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Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
DOVER GUN CLUB
WINS.LEAGUE TILT
Milford, Milton Deadlock
For Second. Place; Bow
ers Brings Up Rear.

The Dover Gun Club won last
Thursday Delaware State Trap
shooters League match, shot over
their home traps. scoring 23Sx250
for their, fve-maA team.
Milford and Milton deadlOcked for
second place with scores of 231x250,
while the championship Bowers ag-
gregation brought up the rear with
230 to their credit. 1t was a great
day for the sport and fifty-six scat
ter gunners were on hand to enjoy
the competition. Clarence DeBow,
George HILL and Al Macdonald
found things to their liking to break
49x50 to lead the field. Second high
gun went to the AIS which was
shared by J. w. Anderson, Charlie
Mason, 7. r. Beauchamp, Bill Will
hanson and Jim Luke.
There were seventeen gunners
from Wilmington on hand to lend
their effort to the teams to which
they were assigned, and when the
locals so to bat Saturday in their
Philadelphia League match againt
Safety at Buselt0n, Pa, an equal
number of down State shots are eX-
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Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
BARGAIN DAY TO BE
HELD EACH WEDNESDAY
Milford Merchants Association To
Make bay A Success

The merchants of Milford are CO.
operating to make Wednesday of
each week a Bargain Day for Mil
ford shoppers. Each Wednesday,
each merchant will have on sale a
special, an outstanding value in
standard. staple merchandise, which
will be on sale at the special bar
gain price for the one day only.
Each week in the Chronicle a
page will be devoted to announcing
to the public the bargains that the
merchants will have on sale the fol-
lowing Wednesday. In this weeks
Chronicle there are twenty mer-
chants advertising specials that
they will have on sale Wednesday,
November 9.kAt the present time it
is the plan to continue this We'd
nesday Bargain Day each week for
the benefit of the shoppers and it
will be continued if the shoppers of
Milford avail themselves of the op-
portunities that are to be placed be-
fore them each Wednesday.
Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
ARMISTICE DAY TO BE
OBSERVED In MILFORD
Fine Program Has Been Arranged
To Commemorate The Event

Milford Post, No. 3, American
Legion, will observe Armistice Day
as follows:
10 a. IN. Meet at Armory.
1920 a. m. Form around flag staff
on Plaza Square, where American
flag will be presented to the city.
Response by the mayor.
1885 a. m. Simulated trenches
with machine guns operating repre-
senting both American and German
positions. Trenches occupied by
'doughboys from Battery F, 19Sth
Coast Artillery. Firing continues un-
til II a. NJ.
II a. m. Whistles blow, bells toll,
sirens shrek. Then flag is raised to
top of pole as ITO the Colors" is
sounded On the bugle by Thomas
Derrickson while the audience stand
at present Arms" A salute is then
fired by the soldiers. Taps is sound
ed by the bugler. School children
then render appropriate ceremonies
under the direction of the Ladies
Auxiliary of Milford Post, conclud-
ing with an Grafton by DR.. Herscn,
pastor of Avenue NJ. Il. Church.
In case of inclement weather the
ceremonies will be held in the state
Armory. Don't forget the date, Arm
istice Day, November II. 1882.
The Legion requests the public to
give them their whole hearted sup
port.
Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
TURKEY
CROP SHOWS GAIN
Increase Of About 20 Per
Cent Over Last Year Is
Noted In Survey.

The Delaware turkey crop is about
20 per cent larger than last year, ac-
cording to reports of growers to
Richard C. Ross, agricultural statis-
tician for Delaware. The survey was
made about October 1. Increased
numbers are general in all parts of
the country and in all of the 80
states making reports except Illinois.
The total number in the country is
about Is per cent greater than last
year.
Growers report that about Al per
cent of the turkeys will be ready for
Thanksgiving markets, about AZ per
cent for Christmas, and that 8 per
cent will not be ready until after the
holidays. Last year the number eX-
pected to be ready by Thanksgiving
was reported at AZ per cent for
Christmas and so per cent, and for
later marketings, per cent.
Early in 1882 the cold storage
holdings of turkeys were consider
ably larger than a year earlier. By
October !, however, the holdings
were Smaller than last year, amount
ing to 1881 900 pounds this year
compared with 3,3G5,000 pounds a
year earlier and five year average
of 4,703,000 pounds. An important
factor in the smaller October hold
ings this year was the marked re-
duction in imports of turkeys from
Argentina which for 1882 amounted
to only 2S7,O00 pounds compared
with 4,S2S,000 pounds in 1881.
The increased number this year
were due both to more farmers rails
ing turkeys than last year and to
larger average numbers of turkeys
per flock. There was also a consid-
cradle increase this year in large
scale or commercial production, es-
pecially in a number of the Middle
Western States.
Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
FAKE $40 BILLS
FOUND ON SHORE
Spot Three Counterfeit Notes In
Different Deposits At Salisbury

