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Evening star., 1957-12-28
Fired Senate Aide
Sues for $3.50, 900

A former Senate Appropria-
tions Committee employe. who
blamed her firing on gossip
and spite. filed . $3.50. 900 libel
suit here yesterday against
Time Magazine.
Mrs. Grace E. johnson. Of
1000 Cathedral avenue NV,
was fred with another commit :
tee employe last February In
the wake Of protests growing
out Of their 3a-month globe
circling inspection trip In 1855
at Government expense.
In her suit against the maga.
zine. MRS. johnson said q story
printed last January in Time
about the trip was false. un-
true and defamatory." She said
that as . result Of the storys
publication. she lost her job and
has become physically incapa-
citated".
Before being dropped from
the committee payroll. Mrs.
johnson was q $l0.022-a-year
stan investigator.
The stated purpose Of the trip
was to examine salaries and
payrolls in ofiices Of the United
States Information Agency.
Evening star., 1957-12-28

faithful service. In your Job
as messenger for the Secretary
Of State. you have made . val
liable contribution to the func-
tioning Of this ONCE. / know
that this has often required
long hours Of overtime which
you have given cheerfully.
I'VE Shall Miss You"
II am sure 1t must be q
source Of pride and satisfaction
TO you that you have served
under IL Secretaries of State
since you first reported for duty
on December %. 1918. II is
especially noteworthy TO me
that your service began during
the period when my uncle,
Robert Lansing, was Secretary.
II know that I speak for your
many friends in the Depart
ment Of State when ! say that
we shall miss you. You and
Mrs. Kelly have our best wishes
for happiness in the years to
come.
Sincerely yours.
"John Foster Dulles"
Mr.. Kelly was born in the
District on April II. 1894. He
married Lillian Brown In 1927.
Evening star., 1957-12-28
New Standard
|OfLengih 0K'd
BY Scientists


INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 2s.--I
have Just looked through q
Gideon Bible. provided these
days In all hotel rooms. for q
text which clergy OF any creed
seldom use.
! didn't md Il 80 I can't
quote chapter and verse:---Have
] measured. o My God. and
know not what ! have meas-
uredf
The biblical exploration was
due 10 Q morning spent with
the physics section Of the
American Association for the
Advancement Of Science meet
ing here--because there has
been adopted oiiicially q new
standard for length by which
hencef0rth all things In crea-
tion viii ultimately be meas
ured--the orange line Of the
rare Gas krypt0n, or $780,
763.TSths Of . meter.
Improvement on Green Line
It's q little better, I gathered,
than the green line Of mercury
established some years since by
DR.. william y. Meggers Of the
National Bureau Of Standards,
retiring president Of the Sec
ton, about which I have writ
ten many pieces for the paper
in years past.
DR.. Meggers' green line, It
appears. Is only an approxima- :
tion - roughly 5462.2707 ang-
strom units or very close to q
billionth Of q meter. DR.. Meg
gers has wasted q lot OF his
valuable time trying to explain
that In case Of some catastro-
phe-like the total destruction
OF Washington or the 1nterna-
ti0nal Standards Bureau in
Paris-it wouldn't make much
difference to physicists. other
than the minor difference that
they would be dead. Their sue
cessors could remake footrules,
yardsticks and the like accurate
within q billionth Of an inch
from the green line Of mercury
that is. one Of the Wave-
lengths Of light emitted when .
Evening star., 1957-12-28
Messenger, s., Honored
BY Dulles on Retirement

A messenger who has carried
ofiicial papers TO II Secretaries
Of state In the past 80 years
was honored ct special retire
ment ceremonies at the De-
partment Of State yesterday
afternoon.
Secretary OF state Dulles
presented q letter Of appreci-
alton to Clerk-Messenger VIII
liam J. Kelly In the diplomatic
reception room at the depart
Inent.
1T Is especially noteworthy
10 me-" Mr.. Dulles told the 03-
year-0ld messenger. that your
service began during the period
when my uncle. Robert Lana-
ing was Secretary" Mr.. Kelly
remarked during the presen-
tAtion ceremonies on the re-
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specimen Of pure mercury is
heated TO incandescence.
Krypten Line sharper
Now that's al old history,
according TO the report to the
physicists by Dr. X. w. Meiss-
ner Of Purdue University on
the presently adopted world
length standard. The krypton
line. II appears. 10 somewhat
sharper and easier TO discern.
But II can be obtained only
when the krypton is ct the
temperature Of frozen nitrogen
-6S degrees above absolute
zero. or minus 3TS eentisrade.
DR.. Meggers. who presided &C
the meeting. isn't entirely sat-
isfied. His green line Of mer-
curry was obtained at room tenn
peratures. There has been no
attempt. he said. to observe It's
sharpness at absolute zero
temperatures.
So II Washington and Paris
should be destroyed there still
might be another war over how
long Is an inch.
Have / measured. o. My
Cod?
Evening star., 1957-12-28

