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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
HighLights Of Ddrrow Board
Report And Reply By NRA

Board"A to the antitrust the purpose
competition believe
the These laws require clarifying strengthening
Hugh Recovery Administrator"A superficial
ntemperae document report
The Board-"Fair competition is merely resoundng
iusory phrase All competition
nothing else One well
ing adyike of making competition fair"
Donald R. Richberg Chief NRA CounseI-"The has
for the attacks cheers who
private profit continuing
which the board would perpetuate
pessmistic despair of the of civilization"
Darrow and William o. Thompson, in Supplementary Re-
pOrtThe choice is between
which the National Recovery
planned economy ownership
control"
JOhnson"Spped of shadowy verbage this that the
people
neither which
democratic institutions of self-government"
The Board"we believe that prices
competition rather than by regulation price fixing"
JOhnsOn-"In my judgment this a great
opportunity a real public acting. of
commended that it be abolished forthwith
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
SCOUTS PREPARE FOR
ANNUAL SUMMER CAMP
Many From Peninsula VIII Spend
Outing On Chesapeake

During the past week all Scouts
in Delaware and the Eastern Shore
of Maryland have received the Off
cial camp folder giving information
on the opening of the Rodney Camp
on the Chesapeake Bay for the 1894
season.
The Rodney Camp is located on
the Chesapeake Bay about 9 miles
IRON North East. Maryland. and the
camp property includes nearly a
thousand acres of fine woodland
and nearly a mile of waterfront on
the bay The swimming and boat
ing activities are unsurpassed any
where and so carefully supervised
that the camp has won the Ameri-
can Red Cross Banner for Water
Proficiency every year for the last
several years.
This is the seventeenth season for
the Rodney Scout Camps and all in
dications point to one of the best
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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
LOCAL SCHOOLS
PLAN CLOSING
ACTIVITIES
Elementary Grades Will
Present Program FIJI
day, June First.
PUBLIC is INVITED
Class Night, June 5, Com
menceme June z,
School Closes June H..
PUBLIC IS INVITED

The activities of public interest
connected with the closing of Mil
ford schools will begin next Friday,
June l. at las p. M. in the high
school auditorium when the elemen-
tary grades will present a program
for themselves and their friends
under the direction of their respec-
tive teachers, assisted by Miss Hell
en- Clarke, instructor in public
school music. The public is invit-
ed
On Sunday morning, June 3. the
baccalaureate service will be held
in the Avenue NJ. E. Church at IL
O'Clock with sermon by the pastor,
Dr. Frank Herson.
On class night, Tuesday, June B.
at o'clock, the friends of the grad
uating class will be welcomed as
their guests. as usual, at the high
school auditorium.
The commencement exercises Will
be conducted In the Plaza Theatre
on the evening of Thursday. May>7,
at 8 o'clock. The program and
class roll will be announced next
week. ,,s
The last function of Commencement
week will be purely social, the an
nual Junior Prom, in the auditor
ium of the high school.
Memorial Day. May 30. will be OBJ
served as a holiday in each OF the
schools of the district.
The official date for closing the
schools is June II.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
KENT FIREMEN
HOLD MEETING
Magnolia Company Host To County
Association With IS Present

Over seventy-fiVe firemen assem-
bled in the lodge hall, at Magnolia
last Thursday evening for the
monthly meeting of the Kent COun-
ty Firemen's Association where the
women of the community served a
chicken dinner. County President C..
w. johnson pronounced the bless
ing. The address of welcome was
made by George w. Collins, presi-
dent of Magnolia Fire Company. f.
Frank Burris. of Houston. respond
ed for the firemen.
All companies in the county were
represented except Frederick and
only one officer and one director
were absent. Treasurer Machamer
reported balance of $99.15. The
coming committee reported two
more maps for Millington and Sud-
lersville would be delivered this
week. President Johnson named his
permanent committees for this year
as follows: Legislative Committee.
E. F. Burris. Houston. Thomas f.
Baker and w. c. Boyer. Jr, Dover;
educational committee. J. r. Had
daway. Camden; W. w. Pettyjohn,
Dover. and Lewis Walker. Clayton.
At the Kent and Sussex Fair this
year an attempt will be made to
show the farmers how many fire
hazards may exist in any home and
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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
LEGION TO OBSERVE
MEMORIAL DAY
MANY Organizations Wnl Partici.
pate In Event

