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Milford chronicle., 1929-05-03
SEEK WEATHER
J STATION FOR SHORE
Representative I. Alan GOldsbOr-
Ough Introduces Bill In Congress

Representative T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough, Of Maryland, has introduced a
bill in Congress to authorize the es-
tablishment of a United States wea-
ther bureau station on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, for the purpose
of disseminating weather informa-
ton and forecast to the farmers OF
that section and Delaware.
The bill provides that the cost OF
the station is not to exceed SSOOO,
and directs that a meterologist and
an assistant and such other en-
ployees as may be necessary be ap-
pointed by the Secretary of Agr1-
culture.
The Maryland representative also
introduced bill to amend the civil
service act so as to provide retire
ment for employees of the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canals when
their service for the canal and the
FEDERAL government is in excess of
thirty years.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-03
SUSSEX TAX RATE Is
SET AT EIGHTY CENTS
ON HUNDRED DOLLARS
Levy Court Makes Rate At Meet
ing Tuesday Assessed Valua-
ton Is $37,223,777.OO.
INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR
Delegations Are Heard Asking For
ROads-..Slag Road In Shawnee
District.

At the regular weekly meeting of
the Sussex County Levy Court, that
court considered the assessed valu-
alton of the county, and set the tax
rate for 1929 at 80 cents on the hun
dred dollars of assessed valuation.
This years assessment shows that
the property values in the county
have had a healthy increase. The
total assessed valuation for the
county is $37, 7,223, ,770.00, and the cap
itation amounts to $28,582. Last
years assessed valuation was $780,
450,120.00 and the capitation was
$23,049 The net gain in assessed
valuation this year over last year
is $773,650.00 and the capitation
gain is $4,5S3.00.
Much routine business was trans
acted at Tuesdays meeting, and the
usual bills were presented and al
lowed. Postmaster Jehu F. Hudson,
of Georgetown, appeared before the
Levy Court and requested that some
thing be done on mail route in the
Sixth District, which is reported as
impossible in some places.
A delegation from WhiteSville,
presented arguments for the Della
ware-Maryland line road from
Whitesville to Bethel Church. They
had been before the commissioners
of Wicomico County, Maryland, on
Tuesday, April %, asking for CO.
operation of the Marylanders with
the Delaware Levy Court. An in
spection of the road will be made in
the near future, after which a con-
ference between Wicomico County
authorities and the Delaware men
will be held.
Another delegation asked for re-
pairs to half mile of road situated
in Little Creek Hundred.
Several residents from Milford
asked the Levy Court for a Stag
road from Haven Lake to Shawnee,
a distance of about one and a half
miles. The court agreed to improve
the road provided those benefited
thereby would pay the cost of un-
loading and hauling the Stag, which
is estimated at $4,000.
Horace Fleetwood, of Old Furnace
Mill, near Cokesbury Church, con-
ferred with the Levy Court about a
bridge at the mill. Mr.. Fleetwood
owns the water rights which he will
have to surrender before the county
will take steps toward repairing the
bridge. The water power at the mill
has not been used for years.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-03
SPRAY MILFORD YARDS
FOR JAPANESE BEETLE
Federal Representatives Have Been
Applying Emulsion This Week

In their fight against the Japan
ese Beetle representative of the
Federal Government have been in
Milford this week spraying lawns
and gardens with an emulsion which
is said to be deadly to the grub of
the beetle. The men have a COM
plete power spraying outfit and are
visiting every place at which any
beetles were found last year. Only
those lands are treated where bee
ties were located last year. Several
lawns on South Walnut street were
treated with the liquid poison on
Tuesday afternoon. Two treatments
are said to be enough to kill any
eggs or grubs that might be in the
ground. Milford has been included
in the quarantined area this year,
but the fight to keep the pest out is
being waged intensely. Very few of
the pests have ever been found here.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-03
MANY YOUNG MEN
WANT POLICE JOBS
One Hundred Applicants For Places
On State Organization

