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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
FATHER SAVES
DAUGHTER FROM
BURNING HOME
Girl Severely Cut While
Being Taken From Bed
room Through Window.
OIL STOVE EXPLODED

When his home caught fire al
$50 o'clock Monday morning from
the explosion of an oil cooking stove,
the flames spread so rapidly that
Norman Sterner had to break the
glass in a second story bedroom
window to get his 12-ye8rt Iii daueh-
ter, Betty, out over the porch roof
In his haste to rescue his daughter,
who was cut off by the flames which
had reached her bedroom, Sterner
had to push the child through the
window, cutting her badly on the
hands and legs with the broken
glass.
He then got out on the roof him
self and managed to lower his child
nearly to the ground, holding her
hands and let her drop the remand
er of the way to the ground; after
which he jumped to safety himself.
The girl was brought to the Milford
Emergency Hospital where she was
given attention by DR.. Baker, who
had to put several stitches in her
legs. Her condition, however, is not
thought to be serious.
The Sterners live on a poultry
farm about five miles southwest of
Milford. About $3.50 O'Clock, Monday
morning, Mr.. Sterner had gone to
the barn to feed the stock and Mrs.
Sterner was in the kitchen getting
breakfast when the oil stove she
was using exploded Mr.. Sterner
heard her screams and rushed to the
house.
The flames, fed by the oil from
the stove, had spread so rapidly that
the kitchen was enveloped in flames
and smoke when he arrived. Mrs.
Sterner who had been trying to ex-
tinguish the fire was still in the
room. Pulling her to safety, Sterner
then rushed upstairs and awakened
his daughter, Betty, who was asleep.
By this time the exit by the stairs
was cut off by the mounting flames.
It was then that Sterner broke the
window pane and showed his daugh-
ter out unto the porch roof.
The Carlisle Fire Company of Mil
ford was called out but by the time
they arrived the building was too
far gone to save, and they devoted
their efforts to saving adjacent
buildings. The house and entire con-
tents were destroyed at loss esti-
mated at nearly $4,000, partly cover
ed by insurance.
Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
FIVE PLEAD GUILTY
In DOVER COURT
EIWOOd Roberts Sentenced TO Two
Years In Kent County jail

In Dover on Monday the following
plead guilty before Resident Judge
w. w. Harrington in plead Guilty"
court: Elwood Roberts alias Carney
Roberts charged with assault and
battery was sentenced to two years
in the Kent county Jail.
Clarence Robert Clayton, who
pleaded guilty to an indictment of
larceny was sentenced to Is months
and 10 lashes.
Gilbert Biddle who pleaded guilty
to the unlawful possession Of alco-
holic liquors was released on his
own recognizance and his case con-
tinued to the October term of court
convening October 16.
Margaret Smullin alias Mary E.
Green who pleaded guilty to issuing
a worthless check was released on
her own recognizance.
John Hammond, aged IL, who
pleaded guilty to charge of forgery
was released ON his own recogniz-
ance after the plea of guilty" was
ordered stricken off by Judge Har-
rington and the case continued until
February term of Court of General
Sessions, 1884.
Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
MANY ATTEND
ODD FELLOWS
INSTALLATION
Grand Lodge Of Whining
ton Installs With Full
Ritualistic Ceremonies.
PENNINGTON SPEAKS
Entertainment Said To Be
The Best In Years Civ
en- In Lower Delaware.
PENNINGTON SPEAKS

