The News Journal from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 15

VHteen Journal-Every Evening, Wilmington, Delaware, Tuewlay, May 23, 191 1 Old Painting Helps Settle Controversy Theatre Guide Drama League In New Play 'Guet in the House' To Be Presented by Group Starting Tomorrow I 4 f- 'i Red Skelton, Awaiting Army Call, in Farewell NEW YORK, May 23 JP Skelton goes on ttr.ignt iri what beft announced as lh last broadcast by the 31-jear-olc rxm6n before VefcpondUiS to a call inv th Army, set for May 25. However, view of the fact that an appeal to his draft board has bfn made in his behalf, it may not the ns-e. It was fcaid that txxaui RJ actually had been inducted the Army a month before the recent 26-year-old ruling, an appeal might not be applicable, Gn listA to tien off any 24 Volunteers to Get Awards For Civilian Defense Work Administrative Group Has 10 With 500 Hours of Serv-ice 11 Others Wi(h 173 Hours or More; Spe-cial Ceremony Planned for Tomorrow Twenty-four volunteer workers In the administrative office of the Wilmington Defense Cabinet will receive awards for their work in special ceremonies at 5 o'clock tomorrow in the Public Building. Heading the list is Mrs. Robert S.

Glover who has put in more than 500 hours of work in the office where she is supervisor of Ten of the group have had 500 hours while 14 have put in 175 hours or 4. SA 4 Brandywtne River looking west) as it appeared in 1830, from an old painting now the possession of the Historical Society of Delaware. To the right are the old Lea mills. On the left are the Canby-Tatnall mills, long since gone. 4 Mm 1 that the Brandywine at the mills used to have eight, sometimes 10 feet of water at high tide.

But the clinching point in the discussion was the old painting which hangs in the "assembly" room of Old Town Hall. It is not signed but a picture owned by a Wilmington family, is strikingly similar in design and composition and is signed by Bass Otis, an artist painter who not only painted the local scene but also portraits of leading families in Wilmington. This painting shows the mills on both sides of the Brandywine at the Market Street Bridge (then a covered bridge) and also five sloops moored to the mills. 5 "ALI BABA AND THE 40 THIEVES" JON HALL TECHNICOLOR NATIONAL Door Open at 12 Daily TODAY "ADVENTURES of a ROOKIE" -EXTRA- "THE NEGRO SOLDIER" Featuring JOE LEWIS and DORIE MILLER IAST PAYS "ANDY HARDY'S BLONDE TROUBLE" Starring Mickey Rooney Lewis Stone Fay Holden Thurs! is CHARLES BOYER INGRID BERGMAN JOSEPH C0TTEI1 3f it BUY BONDS NOW And Speed Victory On Sale Here At All Times Immediate Delivery. Day-or-Nite II "Guest in the House." a three-agt thriller, will be presented by the Wilmington Drama League in the theatre, Leal Boulevard, tomorrow, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.

Mrs. Kitsie Winfleld, wife of James Winfleld, now with the Army in Italy, will have the leading feminine role and Charles Jackson will be the male star. The story concerns Douglas and Arm Proctor, a happily married couple living in their country home with their small daughter, Lee. A guest, Evelyn Heath, played by Kay Cairns, arrives in the home, and almost imperceptibly the harmony of the household vanishes. Making assets for herself out of her frailty, heart trouble, the guest soon has the entire household activities revolving around herself much to the discomfiture of the wife and other members in the home.

The play will be directed by Phyillis Wood. Others in the cast are Marcia Malcolm as Lee. the daughter; Ruthanna Hindes as Hilda, the maid; Carl Denison as the butler; John Darby as the minister; Ellen Walmsley as Pamela; Claude Sutton as Cam Tracy; Joseph Horty as Mr. Dow; Roberta Eckelberry as Mrs. Dow; Betty Veasey as Miriam, the model; Betsey Jacoby as Aunt Martha and Bill Dempsey as the brother, Dan Proctor.

Delaware Youth Wounded in War The War Department today announced that Private Herbert D. Coleman, whose mother, Mrs. Rose Coleman, lives at 321 Delaware Circle in the George Read Village, a settlement for war workers, in Newark, has been wounded in the Mediterranean theatre of war. Two Southern New Jersey men are also listed among the casualties. Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Edward J.

