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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
MEDAL IS SOUGHT
FOR He. DREXLER
Senator Hastings Asks
Congress To Recognize
Delawarean's HerOism

Senator Daniel o. Hastings, OF
Delaware, has reintroduced bill in
the Senate to have the Federal Gov.
ernment officially recognize the her
oism and memory of the late Lieu
tenant Henry Clay Drexel, formerly
of Bethany Beach, who lost his life
while an officer of the creH Of the
U. S. s Trent, in endelvoring to
submerge burning charge Of pow
der in water to save the lives of his
shipmates.
The record shows that Lieutenant
Drexel disregarded his own safety
in time of danger in an endeavor
to submerge the powder which had
ignited, and thereby lost his life.
Senator Hastings, who had this
same measure before the Senate
last year, would have the Congress
sional Medal of Honor awarded to
the lieutenant.
Among other measures introduced
by Senator Hastings was a bill to
refund oYerpaid Federal taxes by
the estate of Emelia DUPONT. This
bill has been before Congress for a
number of years.
Another bill offered by Senator
Hastings provides for the payment
of a claim to John P. Cam for SER
vices as de facto U. S. Commission
ell at Wilmington from 1927 to 1929.
Senator Hastings also asks for
law making it possible to make the
Federal cOnnnensatiOu law" appli-
cable to the claim of Harry Sexton
for the loss of foot while employ
ed by the Public Health Service at
Reedy Island.
The Delaware Senator also intro
duced a bill to correct the military
record of Robert Wolfe, Edward
O'Neil, Charles Lynch and Charles
Holding, Spanish War Veterans.
Another bill would authorize an
increase in pensions for Sarah 2.
Smith, Mary J. Mcintyre, Mary E.
Young and William Stevenson.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
BISHOP BLAMES
DEPRESSION ON
EXTRAVAGANZA
Tells Sons Of Revolution
People Will Recognize
Spiritual Values
HONOR I776 HEROES
Says We Will Emerge
From Situation Better
Able To Guard Liberties

Blaming the depression ION an
orgy of extravaganza and senseless
pleasures following the World War;"
the Rt. Rev. Philip Cook, D. D.,
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Diocese of Delaware, in an address
at Philadelphia tore aside the dark
clouds to reveal silver lining.
This he called an awakening of the
people to the proper spiritual val
ues. "other values than those which
make for avariciOusness and greed"
The occasion marked the 154th
anniversary of the beginning of the
winter encampment of the Colonial
Army at Valley Forge by the Penn
sylvania Society of Sons of the Rev
olution in st. James Protestant
Episcopal Church.
More than 900 members of various
military organizations in Philadel-
phia attended in full uniform.
please God we shall emerge from
the present situation better guard
ians of our political liberties, truer
to the principles which President
Washington and the fathers have
entrusted to us; and above all bet
ter qualified to understand the spir-
itual freedom of soul with which
Christ, the Redeemer, has endowed
us-freer sons of the Heavenly. Fa-
ther-heirs of the glorious liberty of
the children of God"
Outlining the factors which con-
tributed to the period of depression
now prevailing throughout the
world, Bishop Cook earlier in his
sermon blamed it, so far as the
United States is concerned, ION an
orgy of extravaganza and senseless
pleasures" following the Great War.
The speaker said in this connec-
ton:
1--WE are often needless and care
less in preserving our political-lib-
critics. We are even more needless
and careless i'm preserving the spir
itual liberty and freedom guaran-
teed by Jesus Christ.
Look at the situation today. Sur
vey the trend of events in this coun-
try since the war came to close.
eve came out of that experience
almost unscatched-our manhood
and our resources unimpaired. Our
industries had been speeded up to
the highest state of efficiency. We
were prepared to meet the needs
created by the wars devastation. AS
a result we entered upon a period
of unprecedented prosperity-and
became its victims.
"As individuals and as nation
we accumulated and spent as though |
there was no limit. We were so busy |
getting rich we turned the macbin-
cry of government in our cities and
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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
Rum BOAT SEIZED
WITH Big CARGO
Crew Escapes Capture By
Swimming Ashore Near
Town OF Lewes