specimen Of pure mercury Ia
heated TO incandescence.
Evening star., 1957-12-28

semblance between Mr.. Dulles
and his uncle.
Hull Bestowed Title
The title Of dean Of mes
senger's was bestowed on Mr..
Kelly during the regime OF
Secretary Cordell Hull. Mr..
Kelly's retirement becomes ef-
fective December 81.
In his letter of appreciation
Secretary Dulles said:
Dear Kelly:
ION the occasion of your re-
tirement from the Department
Of State, ! commend you for
your many years Of loyal and
Evening star., 1957-12-28
Mideust School Aided

BEIRUT. Lebanon. - The
American University Of Leba-
non has received q s. million
Rockefeller Foundation grant TO
be used primarily TO strengthen
its School of Arts and Sciences.
The university attracts stu
dents from most neighboring
Middle Eastern countries.
Evening star., 1957-12-28

ST. LOUISA survey of the
Nations newspaper and science
editors shows that 70 per cent
Of them believe the citizens of
tomorrow will need Q greater
knowledge Of arithmetic than
their parents to get along"
Evening star., 1957-12-28

1nteil6ence iS ShyneSs either
Unborn or imposed by parental
discipline. said DR.. Leah Gold
Fein. clinical psychologist Of
Stamford. Conn.,. who has spe-
cialixed In such cases among
New York children.
"The studies indicate" she
said. shat speed and degree Of
learning h determined not only
by the level Of intelligence but
as much or more BY the child's
emotional freedom 10 move out
into the environment. % col
lect facts. acquire knowledge.
tackle problems. master tech
fliques and skills and grasp
meanings"
: Life before birth profoundly
influences personality. accord
Ing TO folk superstition.
The idea has scientific va
lidity. at least for rats and in
all probability for humans, ac-
cording to q report BY DR.. VIII
jam r. Thompson Of Wesleyan
University. Middletown. Conn.
His experiments show. he
said. that conditioned anxiety
undergone by female rats dur
ing pregnancy heightened the
emotional reactivity Of the on
spring. as compared with nor
NAL controls. and that these
effects were relatively perma-
hent."
DR.. Thompson reported: The
experiments strongly suggest
that stress applied to female
animals around the time Of
pregnancy has definite effects
on the emotional behavior of
The offspring. The nature of
these effects is difhcult to as
sess. especially in view Of the
fact that anxiety seems to
produce different changes than
those produced by shock.
In addition to these pre-
natal effects the work suggests
\ postnatal maternal influence
on emotion. Being reared by
n mother who has been sub
5ected TO some kind Of emo
fional stress appears to affect
the emotional reactivity Of the
young"
/: Brain chemists may remake
men - but they had better
watch what they are doing.
: This was stressed In q report
on the effect Of drugs on human
behavior ct meetings Of the as
sociation by DR.. Roger w. Rus
sell. secretary Of the American
Psychological Association whose
headquarters are in Washing
ton.
F: The possibility Of altering
human personality for pro-
longed periods now II much
Evening star., 1957-12-28
Shyness Found to Limit
Performance Of Gifted

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 2s-Naturally brilliant kids often
are SOW U school They fail In classes while obvious block
Reasons for this other problems with bril-
liant youngsters the subject special symposium before
today.
Basic cause Of being retarded In school despite superior
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Washington, D. C.
SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1857
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DIAMONDS
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Oldest Pawnbroker in Wash.
liquidating current stock of
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competition.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22
DPIA Will Hold BIZ
AUGrds Banquet On
Thursday, March 28
CONTINUED from first page)

Continued from first page)
and Mrs. Worrilow.
Toastmaster that evening will be
Charles Maillet, Station WJWE.
Georgetown The invocation will be
given by Elias Tingle, Dagsboro,
and the welcome by President Col
der. 1t. Gov. Buckson will speak,
and the awards will be presented
by Ernest F. Smith, Jr, Kenton.
Entertainment will include songs
by the Five Graces of Georgetown,
an acrobatic dance by Linda Har-
rison, Berlin, Md, and a movie of
last years Delmarva Chicken Fes-
tival SHOWN by Earl Hawk, Green
wood. Dinner music will be played
by Emily Hardy, Bridgeville, at
the organ. The DelmarvalOus fried
chicken dinner will be served by
the Caesar Rodney Alumni Asso-
citation.
Banquet committee members are
j. Edward McIlvaine, Georgetown,
chairman; Leo Tammi, Newark;
George Bringhurst, Viola; Walter
Pyle, Stanton; Earl Hawk, Green
wood; E. F. Smith, Jr., KeHton,
Harold Short, Milford; Elias Tin
gle, Dagsboro; Charles Conoway,
Greenwood; Charles Marker, Do
yer; Lee Hoffecker, Jr., Bear; and
j. Frank Gordy, Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22

