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Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
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Jail Is Raced
Records Of Sixty Years Ago Found In Walls Of DOUer
Building; Data Was Written By Henry Todd And
Gives Interesting History Of The City Of DOUer.

With the demolition of the old
Kent county Jail, located ON the
north side of the old State House
on Dover Green. which the contrac-
tors have had considerable difficulty
in razing because of its almost inn
penetrable construction and which
had to be dynamited to completely
lay the walls low, some interesting
data concerning the Jail and the
history of Dover over 60 years ago
has been found.
While the Jail had no cornerstone,
In tearing down the last we'll of the
old Jail. workmen found in an up
per corner of the building a rusty
tin can which rolled out as the wall
fell.
In the can was found letter writ
ten by one Henry Todd, bearing the
date of September 30, 1871, which
gave the names of. the builders of
the Jail as Alonzo Reynolds, of Port
Deposit, Md, and Charles Hillyard,
Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
MRS. BRINGHURST HEAD
OF WHITE RIRBONERS
Kent W. c. 7. U. Asks Ban On U. S.
Army, Navy Beer

Resolutions urging that the orders
allowing beer to be dispensed TO Of
ficers and men of the Army and
Navy be rescinded and that the ban
on all alcoholic beverages be re-
stored were adopted last Thursday
by the annual convention of the
Kent County Women's Christian
Temperance Union held in the Peo-
ple's Congregational Christian
Church at Dover.
The convention also adopted reso-
lutions condemning the liquor traf-
fic as the Course of this nation" and
reiteratlng their belief that prohibit
tion is making better America
Addresses at the afternoon and
evening sessions were delivered by
Mrs. Anna Lee Waller. State presi-
dent of the w. G. T. U.; the Rev. ID.
e. McClain. Anti-Saloon League SUI
perintendent, Horace G. Eastburn,
of Wilmington. and Mrs. r. e. Lewis.
Mrs. Lewis reviewed the work OF
the present Legislature as 1t relates
to temperance and Mrs. Waller spoke
on conditions throughout the State,
saying that gratifying interest
was being shown i'm the dry cause.
Both Mr.. Eastburn and Mr.. NC
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BABY SHOW TO Be
HELD IN MILFORD,
FRIDAY, MAY 18TH
To Be Given In COnjunc-
tiOn With National Hos
pital Day.
226 BABIES INVITED
Milford Emergency Hos
pitaI To Proudly Exhib-
it Products.
226 BABIES INVITED

ThrOught the good auspices of the
Milford Emergency Hospital, the
people of Milford and vicinity will
have the privilege of seeing most
interesting exhibition on National
Hospital Day, May IL, when baby
show is to be held on the lawn in
the rear of the hospital. The babies
eligible are those born in the hos
pital during the past five years. The
local show will be only one of a
large series of such exhibitions held
throughout the United States. Can
ada and many foreign countries on
National Hospital Day. for babies, of
course, are the prOudest product of
the hospital and it is only natural
that they will want to display their
products on this day.
When National Hospital Day was
first observed in 1921 to give the
people a chance to learn more about
hospitals, an institution in Missouri
held most successful baby show.
While Missouri may rightly claim
to the "shOw me" State in regard
to National Hospital Day baby
shows, the Milford Emergency Hos
pital is sure that Milford can easily
SHOW" not only Missouri, but the
rest of the world some really pretty
babies. hence the plans for the show.
So, the Milford Emergency Hos
pitfalls says, when the citizens of
Milford look over the entries in the
show here they may rest assured
that they are gazing at an aggrega-
tion of infants, all of whom could
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Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
RELIEF BODY is
WITHOUT POWER
TO GIVE CHICKS
UnfOunded RumOr That
Baby Chicks Are Avail
able Causes Trouble.
GRADING IN KENT
First Contingent Of For
: estry Army Is Accepted
From Lower Counties.

