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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
GOVERNOR IS
INTERESTED IN
PENSION PLAN
COmmends Alfred /. du-
POnt Who Has Been Pay
ing Pensions Himself
STATE READY TO AID
Believes That Legislature
Is Ready To Provide Aid
For INDECENT Aged

The first old age pension act to be
passed by a Delaware Legislature
would, of necessity, have to contain
an unusual number of eligibility
standards, Governor Buck said in a
statement issued from Dover this
week.
Those most in need, he said, would
be provided for first
Some time ago Governor Buck ap-
pointed Alfred |. dupont, John S.
ROssell and the Charles l.. Candee
as a commission to study the Old-age
pension plan, and report their find
ings to the 1881 Legislature.
81 do not think that | am mis-
taken in believing that the State is
ready and anxious to aid those who
having contributed in their time to
its progress, now find themselves, in
declining years, dependent upon
others for their existence" the Gov
ernOr said. Furthermore, l think
there would now be an act on our
statute books providing pensions to
the INDECENT aged, if Legislature of
recent years had been in possession
of intelligent information as to what
the situation in the State actually
was and had been helped to find a
way whereby they could have been
assured that it could have safely
aided them. But there has to be a
leader in every important move
ment and for this cause we are for
tunate to have Mr.. Alfred l. DUPONT
as it's best informed and most able
advocate. His great interest in this
Christian problem and the generos-
ity he has shown toward the worthy
old people in Delaware, accredits
him with being among the countrys
most kind-hearted citizens whose
benefactions to the INDECENT aged
will reap a harvest Of blessings from
them and the admiration of all who
know of his splendid work.
Il am particularly pleased to have
been able to obtain the willing as
sistance of such earnest and public
spirited men as Mr.. DUPONT, Mr.. Ros-
sell and Dr.. Candee for study and
report of a pension plan, and the
Legislature can expect to receive
constructive and able advice from
them on this important question
which very few of us know much
about. However, l am prepared to
believe that the first pension act to
pass will of necessity have to con-
tain an unusual number of eligibil-
ity standards-these it may be pos
sible later to lower-in order to be
certain that the State can support
the pensioners who will qualify and
that those most in need will be pro-
vided for first"
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
EXPLAINS WHEAT USES
Federal Farm Board Announces
Publication OF New Bulletin

Bulletin No. by the Federal
Farm Board, entitled practical Ex-
periences in Feeding Wheat" is now
being circulated. This bulletin con-
tains the results of experiments by
twenty-five college stations in feed
ing wheat to livestock and is the
latest authentic information on the
subject
Most of the experiments were
made recently, but it is an interest
ing fact that as early as 1894 the
South Dakota Experiment Station
published the results of some feed
ing trials which showed that wheat
was about equal to corn as feed
for hogs. In the winter of 1901-G2,
the Agricultural Experiment Station
of the University of Nebraska con-
Quoted a test to determine the COM
parative feeding value of wheat and
corn for cattle. The result of that
experiment was that wheat had
feeding value of about five per cent
greater than corn.
q Recent experiences of stations
and farmers in feeding wheat to
hogs give it a value of from $1.25 to
$1.67 per bushel and in all such eX-
periments it was shown that wheat
has a value equal or slightly great
er than corn.
The showing with cattle and
sheep was not quite so good, but
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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
WILL ASK FOR BOOST In
STATE SCHOOL FUNDS
DIR. Holloway Says Five Per Cent
Increase win Be Requested

