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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
MANY DIVORCE CASES
SCHEDULED FOR KENT
lIismated Couples VIII Be Heard AT
Dover Next Monday

The list Of divorce cases schedul-
ed to be heard by the judges of the
Kent County Superior Court at the
meeting of the April term which
cOnvenes. at Dover on Monday,
April II, include:
Annie C. Slaughter from Harvey
Slaughter; Frances Daily West,
minor by Mary E. DAILY, her next
friend, from Howard l.. West; Lii
lian A. Rogers from Samuel d. Rog-
ers; Mildred E. Short from Calvin
A. Short; Alexander NJ. Daily from
Martha Keith DAILY; Iva E. Thomas
: from Howard ]. Thomas; Laura M.
Tribbett from Gilbert F. Tribbett;
Sarah Deputy Hackett from Samuel
w. Hackett; Julia l. White from
Harry S. White; Carrie B. Jones
from Samuel l.. Jones; Leroy O..
Pearson from Josephine L. Pearson;
William A. Pearce from Viola
Pearce.
Final decrees are listed for the
following:
Pearl Dill Warren from Andrew
Warren; Hettie L. Hall from
Thomas P. Hall; Mildred L. Smith
from Stanley P. Smith; Madeline
Lank from Willard H. Lank; Olivia
B. Pullman from John 7. Pullman.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
"WET" WOMEN TO
MEET AT GEORGETOWN
Gathering VIII BE Held Next Tues
day, April Is

The executive and advisory mem
.bers of the Delaware Women's Or
ganization for National Prohibition
Reform will meet in Georgetown
next Tuesday morning, April 18, al
the home of Mrs. Edward c. Sudler,
viii is a vice chairman of the or
ganization.
A meeting of the Sussex members
of the organization and their friends
will be held at 2:30 o'clock that af-
ternoon at the Georgetown New
Century Club. Mrs. Pierre S. du-
Pont, chairman of the State Organi-
zation, will preside.
At the afternoon meeting, the re-
cent annual conference of the ma
tiOnal organization at Washington
will be reported and an outline Civ
EN- of work of the local Organiza-
tion in relation to the coming State
Convention for ratification of repeal
of the 18th Amendments federal
prohibition). Miss Jeanette Eek
man will present the facts i'm regard
to Delaware's liquor legislation and
control now and after repeal.
The work of the WOmen's Organ
ization Cor National Prohibition Re-
form is devoted to repeal of federal
prohibition only. Its members are
free to vote wet or dry in the local
option elections and the organiza-
tion as a body will take no part in
the local option contest.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
DELAWAREANS TO
GET MORE. WORK
About 900 Unemployed To
Benefit By RefOresta-
tiOn Program.

II is expected that about 600 Della
ware unemployed men will be given
an opportunity to receive temporary
work through the reforestation pro-
gram of the government and under
the plans devised by Francis Perkins,
u. S. Secretary of Labor. At meet
ing of the State Temporary Emerg-
ency Relief Commission, in Whining
ton on Friday, a telegram was re-
ceiyed from Secretary Perkins out
lining these plans In her telegram,
Secretary Perkins said in part:
Young unmarried men have had
the greatest difficulty in recent years
in securing either work or relief. and
this group have both need them
selves and numbers Of people de-
pendent upon them, therefore, in
the first selections of people for this
work, we will make the work avail
able for unemployed, unmarried
men, eighteen to twenty-five years
of age, who desire 20 allott a sub
stantial part of their cash allow
ance.
"The law itself imposes further
qualification that the persons so en-
relied must be citizens.
Each state will be assigned its
equitable quota from the 250,000 per-
sons selected to do this work. The
Labor Department will consult with
the state official having had the ad-
of unemployment re-
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
Euel Lee Loses Fight
ForLte In Nd Court
Court of AppeaLS Afirns Death Sentence In WOrces-
ter County Murder; Has Thirty Days For Rear0u-
neRt; Has Been TUUice COnUicted

The long legal battle which Euel
Lee, Eastern Shore Negro, has stag
ed through the Maryland courts for
his life, received a reversal last
Thursday when the Maryland Court
of Appeals affirmed the death SEN
tence pronounced by the Baltimore
County Circuit Court for the murder
of Green X. Davis, farmer, of Tay-
lorsville, Md.
Lee was recently indicted at Snow
Hill in the murder of three other
members Of the Davis family, Mrs.
Davis and two daughters, all of
whom were slain as they slept in
their home on October II, 1881.
The opinion, written by Associate
Judge D. Lindley Sloan and concur
red in bv Chief Judge Carroll T.
Bond and Associate Judges Ham
mond Urner, William Adkins and f.
Neal Parke, holds that finding no
error in the rulings of the trial
court on the challenge to the panel
of 200 from which the petit jury was
drawn, on the motion for cOntinu-
ance, and on the examination of the
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
TO PLANT TREES
AT DEL. COLONY
To Hold Annual ArbOr
Day Ceremonies April
% At StOckIey.

