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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
National

st. Louis, 8; BROOKLYN, 2.
Chicago, s; New York. 4.
Pittsburgh. "a; Philadelphia, AS.
Boston, 3; Cincinnati, 2.
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American Association

Louisville, 4; Milwaukee. l.
Minneapolis, IA; Columbus, 12.
Kansas City, Z: Indianapolis, 5.
st. Paul-Toledo game played Mon
day-
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NATTONAI,

NAIIONAH LEAOVH
Batting-Klein, Phillies, 1862: Da-
Wis, Phillies, 1858.
Runs-Klein, Phillies, -; Cuyler,
Cubs, IS.
Hits-Klein, Phillies. 121; L. Waner.
Pirates, 10.
Home runs-Klein, Phillies, %; OFT,
Giants, Is.
Stolen bases-Comorosky, Pirates;
Cuyler, Cubs, IL.
Pitching-Bush, Cubs; Clark, Rob-
ms; Haines, Cardinals, won Z, lost 2.
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MNOP LEAGUE
'ZzNERV
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
(Including games Of July 14)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Batting - Morgan, Indians, 1896;
Ruth, Yankees, 1872.
Runs-Gehrig, Yankees. 81; Bishop,
Athletics, IS.
Hits-Simmons and Haas, Athletics,
1872.
Home runs-Gehrig, Yankees, Is;
Ruth, Yankees, 21.
Stolen bases-Chapman, Yankees,
-; Johnson, Tigers, "a.
Pitching-Grove, Athletics, won Is,
lost 2; Marberry, Senators. won s,
lost 1.
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Plans are under way for a $40, 900
Kansas City open golf tourney next
year.
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Surely you remember this young man.
He's the kid that rode the fastest
Kentucky Derby " ridden - now
you know-Charles K%urtsinger. After
his record breaking ride on Twenty
Grand in the Kentucky classic. Char
lie went east to Belmont Park, where
he has been booting home q lot of
winners recently.
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CURED OF MIDWEST

The boys left Cleveland with the
distinct feeling that it will be some
time before the Madison Square Gar
den Corp. or any other promoter wan
ders into the midwest in search Of
ballyhoo and customers for q heavy
weight extravaganza.
The setting, In Cleveland's giant
new stadium, was beautiful and ade-
quate enough to have suited Tex
Richards fondest dreams Of old, but
times have changed. There weren't
enough customers Of the SIS variety
at the stribling- schmeling show to
pay for the cost Of building and
elevating the ringside seats.
It was an old axiom Of Richards
that If you filled the front rows, the
rest took care of themselves. Tex
played" for the patronage Of the
socially wealthy and prom / e n t.
Nowadays, these patrons have lost
much of their. old interest. Hard
times have finished the Job by reduce
ing v the s. and IS customers to
minimum proportions. The radio
has done the rest.
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THROUGH" AT rs

It seems strange to consider a fight
er Of Stribling's ability Through" al
26, an age when Tunney, for example
was just finding himself on the up
grade and when Big Bill Tilden was
just breaking toward the top Of the
tennis heap.
stribling will not quit the ring. but
by now it seems clear his champion.
ship ambitions are behind him. The
lean Georgian fought himself Out
over the short, two or three-a-weel
circuit.
He has never shown his ability Il
go the full championship distances
against first class opposition. Hi.
worst two setbacks were at IS round,
against Berlenbach and Schmeling
In the language Of the turf, he ap.
pears strictly a sprinter.
Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
DEL. FRUIT GROWERS
AWARDED DECISION
New York Merchants Had Refused
To Pay For Part OF Shipment

Under the perishable agricultural
commodity act, Baker, Brothers, of
Woodside, have been awarded a de-
cision against Mersel and Fortgang,
of New York, who declined to pay
for portion of shipment of ap-
pies from the Delaware concern for
export.
The department has announced
that Secretarl Hyde had signed an
order in the sum of S579 in favor of
Baker Brothers, who had filed a
complaint with the department, fol-
lowing refusal of full settlement of
a carload of apples.
The department, in announcing
the awarding of the decision in fa-
vor of the Delaware concern said
that in September, 1880, Baker Bro
theirs sold the New York firm car
load of King David apples for ex-
port and two truck loads of Wine
sap apples. The New York firm re-
ceived and paid for the King David
apples, but the steamship company
refused to receive them on the
ground they were not suitable for
export.
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
Change In Work Hours
In Milford Post office

