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Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27

From Marvin and Mamie Brad
ley, Little Creek Hundred, to the
State of Delaware, 1852 acres. Lit
tie Creek Hundred.
From Wilhelmina Weldin, Mil
ford, TO Stephen and Doris Purcell,
Milford, 195 rs . 10 rs feet.
Milford
From James Richie. Cedar Greek
Hundred, to Ar,Iur and Lorraine
Bunting, Milford, 10000 square feet,
Cedar Greek Hundred.
From Lizzie Passwaters and Ell
sic Leight, El1endale, to Calvert and
Elizabeth Priestley, Bridgeville, 100
acres and Al square perches, Nam
ticoke Hundred.
From Paul and Mary Swain. to
William and Margaret Henderson,
$3.50 square feet, each lot, lots 81,
50 and So, Georgetown Hundred
From James and Eva Booze, Mil
ford, to Abbott Supply Company,
lots and 5, Georgetown Hundred.
From Marshall and Elaine Hitch,
Wilmington, to William Hudson,
Inc, Laurel. lot 8 of No. 6 Laurel.
From Audrey and William Ray
ner, Rehoboth, to James and Kath-
ryn Wall, Rehoboth, lots IA and 16.
block E, Leses and Rehoboth Hun
dred.
From Leven Baker, Milton, to
James and June Andre, Milton,
1880 square feet, no hundred CIV
en-.
From Lillian Johnson, Milton, to
Lillian Macrie, lots 1 and %, 2, 5,
" of z, 21 and 20 and ~ of 10,
Broadkiln Hundred.
From Louis Spencer, Receiver of
Taxes, Lizzie Richards, to Thomas
and Georgia Helm, Dagsboro, 262s
acres, Baltimore Hundred
From Roy Passwaters, Broad
Creek Hundred, to Charles Wheat
lay, Bethel, A acres. Broad Greek
Hundred.
From E. I. DUPONT, de Nemours
and Company, to Chauncey and
Constance Wheeless, Seaford, .343
acre, Seaford
From George White, Georgetown,
to Elwood and Cubaltee Layton,
5000 square feet, Georgetown.
From Sadie Wright, Milford, to
the Diamond State Telephone Com
pany, 38 x so x 38 so, Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
SLAUGHTER NECK
Mrs. Russell III. Bennett
Phone Milton 1855

Services at the church on Sun
day. July 30:
Sunday School at 1880 p. m. ".
H. Carey, superintendent; Carlton
e. Argo, assistant superintendent.
Worship service and sermon at
2:30 p. m. by Rev. w. w. Hamilton,
pastor. Visitors are always well
come to these services.
The Friendship Society held their
annual covered dish supper on Fri
day evening in the social room of
the church. Because of the rain
the picnic could not be held at
Prime Hook Beach as planned
Fried chicken was enjoyed by all
present.
The community was sorry to hear
of the passing away of Mrs. Harry
B. Roach in the Milford Memorial
Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. She
will be sadly missed by her many
friends and relatives.
David Campbell, son of Asher
Campbell, passed away suddenly
Monday morning at their home near
Milton. Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at Carey's Fu-
neral Home in Georgetown with
interment in the Odd Fellows Gem
etery at Milton. He was the bro
ther of Mrs. Russell H. Bennett
and will be sadly missed by his
loved ones and friends
Miss Jane Lee Jefferson has been
on the sick list. Everyone will be
glad to know she is home from the
hospital with her parents, Mr.. aud
Mrs. Wilbert Jefferson, now at
Prime Hook Beach.
Weekend guests of Mrs. Thomas
r. Wilson and family at Fairfield
Farm were Mr.. and Mrs. Marvel
Wilson of Swarthmore, Pa, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Houston Wilson and
children of Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Clifton and
Mr.. and Mrs. Vinal Carey visited
Mrs. Horace Hudson in the Days
boro Nursing Home on Sunday af-
ternoon. They visited Rehoboth
Beach on their return trip home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paynter Collins en-
tertained with birthday dinner on
Sunday in celebration of the birth
day anniversaries of Wayne Jones
and Mr.. Collins. The guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones and son
Wayne, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mum
cey and son Bobby, Mrs. Elwood
Argo, Miss Diane Clark, Miss Rose
Metschl and Jimmy Wiltsey.
Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander en-
tertained friends from Coatesville,
Pa, few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Burlingame
and son of Milford and Mrs. Mabel
Shepard of Poplar Grove, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lafa-
yette Burlingame. and family in
Maple Shade, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Ulery had
the pleasure of hearing Rev. Mel
vim c. Wheatley, Sr., deliver a fine
sermon last Sunday in the First
Presbyterian Church in Milford.
Rev. Wneatley is now retired and
resides in Rehoboth Beach. His
son, Rev. NJ G.. Wheatley, Jr., was
a former pastor on the Lincoln
Charge, and now holds a pastorate
in Los Angeles, California.
Mrs. Wilbert Jefferson, president
of the Slaughter Neck Home DEM
onstration Club, has invited the
group to meet with her in her cot
tage in Prime Hook Beach on
Tuesday, July 81.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
! AMATEUR BEEKEEPER