Tho appearance of three counter
felt ten-dollar notes has put Sails
bury banks on guard for attempts to
pass other spurious notes. An eff
fort is being made to trace the bills
to their original sources.
The three bills were found in three
separate deposits the latter part of
last week 1t is feared that others
may have been passed into circula-
ton.
The spurious currency is on the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
and all bear the same serial num-
Der, Bl6539392A and is q duplicate
of 1928 issue.
Except for difference in their di-
mensions the counterfeit money may
not readily be observed by the un-
initiate.
Three weeks ago, similar spurious
bills appeared in Crisfield and it is
believed they are being passed in
Salisbury by the same persons. Fed
eTal authorities have been unable to
trace their source in Crisfield.
1t will be well for persons in low
er Delaware to be on the lookout for
bad money, for it is possible that it
could have been passed here.
Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
THIEVES ENTER TWO
STATE POSTOFFICES
Houston. And Lincoln visited Last
Thursday And Friday Nights

Sometime during the night last
Thursday the store of John c.
Wharton in Houston was entered
and the safe was stolen. Mrs. Whar-
ton is postmistress at Houston and
the funds and stamps owned by the
government we're in the safe. En-
trance TO the store was gained by
jimmying the front door. After the
safe had been rolled out of the
building it was fastened securely to
a bumper Oe car and dragged
about two miles to a lonely side
road near the farm of Richard Col
lison. There it was broken open.
and the money, which amounted to
about $500 and other contents were
taken out. The safe was found the
next day.
On Friday night the store of Mrs.
Sarah d. Risler at Lincoln, was
broken into, and the packages and
other parcels in the postoffice were
ransacked. No stamps or other gov
ernment moneys were in the build
ing at the time. George Morrison
who conducts a store nearby was
concealed in his building waiting
for thieves at the time. He did not
know, however, that they were
working in the Risler store.
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Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
DR.. SHORT RAPS
GOV. ROOSEVELT
ii. &. Eastburn Says independence
Party Protest Against Machine

Horace G. Eastburn, of Whining
ton, chairman of the Indepence par
ty State Committee, addressed a
voters meeting at MarshalltOn and
declared that the organization of
the new party was as much pro-
test against the inability of the peo-
pie to nominate as we'll as elect can
didates to office as it was desire
for a free expression on the liquor
issue.
The Rev. F. Burgette Short, of
Milford, the party's congressional
nominee, also addressed the meet
ing.
DR.. Short said in part:
ITS too bad that men cannot dis
cuss political issues without de-
scending into unkindly expressions
relative to personality.
"Mr. Roosevelt has greatly belittled
himself in the estimation of many
persons in saying, concerning Presi-
dent Hoover, that he is the source of
destruction, deceit and despair.
at seems " me that there are
enough important issues to engage
the best thought and expression of
which he is capable in the issues
of the present campaign. Instead
of that, however, he seems to seek
popularity by fulsomeness, fippancy
and floundering.
Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
w. c. T. u. FAVORS
SHORT FOR CONGRESS
Oppose Submission 10 Congress OF
And Amendment For Repeal

At the closing sessions of the 53rd
annual convention of the Delaware
W. c. r, T. at Smyrna the following
resolutions were submitted by the
committee, Mrs. Katie l.. B. DOckety,
Mrs. M. Evelyn Killen, Mrs. Marion
M. Thornburgh, Mrs. Leyina lynch,
and Mrs. Fannie T. II. Hay.
I'VE the members of the Delaware
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union in the 53rd annual convention
assembled, acknowledge divine lead
ership in the inception and growth
of our organization and our total de-
pendence on Almighty God in this
crucial time. We trust in Him,
knowing how futile our efforts with
out His guiding hand.
I'VE remember that women and
children were the greatest sufferers
from legalized liquor traffic-Wo-
mans work is not done. Some would
repeal prohibition. Should they sue
ceed, women and children would be
the greatest sufferers again. To
avoid this, we pledge the following
resolution: We pledge the active
support of our organization to an
educational campaign to promote
law observance, to support enforce
ment officials and the nomination
and election of officials who would
be friends of prohibition. We be-
licve that total abstinence Will make
better Americans and we believe
that, it is making a better America.
1--WE are opposed to the submis-
sion to Congress of any amendment
for the repeal of the 18th Amend
ment. We recognize that there are
other issues in the campaign, but
are convinced that neither repeal
nor modification would relieve the
depression but would create other
problems. We believe that the Ma
tional Prohibition law should be
strengthened, not weakened
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Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
URGE DRIVERS TO
Be MORE CAREFUL
Crossing intersections
Are Dangerous At All
Times.

