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Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
ARE YOU ENTITLED TO
REWARD FOR SERVICE

A new and impressively beautiful
form today was given to one of
, Americas coveted battle decorations
, when the War Department announce
ed that the modest Silver Star
awarded only for gallantry in ac-
tiOn-will hereafter be worn as a
separate medal.
Thousands of World War heroes
and veterans of the Spanish Ameri-
can War, Philippine Insurrection,
and numerous other campaigns will
be permitted under the new ruling
to wear the modified decoration, con-
sisting of the original Silver Star
superimposed upon a bronze star
of larger proportions and suspend
ed by an appropriate ribbon, white
in background with a central red
stripe, two blue stripes and blue
edges.
Heretofore the Silver Star has
been worn on the ribbon of the serv-
ice medal for the campaigns for
service in which the citations were
awarded and also on the correspond
ing service ribbon.
With the new decoration, Oak Leaf
Clusters will be provided for veter-
ans who have been awarded more
than one citation for gallantry IN
action.
Under Congressional'au authority, the
Silver Star is awarded for each cita-
tion of an officer or enlisted man
for gallantry in action, published in
orders issued from the headquarters
of a force commanded by a general |
officer, or of which a general nor |
mally would be the commander, pro-
vided the feat is not recognized by |
the award Of the Congressional Med
al of Honor or the Distinguished |
Service Cross.
The law prescribes that the Silver
Star shall be worn as the President
shall direct and President Hoover
has given his sanction to the new
separate medal form.
With the recent revival of the
Purple Heart and the new Silver
Star decoration, the War Depart
ment complement of medals is now
filled. 1t covers every act of brav-
cry, heroism, or gallantry in war,
as well as every act of heroism or
extraordinary achievement in peace,
and every distinguished and meri-
Lorious act of extraordinary fidelity =
Dr. of essential Service in war or in
peace. There is now no act of BRAY
cry or of distinguished service on :
he part of an officer or enlisted man
which is not recognizable by an ap-
award.
Application for the new Silver
Star decoration or Oak Leaf Clus- :
ers may be made to the Adjutant
General of the Army, Washington,
D. c. Veterans in the Army or in {
,ivil life whose official citations for
sallantry in action are on file in the :
Var Department and who have been
to wear citation stars on
heir service ribbons are eligible to =
pply.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30

loyalty in his tone caused a great
tugging at her hearstrings. Here
was her reward for all the time and
effort she had given and the incon-
Venience she had put up with in or
der to help Billy carry out his own
little plans, to experiment and con-
struct according to his own fancy.
Billy's training in initiative and
resOnrcefulness dated back to his
high-chair days. Befbre he could
walk, if he sat on the floor and his
ball rolled out of reach his mother
allowed him to crawl after it. When
he began to build towers with his
alphabet blocks, she did not take
the job over and build him a twelve
block tower. Instead, she built a
neat little three-block structure and
then went on about her work. Billy
struggled until he also could build
a three-block tower.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
CHAS. GROVE BADLY
HURT IN AUTO MISHAP
rContinred from Firl. Paael

CCOHtiHHed from FRS Page1
that he could not see Daisey, who
was walking along the side of the
road.
Five Hurt Near SeafOrd
Abraham Die, Is years old, of
Hearn's Cross Roads, was held nn-
der $4,000 bail on Monday, to await
the outcome of injuries suffered by
five persons in an auto crash three
miles west of Seaford Saturday night
and for which he was also fined 1900
on a charge of drunken driving and
$40 on charge of driving without
an operators license. He was COM
mitted in default of bond and fines.
All of the injured persons were
riding in the same car. A nine
months-old infant, lying in a port
able cradle, was thrown clear when
the two cars collide1 and landed on
a soft spot of ground along the road,
unhurt.
The injured are Vivian Wharton,
81 years old, ~ Dover, who suffered
conclusions of the head; his wife,
Mrs. Mildred Wharton, 26 years old,
who suffered like injuries as well as
bruises about the body; Vivian
Wharton, Jr., their son. 4 years old,
who was cut on the forehead and
received leg fractures; Walter King, |
63 years old, and his wife, Claire |
King, Sc years old, who sustained |
of the scalp. The infants |
name is Walter Wharton.
The accident occurred, it was said,
when the car, driven by Die, side
'wiped the one driven by Wharton.
rhe Die car had been swerVing
back and forth across the road be-
ore the crash, it was charged AL
hough the car in which Dize was
'iding turned over three times and
vas wrecked, he escaped with only
light scratches
Die is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
saac Die. The car was owned by
lis brother, Thomas, and it was said
he youth had taken it without his
in order to drive to
Blades.
The injured were given first aid
reatment at Laurel. Corporal
and Privates Holt and Orr,
ttached to the Bridgeville State
'Olice Station, investigated.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30

