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Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
THANKLESS TASKS

A gentleman who served term
on the school board of a certain
town, remarked that 1t was an ex-
tremely thankless task. No matter
what they did in the effort to please
the people, he said, they found half
or more of the town against them.
complaining and criticizing.
That is one reason why people
who are we'll qualified to manage
the affairs of community, will Of
ten refuse to take such offices. They
feel they can't be bothered with i'll
cessant criticism and unreasonable
demands. OF course such officials
must expect reasonable and con-
structive suggestions and criticisms.
But faithful service should be given
warm appreciation. and when such
officials perform their duties well,
they should be given hearty praise.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
UNSEEN FORCES 4oF RECOVERY

Unseen developments usually null
the nation out of Industrial trou.
blcs' remarked Charles NJ. Schwab
famous steel magnate. the. other
day. lie recalled how new corpora
tion Developments. electrical work,
and radio apparatus. had created a
new impetus OH former occasions.
sometimes recovery from indus
trial depression was started when
Europe had short crops, and higher
prices made our farmers able to buy
more.
The United States seemed to be
all set to recover from depression
in 1881. when England went off the
gold standard. Whether or not the
fear thereby created was warranted,
it existed. and it led to panic based
on apprehension of similar financial
troubles in the United States.
The American people are making
steady progress toward removing
the fears, difficulties, and obstacles
that stand in the way of economic
recovery at this time. If they could
balance the budgets of their nation
al government, states, and cities, the
new confidence that such action
would create would generate wave
of activity, and should be a sufficient
cause in itself to sci the wheels turn
ing again.
Another thing that would start it |
would be the wearing out of large
number of automobiles, followed by
purchase of new or better ones. 1t
can not be long now before the num-
Der of such worn out cars is so great
as to constitute that new impulse.
Still another such force would be
found in the erection of good num-
ber of new dwellings. Millions of
people must be getting sick of the
crowded rooms in which they live,
md many of them ready to branch
tut in new homes at all costs. Such
'ctiOn on their part would set many
wheels in motion.
In due time this new impetus will
ONE. When one group of people
re set to work, the money thus
laced in circulation sets other
roups going.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
JIG-SAW PUZZLES

How do you account for the ras
cination of iig-saw puzzles? How is
it that all kinds of people are ell.
tranched by this beguiling fad, in
duced to spend many hours in this
diversion, which otherwise would
have been given to more sporty di-
versions?
Our philosophers have long de-
plored the breaking up of American
home life, the incessant desire of
our people to be going, instead of
enjoying domestic pursuits. Their
complaints haven't kept people at
home very much. But meanwhile
along come our iig-saw puzzle max
ers, and their clever conceptions so
charm our folks that the going few
er suddenly stops. and you can
hardly pull them out of the house
and perhaps not get them to bed. un-
til that tantalizing picture is finally
completed.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03

ants. Traps are used for moles with
some degree of success. Poison bait
of corn soaked in strychnine is us
ed. Carbon bisulphide poured into
their runways is also effective. Cas-
tor oil beans dropped into the runs
will poison all mOles that eat, them.
Calcium cyanide used at the rate of
a teaSpoOnlul TO a burrOw is. very
efIicacious. The contact with the
moist soil generates the poisonous
hydrOcyanic gas. The chief disad-
vantage of this method is the dang
er of killing any domestic animals
which may take a notion to stick
their noses into the burrows. Roll
ing of the lawns continually will
help keep the mOles down. Ants
may be treated with carbon bisul-
phide, dropped into the hills, or
with calcium cyanide poured into
the opening at the top and sealed.
The latter chemical is very effective.
Mos sin lawns may be gotten rid
of by providing proper drainage,
cOmbing the lawn with u rake and
dressing it with lime. The raked out
spots should be seeded with a mix
ture heavy with white clover. Dress
with acid phosphate.
Brown patch is fungous disease.
It may be corrected by the use of
dry bordeaux mixture applied at the
rate of one pound TO every 1000
square feet. This should be done ev-
cry three or four days preferably
after d rain.
Earthworms are actually benef-
,ial and no effort should be made to
remove them, although lime water
will bring them to the surface. If
hey are really found troublesome
Use marrOw-meal. This may be Sc
cured from your scotsman.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
FREEING THE LAWN
OE WEEDS

