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Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
GOOD ADVICE FOR A SAFE FOURTH OF JULY.

This the nation will celebrate the Fourth of July
with three-day holiday Such period for recreation
ALL unusual length doubles the ha
ards danger which will be exposed.
accident day of the
This the tragic unless guards
closely safety list of "dons all
the National Bureau
ualty and Surety Underwriters and follows
If drive caT-Drve Safely:
recklesslyits a holiday and there's
ty of time.
frst-class condition.
the side of the to the right
Don't drive long without rengmental apses due to
fatigue accidents
pass unless clear view ahead;
traffic nes don't fail to slow down
intersections.
you go swmming-Swm Safely:
Don't ATTEMPT marathon by swimming too long
q deep you're not a strong
swimmer.
g. Don't swim away the crowd"In unity there is
strength"
duckng others in frightening weak
swimmers children
long the poisoning is injurious and
be fatal
If you celebrate with Observation-Disclosures Safely:
hand throw them q
others.
explode frecrackeTs combusibe materials.
loaded with real cartridges
pistols dangerous enough
a. injuries, the most minor
medatey and negenty Tetanus poisoning works slowly but
surely.
get a display of freworks-premature
explosions
Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
BOARD DISCUSSES
SCHOOL ECONOMY
State Officials Scan Bud
get To Make Ten Per
Cent Cut Requested
FINAL ACTION TODAY

At a meeting of the State Board of
Education at Dover last Friday
which lasted for a large part of the
day, the greater part of the time
was spent in a discussion of how to
reduce the expenses of the body ten
per cent as requested by Gov. c.
Douglass Buck at a recent confer
ence. The members of the body went
over every item of the budget care
fully. AS pointed out at the meet
ing held with the governor, it is i'm
possible to reduce the salaries of
the teachers because contracts were
signed with them for the coming
school year before the reduction in
expenses was discussed.
Final action was not taken, but it
is expected that the matter will be
further discussed and action taken
at a meeting to be held in Whining
ton today.
There was some discussion over
closing School No. 40, in Sussex
county, but as the required number
of children are attending it was de-
cided to continue the school in op-
Grafton. Fairview No. Is. in Kent
county. vas ordered closed. 1t was
also decided to drop the seventh and
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Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
CHANNEL BASS CAUGHT
AT BETHANY BEACH
GAP Humes Had To Use Garden
Hoe To Scale His Catch

Gal" Humes, one of NIilford's s
most ardent followers of the Izaak
Walton sport, made a record catch
last week while fishing at Bethany
Beach. The fish was a channel bass
which measured three feet. two
inches long and weighed twenty-One
and one-quarter pounds. The fish
was probably the largest ever
caught by any rod and reel sports
man in this vicinity
Humes brought the fish home and
proceeded to prepare it for the ta-
BILE The only way he could scale
the fish was to nail it to large
board and scale it with a garden
hoe. The scales were larger than a
twenty-five cent piece. After this
operation was over he cut the fish
up into twenty large steaks.
Channel bass are not very plenti-
full along the Delaware coast. Some
years ago at Dewey Beach there
were few caught but at the pres
ent time most of them are caught
between Bethany Beach and the In
dian River Inlet.
Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
PLAN new INLET
AT OCEAN CITY
Chief Engineer And Sec
retary Of War Approve
Project Costing $75O,OOO
MARYLAND TO AID

Brigadier General Lytle Brown,
chief engineer of the army. and the
Secretary Of War have approved the
recommendations of the district en-
gineer for the construction of a pro-
posed inlet from the Atlantic Ocean
into Sinepuxent Bay, about five
miles south of Ocean City, Md.
which commits the government to
one of the most important river and
harbor projects on the Eastern
Shore, so far as the fishing industry
of that state, Delaware and New
Jersey is concerned
Several weeks ago a representa-
tive delegation of citizens from Eas-
tern Shore towns together with the
two Maryland Senators, and Senator
John, G. Townsend, Jr., of Delaware,
appeared before the Board of Engi-
neers for Rivers and Harbors and
urged that the recommendations of
the district engineer be accepted.
Testimony at this hearing devel-
oped that such an inlet would great
ly benefit fishermen from as far
north as Massachusetts and as far
south as Virginia. Senator Tydings
of Maryland told the board that
such an inlet would afford the only
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Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
DRIVER HELD ON MAN
SLAUGHTER CHARGE
Milford Negro Who Figured In Fatal
- Accident Must Face Jury

