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Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
PARLEY URGES
ACREAGE DROP
End LabOrs After Agree
ing To Establish InfOr-
nation Bureau

The international conference call
ed to solve the worlds problem OF
wheat over-production, ended its Ia
bors after agreeing to establish an
information bureau for the cOllec-
tion and distribution of accurate
figures on all phases of the wheat
industry. Other articles in the
agreement recommended reduction
of wheat acreage wherever possi-
BILE.
Although not incorporated in the
agreement, Chairman Howard Fer
guson, of Canada, said all counties
had been unanimous on the question
of orderly marketing. +"
Each country represented would
appoint under the agreement mem
ber on a continuing committee" to
establish the information clearing
house, continue a study of wheat
problems and draft an agenda for a
future conference if an agreement
on the major proposals is reachable.
The preamble to the agreement
blamed the worlds wheat ills on
four factors: Worldwide economic
depression, profitless over produc-
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Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
FELTON, LAUREL
ARE VICTORS IN
D.L.A.A. GAMES
Game At Milford Marred
By Mix-up In Decision.
Laurel Trims SeafOrd
KILLEN FAMED I3
The MiddletOwn And New
Castle Game Resulted
In A Tie Score
KILLEN FAMED I3

FELTON, High School won the Cen
trail D. l. A A. District champion
ship by defeating Dover at Milford
Friday afternoon, to 8, in a closely
contested intersectional game.
Erratic playing that permitted two
runs, was the cause of DOver's de-
feat. FELTON, hit the ball hard but
with the exception of the second in
ming, was unable to make hits count
for runs. Howard Killen, FELTON,
hurler, famed 13 and allowed but
four hits.
A miXup in decisions in the ninth
inning nipped a Dover rally with
one run over, the tying run on
third an dthe winning run on first.
Everything remained quiet until
DOvers half Of, the ninth. r. Reed
opened the inning by reaching first
on Campers error. He advanced to
third on an out and scored when
Montague singled. Montague stole
second and third. Scarborough
famed. On the first ball pitched,
Parker was struck on the side and
went to first.
Play was deferred for Is minutes
while the question of whether Par
ker stepped in front of the ball was
debated Finally he was brought
back to the plate and as play was
resumed Montague dashed home
from third, but Umpire Johnson or
dered him back. When play. was
again resumed, Parker, injured on
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Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
ALLEGED CHICKEN
THIEVES CAUGHT
Gang Said To Have Stolen
$4,000 Of Poultry Dur
ing Past Two Years

The greatest gang of chicken
thieves ever known in Sussex cOun-
ty, have been captured by State De-
tective Ottie DOnOway, assisted by
Sergeane Norman r. Purnell, of the
State Police. One of the gang has
been operating for the past six or
seven years. OF late he is said to
have take others with him. The
gang now numbers four men. 1t is
estimated that the chickens stolen
in this county will no doubt amount
to fifty thousand dollars.
During the term of office of for
mer Sheriff Bud Coy he and Detec-
tive DonOway did great amount of
very hard work on some of the
chicken cases that were reported,
and so sure were they of their men,
that when the gang started opera
tiOns again Detective Donoway,
called to his assistance Sergeants
Norman r. Purnell and Charles B.
Knox, of the State Police, and under
the directions of Detective DonOway,
started a countrywide search and in
vestigation. This resulted in the
arrest of Robert Elliott of Delmar,
who is now in the county Jail await
ing trial at the June term of court,
under $4,000 bail; Harry Webb, of
near Greenwood, released on $500
bail, and r. L. Wiley, of near
Bridgeville, released on $1,000 bail.
During 1881 and this much of 1881
one of the gang has confessed to
fftV or more iOhS done hV them
The fourth man of the gang es-
capped and is now a fugitive, but is
well known and no doubt will soon
be apprehended. The gang was the
best equipped and went into the bus
mess on a larger scale than was
ever known in this part of the coun-
try.
The officers are to be congratu-
lated on their splendid work.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
FRUIT GROWERS
REQUEST GRANTED
Delaware And Maryland OrchardiStS
Benefit Under New Ruling

