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Soviet Cotton Moves North Mnomw <a>\ tu MOSt?o - (/P) - The northern march of Soviet cotton fields has be gun again. m m & ScAûteJkmbie Milford Ends Thurs. Nite NEUJ Rane Clark-Alexis Smith Zachary Scott-Kve Arden WHIPLASH" Pins ! "Hlondie's Secret I Friday & Saturday, January 21-22 We Promised ! We Delivered ! Last Week We Told You Our New Vaudeville Policy Would Launch tertamment For The Eastern Shore ! Record-Breaking Crowds Acclaimed Show "The Best In Years !" NOW .. Good Î A New Era Of En _1 Last Week's . Here's Our 2nd Big Show And Its Equally As ABL E FOR e THE n ENTIRE 0 FAM.LYÎ ery ""k AC ' P,eSen ' ed Wi " * SU,T ' / Now A Regular Policy . . . The Best In Vaudeville Every Friday and Saturday ! 'E 7, r jr y p ¥ * '■fV A i BI6AC1S l/ouaef/Uce ^ DIRECT FROM HOLLYWOOD, RADIO AND TELEVISION CAST INCLUDES -_—_ fXdW w * • • 'ii l \ L H 4 TUNE TATTLERS L Stars Of M BC Radio Shows And RCA Victor Records FAT VALLEY, "Tunes And Taps;" LEVAN And LEE, "Anything KAA And KAA, "Thrilling Acrobatic Act;" And BOB SIDNEY, "Your Favorite M. For A Laugh;" f. 2 Smash Action Hits I / x:-: / •* m) r'- With Richard Denning ? Trudy Marshall ' «T r® / HU WLfc Thrilling Co-Hit /t'W __ STAGE SHOW FrL At 3;20 7:05-10:15; Saturday At 8:30 6:50-10:13 TRIGGER-TROUBLE on RED MAN'S RANGE! TIM HOLT R K % « / EXTRA 1 RHYTHM BAND ON STAGE I •» N0AH BEERY JR • RICHARD MARTIN . hah LESLIE * Sun.-Mon.-Tues., January 23-24-25 ERROL THIS YEAR'S ADVENTUREJ^OF ADVENTURES I THIS YEAR'S SMASH OF SMASHESI [VJ A i / ÆJ / » / m A ■<* A h. > a VIVECA \m fl 1 mtv 1 V î ROBERT DOUGLAS ; •»« AL.AN HALE • R0MNEV BRENI . v Feature Shown I Times Sunday Al 1:15- 1 : 00 - 8 : 15 - And 10:30 y EXTRA ! The» Screen' Most Famous Cartoon . Is Back ! HU* s it THE THREE IITUE PIGS u pttsn® N wwwww \ ••O CAflO «•■•HUN Wed. & Thurs., January 26-27-2 Big Hits T T T VWVEISAL ■ INTERNATIONAL Tri Co ROBERT 'WIÄ' l. 4M mar i CO i SUSAN ■'Ah U i f i *vV w { JOHN :V<I *1! AUDREY * 8 With HARRY VON 7 FII . HFATHPR ANGEL Irvm The Seanatloual BEST-SELLER By The Author Of "THE HUCKSTERS" ! V -tv' r fun. 'A Iv A GREGORY PECK in ' YELLOW SKY »» Kristine Miller - Arthur fronz uh Dining the war German destruo lion undid much important worn I which had been done by Soviet ag I ,onomists on the growing of cotton I in the Ukraine-farther north in the j USSR than it had ever before been cultivated. The Armenian paper "Kommunist" reports now many collective farms in the south Ukraine are resuming cotton grow ing and expect in the near future expand : xcreage in the republic to figure higher than that of the pi war period. (Officers Chosen By Farmers Bank 1 to I . Pago or Edw ' ard W* Hagemey ÄÄrT r- *'■ iSfÄr^ Ä. & ÎJSPfÆ ' ' " llen * rear. Maurice A. Hart H HueheB et Nu?tPp , n kl Si an ' *! a, " es j Han E. Townsend Dr J "' Wanles tr IS i d Joaeph B ' ! In his annual ronnrf S< li" h „ te ' i stated that the current Mr ' P ^-° n earnings were with an! operat . ,ng the highest ever JrtninLi sx . ceptioA ' than i 4 o I«»,« attained in more ilia? the" ne! cunlt "" , higher titan last year Tito ea"n lings, he said, represented S*> 9 'SS per share of stock, after taxes ' ' Report bv Prtttilflonf ' •Mr. Paton^lso'reported ha, bank's