At the conference of the Woman's
Joint Legislative Committee at Do
yer on Monday reports were heard
from the delegates who recently at
tended the White House Health Con-
ferences at Washington, d. c., CALI
ed by President Hoover. They gave
their impressions of the conference.
Those who spoke were DR.. A. c..
Jost, executive secretary of the
State Board of Health; Mrs. Petri-
cha E. Manchester, representing the
Consumers League; Miss Frances
A. Griggs, of the Mothers Pension
Bureau.
DR.. H. V. Holloway, State Super
intendent of Public Instruction, gave
his impression of the Washington
Conference embodying them in 19
different means and methods for
child improvement as to schools,
health, religious, morals and char
acter training as well as protection
from communicable diseases.
Speaking of the needs of the State
Board of Education in the next two
years for the carrying on of the
school program, DR.. Holloway stat
ed that the board would ask for an
increased appropriation equal to 5
per cent of the appropriation made
by the legislature two years ago,
which would be approximately
$162,5O a year increase for the next
two years.
He also stated that the board
would ask for a continuance of the
State school building program, and
also ask for a third time for the
passing of a State Teachers Retire
ment bill along the same lines as
proposed two and four years ago,
that of retirement at the age of 60
if desired and compulsory at 60
years.
Anther, legislative recommended
tion will be that in the appointment
of the State Board of Education by
the Governor the four members ap-
pointed be named for terms which
will not all end at the same time
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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
MILFORD PLANS
HOLIDAY SEASON
Business Section Will Be
Beautifully Illuminated
Beginning Monday

Beginning next Monday night, un-
less weather conditions interfere
with present plans, the entire bus
mess district of Milford will take on
a Christmas atmosphere when the
holiday lighting now being erected
is turned on. Milford business men,
cooperating with Town Council
and the Light & Water Commission,
have planned long to make Milford 5
business district one of the most
inviting to be found for miles
around this Christmas-tide. ThOus-
ands of colored lights will be car
ried in festoons along both sides
of Walnut street and across the
street. The decorations will be car
ried from point north of the First
National Bank and Trust Company
through the business section and
around the Plaza. Thousands of red,
green and yellow lights will be used
to illuminate the district. Lester
Lovett, proprietor of Lovett's Nur-
series here, has co-operated with the
town officials and business men to
the extent that he has donated
eighty of his finest evergreen trees
to be placed along the sidewalks in
the business section. Decorated
containers for these trees have been
provided.
A large Christmas tree has been
placed in the centre of the Plaza
and workmen have been busy this
week placing lights on the tree.
Present plans of those in charge of
the holiday lighting call for the i
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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
DRAW FEDERAL JURY
James L. Davis VIII Serve From
Milford Hundred

The Federal Grand Jury which
will begin its sittings tomorrow, De-
cember 6, has been drawn by II. c..
Mahaffy, clerk of the U. S. District
Court. Upwards of fifty indictments
will be considered by the G.and
Judy. Most of them involve charges
of illegal possession or sale of liq-
uor.
Those drawn on the Grand Jury
follows:
Wilmington hundred, 7. Argyle
Souder, Charles J. Dougherty, Phil
ip j. Isaacs, Philip ]. Carpenter.
Roscoe c. Tindall, Howard N. Stay
ton, Robert P. Schceniiahn, Walter
G. Tatnall, Jr., Willis z. Harring-
ton, Francis V. DUPONT and John ].
McGovern.
Baltimore hundred, Edward Bra.
sure.
East Dover hundred, Enoch Y
Williams.
Georgetown hundred, Halstead P.
Layton.
Duck Creek hundred, Vernon Lay
Phillips, Warner w. Price and AL,
fred Tilghman.
Mispillion hundred, Wilbur E.
Jacobs.
Seaford hundred, William B. Ius-
ton.
Broad Creek hundred, Edward F.
Dukes.
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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
NEWARK STATE CHAMPS
Defeat Delmar For Secondary High
School Grid Crown 14-O

In the State D. 1. A. A. champion
ship football game played at Dover
Thanksgiving afternoon at the Do
yer Ball Park between Newark High
School for the northern half of the
State and Delmar High School for
the southern part of the State, the
Newark team won the championship
by a score of IA to 0.
Notwithstanding the extreme cold
weather, there was a large crowd
from the respective towns of the
two teams to witness the game.
Newark experienced some difficulty
in making its first touchdown, but
the second touchdown was made on
superior ball playing.
Captain Schwartz scored the first
Newark touchdown, while Willis tai
lied the second, racing 20 yards af-
ter snarring a forward pass tossed
by Barrow.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
QUIZ ON KLAIR LAW
Body Wants To Know Attitude OF
Legislators Toward Statute

