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Evening star., 1934-10-14

The Memphis Plan.
According to authorities in that
city the plan is as follows:
In January, 1884, an ordinance went
into effect in the City of Memphis,
Tenn, requiring that all vehicles op-
Grating on the streets of that city be
inspected at least once each six
months by the Motor Vehicle Inspec-
ton Bureau. Such vehicles as meet
requirements of the inspection ordi-
nance are labeled with official certifl-
Gates attached to the windshield, for
which a fee of so cents is charged.
Any car owner may test his vehicle
as frequently as he desires on the
Inspection Bureau equipment without
additional cost.
Inspection includes all of the most
important safety factors of the car
brakes, steering, alignment, head
lights, tail light, windshield wiper,
rear vision mirror and horn.
The $4,000 cars, trucks, buSseS and
taXicabs of Memphis come to the bu-
reau at least twice year for lnspec-
ton, and many conscientious drivers
appear at more frequent intervals
making total of about $4,000 tests
annually. Since the equipment and
attendants are capable of handling
1900 or more tests day, there is nc
confusion, seldom any waiting, ano
the bureau has a file record of the
safety condition of every car in Mem
phis. The Inspection Bureau does nc
repair work, and no inspector or other
employe is permitted to recommend
or even suggest any particular repair
shop or service. No advertising is
permitted on or around the inSpec-
ton premises.
The Memphis plan does away with
the mary Objectionable features OF
the authorized inspection stations"
which have been used in some local
tiles. There is and can be no charge
of "favoritiSm" so long as inspections
and repairs are completely divorced.
500 Notified Daily.
About 500 car owners per day are
notified by post card to appear for
inspection, in addition about an equal
number come voluntarily for test or
retest. Thus the flow of inspection
work is kept fairly steady. The bureau
Is open every business DAY of the year.
Owners of rejected cars are given
one week in which to make necessary
corrections They can make adjust
ments themselves or hire the work
done anywhere they please. In a few
isolated instances compulsion was at
first necessary to bring owners in for
test or to have needed safety services
rendered. But the great majority of
car owners have enthusiastically CO.
operated. They are glad to have un-
safe conditions called to their atten-
ton and are happy when their cars
pass inspection.
It is significant that during the first
Evening star., 1934-10-14

The total of all makes ran up to
2,318,826 vehicles, as compared with
1903 POT for the like period of 1888.
For the remainder of 1884 the COM
pany magnates have charted course
tempered by caution. They are await
ing the result of the November cleo
ton and possible changes it may
bring in the Washington situation
with regard to regulation of industry.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Compulsory Inspection
OfAutOs Held DC. Need
Memphis Plan Favored by Many-Safe-Drlvln
Test Lsted-Car Production
Gains Shown.
BYG. ADAMS HOWARD.

TIME need of compulsory inspection of all automobiles licensed
in of Columbia Many fatality
and many ana accident be avoided in this way.
Regulations exist to keep the motorlSt Stralght.
regulation should be made to keep the car straight
plans effect other parts OF the country which
sometimes inspection OF the
cars Maryland has good one .
ordinance similar enforced Memphis
is Memphis plan. 1t be the
hest at has reduced accidents.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
AutOmOtive Briefs

G. j. Connolly has been added to the
sales staff of the Washington district
of the B. F. Goodrich Co., it is an
nounced by F. r. Campbell, Washing
ton district manager.
Evening star., 1934-10-14

GO LONG as there are back-seat
~ passengers, cars will continue to
be of the rear-driven type.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
LOCAL LEGIONNAIRES
PLAN TO MOUNT CANNON
VIII Serve As A Memorial For De-
ceased Veterans