Later when he tried to draw a cat,
she did not take the pencil and say,
Let Mother draw it," Rather, she
stood his toy cat before him, talked
about its head and legs and eyes and
nose and got him interested in look
ing at it. By this means she encour-
aged him not only to draw but to OBJ
serve.
So all through the years Billy had
felt the influence of her indirect
guidance, although he had never had
occasion to give expression to his
feeling of appreciation until the day
that his mother had been made hap
py by listening to his conversation
with Dick
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
ROSES REQUIRE WARMER
GREENHOUSES THAN VI0LETS

Greenhouses raising violets and
azaleas are kept at a temperature
from 40 to As degrees; carnations, so
to 55 degrees; roses and mush-
rooms, 55 to 60 degrees; orchids, 60
to 65 degrees, according to scientists
of the research department of the
Petroleum Heat and Power Com
pany, makers of 'PetrO-Nokor' oil
burning equipment For general
purposes a temperature of 55 to 60
degrees is maintained, and for fore
ing, about five degrees higher. Many
of the larger greenhouses now use
automatic oil heaters, which can
maintain a constant temperature ir-
respective of any change in outside
temperature.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
WILL RETIRE FROM P. r. R.

William N. Hearn, we'll known
clerk at the Pennsylvania Railroad
freight station at Laurel, will be re-
tired from active duty on Saturday
October 1, after a service record of
40 years and II months.
He was first employed on the rail-
road as clerk, effective May "a,
1886, and was alternately furlough-
ed or re-employed seasonally until
April l, 1894, after which date he
remained in continuous service as
clerk until October 1, 1882, when his
name will be placed upon the rail-
roads honor roll.
Mr.. Hearn's long and faithful ca
reer, during which time he has been
in constant contact with the travel
ing and shipping public, has made
him host of friends, who will miss
MS cheeTy gTeetlng anu pa1HstdK1TTg
efforts to render courteous and help
full service.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
INTERVIEWING MYSELF
Bv VIM. Feather

Q. Do you approve of private ow.
nership of the means of production
and why?
A. favor the present system be-
cause it has demonstrated that il
promotes the welfare of all the peo-
pie better than any other system
that has been devised and tried up
to this time.
Q. What features of the present
system do you like best?
A. The fittest survive under this
system, and consumers decide who
J the survivors shall be. That is the
best feature of the system.
Q. What feature of the present
system 10 you dislike the most?
A. The cycles of business activity
which lead to helpless unemplOy-
ment and the destruction of values.
@. Do you think that this evil can
be corrected?
A. The violence of the swings can
be curbed, but the excesses of hu-
man nature are at the root of the
evil and they cannot be radically
altered.
@. Do you think any man can
honestly earn a million dollars in
lifetime?
A. A man can honestly earn a mill
lion dollars in a single year. Under
conditions of industrial liberty, a
man is entitled to a prize of any
size.
@. What economic study has in
fluenced you the most profoundly?
A. Henry Georges Progress and
Poverty, read in my early twenties.
In later years 1 began to question
the complete wisdom of the theory.
Q. What is the most important
advice to give young man?
A. Tell him to pay his bills
promptly and live within his in
come, however small.
Q. What kind of recreation do you
like best?
A. Lively conversation, involving
the exchange of ideas.
@. If you had to give up some
modern convenience, where on your
list would you put your automobile? |
A. 1t would be the last | should !
WANT " give up. WlIuOuL IL L SHOulu |
be isolated from many friends.
Q. What do you prize above ev-
erything?
A. Health.
@. What next?
A. A feeling of moderate economic
@. What next?
A. 1 refuse to answer.
@. What displeases you the most?
A. Monotony.
@. How do you escape it?
A. l try to escape it by living a
yaried and busy life, always being
Wiling to take a chance on being
'ored if there is an even chance that
may be interested.
Q. Where would you like to spend
ternity?
A. The possibility that 1 might
ave to spend eternity in any one
'lace or condition is most depres-
ing.
Q. How do you think the Russian
experiment. will turn out? ,
A. In ten or fifteen years the Rus I
ians will work around to a plan !
omewhat like our present system.
@. Do you foresee a day when the {
of the pre-crash will be {
xceeded? /
A. Yes, within this decade. :
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
HIS BEST CROP OF CORN