Miss Blanche Lockwood is in
charge of the plans on April % of
the annual Arbor Day ceremonies at
the Delaware Colony for Feeble
Minded Children, when visitors from
all parts of the State are expected
to attend.
A feature of the day will be play
in the auditorium of the admins
tration building, in which more than
so children will participate. In adj
dition there will be display Of
clothing donated to the school every
year BY the State high schools. the
garments being made by students in
the home economic classes. An ex-
hibit of the handiwork of the Stock
ley children will also be shown. Miss
Ada Thomas, instructor in this work,
will give brief resume of what has
been accomplished by her classes
during the past year.
Gifts of plants, flowers and shrub
berry, an annual feature of the occa-
sion will be planted with appropriate
exercises.
A meeting of the commission of
Delaware Colony will precede the
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
KENT POMONA GRANGE
MAKES THREE AWARDS
Next Quarterly Meeting May BE
Held At Smyrna

The Kent County Pomona Grange
met in quarterly session in the Do
yer NJ. p. Church with a full atten-
dance. The session was opened in
its own degree, the fifth, with Ed
Willim, of Dover, worthy master of
Kent County Pomona, presiding.
The morning session was confined
to business and the 1882 member
ship contest awards were made.
The first prize of $25 was awarded
to Trophy Grange, of FELTON,; sec
Ond prize of SIS was given to Smyr-
ma Grange and the third prize Of
SO to Capital Grange of Dover.
At the lecture hour during the af-
ternoon session c. f. Keyes. of
Pennington, presided. and vocal Sc
lections were given by Mrs. w. d..
Burton, of Dover. Major Clarence A..
Short, of Dover, made an address of
Just Thinking" and a recitation
was given by Mrs. A. Bauscher, of
Dover.
An invitation was extended by
the Smyrna Grange to hold the next
quarterly meeting at that Place.
The grange voted to send the
Pomona Grange lecturer, e. Il.
Reyes. of Pennington, to the Eas-
tern States Lecturers Conference at
Ithaca, n. Y, next August.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
GOVERNOR Sign
BILL FOR STAT J
TEST ON REPEAL
Wet And Dry Forces Plan
To Launch Vigorous
/ Campaigns.
TO ELECT DELEGATES
Both Sides Already Claim
ing Victory; Expect
Prompt Call.

Governor C. Douglass Bucks ap-
prOval of Representative Hawkes.
bill providing for State convention
to ratify or reject the repeal of the
Eighteenth Amendment Monday af-
ternoon is expected to launch vigor-
GUS vote-getting campaigns by both
the wet and dry forces of the State.
The Governor signed the bill on
Tuesday afternoon at Dover and it
is now law.
Under the act the Governor is au-
thorized to issue a proclamation fix
ing a date for the election of dele
gates to the proposed convention
and this, 1t is expected, will be done
within a few days.
The Statewide organization of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has already, with the assist
snce of church workers, begun an
intensive door-to-door canvass of
every home in Delaware to deter
mine the sentiment of the people,
claiming the State to be dry by a
vote of more than four to one.
On the other hand the repeal
forces under the leadership of the
Delaware division of the Associa-
tion Against the Prohibition Amend
ment and the Women's Organization
for Prohibition Repeal are also ac-
tive and ready to inaugurate a
strong campaign for the election of
wet delegates to the convention.
The Women's Group headed by Mrs.
Pierre S. DUPONT claims member
ship twice as large in the State as
that Of the w. C. T. u. and plans to
take a vigorous part in the move to
elect delegates in favor Of outright
repeal.
The convention will consist of II
delegates. one from each of, the IL
Senatorial districts in the State.
They will be elected at large. The
convention, according to the act,
must be held 2S days after the date
OF the election of delegates as fixed
by the Governor.
The bill provides three ways to
vote, "Wet," dry" and mot COM
mitted." Both the vets and dhrys,
are mypstified over the reason why
the third classification is included
in the act.
The present General Assembly
has passed bills providing for the
holding of local option elections in
rural New Castle county, Kent and
Sussex. counties on June of this
year. Many members of the Legisla-
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
S. E. BOSTIC HEADS
LOCAL ODD FELLOWS
Officers Installed BY Deputy Grand
Master G. E. Jester And STAFF