julius F. Henry, colored, of Mil
ford, was held under $4,000 bail for
the Court of Oyer and Terminer in
Wilmington, following an inquest
conducted in the Levy Court room,
Wednesday night, by a jury sum-
moned by Coroner George A. Ped
rick TO probe the death on June
of George Burris, negro, of Wash
ington, d. c.
Witnesses testified that Henry had
been driving a truck in and out of
traffic on the DUPONT Boulevard just
north of Smyrna, and in passing one
machine crashed into the truck
driven by Burris. The truck driven
by the latter burst into flames fol-
lowing the collision, and Burris was
burned to death before he could be
rescued.
Henry, who was arrested on a
charge of manslaughter after the
accident, had been released under
$4,000 but was surrendered by his
bondsman on Tuesday. In default of
bail Wednesday night, he was COM
mitted to the New Castle County
WoTkhouse.
Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
ENLISTMENT OF
STATE POLICE
Highway Commission To
Consider New Plan At
Meeting June 28
TO AID EFFICIENCY

All members of the State Police
may be enlisted in the organization
for two-year term beginning July
first.
The question of enlisting the
State Police for a definite period in
place of the present system of ap-
pointing them to serve indefinitely
will come before the State Highway
Commission at its next meeting on
June %.
Superintendent C. c. Reynolds of
the State Police in the meantime
will take the proposal up before W
w. Mack, chief engineer of the State
Highway Department.
Mr.. Reynolds discussed the pro-
posal at meeting of his sergeants.
1t was stated that an enlistment
policy would tend to increase the
efficiency of the organization.
At the end of the two-year enlist
ment period, the records of the men
would be examined and it will then
be determined whether the records
of any disqualify them for re-enlist-
ment.
The enlistment proposal would in
no sense place the officers on a mil
itary basis. The new system would
not infringe upon their personal lib
erty. No military routine would be
enforced.
Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
REGISTRARS ARE
APPOINTED FOR
KENT and SUSSEX
Four Are Designated For
Each Election District
In Each County
TO REGISTER VOTERS
Five Registration Days
This Year To Register
All Voters

Appointment of election officers
for rural New Castle and Sussex
counties to serve on the five regis
tration days this year and at the
general election in November, was
announced on Tuesday by Governor
Bucf. The officers include one reg
istrar, two assistants and an alter
nate registrar in each election dis
trict.
Election officers for the 14O cleo
tiOn districts in Wilmington were
appointed recently by the Whining
ton Department of Elections.
The registration law of 1881 pro-
videssthat the county executive COM
mittee of each of the two principal
political parties shall, on or before
May 1, furnish to the Governor a
list of five names of properly quail
flied persons for each election dis
trict outside of Wilmington as the
nominee of such political party for
the registration officers of such
election district and the Governor
shall make his appointments from
such lists; provided, however, that
if the lists of names are not fur
nished the Governor shall appoint
some suitable person or persons Of
each political party as registration
officers.
Kent and Sussex counties did this
but New Castle county failed to act
in time.
The registration. officers named
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Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
URGES PARENTS TO
WATCH CHILD'S HEALTH
DIR. j. B. DerricksOn, Sussex Health
Officer, Gives Advice

DR.. John B. DerricksOn, Sussex
county health officer, has issued the
following statement which is of in
terest to all parents:
Parents all believe the child
should enter school free from physi-
cal defects. His road ahead is going
to be hard enough without such ham
dicaps as we can have removed. The
best time to check on the physical
condition of the child who next Sep
tember will for the first time go to
school, is right now. If in the ear
lier summer remediable defects are
corrected. the child will have ample
time for recuperation; nor will his
school attendance later have to be
interrupted for such matters. In
case the child is malnourished a
way may be discovered to bring up
his weight before September. Ger
tainly no child should enter school
without being successfully vacci
mated against small pox and i'm
munized against diphtheria. The
summer is a good time to have these
things attended to. Bring your pre-
school children to the clinic nearest
you.
The following schedule has been
arranged:
June 22-9 a. m. Lewes, colored;
1890 a. m, Rehoboth, colored; 2 p.
m, Rehoboth, white. at Baby Clinic
Arcade Building, RehobOth.
June 23-9 a. m, Selbyville. white;
1920 a. M, Selbyville, colOred; l p.
M. ROxana and Williamsville, at
ROxana.
June 24-9 a. M, Delmar, white;
8 a. m., Owens, TussOky, at Delmar.
June 27-9 a. m, Lord Baltimore,
also Halls, at Lord Baltimore; 1890
a. M, Blackwater, colored.
June 2S-9 a. M, HarbesOn and
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Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
OLD DEEDS SHOW LEWES
AS SUSSEX co. CAPITAL
Milton Man Has Interesting DOcU-
4 ments OF Historic Value