: John Farrow, who is farming the
Meeker farm, two miles west of Mil
ford, on the Milford-Harrington road
this year boasts the best crop OF
corn that he has ever known. He
has a twenty-acre field of early
planted corn and there are very few
ears that do not measure more than
a foot in length and eighteen or
more plaits around. No manure or
phosphate has been used on the en-
tire field. The corn crop was pre-
ceded by crops of string beans and
cucumbers.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30

Trophy winners-16-yard event:
Glass Al. B. Grier, 50x50.
Glass B-H. c. Williamson, 49x50 /;
N. C. Longmire, 49x5O. Shoot off,
Williamson, 25x25; Longmire, 21x25.
Glass C-J. P. Hammond, 4Sx50
Glass D - c. N. Scarborough,
S9x50; E. T. Larkin, 39x5O; F. w.
Bradway, 39x5O Shoot oq, Scarbor-
ough, 21x25; E. T. Larkin, 24x25;
Bradway not present at shoot-off.
Handicap. P. Hammond, 25X25,
19 yards; F. NJ. Yearsley, 25x25, 10
yards.
Doubles-C Glass A and B, H. c.
Williamson, 2Ox24; c. w. Jenkins,
2Ox24; J. G. Highield, 2Ox24; G. I.
Sylvester 2Ox24 Shoot off. William
son, 20x25; Jenkins, 16x24; J. G..
Highfield, 16x24; G. !. Sylvester,
15x24.
Glasses c and D-N. Scarborough,
2lX24.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
FOREST PARK
(Near BridgeTille)

The stork visited Mr.. and Mrs
Will Handoloser recently and left
them a fine daughter. The little
Miss will be called Rose Reed
Chas. P. O'Day of near Bridge
Vile is suffering with blood poison
on his right arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Houston are
the proud parents of a fine daugh-
ter, born last weeks She will be call
>ed Elsie Mae.
Y Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Tucker, Jr.,
returned home a few days ago from
New Haven. Conn, where they have
been living for the past summer. Mr..
Tucker has seCUTeu DUy1TIUH III
the button factory in fredericksburg,
Md.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
BURRSYILLE FARMER
HANGS SELF ON TREE

Wilbur Welch, 59-year-old farmer
of near Burrsville, Md, on the Della
ware side of the line,' hanged himself
from an apple tree, 200 yards from
his house, early last Friday.
His feet were almost touching the
groud when the body was found. A
corn knife, the blade of which was
keenly sharp, was lying at the foot
of the tree. The presumption is that
had he failed in hanging himself he
would have ended his life by cutting
his throat. He is survived by his
wife and several children. The fam
lily can assign no cause for the act.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
WILLIAMSON In TIE
WITH POST HAMMOND
[C0ntinned fr0m First Paael

Matt Yearsley and Post Hammond
both shooting from 10 yards, kept
the handicap well in hand with per-
feet scores to their credit and as
first and second prizes were identi-
cal did not bother to shOOt-Off.
Bill Williamson won Glass A and
B doubles after a four-cOrner tie
with Charlie Jenkins, George Syl-
vester and Clip Highfeld, all of
whom broke 20X24. In the shoot-off
Bill duplicated his original effort
while his nearest competitor only
broke 16x24. Scarborough's shooting
in Glass D took care of c and d
Glass in the doubles with 21x24
This effort was the high gun in this
division and certainly deserved the
win in this section.
The scores:
l6 Yd. Hide. Dbls. Total
H. c. Will
hanson. .49x5O 2Sx25 2Ox24 92x99
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
TWO GAMES OF BASE
BALL THIS AFTERNOON
rC0ntinned from Firm Paoel

ner collected four hits; though CT
hocki, like the rest of the Whining
ton team, could not do much against
the down-Staters' pitching.
The Wilmington Club is anxious
to win these games and will bring
the best they have in an attempt to
avenge the previous defeats. These
games should be even better than
those on Wednesday, though they
were hard to beat for good base bali.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
Tntnls
DOWN STATE ALL STARS
Total.