Different organizations will as
semble at the Plaza at 9 a. m. on
Memorial Day. The Legion will pre-
sent the city with flag which will
be raised and lowered to half mast.
This will take place at 9:15 a. m.
The parade will then be formed and
proceed to Odd Fellows cemetery
where the Memorial Day address
will be given by Rev. Frank Herson
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
The services will be held at the
grave of William Moore. veteran OF
the World War. =
After the firing of salute and
the sounding of taps the parade will
go by buses to Barratt's Chapel to
hold a service in honor of the dead
buried there. The line of march:
The Colors.
The Band.
Members of the National Guard.
The G. A. R.
Spanish War Veterans.
Legionnaires.
School Children.
Each child in line of march Will
be provided with flag.
The Legion and Auxiliary viii
at the Methodist Episcopal
Sunday morning, May q. at
II a. m. Members of Milford Post
No. 3. will assemble at the Armory
at 10:30 a. m. and proceed in body
TO the church. Commander William
H. Patterson of the G.. A. R., will
attend this memorial service.
Memorial Day has come to have
a new significance. and it is that the
survivors shall devote themselves
to the furtherance of the ideals OF
peace. President Garfield once said
that, in his opinion, no heroic sacri-
fee was ever lost. So II comes that
these soldiers dead will not have
died in vain if. as result of the
great price they paid. the nation and
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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
PRESIDENT PRESENTS
LAFAYETTE SWORD
VIII Hang In White House Beneath
A Portrait OF Washington

President Roosevelt placed a
sword associated with the memory
of Lafayette beneath a portrait of
Washington in the White House on
Sunday.
This gesture of a nations graft
tude followed a stirring observance
Sunday of the Tooth anniversary of
the French Marquis who fought for
American liberty.
The President brought the sword
with him Sunday to a joint session
of Congress. convened to honor
Lafayette's comrades of the revolu-
ton. 1t was presented to MIR. Roose-
welt recently by Count Rene de
Chambrun. direct descendant of the
famous Frenchman.
The sword will rest for all time
below the portrait of President
Washington in the White House"
Mr.. Roosevelt told gathering of
legislators. diplomats. Supreme
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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
EARLY TOMATOES
IMPROVE YIELD
Kent County Agent Wilson Advises
Early Planting

If tomatoes are grown with the
idea of producing more and better
tomatoes from fewer acres they Of
fer the best cash crop for Kent
county farmers under the present
agricultural conditions. according
to County Agent Russell E. Wilson
who has conducted field demonstra-
tions on this crop for several years
to show the economic value of early
plants for increased yields and
quality for commercial canning pur-
poses.
Although the setting of early
plants in the field is one step to-
ward the production of greater
yields and higher quality, tomatoes
per acre. farmers should not in
crease their acreage If this canning
crop is to be placed and maintained
on the profitable basis which it
should represent among the grow
ers and Gamers in this section of
the United States. Until few years
ago the canning of tomatoes on
large commercial scale was confin-
cd chiefly to the states along the
Atlantic seaboard, but today this
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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
NUMBERS
ON MAIN HIGHWAYS
State Roads As Well As United
States Routes VIII BE Marked

The State Highway Department
is busy putting up the State num-
bers on the main highways in each
county and in a short time the
State roads as well as the United
States routes will be numbered and
marked. s,ss--4a.,,-r ---..
Whenever possible. W. W. Mack:
Chief Engineer states the numbers
of roads continuing from other
states will be used so that If Penn
sylvania route So is being used. the
same number will be continued
when the Delaware line is reached
with Maryland routes; also contin-
ued so that tourists can follow the
route numbers with ease and but
little risk of getting on the wrong
roads. The numbers are being
marked in black on white back
ground and junction and arrow
signs are also being set. When the
system is completed 1t will be no
trouble to plan a trip into any cor
ner of the State by using the map
and numbers exclusively.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
STATE AUDITOR
STOPS PAYMENT
OF STATE BILLS
General Fund Exhausted,
Salaries And Bills Must
Be Held Up.
MAY SEEK NEW LOAN
Revenue Decline Is Cause
OF Deficit; Other
Funds Have Balance.