Fisher, 29, of Penn's Grove, is reported missing in the Southwest Pacific. He was a rear gunner on a carrier-based fighter plane. He had been in the Pacific area about two weeks. His wife lives 56 Brandriff Avenue, Grove. He had been employed at the Chambers Works of the DuPont Company.

Private George W. Potts, also of Penn's Grove, is reported wounded action in the Mediterranean area. He is the son of Mrs. Joseph C. Potts 17 Naylor Avenue, Penns Grove.

South Jersey Chemical Section Heads Named B. M. Sturgls has been elected chairman of the South Jersey section of the American Chemical Society for the coming year. Others elected were R. C.

Hansford, vice-chairman; H. R. Lee, secretary-treasurer; L. A. Burrows, W.

S. Calcot-t, E. M. Nygaard, councillors, and F. B.

Downing, W. M. Nagle, M. ReifT, alternates. Bethel Church Service The Rev.

J. C. pastor of Grace Zion A. M. E.

Church, accompanied by his choir will be in charge of the mid-week service to be held at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow night in Bethel A. M. E. Church. The King of Kings Chorus, George Collins, president, is sponsor for the meeting, for Two Days circus, iiiii turn muni nu 9 "I5l 4 i Photo by Brooks Studio.

Mrs. Robert S. Glover Mildred Philips Jones, Dorothy Hicks Lynch, Katharine Miller Garretson. 175 Hours or More Esther S. Prestwich, Mabel MacVeigh, Adah S.

Morrison. Elizabeth C. Corrigan, Dorothy Weldin Yarnall. Harriet V. Scott, Elizabeth Scott Johnson, Mary R.

Hynson, Madalyn Wintrup James. Mary J. Munch, Eleanor Lovell Pitcher. Cecelia Laub Isaacson, Margery Simmons Abrahams, Dolores Bloomquist. Unchanged Wilmington Tax Rate Seen by James Despite rising wartime costs in operation of the municipal government, no increase in the Wilmington tax rate for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is anticipated.

Mayor Albert W. James said last night. Mayor James is now busy with other city officials, preparing the city's budget to be presented to City Council Thursday night. Council is also expected to fix the tax rate at that time. The current city rate, reported one of the lowest the country for a city of similar population, is $1.60 per $100 of assessed valuation.

OPA Worker Returns To Private Industry Miss Gertrude H. Wulff, 1323 Woodlawn Avenue, has resigned from the Delaware District OPA office to accept a position in private industry. Miss Wulff was secretary S. Dodd Shuster, former ration banking officer, who resigned last week. Miss Wulff became associated with the OPA in 1942, first In the legal division.

Later she was secretary to Charles Hardesty, head of the Delaware OPA, and in February of this year, was transferred to the ration banking division. Wilmington Friday jf -y C. at in of O. ACE "Riding High," 12. 53, 15:17.

7:26, 9:35. 3.03. 12, ARCADIA Hey. Rookie, 2:02, 4:04, 5:56, 7:58, 10. CREST Madame Curie, 8:5 9:08.

EARLE "Jam Session." 7 and 9. EDGE MOOR "Jane Eyre," 7:25 9:40. GRAND "Hell's Angels," open 12 noop. LOEW'S ALOIS "Andy Hardy Blonde Trouble," 12:05, 2:30, 4:50 7:15, 9:40. NATIONAL "Adventures of a Rookie," open 12 noon.

PARK "The Desert Song," open 6:30. PIKE "The Desert Song," open 6:45. QUEEN "Curse of the Cat People," 12:44, 2:38, 4:32, 6:16, 8:10. 10:04. RIALTO "Four JiUs and A Jeep," 12, 1:50, 3:40, 5:47, 7:50, 9:10.

