks activity ended yes
terday with the judging of the
dress review and the selection
and induction of 30 new men,
bers of the All All-Stars, an
honorary group Of outstanding
club members.
The All-Stars, chosen at a
candlelight ceremony, included
Barbara Pearce. Sparks, Balti-
more County: James Martin
Hampstead. Carroll: Brunhilde
Seidel, st. Leonard, Calvert;
William Dorsey. Huntingtown
Calvert; Corine Hoff, New Wind
scr, Carroll; jeanne Cox, Elk
ton; Philip johnson, Noting
ham. Prince Georges: Helen
Long, Faulkner, Charles.
Alice Wilson, East New Mar
ket, Dorchester; Gordon Wilson
East New Market; Dolly Law
son, Frederick: Allen Flanagan
Woodsboro. Frederick: Spencer
Street. Forest Hill, Hartford:
Doris Fleming. Mt. Airy, Car
roll; Louis Arlington, Sykes
vile; Bonnie Brockson, Ches-
tertown; Carol Mills, Gathers
burg. Montgomery; Mary Lou
Smith. Mitchellville, Prince
Georges.
Henry = Comegys and joyce
Moore. both Of Centreviile:
Francis Knott, Leonardtown, st
Marys; Marion Pilkerson. Comp.
ton, st. Marys; Almyra Denny
Wye Mills. Talbot; John Ear
Hutchinson, Cordova, Talbot
Geneva Shank and Clyde Creek
both Of Hagerstown: Rosalie
Fields, Eden, Somerset, and
Thomas Banks, Mardela, Wi
comico.
Mrs. Merle Howes of Hyatts.
vile was made an honorary
member Of the All-Stars anc
Dorothy Emerson. associate State
All Club agent at College Park
was voted life membership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14

day. 122 telephone. box and
special alarms were received
most of them due to storm
damage. After 7 am. yesterday,
the Fire Department got the
backwash Of the storm-30 calls
to pump out boats considered
a hazard to navigation or to cope
with trees and wires that con-
stituted a fire danger
The trees and landscaping
division of the Highway Depart
ment went out on 100 complaints
OF fallen trees or limbs. Ten
streets were blocked by fallen
trees but the division reported
all arterial highways are now
open.
Tree Crashes on Auto
The trunk of a tree crashed
over q parked car in the 1900
block of Jackson street NE. and
a tree toppled over two cars in
the 1900 block of independence
avenue S.W.
In Montgomery County. police
advised motorists to stay of
Cedar Lane at Rock Creek Park
and Connecticut avenue because
of rising water.
Takoma Park police reported
new sections of New Hampshire
avenue under construction on
both sides of the intersection Of
Route 40l have buckled. Water
worked its way under the con-
crete and weakened supports,
police said.
Rowing events in the Presi-
dents Cup Regatta which had
been scheduled for today were
postponed until next Sunday.
the speed of the water led Cup
officials to postpone the event.
Rough as the storm was in
the Washington area, it was felt
with even more force not far
away. Baltimore got TO inches
of rain between 1880 am. Friday
and 7::30 am. yesterday-ths
greatest rainfall ever measured
in a 24-hour period in Baltimore
in the 84-year history Of the
Weather Bureau there.
8.5 Inches Of Rain
The new weather station at
Baltimore's Friendship Interna-
tional Airport recorded $40
inches in the same 24-hour pc
Rod.
The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co. reported about
20, 900 telephones were affected
by the storm mostly in southern
Maryland and on the Eastern
Shore. In Virginia, 1000 tele-
phones we're reported knocked
out. The District, according to
a telephone company spokesman
here, escaped with minimum
trouble, less than the damage
from a summer lightning storm.
Trains into Washington from
the South were delayed from six
to IL hours when water covered
the tracks between Ashland ana
boswell on the Richmond. Fred
ericksburg and Petersburg line
The tracks went under water
about 10 pm. Friday night. The
water receded yesterday but q
train official predicted trains on
this line would run about six
hours late until this morning.