On Monday evening, Crystal
Fount Lodge, No. 10, order of Odd
Fellows, held their long herald pub
lie installation in the Community
Building before an audience of near
ly 500 people. 1t was the first time
in the history of the lodge that the
induction of incoming officers was
held publicly.
The Grand Lodge of Wilmington,
headed by Grand Master Henry c.
Pennington installed the new Off
GERS for 1933-19S4. The Grand Mas
ter brought with him as his aides,
Grand Treasurer, Philip ]. lsaacs;
grand warden, William Kirby;
grand marshal, Alvin T. Ardis;
grand secretary, Herbert Downing;
grand conductor, Ernest Scheching-
er; grand herald. Raymond Elliott;
grand chaplain, Samuel MacAllister;
grand guardian, Willard Stout;
past Grand master, Calvin NJ. Whit
sill.
The officers installed were: Past
Noble Grand, Samuel Bostic; noble
grand, S. Willis Hammond; vice
grand, John Jester; recording sec
retary, Donald Smith; assistant Iee
cording secretary, Paul Fisher;
treasurer, G. T. Reed; financial sec
retary, Henry Wilkins
After this phase. of the installation
Noble Grand S.. Willis Hammond, ap-
pointed the following officers: Right
Side Noble Grand, George Rodney;
left side noble grand, Marshall Ben
son; conductor, Neal wilkins; war
den, Alvin Melvin; right side senti-
mel, Virgil Morris; left side sentinel
]. ]. Smith; chaplain, Clarence
Lynch; outside guard, Wilson Sock
rider; inside guard, T. ]. Tease. The
ceremonies that led up to these in
stallations were very impressive and
held the audience in rapt attention;
nothing was omitted from the full
ritualistic proceedings. Talks were
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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
INDUSTRY ADVISED TO
OFFER GOOD GOODS
snow Is The Time To Buy" Cam
paign Started On Monday

Economic recovery has not just
started, but is well under way" Ma
tional Recovery Administrator Hugh
S. Johnson Informed leading manu-
facturers and advertisers in urging
their cooperation in the national
Now is the time to buy campaign
which got under way October 9, Data
gathered from employment records,
production figures, and payroll to-
tails showing a definite and sustain
ed upward trend are given as con-
vincing evidence that now actually
is "thc time to buy"
General Johnson states that there
has been a well-defined tendency on
the part of a great many people TO
do without things, even in cases
where they could afford to buy. The
habit of expecting no change in con-
ditions, so long continued, has
grown on the public in practically
every section. He supports his sug-
gestion with strong evidence of a
new era of economic security. In cit
ing "a few characteristic items" he
calls attention to the fact that fac
tory employment is up "a per cent,
industrial production II per cent,
business failures have decreased AZ
per cent, farm prices up SO per cent
in August, carloadings % per cent.
Steel, the great basic industry
whose production is one of the sur
est business barometers, showed in
got output 245 per cent higher in
August 1888 than August 1882.
"In view of these developments, "
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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
One of The TIOO Federal
Conservation Camps TO
Be Located On Elmer.
Bennett Land.
The Other Camp VIII Be
Located On Outskirts
OF Lewes; Each VIII
Haze 200 Men.

In the interest of mosquito control
for the State of Delaware the Ma
tional Emergency Conservation
Board has granted permission to use
the two forestry conservation units
allotted to Delaware in furthering
this work, through two camps to be
located on the outskirts of Lewes
and Milford.
Announcement of this great pro-
ject was made on Tuesday by w. 8.
Corkran, of Rehoboth, who mas just
been appointed by Governor Buck as
State director for mosquito control.
The Delaware units are the first to
be placed on mosquito control work
out of the thousands Of young men
now engaged in forestry conserva-
tion throughout the United States.
Installation of the camps will te-
gin Immediately. They are to be
built by the Federal Government,
under the supervision of Captain H.
S. Fairbanks, of the Second Corps
Area Engineers. Governors Island,
N. Y. The sites, already selected are
those deemed most central in the
salt water tidal marshes where the
greatest abundance of mosquitoes
abound, the first step to be toward
eradication of the specie that breeds
in such areas. At Lewes, the loca-
tion will be the Metcalf property on
the State Highway Just beyond the
public schools. This location has
been provided through the Sussex
Trust Company. trustees for the
Metcalf estate. The Milford site Is
located between that town and
Slaughter Beach. which has been
donated by Elmer Bennett, farmer
of that locality. c. E. Banning, OF
Milford, is chairman of the commit
tee on locations for that locality,
and Thomas R. Ingram. for Lewes.
Each camp will be allotted two
hundred men from the forestry con-
servation units, $50 having been
Delaware's quota. The camps are to
be constructed under military regu-
lations in the manner of army cam
tonments during the World War and
the men will be under strict milf
tary discipline so far as camp life
is concerned. The mosquito control
work, however, will be directed by
Mr.. Corkran and his executive COM
mittee which he expects to appoint
within the next few days. Mr.. Cork
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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
ONE MOSQUITO
CONTROL GROUP
LOCATES HERE
1000 VISITORS AT
DEDICATION OF
WELFARE HOME