On Monday last the newly-elected
officers of Crystal Found Lodge, No,
10, Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows, were installed by Deputy
Grand Master C. E. Jester and staff.
The new officers are: Noble Grand,
Samuel E. Bostic; vice grand, S.
Willis Hammond; recording secre-
tary, Donald Smith, and assistant
recording secretary, John Jester.
On Monday night also. Grand
Master H. G. Pennington and staff
made their annual visitation Eigh-
ty-five Odd Fellows from Crystal
Fount Lodge and other lodges
throughout the State attended the
ceremonies.
After the installation of officers
the meeting adjourned to the
Grange Hall where dinner was SER
we'd. During the course of the even
ing short talks were given by Grand
Master Pennington, Grand Secretary
w. w. Doughty and other promi-
nent Delaware Odd Fellows. Grand
Master Pennington commended Dep
uty Grand Master C. E. Jester and
staff on their installation work.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
3 HURT In AUTO,
TRAIN COLLISION
Commander Sullivan, U. 5. Coast
Guards, Wife, In Lewes Hospital

The condition of Commander $. j.
Sullivan, of the Sixth District, U. S,
Coast Guards, and his wife, suffering
serious injuries at Beebe Hospital
here, as the result of collision OF
their automobile witlR a train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad between Sell
byville and Bishop, Md. Saturday al
ternoon, remains little changed. The
driver of the car. Ernest POynter, of
Chincoteague, Va, was also serious
" hurt in the crash and is in the
same hospital.
Mr.. Sullivan received a fracture
of the skull, broken right wrist, cuts
and bruises.
Mrs. Sullivan suffered possible
fracture of the skull and severe
cuts, bruises and shock.
POynter, the least injured, has Sc
we're lacerations, bruises and shock.
Commander Sullivan was on his
way to Assateague, Va, to inspect
the Coast Guard Station at that
place and his wife had returned from
New York to accompany him.
The accident occurred at a point
where the road passes over the rail-
way tracks several miles below Sell
byville and the automobile crashed
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
AMERICAN LEGION
AGAINST RECOGNITION
VIII Lead Washington Meeting
Against Soviet Russia

Department Commander, Thomas
w. Miller, has received official noti-
fication of the mass meeting to be
held in Washington. d. c., ON the
evening of April 18th, in the Wash
ington auditorium opposing the Of
ficial recognition of Soviet Russia.
The American Legion and one
thousand participating organizations
will hold huge mass meeting in
Washington, d. c., on April 18th, op-
posing the official recognition of
Russia by the United States.
The program includes the follow
ing speakers: National Comman-
der, The American Legion, who will
preside cambridge Colby, Secre-
tary of State under Woodrow Will
son; William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor; Rev.
Edmund A. Walsh, vice-president,
Georgetown University, Washington;
and Hon. Hamilton A. Fish, Jr.,
member of Congress, former chair
man Of the special committee of the
House to Investigate the Activities
of the Communists in the United
States.
This issue is of immediate and out
standing Importance. The meeting
was organized for the purpose of
presenting a united front against
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
GRANGE IN KENT
BACKS ECONOMIES
Endorses Nine Legislative
Bills To Bring Reduc-
tiOnS In Taxes.

The Kent County Pomona Grange,
of which Ed. Willim is master, has
endorsed nine legislative bills pend
ing in the General Assembly for the
improvement of county government
and the reduction of taxes, and has
appointed a committee to promote
the passage of these measures.
The legislative bills endorsed by
the Grange provide for transferring
all county roads and bridge to the
State Highway Department, for the
exemption of live stock from taxa
tion, for the auditing of county ac-
counts by certified public account
ants, for the Improvement of county
assessment methods. for the reor-
ganization of the New Castle County
Levy Court, for the installation of
the photostatic method of recording
in the New Castle County Recorders
office, for the abolition of the New
Castle County police. and for the
elimination of district tax collectors
in New Castle qAnty.
The Grange mittee appointed
TO promcte ti1es b easures consists
of A. BaiIy Thof j., Wyoming; H. z.
Coverdale, Doveh M. A. Frazier
Dover; John NJ. tRoe. Dover; How
ard C. Deakyne, Smyrna; Harry c.
Johnson, Smyrna; Walter J. Paskey'
Sr., Harrington; C. e. Keyes, Farm
ington: J. Frank Rice, FELTON,, and
r. H. Greenley, FELTON,.
The committee has held a series
of local taxpayers meetings. The
first two meetings were held on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
A meeting will be held at Harring-
ton tonight at the First National
Bank Building.
Russell Ramsey, director of the
Taxpayers Research League OF Del
aware, has been asked to speak at
tonight's meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
STATE THEATRE
MEN ORGANIZE
A. J. DeFiOre, Whining
ton, Heads Organiza-
tiOn At Dover Meet.

