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Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
THEY HATE TO GIVE UP

"How these old veterans hate to
give up marching in the parade, -
was remarked at Cincinnati, when
nearly 1900 Civil War veterans pa
raded at the Grand Army encamp-
ment. "They continue to walk long
after they should STOP" it was said.
So it is with all the old folks of
Delaware. Age is a tragic thing.
When people have to quit some form
of activity that they have carried on
all their lives, it takes courage to
face this decline of strength. 1t
takes calm philosophy, faith in the
ultimate rightness of things, and
trust in the power that guides us
all.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

men and children in its population.
Has it as many bootleggers as it
used to have saloons?
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Has any critic of our present laws
offered any new, positive, construc-
tive plan for the regulation of the
liquor business, or any plan that has
succeeded anywhere?
Do drinking and operating COM
plicated machinery, or running fast
flying trains mix at all or at any
point? If so, where? On the locomo-
tive? Under the conductors cap? In
the train dispatchers office? In the
office of the General Manager or
President?
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Will any candidate for any high
Offices this summer and fall appear
at any public gathering of their con-
stituents, or make any speeches in
their own behalf while they them
selves are under the influence of
liquor? Will those who attack pro-
hibition, the Eighteenth Amendment
or the Volstead Act say in any
stump speech one word in favor Of
liquor, of it's free or liberal use, or
for drunkenness in any degree? Or
Will they try to show the advantages
of freedom by getting drunk after
the old style? Or will any candidate
choose to speak anywhere to an au-
dience wholly or largely under the
influence of liquor?
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What chance would a drunken
baseball team have in the present
pennant race?
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Are the various plans, state con-
troll, Canadian plan, and the others
anything except plans for enabling
makers of liquor to sell it and users
of liquor to get it in an easy way? |
Can any traffic in liquor or any free
use of liquor ever be made respect
able?
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Will some one point to any plan
for the restraint and regulation of !
the liquor traffic that has ever been
approved or obeyed by the. liquor
traffic?
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But especially will wet or moist
candidates frankly tell their constit-
uents how much liquor they are in
favor of, what kind of liquor they
approve and why they approve it;
and the advantages to men, women
and children, social, economic, per-
sonal advantages that. the use of
liquor will D. ing to their c3nstitu-
ents? Especially VIII they name tho
people for whon hquO' is gocI?
What is home without a comfort
able chair and a comfortable bed?
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
TRAINING CHILDREN
IN THE USE OF MONEY

A very simple method of starting
children in the use of their allow
ances is that employed by social ser
vice agencies in dealing with foreign
or illiterate families. 1t consists of
several envelOpes-preferably stout
MALTA for durability-one for each
kind of expenditure. Two would be
enough for a child at first, one mark
ed ITO spend" and one "To save for
something nice"
Many parents give their children
a few pennies each week when they
are but four or five years old. When
child has learned to make change,
to add or subtract small amounts,
and can be sent to the store, he is
old enough to have some money of
his own to handle. The envelope
system is a help until he can write
his accounts" in a book Then he
should be taught gradually how to
find out what he has spent and what
is left, how to save for definite pur-
chases greatly desired for himself
or for gifts, and ultimately how to
manage larger sums which include
personal money and money for def
mite uses such as school," car
fare" and lunches" A child who
is old enough to ride on street cars
alone is ready for a notebook system
of accounts.
AS the number and kind of ex-
penses increase, the Bureau of
Home Economics does not consider
the envelope system satisfactory. 1t
necessitates keeping more money on
hand than is desirable. 1t provides
no permanent classified record on
which future estimates can be made.
It is confusing because in order to
make change money is transferred
from one envelope to another.
By the time a boy or girl is in the
last grammar grade or ready for
high school, a clothing allowance
may be added and it's use taught.
This is a good time to introduce a
check book. If the local bank does
not handle accounts for minors,
checks may be drawn on the parent
up to the amount of the allowance
and all transactions made as bust
nesslike as possible. Poorly chosen
will occur from time to
time, but after a little experience the
student trained in this way can be
trusted away from home to handle
funds intelligently.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
FORCES OF PROGRESS

