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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-03
St0uv1tOn Merchants
Fiuht Chain Stores

STAUNTON, Va, May 3.-Mer-
chants and professional men met
last night in the Y. M. c. A. to
form an association to protect
their interests from chain stores
and other influences held to be
detrimental:
Walter Eakle was chairman.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
LESSEN DIPHTHERIA
BY IMMUNTZATTON
Percentage Of Disease Recently
Was Higher Than 1928, Re.
port States.

DR.. A. c. Jost, executive secretary
Of the State Board of Health, in COM
menting on the epidemic of diph-
liberia which prevailed in Delaware
during the last few months of 1929,
said that the percentage was higher
for ten months of 1929 than in 1928,
there being 50 cases of diphtheria
reported in the ten months of 1929,
while there were 119 cases during
the entire year of 1928.
The State board through it's office
and assistants has endeavored
through the immunization process,
to lessen the disease and in this they
have been fairly successful as in the
cases where immunization took place
there has not been a serious case
and no deaths, where in the many
cases of non-immunization, there
have been several deaths from the
disease.
For several successive years the
immunization of the children of the
State has been undertaken and plans
for more immunization work are now
being prepared A fair proportion of
the older children of the State have
now, it is believed, a fair degree of
immunity. In all about $4,000 chill
dren have been treated. Among the
treated children there have been, so
far as the health board knows, only
seven cases of the disease, none of
whom have died.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
DELAWARE WOMEN
AT G. o. P. CONFERENCE
Members Of State Committee Attend
Meeting In New York City.

Delaware was well represented
Saturday afternoon at the ninth an
niversary luncheon of the Women's
National Republican Club, Inc, held
in the Hotel Commodore, in New
York City. Several of the delegation
also attended the dinner held Satur-
day night at the headquarters of the
club in honor of Mrs. Louise Dod-
son, acting chairman of the National
Republican Women's Committee.
Those attending the meeting and
luncheon from Delaware were: Mrs.
Charles Warner, Republican Nation
al Committeewoman from Delaware;
Mrs. Frank G. Tallman, Mrs. Frank
Hall Davis, Dover; Mrs. Lena Reed
Anderson, Ellendale; Mrs. Leslie
Barker, Delmar; Mrs. Lena Messick,
Bridgeville; Mrs. John q. Clayton,
New Castle; Mrs. Charles T. o.
Schofield, Wilmington; Mrs. Bess M.
Groves, of Marshallton, all members
of the Republican State Committee;
Mrs. Harry C. Tschudy, of Smyrna;
Miss Elsie Saxton, Miss Elizabeth M.
Bullock, Mrs. T. w. Jakes, Mrs.
Charles Rono, Mrs. J. M. Deakyne,
Miss Rachel Oakley and Mrs. Fred
erick Snyder,
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
TALL CEDARS PREPARE
FOR ANNIVERSARY
Local Forest Will Celebrate Its
Tenth Anniversary January 2Sth.

Evergreen Forest No. 49, Tall Ced-
ars of Lebanon, will celebrate its
tenth anniversary with an especially
arranged ceremonial in the Com
munity Building, Milford, on January
28th. The committee on arrange
ments promises a ceremonial that
will surpass anything heretofore put
on by the Forest. Members of the
Supreme Forest and prominent mem
bers of the Masonic Fraternity Will
assist in making the affair success.
Forests from nearby cities will at
tend with their bands.
D. Rodney Bice, well known
merchant of Dover, has been re-
elected captain of the Royal Rangers
for this term. This section of Ever
green Forest comes in for its share
of the praise wherever they appear.
No doubt but that it is the best
dressed troupe of Rangers in the u.
S. Their uniforms of the latest
military style, with coat of Harding
blue, breeches of white with black
Ieggins and blue oversee cap, make
wonderful appearance. They were
highly complimented by the Supreme
officers at Baltimore last May.
Hugh A. Colt, of Dover, and Ed
ward B. Green, of Georgetown, are
two able lieutenants assisting Capt.
Rice. The Rangers will take prom
inent part in the anniversary cele-
bration.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
PENINSULA MAY GET
DIRIGIBLE BASE
Association Believes Atlantic Coast
Station VIII Be In Maryland.