The Anti-Saloon League of Della
ware seeks to learn the attitude of
members of the 1881 Legislature on
the Klair Law, the State liquor
law.
Letters addressed to each member
have been mailed by Roscoe w. Vim
ing, superintendent of the league.
The letters ask the Legislators
three questions. The first is whether
the members favor the modifying
of the Klair Law, so that physi-
clans can prescribe liquor. The sec
ond is whether they favor the adop-
tion of a new enforcement code
that physicians may prescribe whis-
key, and the third, whether they fa-
vor repeating the law and not adopt
ing a new statute to take its place.
In asking the members of the leg
islature to answer the questions, the
letter says that it is the desire of
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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
Congressman Beck Charges
Drys With DetIng Constitution
Former Solicitor General Of United States Says
Methodist Dry Leader Would NUILify The
Constitution In ReappOrtiORnaent Program

Representative James NJ. Beck,
Republican, of Pennsylvania, in a
statement this week declared the
proposal of DR.. Clarence True Will
son, head of the Board of Temper
ance, Prohibition and Public Morals
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, to exclude 100000 aliens
from representation in Congress
was an "effort to support the crum-
bling edifice of prohibition"
Mr. Beck, former Solicitor Gener-
al of the United States, accused the
Methodist dry leader of seeking to
nullify the Constitution in order to
deprive industrial centers of in
creased representation under the re-
apportionment program and give it
to agricultural centers, where the
dominance of the church is strong
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
tAUDS DELAWARE AID
TO PORTO RICO
Children Would Starye If Stations
Close, Says Colonel Roosevelt

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Gov
ernor of Porto Rico, has sent a tel
egram to Governor Buck expressing
appreciation of the effort now un-
der way in Delaware to raise funds
to aid in feeding needy children in
Porto Rico. Colonel Roosevelt says
10000 of the neediest children are
fed daily, and to close the feeding
stations would mean death to many
of the children. His telegram reads:
New York, Nov. 28, 1880
Governor C. Douglass Buck,
Estate House, Dover, Delaware. i.
Arriving in New York from Por-
to Rico, learn that an appeal is now
being made in Delaware by your
committee in behalf of our child
feeding work. Confident your citi-
zens will contribute gladly and sub
stantially. We are now feeding forty
thousand neediest cases daily. Moth
ing must jeopardize continuance of
this life-saving .endeavor. We are
anxiously awaiting results of your
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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
BUSINESS GIRE .AAR
Affair VIII BE Held Tj nd Toe
morrow In Masonic pie

Just at this time the minds of the
masses. are on Christmas shopping
and the question of what to give is
receiving much attention. The prob
lem might be solved by visiting the
bazaar that the Business Girls Club
will give at their rooms in the Ma
sonic Building tonight, tomorrow af-
ternoon and evening. These girls
have been working on articles for
this sale for some time and it
promises to be a success. Such
things as reed baskets, aprons, hand
made articles, Japanese novelties,
and home made candies will be for
sale. Basketry has been the clubs
activity this year and they have be-
come proficient in the art of making
baskets for different design. Many of
these will be on sale. There will al
so be home made cake, ice cream
and coffee The date is December 5
and 6.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
Edward H. Donovan, Of
BrenfOrd, Files Papers
COntesting Result
WILL BE ARGUED
IN SUPERIOR COURT
Application Asks That
Ballot Box Be Opened In
First Election District