Unfounded rumOrs that have cir
culated about lower Delaware, to
the effect that the State Temporary
Emergency Relief Commission
would furnish baby chicks, to who
ever would apply for them, resulted
in prompt action by the commission
at its meeting in Wilmington, last
Friday.
When the commission met there
had accumulated more than fifty let
ters from resident of Delaware,
mostly from Sussex county, asking
the commission to furnish them with
"biddies," with which to start a
chicken farm, or Festock their farms
with young chicks.
False Alarm
The matter was given serious con-
sideration, but due search of the
act creating the commission failed
10 reveal to any member where that
body had authority to furnish baby
chickens for this puropose. The
members decided that such requests
did not come within the realms of
relief work as understood by the
COu1ulloSlOii anu ludb oPPhSotAN'D
were refused.
Where the rumOrs originated are
now known, but from the appeals
made to the commission the re-
quests were pretty general. They
ranged from requests for twenty to
fifty chicks, up into many hundreds
of chickens, some appeals ranging
for three to five hundred baby
chicks a person, it is stated.
May Sewing Budget
The commission approved the bud
gets for May, involving expendi-
lures for sewing units and direct
relief orders for all three counties.
March 1t was believed would be the
peak in the work of direct relief,
hut orders sought through April, 1t
is. believed, will show equally as
heavy demands. The amount ap-
proved for May. is slightly under
that expended for March and April.
Grading In Kent Approved
The Commission approved OF
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TWO COUNTIES NAME
WET CANDIDATES
Petitions For Nominations Out In
Kent And Sussex Counties

Forces bent on putting Delaware's
vote down for repeal of the Eight
eenth Amendment rounded out their
State organization on Tuesday when
they named their delegate nominees
for Kent and Sussex counties and
set out on the battle to get them
elected to the convention.
Petitions for nominating the Sus-
sex slate were already making the
rounds on Tuesday morning while
those for Kent were distributed on
Wednesday.
The sussex county repeal slate is:
Harry L. Cannon, Bridgeville; j.
Reese White. Millsboro; Miss Julia
F. Burton, Georgetown; Thomas J.
Virden, Lewes; Harry c. Darbee'
Seaford.
The slate for Kent is: Charles Le-
land Harmonson, Smyrna; William
P. Richardson, Dover; DR.. Charles
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DRY C>DATES
SELECTEl ls,syENT
FOR REPEArlGHT
Convention Names w. o.
HOffecker, Smyrna, To
Head Campaign.
LARGELY ATTENDED
Decides To Form Three
Committees To Work In
Kent County.
LARGELY ATTENDED

More than 300 persons gathered
in the Kent County Court room on
Tuesday, where meeting had been
called by Jefferson Cooper to select
delegates to the State repeal conven-
tion.
Former Congressman Robert G.
Houston, of Georgetown, spoke. Wal
ter o. Hoffecker, of Smyrna, was
chosen chairman of permanent
committee to direct the campaign in
Kent. He made brief address.
Former Judge William H. Boyce, the
Rev. A. C. Goddard, the latter of
Wilmington, and the Rev. r. c. Hell
fenstein, of Dover, spoke.
The nominating committee to Sc
lect delegates to the convention
comprised John B. Hutton. James H.
Hughes, former State Senator Will
bur f. Jacobs, DR.. Henry C. Budd
and DR.. Joseph Bringhurst. It pre-
sented the following nominations:
Mrs. Robert E. Lewis, Dover; CAM
aliel Garrison, Kenton; James Fl.
Hughes. Dover; AlonzO Jones, Leip-
sic; Howard E. Moore, Milford.
Three committees of ten persons
each from the ten representative dis
tricts were decided upon, one COM
posed of men, one of women and
one of negroes. The mems commit
tee was named as follows:
First district, Matthew v. Ford;
second district, John B. Hutton;
third district, C. w. Guthrie; fourth
district. Charles Hopkins; fifth dis
trict, Walter T. Massey; sixth dis
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Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
MUSIC FESTIVAL
HERE MAY 9TH
Music Groups OF County High And
Elementary Schools To Participate

On May 10 all/of the high schools
of the county and several of the ele-
mentary schools will send their
most outstanding musicians and
music organizations to Milford to
participate in a county music festi-
val. There will be bands, large and
small, glee clubs, quartets and solo
performers. folk dances in costumes,
junior choirs, in fact everything in
the way of music. The festival will
begin at one o'clock and continue
through the afternoon and evening.
Admission to the festival will be
free. The purposes are: to let the
parents and friends of the boys and
girls hear some of the fine things
they are doing musically, to give the
children an opportunity to see and
hear what other pupils are doing
and to have the joy that comes from
having a part in festival such as
this one is to be.
New Castle County is holding a
similar event on May 5th at Will
mington in the dupont High School.
II you are lover of good music,
mark the date, Friday, May 18th, on
your calendar. The tentative pro-
gram is as follows: Afternoon
group (1:00 p. m.)-bands, instru-
mental ensembles, orchestras, jun
ior choirs, folk dances, rythmic>
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Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
HOST TO ODD FELLOWS
Crystal FOunt Lodge To Attend
In A Body On Sunday, May z