That the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula is
likely to receive consideration in the
locating of the Atlantic Coast site
for the proposed Government dirig-
ible base, is the statement made at
headquarters of the Del-Mar-Va
Eastern Shore Association in Sails
bury.
Edwin G. TOtten, executive secre-
tary of the association, called atten-
tion to an article appearing in the
Literary Digest for January in
which direct reference is made to the
location of this site on the Peninsula.
The article, a resume of a story by
Will T. Kennedy published in the
Washington Sunday Star, makes the
following reference:
C.. A special Navy Board is MAX
ing a survey of possible sites in all
parts of the country, and it is now
believed that one site will be located
on the Pacific Coast and one on the
Atlantic Coast, possibly on the East
ern Shore of Maryland. This board
is expected to submit recommenda-
tions to the Navy Department and
Congress some time this winter, so
that hangers will be constructed in
time to house the ships when they
are delivered"
This information being reproduced
in the Literary Digest, according to
Mr.. Totten, bears decided signifi-
canoe. He stated that the associa-
tion has been familiar with the in
terest displayed by both Army and
Navy Departments in the Del-Mar-
Va Peninsula as a possible location
for a dirigible station. He said:
There is no question but what
the terrain of the Peninsula is most
suitable for aeronautical fields. This
is borne out by statements made by
such noted authorities as Edward T.
Warner, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Aeronautics, and numerous
other Army and Navy men who have
visited the Peninsula.
"Mr. Warner is on record as say
ing the Eastern Shore has more to
gain than many other districts from
the advance of aerial transportation,
COntiHaed on page q
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
STATE POLICE MADE
3O1 ARRESTS In DEC.
Force Was Busy During The Holiday
Season Throughout State.

State Highway Police last month
arrested 301 persons and reprimand-
ed 1887 and collected $3,11S in fines.
Reckless driving heads all other Of
fenses for the number of arrests,
with "a, and having no operators Ii
cense spelled arrest for 35. Unreg-
istered cars led to the arrest of %
persons, larceny 21, drunken drivers
II, and failing to stop at main road
intersections Is.
Tabulations of other offenses fol-
low: Drunk and disorderly, IA; i'm
proper tags, 8; passing worthless
checks, 6; defective brakes, 6; i'm
proper lights, 4; overloaded trucks,
4; allowing unlicensed person to OPP
crate car, 4 assault and battery, 4;
leaving scene of an accident, A. park
ing without lights, 8; no clearance
lights on truck, 8; no muffler, 8;
breaking and entering, 8; interfer-
ing with driver, 2; carrying con-
cealed a deadly weapon, 2; runaway
from home, 2; making threats, 2;
possession of narcotic drugs, 2; dis
orderly conduct, 2; no light on horse
drawn vehicle, 2; and loaning
tags, 2.
There was one arrest on each of
the following charges. No title for
car, assault, breach Of peace, point
ing gun, wife beating, possession Of
hypodemic needle, passing red light,
passing on the right, aiding prisoner
to escape, aiding and abetting, fail
ure to report accident, possession of
stolen car, burglary and obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
TOWN MEETING
TONIGHT In ARMORY
Citizens Will Discuss Town Af-
fairs And Nominate Ticket.
Election Monday.

The annual town meeting of the
citizens of Milford will be held in
the Armory Hall this evening al
7:15 o'clock. The annual town elec-
ton will be held Monday afternoon
At tonight's meeting the annual re-
port of Mayor Kirby will be pre-
sented and the citizens will discuss
problems facing the town at this
time. A town ticket to be balloted
upon at Mondays election will be
nominated this evening. The offices
to be filled are President of Coun-
Gil, two members of council from
South Milford, two members from
North Milford, Collector and
Treasurer and a member of the
Light and Water Commission.
The last session of the legislature
changed the date of holding the an
nual town elections from the first
Monday in January to the later date.
1t was thought that more interest
would be taken in town affairs If
the election date was later after the
holidays. While several names have
been spoken of for the offices to be
filled, as yet no outstanding candi-
dates have been agreed upon by any
number of citizens.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
DR.. F. GRIER ELECTED
SMYRNA DIRECTOR
Announcement OF His Election
Made On Tuesday.

Walter o. Hoffecker, president OF
the Fruit Growers National Bank
and Trust Company, announced that
DIR. Frank L. Grier, of Milford, had
been elected director in that bank
ing institution on Tuesday. The an
nouncement sent the Chronicle by
Mr.. Hoffecker follows:
GAS president of the Fruit Grow
ers National Bank and Trust Com
many, of Smyrna, it gives me pleas
ure to announce to you the election
today to our Board of Directors one
of your fellow townsmen; namely
DR.. Frank L. Grier.
"I have just learned that the Flrst
National Bank of Milford, has TINS
day, also elected him as a member
of their Board of Directors. This IS
rather an unusual distinction for a
person to be elected to directorshlp
of two National Banks on the same
day, and 1 wish to congratulate Mil
ford that she possesses a citizen VINO
merits this distinction"
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
DRAW JURORS FOR
FEBRUARY COURT
Kent County Commissioners An
nOunce Grand And Petit TaIeSmen