Apple growers and exporters,
through concerted action in protest
ing against regulations of the Argen-
tine government to go into effect
July l, regarding admission of ap-
pies and other fresh fruits into that
country, were successful through
the state department in obtaining
modification of the regulations, Sec
retary StimsOn told delegation of
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia
apple growers on Monday.
The delegation was headed by for
mer Governor Byrd, of Virginia, and
included Senator Townsend, of Del
aware, representing the Peninsula
Horticultural Society, and G. L. Car
penter, Edward w. Anderson, Frank
l.. Glazie, representing growers.
The delegation called to protest
against the Argentine decree of
March 8, which goes into effect July
l, which provides that all apples i'm
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Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
DEL-MAR-VA BODY TO
PLAN GREATER UNITY
Plan Enlarged Coordination Be-
tween Gateway Cities OF Peninsula

A move for more efficient co-ordi-
nation between the Delaware-Mary-
land-Virginia peninsula and the
gateway" cities of Norfolk, Balti-
more, Washington and Philadelphia
was fostered at the sixth annual
meeting of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern
Shore Association at Salisbury yes
terday.
1t is to these and other larger
eastern cities that the peninsula
farming area sends annually $780,
100000 in agricultural products and
returns that amount in purchase of
other commodities.
In the discussions at the annual
gathering of the associations mem
bership, the four cities will be rep
resented by delefiates from the mu-
nicipal governments and trade bod
les. The shore will be represented by
nearly 200 leaders in industry and
commerce.
The business session opened at IL
o'clock in the ballroom of the Wi
comico Hotel. Luncheon was served
at 1890 and followed by another
business session. The gathering
marked the close of a year of no
table achievement by the association
which lists an active membership of
approximately 1000. 1t was founded
six years ago to foster cooperation
of communities and promote the
general welfare.
Among the subjects discussed
was the handling of the increasing
tourist travel which authorities pre-
dict is exceeding last years record
volume by more than 300 per cent.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
ODD FELLOWS PLAN
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Annual Affair Will Be Held This
Year On June II

Crystal FOunt Lodge, No. 10, I. o.
o. F., is making extensive prepara-
tions for its annual memorial SER
vice that will be held June 14.2
At this date it has not been de-
cided where the service will be held.
In the past it has been the custom to
hold the service in the Odd Fellows
cemetery, if the weather was favor
able, otherwise in the theatre.
A prominent speaker has been
engaged, and well known musicians
will assist with the exercises.
Leroy Stevenson, Neal Wilkins
and Wallace McFall are the COM
mittee arranging the memorial.
At last weeks meeting OF the
lodge a social committee was ap-
pointed which will arrange a suit
able program with refreshments,
that will be presented at a meeting
this month, to which no formal no
tice will be given. 1t is a new and
noval method of entertainment for
those who are present the night it is
given.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
LEGION MEMBERS
GAINING IN STATE
Increase In Membership
For Delaware Depart
ment Is 3O2 In Year

Eight posts of the American Le-
gion, Department of Delaware. have
exceeded their 1880 memberships,
according to a bulletin issued by
the department. The increase in
membership over May 1880, is 302
and the total membership of the
Department of Delaware now is
1896.
The eight posts whoch have eX-
,ceeded their 1880 memberships are
Nanticoke Post No. 6, HenlOpen Post
No. 5, Milford Post No. 5, O'Daniel
Post No. 10, Delaware Post No. l.,
New Castle Post No 4, and Brandy
wine No. u, and Robert L. Taylor
No. 13, the last two being new or
ganizations.
Delaware Post No. 1 has a quota
of 463 while its membership at the
present time is 463 Milford Post No.
8 had a quota of As and its member
ship is now 81. New Castle Post
gained eight new members over its
quota.
There are IA posts in the Depart
ment of Delaware and in 1880 the
membership was 1855, while this
month of 1881 the membership is re-
ported as being 1886 This is 80
more than the quota set for Della
ware and incidentally is the second
largest membership in the history
of the department. There are hopes
that the membership will be the
largest in the history of the depart
ment by Memorial Day.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
ASSIGN NEW STATE
HIGHWAY POLICE
Nine Recruits Given Oath At Dover
And Went On Duty Tuesday Z