RITZ "Broadway Rhythm," open 6:45. SAVOY "Swamp Water, open 11:45. STRAND "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves," 6:05, 7:50, 9:40. WARNER "Uncertain Glory," 12, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. EARLE New Castle, Del.

phone iili TODAT and TOMORROW V. "JAM SESSION" Ann Miller Jess Barker 2 Mile North of Wllm. Gov. Print Blvd. TODAY Read by Millions See It Now! Joan Fontaine Orson Welles "JANE EYRE" March of Time: -Youth in Crisis-Cartoon Keep Cool and Comfortable Here LAST TIMES TODAY TSsr: Wed.

and May 24 and John Wayne and Susan Hayward "FIGHTING SEABEES" 6:30 P. M. DEKKIS XlBlKl MORGAN-MANNING Starts TOMORROW Dorothy Lamonr Dick Powell "RIDING HIGH 1 I AIR CONDITIONED REST DOORS OPEN 8 45 TWO SHOWS MARYLAND AVE. AT BOXWOOD RD WAITFR PltlRFON Walt Disney's "SALUDOS AMIGOS" "Gildersleeve on Broadway" BUY WAR BONDS and KEEP THEM! urn A. L7 1 i I mm Cmtlnueua if Vf ki I ff Dally JJ 8trt 12:30 IM 1 1 1r.11 1 List sr ar ju ivoesier io Mane Award The awards will be presented tomorrow by Edwin F.

Koester, coordinator of the Wilmington Defease Cabinet. Greetings will beiven by Governor Walter W. Bacon and Mayor Albert W. James. Mrs.

W. Crlsty Pryer. director of the office personnel, will give ft welcome. Mrs. Reynolds Wilson, chairman of awards, will introduce the workers who will receive the awards.

Others who will be introduced will be Mrs. Clarence M. Dillon, chairman of the Women's Division of the Delaware State Civilian Defense Cabinet, Mrs. Gus M. Oehm, secretary to Mr.

Koester, Andrew J. Kavanaugh, superintendent of public safety, Chief Frank J. Mahoney. Inspector James C. Riley, Fire Chief George Morgan and Police Sergeant Walter Squires.

50.000 Names on File The OCD office in which these volunteers work is the nerve center for all OCD activities in the city. Here are kept a file of 50,000 names from which to draw volupteers. Volunteer procurement plays a large part. When outside agencies find their lists exhausted the central file is contacted, thus hundreds of calls a week are made, such as nursery schools. Victory Gardens, Salvation Army, United War Fund, War Manpower Commission, Rent Control, Red Cross, Salvage.

Selective Service, Office of Price Administration, War Savings, besides staffing the protective services such as Control Room, Warning Center, Auxiliary Firemen, Auxiliary Police, Bomb Reconnaissance, Plant Protection, Warden Organization, Messengers. The volunteer is not only placed, but followed up to see that the post is adequatly filled. Census Cards The OCD office acts as a general clearing house for all information dealing with city Civilian Defense activities. Classes for chemical warfare, first aid, messenger training, police, fire, bomb reconnalsance, plant protection, gas, radio are arranged here and their records are kept in this office. Current Personnel The current office personnel includes: Mr.

Pryer. director: Mrs. Charlen Fenn. Instruction records; Mrs. Robert S.

Olover, supervisor of files; Miss Mary Hyn-son, statistics; Mrs. William G. Jones, volunteer procurement; Mrs. H. W.

Savage and Mrs. James H. Scott, atencils; Mrs. A. D.

Warner, liaison: Mrs. Reynolds D. Wilson, awards and uniforms; Mrs. Edward Munch, Mrs. J.

Lawrence Green. Mrs. Reynolds Wilson, Mrs. J. Bruce Dif-fenderfer, Mrs.

Alexander Abrahams. Mrs. A. D. Warner, Mrs.

Robert S. Glover, Mrs. 8yd Prestwich, Mrs. C. D.

Gar-retson, Mn Willard R. Yarnall. dally supervisors; Mrs. Charles H. Bonner, Mrs.

L. D. Bothwell, Mrs. John H. Mrs.

H. Cullen George, Miss Mary Hynson. Miss Elizabeth Jackson, Mrs. Coleman Johnson, Mrs. Henry T.

Lerch. Mrs. Henry C. Lynch, Mrs. J.

G. MacVeigh, Mrs. Katherine O'Hanlon, Mrs. Arnold E. Pitcher, Mrs.

Bernard Relchlin, Mrs. George L. Townsend, general office assistants. List of Awards Those receiving the awards will be: Eleanor Austin Glover, Elizabeth Dif- fenderfer, Deborah Halsey Wilson, Ger trude Walter Lerch, Beulah Kelly Penn Katherlne O'Hanlon, Eleanor Betu Warn Circus Coming to 1 7 Capt. Ernest Engerer, the only one-armed wild animal trainer today, is the outstanding attraction of the Wallace Bros, circus and wild animal show coming to Wilmington Friday for two days.