Consecrated to a new era in
charitable enterprise, Della
wares new State Welfare
Home at Smyrna was dedicat-
ed Wednesday afternoon in the
presence of 1000 persons, in
cluding the highest State OFF,
cials.
The beautiful structure on
the former Speakman farm
where the State highway bends
into the edge of town on the
south side of Smyrna, is Della
wares $500,000 answer to the
Scriptural injunction: "Shel-
ter the homeless"
And this was the theme of
addresses by Governor C.
Douglass Buck and the Rev.
Charles L. Candee, D. D. The
completed building, which al
ready houses 263 patients and
guests, was accepted by Gov
ernor Buck on behalf of the
State. 1t was handed over by
DR.. Candee, president of the
Welfare Home Commission
which had charge of carrying
out the project authorized by
an act of the 1881 Legislature.
Alfred l. DUPONT, whose vis-
ion of a Statewide project to
care for needy aged persons
was vital factor in the de-
cision to construct the home,
unfurled a flag from a fiagpole
which he had donated to the
home and which stands in
front of the main building.
Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
Big League Baseball
Stars To Play Here
On Monday Oct. 10
Milford To Oppose Fredericksburg In TUO Game Series;
Jimmy FOxr, Home Run King OF The Majors, To
Play With Fredericksburg; COchrane With Milford.
Goose GOsIin Of The Washington PemGnt Winners
Of The American League, viii Also Appear In The
Milford Lineup.

The World Series may be over, but
baseball here in Milford still carries
on, and all lovers of the sport are
due for a treat, for on Monday, oc-
tober 16, the strong fredericksburg
team, headed by the redoubtal king
of swat, Jimmy Foxx, will face de-
termined Milford team, headed by
Mickey Cochrane, baseball player
emeritous and handspring of the
Philadelphia Athletics. On Tuesday
October II, the Milford team will go
to fredericksburg and return the
game. These will not be merely ex-
hibition games. Each club will play
to win. The tentative line-ups are as
follows:
MILFORD
Catcher, Cochrane, Athletics.
Pitcher, Peterson, Athletics.
Pitcher, DIETRICH, Athletics.
Pitcher, Johnny zdorski, South
Phililes.
Pitcher, Killen, FELTON,.
First Base, Herb Pennock, New
York Yankees.
Second Base, Ted Kershner, Phila-
delphia.
Second Base, Johnson, FELTON,.
Shortstop, Jackson, Camden-Wy-
oming.
Shortstop, Campbell, Dagsboro.
Third Base, Bucky Walters, Bos-
ton Americans.
Leftfield, Holloway, Harrington.
Leftfeld, Hurley, Camden-Wyom-
ing.
Centerfield, Mule Haas, Chicago
White Sox.
Rightfield, Slater, Milford.
FEDERALSBURG
Catcher, Hayes, Athletics.
Catcher, Christopher.
Pitcher, Walberg, Athletics.
Pitcher, Krause, Harrisburg.
Pitcher, Dean.
Pitcher, Croll.
First Base, Foxx, Athletics.
Second Base, Porter, Cleveland
Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
BURNS AND SCALDS ARE
HOME ACCIDENT CAUSES
Safety Council Says One-Quarter OF
Accidents Are From This Cause