With 1000 cases of choice i'm
ported liquors aboard which are be-
lieved to have been intended to be
landed along the shores of the Del
aware, somewhere below Whining
ton, and transported i'll trucks to
Wilmington and points north, was
seized early Monday night in Man
hassat Greek, near Lewes. The seiZ-
ure was made by patrol boat No.
11O, in charge of Boatswain NJ. J..
Seibert, who communicated the cap
ture to Lieutenant Charles Duke at
Base 8, of the Coast Guard at Cape
May.
The boat captured was the Ba-
boon and the crew of the vessel es-
capped arrest by leaping into the
creek and swimming to the shore
and hiding in the swamps near the
creek. No shots were fired at the
fleeing men.
Lieutenant Duke said the Baboon
had been sought for more than six
months as a rum runner and the
seizure is an important one.
Patrol boat No. 110 took the ves-
sci in tow and proceeded to Cape
May.
The watch on the shores of the
Delaware river and bay has been
constant and greatly augmented
since the arrest in Wilmington ear
ly in the month of two men sus-
pected of having communicated by
wireless with the rum feet, and it is
thought the Baboon may have been
one of the vessels bringing the liq-
uor which has passed through Del
aware in recent months.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
MANY PERSONS WANT
LICENSE NO. Is
William Ball, OF Dover, viii Retain
The Number, However

The number Is doesn't mean
thing to Delaware motorists.
I'VE have had more requests for
1S than for any other number" ii
was reported at the Motor Vehicle
Department, Secretary of States
Office, Dover William Ball, of Do
yer, who had the number this year
will have 1t again in 1889, and will
apparently continue to have it just
as long as he applies for it before
the time for the issuance of special
numbers expires, which at present
10 December ]
Other low number holders of 1882
automobile license tags for 1882 arc
Governor C.. Douglass Buck, /; Lieu
tenant Governor J. Henry Hazel. 2;
Secretary Of State, 3; Charles q.
Cuyer, Wilmington, 4; Charles J.
GiIvin. Wilmington, S; Charles G.
Prettyman, Milford, 6; J. Austin Ei-
lisOn. New Castle, z, r. Clarence
Marshall, YorAlyn, 8; Elizabeth r.
3. BiId. HillCroft, 8; Robert Hop
hins. Wilmington, 10; Frances d.
Hall, Dover, IL; Frank S Hall. Do
yer, 12; William Ball, Dover, 10;
Ann B. Gray, Wilmington, ID. and
William l.. Missiiu II, Wilmington,
is.
According to officials of the Mo-
tor Vehicle Department. there is
now no pronounced rush for tags.
Business, it is stated, is steady but
little overtime in tho offices is nee
essary this year. It is stated, how
ever, that the monetary income for
the State as a result of the sale of
the tags, is slightly in excess of the
income last December. The 1892
tags sold from November is to De-
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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
DELAWARE FARMERS
ARE PROGRESSIVE
Federal Report Shows Large Per
Cent Have All Home COnVenlences

The U. S. Department of Com
meTce Bureau of Census has releas-
ed statistics on farm facilities and
machinery, showing that Of the o.
420 farms in Delaware included in
the last census, 1880 reported hav-
ing water piped into dwellings, and
1861 dwellings lighted by electric
ity. A total of 1927 farms in the
State reported a total of $89,315 paid
to power companies for electric
light and power used on the farms.
The 2,420 farms included in the
survey of farm facilities represent
ed 249 per cent of all the farms in
the State.
In the survey of farm machinery
7,498 farms or 77.2 per cent of all
farms in the State were covered.
On these farms there was 8,724 au-
tomobiles. Of 1881 farms reporting
there were 1896 motor trucks. On
1,447 farms reporting there were
/ 500 tractors. On S84 farms there
were 513 electric motors and on l.
453 there were 1,7SS gas engines.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
DUKE OF YORK
GRANT VERIFIED
BY PATENT ROLL
Offered At Resuming Of
Hearing In Trenton
On Monday
IS IMPORTANT PAPER
Deed Has Bearing On
Boundary Lines Now
In Dispute