C. c. Reynolds, superintendent OF
State Highway Police, has assigned
the nine new members of the State
police force.
The school for the nine men,
which has been conducted in the
State Armory, Dover, during the
past five weeks by Captain Henry c.
Ray, assisted by Private Daniel O..
Sullivan, ended on Tuesday and the
men went on their assignments at
that time. They have already been
measured for uniforms.
The assignments are as follows:
Station No. l, Penny Hill, Philadel-
phia Pike, Thomas Pratt Plummer,
Charles Henry Shockley.
Station No. 2, State Road Station,
Robert William Carpenter, Melvin
G. Leisure.
Station No. 3, Dover, Richard Ray
mOnd Smith.
Station No. 4, Georgetown, Clar-
ence X. Lynch, John Henry Jacobs,
Martin Willard Hall
Station No. S, Bridgeville, John
Casper Williams.
The men were sworn in at the
State House by Herman C. Taylor.
Shockqley, Plummer, Hall and Smith
are from Wilmington; Carpenter
from New Castle; Leisure from
Elsmere; Jacobs from Milford;
Lynch from Rehoboth, and Williams
from AIillsborO.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
VISIT ANNAPOLIS
DURING JUNE WEEK
Friday, May 80 TO Thursday, June
4, Inclusive

Every state and territory of the
United States, and many foreign
countries are represented by visitors
to Annapolis during this gala week.
A great many of these people travel
thousands of miles and spend hun
dreds of dollars to view this great
spectacle. Did you ever stop to
think that only the beautiful Chesa-
peake Bay separates you from view
ing these events, which are easily
accessible via the Claiborne-Annap-
oils Ferry Company? Have you ever
attended one of these affairs? Think
how convenient it is for you to at
tend. How many of you have ever
seen or been close to a battleship?
Think what a thrill it would bring
to that boy or girl of yours to see
for the first time, these enormous
floating forts, that cost millions of
dollars. and which protect our coast
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Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
DOVER BANDITS
ROB CHAIN STORE
OF RECEIPTS
Armed Thieves Get About
$500 From Register
And Safe
MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
Managers And Clerks Are
Compelled To Lie Down .
Beneath The Counter

Entering the store of the Ameri-
can Stores Company at Bradford and
Mary streets i'll Dover Saturday
night, two men with drawn guns
compelled the manager and his two
clerks to stand with their hands in
the air while one of the bandits rifled
the safe beneath the counter of
between 5000 and $500 and left.
There is no clue to them except that
both were white men, middle aged
and short.
The manager of the store, which
is away from the main business sec
tiOn of Dover, was preparing to close
the store when the two men ap-
peared and ordered the men to
'stick 'em up" There was no hesi-
fancy in obeying the order. While
one of the bandits held the men at
bay the other rified the cash drawer.
Only a small amount of money was
obtained from the drawer. Not sat
isfied with this, one of the bandits
asked the manager for his roll.
The manager insisted that he had
none and the bandit then demanded
the location of the safe. He was
told that it was under the counter.
The safe was open and no time was
lost in rifling it of the cash it con-
tained. 1t is estimated that between
5000 and $500 was stolen.
After getting the money the ban
dts ordered the store employees to
lie down behind the counter and not
to make an Outcry for at least five
minutes. The bandits were no soon
er out of the store, however, when
the employees of the store gave the
alarm. &
Chief Selvy, of the Dover police,
and a number of State Highway Po-
lice arrived within ten minutes but
there was no trace of the bandits.
There were few people on the
streets in the section where the
store is located at the time of the
hold-up and no one saw the men
leave.
Louis Wallace, who is the man
ager of the three stores of the
American Stores Company in Dow
er, said he believes the bandits were
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Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
CEDARS ELECT
HE. WENNINGER
Wilmington Man Chosen
To Head Organization At
District Meeting