with sixteen theatres or theatre
concerns represented, the Delaware
Motion Picture Theatre Owners of
Delaware was organized All meet
ing held at the Capital Theatre in
Dover Thursday afternoon of last
week. While the organization was
formed primarily To combat four
motion picture bills now pending in
the Legislature, IL wasS intended
that-it should become nermapent for
protection and cooperation in all
problems concerning the motion
picture business.
The officers elected were as fol-
lows: A. Joseph DeF'iOre, manager
of the Park Theatre. Wilmington,
president; Reese B. Harrington, of
Harrington, vice president. and u.
C. Evans, of Milford, secretary
treasurer.
These officers were named as
members of a committee which is to
form bylaws and fix the amount of
dues to be reported at a future
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
REPEAL IN STATE
IS PREDICTED BY
MRS.P.S.DUPONT
Reform Group Told Della
ware Has Gained 140 p.
c. In Membership.
PLAN is OUTLINED
Expect Ratification Of
The Repeal Amendment
Within A Year.

I'VE now have a membership oil
6,658, twice that of the w. G.. 7. u,
said Mrs. Pierre S. DUPONT, chair
man for Delaware Of the Women's
Organization for National Prohibi-
tion Reform, reporting to the ma
tional body at a confelen In
Washington, that the prospect fol-
Delaware's ratification of the repeal
amendment is good.
"Delaware's membership has in
creased 140 per cent since the last
annual meeting" Mrs. dupont said.
After outlining the manner in
which Delaware voters will express
themselves on the repeal issue, the
report continued:
"We plan a campaign TO get all
who believe in repeal out to the
polls. Our campaign will be by in
dividual election districts. Leaflets
of instructions with a ballot dia-
gram will be mailed to each of our
members and published generally to
inform the public"
The report said IL was through
efforts of the organization that Rep
lesentative Wilbur L. Adams, OF
Delaware, was pledged publicly to
repeal and cited the election of a
strong wet majority" in the State
Legislature.
The organization closed its fourth
annual convention with prophecy
of ratification of the repeal amend
ment within a year.
It was made in formal state
ment founded ON reports of 40 state
organization leaders, 35 of whom
expressed confidence their states
would ratify promptly. The other
five expected "a stiff battle"
But among the eight states not re-
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
House Bill Extending
Limits On Exhibitions
Passes Senate.
WOULD HELP SWELL
STATE TREASURY
Measure Seen Big Reve-
nue. Source; Only Two
Senators Opposed 1t.

Championship boxing exhibitions
of 20 rounds duration will be pos
sible If Governor c. Douglass Buck
signs a bill passed by the Senate
Monday afternoon. 1t was introduce
ed in the House by Representative
Hawke. In the Senate only Senators
Keith and McCabe opposed it.
Under this law, should it become
operative, it will be possible to hold
not more than two championship
bouts a year in Delaware. These
may be similar to the bouts which
attracted national and international
attention and which are now held
in other States. But two other States
have laws pei mitting bouts of this
length. Nevada permits 25 rounds
and Louisiana allows 20 rounds.
New York permits bouts OF 10
rounds. Pennsylvania now is trying
to legalize 15-round bouts.
This act, it is estimated will prove
a big revenue producer for the State.
The State treasury will receive the
benefit of a heavy tax on all such
bouts and should they attract the
attendance that has featured SINH
lar exhibitions held elsewhere they
will bring into the treasury several
thousands dollars yearly.
In addition to the championship
bouts provided for. the bill will per-
NIT the holding of 1O-round bouts at
the regular exhibitions that are now
held throughout the State. Under
the present law no exhibition can
have more than 80 rounds on any
one card. II limits any one bout to
eight rounds. This new law Will per-
nit 40 rounds to a card and 1O-
round bouts at the Individual shows
The new law extends the jurisdic-
tion of the State Athletic Commis-
sion and gives it control over anna
teur exhibitions. 1t also clarifies va
rious sections in the existing law
which heretofore have not been sat
isfactoryl. IT defines the difference
between amateur and professional
bouts.
The bill was explained by George
Stewart, a member of the Athletic
Commission, who said it was rev.
enue producing measure which he
believed would help swell the State
treasury.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS
ARE CHANGED SLIGHTLY