Weeds present a serious obstacle
to the development and upkeep of
many lawns. For practical purposes
they may be divided into ANNALS
and perennials. The annual group is
composed among others of shep-
herds purse, chick-week and crab
grass. The peTennials are more nu-
merous; dandelion, plantain, buck
thorn, chick-weed (mOuse earl,
sheep sorrel, creeping thyme, and
numerous others.
Various methods of control have
been tried. Among chemicals, iron
sulphate used at the rate of one
pound to one gallon of water, and
sprayed with a fine nozzle upon the
lawn, often eIadicates many of the
broadleaf weeks, such as dandelion,
Dlantain and others. Several appli-
cations are needed during the sea-
son in order to kill off the success
sive whirls of leaves that appear
from the base. The reason that this
material is injurious to the weeds
and not the grass lies in the differ
VII hdhiOl VI SlONhtus nC NdAy
cuticle Of the grasses causes the
glObules cf the liquid to roll off
without penetration, which is not
the case with the pubescent leaves
of the others. Besides, since the
new grass shoots are originated at
the base, they are not affected.
The following list indicates the
worst of the weeds and the recog-
nized means of control:
MOuse-ear ehick-weed or creeping
prefers well-drained soils
and is best removed by careful |
sheep sorrel must be hand |
weeded. An application of lime alone
will not eradicate it; creeping thye
and ground ivy must be removed
bodily; dandelion, plantain, and
cannot be dug out COM
Dletely. Use iron sulphate, or inject
gasoline into the crown with a
sharp pointed oil can, or touch the
,rOwn with a few drops of sulphuric
lcid. Raking out in the spring and
cutting off of seed pods in the fall
~ constant moving will reduce its
spread. There is no remedy for
luack grass, except to keep the
grass cut so that it will not go to
eed. ....
Besides the plant pests, we are
lso troubled at times by moles and
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
THE SMALL HOME NEST

The American Institute of Archi.
tects is urging the mass production
of small homes. Whether or moi
such homes shall be turned ont by
mass production methods, the
American people do need the con-
struction of u great number of such
dwellings. Six million more people
are walking our streets than WE had
five years ago. and we have put up
hut few new dwellings to house
them.
The large house of former gen.
Grafton suited the gracious aptitude
of old time life. But the modern
housewife asks how long it will take
to sweep it. People can be just as
happy in small home as i'm biz
one, and il is not so heavy drain
on the purse. Happiness is not Gre
ated by space, but by industry and
harmony and. affection among its
inmates.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
HUDSON x ROADS
(Noar ROxRnal

Frank Hazel spent part of lasI
week as the, guest of his parents
Mr., and Mrs. John Hazel, Sr., al
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Lille Hudson entertained
her son, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Hud-
son, to dinner ON Sunday. In the af-
ternOOn Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Hick-
man and Mrs. Harry Hudson were
callers.
Harry Hudson recently killed a
hog weighing five hundred and ten
pOunds-whO can beat that?
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hazel, Jr., and
family, and Mrs. Lille Hudson spent
, Sunday evening as the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Hudson and
family, here.
Master Jack Hazel was caller
on Master Herschel and Harry Hud-
son on Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Hickman
and daughter, Dorothy, spent Sun
day evening as the guests of Mr..
and and Mrs. Harry Hudson and
family.
Mrs. Matte Hickman left Monday
morning for Elizabeth City, Va, to
visit her brother, who is ill.,
ElwOOd Hudson spent last week
in Milford
Miss Alberta Hudson entertained
a number of her friends on Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hudson and
family spent Saturday evening as
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
lynch.
Mrs. Chester Lynch and daughters,
Irma and Loranda, were callers on
her mother recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Lynch spent Sat
urday evening with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Amos Hudson and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Lynch enter
tanned to dinner on Sunday as fol-
lows: Rev. and Mrs. McCOrkle of
RoXana, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore |
Stephens and sister, Mrs. Baker.
ElwOod Hudson and Miss Alberta !
Hudson spent Saturday evening as
The guests of Miss Louise Widic, at |
Md.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
pR0HIRITI0NAL REpEAL

II is now up to the American peo-
pie to say whether or not they want
the prohibition law to remain in
force. The nation has echoed with
bitter controversy for IA years. over
the question as to whether prohibit
tiOn was put over on them, as
many have alleged. contrary to the
national desire. The silent verdict
of the people in their ballot boxes
will now answer that question.
We confront an evil existing in
human society since the dawn of his
tory, the misery and suffering Gre
ated by intemperance. We have seen
the, bitter tears of neglected fami-
lies, the promising careers wrecked
by the abuse of alcohol. Let us give
all our intelligence, free from per-
sonal likes and dislikes, to this
problem. and try to apply The best
modern knowledge TO its solution.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
WHO'S WHO IN
CABINET OF NEXT
ADMINISTRATION
Secretary OF State