Of the $50 applicants for State
Highway Police as recorded with
the State Highway Police Depart
ment, 68 reported at Dover on Mon
day for the preliminaries incident
with the examinations which will
follow as well as the schooling nee
essary for equipment in filling the
position.
Of the 68 reporting Monday for
the preliminaries, So qualified for
the first test which was given Tues
day, that of a physical examination.
After this test will follow other
tests before the real schooling be-
gins.
The examinations are being con-
Quoted By Superintendent C. c. Rey-
nolds of the State Highway Police;
Captain H. G. Ray and Sergeant r.
D. Ingram. They are being held in
the State Armory at Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-03
DISCUSS STATE COUNCIL
OF DELAWARE SCOUTS
Committee viii Investigate FEAST
biIity Of Forming Proposed Body

A meeting was held at Hotel Rich
ardson at Dover Friday evening of
last week having for its object the
advisability of forming a State
Council of Boy Scouts in Delaware.
While the Wilmington Scouts have
been organized for. some time and
the several scout troops throughout
the State have in a way BEEN af1l-
lated with the Wilmington branch,
no concentrated efforts have been
taken to bring about the organiza-
ton of State Council.
Those who were present discussed
the subject and decided that the
matter was of sufficient Importance
to appoint a committee to look into
the question and report at a meeting
to be called in the near future, when
in all probability, a State council
will be created and full number of
representatives from the several
Scout troops, as well as citizens will
be appointed or selected as members
of the State Council.
Those present at last Fridays
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Milford chronicle., 1929-05-03
DELAWARE TEACHERS
VISIT N. Y. SCHOOLS
Observation Trip Made To Learn
Methods Used In That City

Six teachers, guests of the Della
ware Citizens Association, have been
in New York this week for two days
of observation in the Lincoln and
BronxVille Schools, New York City.
The party included Mrs. Sallie @.
Ellis of Millsboro; Mrs. Lula M. Ell
lis, Delmar; Mrs. Myrtle c. Cubbage,
Viola; Miss Virginia Case of the
Caesar Rodney School,; Miss Adeline
Richards of North Star in New Cas-
tie county, and Miss Ethel Cheyney,
of Hockessin.
Invitations were extended in rec
ognition of exceptionally fine coop
Grafton with the State Program
Committee of the Delaware Parent
Teacher Association during the cur
rent school year. Substitutes are be-
ing provided, during the teachers
absence, by the State Department of
Education.
A party of eight teachers, guests
of the same association, visited Tow
er Hill School in Wilmington last
week, and third group, of the same
size, spent a day in the Demonstra-
ton School at Towson the preceding
week. The teachers in these parties,
selected because of the promise
which had been noted in their work
included: Miss A. Katherine Rat
ledge, Townsend; Miss Erminie @.
Nye, Laurel; Lester A. j. Hart
ly; Miss Nell Rodgers, GreY4. wood;
C. E. Wilkins, Millsboro; Miss Clara
Odessa; Mrs. Maud S.
Wright, Bridgeville; Mrs. Melissa M.
Roxana; Miss Mary Sat
terf1eld, Delaware City; Miss Eliza
beth Brady, Wilmington; Miss Lois
Simmons, Wilmington; Mrs. Vaughn
Delmar; Miss Hannah Can
non, Millsboro; Miss Grace M. Jar
rett, Selbyville; Miss L. Belle Pret-
lyman, Greenwood and Miss Laura
belle Kennerly, MiddletoWn,
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-03
LOSS OF $925,OOO
in SCHOOL REVENUE
UNDER new LAWS
Kent And Sussex Counties Will
Pay approximately $4,000 In
School Taxes.
EXEMPTION FOR CHILDREN
TaxabIes Are Allowed Exemp-
tion OF 5000 For Each Child
On Income Tax.

