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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-25
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
PILGRIMAGES FOR
GOLD STAR MOTHERS
Those Having Sons Buried In Eu-
rope To Take Trip At U. S. Expense

The bill passed by the U. S. Sem
ate to enable mothers and widows
of deceased soldiers to make pill
grimage to the graves of their sons
or husbands in Europe was signed
by former President Coolidge as one
of his last official acts.
The bill is IAN act to enable the
mothers and widows of the deceas-
ed soldiers, sailors and marines of
the American forces now inferred
i'll the cemeteries of Europe to make
a pilgrimage to these cemeteries. ;"
The government, under the bill, will
provide for the pilgrimage for the
mothers and for the widows who
have not remarked.
The plan originated with the late
Congressman Thomas S. Butler, of
Pennsylvania, chairman of the Ma
val Affairs Committee of the House,
who in October, 1927, sought the as
sistance of the Bernhard F. Schlegel
Post, American Legion, West Ches-
ter, the home of the Congressman.
Samuel Wesley Long, formerly of
Wilmington, was the commander of
the Schlegel post at the time, and
named a committee to support the
movement. Besides the, West Ches-
ter Legionnaires, members of Will
mington posts proffered their aid,
and Major C. M. Dillon and William
H. Page, Jr., then the commander of
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
KENT COUNTY LEGION
MEMBERS PLAN MEET
viii Convene Today At Hotel Rich
ardsOn In Dover; Many Speakers

A meeting of interest to members
of the American Legion throughout
Kent county will be held at Hotel
Richardson today at 7.30, this being
the Kent county gathering of SER
les of get-together meetings being
held In the State in the interests OF
good feeling and closer cooperation
The meeting is being sponsored by
the State Department of the Legion.
A dinner will be served during the
meeting.
The guests will be welcomed by
w. E. Matthews, Jr., State COM
mander of the Department of Della
ware. Greetings from the city of
Dover will be extended by ]. Wallace
Woodford, while Governor G. Doug
lass Buck, member of the Walter
L. Fox Post, Dover, is planning to
be present and extend greetings
from the State.
The main speaker will be Edward
White, of Connecticut, national vice
mander of the Legion. Other
speakers will include Commander
Blizzard, of the Department of New
Jersey, anu d representative VI IhS
Department of Maryland.
The committee in charge of the
affair consists of H. H. Hanson, of
Dover, chairman; Earl Sylvester
and C.-B. Knox, of Harrington; w.
H. .Kenworthy, of Smyrna, and Grant
CARTS, of Clayton. A. G. Livingston,
of Dover, is chairman of the COM
mittee to assist with the arrange
mentS.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
LOCAL ODD FELLOWS
WILL ATTEND CHURCH
Special Services Sunday Evening At
M. p. Church For Organization

Rev. ]. Franklin Bryan, pastor Of
the First Methodist Protestant
Church, of Milford, has extended an
invitation to Crystal FOunt Lodge,
No. 10, l. o. o. F., to attend special
service at his church next Sunday
evening, March II, at 1880 O'Clock.
The invitation was unanimously
accepted by the lodge and commit
tee on arrangements appointed. Jas.
J. Smith, Noble Grand, is expecte-
ing large attendance. This is part
of the Church Loyalty Crusade, and
has been designated as Fraternal
Night. Special music has been ar
ranged by the choir, with a duet by
Mrs. William Kenton and Mrs. Au-
gustus Dickerson, well-known sing
ers of Milford.
Rev. Bryan, a member of Central
Lodge, No. 1, I. o. o. F., of Wash
ington, D. c., is very popular with
the local Odd Fellows, and attend
their meetings whenever the oppor-
tunity permits.
Members of the I. o. o. F. will
meet at the lodge room promptly at
Z o'clock to proceed to the church
in body. Every Odd Fellow is ur-
ged to attend this service.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
BANS 2S-QT. BASKET
All Containers Must Hold 80 Quarts
Or Go On Scrap Heap

