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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
GRAND JURY FIND
MANY TRUE BILLS
Former Bridgeville Man
Charged With Forgery;
Other Indictments.

With Associate Judges Richard S.
Rodney and Charles S. Richards ON
the bench, the regular April term of
Superior Court and Court of Gen
eral Sessions opened at Georgetown
on Monday.
Under the constitutional amend
ment passed by the Delaware Legis-
lature last week, which reduced the
number of grand jurors from twenty
four to ten, the new jurors, named
for the remainer of the year, last
Friday, were pressed into service.
Harry l.. Cannon, of Bridgeville, has
been selected as the foreman, and
Frank f. Lynch, Jr., of Delaware,
was named as secretary.
Bills of Indictment were returned
ON Monday, as follows: Against
Edneil Johnson, colored, of George
town, first degree murder of his
wife, Lawrence, on February Is;
Theodore X. Jones, Cedar Creek
District, desertion and non-support
of his minor child, Vernon; Harland
l.. Jones, Northwest Work District,
desertion and non-support of his
wife, Sarah, Asher f. Hudson, of
near Roxana, desertion and nom
support of his wife and four months
old child; Urias Taylor, Seaford, de-
sertion and non-support of his wife,
Nora; Russell Cakes, Seaford, de-
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
HORSE RACES NOW
LEGAL IN STATE
Van SAINT Measure Be-
comes Law AS Ten-Day
Veto Period Ends.

Horse racing is now legal in this
State, Senator Van SAINTS bill hav-
ing become a law on Monday. This
act was necessary because there
was a statute in effect making it il
legal to hold contests of speed or
endurance between animals.
The Van SAINT bill was passed by
the General Assembly several days
ago and went to the Office of Cover
nor e. Douglass Buck for his con-
sideration. He has ten days in which
to consider all legislation passed by
the General Assembly. If he fails
to veto any bill during that time, il
automatically becomes a law with
out his signature. He did not act on
this bill and, as the ten-day limit eX-
pired Monday it became a law.
The bill wassdrawn by James Fl.
Hughes, Jr., of Wilmington, at the
instance. of residents of the State
who are interested in seeing. horse
racing established in Delaware on a
high plane and removed from the
class of cheap sport. The act spe-
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
'HENRY'S WEDDING TO
BE STAGED TWO NIGHTS
Legion Play With 1875 In Cast VIII
Stir Laughter April 10 And 20

On Wednesday and Thursday,
April 10 and 20, the big social, po-
litical, and entertainment event of
the season "Henry's Wedding" will
take place in the Plaza Theatre.
This production, being staged by the
Milford Post No. 8, American Leg
ion, features a cast of 125 promi-
nent local people in a triple public
wedding.
Tuesday evening the Legion met
to discuss the plans for the prOduc-
tion of this big amateur play. Miss
Mary Lee Wall, representative of
the Universal Producing Company,
who is here to stage the production,
outlined in detail the plans for
handling the work. The Legion is
very enthusiastic about the whole
production and are promising the
public a real treat. The following
committees have been appointed
General chairman, Ralph McCallich-
er; assistant, A. F. Faix: cast COM
mittee, Mrs. L. o. Adkins. Mrs. E. B.
Atkins, E. B. Atkins. Mrs. A. F. Faix
and DR.. NJ Fl. Morrow; property
committee, B. P. Gibson; ticket
committee, Anthony Summers. Maj
or w. E. Lank, w. Hammond; pub
licity committee, r. C. Collins, H. J.
Pettyjohn, N. NJ. Stokes, A. F, Faix
and DR.. NJ. H. Morrow.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
DELA. JEWRY HONORS
HON. MORRIS SIMON
Statewide Tribute Paid To First
Jewish Representative In Delaware

More than 175 persons attended
the testimonial dinner in honor OF
Hon. Morris Simon of Dover, MEM
Der of the State House of Repre-
sentatiVes rendered by his Jewish
friends of Delaware and held in the
Community Building here Tuesday
night Mr.. Simon is the first Jewish
member of the Delaware House of
Representatives..
Among the prominent speakers
were: Rabbi Max Cohen, tOastmas-
ter, Rabbi Henry TaYel, principal
speaker; Senator Harry Latchum,
who welcomed the gathering to Mil
ford in place of Mayor Wilson NJ.
Vinyard who was unable to be
present; Nathan Miller; Represen-
tatiye George p Elliott; Senator
Joseph b. Green; Howard A. Miller.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Zurkow, representing the
Bessie Nurock Sisterhood, and May
or Wallace Woodford of Dover, who
introduced the guest of honor.
All of the speakers paid high trib-
ute to MIR. Simon as a gentleman
and a statesman. Senator Green, the
first Jewish Delaware Senator pre-
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
TALL CEDARS MET
HERE WEDNESDAY,
Harry Littell, Supreme
Tall Cedar, Among The
Guests OF Honor.