A heavy piece of field artillery
has just been received by the local
post of the American Legion which
they expect to mount in Milford as
a memorial for departed veterans of
the World War.
The legion post is trying to make
arrangements with City Council to
mount the piece in the Plaza Square
near the flag pole that has been
erected there. There is also pro-
position to be presented to the Coun-
Gil by the legion to make this sec
tion of the city into a public park.
At the present time it is used as
a parking place for automobiles,
and being in the business section
of the city is always filled with cars
of visitors to Milford. It is proposed
to plant this space in grass and to
mount the cannon in the center of
the plot.
The field piece is AIS inch bore of
heavy artillery and mounted on a
trailer. 1t was donated to the local
post by the Federal government and
shipped to Milford from the prov
ing grounds at Aberdeen, Md. 1t is
proposed to have engraved on
mounting a fitting inscription.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
Eastern japanese Beetle
Area To Be UNCHANGED

sets, New Hampshire, New York.
New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island. Vermont, West Virginia, Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia.
~Caught Train Rlde7 Maybe
By catching a ride on plants or
other materials. Japanese beetles
are likely to establish themselves at
points remote from the area along
the Atlantic seaboard where they
are firmly entrenched. To delay long
distance advances, the Department
of Agriculture. through Federal
plant quarantine, seeks to keep all
products that might harbor the bee
tie from being shipped from infest-
ed to non-infested territory. The
beetles responsible for the recent
outbreak in st. Louis, according to
Lee A. Strong, Chief Of the Bureau
of Eontomology and Plant Quaran-
tine, may have travelled across the
country from the generally infested
area in any one Of a number Of
ways, and the same is true. Mr..
Strong adds, of the indianapolis and
Charlottesville infestations.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
Wheat Checks Being Issued
On APprored COmpliances

issued from the county extension Of
fee.
Upon the approval of the 1884
acreage compliance certificates,
which we're signed by landlords and
tenants last summer, at the time the
field inspection was made, the Wheat
Section of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration authorizes the
issuing of these benefit payments by
the Treasurer of the United States.
These payments are made for COM
pliance with respect to the wheat
crop which was harvested in 1884,
and do not refer to the wheat acre
age that was seeded this fall for the
1885 crop. Another field inspection
will be made with reference to the
1885 crop. and the second benefit
payments for next years crop will
not be authorized unless the con-
tract signers have fully complied
with the regulations of this acreage
reduction plan.
For those compliance certificates
which have been approved by the
TvS to Pags :. Pfeasfl
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
The Corn Yield In
Sussex County And
Shore Area BHedy)
University of Maryland Expert Reports Fifty Bush
eL Per Acre Crops; Farmers Haze Harvested Best
Crop Of Corn They Haze GrOICn In TIOeLUe Years.

Farmers of the central section OF
the Eastern Shore of Maryland and
of Sussex county, Delaware, have
harvested the best crop of corn they
have grown in twelve years, accord
ing to Albert V. Krewatch, special
ist in agricultural engineering of the
University of Maryland Extension
Service.
While few farmers of the
southern section of the Eastern
Shore have only a partial crop of
corn, those of Caroline. Dorchester,
Talbot and Queen Anne's counties
and part of Wicomico county re-
port an unusually good yield, Mr..
Krewatch said.
90 Acres Crosses S1,100
John Ricards, of Denton, grew
81 Gil bushels of corn per acre on
his farm at Hobbs. whereas 40 bush
els per acre is considered a fair
crop in CaroliI.~ county. Edward NJ
Wiley, of the same neighborhcod,
reports a gross income of $1.100
from twenty acres planted in corn
and tomatoes on his farm. His max
imum yield was 81 bushels of corn
per acre.
Because of this bumper corn crop.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30

INCREASE IN 1884
September H e elped To
Boost This Years Au-
tOcides.
BASED ON REPORTS

BY the end of November, motor
vehicle fatalities for this year prob
ably will equal the total for the full
twelve months of 1888. the Delaware
Safety Council predicts. This pro-
phecy hinges upon turn for the
worse which the nation took in Sep
tember and is based on incomplete
reports. September, 1884, after all
reports are received, the Council
says, may rank highest in motor We
hicles fatalities for than month OF
all years on record.
Recent indications, according TO
the Council, are that the decline
which occurred in autocides in Au-
gust-to a point practically equiva-
lent to August. 1933-was only a
temporary drop. On the basis OF
September reports already filed, the
Council estimates a national death
toll of $3.50 for the mOnth-an ad-
vance Of is per cent from August.
and about the same increase from
September, 1888. This estimated toll
for September represents a daily
average of 112 fatalities; the aver
age daily toll for the month in 1888
being 81.
TTayn 10 Pd0e J, PLedSel
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
HOLLY SHIPMENTS
START MOVING
Shipments Will Be Made
AS Far South AS New
Mexico.
BERRIES ARE SCARCE