State Auditor J. Henry Hazel has
suspended payment of all salaries
and expenses of the State drawn
out of the general fund. as a result
of the depletion of the fund. The
balance is $1,000.
This suspension, IT was said. will
continue until a plan is devised
whereby the general fund will have
been sufficiently replenished so that
the State can pay the bills credited
against IT,
Governor Buck will call a confer
ence in the next few days of State
officials in charge of financial mat
ters. to discuss the situation. It will
likely he attended by State Auditor
Hazel, State Treasurer George C..
Williams. Secretary of State Charles
II. Grautland and Attorney General
P. Warren Green, on whom the
others will have to depend for any
opinion on the legality of any plan
that may be undertaken.
Although no definite plan has
been agreed upon, under one sug-
gested proposal m0peyjwnpld be
borrowed from the Partners Bank
at Dover. which is the depository
for all State funds. At present there
is approximately $6,250,000 of State
moneys on deposit there, and. it is
said this would be ample security
for the loan which the bank may be
asked to make to the State. IT such
a loan is negotiated, the next Gen
eral Assembly will be asked to
make provision for the refHnd
The only question involved in this
suggestion is the official to whom
the bank could loan the money that
Is to be used by the State. This is
one of the subjects. that will he. dis.
cussed at Governor Bucks confer
ence.
II was said that it will be neces-
sarv tn borrow about $1.000.000 to
meet the deficit for the remainder
of the present fiscal year and for
the coming fiscal year. until the
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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
7PLEAD GUILTY
IN SUSSEX COURT
SeafOrd Pair To Be Whip
ped For Theft OF TrOus-
ers In Store.
FORGER SENTENCED

Seven prisoners. availing them
selves of the opportunity to start
their prison sentences without wait
ing for the regular June term of
Court of General Sessions, which
convenes on Monday. June 25,
pleaded guilty before Resident
Judge Charles S. Richards at a spe-
cial session of plead guilty" court
in Georgetown last Saturday.
Samuel Meyers and William
Moore. of the Seaford District. each
charged with entering the store OF
Levi s. Warrington. in Seaford, on
April 81. and stealing two pairs OF
trousers. each valued at $3.50 were
sentenced to six months in the
county Jail and each be whipped
with ten lashes on Saturday. May
26. between the hours of 10 a. m.
and p. m.
Robert Lee Young. of Delmar,
charged with assault and battery on
Lillian G.. Williams on April Is.
was given a six months sentence.
James B. Blango, of Laurel.
charged with entering the store of
Harry West, of that town. on the
night of April IA. with intent to
commit larceny, and also for break
ing into the store of ]. H. Marvil.
of Laurel. and stealing three watch
es and some money. was sentenced
to two years in the county Jail.
Robert Floyd. of Laurel. indicted
for stealing a rug from the home OF
Curtis E. Davis. of that town. on
March 10. was given three months.
The rug was valued at $50.
Clifford Prattis. of Bridgeville. an
old offender. was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for one year on a
charge of stealing a quantity of
goods from Lester Hast |
ings. Northwest Ford District. on
March II.
A prison sentence of six months |
was imposed on James Ent, of Mil
ton. charged with forging the name I
of Lester Clendaniel to a check for !
IS on last December %. Ent drew (
the check on the Milford Trust |
Company. signed the name of Glen
daniel as the maker and then in
ioTsed it.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
DRINKERS FANCY
BECOMES LIGHTER

The drinkers fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of beer this
spring-and hard stuff isn't
going so well.
That. at least. is the story
told by the tax returns.
Income from beer set a
pOst-repeal record in April
S14,366.000. Taxes from dis
titled spirits hit a record low
-S6,S43.000. But some thought
the bootleggeTs might have
something to do with it.
March beer taxes we're S13.-
175,000, February. $9,316.000.
January S1O.226.OOO and De-
cember. the first repeal month
S12.S67, 900.
Distilled spirits taxes were
March SS.742.0O0: February
S7.708.0 900; January $9.651,-
900. and December sS.651 600
In December the tax rate was
$1.10 a gallon. During Janu-
airy it went to 81.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
GOVERNORS TROPHY
RACE AT DOVER
First OutbOard MOtOrbOat Contest
Will Be Held At Capitol

Walter L. Fox Post, No. 2. Ameri
can Legion. Dover. will sponsor its
first annual Outboard motor race on
Decoration Day. May 80. starting at
l p. M. at Silver Lake. one mile
north of Dover. Fourteen trophies
and cups have been donated by the
business men of Dover. The Cover
nor's trophy will be awarded to the
winner of the free-for-all race.
There are seven different races or
classes in which to enter.
The Dover 0utboard Motor Club.
which the American Legion is spOn-
soring in this race. promises an af-
ternOon of enjoyment and excite
Inent for all who wish to attend
Nearly every town in Delaware and
the Eastern Shore of Maryland will
be represented with a boat. Already
to date, there are twenty-five en-
tries.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
DRIVE CAREFULLY
ON MEMORIALDAY
Statistics Show This Day
One OF The Worst For
Accidents.
PLAN EARLY START