A loss of $925,000 a year in school
taxes is estimated as a result of
changes made by the recent State
Legislature in the income tax law,
the funds from which go for the
support of the public school system.
These changes with the fact that
the Legislature refused to pass the
50 capitation tax bill recommended
by the Tax Department materially
reduces the number of persons who
will pay anything toward operating
the public schools. 1t is estimated by
the Tax Department that out of a to-
tai adult population of approximate
ly $4,000 only about 10000, or less
than 8 per cent, will pay anything
toward the support of the public
schools.
In Kent and Sussex counties about
1000 persons will pay approximately
$30,000a year income tax.
The following is an estimate of
what will be lost annually in school
taxes by changes the legislature
made in the income tax law:
Amendment allowing 5000 exemp-
ton for each child under 20 years of
age-$70,000.
Repeal of the Is cent tax on real
estate for school purposes-$400, 900.
Amendment allowing deduction of
Federal tax from the State income
tax return-$275,00 900.
Amendment allowing donations up
to Is per cent as a deduction
100000.
Repeal of the invested capital tax
and substituting the franchise tax
$4,000.
This makes the total of $925,000
that it is estimated will be lost an
nually to the school fund by these
changes. All of these changes with
the exception of the one to allow
deductions for dependents were rec
commended by the Tax Department
but that amendment was adopted
over the objection of the depart
ment.
No CapitatiOn Tax
What many think of even more
vital concern than the loss of this
large amount of money annually is
the fact that two of these amend
ments. after failing to provide cap
itation tax of So on every adult, re-
duce by many thousands the num-
ber of citizens who will pay any
thing whatever toward the operation
of the public school system. The
amendment allowing deductions for
dependents will increase by about
5000 the number of persons who pay
no income tax to the fund for the
operation of the schools while the
Is per cent real estate tax repeater
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Milford chronicle., 1929-05-03
SHOPPER LEAVES
MONEY In LOCAL STORE
Paul McVey, Manager Of Crooks,
Finds $4,000 In Onion Basket

Paul McVey, manager of the ]. w.
Crook Store in Milford, found a
bundle of money totaling $2,4OO.OO in
an onion basket at the store last
Friday. Much surprised to find this
sum of money laying loose in the
box, but he did not have long to
wait for the owner. Mrs. Norman
Prettyman, of Ellendale, had been
shopping in the store and while
there had lost the money. When she
returned to the store in search Of
her missing funds, the $240O was re-
turned to her. McVey was a much
surprised young man when he pick
ed up the money at the store. 1t is
seldom indeed that sums of this size
are carried about and rare indeed
that they are lost.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-03
Secretary of States Office
Changes Working Hours

Beginning with Monday NOR
ming of this week the person.
mel of the Secretary Of States
office at Dover, including the
automobile department, start
ed work at 8 o'clock in the
morning and finish at 4 o.
clock in the afternoon. This
change has been made for the
summer months only, and will
continue until the last Sunday
in September. 1t gives the
employers longer daylight
hours each afternoon for rec
reation.
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EARL CLARK, D. c.
BOY, SETS RECORD
Rv the Associated Press.


