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Milford chronicle., 1932-12-30
Governor Announces That
He wiz ReappOint Off
ciGL Who VIII Accept;
Tribute Is Paid.
Mr.. GrGntLGRd Is One Of
The Most ActiUe Lead
ers Of The Republican
Party.

! Governor Buck has announced
that he will reappoint Charles H.
Grantland, of Wilmington, as Secre-
tary of State for another four-year
term beginning January II.
The Governor made this announ-
cement after he had been informed
by Mr.. Grantland that he had decid-
, ed to accept reappointment.
"Mr. Grantland is a very efficient
man whom l would find it very diff
cult to replace" said Governor
Buck. Il am happy to state that he
has decided to accept reappoint-
ment as Secretary of State"
Mr.. Grantland was first appointed
Secretary of State by former Gov
ernor Robert p. Robinson on March
8, 1927 to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Sylvester D. Townsend,
a former attorney general. When
Mr. Townsend, while serving as Sec
retary of State became seriously ill,
Mr.. Grantland, who had been secre-
tary of the Delaware Industrial Ac-
cident Board. was made Assistant
Secretary of State under a special
act of the Legislature.
"In deciding to accept the kind
offer of Governor Buck to continue
as Secretary of State during his
new administration" said Mr.. Grant
land this week, 81 am prompted so
to do by a keen sense of loyalty to
him and by a strong feeling of re-
sponsibility to the people of our
State and by an earnest appreciation
of the desire of my friends"
81 will continue to give the best
that is in me to the duties of this
Office and trust my health will per-
nit me to give efficient public SER
vice. Needless to say, am fully con-
sciOus of this expression of conf
dence on the part of the Governor"
When Governor BUCK was elected
in 1928 to succeed former Governor
Robinson, Mr.. Grantland was reap
pointed Secretary of State for full
four-year term. About eighteen
months ago he became seriously i'll
and former Governor William d.
Denney was appointed assistant sec
retary of state. Mr.. Grantland has
now fully recovered.
Mr.. Grantland is Cne of the most
active leaders of the Republican
party and as such, has been an i'm
portant factor in bringing about
party success at elections.
He has been a lifelong resident of
He was born May Is,
1872, was educated in the public
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Milford chronicle., 1932-12-30
FURNITURE FOR STATE
FAILS TO REACH DOVER
Contracts Calls For Furniture To Be
Placed BY December 10

The furniture for the two new leg
islative halls las not arrived, al
though the regular session of the
Legislature meets newt Tuesday.
Under the contract, this furniture
was to have been here and placed
by December Is. It has been ex-
pected daily. Unless the desks ar
rive by next Tuesday some tempo
rary arrangements will have to be
made for the accommodation of the
members. The furniture for the
Governors office has arrived and
been placed.
It is practically agreed that the
joint sessions of the two Houses will
have to be held in the Senate Cham
Der rather than the House Chamber.
Milford chronicle., 1932-12-30
GRAND And PETIT
JURORS DRAWN IN
SUSSEX COUNTY
Harry j. Pierce and Har-
ry PettyjOhn OF Milford
To Serve On Grand Jury
FOR FEBRUARY TERN

Jury Commissioner Joseph H. Cox
of Seaford, and James e. Goslee of
Stockley, have drawn the following
grand jurors to serve for the year of
1888 and petit jurors and additional
petit jurors to serve at the Febru-
ary term of Superior Court and
Court of General Sessions:
Grand Jurors
First Representative district
Harry J. Pierce, Harry j. Pettyjohn,
Milford; John Vreeland, Lincoln
City.
Second district Alexander r.
King, Alvin o. Baker, Bridgeville;
William D. Lynch, Greenwood.
Third district-Lorenzo c. King,
Walter B. Robinson, Monroe IL.
Adams, Seaford.
Fourth district-Eli r. Hastings,
LAUREL Howard McColley. Seaford,
r. d.
Fifth district-Linwood Ray OF
we'll, Laurel; Earl T. Cooper, Paul
H. Kennedy, Delmar.
Sixth district William Ayers,
Millsboro; Everett Long. Dagsboro.
Seventh district-James c. Bras
ure. Jr., Selbyville, r. D.; Harry A.
Goodwin, Roxana.
Eighth district-Walter c. Phil
lips, Hollyville.
Ninth district-W Frank Sharp,
Georgetown; Walter Hoyt, Ellen
dale, r. D.
Tenth district-Daniel G. Conant,
Rehoboth Beach; William Hamilton,
Harbeson; William j. Carson, !
Lewes.
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Milford chronicle., 1932-12-30
INCOME TAX BLANKS
TO BE MAILED soon