The death of Judge Herbert
l.. Rice has necessitated a
few changes in the judicial
assignments for the Delaware
courts from the April to the
July term. The assignments
are:
April term, Sussex county,
Chief Justice Pennewill and
Associate Judges Richards
and Rodney.
April term, Kent county.
Chief Justice Pennewill and
Associate Judges Rienhardt
and Harrington.
May term, New Castle cOun-
ty. Chief Justice Pennewill
and Associate Judges Rodney
and Richards.
June term, Sussex county,
Chief Justice Pennewill and
Associate Judges Harrington
and Richards.
July term, Kent county.
Chief Justice Pennewill and
Associate Judges Reinhardt
and Rodney
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
MILK COMMISSION
GIRDSFOR PROBE
OF THE INDUSTRY
Names Sub-GrOups To In
vestigate Angles Of In
dustry In Delaware.
SUGGESTIONS MADE
Prices Received By Pro-
ducers Seen Inadequate.
Conference Reports.
SUGGESTIONS MADE

TO investigate the sale and pur-
chase of milk in this State, the joint
Legislative Milk Commission, ap-
pointed several days ago under a
resolution adopted by the General
Assembly, met Monday afternoon
and appointed subcommittee to
conduct the probe and report their
findings to the commission, which
will transmit them to the General
Assembly.
Senators Davis and McCaulley
were named on committee to CO
operate with organizations from
without the State to bring about a
similarity of regulations and inspec-
tiOn.
Representatives Price and Kelton
were selected as committee to con-
slider governing the sale of milk
within the State. Senator Hart and
Representative Pryor were chosen
for committee to study the sale of
milk intended for use outside the
State.
Senator Davis is chairman of the
commission, while DIR. A. G. JOst, sec
retary of the State Board of Health,
is secretary.
The results of conference held
with DIR, II. RUSSELL of the New Jer-
sey State Board of Health Friday,
were outlined during the meeting.
The commission is seeking to re-
licve the producer of uncertainties
in marketing his product, while safe
guarding the consumers! 1t is also
trying to secure similarity of reg
ulatiOns within the areas involved,
and to bring about more satisfactory
inspections, in addition to relieving
the industry from unfair competition
and from inferior qualities of milk.
II was pointed out the milk pro-
ducers of the State are accepting
prices which are inadequate, cOnsid-
oring demands made ON them by
consumers. Thefe IS tack OF mis
formity in the requirements of diff
ferent groups of consumers and
there is danger Of such changes in
the requirements that the producer
cannot at any time be assured that
his product is acceptable, it was
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXLNGBHLUP
TO GOVERNOR
HOUSE VOTES TO DROP
SCHOOL DENTAL WORK

The House Monday after
noon passed Representative
Wilson's bill to repeal the law
which gives the State Board
of Health power to appoint
the corps of oral hygienists
for the public schools. The
vote was % in favor and IL
against.
DR.. J. Paul Wintrup and DR..
Charles r. Jefferis, Jr., both
of Wilmington, spoke against
the repeal, pointing out the
good work the hygienists are
doing among the school chill
dren and the importance of
pupils learning at an early
age the necessity of caring
for their teeth.
The bill would save the
State about $4,000 annually.
It would abolish the positions
of nine hygienists, two in
each county, two in Whining
ton and a supervisor.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-14
RACING LAW FACES
BATTLE IN COURTS
View Held Weekend Adjournment
VOided To-Day YetOlng ClnuSe

Recourse to the courts may be
necessary to settle a dispute that
has arisen over the status of the
bill to legalize horse racing in this
State. II was introduced in the Sem
ate by Senator Carl Ray Van SAINT,
of Elmhurst, early in the session
and passed both branches of the
General Assembly in March. 1t was
sent to Governor c. Douglass Buck
but he did not act on it during the
ten days allowed him by the Con-
stitution of the State for considera-
tion of bills passed by the Legisla-
ture while il is in session. While he
did not veto the act neither did he
sign it. and the Constitution pro-
vides that in such an event bill au-
tomatically becomes a law.
The bill appears on the Senate
calendar as one that passed the
Senate and House. and is accompan-
led by the notation: 'Held by Gov
ernor ten days without action; be-
comes a law"
The question of the legality of
the act at present is based on the
ten-day clause in the Constitution.
Section 18 provides: "If any bill
shall not be returned by the Cover
nor within ten days. Sundays ex-
cepted, after it shall have been pre-
sented to him, the same shall be
law in like manner as if he had
signed it, unless the General Assem-
bly, shall, by adjournment, prevent
its return. in which case it shall not
become a law without the approval
of the Governor. No bill shall be-
come a law after the final adjourn
ment of the General Assembly, I'M
less approved by the Governor with
in thirty days after such adjourn
ment."
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