Organization accOmplishes every
thing that is accomplished. Lack OF
organization does nothing There
may be practically unanimous SEN
timent in a community like Milford
in favor of some improvement. But
if that sentiment is not organized, if
some group of people is not appoint
ed to carry out that idea, or if some
group do not take it on themselves
tc get together and put it through,
it will never be accomplished.
An idea without some organization
pushing it, is about like an automo-
bile with an empty gasoline tank. 1t
may be the costliest car in the mar
ket, but it won't move. Give our
good ideas some motive power be-
hind them.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

himself from all partisan feeling. He
must hold the balance fairly be-
tween section sand section, and be-
tween industry and industry. He
has to remember that what helps
cne industry, hurts some other one
or the people generally. The task
of adjusting the tariff to suit every
one is an impossible one. Anyone
who could come somewhere near do
ing it is pretty nearly fit to be presi-
dent of the United States himself.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
THE TARIFF COMMISSION

The president has appointed two
men to the tariff commission, and
is considering other appointments.
The selection of men for this posi-
ton is about the most ticklish prob
lem that he has to face. Only men
of very unusual qualifications arc
fit to hold this position.
Such commissioner must have
the scientific mind, able to detach
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Two glass measuring cups, one for
wet and one for dry ingredients, are
a great convenience in cake making.
Oysters will soon be in season
again. They are extremely valuable
as a source of various minerals
needed by the body. Like fresh
fish, they supply iodine.
Here's a good September menu;
Corn soup, made from fresh corn cut
from the cob; Omelet with Spanish
sauce, which contains tomatoes and
peppers; rice; new yellow or white
turnips; apple sauce from some of
the windfalls, with cup cake.
Choose designs for children's
clothes with ironing in mind, wheth-
er you make the clothes yourself or
buy them readymade. Fussy ruffles
and queer-shaped parts take up the
time of the laundress, and never
look as well after washing and IRON
ing as trim, smooth garments that
are well-cut and made of interesting
materials.
Probably fewer sandwiches would
be discarded from children's lunch
boxes if the bread were always of
the. best quality Children will eat
more bread if different kinds are
served. Sometimes so simple
change as baking the bread in a new
form,-a twist or roll instead of
loaf, or cutting the sandwiches into
fancy shapes with a cookie cutter,
will increase interest in it. The
change of flavor given by added
raisins, dried currants, dates, or nut
meats is another inducement to like
the lunch bread.
The "hot pack" is not new
method of canning. 1t is the method
of filling the jars to get good results.
BY the hot pack is meant cooking
the fruit or vegetable to be canned
for a short time, and then packing
it boiling hot into jars or cans,
which are then processed the re-
ouired length of time. The hot pack
shortens the time needed for the
food in the center of the can to
reach the required temperature for
sterilization, insures better prod
uct. and does away with the step
that used to be known as exhaust
ing"
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

Wifie-There were two hats that
I like-one for $13 and the other for
$18.
Hubby-Which one did you finally
decide on?
Wife-The $18 one. I'm a little
superstitious about the number 13.-
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

shrimp-Has your cook left you?
Lobsterpot-Yes she was too
good. During the month she was
with us my wife gained Is pounds.
Shrimp-Where is she now?
Lobsterpot-My wife managed to
work her off on a stout woman she
detests.-The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

We are not therefore at the end of
our manufacting tether. Business is
bound to come back, and when it
does, it will be helped most not by
the fellow in Siam or in Jugo-Slavia
but by the American buyer who has
the highest wage and the bet living
standards on earth. Each new COM
fort and convenience in the home
calls for something else. We are
never satisfied and it is a good thing
for our progress nationally as well
as personally that we cannot be. For
from the desire for better things
comes national improvement and
higher standards of living.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