Federal ipcOme tax blanks
will be mailed out January 3,
it was announced Saturday.
However, those who are tax
able, under the Federal in
cOmetax laws, and do not re-
ceive their blanks through the
mail, should apply at the Of
fees of the U. S. Collector of
Internal Revenue in the Fed
eral Building in Wilmington.
1t is pointed out that more
people will be taxable this
year. For 1881 taxes, single
persons with incomes under
$500 were exempt. The eX-
emption is now $1,000.
Married persons were once
exempt if their income was
$500 or under. Now their
exemption is $2,500.
Last year the tax was "
per cent on the first four
thousand dollars, per cent
on the next four thousand and
5 per cent on the remainder.
For the 1882 taxes it will be 4
per cent tax on the first four
thousand and 8 per cent on
the balance.
The new rates will affect
many with small incomes who
have heretofore escaped Fed
eral income taxation.
Milford chronicle., 1932-12-30

AGAIN STATE
SECRETARY
LAST OF SNOW MELTED
ON WARM CHRISTMAS

Christmas, traditfonally as
gociated with scenes of drift
ing snow and cracking Yule
logs, was the very day an
ironic Weather Man picked to
send rising temperatures that
wiped the last vestiges of the
recent snow storm from all
parts of Delaware.
The rise was already i'm
progress Saturday, when at 1
p. m. the thermometer stood
at Al degrees. At 1:3O p. m.
Christmas Day it was So and
the maximum for the day was
63.
The warmest Christmas hol-
idays ever recorded by the
Weather Bureau at Provi-
dence, r. l., were experienced
this year. Christmas Day the
temperature was 81 degrees at
II a. m.
Christmas was observed in
Southern and Southwestern
Alaska in the mildest weather
for many years, with no snow
at Seaward.
Milford chronicle., 1932-12-30
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, December u, Ia
Tuesday, December q, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford, from Wednesday. December
81, to Tuesday, December 27. Inclu-
sive:
Milford chronicle., 1932-12-30
Temperature Rain

Total Rainfall ..... .5S
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Britain Pays Honor to
War Heroes of America

Ceremonies which occupy several
hours mark Britain's public recognition
of Memorial day, although actual OBJ
servance of the day as regards Amer
ica's war dead takes place on Sunday.
The American ambassador places a
wreath upon the tomb of England's
Unknown Soldier, in the Westminster
shrine. The American Legion post
and American Overseas Memorial day
association members send wreaths.
Last year Rev. w. II. Garth, of st.
Martins church, Islip, N. Y, assisted
the canon in a service at Westminster.
On Sunday. in Brookwood ceme-
terry, where lie 453 of Americas $50
war dead in British soil, the formal
Memorial day exercises are held with
many American and other military and
civil notables present. All Of these
graves are on that day decked with
the colors Of the United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Memorial to the
Nations War
Heroes

