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Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16
new SUPERINTENDENT
FOR CHRONICLEPLANT
George Sherman Returns To-
Position After Absence Of.
Seven Years.

AFTER seven years absence George
sherman has returned to the Mil
ford Chronicle Publishing COMPANY
and resumed the position Of Super
mtendent of Production He was
with the Milford Chronicle Publish
ing Company during the World War
period and up to the year 1920. when
the second story of the plant was
destroyed by fire. After that he
went with large printing firm in
Pittsburgh, from which CITY he
made trip to South America for
their business interests. About a
year ago he was accidently hurt in
the Pittsburgh plant and was in a
hospital six weeks and then on
crutches for several months, which
caused the severing of the relations.
Since then Mr.. Sherman has been
anxious to locate in a smaller city
with an active business where he
could have less responsibility, but
remain actively interested in the
printing profession. After a cor
respOndence, arrangements were
made with him by this company, so
that last week he came back and re-
sumed his former position in charge
of production and the mechanical
operation of the Milford Chronicle
Company.
The recent extension of the capa-
city of the plant has made it neces-
sary to have trained designer of
printing to meet the require
ments of those patrons who want
effect, with dignity in COM
position arrangement, as well as
high grade press work Mr.. Sher-
man measures up to the require
ments.
Henry Harrington is retained as
his assistant, as it is impossible for
one individual to accomplish the
work.
The Milford Chronicle Publishing
is in position to prepare
designs for real printing, and de- /
liver promptly work of character
for customers.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16
STATE ROTARIANS HOLD
MEETING AT REH0B0TH
About 175 Members OF Five Clubs
Attend Get Together Meeting

About 175 members Of five Rotary
Clubs in Delaware gathered at the
Hotel HenlOpen at RehOboth Tues
day night to attend a get-together
meeting. All the clubs in the State
with the exception of Milford were
represented. Milford Rotarians had
declined the invitation to attend be-
cause of their desire to aid the
Carlisle Fire Company at its carni-
val now being held.
The address of the evening was
made by Rev. R. G. Helfenstein, of
Dover, who spoke of the work that
has been performed by service clubs
and particularly the Rotary, all
over the country. He stressed the
importance of more work being done
by them among the youth of Ameri-
ca.
Three 3-minute speeches were
also delivered by other members.
Following the addresses an enter
tainment of songs was put on by
the delegates from each club. The
invocation preceding the dinner
was made by Rev. R. X. Stevenson,
of Smyrna. Ross Elliot of the
Laurel club, acted as toastmaster.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16
PREPARE BALLOTS FOR
REFERENDUM ON ALL
PENINSULA ACTIVITIES
Business Men Will Be Asked To
Give Their Views On This
Work.
ASK THREE QUESTIONS
Committee Hopes To Get InfOr-
nation For Future Guidance
Of Association.

The members of the Central Pen
insula Referendum Committee as
announced by DR.. G. Layton Grier,
President of the Del-Mar-Va East
ern Shore Association, are: former
Governor John G. Townsend, Jr.,
representing Sussex County, Del,
former Governor Emerson c. HaT-
rington, Dorchester County, Md;
Senator William P. Jackson Wi
comico County. Nd; Calvin B. Tay-
lor. Worcester County, Md; and
Wallace NJ Quinn, Somerset County,
Md.
The Committee has framed a
Referendum Ballot which will be
mailed out to Peninsula business
leaders in these central section
counties.
The Referendum, it is announced,
will close on October 5th. On the
basis of the replies received the
Committee will prepare a statement
embodying the practical results of
the vote which will be published
for the information of the public
and it will also prepare a summary
for the guidance of the Association
and its officers.
In issuing the Referendum Ballot
the Committe says:
The undersigned have been ap-
pointed a Committee to ascertain
what the business leaders in the
central section of the Del-Mar-Va
Peninsula, think about the Del-Mar-
Va Eastern Shore Association. On
May 26th, the members of the As
sociatiOn assembled in annual meet
ing, voted unanimously to continue
it's operations indefinitely beyond
December 31st, next, and they in
structed their officers and govern
Ors to prepare for the future on
that basis.
The Officers of the Association
feel that this vote in inconclusive.
In the first place it represents only
the $50 persons and firms who were
signatory to the original under
writing which made the Association
possible; secondly not all of the |
$50 members were present at the |
meeting.
The officers of the Association |
are unwilling to proceed solely on
the basis of a membership vote. |
They feel the Association cannot |
render efficient service unless there |
is by this time a widely seated de-
sire for the sort of work the AS
sociation is equipped to do.
In order to ascertain public SEN
timent the Association has appoint
ed the undersigned as a committee |
and requested us to formulate plans |
[ContinHed on page y
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16
PROMINENT ODD FELLOW
DIED LAST THURSDAY
Deputy Grand Master B. F. Christie
pher Passed Away In FrankfOrd