But this is not all of the bright
side of the picture either. UndOubt-
edly the development of the radio
and the automobile have helped our
economic and social progress tre-
mendously in the past decade. But
we are not going to stop there. Other
things are coming to make life cas-
ier, brighter and more worth living.
The ice-making machine for the
home has come into its own as has
the electrical apparatus for lessen
ing the work of the housewife and
the man on the farm. These will be
added to and developed rapidly in
the next decade. We are now cool
ing our theaters and public build
ings artificially in the summer time.
Before another decade rolls around
the scientists tell us that we will be.
making our homes cool and comfort
able during the long summer days
in the same way. Already we are
hearing something about television
to see as well a sto hear radio pro-
grams in the home. We are hearing
a great deal nowadays about artifi-
cial sunlight which we can get
through treatments by physician
and nurse. In another decade it is
predicted we will have this artificial
sunlight through our home electric
lighting system. The flying machine
will develop too and the automobile
and the radio will get finer and more
efficient. Many other inventions and
iTOOrOVampOtS are OrOmiSpd during
the next decade. The American who
has the money to bay will want
these, and the fellow who hasn't the
money will buy them on the INSTALL
ment plan.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
By Frank P. Kitschert

One theory which is being fos-
tered by the stock market crash of
last fall and the succeeding slump in
business is that effect that our days
of big production and high prosper
ity are over and we are due for a
long, lean period of the kind that
Europe has been enduring for the
past several years. Those of pessi-
mistic mind who advance this theory
declare that our business boom only
held up as long as it did because of
the tremendous demand for autOmO-
biles and radios, that when this de-
mand was satisfied the entire busi-
ness of the nation went into a slump.
Many of the economists who have
adopted this theory declare that we
have entered a period of over-pro-
duction and that our only remedy is
tC seek new markets abroad.
All of which is interesting, if true,
and not in the least encouraging. 1t
would seem, however, to the average
observer, that the picture drawn is
entirely too pessimistic. In the first
place the American people are not
going to be satisfied with the auto
mobiles and radios they now own,
if they possess these things, and
many do not, but will constantly be
looking for newer and better ones.
Clothing is going to wear out just
as it has always done; we are going
to require just as much food and
just as many comforts and luXuries
as we have had in the past. More
over, new buildings are constantly in
demand as cities and towns grow
and change their business zones.
Cupid is still on the job too and
shows no Sign of going on strike.
New families require new homes,
and more and more people each year
will move to the suburbs and build
homes of their own.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

What is home without comfort
able chair and a comfortable bed?
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15
FRENCH OFFICIALS
 WITNESS W'HOOPEE
Americans and British Noisy,
 They Say

Bou}oene- -Sur-Mer, August t5 CCP1 British and American eXcur- s!onists at French channel ports oc- casionallv lend themselves 10 ohjec- tionable alcoholic carousals, bur in the main conduct themselves i'm peccahIy. in the opinion Of municipal authorities here.
 Canyassed for their reaction to the activities Of visitors suarming over the lrtoral of Pas-de-Calais, the mayor, former police chief. chamber Of commerce official taxi drivers, policemen and merchants Of Boulos- ne have delivered themselves frank ly Of their impressions and eXQerl- ences, T. WarluzeI, mayor of the municipality, declared upon being interviewed:
 "It has occasionally come 10 my attention that British and American subjects have made a nui@nce of themselves by their drunken con- duct. and ! remember two or three mpl4nts lodged against several in- djvl1uals three years aro. However, such eases are rare. and are usually the result of 'eggine on by irrespon- s.b.e outsiders. I am quite sure that the inhabitants Of Boulogne welcome their visitors for their proper con- duct as well as for the aPprcciabIe profits they bring"
 M. WalIeins. director of maritime service Of Boulogne. and former chief or special police, is even more Ienienr in his observations. Said he:
 My experience with our visitors under the influence of intoXicants
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15
FLAX PR0CESSED
 IN PENITEN7IARY
Oregon Institution Taking Care
 Of Product Of District .