Harry w. Wenninger, a member OF
the Brandywine Forest, Tall Cedars
of Lebanon, of Wilmington, was
elected Supreme Tall Cedar of the
Supreme Forest of Tall Cedars of
Lebanon at the twenty-eighth annu-
al convention which closed at the
Hotel Ambassador in Atlantic City.
Mr. Wenninger has been deputy Su-
preme Tall Cedar the past year. He
succeeds William A. Brinkman, of
Lancaster, Pa. Harry NJ. Littell, of
Port Chester, N. Y, was made Dep
uty Supreme Tall Cedar, succeeding
Mr.. Wenninger.
The contest of the elections was
for the office of Junior Deputy Tall
Cedar James F. Knots, of Trenton,
N. j., was elected over Alvah w.
Patterson, of Washington, D. c.,
William f. Spies, of Baltimore, and
Christopher A. Gardner, of PrOvi-
dence.
The following were reelected:
John NJ. Wright, of Trenton, N. j.,
Supreme Scribe; August Roemmele,
of Newark, N. j., Supreme Treasur-
er; Louis c. Grah, of Philadelphia,
Supreme Preceptor; the Rev. Rob-
ert Lee Lewis, of Washington, Su-
preme Chaplain; Milton E. Seaman,
of Atlantic City, Supreme Ranger;
George F. Bauer, of New Brunswick,
Supreme Sentinel, and Julius Sacks,
of Newark, Supreme Trustee. The
other trustees, Edmund H. Reeves,
of Haddon Heights, and Frank B.
Burrougs, of Philadelphia, did not
for reelection this year.
The annual convention will be
held in Atlantic City in 1882, it was
voted at the last session. An invita-
tion was received from Montreal,
Asbury Park and Philadelphia, to
meet in those cities.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
STATISTICS SHOW
DELAWARE HAS
9S,1Q4 WORKERS
Report 78 OF Total Num-
Der Are Boys From 10
To 13 Years OF Age
FARMERS LEAD LIST
"a Per Cent OF Workers
Native White And 16
Per Cent Negroes

The Director of the Census has
announced general occupation sta
tistics for Delaware, for the 1880
census. There were 9S,104 gainful
workers 10 years old and over in
Delaware in 1880, constituting 41.2
per cent of the total population of
the State (23S,280) and 494.9 per
cent of the population 10 years old
and over. In 1920, the number of
gainful workers was 81, 1,224, forming
400 per cent of the total population
and 51.0 per cent of the population
10 years old and over.
OF the gainful workers of Della
ware in 1880, 1921, or 1877 per cent,
were males and 20,S83, or 21.S per
cent, were females. The male gain
full workers formed I'll per cent of
all males 10 years old and over in
1880, as compared with 97.7 per cent
in 1920, while the female gainful
workers formed zig per cent of all
females 10 years old and over in
1880, as compared with 2O.S per
cent in 1920.
Distributed by color and nativity,
(z,0iG, OF lf.U per cent, Oh Ine total
gainful workers of Delaware were
native. white; $50, or 9.S per cent,
were foreign-born white; 1887, or
1872 per cent, were Negro; and 20
were of other races.
Distributed by years of age, Is of
the total gainful workers were 10
to 13; 455, or 0.5 per cent, were IA
or Is; 2,947, or 80 per cent, were 16
or II; 4,S73, or so per cent, were Is
to 10; 1868, or 1873 per cent, were
20 to "a; 23,OO6, or 23.5 per cent,
were 25 to "a; 21,O13, or 21.4 per
cent, were 35 to A; 16,1S0, or 1876
per cent, were As to 81; 10,1SS, or
lO.4 per cent, were 55 to GA; 4,794,
Or 40 per cent, were IS to "a; and
@34, or 10 per cent, were rs or over.
In 1920, there were 239 workers 10
10 13 years old; 1,167 workers IA or
Is; and 4,40S workers 65 and over.
Of the 2O,S32 female gainful work
ers Is years old and over. 1887, or
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Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
COLORED COLLEGE
COMMENC CEMENT
Annual Exercises Will Start To.
night With OratOricaI Contest