COrdell Hull. 81, United States
Senator from Tennessee, regarded
for years as one of his party's sound
est money men and statesmen.
Sch0oled in law, he has been on
Capital Hill for 2S years. Firm in
his belief that a revival of interna-
tional trade hinges upon worldwide
tariff regulations, the Senator re-
Gently said; "The practice of the
half insane policy of economic isO-
lation. during the past ten years by
America and the world under Amer
lean leadership is the largest single
underlying cause of the present
American and world panic" Hull
believes Americas debtor nations,
before seeking reconsideration of
debt, should first consider tariff re-
duction.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
Milford, Friday, March 3, 1888
MARCH 1. 19aa

The original idea for President
elect ROOsevelt's Inauguration, was
that it should be a simple kind OF
affair. With Uncle Sam pulling his
belt some inches tighter, blowing in
money on high jinks did not seem
quite appropriate. However. when
people feel like celebrating, no
known way exists of hushing them
up.
So il finally appeared that there
were TO be impressive ceremonies
for the Inauguration day. The Do
litical party that had been out of
national power for II years, must
be expected to do some hOllering.
Even its opponents would not deny
that essential privilege. And when
people are shouting and celebrat-
ing, they at least aren't throwing a
chill over the land by blue talk.
Mr.. Roosevelt does not probably
feel at this moment like any shout
Ahs' 4AC VIII uu MS SlOullllS dlleI
he gets the results he is aiming for.
He realizes too we'll the weight of
the burden which has been laid on
his broad back. The hopes of the
nation go with him. He is president
of all of us, whether we voted for
him or not. No one asks the poll !
ties of the ship captain in the midst |
of storm. If he brings his vessel |
safe through the billOws. all unite to
acclaim him.
The fathers in their great wisdom
gave the head of the nation large
powers, which the people expect him
to exercise by strong and determined
leadership. Congress is handicap
ped by the fact THAT each member is
anSwerable' only TO one State or dis
trict. which results in interminable
factional controversy and often
paralysis of action.
The president is just as much the
president of the littlest village in
Delaware as he is of great New York
City. Seeing the needs of all the
people, hearing the appeal of all for
action, he must formu-
late policy that will do justice to
all. If he can do this. all Ameri-
ians will support him regardless of {
party. S
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
IF YOU Get UP NIGHTS
Physic the Bladder With
Juniper Oil

Drive out the impurities and ex-
cess acids that cause irritation, burn
ing and frequent desire. Juniper oil
is pleasant to take in the form of
BUKETS, the bladder physic, also
containing buchu leaves, etc. Works
on the bladder similar to castor oil
on the bowels. Get a 25c box from
any drug store. After four days if
not relieved of getting up nights"
go back and get your money. If
you are bothered with backache or
leg pains caused from bladder dis
orders you are bound to feel better
after this cleansing and you get your
regular sleep.
e. II. Bratten, Druggist, Milford,
and Sharp & Fleming, Druggists,
Harrington, Del, say BUKETS is
best seller.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
STATES And i. s.
TRYING TO STOP
BLACK KBASSSALE
Fourteen States Are To
Consider Adopting Such
Regulations AS Are
Needed.

SpOrtsmen, cOnservatiOniSts, state
and federal governments, i'm trying
to stamp out commercial fishing OF
the black bass, one of the principal
game fishes of this country, are at
tempting 20 get a uniform provision
inserted into the laws of every state,
prohibiting the commercial taking,
transportation and sale of these
game fish, according to a bulletin of
the American Game Association.
Fourteen states are to consider
adopting such regulations as are
needed. during the sessions of their
legislature this year. These are Ar
/ kansas, Delaware, Florida, Missouri,
North Dakota. South Dakota, Rhode
Island, West Virginia, Indiana, Ten
nessee, South. Carolina, Utah, New
Mexico and Maryland.
The black bass, it has been con-
clusively proved, is worth approx
mately IS pound as lure to ang-
lers. The usual commercial price is
10 or 10 cents pound. The revenue
paid by anglers pursuing the bass is
distributed to a large number of in
terests ranging from railroad fare
To a small boy to paddle boat, and
il amounts to millions of dollars an
nually. Some S3500G0,00O is spent
every year for sport fishing i'm this
country; the black bass carries a
major portion of this golden harvest
on his bronze back. The market val
ne of the bass is so small in COM
parison that it is insignificant; yet,
through influence ard strong Hobbies |
in state legislatures, a handful of |
commercial fishermen have manag-
ed in many states to defeat all at
tcmpts 10 stop commercial fishing
Of the bass, according to officials of
the association.
A nltiOn-wiGe campaign, under
The direction of the American Game
Association and the Izaak Walton
League assisted by state organiza-
tiOns, is under way to get the re-
states that allow the sale
Of black bass, TO stop the taking OF
heir own BASS for commercial pur-
poses 1t all times; also to get the
ew states which prohibit the sale
If their own fish but allow the sale
If their noighbOr's black bass with
n their borders, to change their
avs in order that the Halves Fed
raj Black Bass Law may become
ully effective throughout the United
states. Its object is to stop trans
'ortatiOn Cor commercial purposes I
cross 1 state line. thus stopping
he sale Of Interstate bass. officials
aid.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
AMERICAN LEGION NOTES