A certified copy of the grant of
Charles II of England to the Duke
of York-an important legal docu-
ment which, in the judgment of the
Delaware representatives in the dis
pute, establishes important points
relating to boundaries in the con-
troversy, was submitted by former
Attorney General Clarence A.
Switzerland when hearings were
resumed at Trenton, N. j., in the
Delaware-New Jersey boundary dis
pute on Monday. This long drawn
out legal controversy involves the
possession of oyster beds of great
value in the Delaware Bay between
New Jersey and Delaware to which
both states have laid claim.
Mr.. Switzerland, who represents
Attorney General Reuben Satterth-
waite, Jr., obtained the certified
copy to which reference is made
from the patent roll of England
during his recent trip abroad.
New Jerseys previous contention
at earlier hearings was that there
was no evidence to show that the
grant of Charles II to the Duke Of
York, the original of which was OBJ
tanned by the States representa-
tives from Dover through the cour-
tesy of the State Archives Commis-
sion, had ever passed the seal Of
Charles II and was made into an
actual grant. The certified copy, OBJ
tanned by Mr.. Switzerland, serves to
show the authenticity of the docu-
ment as an actual grant.
In addition to submitting these
documents Mr.. Switzerland offered
some minor corrections in the testi-
mony already in from Delaware's
side of the controversy and the rest
of this sessions of hearings was
largely devoted to rebuttal which
was put in by the State of New Jer-
sey.
To leave no door open for conten-
tion as to the value of the grant
from Charles II to the Duke Of
York, the State has a representative
still in London searching records
with view to locating, if possible,
any added evidence in relation to
the value of the documents.
In the presentation of rebuttal
evidence the State of New Jersey
was represented by Duane Minard,
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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
ARREST MAN, FIND
ii STILL AND LIQUOR
Kent County Outfit Taken BY Fed.
eral Agents

Two large stills, sixty-five gal
Ions of apple jack and $50 gallons
Of hard cider were seized by prohi-
bition agents Friday night on the
farm of William II. Neff, of Peters,
burg. Kent county.
The seizure followed a few hours
after one of the prohibition agents
alleges he purchased a gallon of
apple jack from Neff for 81.
Neff was arrested charged with
sale and possession of liquor and
possession of equipment used in
manufacture of liquor and was lod-
ged overnight in the Dover Jail. Sat
Urday morning he was taken to Will
mington and arraigned before U. S.
Commissioner Albert F. Polk. He
waived hearing and was held in
$4,000 bail for Federal Court.
A few hours after purchasing the
apple jack the agents returned to
the farm with a search warrant.
They dug UP the earth about the
house and say they found a fifty
gallon barrel containing 45 gallons
of apple jack and two 10-gallon bar
rels filled With apple jack.
They searched the vicinity of the
house for a still and in woods
about a mile distant found one 100
gallon still and one so gallon still,
although the stills were not in OPP
Grafton ashes beneath them were
warm.
The agents also confiscated 400
gallons of rye mash and $50 gallons
of hard cider.
The agents allege one of the stills
was used for making of rye whis-
key and the other used for the maxi
ing of apple jack.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
HEAVY GEESE KILL
MADE In STATE
Federal Prediction OF Shortage OF
Wild Fowl Not Verified In Delaware

Delaware, Maryland and New Jer-
sey hunters reported heavy kill of
ducks ana geese for the last two
days of the season. which closed
last week. 1t is said that Delaware,
despite the short wild fowl season,
had the best sport in years.
1t is estimated that hundreds of
wild geese we're shot along the Eas-
tern Shore of Virginia and in Della
ware.
In New Jersey great numbers of
ducks and geese were shot. For the
first time in many years there were
large flocks of both ducks and geese
on the Delaware Bay. A group of
New Jersey gunners shot 80 ducks
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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
CHARLES v. CAREY
MANGLES HIS FOOT
Load OF Shot Causes Injury To Lad
While Hunting

Charles V. Carey, ia year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs, James Carey, of
near Milford, had his right foot
badly mangled from the load of a
shot gun while hunting last Thurs
day. Young Carey was looking for
rabbits and was kicking in brush
pile with his shot gun In his right
hand. The barrel of the gun was
pointing downward and as he stoop-
ed over to look more carefully in
the brush the trigger of the gun
caught on twig and one shell was
discharged. The load struck his
right foot and tore away part of the
foot. He was brought ia the Milford
Emergency Hospital. 1t is thought
that his foot will be saved.
His parents reside on the Vree-
land farm, just south of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
Of Letter To Our Readers c4nd Patrons

