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Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
REFUTES CLAIMS
OF HUGE SURPLUS
Says Governor Vetoed ApprOpria-
tiOns Because OF Lack OF Funds

Representative Walter G. Tatnall,
Jr., of Wilmington, has taken ex-
ception to part of the statement is
sued by Senator Joseph B. Green,
declaring he understood that there
was no surplus of $11,100,000 avail
able in the State Treasury.
Mr.. Tatnall said that practically
all the surplus now available is in
the school fund and that this money,
amounting to about $5,OOO,OOO, must
be used for school purposes, as pro-
vision is made by law, regarding its
expenditure.
The general fund, which had a
large surplus prior to the last ses-
sion of the General Assembly, has
been appropriated, and while the
money has not actually been spent,
Turn to Page 5, PleaSe1
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02

The Chronicle has grown steadily
during the half century of its exis-
tence and at the present time is rec
ognized by Delaware newspapers as
the leading weekly in the State. 1t
has been chosen numerous times as
the outstanding rural weekly news
paper in the United States, and is
rated as a leader among the leaders
at all times. For over a year now
the Chronicle has published school
page, edited and laid out exclusively
by Milford High School pupils. In
this the Chronicle was a pioneer.
Scores of newspapers throughout
the United States have taken up the
idea during the past few months
and at the present time one Will
mington daily is seriously consider
ing such a page for that city. Other
plans for the betterment of the
Chronicle are under consideration
at the present time, and in the very
near future new features will be
found among the reading columns
each issue.
The publishers of the Chronicle
will continue to keep this publica-
tion we'll up in the forefront of the
nations weeklies, and the City of
Milford will continue to have a
to which it's citizens may
point with pride. Age with the
Chronicle is only an indication that
more effort must be put forth to
better enlighten the readers upon
the affairs of City, County and State.
We accept this responsibility.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02

reported that the mill equipment has
been purchased for a prominent
resident of Detroit" who intends to
set it up in Dearborn and operate it.
The mill equipment was bought
blind" by an agent, but as it is of
no practical value, and is useful only
as an interesting museum piece, it
would not be shipped to Detroit for
other purposes than for installation
in museum, it was pointed out.
The mill equipment has now been
dismantled and is in the process of
being shipped in cases by railroad
from Sussex county to Detroit. Ac-
cording to reports the practical val
ue of the mill equipment was small
and the owners sold the equipment,
Turn to Page 4, Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
SIR HUBERT WILKINS
THANKS CAULK co.
RadiOgram from Explorer Says Men
Had Good Health During Trip

What Sir Hubert Wilkins was both
pleased and satisfied with the dental
work done by The Caulk Company
for him and his PERSONAL on the
submarine Nautilus" which at
tempted an under-the-ice dash to
the North Pole in August, was ex-
pressed in a radiogram just receiv-
ed from Sir Hubert who is now in
Bergen, Norway.
KINDLY remembering your splen-
did service to our expedition which
preserved splendid dental health
throughout our voyage. Crew arriv-
ing on The American Banker Oc-
tober 5. My arrival uncertain. Best
regards to all"
Sometime ago Sir Hubert stated
in one of his wireless messages
from the Arctic that all of those
in the Nautilus" who had not been
to a dentist before leaving, were
having toothaches, whereas those
who had precautionary dental work
done, were experiencing no distress.
1t will be recalled that Sir Hubert
and practically all of his crew of
the submarine Nautilus" came to
Milford several months ago, at
which time Dr. Clyde A. Nelson of
the Caulk Company put in perfect
condition the mouths and teeth of
his men. Sir Hubert was so delight
ed with the service rendered by The
Caulk Company that he and Lady
Wilkins came to Milford, at which
time they were overnight guests of
DR.. G. Layton Grier. Sir Hubert
made an interesting address to the
students at the High School during
his stay in Milford. Sir Hubert was
prompted to make a request of the
Caulk Company to check-up the
dental condition of his men from
the knowledge he had of the sue
cessful, dental work done for the
Byrd Expedition to the Antarctic.
. Sir Hubert, like Admiral Byrd, ap-
pointed G. Layton Grier, president
of the Caulk Company, as chief dem
tai consultant of the expedition. DR..
Nelson was selected as dental sur
geon for the personnel of both ex-
peditiOns.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
Executive Considers New
Plan AS Last Resort
To Raise Funds
AGAINST DOLE AS
PART OF PROGRAM
Millions To Be Spent On
Public Buildings; School
Fund Not To Be Used