As mentioned i'm last weeks notes
Il national drive is now ON to enroll
the largest membership i'm Legion
history, and Sussex Post is anxious
to reach and pass its objective at the
earliest possible moment II there
is u World War veteran in your To-
cality who has not yet signed up,
contact him at once and bring him
with you to the next meeting and
don't forget the date, Monday, March
9th, at p. IN. 1t is rhmOred that
there will be eats" after the meet
ing. SO if you lost out last time don't
be A. w. o. l.. again.
This months issue of the Legion
magazine has just been delivered
and it is full of news to veterans,
don't fail to read it. They say ig-
norance is no excuse for violation
of laws, well neither is it any eX-
cuse for your not knowing what is
being done for and against you at
Washington and throughout the
country. War veterans as whole
are not asking for that to which
they are not justly entitled by all
the laws of decency and fair play,
but il has now become necessary to ]
fight for our rights as we fought for
the rights of others in. war time
This can only be accomplished by
presenting to the country and the
Congress a solid front of 100%
American War Veterans.
Remember this-only those who
served honestly and faithfully in the
armed forces of the United States |
during the World War, are, or ever |
will be, eligible to membership in
The Legion. You should be proud of |
that distinction. Show your appre-
citation of the efforts being made in
your behalf by signing up with the
nearest American Legion Post, AND
DO 1T NOWi
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
APRON SOCIAL

The Alumni Association of the
Milford Emergency Hospital will
have an apron social, Friday even
ing, March 18th, at s o'clock, in the
Nurses Home. There will be bridge
or five hundred, all sorts of games,
and if you are a puzzle fend-jig-
saws. Later in the evening refresh
ments will be served. Between now
and March 18th you will receive a
small paper apron. Measure the
number of inches around your
waist and place a penny for each
inch in the small apron. Be sure
and don't break the tape measure!
Every one come and have big
time.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
HOME TOWN THOUGHTS

When you spend money at home,
it is like opening a draft under a
fire. The flame of local activity
burns brighter When you spend it
elsewhere, it is like checking that
fire of home activity by cold breath
of competition.
Don't expect other folks to carry
on the home town activities, if you
won't at least support them in so
doing.
If you don't plant the seed of adj
vertising. don't expect any crop of
increased business.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
Secretary OF NAVY

Claude A. Swanson, 70, United
States Senator from Virginia. known
as big navy" advocate. As a mem
Der of the American delegation to
the Geneva conference, he said
America "owes it to herself, to her
safety and to the exercise of her
proper influence in world affairs, to
see that her navy is kept at all
times equal to that of any other
navy"
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
Sccrcfnrr Of Agriculture

Henry A. Wallace. A, an Iowa
dirt" farmer and editor. The son
Of Henry A. Wallace, secretary of
agriculture in the Harding admins
tratiOn, he left the Republican ranks
in 1928 to support Alfred E. Smith
and early last year Joined the Roose-
welt followers. A champion of the
domestic allotment plan. Wallace
favOrs readjustment of war debts
based upon trade agreements to pro-
vide markets for farm products.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
Secretary OF Commerce

Daniel C. Roper, 65, attorney from
South Carolina, who was active in
the campaigns and administrations
IOf Woodrow Wilson, holding the po-
sitiOn of Assistant Postmaster Gen
.eral, vice-chairman of the tariff
commission and collector of internal
revenue. He is firmly grounded in
agriculture and in the textile indus
try. In his regime the pOstoflice de-
partment was operated at profit,
or late years, Roper has headed a
law firm in the national capital.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03