Wilmington L 10000 O-I
Down State o 0 0 2 0 2 2 x-G
Summary: base hit: Hurley 8 base
hit: Johnson. Stolen base: E. Locates.
Left on bases: Down State G; Will
mington 2. Bases on balls: Off Talley
l; off Theander 2. Struck out: By Tai
ley. 8; by Thelander, 6. Runs batted in
Slater, Gormley. Johnson. 3. Umpires:
ManloVe and HardestY.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-AbruZzi seed rye. Jerry
Temin, Shawnee Milford. s90-2tp
FOR SALE-Double barrel shot gun.
Make, Ithica, hammerless. 107 Mont
gomery street, Milford. 1tp
FOR SALE-Modern dwelling i'm Mil
ton. Del. rooms, bath, lights. wa
ter, heater, double lot large garage.
Reasonable. Apply Raymond Spencer.
Milton, Del. s30-3tp
FOR SALE-Lot Edison Ambrola
Records, cents a piece. Lot of Edison
plate records 10 cents piece. Also lot
of victrola needle records. 10 cents
each. Mrs. E. H. Bratten, Red Star
Drug Store, Milford SCOTT
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
Totals
DOWN STATE ALL STARS

Wilmington OOO1OO-1
Down State o 0O1 1 1 X-3
Summary: base hits Holloway,
Thomas. 3 base hit: East. Sacrifice hits
johnson, East, Cain. Left on bases:
Down State 8: Wilmington 4. Bases on
balls: off Slaalien l; off Rawley, ).
First base on errors: Holloway, Zeb-
ley. Runs batted in: Holloway. Thomas,
jackson, Slaalien.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30
FOUND

FOJTND-In Milford, bird dog about
months old, white with tan ears and
face marking. Owner can have same by
paying for this ad and seeing George
Slater, Milford 1t
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-30

that lie could not see Daisey, who
was walking along the side of the
Evening star., 1932-06-19

Racing sloops match speed
of Newport, r. I. The Vanitie
Tin front) and the Weetamoe.
with Harold S. Vanderbilt,
millionaire sportsman, at the
wheel, ran into a calm, which
halted this first race.
9 Associated Press Photo.
Evening star., 1932-06-19

hair frsn arms. lsss snA face. Psinlsss,
sAerless. harmless. Gives skin beo1tifal
Get II st arug stores. department. stores,
beauty Dosles. es seaA 36e fer go h
plain wrapper. Nay - ussd many times.
Money prsnD1ly refunded u nss satisAsd.
We pay postage. Daby-TsUeA Hair r.
never Co., e3lo-A Olive n. -. Leuis,
He.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
BODY.
EXPANDED

The original welfare committee
of the Department of the Interior
has recently been expanded to in
clude representatives from each
of the bureaus Of the department
and from the Secretary's office.
The committee also will have
charge of the proceeds received
from the Welfare and Recrea-
tional Association of Public Build
ings and Grounds, as a result OF
the operation of the cafeteria and
candy counter in the Interior
Building.
These funds, together with
funds already in the hands of the
original welfare committee, are
loaned to needy employees of the
department under strict regula-
tionS.
The regulations require repay
ment of the loans, without in
terest, in specified amounts, on
specified dates.
Miss Sallie A. B. Coe is treas
urer of the committee,
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
DRY. FORCE TOLD
GRIN At GUT"

One of the few memoranda
issued by a Government official to
his subordinates asking cheerful
submission to the economy bill
provisions is written by Col. Amos
w. W. Woodcock, chief Of the
Bureau of Prohibition, for all en-
ployes, clerical, field and other
wise.
Colonel woodcock says that the
men hitherto called agents are
now officially termed investiga'
tors. This is "the real role you
are expected to fill," he says, de.
claring:
81 believe the courage and
morale of this organization was
never better. / am proud Of It"
Continuing. Colonel Woodcok
says about the salary cut and
furlough:
"After all, with the obvious
fact that the country as a
whole is in greater financial
straits than in the memory Of
any one of US, it should be a
pleasure as well as a duty to
do our part in endeavOring to
reduce the public expenditure.
think If you embrace this
idea whOle-heartedly, you will
find a spiritual satisfaction in
doing your part in this way for
the general good.
Congress, in its wisdom, has
seen fit to reduce our apprO-
priation for the coming fiscal
year by 10 per cent. 1t has
also imposed what amounts to
an 8 per cent cut in sal
aries by the sO-called furlOugh
plan. We must accept this
mandate just as cheerfully as
If an increase had been pro.
vided. instead. 1t is the old
lesson of discipline"
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
A. F. |. To BACK
NEW FEDERAL
ASSOCIATION
Nucleus Will Be Members
Who Quit National Fed
eration's Ranks