Holly shipments have started to
move from the Del-Mar-Va PENN
sula. especially the southern part of
Sussex county. to the western mar
kets and within the next week there
will be some shipments as far away
as New Mexico.
The holly crop is the last crop of
the 1884 season for lower Delaware
folk and it always has proven a
money maker. Coming at a time
when it does-just prior to the
Christmas holidays-the returns
tide the farmers over. in many in
stances until spring. Moreover, it
furnishes their families with Christ
mas cheer when otherwise some of
them would hardly know that the
Yuletide season was upon them.
Hundreds of farmers and their
wives and children are taking to the
woods this week. gathering holly
branches from which to make
wreaths for window decorations in
the city homes and department
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
STATE t;,.ANERS
SHARE lsssss5,OOON
U. s. PROGRAMS
McCue Says $15O,OOO Of
TwO-Year Allotment
Will Be Earned In 1885.
TERMS LIBERALIZED
Estimates 100000 Wheat
Bonus Next Period With
County Getting Bulk.
TERMS LLBERALIZED

Participation in production con-
troll plans of the Agriculture Adjust
ment Administration in 1884 and
1885 will be worth approximately
$295, 900 to Delaware farmers, c. A.
McCue. dean of the School of Agri-
culture and director of Agricultural
Extension at the University of Del
aware. has estimated.
Dean McCue also stated that
through his agricultural extension
agents. he has learned that the pop
ularity of the corn-hog production
reduction campaign has increased
so rapidly that in 1885 the number
of contract signers in Sussex couu-
ty alone will probably be twice as
great as this year.
Dean McCue gave two reasons for
the increased popularity of the crop
curtailing plans-the increases IN
bonus payments and what was term
ed the realization of the soundness
of the program.
OF the s295,0OO. about s150,0O0
was for this year. Signers of wheat
contracts benefited to the extent of
$125,0OO; the remainder went to
corn-hog contract signers. All wheat
payment have been made. A few
corn-hog signers have not received
their final payments, which will be
made in the near future.
Contract terms have been liber-
allied, Dean McCue explained. For
ITnys TO Page 7. Pip1SS]
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30

The present methods of directing
the quarantine of Japanese beetles
will not be changed. nor will any
additional territory be brought into
this quarantined area next spring,
according to the U. S. Department OF
Agriculture. This announcement
was made following the annual
scouting survey for the spread of
beetles in the East. The present
quarantine in force is the infested
areas, which includes all of Della
ware, will be continued. There will
be no fall hearing to determine
changes in quarantine regulations
or areas this year.
The Japanese beetle this year set
new record when scouts found a
well-established infestation at St.
Louis, Mo-, a less extensive one at
Indianapolis. Ind, and another at
Charlottesville, Va. With these three
exceptions, no real infestation came
to light outside the beetles estab-
lished range in Connecticut, Della
ware, Maine, Maryland, Massachu-
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
AT CCC CAMPS SUNDAY
DIR. Frank HersOn WIN Preach OPP
ening Service OF Series

Beginning this Sunday and con.
tinuing throughout the winter
months. religious services will be
held at CCC Camp No. 1926, located
at Slaughter Beach. These services
will begin at and close at 3:45 p
m. The following preachers have
volunteered their services for the
five Sundays in December:
December 2-Rev. Frank Herson,
pastor of the Avenue NJ. E. Church.
Milford.
December 9-Rev. John T. Bailey,
pastor of the Milford NJ. P. Church.
December 16-Rev. Joseph S.
Kinks, pastor Of the Episcopal
Church Of Milford.
December 23-Rev. l. T. Gibson.
pastor of the Milford Baptist Church.
December 3O-Rev. S. L. Handy,
pastor of the Lincoln NJ. E. Church.
The pastors above mentioned will
he aided in the services by members
of their respective church choirs.
The public at large is cordially in
vited to attend any or all Of these
services.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
SUSSEX FARMER
BADLY INJURED
Wesley C. Collins Believed Internal
ly Injured By Hit-Run Driver