Kent County Jury Commissioners
Hopkins and Hope have drawn the
following grand and petit jurors, the
grand jurors for the February term
of courts convening at Dover Feb.
ruary II:
Grand Jurors
First District - John D. Morris
Lewis M. Price.
Second District - Harry I. Beers
Edward Willum, G. D. Paradee.
Third District - John T. Porter
Harry C. Johnson.
Fourth District-Nathan Bickling
William D. Craig.
Fifth District-Grover c. Frear, r
Harry Wilson, Benjamin Donobo.
Sixth District-Myrtle Webb, Har-
ry Gruwell.
Seventh District-Charles S. Con-
well, Benjamin Cubbage.
Eighth District-John E. David
son, George Waldman, Charles
Macklin.
Ninth District - R. Wesley Ross
Harry Harrington, William A
Smith.
Tenth District-G. Golan Armour,
Louder N. Hearn.
Petit Jurors
First District-George R. Steven
son, Joseph Snow, William e..
Matthews.
Second District-Thomas Buck
son. Harry A. Richardson, John r.
Mingus, William J. James.
Third District-John R. Graham,
J. Luther Lapham, George N. Ross
George w. Cook.
Fourth District-Olin Phillips,
William Hufnal, Lee Harman, Sim
on Voss.
Fifth District-Ernest S. Goodwin
]. Frank Startling, William X
Knight, William Charles Boyer.
Sixth District - Ralph Cooper
William Ross, Harvey H. Gooden.
Seventh District - Wilbur Aer-
sey, Frank Webb, John Schilcutt'
William c. Mason.
Eighth District - William FAUX
ner, Allen J. Smith, John B. Lin
dale. -.
Ninth District - Norris Adams
Harlan Blades, Frank Wroten, Rus
sell Brown. 81.
Tenth District-William J. S1mp-
son, George Elliott, John Steward
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
EXPERIMENTAL FARM
DID GOOD LAST YEAR
Dean C. A. McCue Says State Paid
Only S1s,5OO Of Operating Expenses.

Dean Charles A. McCue, director
of the University of Delaware Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, has
submitted his report for the year
ending June 80, last, to Governor
Buck showing that the receipts for
that year were $118,9O5.44, of which
amount $2O,405.44 came from sales
made at the experiment farm near
Newark. OF the remainder $4,000
came from the federal government
and but $18,5OO from the State.
The report is in bulletin form hav-
ing Just come from the press and is
now being mailed to many persons
interested. Dean McCue points out
that a marked change has taken
place in the nature of the work of
the station in recent years, especially
as to research. This class of work
being carried on by specialists in va
rious lines is more thorough than
ever before.
One feature of the report is a short
review as to the results of various
surveys and experiments that have
been carried on wit hthe purpose of
aiding the farmer. Many of these
have to do with the control of eradi-
cation of various diseases or insects
that are damaging fruits and farm
products.
Some of these surveys and expert
ments referred to by Dean McCue
are "the taxation of Delaware farms
by M. M. Daugherty, economist;
marketing of Delaware sweet pota-
toes" by Harry S. Gabriel, assistant
economist; "study of farm tenure in
Delaware" by R. o. Bausman, assist
ant economist; fertility rotation ex-
periments" by George L. Schuster,
II. c. Harris and G. 2. Phillips,
agronomists; "sudies on Bangs
abortion disease in cattle" by DR.. G.
G. Palmer; other papers relative to
diseases of live stock by H. R. Baker,
g. W. Mumford and A. E. Tomhave;
chemical experiments by P. B. My
ers. G. M. Gilligan, G. L. Baker; en-
tomology experiments by H. L. Doz-
ier. H. G. Butler and L. L. Williams.
horticultural Investigations by L. r.
Detien, G. F. Gray and F. S. La
gasse; tomato seed studies by DR..
Thomas F. Manns, plant pathologist;
pox disease Of sweet potatoes, by
DR.. J. F. Adams and other surveys.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
SIX PERSONS HELD ON
THIEF CHARGES
Mother And Two Sons Are Arrested
In Sussex County.