Papers have been filed with Will
lard S. Slaughter, Prothonotary of
Kent County by Edward H. Dono-
van, of Brenford, Kent county, DEM
ocratic candidate, of the recent cleo
tion for the first Levy Court Dis
trict of Kent county including Smyr-
ma, contesting the Levy Court seat
of Thomas Jackson Snow, Republi-
can candidate, who on the face of
the official returns was shown to
have been elected by z majority.
Unofficial figures given out on
election night gave Donovan the
election by majority of ii. At the
official canvas on the Thursday af-
ter the election a contention arose
over the vote for Donovan and
Snow and the attorneys represent
ing the two parties, without filing
notice of contest, agreed to ask the
canvass board, Chancellor Wolcott
and Judge Harrington, to inspect
the tally sheets of one particular
district of Smyrna, where it was
claimed there had been an error in
giving out the votes for Snow and
Donovan, the figure given out for
Snow being $40 when it should
have been 1896 which gave him the
by a majority of z votes.
No further action was taken at
that time and it was supposed the
matter was settled. It now develops
that the members of the Election
Board in the first election district OF
the First Representative District in
Smyrna, recall that a number of
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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
SNOW'SELECTTON
TO LEVY COURT
TOBECONTESTED
HASTINGS MAY MOVE
UP ON COMMITTEES

The election of Senator
Daniel o. Hastings, of Della
ware, at the recent election
for a full six-year term begin
ming March 4 next, may Ie-
suit in his advancement in
rank on committee assign
ments, if the Republicans Or
ganize the new Senate, it is
pointed out. The Delaware
Senator, who was appointed
to serve until the November
election of this year to fill the
vacancy caused by the Tesig-
nation of the late former Sem
ator T. Coleman DUPONT, was
named to membership on
three important committees.
If the Republicans should
organize the Senate, Senator
Hastings is in line to become
third ranking member of the
committee on expenditures in
the executive departments,
would move up two places on
the Judiciary Committee, and
move up one place on the In
terstate Commerce Commit
tee.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
RETIRED BANKER
DIED SATURDAY
Prominent Selbyville Res
ident Once Served AS
Speaker OF House

William Robbins McCabe, II years
old, retired banker, merchant and
former Speaker Of the Delaware
House of Representatives, died at his
home at Selbyville Saturday. Fu-
neral services were held at his late
home on Monday and interment was
made at Red Mems cemetery.
Born on June 25, 1859, the son of
the late William S. and Martha Davis
McCabe, at Selbyville, his education
was received at the Selbyville public
school, and at the Dover Conference
Academy.
From 1876 until 1900, Mr.. McCabe
was engaged in the mercantile bust
ness at Selbyville. Elected by pop
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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05

er.
DR.. Wilson's proposal urged that
unnaturalized aliens should not be
considered in the reapportionment
of Congress under the new census
figures. Mr.. Beck's statement said
in part:
"It is lamentable that a represen-
tative body of citizens, in their eff
fort to support the crumbling edi-
flee of prohibition, should be willing
to destroy another basic principle of
our form of government When the
fanatical drys lobbied the Eigh
teenth Amendment into the COnsti-
tuition, they destroyed The funda-
mental basis of our government,
now they propose to reappOrtion pO-
litical power among the states con-
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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
TAX LEAGUE MEETS
Supreme Court Justice Roberts Will
Speak At Annual Dinner

Justice Owen J. Roberts of the
Supreme Court of the United States,
Governor c. Douglass Buck, and
Chancellor Josiah o. Wolcott were
announced today as the speakers
for the annual dinner of the Tax
payers Research League of Della
ware, to be held Monday evening,
December IS, in the ball room Of the
du Pont Biltmore Hotel in Whining
ton.
"The Citizen and the Public Off
cial" is the title of the principal ad-
dress of the evening, which will be
delivered by Justice Roberts, who is
widely known as a brilliant and
forceful speaker, and who, before
his appointment to the Supreme
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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
DELAWARE UNIVERSITY
CLOSES SUCCESSFUL
FOOT BALL SEASON