Benjamin F. Christopher, deputy
grand master of the Grand Lodge of
Delaware, 1. o. o. F., died suddenly
at his home at Frankford on Thurs
day, September 8th, presumably of
a heart attack. He appeared to be
in good health, but collapsed i'm
mediately after he had finished
breakfast. The funeral was held
Saturday afternoon, with services
at the NJ. z. Church, and interment
at Carey's cemetery.
Mr.. Christopher was one of the
most prominent men in that COM
munity, having been a justice of the
peace for about 20 years. He was
born in Frankford February 18, 1851
and had spent his entire life there.
His wife died about two years ago.
Two sons and two daughters sur
Vive.
Deceased, who was a member of
one of the oldest families in the
state, dating back to Colonial days,
was one of the Oldest Odd Fellows
in Delaware. He joined the order
nearly so years ago at Omar, later
transferring to Fidelity Lodge of
F'rankford.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16
POULTRY PRODUCTION
SHOW in MILFORD
Prizes Are Offered For Affair
To Be Held September 3Oth
And October lst.

The farmers who are making theil
living from egg producing hens will
welcome the news that Delaware is
about to have her first strictly Pro
duction Poultry Show. This show
will be held at the Milford Grange
Hall, September 80 and October l,
under the supervision of the Milford
Grange and the Delaware State
Poultry Association.
The objects of the show are to give
Delaware breeders an opportunity to
show the progress they are making,
to meet and compare birds with
other breeders, and to promote the
keeping of better production bred
stock in the State.
The major consideration in judg-
ing will be capacity for egg produc-
ton, strong constitutional vigor to
stand up under heavy laying, and
freedom from disqualifications as de-
scribed in the American Standard
Of Perfection"
Cash prizes will be offered as fol-
lows:
Pens-1st prize, $500; End prize,
$500; 3rd prize, $500,
Single Birds-1st prize, $500; End
prize, $500; 3rd prize, $1.00.
Only the following breeds will be
admitted to the show: Single Comb
White LeghOrns, Barred Plymouth
Rocks, Single Comb Rhode Island
Reds, and White Wyandottes. For
each breed the following classes
will be made: Cock, hen, cockerol,
pullet, old pen, young pen. Pens to
consist of four females and one male
of the same variety.
The show is limited to the four
breeds above named because they
comprise the majority of the pro-
duction fiocks in the State, and be-
cause of lack of prize money for
other breeds. Next year a few other
worth while production breeds |
should be admitted to the show.
The show is being handled by a |
special committee appointed by the
Milford Grange and the Delaware |
State Poultry Association. The COM
nittee is as follows:
Charles Groves, chairman, Mil
lord; Gus Swanson, secretary, Mil
lord; Byron Pepper, Georgetown;
Fred Smith, Milford; Clarence Bunt-
ng, Selbyville; E. w. Palmer, Del
mar; S. E. Evans, NIillville; Denny
Dover.
Further information about the
show can be had from any of these
nen. Catalogues and rules of show
nay be had by writing to the secre-
ary, Gus Swanson, Milford, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16
DELEGATES DISCUSS
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Milford Hundred Convention Is
Told Purposes Of These Gath
erings.