Commencement exercises for the
State College for Colored Students
at Dover will be held tonight at 8
o'clock with an oratorical contest
Saturday, May 80, p. M, State Col
lege Night in the new Delaware
Hall.
Sunday, May 81, 2:9O, annual SER
mon to graduating class by the Rev.
John R. Logan, D. D., of Philadel-
phia; 8 p. M, anniversary of the
Christian Associations, with sermon
by the Rev. R. NJ. Thompson, S. T.
B.. Glass of 1911, of Cambridge, Md.
Monday, June 1, 2 p. M, Glass
Day exercises by High School De-
partment; z p. M, Class Day exer-
cises by the Normal and College De-
partments; Tuesday, June 2, p. m,
commencement exercises in Della
ware Hall with address by Dean D..
o. w. Holmes, A. NJ, of Howard Uni
versity, Washington, D. c.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
Farmers Contraction
3OOAcres Of Peppers
VIII Be Paid Twenty-Five Cents Per Basket For Their
Crop By Lincoln City Firm; Profit On Crop At
This Price They Say. Acreage Is Increasing

More than 800 acres of peppers
have been contracted for by farmers
in the Bridgeville and Greenwood
sections this year, and at present
they are setting out the plants.
The peppers are being grown for
a firm at Lincoln City. Farmers are
to receive 25 cents per basket, and
growers in those sections say they
can make money at this price. The
yields are generally large, and hand
some profits are realized from an
acre. Some of the growers are put
ting out five acres.
The growing of peppers for COM
mercial purposes was started in
some sections of lower Delaware
four or five years ago, and each sea-
son the acreage has been increased
until with some of the growers it
has become one of their staple farm
crops. The plants, it is said, will
thrive we'll in almost any kind of
soil and are able to Withstand diff
ferent weather conditions without
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
NO RESTRICTION NOW
ON CUT FLOWERS
Regulations Pertaining To Plants
In Effect June Is

Special arrangements are being
made to facilitate the movement OF
pOtted plants for Memorial Day, ac-
cording to statement issued this
week by L. A. Strong, Chief of the
Plant Quarantine and Control Ad-
ministration of the United States
Department of Agriculture, Wash
ington.
The administration, Mr. Strong
says, desires to extend every con-
sideration to those moving plant
products on special occasions and,
indeed, throughout the year, but it
also wishes to emphasize that strict
adherence to the requirements of
the Federal quarantine on account
of the Japanese beetle is essential
to the protection of uninfested sec
tiOns of the country.
Under the quarantine to prevent
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Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
COLLECT DELINQUENT
TAXES In KENT COUNTY
Many CapitatiOn Taxables Have Not
Paid Their Taxes

In the effort to collect the de-
linquent taxes of Kent county for
1880, constables of the couny have
been making a drive, resulting in
the turning over to the county treas
urer up to late Monday afternoon
nearly $1,000. Constable Frank Col
Inns, of Dover, turned in over
$45S.75 while Constable Cochran, of
Smyrna, turned in $406.
Other constables in the county are
making returns which will bring the
total collection for the past two
months considerably over $4,000.
Many of the delinquent taxes are
capitation where no effort had been
made to pay.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
GOVERNOR NOT READY
TO NAME KENT JUDGE
viii Take His Time About Naming
Man For New Job