BOSTON, May 11-Earl Clark. Bos-
ton Braves center fielder, yesterday
established a new major league record
by making IL putoutS and an assist in
the opening game of the series with
Cincinnati, which the visitors won, 5 to
3. The previous record, IL putouts,
was shared by five players. Dick Harley
of the Cardinals. T. F. Hartsel of the
Cubs, Happy Felsch Of the White Sox.
Max Carey, playing with the Pirates
when he tied the mark, and Johnny
MoStH of the White SoX. Mostil's
achievement, recorded not quite year
ago, was the most recent.
All of Clark'S putouts resulted from
fly balls, and his lone assist came in the
first inning when he threw home to
Spohrer. who nailed Swanson trying to
score. In the fifth and eighth innings,
Clark retired the Reds unaided. Every
Red in the game contributed to Clark S
record
In the first inning Clark caught
Critics sacrifice fly and Walkers drive.
In the third Swanson flied out to him,
Critz. and Ford were the victims in the
fourth and in the fifth Gooch, Lucas
and Swanson flied out in order Strip
Allen and Kelly flied out in the eighth
and in the ninth Ford popped out to
Clark.
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v VARSITY base ball will do fade
out while loWly freshmen have
" a big inning next Tuesday. The
Maryland and Catholic Univer-
Sity yearlings will clash at Col
lege Park in the feature battle. Neither
team has lost game and each has
won six. It's the only natural" yet
offered college base ball bugs.
Some at Catholic University say the
freshman team is stronger than the
varsity. The young Terrapins include
in their lineup six players who batted
in the cleanup spot on high school
teams,
One pitcher has started all of the
Old Liners games. Arthur Hauver,
this dependable, has been removed only
once because of ineffectiyeness. In
most of the contests his team was so
far ahead that he was taken out to
save his wing.
Infield or pitchers box, it's all the
same to Ed Leary of Georgetown. For
three weeks Leary hung around as a
substitute infielder. Then he turned
finger. His effort resulted in a 6-to-5
victory over Gettysburg College in IL
innings.
He saved the game in the eighth in
ming with a home run which tied the
score.
An odd break paved the way for the
winning run. Johnny Dunn reached
second base when Pitcher Utz Wild
pitched the pill away on fourth ball.
He scored on Scalzi'S single. Two were
cut at the time.
Gordon Bennett knedalist, is favored
to win the golf championship of the
senior class in a tournament progress
ing at Rock Greek Park. He won his
first round match from John Clark,
4 and 8.
Two flights are playing, with the
second round set for this afternoon.
Following are the results Of the first
skirmiSheS:
First HiEht = Gordon Bennett defeated
defeated Sam Coleman, and S.; Paul MUIR
m sa Ern Tom BY up
Ed Kelly defeated Henry Langsenkamp, z
Sidss e. william ann Madden
detssd GsGrss Fs on f rsnSery
Arthur sullivan. by default; William Fitz-
MeSy Petty aee end
ssnd Daniel Frisry defeated Ben Meyers
Georgetown's varsity golf team is off
to a fiourishing start in the newly
formed intercollegiate Golf League.
Holy Cross was routed. to !. at New
Haven. Manning was the only George
town loser EarlS beat him, and 2.
In a morning battle Holy Cross lost
to Yale, also to l. In another league
match Harvard trimmed Penn, S to 4.
Results of the Georgetown Holy Cross
Tits follow:
TwOSOmeS-McCarthy (Georgetown) de-
feAted Lee. and S; Flanagan (Georgetownl
defeated 0Neil, l up Wilson Georgetown
town. defeated Baxter, up; Foley (George-
town. defeated Whelan, and 8; Earls
(Holy Crosse defeated Manning. 8.
F0urSOmes - Mccarthy and Flanagan
(Georgetown) defeated Lee and O'Neil, and
3: Wilson and Beger (GeorEetown) defeated
Kelly and Baxter. and /: Foley and Man
ming (Georgetownl defeated Whelan and
Earls, and 4.
Today Georgetown meets Harvard on
the Yale course.
Gallaudet's track team, which defeat
ed George Washington last Saturday,
today was to. take on the Maryland
Freshmen at Kendall Green.
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WAL KER-HUDKINS TITLE
FIGHT PLANS DROPPED

SAN FRANCISCO, May IL LP).--
Plans for the proposed middleweight
championship fight in Los Angeles
next June between Mickey Walker.
titleholoer, and Ace Hudkins, Nebra-
ska Wildcat, have been Temporarily
dropped by Ancil Hoffman, San
Francisco promoter, who has been
cooperating with Jack Doyle Of Los
Angeles in staging the bout.
Hoffman holds a contract on
Walkers services in California until
next September 80.
Hoffman made the announcement
following a conference by telephone
with Jack Kearns, Walkers mana
ger, who is in Los Angeles. Kearns
told the San Francisco promoter he
was unable to come to terms with
the Hudkins' brothers, who manage
Ace. as their financial demands we're
exorbitant. Hoffman said he would
try to put on the fight next Sep
tembsrs
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WOMEN In SPORT