Uncle Sam has laid a heavy hand
on the practice of deceiving the pur-
chaser of fruits and vegetables.
No longer will the 28-quart bas-
ket, constructed to look almost as
large as the 32-quart container, ap-
pear on the market. 1t and host
of other baskets and berry boxes, all
with a capacity slightly under the
standard weight, are relegated to
the scrap heap by the standard con-
tainer act of 1928 effective Novem-
Der l.
The act applies to baskets in both
interstate and interstate commerce,
and in the opinion of legal minds
sets aside all laws conflicting with
it.
The new legislation defines stand
ard hampers and round stave bas-
kets for fruits and vegetables to be
of the following capacities Is, IA,
l IA, l IL and bushels. For the
purpose of the act bushel, stand
ard dry measure, has a capacity of
2,150.42 cubic inches.
Standard splint baskets for fruits
and vegetables shall be 4 quarts, 8,
IL, 16, "a and 80 quarts. A stand
ard dry measure quart has capac-
ity of 67.2 cubic inches.
Regulations declare that basket
or hamper, the gross dimensions of
which are such as to give to the I'M
trained eye the appearance of a
greater or lesser capacity than that
of a standard container, or which
is not readily distinguishable from
another standard container, is de-
ceptive.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
BLIZZARD OF 'SSIS
RECALLED In SUSSEX
Worse Storm In Memory OF Living
Residents Lasted Two Days

Monday marked the 41st anniver-
sary of the famous March blizzard
of '88, which is still vividedly re-
membered by many persons in this
county.
The storm, it is recalled, started
on the afternoon of Sunday, March
IL, with heavy rain, followed by a
sudden drop in the temperature
which caused a heavy freeze. About
IL o'clock that night snow began
falling and continued unabated I'm
til the following afternoon, accom-
panied by a heavy gale which con-
tinued until Tuesday, the 18th.
Huge drifts, many of them six and
eight feet high, blocked all traffic
throughout lower Delaware and cut
off communication for several days.
The snow did not disappear for
many weeks.
Supplies of foodstuffs, according
to some of the old residents in this
section of the State, were cut off
and for a time it was feared there
would be suffering because of food
shortage. The rural folk, however,
faired considerably better than
many in the urban sections, because
they had their winter supply of
meat, -four, potatoes and corn meal.
Very few of them were short of suf-
ficient supplies to carry them
through the blizzard.
Those whose food supply became
exhausted managed to get to near
by farmhouse and obtain enough to
tide them over. This famous bliz-
card not only caused much distress,
old-timers recall, but practically
killed the fruit crop that year, es-
pecially peaches.
The wind was coming from the
north, and the cold was said to have
been so intense that it caused the
bark of the trees to split and freeze
what sap had begun to run in the
trunk of the trees.
The Wilmington M. e. Conference
was in session in Wilmington at
that time, and the ministers and
delegates were unable to leave the
city for several days.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
DISTRICT CLERGY HOLD
MEETING AT DOVER
Retiring Elder, DIR. w. E. Gunby,
Commended For Services As Leader

The ministers and their wives of
the Dover district of the Whining
ton M. E. Conference held their
monthly meeting at Dover on Mon
day, in Wesley M. e. Church. There
were 81 present, the meeting being
the last one for the conference year
and also closing the administration
on the district of the presiding eld-
er, the Rev. w. E. Gunby, D. d.
The Rev. E. H. Collins of Har-
rington is chairman of the minister
ial section and Mrs. w. E. Gunby
the wife of district superintendent,
is chairman of the women's section.
After routine business had been
transacted, there was an address by
DR.. Gunby on TRAFFIC Signals
Along the Highway of Life"
After the address, luncheon was
served by the Ladies' Aid Society of
Wesley Church.
A special committee appointed by
the chairman of the meeting pre-
scented resolutions which were I'M
animously adopted, commencing DR..
Gunby for his faithful and untiring
energy while serving the Dover dis
trict for the past six years and his
ever readiness to aid both minister
and laymen in auy capacity he
could"
Regret at his leaving the district
was also expressed in the resolu-
lions. AS a token of appreciation of
the services of Mrs. Gunby, wife of
the district superintendent, a solid
walnut sewing table was presented
to her by the association.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
CONGRESS is CALLED
TO MEET APRIL IS
Extra Session Summoned In PrOcla-
nation Issued By Hoover

