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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-31
DILLINCER CASE
 HAS NEW ANGLE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-31
ARMISTICE DAY
 CELEBRATION

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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
MILFORD MAN HELD FOR
COURT In STREET FIGHT
BENJAMIN Holloway Arraigned In
Assault Upon Harry LlndaIe

Benjamin Holloway. a young man
of Milford. was held for court under
$500 bond last Thursday afternoon
by Justice H. B. Thaw, of this city.
charged with assault and battery on
Harry Lindale.
The case has attracted a great
deal of attention and on account of
the number of people interested JUS
tice Thaw held the hearing in the
Municipal building where there is a
large room.
Lindale testified that several
weeks ago he was walking on East
Front street after he and others
had had trouble in a house in that
neighborhood. He stated that Hol-
loway struck him In the face after
which he became unconscious.
There we're several others in the
party and all participated in the
fight. Holloway through an attorney
desired to try the case before Jus
tice Thaw. but in view of the grav-
ity of the charges Justice Thaw
deemed that the case should be tried
in the upper court of the county.
After the fight Lindale was taken to
the Milford Emergency Hospital.
suffering from severe injuries Of the
face and head.
Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
BLADES VOTERS
OPPOSE LIQUOR
Defeat Proposition To Grant License
By lI9 To -

BY a vote of 142 to 81 the citizens
of Blades defeated the proposition OF
whether the town was to have a
licensed place to sell beer and other
intoxicants within its corporate
limits. The election was held at the
town hall Saturday.
The vote would have been larger
had not many. especially women.
been kept away from the polls by
a downpour of rain. Wet" and
dry leaders were busy. however.
getting out the 226 and both sides
had automobiles in service to get out
the vote.
The election was the outcome of
A license to sell beer and other
spirituous liquors. applied for joint
ly. recently. by Samuel j. Robinson.
of Seaford. and Dale S. Holt. of
Blades. who leased the automobile
show room of J. Tillie Bryan for
the purpose.
The Delaware State Liquor Com
p S. DUPONT. chairman. re-
ferred the license to Mayor Arthur
Hatfield and the Town Council. who
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
GATHERING DATA
ON PUBLISHERS
Rural Publishers VIII Receive By.
Laws And QuestiOnnaireS

All printers and publishers of the
State outside of the City of Will
mington will be sent printed sets of
bylaws and questionnaires request
ing information on the number of
employees and other information
this week. Rodman Mahaffy, of Hol-
~ Oak, administrative manager of
the Printers and Publishers Code
for Delaware. is preparing the let
ters and questionnaires.
At a recent meeting. the follow
ing regional board was selected: G.
Marshall Townsend. editor of the
Milford Chronicle. chairman; Rod
man Mahaffy. secretary-treasurer;
Robert S. Brock. editor of the Lau
rel State Register; Colonel James {.
Wickes. editor of the Dover State
News. and Thomas S. Fouracre. edi-
tor of the Middletown Transcript,
members.
Another meeting will he held this
week as soon as Robert Allen. presi-
dent of the National Editorial Asso-
citation, who attended the recent
meeting at which the local board
was selected. communicates with Mr..
The code has no bearing on
printers and publishers within the
city of Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
LOCAL BASKETEER
HIGHLY HONORED
Frank Hall. Milford High Ace, Nam
ed On All State Gage Team

The highest honor that can be ac-
corded a high school basketball
player has been given to a Milford
High youth. Frank Hall. who. in
recognition of his ability and Prov
ess on the basketball court this past
winter. has been named as a first
team forward in the annual ALL
State scholastic basketball selec-
tiOns announced by David Hugg. Do
yer sports writer. These selections.
now in their fourth year. are made
by a committee of selected observ-
ers from all sections of the State
and inclusion of a player in them
means that the seleCtee is one of
the outstanding scholastic players
in Delaware.
Jack Daily of Newark High was
paired with Hall at forwards: Jim
Salter of New Castle was placed at
center and Paul Derrickson of
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
$1,000, Program
For Relief In State
Submitted lit Dover
Joint Committee Reveals Hopkins Promised $3OO,OOO
u. S. Grant If DeLaICare Spent $IOOOOOO For Pub
lie Works, $5OO0OO For Work Relief, $780,
900 On Direct Aid.