a RL1NGTON was never destined
~ to be a battlefield. It was fated
4 n to be instead a vast monument
to the fruits of battle. There were
brought the dead from those terrible
fields where, for four years, the youth
Of North and South slew each other in
fratricidal warfare. There rose, in
token that North and South should
no longer shed each others blood, q
monument to the Confederacy. There,
without distinction Of state or section,
now lie dead from the Spanish war
including the sailors of the Maine
the Philippine insurrection, and the
World war. The monuments are often
distinctive, and there are stones carved
with the last brave words Of dying
boys.
No soldier, from the Unknown In
his magnificent emplacement above
the river to the humble Vermont or
Iowa private brought with the other
shattered wreckage Of the Wilderness
or the Rappahannock, could ask a
lovelier resting place, or one more
peaceful. Despite the constant going
and coming Of visitors, the place is
Quiet-far Quieter, probably, than It
was in the early days when Mr.. GUSTS
used to allow the people of Washing
ton to hold picnics down near the
river in GUSTS grove. No one dances
in Arlington now as they did in those
days before its somber glory had been
bestowed upon 1t. But one can wan
der along shaded roads and paths and
be aware Of the heavy march of his
tory. of exquisite natural beauty,
OF old. unhappy far-off things.
And battles long ago,
Of yesterdays bereavement, and Of
a pain so old that it has long since
ceased to be pain.
The visitor may pass in review
almost the whole history Of the Re
public-pioneer days, for Arlington
was once wilderness sold for few
hogsheads Of tobacco; Revolutionary
days; years Of far-fiung internecine
warfare, shaking the nation to its
foundations; records of fighting on
the western plains and on the islands
Of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans !;
and finally, the sacriicial years Of
1917 and 1918. But he will come back
to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
with an unanswered Question-with
the question, indeed, which more than
any other in these latter days troubles
humanity. For there is still space for
other valiant dust.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Marking the End
of Wars Long
Debauch

TT WAS the armistice. The eleventh
hour of the eleventh day Of the
Il eleventh month, 1918, marking the
end of modern mans most terrible de-
bauch of blood-letting; starting the
desolating hangover period from
which the combatants of the World
war-both victors and vanquished-
are just emerging.
And around the world there was
universal rejoicing and peace.
The blaring or sirens, the blowing
Of whistles, the ringing of bells. the
waving of flags. Streets Uttered with
paper, surging crowds, parades and
demonstrations; Caruso singing from
the fifteenth-floor balcony of his
Broadway hotel; negro red-caps in
Grand Central station cake-walking
through the concourse behind one
porter who was pushing an invalid
chair in which was stuffed figure Of
the kaiser.
The Presidents and Mrs. Wilson's
automobile escorted to the White
House by cheering throngs.
Clemenceau-the old Tiger of France
expressing his. satisfaction Of vic
tory before the French chamber.
Rome-wild with victory; Tokyo echo
ing with cheers-an allied world de-
lirious with joy.
Happy, dancing, singing groups sill
houetted around the campfires, and in
tbo v;1lo0aS hehind the lines liphfs
appeared in windows that had been
darkened throughout the war, welcom-
ing beams Of yellow radiance invited
to warmth and comfort within. The
sound of popping corks In crowded
cafes and estaminets. All Of 1t was
part of that corridor Of light across
war-torn Europe, the glow, the heat,
and the warmth. It was peace
Washington Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Those Last Hours
of the Great
Conflict
I'm THE darkness of that unhappy

IN THE darkness of that unhappy
~ night Of devastation, the last night
4 of the World war, the old fighting
Eighty-ninth-by that time one Of the
crack shock divisions of the A. E. F.
bridged Powder river, near Stenay,
under the fire of those deadly bat
teries from the eastern shore, and
threw the Three Hundred and Fifty
third infantry, the Sunfower regiment,
on into enemy land. Up the gentle
slopes Of the Mouse they went, "main-
tanning contact with the enemy"
What meaning in those five simple
words! Perhaps back in our homes
In America, after all these soft and
peaceful years, we forget-doubtless
most of us would like to forgetl But
the combat men Of the A. e. Good
help them-will never remove from
their scared memories of those days
the thoughts which contact brings,
mustard gas, shrapnel, wire, machine
guns, the deadly bayonet, the high ex-
plosive, the dirt, the filth, the havoc
OF action.
The morning wore on. Fighting
men went down, never to rise again.
Others clawed the brown grass and
soil in agony from wounds they will
carry until the sunset day Of life.
But still the Americans pressed on.
And then came the first order Of
change, from the commanding officer,
watch in hand, of battery of the
ssheavies'' miles in the rear, "Cease
Firing" A little later the same idea
had transferred itself to the fussy 75s.
Then came II o'clock and silence!
It was the end! Four long years Of
travail were over. And there the men
stood. with their hands still clasped
on their empty gats and their thoughts
acorss the seas" Mother, sweetheart,
wife they would see them again!-
Kansas Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Outlines Six Steps
for Land Use Plan