An extra session of the. list Con-
gress for April Is by President
Hoover.
Specifically the call proposes leg
islation for agricultural relief and
for limited changes of the tariff. +"
The proclamation says that these
matters cannot in justice Ito our
farmers, our labor, and our manu-
facturers be postponed"
The proclamation, the first to be
issued by the new Chief Executive,
reads:
"By the President of the United
States of America, proclamation:
Whereas, public interests require
that the Congress of the United
States should be convened in extra
session at IL o'clock noon on the
18th day of April, 1929, to receive
such communication as may be
made by the Executive:
"And, whereas legislation to effect
further agricultural relief and legis-
lation for limited changes on the
tariff cannot in justice to our farm
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
DELAWARE BANKERS
MET ON THURSDAY
DIR. Karl SchOlz, U. OF p, Was
Noon Time Speaker

DR.. Karl Scholz, of the Economic
Department of the University of
Pennsylvania, was one of the speak
ers at the semi-annual meeting of
the Delaware Bankers Association,
which was held in the clubrooms of
the du Point Biltmore in Wilmington
on Thursday. DR.. Scholz spoke on
Determining a Reasonable Price
for Speculative Investments.
His address was given at noon.
Whether banks or trust companies
buy stocks or not, they hold them. as
collateral or are asked by their GUS
toners for advice concerning them,
or they own bonds with stock con-
version rights, or bonds that are at
least semi-speculative. The moOted
question of the day is whether cur
rent prices of such securities are
rational or fantastic very vital
question for scores of people in ev-
cry community.
The session began at 1880, and
the early part was taken up with
the business of the Association.
At one o'clock the members we're
entertained at luncheon by the Will
mington Clearing House Associa-
zion. Immediately following an adj
dress by DR.. Theodore Grayson was
given before the bankers.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
LOWER STATE RED men
MEET AT POW WOW
Senator Hastings Talks Good Citi-
zenship To Order At Milford
Satur day Night.

U. S. Senator Daniel o. Hastings
addressed a union pow-wow of Kent
and Sussex tribes of the Independ-
ent Order of Red Men held Satur-
day night in the State Armory al
Milford.
He spoke on Americanism and
good citizenship. Senator Hastings
has been a member of the order for
thirty-three years.
Sixty-five candidates from various
tribes of the order received the
adoption and warrior degrees, The
former being conferred by the Past
Sachem's Degree Team of Whining
ton and the latter by Ioka Tribe No.
35 degree team from Glendale.
The meeting prior to the exempli-
fication of the work of the order
was opened to the public, about 1900
men and women being present. At
ter the public part of the meeting
was concluded only members of the
order, numbering about 800 remain
ed.
George E. Hall of H., of Milford,
Great Sachem of the Great Council
of Delaware presided at the meeting
and presented Past Sachem +. A..
Ellegood, of Glendale, who in turn
presented Senator Hastings. An ad-
dress was also made by Great Chief
Recorder, Edward McIntire.
The sixty-five candidates were
from the following tribes: Sakimas,
No. 10, of Milford, IL candidates;
No. p, of Seaford, L;
Chippewa, No. %, of Milton, 5; Ioka
No. 35, of Glendale, %; Indian Riv-
er, No. 81, of Rehoboth Beach, 20,
and Red Cloud, No. So of Houston,
4.
The Chiefs Degree will be con-
ferred on the candidates by their re-
spective tribes.
A large parade of Red Men, led
by the Boys Band of Milford preced-
ed the ceremonies in the Armory.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
LEGISLATURE KILLS
BILL MAKING WOMEN
SERVE ON JURIES
House Defeats Bill To Put Women
On Same Bases As Men For
Jury Service.
HEARINGS ON TAX Bill
House Passes McIntire's Bill To
Regulate Aerial Navigation In
Delaware.