According to the Delaware Safety
Council the observance of Memorial
Day presents a real traffic problem.
Last year the Councils statistics
indicated that the greatest number
of automobile accidents occurred
on Memorial Day. 4th of July and
Labor Day. The wise mOtOTist will
recognize that the increased num-
ber of cars which will surely be
on the highway during the coming
holiday presents extra traffic haz-
ards and he will be prepared
for them. The Safety Council sug-
gests that you plan your trip care
fully.
See that the car is in good me-
chanical condition before you start
the trip. Plan an early start in or
der that you will not have to in
dulge in any needless waste. And
plan an early start for home so that
you will not get in the last minute
traffic jams that are sure to exist.
When you. are behind the wheel
always keep in mind the three C's
of traffic safety. They are: Courtesy,
Consideration and Cooperation. Ac-
cording to the Council. you will
rarely have any difficulty If you al
ways remember them. Common
courtesy will give the other driver
just the opportunity he requires to
complete that turn. It will give the
men behind just the space required
to pass in safety. Courtesy demands
that you give a signal when you in
tend to turn or stop. II does Dot
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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
SEES MONOP(5sl
BACKED BY rs.
AS TREND OF NRA
Finds "Chisler" Only Pro-
lection For, The Public
Against Big Business.
REPORT INACCURATE
Calls WatchwOrd Of Fair
Competition An Illus
Ory Phrase
REPORT INACCURATE

Clarence DaTTow's review board
On Sunday night presented its $4,000
word critique of the National Re-
covery Administration, recommend
ing a return to the antitrust laws
which were suspended for the re-
covery program and terming the
NRA watchword of fair competi-
ton" an "illusory phrase"
The board was created by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to determine the
soundness of charges-in Congress
and elsewhere-th little business
was being Disseminated against in
the operation of the National Re-
covery Administration and its codes
of fair competition.
Report Called "Inaccurate'
The main report was signed by
Darrow, noted Chicago attorney.
and four of the five board members.
The sixth. John F. Sinclair. dissent
ed, asserting that conclusions OF
the majority were "inCOnclusive, in
complete and at times misleading.
He recommended establishment of
permanent review board of appeal
independent of the NRA and of a
series of review boards for minor
appeals within the recovery organ
ization itself
In a supplementary report, sign
ed only by himself and William o.
Thompson. Darrow emphasized
what he termed a trend toward
monopoly under the NRA.
ErgeS SOcialized Industry
"The choice" he wrote. lis be-
tween monopoly sustained by gov
eminent. which is clearly the trend
in the National Recovery Admins
tration: and a planned economy,
which demands socialized owner
ship and control.
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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
PENINSULA MEMORIAL
DAY FETE AT DENTON
To BE Held At Denton On May %
Under Auspices OF American Legion

Caroline Post of the American
Legion will stage Caroline countys
annual Memorial Day program on
May %. next. at Denton, Md. The
program will begin with a parade
of the American Legion and all To-
cal orders and several bands and
drum and bugle corps. leaving the
court house green promptly at 1880
and arriving at the cemetery at
O'Clock.
At the cemetery the national and
state anthem will be rendered by a
choir of thirty girls. speeches will
be made by the governor of the
state and the mayor of Baltimore.
The Legion will then perform the
usual memorial ceremony with
men, bugles and firing squad and on
of the exercises in the
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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
LOCAL LEGIONNAIRES
SPONSOR RODEO
Real Western Cowboys And Girls
VIII Perform

How'dy folks, Want some real
excitement? Want to see something
never before seen down here? Go
out to the Oklahoma Ranch Rodeo
any night this week. also Saturday
afternoon. and get real thrill
We promise you more thrills for
quarter than you can buy any
where else. Real western cowboys
riding real western broncos. long
horn steers, wild bulls. in fact any
thing that's rideable; you'll get YOUR
moneys worth.
Fancy trick roping and riding
done by professionals mad eallop-
ing. bucking steers. wild eyed
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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
BEETLES
SEEM BEATEN
Scouts Find Few Reports OF Pests
Outside OF Infested Area