"Much lower prices for what he
sells, higher prices for what he buys,
and higher taxes-these are the up
per and neither millstones which are
slowly grinding the life out of rural
America" said Prof. M. l.. Wilson of
Montana State College in a radio
address, over an NBC network in the
program of the National Advisory
Council on Radio In Education. "For-
tunately, there is way out" Will
son stated, but the way demands a
reversal of the basic land policy of
the nation"
The speaker presented six steps in
a program for land utilization.
First in the list of six fundamen-
tails suggested by Professor Wilson
is the repeal of the Homestead Act
and the enactment of a new national
land policy bill which, he pointed
out, is essential because there is no
more land in the public domain suit
able for farming and home building
SECONDLY, each state should clas-
sify its lands, develop statewide
land use plan and institute a pro-
gram of action" Professor Wilson
advised The third step is that poor
land, as determined by land utiliza
tion studies, should be taken out of
production.
Additional steps in the plan pre-
sented by Professor Wilson include
the modification Of land taxes and
reorganization of local government !;
the withdrawal of poor lands from
production to solve the surplus prob
lem. Suggesting how this might be
carried out, he explained the DO
nestle Allotment Plan" which calls
for the issuance of certain allotments
to farmers to grow the kinds of
crops they have been growing, the
farmer to receive tariff protection on
the allotted acres. Finally, Wilson
recommended part time farming and
the decentralization Of industry.
To prevent men who are farming
unsuitable land from joining the
ranks Of the unemployed, Professor
Wilson stated that industry must
adopt new policy coupling industry
with small farm agriculture. Small
farms, located near industrial plants,
he said, would not produce the great
food staples Of which there is sur
plus.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Few Survivors of
Men Who Marched
in Youths Vigor

Sixty-seven years ago valiant and
victorious army marched in the hey
day of it's youth along the broad
stretches of Pennsylvania avenue in
Washington.
That was the beginning of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Following the fall Of Richmond and
Lees surrender at Appomattox the
victors came to the Capital of the
Nation, there to be reviewed by the
President of the United States, John
]. DAILY writes, in the Washington
Post. Figures vary as to the number
of men who marched in that historic
parade-a procession that took fully
three days in the passing, according
to some who witnessed it. Others
say the parade was over in day,
that stragglers came into town the
day after the parade and carried on
the. Marcia gathering Of uniformed
men that undoubtedly numbered
somewhere near $4,000.
Men? They were boys, most Of
them, and they marched with song
on their lips-a certain satisfaction
in their souls. After this demonstra-
ton they did what most returning
warriors have done from time i'm.
memorial-turned their attention to
the pursuits Of peace, to the prosaic
tasks of making living"
Now, 81 years after that cele.
brated parade in Washington. the
survivors of that grand old army
gather in little groups throughout the
land to make preparations for the
proper observance of Memorial day
Decoration day, as some call 1t.
They are going out to the federal
cemeteries that dot the land here,
there, and place flags and flowers on
the resting places of their comrades.
The two great ceremonies are al
Gettysburg, Pa, and at the National
Memorial cemetery at Arlington, Va.
At Gettysburg, the President OF
the United States delivers the prin.
cipal address.
At Arlington, Va, where rest in one
grave more than 1000 unknown SOL
diers of the Civil war-Confederat
and Union-the ceremonies are in
charge of the Department of the Po-
tomac, branch of the Grand Army
Of the Republic that has numbered
amongst its ranks the great and out.
standing names Of Union soldiery.
Sixty-seven years ago they were
young men, boys in the prime of life
and now they totter into their
meeting halls to recall those glorious
days of old; when they were the
heroes Of the hour.
So few remain, it is not easy to
visualize what the immutable work.
ings Of time have done to the G. A. X.
Bodies bent and broken, that old
spirit still survives-and will, too,
till the last man only remains; to
turn out, some day. all by himself,
and lay a wreath and hoist the flag
over all his dead comrades.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
In Memoriam