The Annual Milford Hundred
Sunday School Convention was helC
at Houston in the NJ. E. Church
Wednesday, September 7th, with 9
good number of delegates and visi-
tors, chiefly composed of workers
in, and for the betterment of the
Sunday School.
A good and appropriate program
was enjoyed by those in attendance
During the coures of the convent
ion, the purposes of these convent
ions were explained. Reasons adj
vanced for them were:
First-Primarily to improve the
mark of the schools of the district
by making better methods of Sun
day School Work.
Second-To bring Sunday School
Workers together, thereby getting
groups of the workers of different
denominations acquainted. giving
them the benefit of exchanged ideas
and to plan and carry out commun-
ional Sunday School work. This
includes organizations, programs
and committees to complete the
work, all Of which is being done
under the auspices of The Inter-
mediate Sunday School Association,
which had its beginning as a Union
Sunday School in Philadelphia in
1719. The first nationwide con-
yention was held in 1882 in Phila-
delphia.
The first International Convent
ion, taking in Canada, was held in
1875, but today, it includes The
United States, Canada, Mexico, Cen
tral America, and the West Indies.
1t accomplishes it's work through a
system of Auxiliary Sunday School
Association. There are .siXty-six
State and Province Associations
which includes 1892 county Sunday
School Associations and approxi-
mately 10000 Township or District
Associations.
About 21,000 conventions are held
with an attendane of from
two to five million Sunday Sschool
workers. There is a Sunday School |
Association where ever there is real
Sunday School interest, and it may
truly be said that The International |
Sunday School Association is one of |
the most Democratic organizations
in the world, as it includes all |
Denominations of |
which, between 80 and 40 are heart |
lily, and in some communities vigor- |
Ously, cooperating. All this great |
system of Christian Work is hinged |
and is working in conjunction with
The World Sunday School Assoeiat-
ion, which was organized July 1st.
1889, and is composed of Sunday
Schools of 81 nations, all of which
we're represented at its last con-
7entiOn at Glasgow, in 1924.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16
NO LIMIT SPEED
NOW FOR MICHIGAN

Based on the theory that
motorists pay little heed to
speed laws once outside the
corporate limits of cities, a
legislative experiment in the
form of a mo limit" speed
statute has gone into effect in
Michigan. Passed during the
last session of the legislature.
the new law replaces one pre-
scribing a maximum of thirty
five miles an hour on country
roads.
A novel feature of the law is
that while it does not set a
general regulation as to speed
rates, it does provide that a
driver must have his car in
complete control at all times
in order to cope with prevail
ing traffic conditions.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16
WHEAT GROWERS
WARNED OF Loss
BY GREAT BLIGHT
"Stinking Smut" Said To Take
Fortunes In Toll Annually From
Farmers.
UNITED ACTION URGED
Say Growers Should Avail Them.
selves OF inexpensive Methods
Of Prevention.

Wheat farmers of Delaware
Maryland and Pennsylvania are con-
frOnted with the possibility of the
loss to them of hundreds of thOus-
ands of dollars from the raVages OF
sinking smut or bunt, according to
a statement issued today by DR.. +.
B. Bomberger, director of the Mark
citing Bureau of the Del-Mar-Va
/ Eastern Shore Association.
Although sinking smut has
been steadily increasing in recent
years in Maryland and Delaware" "
said Dr.. BOmberger," it has, during
the past two years attained such
proportions as to make it a serious
factor in marketing the grain crop
in this area. In a recent release by
DR.. Z. Is. SimOns, director of the
University of Maryland Extension
Service, the statement was made
that reduction in price of as much
as eight cents per bushel was re-
ported on smutty wheat in the Bal
timOre market.
Recently the Commercial Ex-
change of Philadelphia issued bull
letin emphasizing the extent of the
losses resulting from shrinking smut
and urging wheat growers to adopt
preventive measures. Among other
things this bulletin has the follow
ing to say:
Thousands Of Dollars Lost
Thousands of dollars in losses
have been suffered by wheat farm
ers in the states of Pennsylvania,
Delaware and Maryland due to
sinking smut or bunt, according to
The Commercial Exchange of Phila-
delphia through which organization
millions of bushels of grain are
marketed annually. The increase in
smut infection in the wheat farming
area that is tributary to the Phila-
delphia market has reached an
state and experts familiar
with the spread of the disease say
that it is likely further devastation
is probable unless widespread pre-
yentive measures are taken at the |
time of sowing wheat this fall The |
most effective remedy against smut |
with chemical known as copper |
carbonate.
arrival of wheat in Philadelphia /
from Delaware and Maryland indi-
cate that smut was even more pre- /
valent in those states than in Penn |
sylvania. Nearly so per cent of the |
TCOntiaued on Page Il
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-16

Sound editorials on live
topics-that's the kind you
will find every week in this
newspaper. Turn to them
now.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-30
POUGHKEEPSIE
REGATTA WON
BY COLUMBIA
19-year-Cld Crew Upsats Dope
and Keats Oarsmen Fa-
vOred to Win