After several weeks of work on
the part of Sheriff Bud Coy, State
Detective Ottie Donaway and Cor
poral Norman r. Purnell, of the
highway police, they have arrested
six persons who are believed to have
been doing most of the robbing in
lower Delaware since Thanksgiving.
Those arrested and now in Sussex
county Jail, are: Mrs. Lydia Dicker-
son and two sons, James and Frank
Dickerson, and Wren Collins and
wife, Mrs. Agnes Collins, and Clark
Wissemont.
The Dickerson brothers were ar
rested in Wilmington on Tuesday
night of last week at the home of
their sister. 1t is said by the police
that the brothers have admitted their
guilt in several of the robberies and
have implicated their mother, Collins
and his wife.
Twenty-one turkeys stolen from
Harvey Carey, of Cedar Greek Dis
trict, and found near the DickersOn
home, in woods, gave the officers
one of the first clues. Another strong
link in the chain of evidence gath
cred was the larceny of a quantity
of lockwood from the farm of Mark
Graham, in Nanticoke District, which
said to have been located at the Dick
erson home, as well as two lots of
soy beans stolen from Harvey McIll-
vaine, Cedar Creek District, por-
tion of which were sold in Milford
and fredericksburg, Md.
The Dickerson family live in the
vicinity of Staytonville, between
Greenwood and Milford. Among
some of the places robbed last
month were the farms of Harvey
Carey, Cedar Creek District, 21 tur-
keys; Harvey McIllvaine, Cedar
Creek District, two lots of soy beans,
sold in Milford and fredericksburg,
Md; Oscar Tatman, near Bridgeville,
200 chickens; Mark Graham, Nanti-
coke District, 80 bushels potatoes
and lot of lockwood evergreen, val
ued at $500; George Mitchell, near
Georgetown, S5 chickens; Reid Boy
er, Redden, four miles north of
Georgetown, SIS chickens. In all,
more than $1,000 worth of property
has been stolen.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
URGES CONGRESS
TO MAKE CHANGES In
DRY LAW MACHINERY
Submits Report OF Commission
Recommending Act To Unity
Enforcement Unit.
WANT MORE JUDGES
Other Proposals Include Amend
ment To Paddock Injunction To
Prevent COnceaIment.

President Hoover called upo1
Congress on Monday to reconstruc
the prohibition enforcement machin
cry as a means of coping with diff
culties encountered by the Eigh
teenth Amendment, which was pu
into effect just ten years ago this
month.
He sent to the Senate and House
the first conclusions returned by his
Law Enforcement Commission OF
this controversial subject, and back
ed these up with similar reports
from AttOrney-General Mitchell and
Secretary Mellon, the two cabinet
officers most directly concerned with
enforcement.
Stipulating that it's preliminary
recommendations were made with
out prejudice to any ultimate con-
clusions," the commission created
greater speculation than ever as to
its precise attitude toward the Vol
stead Act.
Hardly had the documents been
read before wet and dry leaders on
Capitol Hill began to express con-
flicting views. The outlook was for
a prolonged continuance of the dis
pute over prohibition which has
racked Congress since the dry laws
first were proposed and which
again reached the acute stage in re-
cent weeks.
Calling for the passage of score
or more of additional legislative en-
actments, the reports are expected
to serve as basis for stormy debates
in the halls of Congress and for
long hearings and consideration by
committees of the two Houses.
The Presidents recommendations
were referred to appropriate COM
mittees of the two Houses. Those
will consider them along with a.
number of other measures introduce
ed by both vets and drys since the
opening of the present session.
The Law Enforcement Commits
sion emphasized time and again IN
it's report the difficulties of obtain
ing both observance and enforce
ment of the anti-liquor laws.
''It is wholly impossible to set OH
observance of the prohibition act
from the large question of the views
and habits of the American people"
it said. with respect to private
Judgment as to statutes and regula-
tions affecting their conduct.
1--WE must not forget the many
historical examples of large-scale
public disregard of laws in our
mast" it continued, adding that I'VE
must bear in mind the Puritan's OBJ
lection to administration, the Whig
tradition of the right of revolution,
the conception of natural rights
classical in our policy, the Demo-
cratic tradition of individual partic-
nation in sovereignty"
This viewpoint was touched upon
briefly by the President in his mes
sage to Congress. He said:
CONTINUED on Page .
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
KENT COUNTY FARMERS
PLANT SWEET CLOVER
County Agent Reports Increase In
Acreage Each Year.

AS a part of the campaign which
was started in the spring of 1927 for
the Improvement of pasture crops in
delaware, more attention will be
given again this year by the agricul-
turaI extension department OF the
University of Delaware to the cuI-
tural requirements Of sweet clover
which is being recommended for
nasture in view of it's adaptability to
the different types of soils which are
found in this state.
Although this legume is recon-
mended primarily as pasture crop
for dairy cattle and other livestock
many fruit growers are also making
use of it as a cover crop in their
orchards as one of the expenses Oh
I'M ansive cultivation. This crop is
not generally used for hay because
of the coarseness of the plant itselt'
hut it may be cut for hay about the
first week in September of the year
that it is seeded, provided the crop
CContinHed on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
WILL BEAUTIFY new
DUAL STATE HIGHWAY
Forestry Department Will Plant
Trees Between St. Georges
And State Road.