The show will be presented on the Wilmington' Ball Park parking lot on Thirtieth Street. Other sensational features with the big show are1, Roming and Rooney, sensational riding act; Aerial Lakes, Hold Your Or Party Available Every Mm Wed. Only "A 11th er. in to A. A group The Brandywine River the government insists upon calling it a "river" sometimes takes on the appearance of a lazy meandering creek as it flows by tthe old Lea mill properties near Market Street bridge.

But time w-as when coastwise vessels used to sail up the river to the mills, take on their cargoes of flqur and deparh for ports as far away'as the West Indies. However, an "argument" recently was started by a retired Wilmington engineer who claimed that it was all poppy -cock these stories of ships sailing up the Brandywine to the mills. An old obscure painting, given to I 16 In Nu rscs Class cw Bishop E. J. FitzMaurice To Say Mass Thursday In St.

Francis' Chapel Sixteen nurses will be graduated from St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing at commencement exercises to be held Thursday morning. A mass will be conducted at 9 o'clock in the hospital chapel by Bishop Edmond J. FitzMaurice of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington. The bishop will speak at the graduating exercises following the mass and also will present the diplomas.

The Very Rev. Dr. Joseph C. McCoy, aussistant to Bishop FitzMaurice, will aid in the ceremonies. Music will be given by the choir of Salesianum High School, conducted by the Rev.

Gregory Birkenstock. The school is under the direction of Sister M. M. Antonia and Mrs. Olive Holly and Mrs.

Ada Moratti, instructors. A dance for the graduates will be given at the Archmere Academy in the evening by the members of the class of 1945. Those who will receive diplomas are: Helen Teresa Bacon, Frances Marie Casey, Kathleen Marie Cos-den, Marydelle Dunion, Maigaret Marie Gill, Dorothy WUletto Hall. all of Chester; Catherine Mary Beatson, Helen Marie Hession, and Mary Elizabeth Pellegrino, all of Wilmington; Ann Marie Burns and Bernice Georgina Campbell, of Coaldaie, Anna Jane Crather, Elsmere, Elizabeth Louise Faunt and Margaret Yvonne Jennings, of Penn's Grove, Louise Catherine Schneider, Sharon Hill, and Anna Mary Ward of Philadelphia. Let freedom ring on Uncle Sam's cash register! Buy V.

S. War Bonds and Stamps! resents BLUES ON PARADE AND Nit ORCHIITHA )' (IN PERSON) WILM. ARMORY MAY 31st WmnninntrrA 41 way for his usual summer abi4.c after the program of June advancing the elate would or.ly::hatri the appearance- of hi replacement-Awaiting development, the sponsor has made no announcement as to the future. wt itu 3WARBOHDS1T liiWimmiMiiimMiMi! LAST 2 DAYS! ERROL FLYNN PAUL LUKAS in "UNCERTAIN GLORY" Starts THURSDAY liMMIIIinmiHiniHIKir NOW SHOWING (WEIRD ROMANCE!" SIMONE SIMON A KENT SMITH JANt KANUULrn fw 4 IMillllllllMMMIIIMIM'Mt NOW SHOWING 36 UUGH-SMASH WEEKS ON THE STAGE 36 TIMES FUNNIER ON THE SCREEN! at- -iBstJSPi 6 A HiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiimMHMit L3H TODAY and TOMORROW 5 KEM PiEiri fKMCHSt illlHHIiMHIMIHMMHIMIt Jlilllillilllllllilii.ii'r SEEMS i.AUsU-.- 7 i 5 IJean Ben James Harlow Lyon Hall Elemeotal PMsieni la Georgia's Swamp i i the Historical Society of Delaware a few years ago by the late H. Fletcher Brown, has helped to clear up the discussion.