William Cullen Bryant, loved pOeI
Of nature. wrote these lines about
the month of March:
"Ah. passing few are they who
speak,
Wild. stormy month in praise of
thee;
Yet though thy winds are loud and
bleak,
Thou art u welcome month to inc.
For thou TO northern lands again
The glad and glorious sun dost
bring;
And thou has Joined the gentle train
And yearst the gentle name Of
spring"
This somewhat boisterOus month
is in most American climates a
blowy one, when the change of sea-
sons stirs the winds of heaven to
action. We must cling to the hat,
or il may iInpudently dance away
from us in the gutter
But March brings us the smile of
sunshine, returned birds are singing
opera airs in the treetop. If the
wind is too much given to hOrseplay,
IL is our fault for being too tender.
Let us buffet Mr. March with
cheerful heart, and give him as good
as he sends.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
Secretary of Treasury

William II. WOOdin. Ga, head of the
American Car Foundry and its sub
salaries, one of the nations best
known industrialists. He has been
a close conferee of the President
elect for months, fitting himself to
the task of furthering Il Sound
money" program.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
Pnsfmnsfer l:ennrnI

James A. Farley, Al, New York
City businessman and chairman of
the National and New York State
Democratic Committees. He was
generalissimO of the Roosevelt cam
paign, before, during and after the
Chicago convention.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
SerrinrY OF L.nIlnr

Frances Perkins, 40, New YOrt
States Commissioner of Labor, q
sOciOlOgist whose constant fight foi
bcttcrment of labor conditions be-
gan years ago when the President
elect was state senator and Al
fred f. Smith an assemblyman. She
obtained their friendship and aid
Smith brought her into public life
in 1919 and Roosevelt kept her there.
In private life she is Mrs. Paul C.
Wilson.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
ATTORNEY General

Thomas J. Walsh. 73, United States
Senator from Montana, who prose-
cuted the Senate's investigation of
the Teapot Dome incident. The
whitehaired Senator, with Il strong
fist, welded the gavel at the con-
ventiOn that nominated Roosevelt.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
Secretary OF War

George II. Dern, 60, Governor of
Utah from 1924 to 1882, refused to
seek 4 third term. An advocate of
reclamation, a constant battler for
irrigation projects, Dern champions
state ownership of national re-
sources, including mineral deposits.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
THE
FLOWER GARDEN
QUESTION BOX
Edited by
+. l.. LYNCH
DEL.MAR.VA NURSERIES,

< vg1s- ~ ,t5. ns ,s-F ff' ~ -
< Any reader of this newspa-
per is welcome to make use
of lhe free information SER
( vice OF this department on
( any question concerning
I trees, plants, shrubs, peren-
{ malls, bulbs or anything
( concerning their home
, grounds. Address Milford
Chronicle Flower Garden
Question Box. Milford, Del.
, Enclose a three cent stamp
for return postage. State
your question clearly and
write your name and ad-
dress plainly.
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
Secretary OF Interior

Harold l.. Ickes, SIS, Il Chicago at
tOrney, who has been identified with
such Independent Republicans as
Senator Hiram Johnson and the La
FOllettes, of Wisconsin. Friends
say he secs eye to eye" with ROOse-
veit on the power question
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
WHAT TO SERVE WITH LAMB

Lamb aud green peas! Lamb and
mint sauce! These perennial cOmbi-
nations are not so Interchangeable as
they appear to be, it seems. In fact
there is Il long list of vegetables
which may take the place of peas,
while sauces of other flavOrs may
very well substitute for mint. These
combinations are suggested by way
of variety.
Vegetables
Sliced or quarteTcd tomatoes
Onions CaulillOwer
Spring reans Asparagus
Carrots Celery
Spinach Turnips
Sauces and Garnishes
Glazed Drunes Cinnamon apples
Whole or halves of canned or
spiced peaches
Potato cups filled with peas or cut
string beans
Pineapple ring filled with jelly
Currant Jelly Guava jelly
Spiced cOnservcs and pickles
Lettuce cups with bright cOlOred
relish
HOrscradish sauce
Parsley Watercress
Glazed apricOts Lettuce
Milford chronicle., 1933-03-03
MILFORD BIILDING a. LOAN As.
ISOLATION OPENS NEW SERIES

A new Series of Stock is now open
to public subscription. Shares may
he obtained at the office of The AS
sOciatiOn, l07 N. Walnut street.
JAMES X. PETTYJOHN,
1-3-2t Secretary.
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Eat tUrnin praanc fraoIy