Burns and scalds constitute about
one-fourth of all injuries received in
the home, according to the Delaware
Safety Council. Almost 500 involve
children under fifteen years of age.
Matches in the hands of young chill
dren present a hazard often neglect
ed. The use of metal match boxes
placed out of children's reach large
ly removes this hazard.
In many homes, gasoline and sim
liar fluids frequently are used for
cleaning purposes. This practice,
particularly indoors, is considered
unusually hazardous as heat or fric-
tion may cause a fire or explosion.
Children's curiosity concerning
the contents of pots and pans on
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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
$5.75 OF. FOR STATE
WHISKEY AFTER REPEAL
Wholesalers, Studying Territory,
Announce Price List For Delaware

Wholesale liquor company repre-
sentatives are looking to Delaware
as one of the likely good territor-
les" when the 18th Amendment is
repealed early in December.
Within the past fortnight, about
eight or ten Representatives of
wholesale liquor houses have visited
Alexander ]. Taylor, executive Sec
retary of the Delaware Liquor Com
mission, for information as to what
they can and what they can not do
in Delaware when national prohi-
bition is removed.
Several of the representatives were
under the impression that Delaware
as a State would go into the liquor
business and conduct State-con-
trolled stores, but since P. S. du
Pont, State liquor commissioner, has
announced taht he would first try
the system of private enterprise, the
company representatives are now
anxious to obtain as much informa-
tion as to the procedure of getting
their goods on the Delaware market
throughout licensed dealers.
However, Mr.. Taylor said that so
far no actual preparations have been
made by the commission for the is
suance of permits to sell whisky.
According to the price lists left,
with Mr.. Taylor by liquor statesmen,
a quart of bonded American whisky
in Delaware will retail for not less
than $5.75 a Quart, Federal taxes not
included; Canadian Club, $3.50
quart; vat 69," Scotch whisky, So
a bottle, not including import duty
or Federal tax; ordinary champagne,
$3.75 a bottle.
Just when the repeal of National
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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
MILFORD FREE LIBRARY
GETS MANY NEW BOOKS
Has Acquired A Copy OF "The
American Merchant Marine"

Those interested In maritime mat
ters will be pleased to learn that
the Milford Free Library has ac-
quired a copy of "The American
Merchant Marine" shipping hand
book just issued by the leading Am
erican shipping associations in CO.
operation with the U. S. Shipping
Board.
The American Merchant Marine
has made encouraging strides dur
ing the past five years. and it is fit
ting that those gains be summed up
at this time. The present volume
just off the press is comprehensive
reference work ,on the status of
ocean transport and foreign trade.
Various phases of shipping and
commerce are covered, including
ship construction and operation,
ocean routes, marine insurance.
safety and the relation of ships to
national defense. The book is divid-
ed into 10 major sections, each in
troduced with a foreword from an
authority in that specific field.
There are also many illustrations,
various charts and diagrams and a
table of quotations indicating the
opinion of eminent Americans on
the necessity for an adequate com
mercial fleet.
The Milford Free Library has been
greatly enriched during the past
month by the splendid collection of
books of the late Mrs. Rachel Car
Isle of Frederick, presented by her
sister, Mrs. Daniel Hirsch. This gen.
erous gift, containing books of trav-
ell, religion, biography, literature
and fiction, had already given a
great amount of pleasure and will
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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
MANY CHILDREN ARE AIDED
BY STATE HEALTH GROUP
Almost N 900 Pupils Examined During Last School
Year With Large Group Shouting Ailments; Almost
10000 Defects Corrected After Diagnosis Was Made