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn up -
An estimated 5000 to 10000 bees
swarmed atop a downtown traffic
light and sent pedestrians scurry-
ing.
Charles McGhee, lens grinder
for an optical company, cleared up
the jam when he got box and
ladder from nearby store and af-
ter about half an hour coaxed the
queen and her followers into the
makeshitt hive.
McGhee, an amateur beekeeper,
later transferred the swarm to a
hive at his home.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
Sussex County
Real Estate Transfers


From Cecil Campbell to James
and Betty Hutchins, Millsboro, 5fS
square feet, Dagsboro Hundred.
From John and Grace Wilkerson
to Vernon and Harriet Baker, OF
Millsboro, 14,30O square feet, 1880
square feet, Dagsboro Hundred.
From Job and Beulah Culver,
Broad Creek Hundred, to Earl and
Ethel Brannock, 5S5 x Is X 585 x
Is feet, Little Greek Hundred.
From Achsah White, Delmar, tG
Charles and Dorothy Jones, Del
mar, 14,167 square feet, Delmar
From Robert and Jean Seiner,
Broad Creek Hundred, to Kenneth
and Clara Robertson, Seaford, 35,-
211 square feet, Broad Greek Hun
dred.
From Ephraim and Elizabeth
Harman, to Chester and Tommy
eta Walls, Millsboro, 1864 square
feet, Indian River Hundred.
From Robert and Elizabeth
Moore to Watson Moore, Green
wood, 1900 square feet, Green
wood
From Nathaniel Conaway, Emort
and Edna Wiley, Seaford, to Paul
and Sara Collins, Seaford, north 80
feet of lot SO, Seaford Manor.
From John and Grace Briggs,
Georgetown, to Kenneth and Mar
garet Booz, Georgetown, lot 43,
Georgetown Hundred
From Richard and Margaret Rol-
Inns, Rehoboth, to Cyril and Hilda
Smith, Rehoboth, lot E, Lewes and
Rehoboth Hundred.
From James and Lettie Dutton to
Evelyn Cannon, 5000 square feet,
Seaford Hundred.
From William Draper, William
and Ruth Draper, Milford, to Gro
yer and Ella Draper. Cedar Greek
Hundred, 135 acres and lat perches,
Broadkiln hSndred.
From Leroy and Margaret Da-
vidsor, Milton, to Milton Poultry
Company. Irc., Milton, lots 8, 10,
and IL, Broadkiln Hundred.
From South Bethany Corporation
to Priscilla West, Wilmington, lot
20, block 2, Baltimore Hundred.
From Anne Layton, Georgetown,
to Norris and Winifred Parkhill,
Milton, 5000 square feet, Rroadkiln
Hundred.
From York Beach, Inc. to Elisha
and Lima Cropper, Dagsboro, " of
lot Is, Baltimore Hundred.
From Minnie Walston to William
and Zada Wilgus, lot 20, block 102,
Bethany Beach.
From Minnie Walston to Gerald
Wilgus, Ocean View, lot Z, Ocean
View
From Lillian Coker to Richard
Milone, Bthel, 2.34 acres, Little
Greek Hundred.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
HARRINGTON
Mrs. Jack Pitlick
Phone Harrington S349