PouGhkeepsie. II. Y. June 3O-vUP
columbia was out Of the intercol-
;egiate rowing wilderness today on
the sweep of the Glendon stroke.
After l3 long years of famine. sea-
sons in which hopes had been lifted
high only to fall shattered when the
big test came. the New Workers
found the magic touch yesterday and
won the Intercollegiate varsity four
mile championship with the youngest
crew that ever battlcd for Pougn-
keepse's blue ribbon Of rowing.
Since 1914 when Columbia last won
the varsity title. her crew have had
q habit of cracking at critical mo-
ments. This years year-old aggre-
cation not only refused to crack. but
rowed the heart out of the crack Cal
iforna eight and She naval academy.
twin favorites before the race. then
flashed startling exhibition of fin
ishing grit and speed to beat off the
final challenge Of the championship
Washington crew.
Go Down Fighting
The Washingtonians went down
like the champions they were. fight
ing, but they were mastered by~ a
crew that harnessed speed, form and
steadiness with an unconguerable
spirit and strategy ordinarily re-
served for oarsmen far beyond their
tender years.
Six Of the eight victorious oars
men, in addition to their little coxs-
vain. were in the championship fresh
man crew developed by Head Coach
"Rich" Glendon last season.
Sailors Finish Fourth
Where the navy had been picked
rs the crew to bring the varsity
crown back to the east. it furnished
an upset as startling as was Column
bias victory.
The sailors were a poor fourth, six
lengths behinds the victors, barely
able to beat out Cornell and Syracuse.
which were only second apart in
a battle for fifth place won by the
Ithacans. 1t was the first time since
the war that the Middies had failed
to finish either first Or second
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-30
PIRATES AND
CARDS DIVIDE
4-GAME H0N0RS
CCrsairs Leave II me of
Champs With Half-Game
Hold on First Place
(By The Associated Press

Pittsburgh and st. Louis, ring
leaders in the National League pen
nant scramble, were still graphing
for firm footing on the peak today
after one of the most grueling series
Of the current season. AS honors
were divided in the four game melee,
the Corsairs left the home town Of
the world champions with thread
bare hold of half a game on first
place.
The Cards clustered five runs in
an eighth inning comeback to shade
the Pirates out in the series final
by 10 to .. Manager Bob O'Farrell
injected himself for duty behind the
plate to figure in the triumph after
having been on the hospital list since
May IS.
During the series, the Buccaneers
were Obliged to call upon four
pitchers in each of the last three
games while four were used by the
Cardinals yesterday and the day pre-
vious.
Many Pitchers Used
All told. the Pirates utilized 13
four games, the Pittsburgh club
St Louis gathered the same num-
Der of hits for 20 runs.
The Cubs closed foursession
series with Cincinnati with an even
break by annexing the final from the
Reds, to l.. in 10 innings. Carl
Mays, star hurler, underwent on OPP
Grafton for hernia that will force him
out Of the lineup for the remainder
Of the season
The Phillies emerged in front by
5 to 4 in an opening engagement with
the Robins, Farmer Jack Scott COM
ing to the relief of Pitcher Ferguson
when a Brooklyn rally in the ninth
threatened. Wilbert Robinson OBJ
served his 63rd birthday.
Rain kept the Giants and Braves
idle on scheduled double program.
Yanks Far Ahead
The American League struggle be-
gan to look more like runaway
affair with the New York Yankees
coasting in front on an ! game mar
gin. The laundering and downtrod
den Red Sox fell victims to the Ru
pert Rifles to the extent Of s to 2.
1t was the 18th consecutive reversal
for Boston. Lou Gehrig, who was
NOiuiiiblu lcsuIHS DdtSiudl III
college days, embellished the day by
hosting out his gath four-baggcr to
tie Babe Ruth's total for the pres
ent season.
The Eambino was back in the fray,
however, and helped make lot Of
noise with a double and three singles
III five trips to the plate.
Washington cuffed the Athletics
out Of second place by triumphing by
to 3. The Mackmen were shuffled
back to fourth place, the White Sox
nosing into third place on half
game leeway.
Detroit made clean sweep Of a
series with the Browns by taking the
fourth and final contest, 8 to 3.
At Chicago, Ted Blankenship
blanked the Indians by 5 to 0 in the
first section Of doubleheader but
Cleveland came from behind in the
closing innings of the nightcap to
win out by 8 to 6.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-30
JAMESTOWN
N. TEAM TO
PLAY STARS
Wright Will Pitch For Prison
Team Sunday-WindsOr
Coming Monday