Mr.. John McCabe, Mr.. and
Mrs. John McCabe, Jr., and
Miss Mabel Howard of Days
bOro spent the weekend with
his brother at Petersburg, Va.
&oA
Several weeks ago the hotel
property in Millsboro, was
hought by Walter Belts from
the heirs of the late DR.. Joseph
X. Frame and rumor has it that
a modern theatre will be erect
ed on the site.
Mrs. Earle E. Ewing of Lewes,
returned to her home on State
Street the latter part of last
week after undergoing an oper-
alton at the Walter Reed Hos
pital in Washington d. C. Mrs.
Justus p. Naylor, who is still
in the same hospital, under
going treatment is very much
improved at this writing.
Thomas ]. Pritchett, for many
voars crier of the courts of
Sussex County. on March 18th
observed his 10Th birthday an
niversary. Despite his advanced
age, he is able to attend to his
duties i'm the courts, and can
vividly recall the important
events of three score and ten
years ago.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22
N'T T.I.SBORO
BY Mrs.
Z. f. Carey
Millsboro
-
Phone
5241

Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Peterson and
daughters, Mary Lou and Joseph
inc spent the weekend in North
brook, Pa, with relatives.
On Saturday night, Bobby Rick
ards entertained a group of Mills
boro teenagers at a party at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leroy Richards.
Mr. and Mrs. George Vincent
Wood, Jr., and son of Wilmington
spent the weekend with Dr. and
Mrs. g. V. Wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Egil Garthe and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gordy spent
Sunday in Philadelphia, visiting
Mrs. Garthe's mother, Mrs. Clara
Young Zane Gordy, who is attend
ing Westminster Choir College at
Princeton, n. j., accompanied his
parents home for his spring vaca-
tion.
Mrs. Richard Webb is a patient
in Wilmington hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kemp and
daughter, Bonita, of Stonehurst,
Newport, spent Sunday with Mrs
Kemp's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
A. Burton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Jones of
Lewes, visited friends IL Mills
boro last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Kennedy of
LAGRANGE, N. c., spent the week
end with their son-in-law and
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Fos-
ter and family. Mrs. Kennedy re-
manned for longer visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ayres spent
part of last week in Philadelphia.
Mrs. John Flood is in the PENN
sula General Hospital in Sails
bury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Shockley
of Bala Cynwyd, Pa, visited Mrs.
Matte ShOckley over the week
end
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22

Miss Mabel Wright, of Kent
Island. Miss Iva Russell, Miss
Hester Raughley. and Mrs. Lucy
Cahall were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Simpson of Harr-
ington, on Wednesday.
Thermometers Tuesday after
noon registered 102 in the shade
in Gutherie, Oklahoma. The un-
usual heat was accompanied by
a stiff breeze. At Oklahoma City,
the mercury reached 81 and
at Thomas 80.
A party was given at the
home of Charles H;gman of
Cedar Neck last evening with
guests as follows: Estella
Sharp, Maud Lofiand, Delema
Wilson, Roxie Bennett, George
and Lena Webb, Ollie Walls,
Lille Tribbitt. Florence Coop
er. Laura and Sadie Argo,
Hettie Watson, Potter Coffin,
Charles Thomas, George War
ren, Imly Abbott, Fred Bennett,
Arthur Argo, Henry Watson,
Garfield Sharp, Lonnie Fox,
Ernest Gerald, Clarence Wat
son, Vannie and Arthur Rob-
erts, Thomas and Elwood Mills,
Mark ShOckley, George Mills
and Ernest Watson
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22
MILFORD MILFORD DELAWARE FRIDAY MARCH o.
4th District VFW
Group Held Meet
Continued from first pagel