Miss Christine Powell of Upper
Montolair, NJ j., is the guest this
week of her mother, Mrs. F. c. Po-
we'll
Miss Elizabeth III. Shaw is a pa
tient in the University of Penn
sylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Charles Moore
and children of Garfield Park were
overnight guests on Friday of his
sister. Mrs. Warren Bader.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Dean of
fredericksburg, Md, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. K. w. Dean on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Sharp Wis
tied Wilson Vinyard at his cottage
in Rehoboth on Saturday.
Miss Mary Margaret Masten of
Wilmington is the guest this week
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. Tharp Har-
rington.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Deland of
Maple Shade, N. j., Mrs. William
Reed and Mrs. Pauline Newton Of
Dover visited friends in Harring-
ton on Sunday.
Mrs. Oscar Wix spent Sunday
with her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard DuRoss of
Claymont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bailey, Sr.,
were the guests last weekend of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Roach at
their home in Rehoboth.
Miss Elaine Downing has ac-
cepted a position in Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Davis of Do
yer were dinner guests on Tuesday
of Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Parks.
Charles Cole, Jr., and George
Cole of Rehoboth are the guests
this week of their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Toppin.
Owain Gruwell is spending this
week in North Carolina as a rep
resentative of the Future Farmers
of America from Delaware.
Mrs. George Graham and daugh-
ter Grace were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. James Rayne and family
of Glasgow on Sunday.
Miss Sandra Davis and JOHNNY
Davis of Wilmington are spending
this week with their uncle and
aunt, NIT. anu MTS. AllIto hdih.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayward CULLEN,
e. B. Rash and Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Neeman and children were recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Mcintyre of Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Elwood Holt and daughter
Janet of Richmond, Va, are the
guests for a few weeks of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Taylor of Marvel
Acres. Weekend guests of the Tay-
lors were Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton
Sheppard and daughter Jane of
Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Grier visit
ed in Ocean City, Md, on Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Neeman and
daughters, Claudia and Brenda,
spent few days last week in Will
liamsburg, Va.
Mrs. ~ j. Harrington is pa
tient in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
Nagging Backache
SIeepIess Nights

Nagging backache, headache, or muscular
aches and pains may come on with over-exer-
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So if nagging backache makes you feel
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Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
SPELLED OUT

AIKEN, S. C. - up = Would
you spell it, please?" asked Miss
Lee Bal1entine, executive director
of the Aiken County Red Cross. Her
visitor took a deep breath:
SCH" he began, "W-A-R-T-Z-
M-E-E-R-K- -K-O-S-A-K-E-N = Sch
wartzmeerkosaken Ralph.
And Ralph, emphasized the
PENNSYLVANIA. sis the last name. :
Thank you" murmured Miss
Ballentine.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
ST. JOHNS
Mrs. Laurence Kitchens
Phone Georgetown 2496

The WSCS of st. johns Church
will hold their picnic at Riyerdale
on Thursday evening, August g.
Mr.. and Mrs. julie Pferro of
Philadelphia are spending some
time with Mrs Helen Truitt and
Mrs. Lille Stewart.
Mrs. Pearl Franklin, Mrs. Louise
Franklin and Joan Franklin of
Ssillsboro and Rev. and Mrs. Frank
Lucia called on Mrs. May Kitchens
on Wednesday afternoon.
Nelson Justice spent a few days
of last week with Mr. and Mrs.
William Lawson in Milton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Walls WIS.,
tied Rev. and Mrs, Ira Cru1n at
Tilghman's Island, Nd, on Satur-
day.
Mrs. May Kitchens and Vernon
Kitchens attended the MYF serv-
ices at Carey's Methodist Church
on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Helen Steel took her Sunday
School Glass on a picnic at Trappe
Pond on Saturday afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
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cab - an INTERNATIONAL exclusive - has
wide doors deep seats = easy-angle steer
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Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
TRIBE TROUBLE

BILLINGS, Mont = Up = An
official of the Blackfeet Indian Res
eryation in northern Montana says
his people are troubled by tribal
administration, credit, alcohol and
health facilities. Joseph Iron Pipe,
leader of a delegation on Blackfeet
problems, told the Indian Bureau
area Office in Billings that liquor
as it is used now is great detri-
ment to the Blackfeet people,
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
A BATH

CHARLESTON. w. Va. - Up -
A pair of sodden-looking charac-
ters were wondering where they
could get free cup of coffee. One
asked:
Why don't we try Ken Hager's
place-you know, Souls Harbor
Mission? ?"
The other replied:
Haven't you heard? They make
you take bath every night before
you go TO bed"
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27

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Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
Save Time

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be brought to the table to serve the
food, the food stays hotter longer.
you cave time transferring the food
to serving dish. and also save
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11

1925 New 1865 Emer-
son Radio Phonograph
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Leroy Fisher, So,
Building Contractor