capital funds are nearly 15.500.000 and tint f„r of deposits there is $1 of capital Cash and IS month imti,ri*i 0 P A ' er 44 per cèm o The In fre«™w s SS per cent of deposits he said a e- j (continued from lirst f W* /ill Branches 40 Vcars Of Experience AI Vour Service Producing Dis finelhe Photography H. G. TROPEA 533 S. Walnut St. Phone 334 Milford Delaware x. IMKS THEATERS « J Ulna/ Dayton /lucsm I Palace, V, BRIDGEVILLE SEA FORD GEORGETOWN SEAFORO ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ Thurs. & Fri., Jan. 20-21 Thurs. & Fri., Jan. 20-21 Fri. & Sat,, Jan. 21-22 Thurs. & Fri., Jan. 20-21 Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari Arthur Lake, Penny Singleton Larry Parks, Marguerite Chapman Glenn Ford, Terry Moore in in in Blondie's Secret The Gallant The Spritualist in The Return 01 October Also Robert Fraser, Shelia Ryan Blade in Color by Tecnnicolor Latest News and 2 Reel Comedy Added Fri.: Superm an No. 7 * Saturday, January 22 Continuous 1:30 to 11 William Elliott, Joseph Schildkraut Latest News and Short The Cobra Strikes Congo Bill No. 7 Saturday, January 22 Matinee 2 P. M. C hartes # Starrett, Smiley Burnette s In Color Latest Fox News & Cartoon Saturday, January 22 Continuous 1:30 to 11 Hoot Gibson in in The Gallant Legion Last Days Of Boot Hill in Sun., Mon., and Tues. January 23-24-25 Gregory Peck, Ann Baxter Feud Of The West Also Jimmy Wakely, Cannonball Taylor Also Allan "Rocky" Lane, Eddy Waller Also led Donaldson, .Sharon Moffett in in Courtin Trouble in Yellow Rusty Leads The Way Of 2 Reel Comedy and Cartoon Y ^ Dodge City » ? Sky Sun. & Mon., Jan. 23-24 Rod Cameron, Ilona Massey î I Reel Comedy & Cartoon Superman No. 7, Latest News and Cartoon in Sun. & Mon., Jaq. 23-24 The Plunderers Latest Paramount News and Cartoon Sun. & on., Jan. 23-24 Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindford Cary Grant, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn Color by Technicolor Latest Fox News and Selected Shorts in ill \ Adventures Of Don Juan Every Girl Should Be Married Wed. & Thurs. Jan. 26-27 < $ Tues. & Wed., Jan. 25-26 t Wallace Ford, June Vincent Latest Fox News and Selected Shorts Rex Harrison, Ilona Massey » Latest News & Cartoon I in < Unfaithfully Yours cMouAe 01 "llte Btafri » Shed No Tears Tues. & Wed., Jan. 25-26 i Tues. & Wed., Jan. 25-26 I Glenn Ford, Terry Moore Also i Dane Clark, Alexis Smith i In Richard Crane, Gloria Henry t The Return Of October î in in Whiplash î Triple Threat i Color by Technicolor Latest News and 2 Reel Comedy Federal Agents vs Underwpld No. 12 and News î Latest News & Selected Shorts Latest M. G. M. News & Cartoon ; W # rr i i 414900 Lost Jobs In U . S. Last Week (continued irom first page) "New York has one of the most sssarsawrts ï "a« aTÄ « r amounted to 1,273,000. The bureau said claims are high er now than at an y '"»e since mid D* 4 6- All states except Indiana. Michigan, Minnesota, North Dako la and Idaho reported an increase >n initial claims for the week end ed January 1. They had risen for s ix consecutive weeks. All föderal statistical a K onclos denied hnowledee of a New York report that a federal estimate in dica,ed unemployment might total between 3,500,000 and 4,000.000 per the'«»* «• .