Although the defeat by p.
M. c. of the University of
Delaware foot ball team in
the final game of the c0lleg-
late schedule on Thanksgiv-
ing Day was a disappointment
TO many Blue and Gold fans
yet the record of Delaware
this season has been the best
for many years. The team won
five, lost three and tied one
game. Delaware scored 1l2
points to 103 for their oppo-
nents.
The seasons summary fol-
lOWSs
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05
QUARANTINE ON DOGS
DECLARED BY STATE
Dogs Not Tied In Quarantine Area
viii Be Killed BY Officials

On account of the appearance of
rabies, the State Board of Agricul-
ture, the State Board of Health and
the Fish. and Game Commission or
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-05

Rrantine on all dogs in
dred in New Castle
Pennsylvania Rail
of Newark down
to the nine foot
e stone road to
ouse, then up
lasgow Road
d station in
punty in all
ID and in
of the du
tn of the
georgetown
rea must
owners
S.iiises. ed when
accOmpaniI or GUS
tOdian, such odian to
keep the dog, ntrol at
all times. Dogs rye, un-
less accompanied yner or
custodian, will be
The Washington times., 1930-06-18

the screen, is ideally suited for
the stage. However, he has re
fused to abandon his screen work
even temporarily.
The Washington times., 1930-06-18
y HARRISON CARROLL
(copyriEht. 1880, Premier
ayndicate, Inc

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, June Is.
Dozens Of rumors have been cir
culated as to why Mary Pickford
quit work on Forever Yours"
after 100000 had been spent on
the picture. Mary today broke
her silence and gave me her own
version of the affair.
First Of all, she spiked the re-
port that the story will be dis
carded. She said:
IL like IL now better than ever.
I have the whole picture visual
ized In my mind, and I know
the flavor Of each scene"
Dressed in flaming red, with
her blonde bobbed hair combed
back crjsply from her forehead,
the star appeared youthful in her
enthusiasm. With characteristic
precision, she came to the point.
IL saw 1 wasn't getting this
flavor, 80 I simply turned back.
The part Of my leading man,
Mr.. McKenna, also needs to be
built up. II he isn't made sym.
pathetic, the audience win never
understand the deep love that
comes TO the girl and the boy.
And II they don't understand
this love, they won't accept my
taking him back after he has
been untrue to me with q mum.
ber Of women.
Modern women In the audi
ence would say, Well, she's fool.
The Washington times., 1930-06-18
Shubert Hopeful

d With the arrival last Saturday
aQf Lee Shuhert from a play-Shop-
ling tour of Europe, and . the
departure tomorrow Of j.. j.
sShubert. on the same business
the Shubert officers have an
ltounced officially an impressive
list Of dramatic properties owned
by the organization and sched-
1Iled, very seriously, for the com.
ing season, (which. both of the
AGessrs. Shubert feel, will be one
aOf the biggest in the history Of
the firm.
Last week. Brock Pemberton
came home from Hollywood con-
WINGED that 4 renaissance of the
legitimate theater is at hand. Now
here is Lee Shubert, stepping off
q boat from Europe. perfectly
certain Of the same thing.
F.4If the Shuberts actually pro-
Nuce all of the plays they have
on hand, the coming season will
Indeed be one Of the biggest in
Broadway history. The official
trecord, so far complied, contains
A number Of plays already an.
mounced from time to tines a
group Of foreign works already
s1llentioned in this column last
week, via cable from London, and
several new ones. With j. J..
Schubert going over in search of
more, it seems there won't be an
And to this for some time to
tome.
Sf In addition. to those foreign
plays mentioned here last Thurs
day, scripts in the Shubert offices
Awaiting production are: THE
Kings Forty Horse Power Motor"
by Frederic and Fanny Hatton,
adapted from something foreign;
sKeyS To Paradise" by William
Dubois; "AS You Desire Me-" by
ifandello; The Man in the
sStreet," adapted by Bruce BARNS
ather and Constance Collier from
4 Bairnsfather novel: "Dice,"
adapted from the Hungarian by
Waiter Ferris; Three Gentlemen
n Evening Clothes" from the
Gserman of Hans Adler: LA
1ilelle," by Prince Bibesco,
adapted by Elmer Harris; new
Dlay by Mr.. Harris, as yet un-
titled: and A. A. Mines "Suc-
HeSS."
ss Nina Rosa" the musical play
ecently seen in st. Louis, win be
drought to New York in the fall.
sAnd It seems Lita Grey Chaplin
Is slated to appear in q musical
gShow. .ay
The Washington times., 1930-06-18
TREND FAVORS
DOMESTIC
DRAMAS
Hy A. m. JAMESON