The patrons of Milford's U. S.
Postoffice have for long time been
subjected to annoyance and seri-
ously handicapped because the Of
flee was not opened for sale of
stamps, registering mail or receipt
of parcel post packages, until a. m.
The mail train north leaves Mil
ford just after s a. m, so that peo-
pie had to get such mail matter in
to the office the day before it's de-
parture from Milford postoffice.
Postmaster w. w. Murphy took
the problem in hand and presented
the conditions to the Postmaster at
Washington, with clear statements,
accompanied by suggestions which
solve the entire problem.
The past week he received a let
ter from the department approving
his recommendations and directing
that the stamp window be opened at
Z a. m. This was put into effect in
the Milford office last Monday, Nov.
10th, and now sales of stamps and
small parcels post articles can be
Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
APPLICATIONS
FOR 1882 AUTO
TAGS MAILED
Cars Must Bear Official
Inspection Sanction For
Re-RegistratiOn
REVENUE IS LARGER
Registration This Year Is
Nearly AS Large AS 1t
Was Last Year

Preparations are underway for
the re-registration of Delaware au-
tomobiles at the offices of the Motor
Vehicle Department, Secretary of
States office, Dover. So far approx
imately $4,000 applications for 1892
automobile license tags have been
sent out to present owners.
If any one has not received their
application it is due to the fact that
the person has either changed his
address and failed to notify the Of
flee at Dover, or has failed to show
proof of having had their automo-
bile officially inspected.
No owner will get an application
or be able to get 1882 registration
tags until they prove that their au-
tomobiles were inspected. 1t was
stated that the official inspection
cards has been exhausted but any
one who has not had his car in
spected and now wishes to have it
inspected for 1882 tags should ap-
ply to one of the official inspection
garages.
After presenting registration
cards of this year, and having his
automobile inspected, he will be
given slip, signed by the official of
the garage in charge, and designa-
ting that the car has passed the in
spection and including a description
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20

Members of the Coast Guards
stumbled across a large shipment of
liquor which had slipped through
their clutches and which in all prob
ability was recovered only because
the rum runner grounded on the
mulfats just north of Slaughter
Beach shortly after midnight last
Sunday. The guards made the dis
covery ON Tuesday. Persons on
Slaughter Beach heard the supposed
rum runner about o'clock Monday
morning evidently in trouble off the
beach, but the heavy fog made it
impossible for them to see the boat.
It is believed that the runner was
making for the mouth of the Mis-
pillion River and that the fog caus-
ed its navigator to run off its
course. The liquor was thrown
overheard, and the boat left the
scene. A boat was picked UP by the
Coast Guard and taken to Lewes.
Just what evidence the authorities
have against the boat was not made
public.
After searching the flats for two
low tides the guards left Wednes-
day morning, having recovered
Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
PLAN COMMUNITY
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
Affair VIII Be In The Nature OF A
Good VIII Offering

Rev. Nichols, pastor of the M. P.
Church here this week issued a
statement concerning the Commun-
ity Thanksgiving service. He said:
81 wonder if many of the peo-
pie of Delaware are aware of the
fact that the people of this State
have perhaps more reason for
thanksgiving than those of any
other State in the Union, or of few
other states at least.
There are two outstanding facts.
First, a gentleman asked me the
other day if l knew of any bank
failure in Delaware during this de-
preston. After little thought l
could not recall a single one. Then
he stated that he had been investi-
eating and as far as he could learn,
there had not been a single bank
closed.
Second, business agent came to
my home the other day and asked
me, after matters of business had
been considered, what was the Sc
cret of the staidfied condition of the
people of Delaware-what indus
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
MAY ASK LOCKS" '.'.'
FOR FOUR PLACES
Small Hotel At RehObOth And Three
Gas Stations On List