In grateful memory of the soldiers
who fought in the French and Indian
war; soldiers and sailors of the
American Revolution; heroes of the
War Of 1912 and the Mexican war;
soldiers and sailors who fought in
the War for the Union, 1S61-1S65 |;
veterans of the Spanish-American war
and the World war; soldiers and
frontiersmen who fought in the In
dian wars; and those hardy pioneer
men and women who endured danger
and privation and death by torture at
the hands of the savages, in order to
advance American civilization upon
this continent-we bow in reverence
Memorial day.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch. -S
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Billion Acres Surveyed

Nearly billion acres of farm lands
in the United States have been
mapped by soil surveyors Of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
This area is greater than the COM
bined area of European Germany,
France, and Great Britain. The work
is now progressing at the rate Of
more than 100000 acres each year,
and department officials estimate that
between 20 and 80 years will be re.
quired to complete the survey. The
cost of this work is between 2 and 8
cents an acre.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Mule ON Snowshoes

To help him carry pack for his
owner who is a trapper 600 miles
north of the northern mining town
of Sherridon, Man., mule owned by
w. Klonwick has been taught to use
snowshoes. The snowshoes are about
eighteen inches in diameter and the
mule refuses to walk in snow with
out them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Covered Bridges Going

The covered bridge is fast disap.
pearing from Vermont roads, and it
is estimated at least 1000 Of the pic
turesque old wooden structures have
been supplanted by other bridges
within the past four years. Much of
the reconstruction was necessitated
by the floods of 1927.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Birth Of C. A. r.

The first post was organized at De
catur, H., April 6, 1866, but the mem
bership was slow in growing and
there were in 1879 only about $4,000
enrolled. From then until 1890,
though, the numbers steadily in
creased and In the latter year there
were 409,4S9 members. Ten years
later death had cut the roll to 277,000
and ny 1910 to 100000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Odd Type of Frog

A frog that never goes near the
water is one Of the curiosities noted
by Arthur Loveridge, Of Harvard's
Museum of Comparative Zoology on
a trip through East Africa. He found
this type of frog in an exceedingly
dry and sandy region.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Done With III

Street Orator-We must get rid Of
radicalism, Socialism, Bolshevism,
Communism, and Anarchism.
Voice From the Crowd-And while
we're about it, why not throw In
rheumatism?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
W7OULD you spend few cents
w to save several dollars?

Anyone would spend few dollar And that is
exactly what you do again and again. when you buy this
paper and read its advertisements and their advice
single fortunate purchase you than the price Of
years subscription And buys you better thngsor the table,
for the house. for yourself Smarter Clothes convenience,
increased comfort. All sorts of new sadsfactons.
Form the good habit of reading the advertisements with
The they contain is valuable and practical News that's
good. News that means better living
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Heard at a Party

How old would you say Madge
Decolitay is?'
"She says she's twenty-six, but l
imagine the age she gives is like her
gowns, cut as low as possible"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
WatchfuI Waiting

''If you've spotted the man who
stole your car, why don't you get it
back?"
'Tm waiting for him to put on u
new set of tires"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
Excuse Il, Please

Voice Over Telephone-Is Mike
Howe, there?
Answer-What do you think this
is, stock yard?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

Can you hold your neighbor in
high regard if he supports a law in.
tended to reform you? He!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

Most of the wisecracks previous to
the last half of the Nineteenth cen
fury lack sparkle. Nowadays, we'd
call them buds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
On the Fence

Skjold-Why don't you vote?
Bjor-I've never been sold on the
proposition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

No one fears an opportunity as a
timid man does.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

Show
"Going to the horse shown"
II think / will. 1t may be my last
chance to see horse"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

It doesn't take much of a hunter
to bag his trousers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

"How did Joe make out with bee
farming?"
'He got stung."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

FLORESTON SHAMPOO - Ideal for use in
connection with Parker's Hair Bslsam. Makes the
hair soft and fluffy. 80 cents by mail or at drug
gists Hiscox Chemical Works. Patchogue NY,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27

A good man is rarely mistaken for
a bad one.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
PARKER'S
HAIR BAISAM

hemOveB OauQfuu- StOpb mar alunRs
Impafts Color and
Beauty to Gray and Faded Hair
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