Following a long established GUS
tom of attending divine service on
or near the date of the founding Of
the order, Crystal Fount Lodge Ne.
10, 1. o. o. F. of Milford. will this
year visit the First Presbyterian
Church on Sunday morning. May T.
at 1890 o'clock, where the pastor.
Rev. VIM. Irwin, will deliver a spe-
cial sermon in keeping with the oc-
casion.
Deputy Grand Master Clarence E.
Jester and his entire staff. of Grand
Lodge officers will attend the serv-
ice with the Milford Odd Fellows.
Past Grand Levinus Austin as
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements has requested every
member to be present. This is the
first opportunity that Rev. Irwin
has had to meet the Milford Odd
Fellows and large attendance is
expected.
Special singing by the choir will
be feature of the service.
The lodge membership will meet
at Crystal Fount lodge room at 10:S0
a. m. and proceed to the church in
a body. The general public is in
vited to attend.
Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
$500 ANNUAL STATE AID
TO FIRE UNITS PASSED

Representative Green's bill
TO authorize an appropriation
by the State of $500 annually
to all the fire companies in
Delaware outside of Whining
ton, has passed both branches
of the General Assembly.
Should the measure be approx
ed by Governor C. Douglass
Buck ID volunteer fire cOmpa-
nies will benefit under the act.
The Senate also gave its ap-
proval to Representative
Scott's bill to authorize appro-
priations by the State to sew
eral hospitals as follows: Kent
General Hospital, Dover. &c.
S25; Milford Emergency Hos
pital, $6.65O; Marshall Hos
pital, Milford. $5,250; Beebe
Hospital, Lewes, $9,SO0; HON.
eopathic Hospital, Whining
ton, $2S.375; st. Francis Hos
pital, Wilmington. S12,25O;
Delaware Hospital. Whining
ton, s3O,sOO; Wilmington Cen
eral Hospital, S20,125.
Senator Simonton's bill to
exempt property of Veterans
of Foreign Wars from taxation
was passed by the Senate.
Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
Laurel Girl 8, Youngest Licensed
Operator Of Wireless In Country
Jean Hudson, Of Laurel, Was GiUen A Rating Of 81
Per Cent By Examiner George E. Sterling At Fed
eraL Radio Headquarters At Fort McHemy.

Is words a minute, and then to 20,
the requirement for commercial Ii
cense, but the little girl was with
him all the way.
Next came the technical tests, in
which the youthful applicant was
required to explain the fundamental
workings of the short wave radio,
describe the makeup of sending
and receiving set and spell the
names of all the component parts.
She needed but rs as a passing
grade. but when it was all over, a
check showed her to have so.
Jean gets her radio ability natur-
ally. Her father, Edgar L. Hudson,
is a licensed amateur operator, and
her 14-year-old brother, Roland, re-
ceived his license year ago.
Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
University Military Units To
Undergo Inspection At Newark
Annual War Department Inspection VIII Be Conduct
ed By Competent Officials; Interest Is Keen And
RiUGLry BetLUeen The Batteries Is Intense.

The annual War Department in
spection of the Reserve Officers
Training Corps Unit at the Univer-
sity of Delaware will take place on
Thursday, May IL in Newark. Re
cent advices received by the Mill
tary Department of the College from
Headquarters Second Corps Area
located at Governors Island, New
York, indicate that the inspection
this year will be conducted by Major
Meade Wildrick, c. A. c., and Major
Henry c. Mclean, Inf. of the Regu-
lar Army, representing General No
Ian, the Corps Area Commander.
During the morning hours all
classes in Military Science will be
visited and the standard of instruc-
tion and progress made in these
Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
P. 7. ASSOCIATION
HOLD CONVENTION
Annual Affair Largely
Attended At Dover Last
Saturday.
HEAR GOOD REPORTS