Governor Buck says there is now
approximately five million dollars
available for construction of public
works in Delaware during the ap-
preaching fall and winter on which
many hundreds of unemployed men
will find work.
This vast sum of money, Governor
Buck stressed, is in addition to the
fund the State Highway Commission
will have available for new road
construction this fall, including the
grading of the first section of the
new 1S-mile highway to be built, ex-
tending from Wilmington to the
Maryland State line on the ElktOn
Road.
Work for the unemployed, there
fore. will be provided this fall and
winter from at least two sources,
namely, the public works project au-
thorized by the last Legislature and
the road building program, plans for
which the highway commission is
rushing.
If these two sources of work are
found to be not sufficient to provide
employment for the States unem-
ployed, Governor Buck revealed that
he has a plan he has worked out
to provide more money for more con-
struction activities.
Governor Buck said the plan he
has in mind will provide any addi-
tional money needed for more con-
struction work, but added that it
could not become effective without
approval of a special session of the
Legislature.
The Governors plan would pro-
vide the additional funds without
Turn 10 Page 2, PieaSel
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
READ THE NEWS OF
1878 IN THIS ISSUE
OF THE CHRONICLE

The last section of this is
sue of the Milford Chronicle
is an exact reproduction of
the first issue of this news
paper, which was first pub
lished on October 4, 1878.
This section has been pre-
pared as a compliment to the
founders of the Chronicle
Julius E. Scott and Col. TheO.
Townsend, both of whom re-
side in North Milford.
The black marks appear
ing on the pages is caused by
torn places in the original
paper from which the repro
ductiOn was made.
Turn to last section and
see what Milford folks of
over half century ago were
doing.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
MORE ARRESTS BY
LIQUOR RAIDERS
Wilson Agents Surprise
Kent And Sussex COun-
ties Offenders

Federal prohibition agents under
Harold D. Wilson, deputy prohibition
administrator for Delaware, made
another surprise series of raids in
Kent and Sussex counties, in which
seven men were arrested. All the
raids were made on State warrants.
Six of the men were charged with
illegal possession of liquor and one
was charged with possession and
sale of liquor.
Those arrested are John big
John" Wyatt of Nassau; Ernest
Jones, near Dover; Marion Thomp-
son. near Dover; Silas E. VAIN
wright, proprietor of filling station
near Seaford; Ollie C. Ryan of near
Laurel; Harry J. BuehleT, prOprie-
tor of filling station near Delmar;
and Daniel E. Rogers, of near Mills
bOro.
A raid was also made on the home
of William Scott, at Bowers Beach,
but no arrest was made pending
analysis of the liquid seized.
All the men arrested were held in
bail ranging from $500 to $1,5OO the
highest amount being fixed in the
case of Rogers. All were charged
with possession with the exception
of Wainwright who was charged
with possession and sale of liquor.
1t is alleged Wainwright sold liquor
to agents a few minutes prior to the
raid.
The agents were assisted in the
raids by Constable Edgar Belts, of
Greenwood, and Constable Cochran,
of Dover.
Wainwright was formerly we'll
to-do farmer and is nearly 20 years
old. He recently served sixty day
sentence in the wOrkhouse on a
charge of illegal possession of
linnnr
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
Legislature To
Be Called Should
Emergency Arise
SUSSEX co. HAS HAD
SIXTY.ONE SHERIFFS

Records at Georgetown dis
close that within the past 129
years since Georgetown has
been the county seat of Sus-
sex County, there have been
sixty-one sheriffs, who served
terms on an average of two
years. Until about a century
ago, sheriffs from 1902 to 1882
seemed to have served for
three years. Since that time
the term has been for two
years. In the beginning they
were appointed by the COVER
nor and this continued for a
few years when they were
nominated in convention and
elected along with the other
office holders. Ten of the for
mer sheriffs are now living
Robert Short, Elijah C.
Lynch, Thomas B. Pritchett,
James P. Dukes, Joseph NJ.
Donaway, William L. McIll-
vaine, William o. Johnson,
James H. Phillips, Harry w.
Johnson, William G. Bryan.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
Prevailing
Wind
ADD GREENWOOD