More than 1000 members of the
Tall Cedars of Lebanon from Della
ware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey attended a district meet
ing held here on Wednesday night.
The features of the meeting were a
banquet, a street parade, reception
to high officers and the initiation OF
a class of 25 candidates.
The banquet was served in the
New Windsor Hotel. Following din
ner the parade was held. More than
1000 persons witnessed the colorful
spectacle.
The parade was led by Lieutenant
Colonel w. E. Lank of Milford, and
he was followed by Evergreen For
est and the Rangers dressed in their
spic and span blue and white uni
FORMS. Following came the Tall
Cedars band, then the West Chester
Forest and Rangers in their red and
tan uniforms; Brandywine Forest
and Rangers of Wilmington, dressed
in red and green uniforms; Eastern
Sho' Forest, Salisbury, and Norris
town Rangers in green and white.
The reception which followed IN
the Community Building was for the
Supreme Officers of the United
States who were the guests of hon
or and included: Supreme Tall Ced-
ar Harry NJ. Littell, of Chester, n.
Y; Deputy Supreme Tall Cedar
James T. Knots, of Trenton, N. j.;
Junior Deputy Supreme Tall Cedar
E. Camford of Norristown,
Pa; District Representatives, Chas.
Witthost, of Trenton, N. j., Paul
Pierson, West Chester. Pa, Howard
Dehl of Camden, N. j., DR.. G. H.
Reading, Pa; Grand Tall
Cedar Charles Glanding, Whining
ton, and Past Supreme Tall Cedar
Harry w. Wenninger, Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
HOUSE APPROVES
SALE OF 81 BEER
IN ENTIRE STATE
Senate Amendment May
Defer Sales In Kent and
Sussex Until Election.
VOTERS TO DECIDE
Proposal Providing For
Repeal Election Given
Final Action.

All doubt as to the legal right to
sell beer in Delaware after April 7
will be removed if a bill passed by
the House Monday afternoon be-
comes a law. There were but six
votes against il. The proposed act
was forwarded to the Senate imme-
diately and was reported out favor
ably.
AS the Chronicle goes to press it
was planned TO bring up the SchrO-
eder bill in the Senate for final ac-
tion. The plan called for amending
the bill so that Kent and Sussex
counties will not be allowed the sale
of beer unless the voters act favor
ably for the vets in June.
Meanwhile in the Senate, Repre-
sentative Hawkes. bill to provide for
a State convention to ratify or re-
ject the repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment was passed by vote of
to z. AS it has been passed by the
House is now goes to Governor G.
Douglass Buck for his considera-
tioR.
In the House the bill for the sale
of 80 per cent beer was introduced
by Representative Schroeder and is
an amendment to the Loose law.
Those voting against it Monday at
ternoon were Representatives Ford,
Green, Hughes. Jester, McCabe and
Outten. The proposed act would be-
come effective Immediately upon its
approval.
II defines the term intoxicating
liquor" wherever used in any of the
existing laws to mean ANY spiritu-
Gus, malt or vinous liquor fit for
beverage purposes which contains
more than three and twO-tenths per
centum of alcohol by volume and
four per centum by weight"
Stewart Lynch. attorney for the
House, e&pIained that the purpose
of this act was to remove any ques-
tion there might be in the mind of
the attorney general with respect to
the sale of beer in Delaware after
April z in all those sections where
il would not be prohibited by the
Congressional, act which becomes
operative on that date.
In other words this bill would
make the Delaware laws definition
of what an intoxicant is conform to
the Congressional law defining in
toxicating liquor. II makes it clear
that 80 beer is not Intoxicating the
same as the Act of Congress defines
it. Sale of such "A beverage would
therefore be legal after today and
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KENT COUNTY PANEL OF
GRAND JURY DRAWN
New Grand Jury TO Report For The
April Term OF Court