~ LASSES in tennis instruction on
the Y. w. C. A. courts at
Twentieth and B streets, in the
" rear of the Blue Triangle Hut,
opened May l and will con-
tinue until october !. with Mrs. William
Winkler formerly Gertrude Hatch). a
graduate of Sargent School, as the in
structor during the month of May. In
addition, Miss Anna Van Buskirk and
Miss Margaret MeigS of the regular
Y. w. C. A. health education staff. are
instructing early morning classes and
will take over Mrs. WinklerS classes
after the latter leaves in June.
For a nominal fee per hour, racketerS
NAV obtain instruction in the net game
on the Y. w. c. A courts every day in
the week except Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, when the courts are reserved
by the War Finance Tennis Club
Glasses in instruction meet twice week
monday and Wednesday or Tuesday
and Thursday for two-hour periods
Each class is limited to II persons
Private lessons will be given to those
who desire it. Any one desiring to join
class or take individual instruction
must have a medical examination by
the association physician in advance.
This examination can be made by ap-
pointment.
1H6 courts may De reserved III AQ-
vance at any hour that classes are not
scheduled Except over the week end as
stated above), by players who do not
wish instruction.
All arrangements for medical ex-
animation, reservation of court and
class registration may be made through
the health education Office at Y. w. c.
A. headquarters, Seventeenth and K
streets, or by telephone at Metropolitan
2102, between 9 am. and pm. ReSer-
vations, etc, also may be made at the
Blue Triangle Hut between II and 1870
or 4 and 4:45 each afternoon.
The Y. w. C.. A. courts can be
reached by the Potomac Park car or
by the Washington Railway bus marked
Lincoln Memorial or "23d and B
Streets" leaving from the drug store
corner of Seventeenth and K streets.
Sears Cup tennis matches will be
played in Boston this year, with Mid
die Atlantic team of women racketers
competing for intersectional honors
against New England. Middle States
and Eastern teams. The Middle At
lantic players will be selected from
Baltimore, Norfolk, Richmond and
Washington. Most of the New England
racketerS will be recruited from Boston,
while Philadelphia will Supply the ma
jority OF Middle States talent and Ne .
York will furnish the strongest repre-
SentativeS from Eastern States. perhaps
It is understood that Penelope An
derSon of Richmond will head the M.
, A. contingent this year. :.
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SERIES STATISTICS.
Team STANDING

Yesterdays Result.
Tech, IL; Western, 6.
Results Of Other Games.
Eastern. 8; Western, Z.
Tech, II; Central, S.
western, 5; Business, 4.
Tech, H.; Business, S.
Central, y; Western. II 90 innings.
Central, 8; Business, o.
Future Games.
G. Tuesday Business vs.. Eastern Eastern
Friday-Eastern VS.. Tech, Eastern Sta
dunn, SIS O'Clock.
In other events yesterday In which
Capital schoolboy athletes figured Bust
ness lost to Catholic University Fresh
men in a So base ball game at Brook
land and st. Adams nine was swamped
by its old rival, st. Christopher, at
Richmond, Va, by $40 score.
Western drubbed Tech, to 0. in a
public high title tennis match; George
town Prep racketers downed ST. Al
bans, to 2, in a practice match, and
Dewitt scored over Friends, S to 0, in
making its debut in the Prep School
Tennis League.
In trimming the Business nine Cath
Ole University Freshmen won their
sixth straight game.
Frank Meacham, ST. Christopher
pitcher, held st. Adams not only with
out run, but without hit in the
game at Richmond. The score set
record in Richmond prep school circles.
Western, which has virtually clinched
the public high tennis crown following
its win over Tech yesterday, now has
only Eastern to meet. Western recently
downed Central. regarded as its most
formidable rival for the title
Yesterdays summaries;
Goubeau CwD. defeated Talburtt, SO,
s.; Lynham (W): defeated Wilson, SIS,
Is; Latona tW0, defeated Culp, 81, Is:
Grinio1 (WJ, defeated Mattern, 6-S, al.
Dewitt had little trouble in downing
Friends. SUMMARIES:
Sinsles-Bakshian defeated Pinney, SIS,
Is, 50; Mccarthy defeated Ruth, 81.
DouSIesn Me tsaG o and wits defeated
Pinney and Ruth, 81. Is; Bakshian and
Prennis defeated Glover and Carpenter
Summaries of the Georgetown Prep
st. Adams match:
Singles Crowley &C. Pr. defeated Carter.
SaTtwrfgbs Pogshsrtg e stiao A' ssfeatea
Doubles Crowley and Cartwright &C. .Pll,
s ciafk land and S Chimney GgE0 a F.. defeated
Clifford and Jones, 90. 60.
Francis Knott. fullback, who cap
tanned the Dewitt School foot ball team
last year, will again hold this post next
Fall. He was reelected at meeting
of letter winners yesterday.
Scholastic athletes hereabout were to
be busy today. Heading the card was
the annual Catholic interScholastic
track meet at Catholic University. A
Geographic meet in which Dewitt,
Eastern and Tech were to meet Castle
Heights Military Academy Of Lebanon,
Tenn, also was carded. The three
District schools were to run-of their
events in the Eastern Stadium and the
Lebanon team there. Results will be
exchanged by wire with the winners
being announced tonight.
Three base ball games for District
scholastics also were listed today. CAL
vert Hall and ST. Johns were to meet
on the Monument lot. Tech was to
engage Mount st. Mary's Prep at En-.
mitsburg Md, and st. Adams was TO
clash with Christ Church in Richmond.
Va.
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SALO AGAIN SCORES
TO CROWD GAVUZZI