Leroy Fisher, So, Washington
building contractor. died sudden
ly Of a heart attack on Saturday
at Providence Hospital,
Mr.. Fisher, who lived at 10
Park Valley road, Silver Spring,
was associated with the Tower
Construction Co. here. A WASH
ington area resident for the last
10 years. he was q construction
engineer for the Treasury and
Navy Departments before going
with the Tower company in 1913.
Mr.. Fisher was a member Of
the Silver Spring Elks, and the
Optimists and was q Mason.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Anna K. Fisher; two daughters.
Mrs. Elsie Faulkner Of Silver
Spring and Mrs. Margaret Per-
cival of Fairfield, Conn: two
sisters. Edna ]. Rapp Of Reading,
Pa, and Ruth Kosmoski Of De-
land. Fla; a brother. Earl ].
Fisher Of Schuylkill Haven. Pa.
and five grandchildren.
Services win be held tomorrow
alta II a.m$at the Warner E.
Humphrey funeral home, 8434
Georgia avenue. Silver Spring.
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
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Mrs. George {. Mccain, ST.,
Prominent &C. CIubwomun

Mrs. George E. Mccain. sr-
prominent Washington club
woman. died yesterday in the
Washington Sanitarium.
The former Martha NJ. Far
we'll Of Fall River, Mass. she was
the wife of the recently retired
secretary of the Peoples Drug
Store chain. She lived at 1900
Sixteenth street NV.
Mrs. Mccain was a member
of the Capitol Chapter, Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution.
which she served as regent. his
torian. chaplain and representa-
tive to various State committees.
She was also active in the
Daughters of the American Colo
MES, Danes of the Loyal Legion.
the State Officers' Club of the
District OAR. the Mothers Club
and the Rotary Club Inner
Wheel.
Mrs. Mccain was a charter
of the National Society
Of New England Women. In
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Mrs. ToIstoi, SIS.
Jewish Worker

Mrs. Maurice Tolstoi, SIS, died
yesterday at the Washington
ISanitorium after a long illness.
Mrs. Tolstoi, who lived at 3509
Woodbine street. Chevy Chase.
was a member of the B'nai Is
rael CONGREGATION and the Argo
Chapter Of B'nai Birth. Had
assah. women's Zionist organi-
ization.
She was also active In the au-
xiliaries Of the Hebrew Home
for the Aged and the Jewish Con-
Isumptive Relief Society and the
United Jewish Appeal.
She is survived by her hus-
band. Maurice: three daughters.
Mrs. Sylvia Miller Of 34l1 Wis.,
Iconsin avenue NV. Mrs. Nicki
lEckerman Of 2206 Prichard road.
Silver Spring. and Mrs. Bernice
lEinbinder Of 1908 Rosemary Hills
drive. Silver Spring: two broth
Iers. Alex Matthews Of Waldorf.
Md. and Isadore Matthews Of
3206 Wisconsin avenue NV /:
and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. tomorrow at DAN
Izansky's funeral home, 1901
Fourteenth street NV. Burial
will be in the B'nai Israel Gene
itery, Oxon Hill, Md.
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Wynn HoIeomb, So.
Former Set DESIGNER

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 R.-
Wynn Holcomb, So, formerly a
designer of stage sets, died Sat-
urday at Metropolitan Hospital.
He designed sets for stage pro-
ductions by Florenz Ziegfeld,
Earl Carroll and Billy Rose, He
also designed sets for Universal
Pictures and for the Ringing
Brothers Circus.
Mr.. Holcomb, who also did
free lance work for newspapers,
was a son of the late Willard
Holcomb. former Sunday editor
of the Washington Post. Surviv-
ing is a daughter, Mrs. Mona
Gwynn Of New Rochelle. N. Y.
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Dpaths

wOODsON. THOMAS {. on wednesday.
December IS. 1855. THOMAS c. WOOD
SON OF 500 C st.. Sc, devoted hus-
band OF Vivian B. Woodson. father OF
Muriel Woodson and Alice Swami OF
Philadelphia, and Robert Woodson
brother OF Andrew, Samuel and Han
nibaI Roodson MANY other relatives
and friends also survive After ) ON
Monday. January ., 1856, friends may
call at Fraziier's Funeral Home, $50
Rhode island ave. NV. where services
viii be held on Tuesday, January 3, at
pm, Interment Woodlswn Cemetery
YEATMAN. GRACE DuPRE. on Decem.
Der II. 1855, in Houston. Tex, GRACE
DuPRE YEAIMAN beloved wife OF the
late James II. Yeatman She is sur
Vived by one daughter, Mrs. Helen
cher and one son, James DuPre
Yeatman and three grandchildren
Funeral in Houston, Tex. on Tuesday.
January 3, 1855.
FINALS, MARY MARODI0, Of 4Jls
9Th st NV, on January /, 1856. wife
of John FINALS. mother OF Mary and
Georgia FINALS. sister Of Mrs. Andrew
Manos Of New York, Prayers at Cham
bers Funeral Home, 400 Chaplin st.
NV. on wednesday, January 4. at
1880 am. Mass In SITS. Constsntine
and Helen Greek Church. 4ll5 18th
st. NV, at IL noon. Interment Glen
wood Cemetery.
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that organization, she figured
as director general and chap
lain general with memberships
in the Past Presidents Club and
the National Officers Club. She
was the second president of the
Phyllis Lyman Colony.
Her church activities included
membership IT the Takoma Park
Baptist Church and the Good
tNeighbor Clup of that congrega-
ton For years she sang in the
quartet of the Wallace Memo
rial United Presbyterian Church.
Survivors. III addition to her
husband, include a son, George
e. Mccain, If. of Silver Spring;
Ia daughter Mrs. Edward Cross
of Washington. and three
grandchildren
Funeral services will be held
at noon tomorrow in the Hines
funeral home. Burial will be
at Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall
River, Mass
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Col. Heber BIonkenhorn, II,
HELPED Plan u. S. Labor Policy