Jury Commissioners Hopkins and
Hope of Kent county last Friday
drew the first grand jury under the
new law which reduces the number
from "a to 10 members. The panel
was drawn as soon as the Clerk of
the Peace received a certified copy
of the new law from the office of the
Secretary of State.
The jurors are: First district,
Walter F. Keith; second district,
John NJ. Roe; third district, Robert
X Knight; fourth district, William
H. Poore; fifth district. Thomas
Muncey; sixth district, Herman Dill;
seventh district, Harry NJ. Case;
eighth district, William II. Patter-
son: ninth district, Harry Boyer:
tenth district. William II. Chism.
The new grand jury will report
for the April term of court conven-
ing at Dover April II, and will con-
tinue for the balance of the year.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
Moratorium Is Adopted
For The Mix Industry

of the conditions must be kept on
the same high standard as hereto
fore.
This program by no means pro-
hibits the necessary replacement of
bad or worn-out equipment, such as
milk cans and minor equipment,
The same conditions may also ap-
ply in connection with some of the
equipment in use by distributors.
There is no disposition to lay
down on the matter of producing a
quality product. The same. high
grade must be maintained as has
been the case heretofore.
The Interstate Milk Producers
Association is now arranging to get
in touch with the various boards of
health in its territory and to en-
deavor to have them agree to this
program of procedure.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
THOUSANDS OF
US. EX-SOLDERS
TO LOSE PENSIONS
Ends Benefits of Veterans
For NOn-Service Disa-
bilities Not Permanent.
EFFECTIVE JULY Ist
Spanish American War
Widows Will Receive
Fifty Per Cent Cut.

Veterans Administration officials
have written in the word "econo-
my" over a wide field of their ac-
tivities in conformation with Pres
fdent Roosevelt's decree for an an
nual savings of $400, 100000 in vet
erans benefits.
From the White House, Veterans
Bureau officials received the volum-
inous executive order promulgating
the deep slashes in veterans bene-
fits. While the greater part of the
economies decreed in the order will
not be effective until the beginning
of the new fiscal year, July 1, the
bureau virtually has completed in
structions to field stations directing
the actual carrying out of the CHIEF
Executives orders. The instructions
were expected to go forward to field
stations this week.
How great would be the effect
upon the field forces Of the drop
ping from the benefit rolls OF thou
sans now receiving emoluments re-
mains a subject of speculation.
The economies in expenditures or
dered by the President will sweep
over virtually every activity of the
bureau, but the Chief Executive in
issuing the order asked in formal
statement that no veteran hold the
belief that he or his comrades had
been singled out for the sake Of gov
economy. He called atten-
tion to his whole economy program
and described the veterans cuts as
only an integral part of it.
SIashes Pay For Disabilities
Principal among the items Of saw
ings will be about $100,000,000 to be
cut from allowances for non-seryice
connected disabilities of less than
total and permanent character.
Those permanently and totally dis
abied, even though the disability
cannot be connected with service,
will receive after July !, only $40 q
month as compared with $40 at
present. Veterans organizations
have estimated this one regulation
alone will remove some 100000 vet
Grams from the rolls.
Thus a veteran now receiving a
monthly stepend for arrested tuber-
culosis which was not contracted in
service or started as direct result
of war service would be removed
The same would be true Of those
suffering other injuries of a nom
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07

After several days of conference
held in Philadelphia with the dis
tributors of milk in the Philadelphia
milk shed, the Interstate Milk Pro-
ducers' Association was able to OBJ
tain from the distributors an agree
ment for a moratorium on all milk
regulations in the Philadelphia milk
shed that involved the expenditure
of additional money at this time.
This program is to be extended
until January 1, 1884, providing the
boards of health in the different
states agree to the same and that
they apply the same moratorium on
the milk plants that, is, as far as
expenditure of money is concerned,
but with the distinct understanding
that the quality of the milk pro-
duced must be maintained at its
present high standard and that all
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
MILTON SsSASTOR
IS RETURNED FOR
ANOTHER YEAR
Sixty-twO Ch ang es In
PastOrates Announced
AS Conference Ends.
MAILMAN NEW SUPT.
Is Made Head OF Middle
town District At An
nual Conference.
MAILMAN NEW SUPT.