Wesley C. Collins, 80 years old,
farmer of near Delmar, was serious
ly injured and his wife and two
children escaped unhurt when the
wagon in which they were return
ing home after marketing in Delmar
late Saturday night, was struck
south of Delmar by a hit and run
driver.
According to Mrs. Collins. red
light was burning on the rear of
the wagon, an open type and two
wheels of the vehicle were off the
road on the right hand side when
struck by large sedan. said to nave
been travelling at a fast rate of
speed.
Collins was thrown off the wagon
and received a broken arm. severe
bruises of the head and possible in
ternal injuries.
One of the children, Jane. was
also thrown from the wagon but
landed in the soft dirt. Mrs. Collins
and a son, Robert, were unhurt.
The wagon was badly damaged,
and the horses rear legs so badly
cut that it was feared it would have
to be destroyed.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
KEEP ALLLIQUORS
IN TAX CHANNELS
P. S DUPONT Is Invited To
Take Part In Confer
ence Soon In New York.
TO STRENGTHEN LAW

Liquor and gasoline-maybe they
don't mix but they will be the prime
topics of discussion at an interstate
conference of liquor commissioners
in New York City, December 6, the
beginning of the nations second
year of repeal.
P. S. DUPONT, Delaware's liquor
commissioner, has been invited to
attend the conference.
Other states to be represented are
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, New York. Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts,, Yer
mont, New Hampshire and Maine.
This conference will prepare to
launch a Federal-State drive TO
force the flow of liquor in legal
channels. New York's commissioner
of taxation, Mark Graves, called the
meeting.
"The experience of one year since
repeal has demonstrated that tre-
mendous amount of taxable bever-
ages, particularly distilled liquors
escapes State and Federal taxation, ="
he said.
"It has been shown that lack of
proper observation of interstate and
interstate movements is responsible
for such liquor being sold outside
OF taxable channels, and that in a
number of states provisions of laws
designed to force this flow into legal
channels can be materially strength
ened by concerted action between
states with the Federal govern
ment."
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
CHANGE DATES FOR
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
VIII Be Given December II And II;
Tickets Now On Sale

Due to conflicting dates the per-
torrance of Listen to Leon!" the
senior class play. will be given on
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
December IL and IL instead of Mon
day and Tuesday. The high school
auditorium will be the scene of the
farce comedy.
Tickets are now being sold by all
high and junior high pupils at 20
and 35 cents. All pupils and children
will be admitted on zoe ticket. The
play will begin promptly at Sis.
Listen to Leon!" promises some
thing novel in the humorous form
for play-goers of Milford and vicin-
ity. The proceeds derived from the
sale of tickets and advertising will
be used to defray the expenses of
the annual pilgrimage made to
Washington by the graduating class
es of the Milford High School.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
SET GUN TRAPS HERE
FOR TURKEY THIEVES
Farmers With Large FlOcks Con-
stantly Alert

Turkey thieves are rampant again
in this section and many farmers
have suffered in the last few weeks.
This condition has led the turkey
growers to adopt methods for their
protection that were used success
fully last year.
Many turkey raisers are now load
ing shot guns which they are plac-
ing and fixing with trip for the
trigger. II the fowls are in a house
the trip is fixed so the gun will be
discharged as the thief enters the
building, or If they roost outside
special trips are made so the gun
will be discharged when the thief
steps on the trap.
Last week Andrew Donovan OF
near Milford, had the most of his
large fifiock Of turkeys stolen Sat
urday night while he and his fam
lily were in Milford shopping.
Farmers with large. docks are now
leaving one member of the family
home while the rest are away on
business.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
NEGRO TEACHERS
ELECT OFFICERS
C.. d. Collins, OF Delaware City
Named President OF Association

Addresses by school officials who
stressed the Importance of planning
for greater educational advantages
for the children of the State and
election of officers, marked the clos
ing session Friday of the Delaware
State Colored Teachers Association.
DR.. H. V. Holloway, State superin-
tendent of public instruction. and
DIR. G. David Houston, principal OF
the Armstrong High School, Wash
ington, d. c., emphasized the advan-
tAges which an adequate education
will bring to children.
Officers elected are: President, C..
d. Collins, Delaware City: vice
president, Mrs. Genevieve A. Ander
son, Dover: secretary. Marie Kelly,
Viola; assistant secretary. Emma
Wooden, Milford: treasurer. Bessie
Horner. Trinity. Sussex County.
The resolutions committee sub
mitted and the association adopted
the same resolutions that we're
adopted at the white teachers in
stitute in Newark a week ago which
included the granting Of certificates
to those who had attained certain
marks; recommending the restora-
tion of teachers salaries to the fig-
ures prior to two years ago, and
the adoption of play day in each
county rather than the annual State
field day.
The, report Of the treasurer show
ed expenses totaled $197.72: regis
TTHra 10 Page ), Please1
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30