A $2,0OO,00O public works-relief
program was submitted to the Gen
eral Assembly for consideration on
Monday in the report of the joint
legislative committee appointed sew
eral weeks ago to prepare relief
schedule for the Legislature.
The program includes $1.000.0O0
for public works, $500.000 for work.
relief, secondary roads. bitches and
jetties. and 100000 for direct re-
lief.
In submitting this list the Joint
committee revealed that il it is
adopted the Federal Government
will grant the State 100000 for di-
rect relief. However. they stated that
Harry l.. Hopkins. Federal Relief
Administrator. had told them at
Washington on Friday that if the
$500. 900 suggested for direct relief
is increased to $1,000 900 the gov
ernment will then give the State
$1.OOO,OOO for that purpose.
Il was emphasized by the commit
tee in its report that the allotment
which would make $2.O0O.O0O avail
able for direct relief in this State. is
dependent entirely upon Delaware
adopting an adequate wOrk-relief
and public works program and that
failure to do this will be accepted as
evidence by the Federal Government
that this State had no serious relief
problem and did not need support
or help from the government and
that il would get none.
Mr.. Hopkins made ii clear that he
did not consider the $5O0000 for di-
rect relief adequate for the needs OF
Delaware. based on his knowledge of
conditions here. and that if this is
all the State is going to provide for
this purpose the Federal Govern
ment will allow the State only $780,
Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
REV. w. E. HABBART
MAKES FINE REPORT
Lauds Work Done By Pastors In
Repairing Churches

Reports of how various pastors i'm
the Dover District of the Whining
ton NJ. E. Conference shed their
clerical garb and became laborers,
carpenters and architects In the in
terests of improving their church
buildings, shine out as bright spots
in the report of the Rev. w. E. Hab-
bart. district superintendent.
This report submitted Wednesday
to the Wilmington NJ. f. Conference
in session at Newark gives resume
of the work in the district during
the past year, the tribulations of the
church in the face of storms and
economic distress.
In one instance, Mr.. Habbart re-
ported. at Hooper's Island the
church was nearly wrecked last
summer with storm and tidal wave.
The Rev c. G. Cannon. the pastor,
who was a carpenter before he be-
came a preacher. gathered material.
enlisted volunteer labor and repair
ed the church at cost of $125
which has been paid.
At Houston. the Rev. J. c. Handy,
the ingenious pastor. bought ma
terial and hired and directed the
labor to paint and decorate the
church from floor to ceiling at a
cost of $4O0. most of which has been
paid.
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
BRIDGEVILLE BOY, GIRL,
ARE SHOT BY PLAYMATE
Betty Evans Condition Critical;
Alva Chafineh, Jr.. ). Blamed

Betty May Evans. years old, is
in the Milford Emergency Hospital
in a critical condition and her
brother. Stanley L.. is in a serious
condition. as the result of shooting
at Bridgeville on Monday.
According TO witnesses the chit
dren were playing with Jackie HUI
Tiger. years old, in front of the
home of Alva Chafinch. Sr.. when
Alva Chaffinch, Jr., years old. went
into his home, returned with a shot
gun and pointed it at his playmates.
Jeckie Hulliger took refuge behind
a tree when the weapon was dis
charged and the contents struck the
other two children. Thirty-one pei
lets struck the girl. II in the stom-
ach and IA in the face while Stan
ley received II in the back and arms.
Police authorities are making an in
vestigation but there has been no
arrest.
The two injured are the children
of former Chief of Police Walter C.
Evans. The Chaffinch boys father
operates a restaurant and pool room.
Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
USE SCHOOL, ROAD
FUNDS FOR NEEDY,
GOVERNOR URGES
FavOrs Building Holiday
In These Fields To Get
Relief Money.
TELLS ASSEM- BIZ Y
No Deserving Citizen
Must Go Without Food
And Shelter.

Come what may no deserving cit
izen of our State must be allowed tC
suffer for want of food and shelter
declared Governor C. Douglass Buck
in a special message to the General
Assembly Monday afternoon In
which he suggested a plan whereby
any relief program that Is set up
may be financed. II regard the
States first duty to her citizens to
provide that they shall not suffer.
further emphasized the Governor.
The message was incorporated In
the official records of both branches
of the Legislature.
Governor Buck proposed that in
stead of levying any additional taxes
to raise relief funds that Delaware
declare holiday in school and high
way building and divert from the
revenues received by the State High
way Department and by the State
Board of Education an amount the
legislators believe these boards can
properly be expected to contribute
in the emergency. He points out that
lIlt highway anu otAOOA o. ~
excellent condition. each having a
comfortable balance to its credit.
The Governor said It has been his
pleasure to have had a number of
conferences with the joint legisla-
tive committee that was appointed
to prepare a relief program for sub
mission to the General Assembly
and he pays tribute to the members
of that committee for industrious
manner in which they have been
studying the crisis that the State
faces and in the preparation of a
plan to aid some of our citizens,
who. through no fault OF their own.
are still without means to purchase
the bare nscessities of life ~ ,--
Praises Committee
The earnest, conscientious and
loyal manner in which the commit
tee has undertaken the assignment
il was given so favorably impressed
The Governor that II am anxious to
such suggestions as Oc-
rur to me that may prove helpful in
your deliberations of how to meet
The emergency" He explained this
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
DELAWARE JOINS
WAR ON U.S.PLAN
TOCONTROL MILK
Green Says East Being
Asked To Take Care Of
Midwest Dairymen.
DAIRYMEN PRESENT
Says Government Wants
To Take Profit "If You
Make Amy On Farm"
DAIRYMEN PRESENT