Upon the completion of plans foI
the beautifying of the dual highway
between State Road and st. Georges
Delaware, will have in a few years
one Of the most beautiful and artis-
tic sections of highway in the world.
At meeting of the State Highway
Commission this week, w. w. Taber,
state forester, presented to the COM
mission his plans for this improve
ment.
1t is the aim of the State Forestry
Commission which will have charge
of the work in cooperation with the
State Highway Commission, to plant
on the land between the two high
ways, specimens of every tree native
to Delaware. 1t may be surprising
to some to learn that Delaware pos
sesses between 1875 and $50 trees
that are native to the state.
It may be couple of years before
this arboretum progresses enough to
be really beautiful, but because big
trees and little trees, shrubbery and
eVergreens will be planted, it will
not be like planting seedlings of a
few inches high.
Mr.. Taber says that any clubs or
organizations, or individuals, who
may wish to contribute tree to this
collection, may do so. The tree will
be tagged with the name of the indi-
vidual or organization presenting it
to the state. In this way, the per-
son or institution may be able to
participate in this beautifying of the
highway.
Because of his direction of the
Forestry Department and his affilia-
tion with the Forestry Departments
of adjoining states, Mr.. Taber is in a
position to be able to obtain matured |
specimens of every kind of tree ma
tive to Delaware.
To the motorists driving along the |
it will not seem as though |
the trees are planted in regular or
der and lines. But they will be, and
the arrangement will be that of a
landscape engineer. Work on the
plan will start sometime in Febru-
ary, if the weather permits. By that
time the telephone poles will all have
been removed between State Road
and st. Georges.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
COUNTY AGAIN HEADS
DELAWARE RAILROAD
'Miff" Wilson, OF Dover, Reelected
Secretary And Treasurer.

At the meeting of the directors of
the Delaware Railroad last Thurs
day afternoon following the stock
holders meeting at which the direc-
tors were elected by a vote of 49,
OH. Officers were elected for the
year as follows: president, A. J..
County, Philadelphia; vice-presi-
dents, James J. Ross and George j.
Adams; secretary and treasurer, D..
Mifflin Wilson, Dover; comptroller,
F. J. Fell, Jr.; real estate agent, ]. P.
Gauff; chief engineer, T. ]. Skillman;
general counsel, G. B. Heiserman.
At the dinner at Hotel Richard
son, Harry Mayor, Of Dover, was
toastmaster. President County spoke
of the progress of the company dur
ing the year and asked for co-opera-
tion for the future. He also an
nounced that a private car provided
him as president of the road had
been named Delaware" the car be-
ing used Thursday for the first time.
Other speakers included Governor
G. D. Buck, John Biggs, w. R. Davis,
the new superintendent Of the Della
ware road and W.. H. Heald and
Francis dell. Janvier.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
DOUBLE BILL AT
THE PLAZA THEATRE
AIdrich's Imperial HaWaiians And
"The Girl In The Show"

One of the most complete presen-
tations from the standpoint Of real
entertainment that can be secured
for any theatre is Aldrich's Imperial
Hawaiians, who will be seen at the
Plaza Theatre, Milford, on Friday
and Saturday of this week, in their
delightfully."- descriptive playlette, "a
Trip to the Hawaiian Islands" There
will be matinees Friday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock, and Saturday afternoon
at 2:3 0o'clock, besides the regular
shows during the evenings.
The Plaza on these dates will pre-
sent two big shows in one, as they
have booked for the screen a picture
that features Bessie Love and Ray
mond Hackett in the all-talking pic
ture, "The Girl in the Show" This
is a picturization of a noted stage
success and a snappy, catchy talkie
of hilarity, youth and pep with new
songs, new dances and new effects.
The Hawaiians have been breaking
house records for attendance and
they are presenting something en-
tirely different with real native songs
and dances. 1t is a vivid, cOlorful
stage and screen novelty that trans
ports you to the Paradise of the Pa
cific" with scenes of wonderous
beauty and enchantment with the
dreamy grooming music that you
will love to hear.
Among the coming attractions of
note that are soon to be shown at
this theatre are Hollywood Revue"
Mariana" "Street Girl "Rio
Rita" "The Virginian," "Vagabond
Lover" Dynamite" and "Glorifying
the American Girl"