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS. May 1.-THE pavement
Founders in c. c. Pyle's transconti-
mental derby today had an easy jaunt
Of 35 miles to Fort Worth following
yesterdays 799-mile run from Sher-
man, the longest lap of the race.
Johnny Salo PasSaic, N. j., cop. sec
ond in elapsed time, set gruelling pace
under broiling Texas sun to win the
Sherman-Dallas lap in 11:22:15 and cut
the lead Of Pete GavuZH of England
to 1:29:45
Giusto Umek of Italy finished second
in l2:04:45, and Gavuzzi, leader in
elapsed time, was third in 12:14:30.
The leaders:
Tebe Ss1E gay Ens4ano zf2;
3-Giusto Umek. Italy. pol SO &c.
3G3:51:23
Sam Richman, New York, 3o847:s5.
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Overcome Weakness Bunting Hgen Boost Lead Ouer ackS
COLLEGE AND SCHOOL
EVENTS LISTED TODAY
COLLEGE.

COLLEGE.
Catholic U. at Richmond U. (tennis)
Georgetown at Navy tracD.
George Washington at Catholic U.
crack.
Maryland at Army 0across).
Maryland at Western Maryland
(tennis).
Maryland at Hopkins crack.
Georgetown VS.. Harvard at New
Haven tgolO.
SCHOOL.
Third annual Catholic interscholastic
track meet. Catholic University Stadi-
UNI preliminary start at 1890 ann
Calvert Hall VS.. st. Johns, Monument
Grounds (base balD.
Tech VS.. Mount st. Mary's Prep, en-
Md. (baSe BALD.
Dewitt, Tech and Eastern vs.. Castle
Heights Military Academy of Lebanon,
Tenn. photographic track meeD.
ST. Adams VS.. Christ Church, Rich
mond (baSe balD.
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COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
MINES IN TRIPLE TIE

HYATTSVILLE. Md, May ia
triple tie has been created in the race
for the Prince Georges County high
school base ball championship. AS the
result of games yesterday Hyattsville,
Upper Marlboro and Laurel teams are
deadlocked, each having won six games
and lost one.
HyattSville lost its first game yester-
day, falling before Upper Marlboro, the
defending county and State champion,
in a 1876 encounter at Upper Marlboro.
Laurel kept in the flag hunt by
drubbing Maryland Park, Is to Z, at
Laurel.
Previously Upper Marlboro had lost
it's only match to Laurel and the lat
ter had suffered its lone defeat at the
hands of Hyattsville.