■*•«• *V — ^ 4icians sa,d pr,vately "that might be a good guess." There * ere 1 - 941 - 0(>0 unemploy cd in December and the monthly av tor »»« »" 2.100.000. whîch Chairman Edwin G. Nourse of President Truman's Economic Ad visory Council, said the rise is spotty. He said it should be quick ly reversed when spring construe tion activity resumes, the auto in dustry completes its change over to new models, and when tempor ary laydffs in other industries end. Poultry Industry Booming On Shore .... . year, hatchings on tho peninsula totaled 3.351.000. That was 16 per cent above the previous week for another now record. ( hicks Placed in houses now will be ready for the table in 12 to 14 hv figu, es t we, e ro!cased by the U. S. Department of Agri culture and the Delaware-Mary land Crop Reporting Service. (continued from first page) GEORGETOWN The Georgetown Recreation sociation, meeting in the high s f ho °L aud »t°num last week-end «• ÄS: ÄTÄ to f s are Donald Weir, Roslyn Pet tyJ j? n and Russe11 Doner, , J he ass « ciation is sponsoring th ® 1 hurch Basketball League. J* 1 * 1 ® 11 tabes in age groups from 9 ]? 14 years from a11 churches in p^rgÇtown and surrounding area.; U l clad,ag W esl ey and Grace Meth odist, Wesleyan Methodist, Presby nT""» fa' „ Pau1 ' 8 P - *• fdS'ce^Me'lhoHl,", 1 Harbe f n ' Prov - J he rhl SL d f , n xf ar ^ town and Method^st^ fîîriSÎ îf Georget ° wn il 100(1181 Circuit. There are three "Kr ^SSSu ioU°™' to 13 yea S Ind \ tn in . years, and 9 to 10 years re coach^/th^Tor*! 1'°^' athletic ' . of * oca * high school, is Z V '? E coac ï. a ? d '"«™«or tor P1 . ... , I ans for a full scale recreation ~ program for the youth of thej uu^y ^clude provision for a Pn athletic director in charge of , '^ program through the summer ana * 1 and tho establishment ofj winter mon ths. € ? f V?® Georgetown High School and athletic fields will be available for use in carrying out 1 the program as outlined. I Arrangements As and years, 12, are pending for the playing of a benefit basketball game, the proceeds to go to the cur renl Polio drive. Both the boys and girls town teams will narticinate The game is scheduled for Febr ary 10. in the local high scheol with the out-of-town participating team not yet definitely decided upon. George C. Littleton was named to head the committee on formation of the softball league teams and u empowered to select his own com mittee. A meeting to discuss plans for the softball teams is slated to be held February 7. at 7:30 p. m., in the high school. h lJ '? nald Weir was appointed to '"äsw t *, »* 'Äl" Show Rooms, beginning at ten o' clock in the morning. tu PLAYHOUSE Wilmington, Del. FOUR DAYS Beg. Thurs*, Jan. 27 Matinees Saturday and Sunday SUN. MAT. AND NIGHT Many New Tricks, Illusions, Features This Year 2 EXTRA SHOWS JAN. 30 WORLD'S SUPER MAGICIAN TT % wmwm/ih'iiw. In Two Acts and 34 Spectacular Scenes COMPANY OF 30, OSTLY GIRLS 50—Sensational Illusions—50 NOW—MAIL VOUS ORDERS—SOW Ä *" d %l i0 (unreserv i< 'L, P ric « Include Uk. FOB MAIL OKDEBS 17 PL^SE G FNCLOSE nr CHECK 2r v E LOF E %rB E ^ CL 0 0 F SE X.C C K^T C S K 1/14-2t 90t. M..»_ 1 I ir iVlutUUl Lire Names Head Here (oootinu*i mm nm pare ä/ 1 '" rt --•—— The National Football League Is now in its 29th season.