Dry weather in the summers of
1881 and 1882 was an important
factor in curtailing Japanese beetle
activity in 1888. say plant quaran-
tine officials of the United States
Department of Agriculture This
destructive insect pest needs a moist
June and July for maximum egg
laying and Matching. according to a
departmental bulletin.
Scouting showed very few infest-
ed areas outside those in the New
England States. New York. New
Jersey. Delaware. Pennsylvania.
Maryland and Virginia where Fed
eral quarantines have been main
tanned for sometime.
Trapping. the method generally
adopted for keeping track of the
Jap beetles advance into new re-
gions and of its population in the
regulated areas. was more eXten-
sive than ever before because of the
extra men made available by State
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Highway Department.
The commission authorized the
improvement of 80 miles of road in
Sussex county with Stag surface. the
roads to be selected by Chief Engi-
neer w. w. Mack.
The department is asking for
bids as follows:
Contract 213: Sidewalk and wild
ening street through Blades in Sus-
sex county. 0.732 miles.
Contract 244: Traffic bound Stag
road Sandy Forks-Bryan's store.
Sussex county. 7.30 miles.
Contract 1882: State wide surface
treatment of State highway.
Contract SS2A: Stone chip appli-
cation to State highways.
Contract 384: Balustrades-COurt
Street, Bridge, Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
viii Use Government Money
To Bea"tiy Dual Highway

The State Highway Commission
at a meeting on Wednesday of last
week decided to continue the land
scape work on the dual highway
from Wilmington south. The money
with which this work is to be done
comes largely from government
funds.
The Commission also decided to
build sidewalks at Old Drawers in
New Castle county. A delegation
from Rehoboth was before the COM
mission relative to the building of
jetties to prevent erosion of the
beach front at that place. Diagrams
of what is proposed were presented
to the commission. Governor Buck
has signed the bill appropriating
$5O.OO0 for this work to be done un-
der the supervision of the State
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
Baseball Club Opens
Season Memorial Day At Home

your home boys to greater efforts.
On Saturday, June 2, Milford will
play the strong Wyoming Club. The
locals will be out for revenge in
this game, as Wyoming gave the
boys a terrific lacing the last time
they met last season.
This game will start promptly at
8 o'clock and will be played at Mil
ford.
The grandstand, fence and
grounds have been put in first class
condition for these games. An adj
mission of Csc will be charged and
will go toward the buying of sup
plies and equipment, and the main
tenance of the grounds.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
THREE ARE ADMITTED
TO u. 3. CITIZENSHIP

Judge W. w. Harrington
sitting in Superior Court at
Dover to hear naturalization
cases admitted the following
to citizenship: Marina Vatick.
a native of Greece, now liv-
ing In Dover; Gustave Zie-
buska. a native of Poland.
who has lived for past ten or
twelve years near Willow
Grove; Emanuel ManOlaki. a
native of Greece, now living
at Milford.
A representative of the
government was present at
the naturalization and after
asking questions which prov
ed satisfactory recommended.
that the applicants be admit
ted.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25

The. Milford Baseball Club will
open the 1884 season with a double
header on Memorial Day. They will
have for their opponents the strong
Mardella Springs team, which was
considered one of the best clubs on
the Eastern Shore during the 1888
season.
The first game will start promptly
at 10 o'clock a. m. The afternoon
game will commence at 3 O'Clock.
Both games will be played on the
Milford diamond.
Memorial Day is a holiday and
everyone will have a chance to see
these games. Show your loyalty by
attending these games and cheering
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, May 16 To Tues
day, May 22, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford, from Wednesday, May is, to
Tuesday, May %. inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-25
Temperature Rain

Total Rainfall ...... .16
The following winds and condt
tions prevailed during the SAINT
period:
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-17
Mike Fink, Keelboat King
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

D WAS half wild horse and half cock
eyed alligator and the rest of him was
crooked snags and red-hot snappin'
turtle. He was a Salt River roarer.
He was a ring-talled squealer, a regular
screamer from the oil Mlsslsslp'. He
was nursed on a bottle of rye before
his eyes were opened. He loved the
women and he was chock-full o. fight.
He could hit like fourth-proof light
nInf md a.nan HI. h nndn In fhn
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-17

Here is probably the biggest
birthday cake ever baked. 1t was
made at Coral Gables. Fla, and
sent to the patients at Warm
Springs, Ca, to be eaten on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's birthday. January
30. Beside 1t stands Col. Henry L.
Dougherty, general chairman of the
national committee that arranged
for Roosevelt birthday parties In
hundreds of cities and towns to
raise money for the Warm Springs
Foundation.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-17

(Afi pictures from Blair and Meine's mike
Fink-king of Mississippi kecIboatmen," cour-
tesy Henry Holt and company