Howard T. Ennis presided at the
22nd annual convention of the Della
ware Parent-Teacher Association,
which crowded the Eover Presbyte-
rian Church last Saturday. Greet
ings were extended by George S.
Williams, president of the State
Board of Education. who urged the
members of the convention to be-
come "child-consciOus" as they had
been neutrality-suspicious." in the
past. J. e, Goslee, president of the
Delaware Citizens Association, eX-
pressed the interest felt by his or
ganization in the Parent-Teacher
Association. Supt. II. V. Holloway
urged the group to listen to the
broadcasts arranged by The Joint
Commission ON the Emergency in
Education.
Burton p. Fowler. president of the
National Progressive Education As
sOciation and Headmaster of the
Tower Hill School, delivered the
principal address on parents and
the Depression" Mr.. Fowler said
in part: The school is threatened
Sensible economies should be ef-
fected but activities sbcI'd not be
curtailed The amount spent for ed
ucation is pitifully meager. It costs
800 to keep child in school a year,
II costs $500 to keep a man in jail a
year-and $4,000 year, if you con-
slider the lawyers fees! These chill
dren have their chance but once. We
build roads. We bolster up banks.
We subsidize railroads. Shall we
deprive the boys and girls? II we
do. we face moral and social disas-
ter. Education is social insurance.
We have been fortunate so far. An
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Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
3 TROOPERS LOSE JOBS
IN PENNY HILL CASE
Action Practically Completes Inves'
tlgatiOn Into Theft OF Liquor

After four months of investigation
into the theft of the liquor from the
Penny Hill Station of-the State Po-
lice the State Highway Commission
announced Tuesday afternoon that
three of the officers who have been
suspended since January 1, Leo J.
Hammerer. Lawrence Traynor and
Joseph Maloney, have been dismiss
sed from the service. Evidence gath
cred against these men during the
investigation will be turned sover to
the Attorney General and 1t was
intimated that criminal charges will
be placed against the men.
Superintendent c. c. Reynolds al
so announced that in view of these
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Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05

of Dover. The cost of the building,
according to Mr.. Todd's letter, was
$34,80O. and as Reynolds. of Port
Deposit, was one of the builders, IL
is presumed the stone was secured
from the quarries at Port Deposit,
Md.
The letter also refers to the brick
County Building, which was recent
ly turned around from the Dover
Green 20 face the State building
plaza as having been built in 1858
by William Groves, of Wilmington.
Under this building, when IL was
moved last fall, was found an under
ground Jail with cells.
Further information given in the
letter written by Mr. Todd. who was
a surveyor in Dover, gives the
names of various State officials of
that time; Governor James Ponder,
of Milton; Secretary of State John
H. Paynter; United States Senators
Thomas F. Bayard and Eli Sauls-
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Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
TWO STATE TROOPERS
INJURED In CRASH
Pvt. Jacobs and Lieut.. Purnell On
Patrol Duty When Car Overturned

Private John Jacobs. Milford, and
Lieutenant Norman Purnell, George
town, of the State Police. narrowly
escaped death last Thursday night
when the car in which they were
doing patrol duty overturned near
Harbeson on the Georgetown-Reho-
both highway. Jacobs was badly
cut about the face and head and at
first it was feared that he would
lose the sight of one of his eyes.
Purnell was pinned under the over
turned car and Jacobs, despite his
painful injuries, extricated him. He
received cuts and bruises about the
head and was taken to his home in
Georgetown.
Jacobs was brought to the Mar
shall Hospital, where DR.. S. M. ID.
Marshall performed an operation,
which saved the sight of his eye. He
was released from the hospital on
Tuesday afternoon. He will not be
able to resume his duties on the
force for several weeks.
Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
BUCK MAY VETO SCHOOL
APPROPRIATION BILL
May Urge Substitute Providing ST.
100000 For New Building

The possibility of veto by Gov
efnor Buck of the $2,500.0QO appro-
priation measure passed by the Cen
eral Assembly. $1.5OO.OOO of which
would go to Wilmington and admit
of the construction of a new high
school building there, was indicated
by the Governor to joint committee
of citizens who called upon him at
his office this week. The Governor
told the delegates that i'm the event
he finds veto necessary, he will
try to have a substitute bill intro
duced asking for a $1,0O0.0OO school
for Wilmington.
The delegation told the Governor
why they believed he should sign
the bill. which passed both houses
of the Legislature, providing ST.
100000 for new school construction
for the State.
Should the bill be signed 1t is
generally believed that Milford will
be in line for a new primary school
which is badly needed. Should the
Governors plan prevail. then lower
Delaware would receive no funds
this year for new buildings.
Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
SUSSEX DRYS NAME
REPEAL DELEGATES
Mrs. Georgia Pierce VIII Head
Workers In Milford