Milk producers of the northeast
seaboard cannot compete very we'll
with producers of the Middle West,
who have always increased produc-
ton when it seemed to them best to
improve on a cash market. George
Green. of Newark, Del. president Of
the Delaware Dairymen's Associa-
ton, declared at a regional confer
ence to consider the Federal Govern
ment's milk control plan.
1T may be a charitable view the
F, deral Government is taking when
il asks producers of the seabOard to
care for their neighbors in the Mid
die West who are not efficient dairy
uieE." he asserted
when you make profit on your
farm. the Government takes YOUR
profit and gives it to fellows out
there in the West"
The Federal government was war
ned Monday that if its milk produc-
ton control plan is ever put in ef-
feet. New Jersey will 20 into the
courts to restrain enforcement OF
the proposal in that state.
The warning was given by VIII
liam B. Duryea, state secretary OF
agriculture of New Jersey. just be-
fore the end of the first of ma
ton wide series of regional confer
ences to consider the control plan.
which would give farmers benefit
payments, financed by processing
tax. in return for reduced produc-
tion.
More than 500 dairymen from New
Jersey, Maryland, Delaware. Virgin
ia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania
heard the Jersey official declare that
the state will apply for an injunc-
ton to restrain the government in
enforcing. the-aet. if il is pnt muse
He asserted the cost of the pro-
posed Federal program in New Jer-
sey would be $6.50O.OOO. and added:
Somebody will have to pay for
that. and ii won't be the farmers"
Several others have announced
their opposition to the plan during
the session which began with an ad-
dress by Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace advocating the program as
an economic aid to the industry.
Before Duryea made his brief /
statement Monday. two alternative
suggestions were offered for use in I
place of the agriculture administra-
tons proposal.
One suggestion. made by Freder-
ick Shangle. acting president of the |
Inter-Lake Milk Producers AssOci- I
alton. was for a S1O.O0O,O0O fund.
raised by taxes. to he spent under /
governmental supervision in a ma
tional advertising campaign to get |
the country "milk-conscious."
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06

900. II was Mr. Hopkins who sug-
gested that S1.OOO.0OO be provided
for direct relief by the State in
which event the government will
give Delaware another S1,OO0.OOO
The long awaited report of the
committee was read by the secretary
Representative Alexander p. Abra-
hams. before the Senate and House
sitting in joint session Monday af-
ternOon t repTea9nts the work of
several weeks Of intense study and
planning after numerous confer
ences and hearings sni while it
embodied only the recommendations
of the joint committee. bill or bills
to carry its provisions into effect
will have to be framed and introdUc-
ed in the Legislature
The report said that for the per
iOd between April 30. 1894. and Jan
uary 81. 1885. provided the programs
recommended by the joint committee
are adopted. there will be provided
a total Of SS,7O2,0S6 for direct relief,
work relief and a public work pro-
gram. including school and highway
building and also the new postofiCe
in Wilmington.
Relative to this latter project the
reported it had been Civ
en- assurance while in Washington,
that there will be some definite de-
cision on this matter within a short
time. The members of the committee
were impressed with the fact that
the project will he approved by i'm
construction and that work
will he started without further de-
lay.
After the two houses had assem-
bled Senator Neugebauer. chairman
of the Joint committee moved to have
the report read and Mr.. Abrahams
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
NEW OFFICERS AT
PRESBYTERIAN S. S.
Fine Easter Program Held Before
Installation OF New Officers

Last Sunday morning at the Pres
byterian Sunday school. beside a
fine Easter program, new officers
were installed for the coming year.
The new officers were nominated by
a committee headed by Miss Minnie
Sipple. They were unanimously cleo
ted by the school as follows: VIM. S
Lynch. superintendent A. E. Humes.
c. J. Holzmueller and Robert D.
Prettyman. assistant superinten-
dents; Parker Hitch, secretary:
Wilmer Lankford and Thad Hollis.
assistant secretaries; w. Shockley
Daugherty. treasurer and supply
secretary; Isabel Hauser. pianist;
Maxine Groove. assistant pianist;
Arthur Russell. assistant treasurer.
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
MASTER CHART OF
u. S. GOVERNMENT
Depicts The Inter- Relation OF The
Various Divisions