By vote of rs nays to z yeas
the House Friday afternoon killed
Representative -McIntire's bill to re-
peal the law under which women
drawn for jury duty must be excus-
ed on request. Representative Nc
Intire, Hart, Hazard, S. C. Hughes,
Nickle, Shorb and Van Solver voted
for the bill
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles and
Miss Marie Lockwood spoke for the
bill and Mrs. Hilles especially made
an able plea for its passage on the
ground that it would place women
on equal footing with men as to jury
duty. Mrs. Hilles argued that be-
cause of the fact of women being ex-
cused on request few are called for
jury duty by the jury commission
ers.
Representative Virden opposed the
bill. He argued that a woman called
may serve if she so desires and that
he did not believe it was duty that
should be forced on them.
The House passed Representative
Van Sewers bill to amend the law
relative to the appointment by the
Chancellor of trustees for insane
persons to give him the authority TO
also name trustees for persons COM
mitted to the Institute for the Fee
BILE Minded
Mr.. Scheifele's bill to give the
Delaware Trust Company of Will
mingten authority to establish
branch offices was passed by the
House.
Another bill passed by the House
was Representative McIntire's mea-
sure to regulate aerial navigation by
providing rules for regulating the
operation of aircraft in the State
and penalties for violations. This is
uniform bill being adopted by var
ious states and follows cut the rules
of the Federal Government as to
aerial navigation.
The House passed Senator Lynch's
bill to change the name of the First
National Bank of Georgetown to the
Georgetown Trust Company.
The Senate passed Senator Whar-
toms bill allowing the Kent County
Levy Court to extend the Workmen's
Compensation Act to employees of
that county.
After Representative Conwell had
explained the bill the Senate passed
the House bill with a Senate amend
ment to allow the trustees of Caesar
Rodney School district to issue
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
81 SUSSEX SCHOOLS
ARE ON HONOR ROLL
BridgeviIle First Among Graded
Schools With Average OF 94.6

The names of sixty-one schools
appear on the honor roll of schools
in western Sussex. The record was
lowered during the past month due
to illness of many pupils.
Among the graded schools,
Bridgeville was first with an aver
age of 946 per cent; Greenwood
second with an average of 94.4 per
cent; Blades third with an average
of 93.9 per cent; and Delmar fourth
with a naverage of 93.9 per cent.
The contests between the Bethel and
Blades schools was won by Mrs. e.
@. Nye's room of Blades with an
average of 98.5 per cent.
The one and two-teacher schools
appearing on the honor roll were as
follows: Wainwright, 1913 per cent;
Portsville 98.7 per cent; Tussocky
Branch 96.9 per cent; Tindalls 96.2
per cent; Independent 95.9 per cent;
Sunnyside 95.7 per cent; Cannon
95.S per cent; Meals "a per cent;
Jacobs 1913 per cent; Smiths SO per
cent; Browns 1873 per cent; Peppers
92.8 per cent; Cannon 92.7 per cent;
Meals 92.6 per cent; Forest Park 91.S
per cent; Union 91.5 per cent; Tull
Ola per cent; Vaughns 91.3 per
cent; Browns Gil per cent; Salem
900 per cent; Woodenhawk 90.8 per
cent; Bethesda 9O.6 per cent; Cedar
field 90.5 per cent; Fishers 90.2 per
cent and Marvels 80 per cent.
The colored schools on the honor
i <a..ra
Greenwood 1876 per cent; Trinity
91.5 per cent and Ross Point SO.5
per cent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
DELEGATIONS ASK
FOR new ROADS AT
HIGHWAY HEARING
Sixty Miles OF New Highways
Are Asked For By Fourteen
Delegations.
BIDS ON CEDAR NECK ROAD
Stretch Leading From Milford
To Be Built Glendale Wants
More Roads.