The resignation of John Ar
thur Shaw and Miss Sophie
Bergner, leaders of the insur-
gents of the National Fedora
ton of Federal Employees, from
membership in the organiza-
tion will be followed by others,
with strong indication that a
new association would be
formed next fall.
The nucleus Of the new organi'
zation, which was suggested
months ago by President William
Green, of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, will be the joint
conference on affiliation and the
committee on legislation affecting
federal employees, both recently
formed by members of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal En-
ployes, headed b. Shaw and
Miss Bergner, who were dissatis-
fled with present leadership.
Changes His Views
Pending efforts to bring the
organized Government workers
back into the fold of affiliation,
President Green previously had
said no steps would be taken to
form the new organization.
OF late, however, he has be-
come convinced that Luther C..
Steward and Gertrude McNally,
leaders of the National Fedora
ton, will never consent to re-
affiliation while they are in
office.
Green has indicated recently
that he is about ready to press
the new organization plan.
Loss of the National Fedora
ton membership-variously esti-
mated at from $4,000 to $4,000
by the A. F. Of L.-was keenly
felt by the latter. which had
little success previously in inter-
eSting white collar" workers in
the trade union movement.
Paid Assessment
The National Federation paid
a per capita assessment to the
A. F. of L. which helped finan-
cially.
The strong efforts made by
the A. F. of L. for legislation ia
vorable to Government workers
is expected to be the chief argu-
ment for membership.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
DALE At TACkS
RETIREMENT

The provision of the economy
bill which enforces retirement of
all Federal employees who have
reached the retirement age for
the class Of service is unconStitu-
tional, and is a deliberate and un.
necessary breaking off by the
Government of its solemn con.
tract with employees who began
working for the Government with
in the past IS years.
This is the expression Of Sena.
tor Porter H. Dale RJ, of Yer
mont, who, as chairman of the
Senate Civil Service Committee
has actively participated in all
Capitol legislation affecting Fed
eral employees.
Senator Dale calls it "a clear
breach of contract and of trust"
on the part of the Government to
legislate suddenly that those en-
ployes who may have reached the
retirement age, but are still COM
petent to do good work, and have
good records. must be removed
even if some have worked IA
years, almost 15." He quotes the
Constitution in his support.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
DRIVER JAILED
On NEW PLANT

Albert C. Day, so Raleigh st.
8. E., driver of the taxicab IN
which James Berry. of Oxon Hill,
Md, was riding when he was
shot and seriously wounded by
Maryland State Policeman J. r.
Miller, was one of three alleged
drunken drivers sentenced to the
House of Correction by Judge j.
Chew Sheriff in the Upper Marl-
boro Police Court.
Day was already at liberty un-
der $1,000 bond for an appeal
from a conviction on charges Of
driving while drunk and reckless
driving, preferred by the State
trooper after the shooting affair.
Berry was shot when Officer
Miller fired at the taxicab after
it. had knocked his motorcycle
into a ditch.
Arrested again, this time by
State Policeman j. r. Buckworth.
he was sentenced to seven months
in the House of Correction on
the drunken driving charge.
Another second offender. Louis
Lynch, of Anacostia, D. c., was
given six months in the House
Of Correction for operating his
machine while intoxicated.
Chester johnson. colored. was
sentenced to the House of Cor
rection for IL months for driv'
ing while drunk.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
DUE
CERTIFICATES

The more than 1000 Wash
ingtonians who, for the past five
days have been strenuously mas
tering the art Of swimming at
81 local pools, are taking the
rigid beginners tests today under
the watchful eye Of instructors
and guards.
Successful passage of these
tests entities the swimmers to
possession of formal certificates
Results are being announced as
each student succeeds or fails in
diving into deep water, swimming
out Is feet. letting the feet down,
turning around and swimming
back to the starting point.
The certificates, however, will
not be awarded until some day
next week. Plans are being made
for formal presentation at one
of the larger and centrally To-
Gated pools, where for the first
time all the students and instruc-
tors will be assembled in one
place.
The "learn-to-swim week" this
year, according to Comdr. w. E.
Longfellow, of the American Red
Cross, has been one of the most
successful in the history Of the
District.
Candidates were more prompt
than usual in registering for the
courses and, according to the 80
instructors, they were as faithful
and enthusiastic and certainly as
vociferous as any beginners
classes in the National Capital.
The Washington times., 1932-07-16
2 Sets of Brothers
Sent to Penitentiuru

RICHMOND Va, July 16.-Two
sets of brothers found guilty Of
an attempt to rob Hevener's store
at Hightown have been sentenced
to penitentiary terms ranging
from to 8 years.
Bradley Roy, 18, and Melvin
Mowrey, 10, received six-year
terms each, while eight-year terms
were meted Elmer Roy and Clar-
ence Mowrey, both 20 years old.
Bradley Roy and Melvin Now
rey were shot in attempting to
escape, but were not seriously IN
jured.