fra S. Hazard, real estate broker
Bf Milton, has two old and rare
deeds or indentures, which recently
he loaned to the Zwaaendael Dutch
House, in Lewes, for exhibition.
They have been attracting much at
tention from residents of Delaware,
Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland
and New Jersey, who have been in
Lewes and visited the building,
which was constructed by the State
and recently dedicated, in commem-
Grafton of the 300th anniversary of
the landing of the Dutch at Lewes
One of the deeds bears date of
1888 and has three seals on it. One
of the seals is the Black seal of the
town of Lewes when it was the
county seat of Sussex county, prior
to Georgetown becoming the county
seat. The seal has the words evil
liam Penn, Proprietary printed on
it, The second seal is that of the
State of Delaware. while the third
one is a small private seal. Both
deeds or indentures have the same
seals, but bear different dates. The
date of the second deed is 1776.
They are the only two deeds in
existence, so far as can be traced,
that have the courthouse seal on
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Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
Early White Potato Crop
Is Being Shipped North
TLUeLUe CGFLOt ShipnentS HaUe Been Made Thus Far
From TUO Virginia Counties Of Peninsula; Predict
Small Yield This Year.

the cold weather which prevailed
throughout March and April is said
to be contributing cause to the de-
crease in yield.
In some sections. however. the
yield is expected to be heavier than
last season. The estimated yield for
the Eastern Shore of Maryland, bas-
ed on survey the first of this
month, seems to indicate that the
production may be about ten bush
els per acre more. Much, However,
will depend on weather conditions
from now until the latter part of
next month. The prices, so early in
the season, are not very encourag-
ing to the growers. Growers are
hoping that as the season progress
es the markets will become strong
er.
All markets have become strong
er except Philadelphia and New
York.
Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
IMPROVING CAMP
OF STATE MILITIA
Coal Crates Being Installed In Cook
ing Ranges At Bethany Beach

In order to facilitate the tasks of
the cooks of the various batteries of
the 19Sth Coast Artillery, A. A, Del
aware National Guard, during the
coming encampment and field train
ing at Bethany Beach, this summer,
coal CRATES have been installed in all
the ranges in the mess halls at the
camp. Weller E. StOver, adjUtant
general, with a detail of mechanics
and men was at the camp at Bethany
Beach this week directing the install
lation of the CRATES.
The camp will start on Saturday,
July 80, and continue for Is days. In
addition to the installation of the
coal CRATES, the equipment of the
19Sth Coast Artillery, has been in
creased by the recent addition of
two 1918 model, trailer mount. three
inch anti-aircraft guns. This makes
total of six of these guns, two for
each of the three-inch gun batteries,
Batteries B, and D, of the First
Battalion.
Authorization has also been re-
ceived for the equipment of two more
of the old Liberty trucks with pneu-
matte tires, air brakes and electric
lights and generator Five of the
trucks have already been equipped
with these improvements. The two
additional ones will be so equipped
at an early date. The pneumatic
tires nearly double the speed of the
trucks, which were made during
1917 and 1918 for use in the World
War. The speed with solid tires is
about 16 to Is miles an hour. With
pneumatic tires the trucks will trav-
ell from 80 to 35 miles an hour.
Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
TO BE-
HELD DOVER
Music For Washington
Celebration To Be Fur
nished By Soldier Band
PUBLIC is INVITED

The widely known military band
stationed at Fort duFOnt will fur
nish military and popular music.
old and new at the elaborate page
ant which will be held in Dover on
the afternoon. of Thursday, June 30.
as a climax to Delaware's observ-
ance of the two hundredth anniver-
.sary of the birth Of George Wash
ington.
Former Governor Robert P. Rob-
inson of Wilmington. chairman OF
the Delaware State Commission for
the celebration of the bicentennial
of Washington's birthday has ar
ranged for the presence Of the mil
itary band at the pageant.
While the pageant which will de-
pict events in the life of Washing
ton will be elaborate it will not
prove to he a great expense. The
commission has endeavored to keep
all expense down in view of pres
ent conditions. No formal invita-
tions will be sent out by the conf
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Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
ODD FELLOWS TO HOLD
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Annual Affair VIII Be Held Sunday
With DIR. f. B. Short As Speaker