Miss Gertrude Brinckle, librarian of the Historical Society at the Old Town Hall, made inquiries not only in histories but among old residents of the city. 1 Finally, she was able to report that the Lea Milling Company definitely had a schooner, the Alaska, and a tug, the Martha, that used to go up the Brandywine to the mill. The Craven family in Salem, N. had a ship that1 crossed the Delaware and sailed up the Brandywine to the mills. Miss Brinckle was able to learn Surplus War Material Sale Being Planned The Wilmington district office of the War Production Board is cooperating with the armed services in disposal of surplus materials left over from terminated war contracts, T.

E. Doremus, district manager, said today. William Marshall DeHaven, formerly of Philadelphia, has been assigned and is working at the district WPB office in the P. R. R.

Building, in handling such surplus materials. Under the plan surplus material from contracts here are supplied to any district which requires them, and similarly Mr. DeHaven will attempt to secure from any other districts surplus materials required here. These goods, including machine tools, other metal products and other articles, are available for civilian purposes if there is no war industry demand for them. Sacred Heart Church Sponsors Holy Hour Further devotion to the Blessed Sacrament is being fostered by a Holy Hour every Friday night from 7:45 to 8:45 o'clock at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Tenth and Madison Streets.

The Holy Hour is held before the Blessed Sacrament exposed, and is concluded with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Special prayers, including the official "Prayers for Our Country and Iks Defenders," approved for the Diocese, of Wilmington by Bishop Edmond J. FitzMaurice, will be recited. The Rev. Innocent Boss, O.

S. rector of the church, conducts the Holy Hour. The Adoration Society of the parish sponsored the service. I vVzlj Din frm 1 1 Mn XAV A nwrp. IV TO OUR DRINKS Enjoy the Cool Comfort and fl Charming Snrronndinri at the Popular 1 IZHTH aid SHIT WILMINGTON TWO DAYS FKL, MAY 26-27 SHOW GROUNDS WILMINGTON BALL PARK 30th Spruce Sis.

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT CAPT. ERNEST ENGERER AMERICA'S NEWEST SENSATIONAL WILD ANIMAL TRAINER ROMIG-ROONEY Bareback Riding Act Lion Tigeri Elephants A Score of Fanny Clowns Champion Cowboys and Cow Girls Seat for 10,000 People UNDER WATERPROOF TENT AO Ntw This Season TWICE DAILY On account ef O. D. T. reatrirtlona, this Is the only bis circus coming this season.

mm rrv PH sm I I i "WILMINGTON OWNED-OPERATED 1 WMW nni i him i I ii of lionesses with Wallace Bros, I bronc riding, trick and fancy riding Delicious St nn raaLAST TIMES TODAY! "FOUR JILLS IN A JEEP" Carole Landis Mitil Mayfair Kay Francis Martha Raye Others CTADTQ 1 11 1 TOMORROW ONE OF THE TRULY GREAT AMERICAN EPICS! 2q ONTUKr-fOI presents All Drinks jfj high wire trapeze artists; Gladys Benjamin and Florence Mcintosh, lady elephant trainers who put their huge beasts through their paces in the big show. Lew Hershey and his clown alley, composed of the world's mast famous fun makers, with their trick gadgets and break-way autos. Dog and pony acts especially staged for the benefit of the kiddies. Red Lunceford and his cowboys and cowgirls in an event of Next Dance At The Low Rates Phone 3-4327 4 1 vtiMc-wiiA West Streets DAILY Passenger Transportation WILMINGTON PHILADELPHIA Lv. Wilmington 8:15 A.

P. ML, 7:00 P. M. Lv. Philadelphia 11:00 A.

Mn 4:30 P. 9:45 P. M. Does not run Monday 5-29 or 6-5. I 3 Ti FARES I I 1 5 itsy -DP.

i Irs- Rwnd Wwk Sunday A Trl Day Holiday Adults 70c 90c Children 40c 45c On Way Adults 35c 60c Children 20c 30c Na Camera. Blnwular Flathllahts Allowed 4th Annual Minstrels DELAWARE CHAPTER NO. 1 i The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singinj in America NEW CENTURY CLUB TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS MAY 23rd and 24th, 1944 Curtain 8:30 Sharp An Evening of Mirth and Song Tickets 90e Tax Incl. with 4th ST. WHARF THOMAS IDQAR ANTHONT MITCHELL BUCHANAN QUIHH (ftittid by WILLIAM A.

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