Miss Rachel NJ. Kratz, r. NJ. of
Wilmington, is spending a few days
with her parents, near town. Miss
Kratz recently returned from spen-
ding two weeks with friends in West
Virginia. While there she visited
Blackwater Falls, w. Va, and the
Endless Caverns.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, September 2S, To
Tuesday, September 80, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, local wea-
ther recorder, reports the following
weather conditions in Milford from
Wednesday, September %, to Tues
day, September 20, inclusive:
Dofm
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
Temperature Rain
Total Rainfall

The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the sams
period:
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02

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.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-13
SPECIAL CALL TO
YOUNG CUTTERS
Send Delegates to Shop
Conference, Wed.

NEW YORK.-Young cutters in the
needle trades are walking the streets
hungry, or, if they do have jobs, are
worked up to S. hours week for
S18 to S24. The speed-up is worse
even than among the older workers,
The international Ladies Garment
Workers promised them everything if
they would join it, The I. L. G. W..
feared this young militant element
would help TO build the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union.
But those who joined the I. L. G..
w. realize now they we're swindled.
They struck with the adults, and paid
dues, but after the strike we're left
without jobs.
The Youth Section of the Industrial
Union calls all young cutters TO send
delegates TO the shop delegates con-
ference, Jan. Is, at Webster Hall, to
discuss the preparations for the COM
ing dress strike and to take up par
ticularly the grievances of the youth.
The N. T. w. l. U. stands for mini
mum wage of $40 for those under 10
years, and for six-hour day and
five-day week. with two 15-minute
rest periods during the day and a
two weeks vacation with pay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-13
WORKERS CENTER
BAZAAR TO OPEN
Organs Urged to Play
Up the Bazaar
By RYAN WALKER

All delegates to the banquet pledged
full support of their organizations for
the 7-day bazaar which will open up
Monday evening and will continue till
Sunday, Jan. Is, inclusive.
Over 1000 delegates and guests at
tended the banquet to greet the Cen
trail Committee of the Communist
Party and pledged to help raise suf-
ficient funds to make it possible for
the Central Committee to move into
their new headquarters shortly.
We urge all organizations to popu-
larize the bazaar and to urge upon
their members to help make it a sue
cess. All kinds of merchandise will
be sold at this bazaar below value
prices, as most of the goods we're
donated.
A lunch counter will be open from
IL noon till IL midnight. Dancing
and all kinds of entertainments will
be provided for.
A donation of 25 cents and 10 cents
for unemployed admits you to the
bazaar. Organizations who have not
yet brought articles for the bazaar
can do so during the week.
The bazaar will be held at the Gen.
ter, IS E. 18th t., and so E. 18th ST.,
New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-13

"And now I must travel about. .
a living corpse" with these words
Fedya, the central character of Leo
Tolstoy's Redemption, now at the
Eighth Street Playhouse, sentences
himself to a living death.
The plot is psychological one,
dealing with the mental and emo
tional struggles of three persons,
Fedya, Lisa, and Victor. Lisa is the
wife of Fedya, and Victor is their
friend. There is the usual triangle.
Fedya thinks that Victor and Lisa
are in love with each other. He feels
unworthy of the love of his wife, feels
that she wishes divorce from him,
and he suffering from this pure in
feriority complex" is driven to fur
ther drunkenness and debauchery.
Fedya, in order to free his wife
asks the church for a divorce; he
is denied the divorce, since an Or
thodox marriage cannot be dissolved
unless one of the two is unfaithful
Finally, he decides to try to win his
wife back but it proves useless, and
he is again driven to his low friends,
his wine, women and sang. But this
is not enough. Lisa is still unhappy.
A separation must be obtained. He
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-13
LIVING CORPSE-A Psychological Picture
of Old Russia