Fewer changes in ministerial as
signments in Wilmington Methodist
Episcopal Conference were made on
Monday by Bishop Adna W. Leonard
than have been made at any Con-
ference session in many decades,
according to veteran members Of
Conference.
Altogether only sixty-two changes
were made, one of which was the
appointment of the Rev. E. c. Hall
man, formerly of Denton, Md, to be
superintendent of Middletown dis
trict to succeed the Rev. DR.. John l..
Johnson who at his own request was
transferred from head of that dis
trict to the pastorate of Asbury
Church, Smyrna.
Rev Frank Herson was returned
to Avenue M. E. Church at Milford.
The list of ministerial assign
ments is as follows, changes being
marked 81:
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
Disston W. Jacobs, Superintend-
ent.
Asbury-Ivanhoe Willis.
Bellefonte-J. c. Steen, supply.
Brandywine-E. NJ. Shockley
*Cookman--W. II. Revelle.
Eastlake-C. c. Harris.
*Epworth-W. S. Grant.
Grace-B. NJ. Johns.
Harrison Street.. w. Colona.
*Hillcrest-John Kelso.
Kingswood-P. w. Spence.
Aladeley-V. E. Hills.
McCabe-Alvin C. Goddard.
Mt. Salem. W. Jones.
Scott. W. Wootten.
Silverbrook-R. L. MinkeT.
*St. Paul's-To be supplied.
Trinity. H. Hudson.
*Union--T. j. Card.
Bethel and Town Point - J. B.
Vaughn.
Brack-E -Ex-R. H. Adams. supply.
*Charlestown, Md.-(Sup) J. II.
Thornton
Cherry Hill, Md, r. Diehl.
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SENIORS WIN M. H. S.
EXCLAMATION CONTEST
Milford Representatives in Kent
County Contest Chosen

The twenty-fourth annual Milford
High School Defamation Contest
for the Nellie Davidson Mearns tro-
ply cup was held in the high school
auditorium last Monday afternoon.
The senior class represented by
Marian Zimmerman and Irene Will
liams, was edjudged the winner.
The classes were represented as
follows:
Glass of 19S6-Olivia Kirby, "The
Cup of Loving Service;" Felix Mick,
Jean Val Jean Reveals Himself"
Glass of 1935-Burton Colt. "The
Execution of Sidney Barton"
Louise Davis, "a Dog of Flanders"
Glass of 19S4-Alice Best, "The
Heart of Old Hickory" Edgar Glen
daniel, THE St. Johns Fund"
Glass of 19S3-Marisn thinner
man 1.-The White Hands of Telham;"
Irene Williams, Rosa"
The judges were Mrs. Julia Scott,
Mrs. August F. Faix and William V.
Grier
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KILLED;
ASPENNSY FLYER
HITS OPEN SWITCH
NOrthbOund Train Carry
ing Boston Red SOx
Ball Team Smashed.
ENGINEMEN KILLED
Wreck Early Sunday Nor
ming One OF Worst On
Delaware Division.

A man-hunt is on for the wreckers
of "The Cavalier" Pennsylvania
Railroad Cape CharlesNew York
passenger express that was gnarled
and twisted early Sunday morning
at Wyoming, into one of the worst
wrecks in the history of railroading
on the Delmarva Peninsula. A
switch was tampered with, causing
the fatal wreck.
Two men were killed at their posts
of duty, Christian A. Burkhard, en-
gineer, of COS Harrington street, Will
mington, and E. l.. Paulson, fire
man, of Delmar. Thirteen persons
were injured, passengers and rail
road employees. About rs passen-
gers were on the train, including
the Boston Red Socks baseball
team.
The injured persons were:
Mrs. II. L. FrysingeT, 43, Philadel-
phia, fractured shoulder blade; at
Kent General Hospital, Dover.
William Frysinger, 13, her son,
cuts and abrasions; at the same hos
pital.
Howard N. Hoffman, 29, Philadel-
phia, cuts and bruises; at the same
hospital.
Charles Widener, 26. Philadelphia,
ankle cut and sprained; treated at
Kent Hospital and discharged.
Louis Sarna, &c. Philadelphia,
treated as scene.
John J. Mccarthy, 81, Norwood,
Pa, cuts; Kent Hospital.
Myer Mackler, Camden, n. j.,
treated at scene.
Rev. Samuel r. Walker, 62. col
ored, Salisbury, Mr., bruises.
Mrs. Ethel Koontz. Norfolk, Va
bruises.
Elmer W. Russell, Washington, d.
c., bruises.
william 0. Tulin. Norfolk. Va,
bruises. 49,
Rawlins Pardee. baggage master.
Wilmington, Del, scalds of the legs.
Mrs. Fanny Williams. colored,
Hampton. Va, shock and bruises.
Other members of the train crew,
i'm addition to the engineer and fire
man and the injured bagga Gemas-
ter, were Carl j. Holloway. conduc-
tor, of Wilmington.
Burkhard was scalded and his
skull fractured. Paulson was pin
ned under the locomotive and only
part of the body was found.
The two men were killed instantly
as the locomotive plunged over on its
side and plOwed into the ground with
terrific force.
The train was made up of twelve
cars and as the train was disconnect-
ed from the locomotive. the combin-
ed baggage and smoking car were
headlong into the con-
crete storage building of the Libby |
and McNeal Canning Company.
An investigation is already under !
way and every resource of the Penn I
sylVania Railroad combined with |
the State Police is being drafted into
the hunt for the man or men who ,
might have conspired to wreck the |
fast express. Traffic was resumed
night.
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
TREE PLANTING TO
BEAUTIFY MILFORD
Letters Mailed Today TO Every
Property Owner Explains Project