Many accidents happen at regular
crossings. The Delaware Safety
Council urges motorists to be par
ticularly courteous and sareful with
pedestrians who are endeavoring to
cross the street. If some of them do
not, or will not, pay attention to
your horn, remember that some peO-
pie are deaf while others are mental
ly deficient and that hundreds of
people are using the streets whose
old age, youth, infirmities and ply
sical defects throw all the respon-
sibility of an accident upon you. Be
especially careful when two or more
people are crossing the street to-
gether. Quite often, before an ap-
preaching automobile, one person
may stop and one go on or they may
go in opposite directions. Above all,
do not unnecessarily or suddenly
squawk your horn. Pedestrians may
be easily frightened or temporarily
paralyzed.
"Take-a-chance" drivers are the
worst enemies of safety. They are
on every road and at every crowded
JuOTOuSuIdTe. llley are dlWdyb i'll
a hurry. When traffic is running in
double lines and the streets are full,
Mr.. Take-A-Chance Driver lodges in
and out and races the field for the
next red light. When everybody is
stopping in obedience to signals he
has to crowd ahead and hog a little
space. The line down the middle
of the street is just an invitation to
him to take a chance. He races
along and makes others go slow or
be wrecked. He isn't really in a
hurry, he is merely adventurous. He
is selfish; he is discOurteous; he is a
bully. Police officers assigned to
traffic duties should make a point to
sort out and gather in this sort of
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NAME COMMITTEES
FOR STATE MASONS
W. Stewart Almond, Jr., Grand
Master, Lists Appointments

w. Stewart Almond, Jr., grand
master of the Grand Lodge, A. T.
and A. NJ, of Delaware, has appoint
ed committees for the year. The
committeeman, with their lodge
numbers, follow:
Foreign CONGRATULATIONS
J. Day, 20; William J. Highfield, 20;
William J. Holton, 25; c. Herbert
Neutze, 81; Warner w. Price, 13.
Finance - Charles McIntire, 27;
Marshall NJ. Carpenter, IA; William
d. King, Jr.. !; Thomas J. Now
bray, IL; Frederic w. Kurtz. ID.
Records - Henry S. Young, 2S;
Chester r. Jones, 27; Henry p.
Jones, 2G.
Jurisprudence-Joseph Stuart, 20;
Edward w. Cooch. 25; Edward G.
Walls, 13: James P. Pierce, 8; j..
Bayard Hearn, 20.
Work-Harry F, Newlin. ID; Wal
ter p. Lewis, /; Harris Samonisky,
10; J. Leon Black, II; Garrett R.
20.
By-laws-Thomas ]. Day, 20;
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Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
THRONG OF $4,000
HEAR PRESIDENT
OUTLINE ISSUES
Given Great Ovation AS
He Speaks From Car
Platform.
SPOKE FIVE MINUTES
Says Republican Party
Tariff Will Lead To Ec-
OnOmy And Prosperity.
SPOKE FIVE MINUTES

More than $4,000 Delawareans
Monday afternoon cheered the state
ment of President Hoover that the
maintenance of the protective tariff
was of utmost Importance to Della
ware, as he stood on the observation
platform of the special presidential
train carrying him to New York City.
He spoke at Wilmington station.
During his five-minute stay in
Wilmington the President also
scored Democratic proposals that
the currency be inflated, and assured
the cheering crowd that "the Repub-
lican party stands for the protective
tariff, rigid economy in government
and measures to take care of the
distress"
Every bit of avilable space at the
French street station of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad was jammed with hu
manity. The President expressing
pleasure at the large and enthusi-
astic reception. said:
Sees Delaware Favorable
II think it shows how Delaware
will vote on November s." Radio
amplifiers conveyed the talk to the
Presidents hearers.
The President was introduced by
Senator Daniel o. Hastings, who
said: ut gives me great pleasure
to present to this great audience the
President of the United States" This
was met with loud cheering from
many thousand throats.
Greeted at Newark
At Newark, several thousand men
and women, including the entire
student body of the University of
Delaware, greeted the President and
Mrs. Hoover. Mrs. Hoover was pre-
sented with corsage of orchids and
lilies of the valley in behalf of the
students of the WOmen's College, by
Miss Elizabeth Cloud
The President in a brief talk in
the college town, omitted any refer
ence to political issues, but confined
his remarks to an expression of his
appreciation of the problems of any
college community due to his long
residence in such community.
Senator Hastings, who with Mrs.
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Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
STATE FORESTER
SUBMITS REPORT
Shows Forest Fire Loss Since 1927
Amounted To $59S,26S