With the jamestown Northern Pa
cific team coming here Sunday, July
3, and the Windsor nine booked to
play here on the Fourth Of July, the
Prison All Stars have two fast games
on their schedule for the coming
week end
The jamestown team suffered its
first defeat Of the season last SUM-
day. despite the fact that it has play
cd Il number Of hard games this
year, when it took the short end of
3 to 2 score in the game against Can
dos all salaried bunch. The previous
Sunday the jamestown n. p. team
Which ended in tie, the game being
won its games from the Aberdeen and
Mobridge clubs.
Wright of Bismarck will do the
mound work for the prison team Sun
day, with Snyder doing the catch
ing. Wright is a southpaw and has
pitched ball in the Texas league.
McCrill, whose leg was badly hurt
two weeks ago, will be back in center
field if he has recovered sufficiently,
but if not Glenn will play the center
garden. Hudd will be at first,
PEOPLES at second, Kelly at short.
Cool at third, Carver in left and Hol-
land in right fields.
Jamestown lineup vii probably be
the same as in the game against Can
do last Sunday. Erickson does the
pitching. with w. Powell behind the
plate. l.. Powell plays second, Pose
ley third, Fergus, center field; Rudd,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-30
VALuABLEDATA
BEING SECURED
BY COM. BYRD
Great Scientific Adventure
Into Atmospheric Labor
atory Nears Close
lRy The Associated Pressl

Commander Richard E. Byrd's
great scientific adventure in the at
mospheric laboratory of the skies
was drawing to a successful termin-
alton this afternoon as the mono
plane America" skirted Ireland and
approached the coast of France.
Based on the increasing speed made
across the ocean, it was estimated
that the plane would drop onto LIE
Bourget field at Paris about $3.50
o'clock eastern daylight time.
Having set new records for keep
ing in frequent communication with
ship and shore, the America" was
also taking to its landing place Sc
crets wrested from the cloud banked
skies which may be Of untold aid
to future flyers. What these secrets
are has not been divulged, Com
mander Byrd in one of his radio mes
sages having merely reported lacon-
ically that 1--WE believe we have col
lected some scientific data"
Sees Neither Land Nor Sea
Commander Byrd's prediction that
his flight to Paris would be a scien-
tific test came true with amazing
results.
He astonished the world of avia-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-30

Lawn mowers sharpened.-
Ruder's Furniture Exchange.
Phone 79O-W.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Today

Games Today
New York ut Boston. 1.-TWO games).
Brooklyn at Philadelphia. 1.-TWO
games.
Others not scheduled.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-30
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Games Today
Boston at New York.
Chicago at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at Washington. .
Detroit at Clevelcnd.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-30
AL St. John Faces
NOn-suppOrt Charge

Los Angeles, June 3O.A(AP)-Al
st. Johns film comedian, today
faced a charge of failure to sup
port his five-year-old daughter,
who has been in the custody of Mrs.
Lillian st. John since she obtained
a divorce in 1923 on charge of
cruelty. She was awarded $3.50
month alimony.
st. John surrendered yesterday
when he was informed by tele-
phone that a warrant for his arrest
had been issued by San Diego
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-30

ton by radioing that he had seen
neither land nor sea since yester-
day afternoon.
Ten thousand feet up this morn
ing in freezing dense fog" rs hours
after leaving New York, he neverthe-
less was true on his course, about
600 miles off the British Isles.
Byrd's radio dispatches indicate
that he may have nearly crossed the
Atlantic without once seeing the wa
ter. Weather reports of conditions
still ahead of him suggested that it
was possible for him to complete the
crossing without having seen the
ocean.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-30
y SPORTS q

WESTERN LEAGUE
Wichita 10; Des Moines 6.
Tulsa 4 Denver ;.
Others not scheduled.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-30
Milligan and Walker
Will Fight Tonight

London, June 3O.-(AP)-Some
time between $50 and 10 o'clock
J tonight, Mickey Walker, American
middleweight champion and Tommy
Milligan Of Scotland will step into
the ring at the Olympia amphi-
theatre for their 2O-round bout to
decide the championship Of the
world.
Both men were in excellent condi-
ton today and each professed con-
fidence in victory. The cut over
the eye which Walker received in
practice bout several days ago
has healed and his trainer and man.
ager declared it was not likely to
give further trouble.
The betting overnight continued
about even.
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first base; Schauer. shortstop; Sing
err. lfft field and Deeds right field.
Bear, an Indian who entered the
penitentiary from Devils Lake some
time ago, will probably do the hurting
for the All Stars in Mondays game.
He is also southpaw and has been
showing up we'll in practice.
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Pennant Progress
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Games Today
Kansas City at Minneapolis.
st. Paul at Milwaukee.
Toledo at indianapolis.
Louisville at Columbia.