U. S. District Attorney Leonard
E. Wales may petition the U. S. Dis
trict Court this week to have three
gasoline filling stations and a small
hotel temporarily padlocked, pend
ing the final outcome of the suits he
has filed against them.
The owners of these properties
failed to file replies in the court on
Friday in answer to Mr.. Wales pc
tition for preliminary padlocks.
The paddock applications are one
of the aftermaths of u series of
nearly three score raids made in the
lower part of the State earlier in the
month by H. D. Wilson, deputy pro-
hibition administrator and his
agents.
The defendants in the proceedings
are COurtland E. Brown, proprietor,
and James A. Brown, owner of a
gasoline filling station in Delmar
on the State highway leading from
Delmar to Laurel; Lena Piner, pro-
prietress and owner of the small hO-
tel at 110 Rehoboth avenue in Reho-
both; Silas E. Wainwright, propTie-
tor, and Benjamin E. Bowden, own
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
GOV. BUCK DENIES
SPECIAL SESSION
FOR new SCHOOL
Says Project Would Not
Aid Unemployed Dur
ing The Winter
WARNS SURPLUS LOW

Governor C. Douglass Buck last
Thursday refused the request of the
Board of Education of Wilmington
to have him call a special session
of the Legislature at which time the
board desired to seek an appropria-
ton of S3,000,00O for the erection of
a new high school building for Will
mington. His reply was sent to the
wilmington Board of Education last
Thursday.
The Governor indicated in his re-
ply that he could not see how the
proposed erection of the high
school could help the unemployed
during the winter as considerable
time would elapse before the pro-
ject as a whole could be agreed
upon.
He also stated that officials of the
Wilmington Board of Education had
informed him last winter that if the
board could obtain $1,200,000 from
the 1880 Legislature for con-
struction program it was all that
was wanted and all that could be
used. This amount was appropri-
ated.
The Governor claims that the
board now has $1,2OO,0O0, the
amount appropriated, and has to-
tai of $1,4OO,O0O. He stated that he
has been informed that a large
part of the funds have been allo-
Gated but until they are drawn upon
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
STATE HOUSE
CONTRACTS GO
TO DEL. FIRMS
Preference Over Lower
Outside Bidders; Laurit-
sen Co. To Erect Hall
FIRST OF A GROUP

Delaware firms were given pref
erence over nonresident contrac-
tors by the State House Commission
in awarding contracts for the con-
struction of the General Assembly
Hall, first of a series of State build
ings to be erected on a large plaza
at Dover. While the prices of the
Delaware firms to whom the awards
were made were the lowest of the
Delaware bids submitted, they were
not the lowest of all the bids open
ed Tuesday of last week by the
Commission.
Allen L. Lauritsen and Company
of Wilmington, received the contract
for the general construction. Their
bid was $23S,539, while the lowest
base bid for general construction
had been submitted by Ralph S.
Herzog. of Philadelphia, $2O7,6
Both of these bids carried a pledge
to employ 100 per cent Delaware la
Dor.
The contracts for heating, ventil-
ating and plumbing were split in
two. T. T. Weldin and Sons Com
pany, of Wilmington, received the
contract for plumbing; William D.
Shelladay, Inc, of Wilmington, the
contract for heating and ventilating,
and E. L. Jones and Company, of
Dover, the electrical contract.
John Borden and Bros, of Phila-
delphia, had submitted the lowest
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
DAUGHTER OF FORMER
MILFORD MAN HONORED
Jean WeIch viii Represent Her
State At National Congress-

Jean Louise Welch, of Garden
City, Long Island, has been ap-
pointed New York State delegate to
the National All Club Congress in
Chicago on November %.
Jean is the younger daughter of
Howard Cow Welch, who will be re-
membered as the son of James
Welch. He was born and brought
up in Milford and graduated from
the old North Milford High School.
The honor has come to Jean as
being the best all around club girl.
Under the head III" Jean has
shown organization ability and in
itiative as president of her club.
Under the heart III" she has shown
kindness and consideration in plan
ming club activities. Under the hand
HH," she has completed full en-
semble for herself, making dress
and undergarments that show skill,
careful workmanship and style. Her
other accomplishment include culi-
nary successes, nut bread, party
sandwiches and vegetables plates.
Under health "H," she won honors
at camp, a swimmers button and
her Red Cross first aid certificate.
Jean will also be the girls state
representative to the National Lead
ership Contest at which there will
be present boy and a girl from
each of Al states.
Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
STOUFFER HEADS
ASSOCIATION OF
STATE TEACHERS
Over One Thousand Edu-
Gators Attended Meet
ing Held At Dover
DRY LAW SUPPORTED