A graphic view of the organization
of the major agencies of the United
States Federal Government. includ-
ing all of the emergency acticities, Is
provided In a master chart just COM
pleted by the National Emergency
Council.
Representatives of three officials
most significantly concerned with
government administration At
torney General. the Director Of the
Budget and the Comptroller General
of the United States-participated in
its preparation.
The chart may be obtained at the
ONCE of the State Director Of the Ma
tional Emergency Council for Della
ware at Mullin Building, Whining
ton, Delaware.
In easily comprehensive form, the
chart depicts the inter-relation Of
the various divisions of the execu-
tive. legislative and judicial bran
ches of the Government, and shows
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
Dismiss MGHdGnuS On
Ground That Senate
Has Already "ResOLUed"
No Vacancies Exist.
Holds Court Cannot In
fringe On POWerS OF
Legislature; Decision In
Case Is Unanimous.

The Court en- Banc Monday certi-
fed an opinion to the Superior
Court of Kent County dlsmissing
mandamus proceedings brought by
John Biggs, Jr.. chairman of the
Democratic State Committee, to
compel Lieutenant Governor Roy F.
Corley. as presiding officer of the
State Senate. to issue writs of cleo
ton for the purpose of filling three
vacancies alleged to exist in that
body.
The mandamus proceedings
brought by Mr. Biggs as a citizen
and taxpayer involved the right of
state Senators G. Clifton Maull,
Ernest V. Keith and J. Burton
Wharton to sit as members of the
State Senate. Mr. Biggs contended
that when the three men accepted
appointment to State offices prior to
convening of the last special session
of the Legislature, they auto
matically resigned their seats in the
Senate.
The courts opinion means that
senators Maull, heltn ana wharton
retain their Senate seats until ex-
piration of their terms.
The opinion of the court is
unanimous. Chief Justice Layton
and Associate Judges Rodney, Har-
rington. Richards and Reinhardt
sat at the argument heard in VIII
mington recently on the motion Of
Attorney General P. Warren Green
to dismiss the petitions. o..
Previously. argument on the mo
tian had been heard before Judges
Haffhngt6n and RsinKsrdt sitting
in the Kent County Superior Court
at Dover. Later, counsel agreed to
submit the argument before the
Court en- Banc comprising all the
State law judges. There can be no
appeal from this courts decision.
The courts opinion was delivered
by Chief Justice Layton.
c. Stewart Lynch. of Wilmington,
and Howard E. Lynch. attorneys.
appeared for Mr.. Biggs. Mr.. Green
for the lieutenant COVER
nor.
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
4PLEAD GUILTY
AT GEORGETOWN
LAST SATURDAY
Man Accused Of Passing
Forged Check Fined and
Sent To Jail.
MAN is PAROLED

A session of plead guilty" court
was held last Saturday in George
town by Resident Judge Charles S.
Richards and four availed themsel-
yes of the opportunity to enter pleas
without trial I'm the court of Gehersf
Sessions. which recOnveyed Monday.
Clarence Allen. of Selbyville,
charged with passing a worthless
check for S72.21 on the l.. w. Gull
yer Company, of SeafOrd. on Febru-
airy 2S. was sentenced to pay a fine
of $500 and be imprisoned in the
Sussex county Jail for one year.
Allen claimed that the check was
forged by one Charles Johnson. who
induced him to go to SeafOrd and
use the check to purchase watch,
valued at $1S and a pin. Allen de-
MED all knowledge that the check.
drawn on the Baltimore Trust Com
pany and made payable to Mary
Ward and signed by Harry Carmish
was forgery. He said he presented
the check to l.. W. Culver Company
and that the clerk was unable to
give him the difference in money
and drew another check for S35 to
make up the difference. This check,
he said. he used that night to pur-
chase groceries at the store of Max
Bunting. near Selbyville.
In imposing sentence Judge Rich
ards said he believed Allen knew
all about the transaction and was
guilty of the charge.
Howard Kiner. giving Philadel-
phia- as his. home. pleaded guilty be-
fore Judge Richards TO charge of
breaking and entering the store of |
Herbert B. Joseph. at Rehoboth /
Beach. on the night of March 3. and /
stealing merchandise valued at $40. /
Kiner claimed that he was so in
toxicated at the time that he did !
not know what he was doing.
It was agreed through his law
yer, Frederick Whitney. that he |
would make restitution. il given |
chance. Judge Richards paroled him
for one year to State Detective Ottie |
Donaway who is to make arrange
ments with probation officers In
to look after him and
make him report at certain inter
gals. He was released upon paying
$40 to Clerk of the Peace Frank W.
who will reimburse Joseph.
together with the costs of the case.
Harley Mitchell. negro. of Frank
lord. charged with carrying con-
,ealed deadly weapon was fined $25
md costs. and in case of failure to
BAY the cost of prosecution and fine
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
FIVE TRUE BILLS
FOUND In SUSSEX
Mrs. Hazel Workman Indicted For
Pointing Pistol At Constable