Next Sunday. June 26, at 2:3O o.
clock p. m, Crystal Fount Lodge,
No. 10, l. o. o. F., will observe the
annual custom of holding its men,
orial service to departed members
of this order.
This years service will be of the
usual high standard. The service
will be held in the grove of the Odd
Fellows cemetery. near the main en-
trance on North Walnut street.
Members of Crystal Fount Lodge
are highly elated over the fact that
they have secured as the principal
speaker, DR.. Francis Burgette
Short, a well known Delawarean
and a beloved citizen of Milford,
who is thoroughly familiar with the
inside workings of fraternal organi-
cations and knows the feelings of
the membership when a brother
passes on. DR.. Short has many bos-
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Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
CHIEF JUSTICE PENNEWILL
Is 7S YEARS OLD

Chief Justice James Penne-
will observed his 18th birthday
anniversary last Thursday. In
honor of the event the mem
bers of the Supreme Bench
presented him with a black
leather brief case. Judge Pen
newill has been on the State
bench for 35 years.
The presentation was made
by Chancellor Josiah o. VOL
colt at the home of the chief
justice at Dover. Inclosed with
the gift was a note reading as
follows:
Your associates on the Su-
preme Court bench embrace
the occasion of your birth an
niversary, by this little gift,
to express their highest es-
TEEN for you and to wish you
many happy returns of the
day and that continued good
health and happiness may be
your lot.
Chief Justice Pennewill was
admitted to the bar i'm 1878.
He was appointed a judge in
1897 and has been chief justice
since 1909.
Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24

The early white potato crop has
started moving from Accomac and
Northampton counties, the two Vir-
ginia counties of the Del-Mar-Va
Peninsula. Covering the period from
June 8 to June IA this section has
sent out twelve carlot shipments as
compared with 1876 carlots for the
same period last season. Last year
the total shipments from the Eas-
tern Shore of Virginia reached A.
931 carlOts.
The Norfolk section has shipped
so far this season 118 carlots and
boat lots as compared with 234 for
the corresponding period last year.
There is every indication that the
yield will not be as heavy this year
as last, and that the crop is some
what late in maturing.
Some have estimated that the
crop will be more than one-third
less. Lack of rainfall, coupled with
Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
S645,OOO,OOO new
TAXLAW IS NOW
In OPERATION
Treasury Yield From
Wide Range Of Imports
To Balance Budget
EVASIONS THREATEN
Postal Rate Levies, Those
On Use OF Boats Start
In July n

The revenue producing machinery
of the government began turning
faster Tuesday night, bringing. into
the Treasury additional millions un-
der the new tax bill designed to bal
ance the budget for the first time in
two years.
When the clock struck twelve the
major features of the new measures
went into effect, calculated to return
1854, 100000 of the $1,118,5 100000 ad-
ditiOnal taxes sought.
Corporation and income taxes are
applicable as of January 1, 1882,
while certain items have been in eff
feet since passage of the bill on
June 6.
The only taxes remaining to be
imposed are those on postal rates
and the tax on use of boats, collec-
lively expected to return $160,500,-
600. These go into effect early in
July.
The bill is designed to balance a
Treasury profit and loss sheet which
for two years has had its closing
entry written in red.
fOT the USCdl year 6Hu6u June oU,
last, the deficit was $903,000,000,
while another of approximately 49,
100000 is seen by officials for the
present fiscal year.
The account at the close of bust
ness on June II, showed a deficit of
$2,75S, ,392,190 This figure. however,
was rendered more favorable by the
days payments of income taxes on.
the second quarters installments.
EVaSi0nS Threaten
Reports of various methods of
evading certain of the taxes already
are reaching Washington. A threat
ened loss of $17OOO,O0O in the new
gasoline taxes, due to huge accumu-
lations of stocks by dealers, has
been met in a House bill to limit
such accumulation to $4,000 barrels.
The Senate has yet to act.
Other reports told of the issuance
of receipts by banking institutions
in lieu of counter checks which,
treasury officials say will Illustrate
the levy.
A new set of regulations govern
ing collection of the taxes was made
public by the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau. covering communications,
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Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
Urges Farm Youth To Cut
Huge Rural Fire Losses
Club Boys And Girls Hear Department OF AgricuL-
tuTe Official Explain Reasons For Heavy Losses By
Fire. Urges Rural Fire Department Program.