With more than a thousand teach
ers in attendance from sections of
the State the annual meeting of the
Delaware State Education Associa-
tion was held in Dover Thursday
evening, Friday and Saturday of last
week.
There was a general business ses-
sion Friday morning and in the af-
ternoon group meetings followed
with the annual banquest in the eve
ming.
At the session Thursday night
Samuel M. Stouffer, superintendent
of the Wilmington schools, was
elected president of the association.
George T. Macklin, of Bridgeville,
was elected vice president. Miss
Ella J. Holley, of New Castle, was
elected a member of the board of
directors for three years. The secre-
tary and treasurer will be named by
the board.
The general session of the asso-
citation opened Friday morning in
the Capital Theatre. DR.. R. C. Hell
fenstein, pastor of Peoples Congre-
gational-Christian Church, gave the
invocation, after which the Dover
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
CARGO OF RUM
DUMPEDNBAY
BY RUM BOAT
Liquor Runner Evidently Missed The Mouth Of The
MisptLLtOn RiUer In Heavy Fog On Sunday Night.
Grounded On Mud Flats Near Slaughter Beach,
Eleven Hundred Cases Were Found
Coast Guardsmen TOnged For The Rum Tuesday
Night And Wednesday Noon. Persons Here Say
DisgracefuL Scenes Were Enacted When Drunken
Coast Guardsmen And CrOIUd Fight

about HOO cases of the 1400 cases
believed to have been dumped into
the bay. Shortly after the guards
had left crowds of men we're busy
hunting for any stray liquor which
had been left. Several cases are
said to have been recovered.
While the search was being made
for the liquor on Tuesday evening
many clashes occurred between the
coast guard and the crowds which
had assembled on the shore to
watch operations. Persons present
are outspoken in their criticism Of
the manner in which the coast
guards handled the situation. The
statement was freely made on We'd
nesday morning that at least seven
of the guards were drunk and that
part of the trouble on the beach was
caused by them. One of the guards
was badly beaten in fight in one
of the shanties along the shore, and
reputable citizens who were present
say that others were so drunk that
they could not attend to their duties.
Some of the nearby residents who
evidently got some of the liquor
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
CLUB MEMBERS TO
DISPLAY POTATOES
Kent County Boys Send Sweets To
National All Congress

Five exhibits of Delaware sweet
potatoes were shipped this week by
Helen L. Comstock, county All club
agent, to Chicago to the National
Boys and Girls Club Congress which
will be held November 81 to Decem-
Der 5.
These exhibits will be in compe-
tion both individually and as a stare
exhibith with sweet potatoes from
other states in the country. Big
Stem Jerseys were grown by Law
renee Cain of FELTON,, Harold Mar
vel of Houston and Dave Vinyard of
Harrington; Big Leaf Up Rivers
were exhibited by Louis Sapp and
James Salisbury of Houston.
The exhibits at the National Con-
gress include products grown or
produced, articles made or animals
raised by All club members over
the entire country in the various
projects-corn, cotton, potatoes,
sweet potatoes, peanuts, poultry,
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20

sent out on first train daily. The
letter from Washington, D. c., is
printed for public information, as
follows:
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
First Assistant Postmaster General
WASHINGTON
November 18th, 1881.
Postmaster,
Milford, Delaware.
My dear Postmaster:
In view of your statement of No
vember 8, 1881, that the opening of
the stamp window at 500 a. m.
does not give the postal patrons and
public mailers proper service, your
recommendation is approved that
service at the stamp window be pro-
vided between the hours of 700 a.
m. and 600 p. m. daily except Sun
days, it being understood that no
additional expense to the Depart
ment will be involved.
Respectfully yours,
ARCH COLEMAN,
First Assistant.
Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
FACT FINDERS
HEAR WILSON ON
PROHIBITIONM ILLS
Deputy Prohibition Com
missioner Addresses
Local Committee
MAJORITY IN FAVOR