Five true bills were returned last
Monday at the first days session of
the April term of the Sussex County
Court.
Isaac Oliver Johnson. of Indian
River Hundred. was indicted on a
charge of none-support of his wife,
Helen r. Johnson and three small
children.
A true bill was found against
John c. Vinyard, of Cedar Creek
Hundred. charged with non-support
of his wife and 6-year-old daughter,
Betty.
Mrs. Hazel Workman, of near Sea-
ford. was indicted on a charge of
pointing a pistol at Constable Dali
S. Holt. on March 2S, during a raid
at her home.
Elwood Hastings. of Georgetown.
was indicted on two charges of
breaking and entering with intent
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
JAP CHERRY TREES
TO BLOOM APRIL IL

The national capitals fam
GUS harbinger of spring. the
Japanese cherry trees, will be
in bloom about April II. and
the City of Washington is
making unusual preparations
for the annual pilgrimage of
blossom spectators.
With Mrs. Franklin ID. ROOs-
evelt heading a list of disting-
uished patrons and patroness-
es, Washington's first annual
cherry blossom festival will he
held April 10. 20 and 81. Rep
resentatives of the Japanese
government will participate in
the fete, being invited in rec
ognitlOn of the gift of the
cherry trees during the Taft
administration.
The trees. considered sym
bOlic of American-Japanese
friendship. are said by govern
ment horticulturists to be in
fine condition after weather
ing Washington's most severe
winter. The blossom show"
promises to be one of the most
beautiful in years. A Japan
ese sunrise ceremony at the
tidal basin with all partici-
pants in Japanese costumes
will inaugurate the festival.
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt.
daughter of the Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy. Henry l..
Roosevelt, has been chosen
queen of the cherry bios
SONS"
Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
HIGHWAY DAMAGE IN
THE STATE Is HEAVY
Mack Expects Repairs To DeLaware Roads To Cost
$25OOO Extra; Winters Severity Also Imposes
Extra Expense Upon Counties And Wilmington

be expended in a bulk. but as the
repairs are made. This probably
will be over a period of about six
MONTHS" Mr. Mack said.
There has been nothing approach
ing the destructiveness of the winter
just past to State highways since
1918. Mr.. Mack said. and he added
that the concrete highways and
other first grade roads stood up re-
markably, and damage to them was
extremely slight.
The secondary roads, however. he
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Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
BUSINESS MEN WILL
SPONSOR BANQUET
Have Secured Able Speakers For
The Evening OF April II

At their first regular April meet
ing. held in the City Council Cham
her, Wednesday. April 4. the Milford
Business Mems Association decided
to hold banquet April II. and have
as a guest speaker. Cornelius Gar
rettson. of Wilmington. Mr.. Garrett
son is a well known manufacturer
and business man. and is also aftili-
ated with the Federal Government in
connection with the NRA.
1t is not known for sure as this
paper goes to press exactly where
the banquet will be held, but if their
services can be secured the Milford
Grangers will receive the contract.
and the banquet will he held in their
hall
Milford chronicle., 1934-04-06
.SAYSEACHHOUSE
rs OWN JUDGE OF
ITS MEMBERSHIP
RUM SMUGGLERS HIDEOUT
YIELDS 'S22,OOO IN LIQUOR

Former Prohibition Agents
Earl Matthews and William
Pinder, now with the Bureau
of Industrial Alcohol. who
have been on the trail of liq-
uor smugglers in Delaware
for months. got their first re-
ward in the discovery and sci
zure of a $4,000 abandoned.
smuggled liquor cargo at a
lonely and almost inaccessible
farmhouse on the Leipsic Riv-
er, Kent county. Tuesday af-
ternoon.
No arrests were made at the
time of the seizure. but the In
dustrial Alcohol Bureau
agents are biding their time.
A whole gang of liquor snug
glers are involved, Matthews
and Pinder have discovered.
The dragnet is out. and. when
arrests are made. it was indi-
ciated. they will be numerous
and mean something"