Jane Cows plans for the com.
ing season range from modern
farce to shakespearean comedy.
: She has discarded Jenny" her
last seasons vehicle which Wash
1flgton accepted - not, however,
with anything approaching cor
di4lity-and she also has shifted
managers.
Her new impresarios will be
Kenneth Macgown, former dra-
matte critic, and Joseph Werner
Reed. They are responsible for
4lle ambitious program for the
display Of the well-known Cowl
Her first venture will be When
Hell Froze," by Norma Mitchell
snd Wilbur Daniel Steele. to be
followed by Twelfth Night, :"
which viii be her first Sheakes-
pearean role since her success
Il1l Romeo and juliet" q few
Years ago.
Miss Cows standing In Wash
41gton as an actress is of the
highest, and it takes more than
q poor play to discourage her
public. Her Viola in Twelfth
Might" however. is certain to be
aune Of the seasons highlights
an Washington, If she includes
us in her tour.
The Washington times., 1930-06-18
JOhn Gilbert to Star
In 'Wau for Sailor

! John Gilbert began work last
week in Way for Sailor" his
new Metro Goldwyn-EIayer dialog
vehicle. which is being directed
BY Sam Wood, Mlny unusual
! sets have been cor structed for
this glamorous story of marine
adventure. as the locale Of the
story ranges from England TO
Port Said and the coast of South
America. The Characterization
! IS an entirely new type for Gil
bert. Gilbert studied cocxnew
English. for his new role. In
THE picturization of the seagoing
novel Gilbert plays the part of a
Liverpool wharf.rat who slips
aboard tramp steamer as kid
J and sticks to the mast through
q reckless career Of fights and
loves in every port and cline.
Lawrence Stalling. w. r. River
and Charles Macarthur prepared
the adaptation and dialog Ie.
The Washington times., 1930-06-18
SHUIBERT PLANS AND JANE COWL,S OUTLINED FOR YEAR
When The, Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

FOX--Victor McLaglen in ION
the Level" At 2s45, ass. sos
and 1915 p. m. Stage shows at
las. 4:O4, Z and e:1o p. m.
METROPOLITAN-''The Bride
Of the Regiment" At IL q. m,
12:45. 2:33, AL, 6:09, 1857 and
9:45 p. m.
COLUMBIA--Clara Bow in
True to the Navy" at 1855
a. m, 1855, 1855, 5:4S, 7:45, 9:45
p. m.
PALACE-"The Devils Holi-
day" At IL noon, AIS, 4:4O,
1880 and 9:50 p. m. Stage shows
at 1:35, 1855, 6:45 and 9:05 p. m.
R-K-O KEITHS-Jack Mulhall
in "The Fall Guy" At 1l:15
9. m. las, 3:35, 5:35, 7:45 and
0:55 p. m. \
EARLE-Dorothy MackaiIl in
The Flirting Widow" At 10:55
Q. m, 1885, 2:20, 4:10, 5:5S, 1850
and 9:45 p. m. +.
The Washington times., 1930-06-18
AIS stilI Here

It seems that Al Jolson didn't
60 to New York to the fight after
all. He lost his money right here
in Hollywood.
But that's small change to this
redoubtable financier. Al relates
that his picture, Say It With
Songs which wasn't his best by
any means, has crossed 81. 800, 900
up to date. It cost S4OO, 900 and
Al gets q 10 per cent royalty.
This is in addition to the $50. 900
he received in salary from
Warmers,