That the best people of the State
are supporting Prohibition, was the
assertion made in Milford Monday
night by Harold D. Wilson, deputy
prohibition commissioner for Della
ware in the M. P. Church in a
speech before the Fact Finding
Committee recently organized here.
He did not mean to say, he added,
that all the good people were on the
dry side. There are some on the wet
side, but the wet side also contains
many thugs, thieves and rough
necks. He urged the members to at
tend sessions of court when liquor
cases are being heard. This, he de-
clared, would have its influence be-
cause those who generally attend
the courts are bootleggers. He COM
mended the chief of police of Mil
ford and urged members of the COM
mittee to call on the mayor and
council and talk with them over law
enforcement.
Mr. Wilson said in part:
"Fact finding and law support
ting committees have been found
rumors that are so frequently cir
throughout the State in order to
challenge the wild, irresponsible
culated regarding the liquor situa-
tion. These committees are also
formed TO challenge the assertions
that the best citizens are not in
terested in enforcement of the laws
of nation. state and citV. Look at the
splendid citizens here assembled
are there any better to be found in
the city of Milford? Check up on
the membership of other fact find
ing committees throughout the state
and see for yourself the splendid
type of citizen who is standing
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
GRAND LODGE OF
ODD FELLOWS
MET IN DOVER
Mayor Wallace WOOdfOrd
Of Dover Gave The Ad-
dress Of Welcome
ROUTINE BUSINESS

The Grand Lodge of Delaware, In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows,
convened in Dover in the Odd Fell
lows Temple Thursday morning.
Following the address of welcome
by Mayor Wallace Woodford of Do
yer, Grand Master William A. Mar
ris, called the Grand Lodge to order.
This was followed by the roll call
in which every lodge of Delaware
Odd Fellows was properly repre-
sented.
Routine business occupied the
morning session that adjourned at
IL noon to partake of the Grand
Lodge dinner that was served by the
ladies of the Peoples Church in the
basement of this building.
The afternoon session was taken
up with the enactment of legisla-
tion that was presented for the bet
terment of the fraternity, and cleo
ton of officers. DR.. Lawrence R.
Outten of Laurel, was unanimously
elected Grand Master for the ensu-
ing year.
In the contest for election of
Deputy Grand Master, Harry c..
Pennington of Delaware Lodge, de-
feated w. S. Stout of Fairfax Lodge
No. 8 and J. E. Jefferies of Trinity
Lodge No. Al by a close majority.
Morris A. Tull, of Seaford, was
elected Grand Warden; w. w.
Douty, Grand Secretary and P. j.
Isaacs, Grand Treasurer. S. S. Den
nison was unanimously reelected
Grand Representative.
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
HUNTING SEASON
NOW UNDER WAY
Legal 10 Hunt Quail And Rabbit In
State Until December 81

The cunning season in Delaware
opened on Monday. Thousands of
gunners took to the fields Monday
morning at dawn, Notwithstanding
the heavy fog which blanketed the
entire State. The open season set
by law for ducks, geese, brant and
coot will close at sunset December
Is.
Woodcock may be hunted until
December Is.
Quail and rabbit may be hunted
until December 81.
1t is illegal to shoot pheasants,
swan, wood-ducks, ross geese, cack-
ling geese, snow geese and reed
birds at any time.
The daily bag limit is Is ducks, 1
geese, 4 woodcock, 20 snipes, IL
birds or fowl of any other species
and six animals.
The marshes along the. Delaware
River and Bay, as we'll as Indian
River and Rehoboth Bay provide
ideal shooting grounds for migra-
tory water fowl, but the warm wea-
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Milford chronicle., 1931-11-20
HAWKS FORCED
TOLAND ON FARM
BECAUSE OF FOG
Speed King Gives Up Bat
tie And Spends Night
On Delaware Farm
TRIED ALL ROUTES

After battling the fog for three
hours Captain Frank Hawks, well
known aviator, was forced down at
4:45 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon on
the farm of Dudley Crossley, at
Blackiston, half a mile from Clay
ton. The plane was not damaged
and Captain Hawks escaped injury.
He was on his way to New York to
take part in a broadcast of the '"Fail
Story Club. from the banquet room
of New York hotel.
Asked what his story was to be
Captain Hawks replied:
There is no use in discussing
that now because it is over but the
next one 1 tell is going to be a tall
story about fog"
Captain Hawks was guest of the
Crossleys overnight and left We'd
nesday morning.
The aviator left Wichita, Kan, at
8 o'clock Tuesday morning in his
small Mystery Plane. He was bound
for New York as stated. Everything
went we'll and at Dayton he made
landing for lunch, He left after
lunch and from then on encounter
ed fogs in places. At st. Louis the
fog was bad but at Indianapolis and
Columbus it had lightened and he
felt confident that he could make
his destination. This state of af-
fairs continued and he was informed
by radio that fog conditions were
bad but he decided to force his way
through if possible,
In success Captain Hawks tried
every route except the ocean route.
He was convinced, he said, that the
ocean route would have more fog
than any of the others. At Allen
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