Chrl8tmaS Day I93I
Time slips by quickly. Here enjoying another
into the
talking yesterday
all agreed that 1881 has been great Perhaps not in
things
awhile that profits dollars shiy unreliable and
that little humility is mighty good master to put in
place.
In expanding and times apt get !opsided
selfish it like this
teach again how to keep good fight and grin when we get
slapped We that it off
the mental brings realiza-
tion something think than
dollar bill.
Few Of US have made much money this but here at the
ChrOhic
editing printing
that satisfactory patrons We
thing worth while.
We aren bit downearted The outlook is more promising
Christmas this
holiday is the all the
friendly things that fellow would like his neghbOr
on Christmas morning.
Cordially yours,
MILFORD CHRONICLE PUBLISHING
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From wednesday, December 16, To
Tuesday, December %, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, local wea4
ther recorder, reports the following
weather conditions in Milford from
Wednesday, December 16, to Tues
day, December %, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25
Tennperature

Total Rainfall ...... 1877
The following winds and condi'
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-25

The only real relief for
Unemployment is work.
Work is the only form of
insurance against unem-
ployment with which the
State should concern itself.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12
PHEAsANTs W|NTERED
 WELL, SAYS ]. CLATz

To the varied game on Kenai Peninsula, noted as the game in- cubator of Alaska, a new specie was planted last fall by a devout spp prtsnan of Seward, Mel Homer
 Otto Glatz, of Lower Kenai Riv- CT, brought in a report to MT. H4rner the other day saying the two Chinese pheasants he left down there last fall wintered very well and that he and the birds had hsecome quite friendly. Soon, he expects, new brood will be chirp- nng and cackling around his home.
 There was little snow through out the winter and under trees, m one at all. Cranberries and moss b erries were plentiful as well as millions of roSebuds.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12
COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court convened at 1:45 p. m. Monday, May II.
 Brehmer vs Brehmer; motion and order of default; motion and order of reference.
 Urbach & Valade vs. Oscar Ihhl. Trial continued. Mir Ur- btch testified on behalf of plain tiffs; Mrs. Dorothy Urbach, like i May 12, Tuesday, 10 a. m.
 Panel petit juror reported and Fre excused until May 13, at 10 a.1 m.
 IUrbach & Valade vs. Oscar Ipahl trial continued. Mrs. Ur- bach continued her testimony. D. E. Valade testified on behalf of plaintiffs. Continued to 1:30 D. m.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12
F|vE-DAY WEEK
 WOULD PUT BILLIONS {" DOLLARS CIRCULATION

SAN FRANCISCO, May 12. (P)- Several billion dollars annually would be tapped and put in cir culation if the five-day week was adopted for the 40,000,000 gain fully employed persons in the United States.
 This message, announced in San Francisco, S the opinion of Ethel bert Stewart, Commissioner of La Dor Statistics in Washington, D. c. Stewart said the increased spending and consumption result ing from increased leisure would mean greater production and more jobs
 Y All phases of the transporta tion industry would benefit, Stewart said
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12

The MS Discoverer, Capt. Heinie Berger, expects to return to Sew ard in two weeks. On the return trip he will pick up deputy mar shals and prisoners on the Inlet and take them direct to Valdez where a term of court will be under way next week.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12

pr. H. M. Hand, physician and surgeon of the U. s. s. Tallapoosa, was to assist Dr. A. D. Haverstock, of the Seward General Hospital, in the operation today on the compound fracture of the jaws of Everett Alkiry, member of the Tallapoosa crew.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12
NEW CRUISER OVER
 EQUATOR FIRST v0yleE

SAN FRANCISCO, May IF, R- A wireless message has arrived at the Mare Island Navy Yard to the effect that the yard built cruiser Chicago had crossed the equator. on her first trip from Hawaii to Samoa and that the land lubbers and the pollywogs had been well initiated.
 Among the list to receive the official diplomas was Commander B. s. Bullard, U. s. N., assistant to the superintendent of the Mars Island Navy Yard and the Yard representative on the ship while she is on her "shakedown" cruise.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12

Three signs like "hen tracks" /" cut into broken scrap of pottery jar, are considered fresh evidence of the antiquity of the alphaDe: by Prof. Remainutin, of the Catholic University of America.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12
AWARDED MEDAL

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 12. (Fp - Wing Commander Charles Kingsford-Smith was awarded the Oswald Watt Medal for the most conspicuous feat performed in 1880 by Australian born flyers.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12
GOLFERS SAIL FOR ENGLAND

NEW YORK, May 12. P)-John- ny Farrell and Gene Sarazen, for mer holders of the United States open golf championship, will sail for England next "Wednesday night in quest of the British open cham pionship, which will be contested over the historic Carndustic links, in Scotland, starting June l.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12
THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1621-First marriage in Plymouth; Governor WinSloW and the Wi- dow White. 1869-The shore enu of the Fran co-American cable landed at Brest, France. 1893-Bering Sea patrol of Great Britain ordered to seize all seal ing vessels. 1931-Gateway predicts oil we'll will be brought in Chickaloon district this summer.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12