Accomplishment of the State
Forestry Commission since it start
ed in 1927 are shown in a report of
William S. Taber. State forester to
the commission. While the report is
prepared to record the activities Of
the department for the two fiscal
years ending July 1 last, figures are
given as to forest fires, causes, etc,
from the time the department was
organized.
The report shows that the total
losses by forest fires since the de-
Dartment was organized in 1927 was
$598,26S, divided yearly as follows:
S36,41O. in 1928; $44,35O, in 1929
$496. 400. in 1880: $16,64S. in 1881,
and S4,380 up to July 1, this year. 1t
will be noted that the greatest loss
was in 1880, the year of the severe
drought.
Records show that the largest
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Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
GOV. PLEDGES STATE
AID FOR UNEMPLOYED
Relief Orders VIII BE Issued TO
Persons Helped From Those Sources

Governor c. Douglass Buck, in a
statement Monday night, pledged
the credit of the State of Delaware
to aid Delaware families suffering
from unemployment from now until
State funds may be appropriated by
special session of the General AS
sembly.
The statement was issued by the
governor upon being formally nOti-
fed on Monday that the Block-Aid
committee work in Wilmington would
cease on Tuesday and also that the
Trustees of the Poor in New Castle
county, due to lack of funds, have
been forced to stop all further is
suance of relief orders.
This leaves a period of probably
three weeks before State aid. though
the proposed floating of $2.000,000
bond issue for made-wOrk and direct
aid may begin to junction. TO pro-
vide against suffering during this
period, when the present ageelcies had
ceased. the governor has pledged
the States credit to those called
upon to fill orders for relief, which
will be issued until the Legislature
can be convened. Settlement for the
orders. the governor stated, will be
made within the usual time.
The governor also said that due to
vacancies in the ranks of the Legis-
lature caused by death, the special
session will not be called until after
the general election, November s.
To f'l these vacancies at this time
would require special elections, it is
pointed out. Tuesday, November Is,
has been set as tentative date for
the calling Of the special session.
Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
HOOVER SAYS
FOES PLOT i. s.
DESTRUCTION
Links Rival To Hearst
And Six Insurgents In
New York Address.
WARNS OF DISASTER
Seizure Of Electrical In
dustry Part Of Scheme,
He Says.

Presenting an indictment of eight
points against Governor Roosevelt
and his political associates, Presi-
dent Hoover Monday night specifi-
cally charged they were intent upon
destruction of the foundations OF
the American system of Govern
ment.
His indictment embraced the tar
iff. fiscal and political principles of
Governor Roosevelt and in present
ing it he named the men who. he as
serted, "are frank and forceful" in
demanding a change in the Ameri-
can system and are allied with Mr..
Roosevelt because they feel assur-
ed they will have voice in the all
ministration of the Government
should he assume the presidency.
He named Senators Norris, La
Toilette, Cutting, Long and Wheeler
with William Randolph Hearst.
UNLESS these men feel assurance
of support to their ideas they GER
tainly would not be supporting
these candidates and the Democrat
ic party, Mr.. Hoover said.
Having named the men and what
he asserted to be their purpose-a
radical departure from "the foun-
datiOn of 150 years which have
made this country the greatest Ma
tion in the world" the President
analyzed in detail the principles
they represent and the means they
would adopt of effecting their ends.
Principal among these means he
specified raids on the Treasury, is
suance of fiat money, Government
control of the electrical industry,
revision of the tariff and the most
gigantic increase in Government eX-
penditures ever known in the his
tory of the Government. ,.-a.
Mr.. Hoover addressed a great au-
dience in Madison Square Garden,
the largest he has faced in
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Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
BUCK
LAUDED HERE
Governor Praised A S
Greatest Executive Del
aware Has Ever Had.