States in 1882 Col. Blankenhorn
assisted Senator Wagner in the
formulation of national labor
policies. eliminating in the pas
sage of the Wagner Act In 1885.
He Joined the staff Of the Ma
Itional Labor Board in 1888 as
a mediator and conciliator in
labor disputes.
Drawing on his experience In
the 1919 investigation, he pro-
posed and carried through the
investigation Of labor espionage
and strike breaking conducted by
the LaFollette Committee from
1896 to 1910. He remained the
staff director of the LaFollette-
Thomas Committee until 1910,
and directed much Of the in
vestigative work of the COM
mittee.
Helped Union at Ford
In 1941, Col. Blankenhorn took
over the investigation Of the
Service Department of the Ford
Motor Co. for the NLRB. The
department. up to that time, had
been instrumental in preventing
the organization of the COM
pany by the United Automobile
Workers. After two days Of
hearings. the company entered
into a cloSed-shop agreement
with the union. and. as part Of
the settlement, paid approxi-
mately So million in back pay to
workers discharged for union
activities.
After his service with OSS in
World War II Col. Blankenhorn
IreJoined the NLRB staff and was
involved in legislative activity
related to the Taft-Hartley Act.
His disagreement with the act
led to his resignation from the
board shortly after it became
law.
Since his resignation he had
been living in retirement at sos
Duke street. Alexandria, writing
his memoirs.
He was married to Ann Wash
iington Grafton here in 1884. His
widow survives him. as we'll as
his brother, DR.. Marion A.
Blankenhorn of Cincinnati. and
his sister. Mrs. Fred Quigley Of
Sharon, Pa.
Funeral arrangements. which
are being handled by the Birch
funeral home. are incomplete.
The family requests that ex-
pressions Of sympathy be sent
to the Group Health Association,
1928 Vermont avenue NV.
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Col. Heber Blankenhorn, USA,
retired, who played a role for
many years in the development
Of national labor policies and
served in intelligence in both
world wars, died yesterday Of
cancer at George Washington
Hospital. He was II.
Born in Orville, Ohio, the son
Of DR.. Henry and Emma Blank
enhorn, Col. Blankenhorn at
tended Wooster tOhio) College
and Columbia University.
He was assistant editor Of the
New York Sun before World War
I. Later he was active in the
organization and development of
the American Newspaper Guilo.
Served OSS in Africa
Col. Blankenhorn is credited
with having originated the idea
OF dropping propaganda leaflets
from airplanes, evolved during
his service as a captain in Army
intelligence during World War /.
In World War II. he Joined the
ONCE Of Strategic Services and.
in early 1913. went to North
Africa. where he established
leafiet dropping operations.
In 1914. he was in London,
working on the leaflet and
propaganda campaign prepara-
tory to the invasion of France.
He was awarded the Legion of
Merit at the wars end.
Investigated Steel Strike
Col. Blankenhorn first en-
tered the labor field at the end
of World War I. AS secretary
of the Interchurch World Fed
erations investigation of the
steel strike of 1919, he developed
information that showed. for the
first time the operation Of pro-
fessional strike breaking activi-
ties and labor espionage.
In 1922 he, became the foreign
correspondent for Labor, the
official newspaper of the Rail-
way Labor Executives Associa-
ton. In this post he reported
on the events leading to and
following the rise to power of
Mussolini.
He also worked closely with
MaSaryk and Benes, the Czecho-
slovakian leaders, and worked in
their behalf to get President
Wilson'S aid for the cause of
Czechoslovakian independence at
the Versailles Conference.
After his return to the United