Equipped with two tips, an elec- tric soldering iron has a switch in the handle so that current can be turned on or off.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12
LETHAL GAS FOR PUNISHMENT

SACRAMENTO, May 12. R- After weathering legislative chan nels with record speed, a Senate bill substituting lethal gas for hanging as a method of capital punishment in California was up for consideration in the Assembly,
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12

1000 MEN EMPLOYED ON DAM
 LAS VEGAS, Nev., May 12. (F) Approximately 1000 men were employed on the Boulder Dam project and allied construction &C., tivity, engineers reported.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12

The U. s. s. Cutter Talapoosa left port shortly after F today.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12

The MS Discoverer, Capt. Heinie Berger, loaded culverts here to- day for transportation to niamna.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12

"Two Hearts Tn Waltz Time,' one of the latest Brunswick records a. the Alaska Shop
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12

Practical and beautiful bridge gtfts as khe Alaska Shep.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-12

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-01
Princely Is The Word

United States senator's have been probing into the affairs of President Hoover's Federal Farm Board of recent weeks. Yes, that IS the same board which saw fit to loan some millions to the now ell-established Califor- mia Fruit Growers Exchange. the organiza- ton which utilzes the juice of the grape for beverage purposes. The beverage has the naughty habit of becoming wine of high alcoholic content when treated as per form ula that any salesman can knowingly tell you not to follow if you wish to obey the law. Of course the California Fruit Grow CTS Exchange does not market grape juices of concentrates to the individual. but to the lobber who in turn offers a nice package to the customer.
 Some of the jobbers may run afoul of the law as happened recently in test of the sale of wine bricks. But the grape ln- dustry of California has been saved, because Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt. formerly engaged in enforcing prohibition in the United States through her connections with the office of the Attorney General of the United States transferred her allegiance. Mrs Willebrandt was d tartar in her devotion to inc cause of prohibition in those days What is her stand today? We'll that's something that Mrs Wilebrandt does not discuss. Suf- flee it to say that the grape growers of Cali forna are prosperng now that a market for
 their crops has been found And federal farm board money made this possible.
 (oJ. hasn't helped cotton or grain growers to seat of ease. Not that the board didn't do it's bit to help these farmers out of their troubles We must admit that they have advanced them money with lavish disre gard for Uncle Sans purse. But what we arc more interested in is the revelations that such Senators as George w. Norris of Me- brsska elioited from Farm Board agency officials. For example. George S. Milnor. whose official position IS vice-president and general manager of the Farmers National Grain Corporation receives $50,000 annual y. E. r. Creekmore. president and general manager of the American Cotton Coopera- tive Association, is down for a S25,000 annual salary. plus an annual $50,000 bonus
 Other fancy salaries were also revealed in the questioning of the two officials. named above. and Chairman Stone of the Farm Board Incidentally the American Cotton Association owes the Farm Board $63.000,- 900 which it borrowed 10 make loans to in. dividual cotton growers. The Farmers National Grain Corporation only owes the Farm Board some Sl6.000.000. In the long run ihedisrm Board may prove of some seal value to the farmers of the nation. but hlsi now we can't agree with Secretary of War Patrick ]. Hurley who chased it as one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-01

Those critics of Waterbury should note well the consideration that bond issues 'loated by this city command from local banks and investors. The $50.000 munic- ipal golf course bond issue was taken up by the Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank. More issues that the city is now contemplating floating are being seriously considered by groups of financiers and bus mess men for purposes of investment. If these concerns and individuals did not be-
 eVe in the financial integrity of the city they certainly would not invest their money or their clients money in local bonds. However, Waterbury has a good record in this respect. In it's many years of float ing bond issues of large or small denomi- nations it has always lived up to its obli- qaticns right to the letter. Interest has heen paid and bonds redeemed as per demand. When bankers can rely on the city to weather the hard times then the individual certainly ought to be willing to do his or her share. too That consists in cooperating with city officials in maintaining the city on an even balance. While taxes come high in this day. it must be remembered that it is the only source of income municipality has. Good government relies to some extent upon the machinery which we give our rulers for its proper funetionng. When eitys income drops, so does it's efficiency.