IetitTS Mdiitu lOudl lO ENCig
Property Owner Explains Project
A complete survey of the City of
Milford has recently been complet-
ed by representatives of the Del
Mar-Va and Diamond State Nurser-
les showing where trees can be
planted to advantage in order to
beautify the city. The positions
where trees should be planted have
been marked en- a blue print of the
city and property owners are going
to be asked to make the suggested
paintings.
The plan to beautify Milford by
the addition of shade trees was first
suggested by the Milford Rotary
Club, who presented their plans to
our Mayor and City Council, and it
was upon their hearty approval that
the survey was made.
The survey calls for the planting
of 1895 trees within the corporate
limits of the city. Probably all OF
these trees will not be planted this
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Poultry Meeting 1T Caesar
Rodney Next Thursday Evening

For the benefit of all poultrymen
in the central part of Kent county,
as well as for those in other sec
tions, meeting of special interest
to this group of farmers will be held
in the auditorium of the Caesar Rod
ney school building at O'Clock on
Thursday evening, April 13. under
the direction of County Agent Rus
sell E. Wilson in cooperation with
W. B. Simpson, vocational agricul-
ture instructor.
This meeting will be similar TO
the one which was held in the pub
lie school building in Hartly on the
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07

evening of February 23, in that the
subjects relating to the care and
management of baby chicks, feedins
for profitable egg production. dis
ease prevention and control wa be
discussed by poultry specialists who
.'ave been working or these prob
lIns for several years.
The problems of the baby chick
growers, and those Of the ess pro-
ducers in this section Of the United
States, will be discussed by II. ID.
Monroe, former extension poultry
man at Pennsylvania State College.
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
JOIN MILFORD YARD
AND GARDEN CONTEST
Help Beautify Milford By Beautify-
ing Your Home Grounds

The members of the Milford Ro-
tary Club have spent much time in
planning the Milford Yard and Gar
den Contest and they have offered
cash prizes for winners. They have
done this because they believe that
ii everybody took an interest in the
contest it would do a lot to help
beautify Milford.
To date only few entries have
been received Does this show that
the people of Milford do not want to
beautify their city? It shows either
that or one of two other reasons.
ID That they are afraid of hard
work or (2) that they are afraid
that their neighbor will get prize
and they will not get any.
Surely everybody wants to live in
a beautiful city and surely there are
very few who are not willing to do
their part. For those who already
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
QUARANTINE ON DOGS IN
SUSSEX is EXTENDED

Owing to further outbreaks
of rabies in Sussex county,
the State Board of Agricul-
ture, cooperating with the
State Board of Health and
the Game and Fish Commits
sion, has extended the quar-
antine in Sussex county to in
clude all of Broad Greek ana
Little Creek Hundreds, until
further notice, requiring that
all dogs in quarantined area
be securely tied. confined on
owners premises, or under
control. Any dogs running at
large, unless accompanied by
owner or custodian shall be
killed.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
THEATRE MEN RAP
) MOVIE CENSOR PLAN
Meeting At Milford They DisapprOve
Bills Before Legislature

A meeting of the independent the
atre owners and producers of lower
Delaware was held in the Plaza
Theatre at Milford Friday evening
in protest against the present
measure before the State Legisla-
ture which has as its object the
forming of a board of censors for
moving picture films exhibited in
Delaware. Fourteen theatre owners
were represented at the meeting.
In discussing the subject one of
the producers explained that the
films exhibited in Delaware came
from either the distributing point in
Pennsylvania or Maryland and had
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
ANNUAL YOUTHS CONFERENCE

The Ninth Annual Youths Con-
ference of Kent county will be held
in Camden NJ. E. Church on Satur-
day, April 8. We feel honored to
have l. Elmer Perry. of Wilmington,
who is president of the Laymen's
Conference, to be guest speaker at
the Fellowship dinner.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, March 20, To
Tuesday, April 4, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford from Wednesday, March 29, to
Tuesday, April 4, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
Temperature Rair

Total Rainfall .... 1.55
Total Rainfall for March. .2.82 in.
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-07
Prevailing
Wind

Prevailing
Wind
March 20, Northwest-Clear
March 80, Northwest-Clear
March 81, South-Partly Cloudy
April l, Soathwest-Cloudy
April 2. enthusiastically Cloudy
April 8, East-Clear
April 4, Northwest Partly Cloudy