Governor c. Douglass Buck spent
sometime at his Office Wednesday
and number of Kent lawyers were
anxious to ascertain if he had ap-
pointed judge of the Common
Pleas Court which was provided for
by the last Legislature. The Govern
or announced that he was not yet
ready to make an appointment.
Outside of the appointment Of a
Judge, the lawyers are interested i'll
the court because it will then be
possible to try petty civil suits be-
fore the new court instead of before
justices of the peace, and it will also
be possible for those arrested for the
infraction of automobile and other
laws, to elect to be tried by this
court instead of a justice of the
peace.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29

any great injury to the plants or the
yield.
The peppers are allowed to be-
come red and then are harvested and
delivered to the contractor. At the
plant, it is stated, they are utilized
for chow-chows and pickling. One
of the main uses for them, how
ever, to supply coloring matter for
various canned products which re-
quire coloring with something of a
vegetable nature that is not harm
full. Much of it, according to ad-
vices, is used for various products
made from tomatoes.
At the present time, pepper grow
ing is confined to certain sections
of Sussex county, mainly in the vi
cinity of Bridgeville, Greenwood,
SeafOrd, Laurel, Georgetown and
Selbyville. 1t was not until last year
that the farmers throughout the CEN
trail section of the county started to
plant peppers on a commercial
scale.
Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
REHOBOTH GUN CLUB
JOINS NATIONAL BODY
Charter Has Been Issued To Hen
lOpen Rifle Club-Is Very Active

lOpen Rifle Club-Is Very Active
Application of the HenlOpen Rifle
and Shotgun Club, Rehoboth, Del,
for affiliation with the National
Rifle Association, has been approved,
according to announcement made
by the national body. A charter will
beforwarded the new club immedi-
ately.
The officers of the club are: Ed
win G.. Emmert, president; Thomas
w. Ewing, Jr., vice-president; Sam
uel r. Ewing, secretary; William S.
Bean, Jr., treasurer; Benjamin S.
Albertson, Jr., executive officer; j..
Edward Tikiob, publicity officer.
The organization meeting of the
new club, at which it was determin-
ed to apply for affiliation with the
National Rifle Association, was held
at Rehoboth a month ago. In ac-
cordance with the requirements
governing the chartering of a club,
the application was endorsed by Ad-
jutant General ]. Austin Ellison and
Captain John B. Grier, Delaware
state secretary for the national body
Among the charter members of
the club are: ]. Arthur Downing,
Edwin G. Emmert and Samuel X.
Ewing, contractors; Eugene T. Hay
den, hotel keeper; Charles S. Horn,
Jr., store keeper; Edward Tikiob,
real estate dealer; William S. Bean,
Jr., retired Navy gunner; Thomas
w. Ewing, Jr., and John A. Kuns-
man, painters, and Joseph Ciconte,
shoemaker, all of RehOboth; Benja-
min S. Albertson, Jr., gunsmith
John r. LawtOn, rural mail car
rier, and Thomas J. Virden, bay
pilot, of Lewes.
Executive Officer AlbertsOn is ex-
cellently equipped for his post with
the club, having served in the Navy
and Army ordnance departments, in
structed in the machine gun and
musketry school at Quantico, Va,
and served on Navy, Frankford Ar
senal and Naval Reserve rifle teams.
The Henlopen Rifle and Shotgun
Club is one of more than 2S00 active
rifle shooting clubs affiliated with
the National Rifle Association. Many
civilian rifle clubs, such as this
club. are chartered and functioning
in practically every state of the
country. Junior clubs are operat-
ing in high schools, summer camps,
Y. M. C. AS and Y. w. c. AS. In
dustrial plants, American Legion
Posts. churches, community centers
and other organizations have senior
clubs operating under charters of
the National Rifle Association.
Cherry pie made from fresh cher
ries from the tree, is just delicious.