That a determined effort has been
made to aid the underprivileged,
physically handicapped and retarded
children of Delaware is revealed in
the annual report of the Delaware
State Health Council, of which Mr..
George F. Hendricks, Director of
Health and Physical Education of
the State Department of Public In
struction, is Chairman.
The Delaware White House Con-
ference on Child Health and Pro-
lection, called by Governor Buck a
year ago, revealed that in Delaware
there were approximately $4,000
school children suffering from phys
ical, mental and social disturbances,
with an additional 10000 children
suffering from diseased teeth, ton
sils, adenoids, vision and hearing,
Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
H.W.Ass RNELL
new NJ YER OF
STATE zssnASONS
w. o. Wingate Is Elected
Grand Deputy Master
By Fraternity.
MET IN WILMINGTON
Rev. Frank HersOn, Of
Milford, Appointed AS
Grand Chaplain.
MET IN WILMINGTON

Harold w. T. Purnell, of George
town, was elected grand master of
the Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. NJ,
of Delaware, and William o. Win
gate, of Wilmington, was elected
deputy grand master at the 12Sth
annual communication of that body
in the Masonic Temple in Whining
ton last Thursday. Other officers
elected and installed are; Chester
R. Jones, of Oriental Lodge, No. 27,
Wilmington, senior grand warden;
H. Hughlett A. Colt, of Union Lodge
No. 7, Dover, junior grand warden;
John T. Robinson, of Lafayette
Lodge, No. IA, Wilmington, grand
secretary; George e. Vandegrift, of
Corinthian Lodge, grand treasurer.
The newly-elected grand master
announced the following appoint
ments:
Frank Herson, Temple, No. 8, Mil
ford, grand chaplain; John F. Hud-
son, Franklin Lodge, senior grand
deacon; William H. Cantwell, Eure-
ka Lodge, junior grand deacon; s..
3. 1. Duncan, ST. Johns Lodge, No.
2, New Castle, grand marshal; Has
we'll Pierce, of Temple Lodge No. 9,
Milford, sword bearer; Harris Sam
onisky, Jackson Lodge, No. 10, Della
ware City, senior grand steward;
Vernon McCabe, Doric Lodge, No.
80; Millville, junior grand steward;
Harry Galbraith, Latsyetts Lodge,
grand tyler.
The Rev. F. Raymond Baker,
grand chaplain, in behalf of the
grand masters staff, presented a
beautiful Masonic ring TO retiring
Grand Master Almond.
Mr.. Purnell, the new grand mas
ter, whose home is in Georgetown,
is a past master of Franklin Lodge,
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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13

Americans.
Second base, Fountain.
Shortstop, Legates.
Shortstop, H. Dean.
Third Base, Lord.
Third Base, Wagner.
Leftfeld, Long.
Leftfeld, Williams.
Centerfield, Wright.
Centerfeld, Pierce,
Rightfield, Bradley.
Rightfield, Barney" Berlinger
great Olympic star.
Bill MCGOWAN of the American
League will umpire the balls and
strikes. Frank Baker, better known
as home run Baker, former Athletics
and New York Yankee star, will UNI
pire bases. Game will start at 2
o'clock.
General admission, Soc; grand
stand SOC extra, bleacher seats 25c
extra. A limited number of grand
stand seats will be sold. They can be
bought in advance by applying OF
writing to DR.. w. L. Grier for Milford
game and DR.. W. X. Knots, FEEDER
alsburg, Md, for fredericksburg game,
These games will be fast and full OF
spectacular plays, that are guaran-
teed to keep you on your toes with
excitement from beginning to end
There will be no idle innings, each
one will carry a wallop all its own
Come out and support your home
town team and enable by your finan-
cial aid to help place new grand
stand in Milford for the 1884 sea-
son.
After the above type had been set
the following major league players
had been secured;
Max Bishop, Athletics.
Jimmy Wilson, St. Louis Cardi-
mails.
Dick Spaulding, former Philadel-
phia Nationals.
These boys will also appear in
the lineup.
Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
BAY OYSTER BEDS
LOST, STATE WINS
l2-MILE CIRCLE
Special Master In Old Dis
pute UphOlds Validity
Of Ancient Grants.
FAVORS DELAWARE
Officials Here Hail De-
cisiOn AS Victory, Say
Major Objective Gained
FAVORS DELAWARE