According to the number of in
quiries which are being received al
the Kent county extension office. ap-
parently some wheat contract sign
ers do not have a clear understand
ing of the basis upon which the Fed
eral government is making the sec
ond benefit payments on the 1888
contracts, and the first benefit pay
ments on the 1884 acreage compli-
ance.
Several weeks ago Kent County
Agent Russell E. Wilson. who is al
so secretary of the Kent and Sussex
County Wheat Production Control
Association, and wheat administra-
tor for these two counties, sent to
each contract signer instructions on
this phase of the wheat allotment
program. but evidently this infor-
nation did not answer all these
questions to the satisfaction of the
wheat growers. The subject of acre
age compliance In the seeding of the
wheat this fall was also discussed
in these government publications,
and in other letters which have been
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
MILLIONS TOBE
PAID BY XMAS
SAVINGSGUBS
In Milford Three Clubs
Will Distribute $SS,OOO
This Christmas.
LESS THAN YEAR AGO
Amount Saved Here This
Year Is $1,000 Les S
Than Last Year.

Residents of Milford who for the
past fifty weeks have been practic-
ing thrift and each week laying
aside sum for the Christmas Saw
ings Fund conducted by the local
banks are being rewarded to the
tune of $S8.000. This money is re-
leased by the Milford Trust Com
pany, the First National Bank and
Trust Company and the Savings
Fund Club of The L. d. Caulk Com
pany, all of which have been in ex-
istence for several years. This is a
decrease of $4,000 from the dis
bursements made by these three
clubs last year. and indicates that
the idea is still popular in Milford
notwithstanding the severe financial
situation which confronted all citi-
zens at some time during the year.
In the State a total of 81 800, 900 will
be distributed this season.
The first savings clubs on the
Peninsula we're started several
years ago at Salisbury, Md. The gen.
eral public eagerly accepted the
method to systematically save for
the holiday season. Shortly thereaf-
ter The L. D. Caulk Company con-
ceived the idea of conducting saw
ings fund for their employees. The
plan was successful, and outsiders
were allowed to join the club. The
Milford Trust Company later took up
the idea, and they too were success
full and secured many depositors
therefrom. A few years later the
First National Bank and Trust Com
pany started its club and each year
has shown a satisfactory increase
in the number of persons who have
Joined its club. This year Is the sec
ond which has shown a drop IN
Christmas fund savers. -.--s-s5-.... b.
This year the Caulk Savings Club
will send out checks to the amount
of $3S, 900 to its members. This is an
increase of $4,000 over last year.
The Milford Trust Company has
mailed a total of $4,000 to those
who have saved in its club. This is
a decrease of $4,000 over last years
total for that club. The First Ma
tional Bank and Trust Company is
paying $4,000, a drop of $4,000 from
the total that they paid out last year.
This money is released in time for
the holiday buying, and is a well
coined asset to those thrifty per-
sons who have taken advantage OF
the three clubs in Milford.
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-30
Industrial Boom Seen
HERE COMES ARABELLA'
AT GRANGE HALL DEC. 6
Fifty.Five People VIII Take Part In
Three-Act Musical Comedy

Here Comes Arabella," a three
act musical comedy of the first or
der will be presented in the Milford
Grange Hall. Thursday and Friday
evening. December and 7. perfor-
ance beginning each evening at eight
o'clock, by a cast composed of SIS
members of the Milford Grange.
One of the highlights of the play
will be its scintilating chorus of 16
beautiful girls. Fourteen new and
snappy songs will help to add to the
chorus work. All of the scenic eff
fects and costumes used in the play
will be new and colorful. Miss Fran
ces McDermott. a representative of
the Wayne P. Sewell Producing Co..
of Georgia, will supervise and direct
the rehearsals and performances.