quate water storage on farms and at
rural public buildings for fighting
fire, and installation of proper fire
eXtinguishers and fire appliances in
farm and rural buildings.
To emphasize how heavily the
present fire losses on farms are tax
ing American agriculture, Doctor
Price cited Oregon as an example of
State where the per capita fire
loss in 1880 was $19.35, or nearly
three times the per capita tax of
$712 for State Government that
year.
This fire tax of approximately
500 per capita of farm population is
especially serious at the present
time. It is tax upon every bushel
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Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24

Losses of both life and property
from fires on farms and in rural
communities are increasing, DR.. Da-
vid J. Price of the Bureau of Chem
istry and Soils, U. s. Department of
Agriculture, told boys and girls of
the All Clubs at Mondays meeting
in Washington. He said that the
All Clubs can render a valuable
service to their communities and
their country by undertaking def
mite work COR farm fire prevention.
Doctor Price urged a program
which will promote the organization
of Dural fire department in every
farming community; arrangement
for suitable fire alarm systems
which will assure prompt fire de-
partment service; provision for ade-
Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
CITIZENS ASS0.
TO CONTINUE
STATE PROGRAM
Work To Be Limited,
However, Because Of
Scarcity Of Funds
WORK IS REVIEWED
Present Officers Will Be
Reelected At Meeting
To Be Held Soon
WORK IS REVIEWED

At least a skeleton of the Della
ware Citizens Association will be
retained, even if it he found impos-
sible to work on as large a scale as
heretofore, was determined at the
annual meeting of the body held
Friday afternoon at the Hotel du-
Pont BiltmOre in Wilmington. The
vast work accomplished by the or
ganization in the State was pointed
out by several persons after the
yearly reports were presented. The
subscriptions promised three years
ago of 100000 each year expired
this month, and means of obtaining
finances for the continuation of the
work were discussed at the meeting
last Friday. While it is improbable
the same sum will be subscribed
this year, those present felt it would
be a great loss educatiOnally to the
State to discontinue the Organiza-
tion, and it was decided to retain its
functions as far as possible on ac-
quired subscriptions.
Upon the suggestion of George S.
Williams, president of the State
Board of Education, a motion urg-
ing the reelection of the present
personnel of the organization was
adopted. Officers, accordingly, will
be elected at meeting of the board
of managers of the association to be
held some time within the next two
weeks.
H. Fletcher Brown, treasurer of
the association. to whom the mem
bership is indebted for securing
funds to finance the three-year pro-
gram which ended June 1. reported
receipts for the last fiscal year
amounting to S59,69433 and expend-
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REFLECT FRANK JONES
STEWARDS BOARD HEAD

At the annual meeting of the
district stewards, of Dover
district of the Wilmington M.
E. Conference, held in Wesley
M. E. Church at Dover, the ap-
portionments for the year for
the district superintendent and
the bishop fund were made the
same as in former years.
The same officers were re-
elected. They include: presi-
dent, Frank M. Jones, George
town, Del; Thomas Davis, of
Milford, secretary, and George
H. Thomas, of Dover, treas
urer.
Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
JURORS SELECTED
FOR KENT COURT
George Elliott, JOnOthan Willis And
Elias Galloway From 10th District.

Elias Galloway From 10th District.
County Jury Commissioners Hop
kins and Hope drew the following
panel of petit jurors for the July
tenn of courts:
First district - Norman Short,
George w. Malcomb. Lee G. Gooden
Second--H S. Mcneil. George
Richardson, Samuel j. Hall, C. Emiel
Potter.
Third-Herman N. Sevil. Nelson
Massey. Thomas w. Downing, John
D. Norris.
Fourth - Albert Comegys, Norman
Bickling, Howard Thompson, Olin
Phillips.
Fifth-Henry D. Dorzback, Jacob
Richards, Charles c. Darling, ThOs.
B. Johnson.
Sixth - Joseph Flemming, Elmer
Cain, S. Herman Dill
Seventh - William H. Pickering,
Samuel w. Harrison. William H.
Records, Harry G. Kitchens.
Eighth-Harry Pruess, William H.
Eaton, William e. Goodwin.
Ninth-Roy Porter, j. Wilburt
Hurd. Harry Seeders, James Har-
rington.
Tenth - George Elliott, Jonothan
S. Willis, Elias Galloway.