Oregon State Penitentiary. Salem, Ore, Aug. Is (UP)-Oregon prison officials plan to make this state pen- itentiary the only institution of its kind in the United States that is en- tirely self-supported by industries not competing with free labor or out side commerce.
 The principal industry at this prison is processing of flax. Vir- tually all flax growers in the fer tile Willamette valley of Oregon, where grows the only long fiber flax in the United States. have con- tracted to sell their crops to the prison where it is threshed for seed, retted and scutched by hundreds of toiling convicts, making the linen fiber which is sold to finishing plants in this and other countries. The convicts thus employed are given fair days wage.
 The prison fax plant is expected 10 TedCn US ODJtCllNc III A'oo "44Ci the plant will be turning out 2,000 tons of fiber valued at more than S1,000,O00 and s400,000 worth of seed. When this is accomplished, not only will the institution be self supporting but surplus may be carried forward each year to take care of other requirements.
 l.. ~t, yr penitentiary do not trespass upon outside labor conditions in any way because processing of flax is not
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15

done elsewhere by any other factory or mill, officials said. On the con- trary. the prison industry does ac- celerate and supplement labor con- ditions on the outside by encouraging flax growing operations, purchasing the flax from the farmers and mar keting the crops.
 During August, scol -. of motor trucks and horse drawn vehicles are shpttling between the Drowned fields of the valley and the state peniten- tiary bearing nearly 100 loads daily to warehouses within the walled city where the fax will be stored for future processing.
 The fax crop this year is the finest in memory of many old timers here. The crop is bountiful, de- mand is strong for fiber in the worlds marts. the price is holding it's own and growers are assured oi profit.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15
Wood Ticks Blamed
 For Carrying Diseases

Washington. Aug. IS (UP)-The common wood tick which sometimes is found with its head buried in the human body and sucking blood IS charged by the agriculture depart ment with carrying two dangerous diseases
 Proof has not been obtained but the department said the wood tlck was suspected of carrying rabbit fever. or tularemia and endemic typhus fever
 The department suggested mixers in the country wear high topped shoes and lace trousers or leggins as purotection against the pest.
 If bitten by tick, disinfect the bite with an antiseptic, the depart ment said.
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New Britain herald., 1930-08-15

cursion rate tickets, but that is all. Once the drunk man is aboard, the affair is ended as far as l am con- cerned. Disputes with taxi drivers on the pier are more common put the results have never been serious. The innate reasonableness of the visitors and the pitience of the port authorities combine to reduce un- pleasant incidents to a minimum
 NJ. Tardieu, of the Boulogne cham Der of commerce, questioned as 10 British and American activities after having imbibed too freely, observed that many of them were taken Tn tow by "loose- -moralled" interpreters, and exploited at cafes and restaur- ants. The work of these men IS curbed by the authorities as much as possible. declared NJ. Tardieu. but incidents of dispute and occasional disorder were the inevitable result of such a situation. Usually. he added, such interpreters were British subjects themselves. and naturally derived little satisfaction at seeing 1 their compatriots make vulgar dis play of themselves.
 Taxi drivers, policemen and mer- chants agreed that tA tourist. despite his infrequent lapses into disorderly drunken antics, is a well come visitor who would not be will Oingly relinquished by the French coastal inhabitants. The merchants
 find little to complain of in the fact that they buy more freely after drinking. and the taxi drivers opine
 that the Britisher is a far more agreeable customer than the Amerir
 can.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15
Turks Learning to Eat
 Raw Tomato Sandwiches

Konia, Turkey, Aug. Is. P}-Be- cause a Turkish doctor in this Ana tolian town has a friend who has been to America, tomato sandwich es have apepared on the hitherto sandwiches Turkish horizon.
 The doctor began an "cat-a-raw- tomato-a day" campaign which was q fiasco until a travelled friend gave him a tip on the sandwiches he had seen in America.
 The doctor imme diately publish CT detailed account of this pheno n,enon in the local press, and made such a. hit that it was widely copied by the papers of Angera and Istanbul
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15
LONDON PHONE HAS . WIDEST OF HOOKUPS
Hello Girls Speak Many Tongues
 for Subscribers
London. Aug. l5 lCP}-"Allo.