Fourteen delegations seeking a to-
tai of more than so miles of roads,
more than the State Highway De-
partment could construct in one
year, occupied the attention of the
State Highway Commission at their
meeting at Dover Tuesday after
noon.
All of the delegations had Iracti-
cally the same complaints about the
present conditions of the roads they
desired to be improved, namely, that
they were impossible and serious
delays were being made by mail
carriers, school children and milk
trucks.
In the absence of Frank du Pont.
chairman of the commission, j. Hall
Anderson had charge of the meeting.
Only two of the delegations heard
were present at the meeting held
three weeks ago with the result
that in less than a month the State
Highway Commission has had re-
quests for twenty-eight new roads.
The first delegation requested a
road from the State highway, South
of Pennington, running west to
Blanchard, distance of four miles.
This route is described as the worst
in Kent county. 1t was pointed out
that there is not an abandoned farm
or unoccupied house along this
route and that less than five per
cent of the farms are mortgaged.
Mrs. Annie L. Tull spoke for the del
egation.
R. E. Wiley urged the construction
of road from Greenwood to SCOTS
store, distance of three and one
half miles.
The farmers in this section are
planning to do some road repair
work themselves and this link is
needed to connect with their work to
bring them out to a main highway.
Nineteen of the twenty farms
along the proposed road from the
Sussex county Almshouse to Short
ly are occupied by their owners &C
cording to G. U. Hudson, postmaster
at Georgetown who spoke for this
road. In describing present condi-
tions Mr.. Hudson pointed out the
danger of delayed mail and the i'm
possibility of the carriers from his
office reaching many important
poultry farms who have daily ship
ments of eggs and baby chicks.
]. w. Warren and J. A. Ellegood
were the spokesman for the delega-
ton seeking an improved road from
Glendale to the Milford-Rehoboth
road, joining the latter road near
NAPLES pond. They pointed out the
number of good farms located in
this section that were without
means of reaching a market at the
present time.
Several small delegations were
heard seeking the following roads;
Flowers Station to Woodland in Sus-
sex county, near Seaford, Parsons
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
SHORE MAY GET
NEW FLAX FACTORY
ChestertOwn Leaders Hopeful Over
Experiment On RaskOb Farm

Following a survey ty officials of
the Kent County (Maryland) Cham
Der of Commerce of fax-growing eX-
periments being made on the Pho
nee Point Farm of Mrs. John j.
Raskob, near Centreville, prospects
are believed to be better for the set
ting UP of a fax manufacturing
plant at Chestertown than ever be-
fore.
Results obtained by experimental
stations in Queen Anne's county
have not only impressed Maryland
business men who have been asked
to back the movement, but fax ex-
perts of New York, who are also
contemplating building a factory in
that vicinity.
Farmers are being urged to set
aside an acre of land this season for
experimental purposes.
John Chambers, who has charge
of the Raskob fax experiments, has
offered to instruct growers in
ground, sowing and reaping, as well
as shipping the product to the fac
tory.
Flax grown in Kent county MARY
land) last season was said by buy
ers to be the equal in quality of any
grown in the United States or
abroad.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-15
JURORS DRAWN FOR
SUSSEX COUNTY COURT
William ]. Carey, Herbert Cooper
And Dora Wilson Picked From
Milford.

Jury Commissioner Joseph H
Cox, Seaford, and James E. Goslee,
Stockley, have drawn the following
petit jurors to serve at the April
terms of Superior and General Ses-
sions Court:
First Representative District =
William ]. Carey, Herbert Cooper,
Milford; David H. Reed of E., Ellen
dale; Boyce Short, Lincoln City.
Second District-Irvin c.. Spanish,
Greenwood; William H. Whitney,
Robert Smith, William S. Dickerson,
Bridgeville.
Raymond J. O'Day, Samuel G. Smith,
Seaford; Charles H. Hearn, near
Georgetown.
Fourthe District-Charles L. Achy,
Blades; William H. Williams, Beth
ell; Irving T. Hastings, near Laurel.
Fifth District-Paul. C. Wright, S.
Lloyd Lowe, Laurel; Charles C..
Tomlinson, Minos F. Hastings, Del
mar.
Sixth District = ]. Reese White,
Millsboro; Harvey S. Messick, near
GeOI SSIOWuS luOludS " I16lIl,
Dagsboro; Ferdinand S. Daisey,
frankfort.
Seventh District-John A. Tubbs,
Selbyville; William e. Monroe,
Frankfort; George Mitchell, Mill
vile.
Eighth District-William D. Bur-
ton, near Millsboro; John E. Joseph,
Hollyville; Asher H. Gray, Mills
boro.
Ninth District-Albert B. Bristow,
David M. Reynolds, near George
town; Frederick Blizzard, George
town.
Tenth District-Gertha w. Joseph,
Rehoboth; Elmer Dickerson, Milton;
Kenneth White, Simon D. Walls,
Lewes.
Additional petit jurors to serve at
the sessions of Court of Oyer and
Terminer, have been drawn, as fol-
lows:
First Representative District =
Oliver H. Lynch, Glendale; William
E. Higman, Dora w. Wilson, Milford.
Second District = Arthur Stewart,
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