Approximately three hundred per-
sons attended the meeting of the
drys at Georgetown on Wednesday
to select delegates opposing the re-
peal of the Eighteenth Amendment
to be voted for on May q as dele
gates to the convention to be held
ON June "a to consider the proposed
amendment to the Constitution re-
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An eight-year-old girl. who sat on
a thick dictionary so she could COM
fortably reach the table top, has
passed the Federal examinations
and was licensed a wireless opera
tor.
The girl, Jean Hudson. of Laurel.
Del, was given rating of so per
cent by Examiner George E. Sterling
at Federal radio headquarters at
Fort McHenry She is believed to
be the youngest licensed operator
in the United States.
Sterling started the tests by send
ing 10 words minute, but Jean was
for ahead of him, although that is
all required of an amateur.
Then he stepped up his sending to
Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
PROVIDE MONEY TO
BUY STATE FORESTS

20 The Senate, under suspen-
sion of rules Friday afternoon.
passed Representative Pryor's
n substitute bill to authorize the
Temporary Unemployment Re-
lief Commission to transfer
$4,000 of its funds to the State
Treasurer for the use of the
State Forestry Commission.
Willard Springer, Jr.. a
member of the State Forestry
Commission, who spoke in be-
half of the bill, explained that
it was the purpose of the meas
ure to enable Delaware to ac-
quire enough forest land to
share i'm the $300,000,000 the
Federal government has made
available for refOrestation
work as a means of making
work for the unemployed.
The bill was passed earlier
in the day i'm the House by a
vote of 81 to 1.
Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05

subjects will be rated by the in
specting officers.
The afternoon will start off with
review in honor of the officers
representing the Corps Area Com
mander in which the entire Cadet
Battalion, including the Band will
participate. This will be a most i'm
pressive ceremony and will present
a strikingly colorful picture with
the National Colors, the Cadet Bat
talon Colors, and the red of the
Artillery Guidons sharply outlined
against the green Of the parade
ground.
Following the review the inspect
ing officers will rate the various or
ganizations on their appearance and
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Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
HARRINGTON WOMAN
ACCUSED OF ARSON
Mrs. Emma c. Sibitsky Held Under
Bail

Charged with arson i'm an attempt
to burn house owned by her hus-
band in Harrington. Mrs. Emma C.
Sibitsky, 81 years old, wife of Cor
rad Sibitsky, baker, was held un-
der $25O0 bail on Monday by Judge
Earl d. Wiley. The fire occurred
carly Sunday morning and when
Mrs. Sibitsky was arraigned she
waived hearing on advice of her
attorney.
State police say that Mrs. Sibitsky
has confessed that she soaked kind
ling wood with kerosene and after
piling it i'm closets on the first and
second floors of the house, lit can
dies near the wood at 10 o'clock Sat
urday night and left them there to
burn.
Only one room in the house was
occupied, the back kitchen, which
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Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
ASK PERMISSION TO
BUILD NEW JETTY
Highway Department Seeks Author
ity To Protect Inlet

w. W. Mack. Chief Engineer OF
the Delaware State Highway De-
partment. has made application for
a War Department permit to con-
struct a timber jetty into the Allan
tic Ocean at a point just south of
Indian River Inlet, Sussex county,
The plans provide for timber jet
ty 1000 feet long to extend perpen-
dicularly into the ocean for a dis
tance of 400 feet from the mean low
water line. The elevation of the top
of the proposed jetty is to be 1h
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Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, April 26, To Tues
day, May ?, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford from Wednesday, April 26. to
Tuesday, May 2, inclusive:
Tom narotura pain
Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05
Temperature Rail-

Total Rainfall ......... None
Rainfall for April ........ Sol in.
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-13

IL: HUGH S. JOHNSON, ad-
ministrator Of the industrial
coSo sery act, opened hearings on
CUES cues submitted for government
g, u,roi before an interested crowd
hr,,. e department of Commerce
oua ulng in Washington, the first
fa., 70 De taken up being that of.
trv oy the cotton-textile indus
eoy. which was described in this
'O.omn a week ago.
Joh his bluff manner Genera,
l. ALL introduced his deputy, w.
Pi,s hilen, and his counsel Donald
tho s' and the latter laid down
'uies OF procedure to be fol.