Continued from first pagel
Richards. Selbyville; Surgeon, Roy
Peterman, Greenwood. Nominations
closed to reopen at the next Dis
trict Meeting to be held at the
Greenwood Memorial Post Home
on April 18th.
Commander Short announced
winners in the membership con-
test between Posts were: 1st,
Broadkiln, Post No 1854, Milton;
against Greenwood Memorial No.
7478; End, Appel-Tucker 9244, Ell
lendale, against Handy-Mears No.
1G026, Selbyville; Third, Virgil
Wilson 1861. Seaford. against Ma
son-Dixon No. 1884, Selbyville;
Fourth, Sussex Memorial No. 1922.
Millsboro, against Rehoboth, No.
7447, and Fifth, Raymond Reyn-
0lds, No. 2a31 Georgetown, again.t
Breakwatel,, No. 1884, Lewes. Ed
ward Tingle, Selbyville, Sr. Vice
Commander of the Dept of Del.
presented awards to Commanders
on behalf of their respective posts:
Edgar Rust. Milton; Earl Clarke.
Glendale; Horace Wharton. Sea-
ford; John Davis, Jr., MillsbOro:
Oliver Foskey, Commander, George
town, was not present and their
Aux. Pres. Mrs. John Blake, ac-
cepted for the Post. Comrade Tin
gle congratulated the Posts on the
great efforts they had put forth in
the contest, relating how it had
effected the Dept Membership.
Tingle said that out of the IL Posts
in the State who had reached and
passed 1909 membership, were
from the 4th District Ali twelve
winners were honored at the An
nual dinner in Dover recently when
Commander III Chief, Cooper T.
Holt, made his official visit to Del
aware. Commander Rust, Milton,
accepted for the Post another
award electrified VFW emblem)
for highest percentage gain, 146%
in the District. Dist. Pres. Gum an
nounced a Dist meeting would be
held March 27th at Sussex Memo
rial Post Home. Millsboro. Dent.
Pres. Eunice Rambo and her staff
will make their official visit at
that time. Commander Short an
nounced the District Dance would
be held at Virgil Wilson Home, Sea-
ford, March 30 at $500 per couple.
tickets available from all local
Commanders.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22
The Past In Review
News As 1t Was Reported In The Chron, -le
fifty Years Ago.
Taken from March %, 1907 Issue


Mr.. Isaac Strong of Seaford,
opened a skating rink in Lay
ton & Truitt's Hall in Bridge
vile, on Saturday evening.
Notice has beer received at
the local post Office to the
effect that the post office at
Owens has been discontinued,
and the service there will be
rural free delivery from Green
wood. the change going into
effect last Saturday.
The Dover and Philadelphia
Navigation Company has been
Incorporated under the laws of
Delaware with a capital stock
Ct $4,000 The company has
taken over the steamboat, John
p. Wilson and all the property
of the Lebanon N .vigatlon Com
pany An organization was 8f-
fected by electing A. b. Magen,
president; B. t. Conwell. vice
president; w. B. Burton. score
tary-trea 7rrer; A. b. M gee,
counsel. The business Will be
thoroughly reorganized and put
on a buying basis. The steamer
will be started on her regular
trips about the first or middle
of April. The John p. Wilson
will be tied up regularly at the
Water Street Wharf, Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22
Twenty Years Ago.

raEen from March 10, 1887 Issu
Captain Samuel Fithiar has
sold to Mrs. Eliza Dutton the
combination dwelling End stcre
on Mulberry Street, Milton.
The property is now occupied
by Lester Jones.
%os
Mrs. Verda Maddox of Dell
mar attended the International
Beauticians Convention held in
the Pennsylvania Hotel, New
York City, during the past
week.
Mrs. Kate Handy, teacher in
tile Seaford High School, was
elected president of the Edu-
cational Association of Sussex
County at the 11th annual
meeting last Friday. She sue
ceeds Mrs. Leah Isaacs of Mil
ton. Other officers elected were:
vice president. Miss Elva War
rington, principal of the Reho-
both Beach School. and secre-
tary-treasurer, Mrs. ROsalie
Martin of Georgetown, re-
elected for a term of three
years. Franklin j. Butz, super
intedens OF rgetow
Schools, was named a director,
with Mrs. Thomas Hickman of
Gumboro. the holdover men,
bers Of the board.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22
Ten Years Ago.
Taken from March 2I. 1947 Issue

Taken from March 2f, 1947 Issl
Mrs. George Maddox has re-
turned to her home in Delmar,
from a ten-day visit with rela-
tives in Suffolk. Va.
Miss Mildred Hammond, Miss
Lee Robbins, Mr.. and Mrs.
lanes p Hammond, Jr.. and
Miss Betty Hammond, who have
been i'm Winter Haven and
Fort Lauderdale. Florida, are
expected home on Sunday.
eos
Mr.. A. James McCabe, Jr.. of
the Bronx, N. Y, spent Sun
day with his father. Mrs. Austin
!. McCabe, his brother, Mr.. Ebe
c. McCabe and family, and their
maternal grandfather. Captain
Ebe t. Chandler of Frankford.
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The appointment of Gordon
McKinnon as manager of the
Rehoboth Pirates. new entry
in the Shore loop, was an
nounced last Wednesday by
Ray Kennedy. general manager
of the parent Pittsburgh Ma
tional League Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Soren j. Peter
son. who have been on a motor
trip for the past seven or eight
weeks. returned to their home
near town on Sunday. They
went to Florida, then across
country to Louisiana and Texas
TO California and home by the
southern route. visiting friends
and relatives in several places.