A decision favorable to one Del
aware claim but denying another in
the century-old boundry dispute with
New Jersey, was recommended to
the United States Supreme Court on
Monday by William L. Rawls of
Baltimore, special master in the
case.
New Jersey was plaintiff in the
suit brought. to settle the long
standing controversy, claiming Del
aware's title to the Delaware River
and all lands in the rvier as far as
the low water mark on the New Jer-
sey shore within a 12-mile circle
around New Castle, Del, could not
be established.
Rawls recommended that the Su-
preme Court decide in favor of Del
aware in this aspect of the case,
but that the courts decree should
establish New Jerseys claim that
below this 12-mile circle, the boun-
Diary should be the center Of the
ship channel, rather than the geo.
graphical center of the Delaware
river and bay.
The report of the special master
contained detailed history of the
boundary dispute, and reached back
to the Colonial period to establish
title to the territory involved.
Crown grants, letters patent and
royal leases of the seventeenth CEN
tury were cited by Rawls in support
of his decision that Delaware had
jurisdiction over the river and lands
within the 12-mile circle as far as
low-water mark on the New Jersey
shore.
Throughout the century or more
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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
GASOLINE DEALERS
VIOLATE NEW LAW
Wilmington Offenders Fined Fol
Failure To Pay Fee

Although the State gasoline tax
law was passed at the last session
of the Legislature and has been in
force since July l, seven gasoline
stations in the heart of the City of
Wilmington had failed to take out
State licenses and the owners were
fined $40 and costs by Justice of the
Peace Holton this week. The ex-
cuses offered were varied but when
proof was offered that all had been
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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
EMPLOYERS ARE URGED
TO USE NEW SERVICE
National Re-emplOyment Office Is
Equipped To Supply Employers

The special attention of the pri-
vate employer in Sussex county is
called to the services which the Ma
tional Unemployment Office is fit
ted to render. The office can more
than likely fill any labor need any
Sussex county employer might have,
and without charge to any one, or
without any restriction of any kind
on the wages, hours, or other terms
of employment. Control of those
things, if any might apply. is not
within the province of the employ
ment office.
Twelve hundred and seventy-five
Sussex county men and women had
registered with the National Re-em-
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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
SUPREME COURT BARS
EUAL LEE CASE REVIEW

Euel Lee, alias Orphan
Jones, Negro, condemned to
death for the murder of Green
Davis, an Eastern Shore farm
er, living near Berlin, Nd, on
Monday was denied a review
by the United States Supreme
Court.
Lee contended he was de-
prived of his constitutional
rights by being tried in Balti-
more without a Negro ON the
trial jury, or the grand jury
which indicted him.
AS is customary in denying
reviews, the Supreme Court
gave no reason for the action.
Governor Ritchie will prob
ably be asked to extend elem
ency. Should he refuse to do
this, a date will be set soon
for the hanging of the mur-
derer.
Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13

all sufficiently serious as to warrant
immediate correctional measures. In
view of these facts the Delaware
State Health Council was organized,
though having no special relation
ship to the Delaware White House
Conference, other than a desire to
do something about the conference
findings. Realizing that much had
been said and not enough done in
the matter of finding actual relief
for these handicapped children, the
Health Council dedicated itself to a
program of active service in an at
tempt to stimulate interest and bring
about medical correction of some of
these physical defects. How well this
group succeeded in its labor on be-
half of the needy children of Della
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Milford chronicle., 1933-10-13
HOUSTON MINISTER
CLAIMS HORSE CURE
Disease Caused By Faulty Feed In
Most Cases

The Rev. ]. C. Handy, pastor of
the Houston NJ. E. Church is attract
ing the attention CT scores Of horse
owners who have suffered losses
through the disease which has been
killing animals throughout the Pen
insula, by his remedy which he says
has been already successful in 19
out of 21 cases.
Mr.. Handy makes no charge for
his personal work or for the formu-
la that he has used. He says that
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