More than 1000 persons Wednes-
day night crowded into the Plaza
Theatre at the biggest Republican
rally held here in many years and
heard a number of speakers urge
the reelection of Herbert Hoover
as President of the United. States
and c. Douglass Buck for Governor
of Delaware. The accomplishments
of President Hoover and Governor
Buck were cited and the failure of
the Democrats to offer a cOnstruc-
tive program was emphasized.
Prior to the meeting in the the
atre Mrs. Frank G. Tallman, of Will
mington, Republican National Com
mitteewoman, gave dinner for the
committeewOmen and a number of
other Republican women. More than
so guests attended.
Mrs. Tallman in a brief address,
urged the women to work for the
election of the entire Republican
State ticket and her remarks were
endorsed by James r. Kirkland,
deputy attorney general of the Dis
trict of Columbia. -' .''--
C. A. Abbott, of Milford, introduce
ed the speakers and said that the
impending election is the most i'm
portant since the World War and
urged the voters to choose their
for office wisely.
Reuben Satterthwaite, Jr., candi-
date for Congress, was the first
speaker and made a stirring address
which was roundly applauded. He
said that Franklin d. Roosevelt has
been talking of a new deal. He de-
clared that President Hoover dealt
better hands from the deck of cards
that he has held than any other man
in the United States could have done.
Mr.. Satterthwaite was loud in his
praise of Congressman Robert G.
of Georgetown, and said
that he was one of the best Con-
gressman Delaware ever had. He
declared. "If 1 am elected the way
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Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
SAYS BEER HAS
NO CHANCE YET
Mcbride Declares Congress Will
Have Enough Drys To Block II

In the opinion of f. Scott Mcbride,
enough drys have been nominated
to make possible the election of a
Congress that will defeat repeal or
modification"
The general superintendent of the
Anti-SaloOn League made this state
ment formally. He continued in
part:
"Al Smiths now admitted author
ship of the beer and repal plank,
continued failure of the wet forces
to present a substitute solution of
the liquor problem and the growing
conviction that beer competition
would decrease sales of other COM
moditie3 and further decrease en-
plOyment have definitely lessened
the chance for modification or repeal
by the present or the next Congress.
Neither Mrs. Sabine's claim that
wet candidates for Congress out
numbered drys nor other premature
predictions give a reliable basis for
the belief that beer will come or the
eighteenth amendment go after the
election. Promises of beer are made
to gain votes without tangible assur-
ances that the beer can be delivered.
Candidates who climb on the beer
wagon convinced by false predic-
tions that it is the band wagon will
most likely find themselves in the
wrong parade after election day.
This country is not ready to dis
card prohibition and place the deter
mination of the liquor problem in.
the hands of political leaders like
Smith, Cermak. Bingham and other
old-time defenders and supporters
of the saloon system"
Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
Official Vote viii Be Published
In Full By The Chronicle
Next Week

Following custom of years the Milford Chronicle
will print the complete official for Sussex and Kent
Counties in its next issue. AS the canvassed
by the courts until Thursday afternoon it will be
sary to hold the forms until the certified by the
Judges For that reason the Chronicle will be placed in
the mails on Friday morning instead of Thursday
ing.
The Milford Chronicle will be the only Delaware
weekly newspaper publish complete official election
returns for both Kent and Sussex Counties next week.
Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
KENT And SUSSEX
BANKS TO REDUCE.
INTEREST RATE.
After January 1st Next,
Savings Accounts Will
Draw Three Per Cent.
4 PER CENT NOW PAID
New Rate Will Follow
The Trend OF Banks
Throughout Nation.

The rate of interest to be paid on
savings deposits by the banks in
Kent and Sussex counties will be at
the rate of 3 per cent after January
1. 1888. This rate was decided upon
by the bankers at a meeting held in
the Community Building at Milford
last Friday
The reduction of the interest rate
from 4 per cent to 8 per cent has
been under discussion for the last
two or three years and it has been
generally understood and expected
that banks would have to reduce the
rate unless there was a very decided
change in world conditions, whereby
the income to be earned by banks
with savings deposits could be sub
stantially increased.
Banking groups all over the coun-
try have been reducing the interest
yet the bankers of Kent and Sussex
counties have been somewhat reluc-
tant to make the change, hoping for
a betterment of conditions, whereby
it might not be necessary; but the
outlook seems to be for long per-
iod Of loY income return on gilt
edged investment securities, and in
the bankers judgment it. would not
be good banking to further postpone
the action taken.
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