plans suicide, but is too weak to kill
himself. He is stopped by his gypsy
friend. She loves him and refuses
to allow him to throw away what she
longs for. Fedya. They plan fake
suicide, which will prove just as eff
fective, as far as his wife, Lisa, is
concerned, but which will not force
him to kill himself. He is indeed a
living corpse,
From here Fedya and his philo-
sopher friend, travel in the lower
depths of Czarist Moscow. The rot
tenness and filth of the old slums is
clearly pictured. The verInin ridden
FLOP houses" old cripples, and beg
CARS, the scum of humanity, driven
into the underworld of old Russia.
The police raids and the arrest OF
all those without working papers, the
the whole downtrodden life Of the
lumpen proletariat is portrayed very
clearly.
Finally, Fedya is recognized by an
old blacknailer. He is brought to
trial, with his wife and Victor whom
she has already married, and expects
to be exiled TO Siberia. The trial goes
on, the hypocrisy of bourgeois laws,
the judges are shown up. The jury
leaves for final judgment. Fedya's
philosopher friend brings him the gun
that he once discarded and F'edya
shoots himself. His wife is free again
This time for good,
This picture is combination OF
Russian and German picture effects.
1t lacks the mass action of the Rus
sian films. 1t lacks the force of the
Russian cinema. AS psychology
study it is good picture. Consider
ing that it is one of Tolstay's works
and not a plot of the new Russia,
and that it was written on the back
ground of old Russia, with its hypo-
cracies and lack of honesty in per-
sonal relations. One can see that
the best was made of the possibilities,
H. K.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-13
CAMPAIGN TO BUILD UP
FIGHTING UNIONS AND
UNEMPLOYED COUNCILS
Every Mass Meeting, Every Demonstration
Should Add to Permanent Strength
Local Struggles Should Not Lose Sight of the
Necessity of Lots of Signatures to Bill

to be able TO mobilize instantly
against each new treachery or abuse
practised on them by either official
city, state, national government or
private agencies. For this reason
they need their Councils of the IN
employed. Every effort must be made
to draw johlesS workers into these
typical fighting bodies of their group.
Employed Must Organize.
The employed workers find the job
less used as club over them to cut
their wages and reduce their hours.
For millions of workers cheerfully
counted as employed" by The official
statistics, life is almost as much a
battle with the wolves of starvation as
for the completely jobless. These
employed" workers put in only a few
hours a week, draw their pay in dol
lars they can count on their fingers,
and face a gnawing slow, miserable
form of starvation and destruction
from bad heating, poor clothes, etc.
Their poor little homes are taken
from them ruthleSsly by mortgages
foreclosures, they are evicted. they
have no amusements, their children
go ragged, have no underwear in the
winter, and all for the greater profits
of the capitalist system which made
the crisis.
Joint Struggle.
These workers facing wage cuts
and misery must organize. Their or
carnations are shop committees, and
locals of the industrial unions and
industrial leagues of the Trade Union
Unity League.
This fight is a joint fight of the
jobless for relief and insurance, of
the employed against wage cuts and
part time and speed-up, of both
against evictionS and foreclosures.
For both organization is needed, and
millions of names to the bill, dozens
of demonstrations will not take the
place of organization. The signature
drive and the demonstrations should
be a stimulus to organization, not
take the place of it.
The struggle to win immediate re-
lief and insurance will not end on
February 10, it will be transformed
into fight all along the line against
all the evils of low wages and unem-
ployment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-13
,5OBLESS DEFEND
EVICTED FAMILY
Toke 375 Signatures
for Bill Yesterday

NEW YORK.-New York jobless eX-
rosed today Mayor Walkers fake
Welfare Committee at the trial Of
Jane Novick, evicted worker, who was
brought into court by her landlord
CD charges of malicious mischief. Nc
wick, a member of the Unemployed
Council, his wife and five children
had been evicted from their home
Jan. 5 durin ga severe rainstorm. The
Downtown Unemployed Council went
to the house at 226 Clinton st. and
put the furniture back in the house
Novick, who came to this country
25 years ago because he thought he
would be able to make a decent liv-
ing, has never earned more than S18
a week, has been unemployed for the
past six months, and had been forced
to move into three squalid rooms, for
which he paid $11. He had been I'M
able to pay rent for the last three
months.
At the trial it was brought out that
the police had refused to give food
to the Novick family, and that Mayor
Walkers Relief Committee had sup
ported this refusal on the grounds
that Novick was a member of the
Unemployed Council.
Change Charge.
The judge expressed indignation at
the nerve OF the Unemployed Council
in returning the furniture to the
apartment. But because there were a
large number of Unemployed Council
members present in the court ready
to testify, the judge got cold feet and
refused to try Novick on the charge
Of malicious mischief He tried to
get the landlord to get another order
of eviction, but the landlord insisted
on proceeding with the trial. The
Judge, in order to make it easier to
convict Novick changed the charge to
disorderly conduct and postponed the
trial until Jan. 16.
The I. L. D. defended the case.
More Meetings.
The Downtown Council of the Un-
employed held an indoor meeting yes
terday because of the heavy rain, in
stead of its usual 10 a. m. open-air
meeting at the Tammany fake en-
ployment agency.
Ten Joined the council
Open-air meetings at Leonard and
Lafayette will be held on every fair
day, however.
The Unemployed Council collected
375 signatures to the Workers I'm
employment Insurance Bill yesterday
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-13
Unemployed Meeting
Tonight in Bath Beach
Brooklyn Section