London. Aug. i5 rP}-"Allo, Paris. donnez moi Louvre quarente- sept dix-neuf, stl vous pIait-"
 Was haben sic ga~asr Berlin?"
 "Attenuon. Madrid, Lordres esta lsto."
 Hello, Bombay Central put this ran through 10 Burma please"
 "Toho2 Ohio. hanzi3
 Not q mixed grill Of trr-and- 1earn-r-your=eIf laueIaee lessons nut q loaf from the diary of B teje- phone operator London talks 10 almost ay,ryhody -rssa days. only Ares and a .a-- wears aftar The r--, caV rom here 70 New York. and with tbe extension Of tele- phone ~srv.eg 10 Japan. SoWh As~frs India. Australia, and New .-4a.an5. rats .--v v'l become the hub ot telephone system erc'r- ding the earth.
 Work already has been started on extension ot serr.-a from Aus rrz.ia 70 New Zealand which will o~ln- an additional 1<o.ooo phones cn 70 the international circuit
 Negotiations are in progress for service 70 India which can start operation in I few months after The preliminary work ls completed. Egypt can 1oln the international link any time she feels like lt and extensions 10 Palestine and Trans 5ordaria would he inc next logical development,
 h Berlin ras Ts1efanaen com ranv is axperimenrrnE with ra- .d,o talephono service 10 ToNto which means that London "an "7lug in" fl the connection is par- 1larentlv established The Ger man organization already has es- rabhshed a service 70 south Amer lca and plans 10 install a trans hitter in Ranking 10 enable Chinese to sit In br7ucartans and chat with tAa old folks at home.
 When South Africa Is brought into the worldwide hookup there will he approximately only 12S.0no telephones in Asia. and T few 'hou- sands in Africa and Ocaania outside the international tolrphoric alliance, The service from London around the world will he virtually complete in q rew months Even small isolated is lands rava lost that feeling of being distinctly out Of touch with the rest Of the world. The Channel Islands will be connected with the mainland by the end O the year Already he Crecian Islands can call up Athens and RaratoHga chats with Welling- ton.
 The increasing habits Of part of the world wishing to talk 70 another part thousands Of mjl4 away is re- sponstble for the fact that over 9' per cent of the worlds telephones are connected with each other. It is estimated that civilization has pro .duced some 24oo0,00o 'ransmjrrers ,,and an equal number Of receivers. If all the telephone wires in the world were laid end 70 end they would nc doubt stretch for quite way Bu' more important is The fac, nat Lon. dons future telephone operator. will have 10 add Japanese and In. dian to their linguistic accomplish rnents.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15

has been confined chiefly 10 those who arrive at the pier. boisterously or nonchalantly. according to their nature hours after their boat has departed. Occasionally there ensues a somewhat incoherent discussion as to the manner Of their return to England on another boat with the consequent loss of their return ex-
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15
Detroit to Discard
 3-Hour Lenten Closing

Detroit, Aug. Is (UP)-The last major city in the United States to observe the three-hour cessation of activity on Good Friday will dis continue the practice next year during the Lenten season.
 Since 1918 Detroit stores and theaters have observed the period
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15

of mourning but recently it was found that this closing of all busi- ness house was a great inconveri- ence to Easter shoppers and that many of the employees given thls three hour respite to attend 'church services went elsewhere anyway.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15
Special Notice

The excursion to Savin Rock to be eiven by the Ladies' Auxiliary IS postponed till Sunday, August IT, Leaving center at o'clock, Tickets can be secured at Center.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15
ROY IN IIOTOR CASE

Albany. Ga. TPl-Roy Williams. Ii years old. was held under Slooo bond here charged with liquor law violation,
New Britain herald., 1930-08-15
SELL BREAD BY WEIGHT

Berlin, Aug. 15--CP-A social demoratic motion providing for the future sale of bread in Ger many by weight only was adopted in the Reichstas by 200 against 190 \ rtes
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New Britain herald., 1930-05-23

Alabama, Arkansas. Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Nebras- ka, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
 Eighteen states are more than 40 per cent for repeal: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida. Illinois, Ken lucky, Louisiana, Maryland. Massa chusetts Michigan, Missouri, Mon- tana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island, Wisconsin,, Wyoming,-and the Dis trict of Columbia.
 Washington State is the only one to give even slightly larger vote for light wines and beer than for either enforcement or repeal: but the states that cast approximately 30 per cent of their ballots for such modification include nearly one-halt of the whole country-namely Arizona, California, Colorado. Con- .necticut District of Columbia, Hi nois, Indiana. Iowa, Michigan, Min nesota. Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico. New York. North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon. South l+kota, Utah, Vermont. Washing ton West Virginia and Wisconsin.