NEW YORK.-A mass unemploy-
ment meeting will be held at 40 Bay
28th ST., Bath Beach, Brooklyn. to-
morrow wednesday, night to pro-
test against the growing misery of the
unemployed workers and to demand
unemployment relief.
Unemployed workers are being
evicted daily in this section for non
payment of rent. A few weeks ago
an unemployed worker was arrested
for stealing milk for his starving chill
dren. The charity takers have just
opened a breadline at Dyker Heights
Park, where a small number of job
less men are given few Stops barely
sufficient to keep them alive.
The meeting will serve to unite the
employed with the unemployed in
militant demands on the bosses and
in preparation for the coming hunger
marches.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-13
Icor Natl Plenum
Opens Sat. at Plaza

The National Plenum of the "Icor"
will open Saturday evening, Jan. II
at the Irving Plaza, 18th st. and Irv-
ing Pl., N. Y. G.
The achievements and prospects of
Jewish colonization in the Far East
Of Soviet Russia will be reported on
by Comrade A. Epstein, national Or
ganizer Of the American Icor Organ
ization, who has just returned from
an extended trip through the Soviet
Union and through the colonization
area in Biro-Bidjan.
The concert program will consist
Of the Freiheit Gezang Farein. the
we'll known violinist Charles Lichtner
and the prominent singer Of new folk
songs of the Soviet Union. Andre Sib-
ulsky.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-13
WORKERS SCHOOL
IN new QUARTERS
Offers Scholarships to
Workers

NEW YORK. - With the compile
ton of the new school headquarters,
second floor, IS E. 18th ST., with spa
cious, sound-proof rooms, a library,
an auditorium and other facilities, the
Workers School is preparing for the
opening of the spring term to further
concentrate and intensity its basic
task of training new cadreS for the
Communist Party, the Young Com
munist League, the revolutionary
trade unions and other mass organi-
cations The school committee has
decided to offer these organizations
special scholarships which greatly re-
duce the fees for the many political
courses. Arrangements have been
made with the organizations to this
effect, and some unions have already
sent in their students. During this
time when the revolutionary move
inent is in sore need of capable func-
tionaries steeled in the theory and
practice of MarXism-Leninism, the
school should be utilized to the ut
most to bridge the gap between our
growing political influence and Or
ganiZational weakness
Bearing the same purpose in mind,
the school committee has also de-
cided to make the functionary train
ing courses the outstanding courses
and secure best instructors for them
Fundamentals Of Communism, Prob
lens of Organization, Trade Union
Strategy, Marxism- Leninism, Youth
Organization, Shop Paper Methods
Women's Work. Workers Correspond
ence, etc, are some Of these courses
Many workers have already registered
for the spring term. The revolution
airy organizations are urged to reg
lister their scholarship students as
soon as possible. The number of stu
dents in each class will be limited to
80. Upon registration, the scholar
ship students should bring with them
credentials from their organizations
and also the full amount of the fees
| for the courses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-13
Come to Eight Day
Bazaar at E. 18th st.

Help maintain the New York
,Jorkers' Center by supporting the
3-day bazaar at the Center, IS E.
18th St, starting Jan. IL to Sun
day, Jan. 18. All kinds of mer-
chandise will be sold below value
prices. Do your shopping there
and help complete the building.
A lunch counter will be open
f ON IL noon till 70 midnight. En-
t2rtainments and dancing will be
provided every evening.
Admission in the daytime free,
evening 25 cents and 10 cents for
unemployed.