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The net weight. which means the
weight of contents, is printed on tho
label.
From this data, the saving that
can be made by the purchasing of
one large can. instead of three small
ones is determined. That is. if No.
(Eastern) can of tomatoes costs
10 cents. and No. 3 can. holding
three times as much. costs only
twenty-five cents, eight cents will
he saved by the purchase of one
large can instead of three small
ones.
As to quality. canned fruits are
graded at the factory under the
names of fancy, choice or standard.
The fancy are the larger, more per-
feet fruits, of even size. packed in a
sweet syrup: the choice are some
what less perfect; the standard are
still smaller. perhaps irregular in
shape. and are packed in less sweet
syrup. The more expensive fancy
and choice grades have no greater
nutritive value than the others. For
everyday use. the standard grade is
satisfactory. The grade names arc
not usually marked on the cans,
hut are given different brand names.
However. the grocer buys by grade
and can tell you which brands are
fancy. choice and standard.
Another part of the exhibit show
cd variation in size and contents of
package and bottle goods. In buy
ing package or hottie goods. the
homCmakcr needs to look at the net
contents as printed on the label. /
Frequently. two packages of soap ~
flakes or beads cost tho same. hnt
differ in size. The larger package
may hold ono or two ounces less
than the smaller package, because
the latter is a fuller pack, Hence,
road the net weight as printed on
The package.
Bottles are very dCcCivin.. They
may differ in size and shape. hut il
Hoes not follow that what appears
Ia nc the larger hottie holds the
larger amOdnt. Therefore. form the
habit of reading tho MT measure ar
eight OIL the label.
a third very illuminating part of
Tho exhibit. continues Miss Mac
Donald. was that Of breakfast GER
rails headed by the caption How
Much Do You Pay the Factory for
'ooking Breakfast Food for YOU?
Dine nf each cereal displayed was
shown unconkcd and prepared III
The form nf fakes 0r puffCd.
Rice for one months breakfast
for family of FIVE will cost; a
rents ir uncooked. but si.32 If puff
ed. Is the puffed worth $3.50 more
han the home cooked?
Wheat for ono months hrcakfa3;
or a family Of five will cost "a
.cnts if uncOOked, but Sl.50 il
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MILLVILLE

Chldrcn's Day services will he
observed in the Church of Christ
this Sunday cvcnin. June II.
The service in the NJ. L. Church
passed off very nicely The collcc-
tiun was S51.OO.
The mothers group meeting was
held at the home Of Mrs. l.. VI. HiCk-
man with Miss Mcdowell in charge.
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Hudson. Mrs. Hudson accompanied
them to their home in Wilmington
for few days.
Mrs. William Setman after visit
ing her father and son, has return
ed to her home in Philadelphia.
The Goofy Hay Seeds Minstrel.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Howard P. Derrick
son and son Wesley of Webster.
Mass. are visiting their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Steele.
Mrs. Ivah Hudson and three chill
dren have been visiting Mrs. NJ. L.
Hickman and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1934-06-15

Music, dancing, singing. Lord Balti-
more auditorium. Tuesday. June 10.
This minstrel is given for the bene-
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their Children's Day entertainment
on Sunday night, June 18th, at 8
o'clock. Everybody welcome.
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ECONOMICS in HOUSEHOLD BUYING

maker may secure better values for
her money by knowing now TO buy.
For example. in buying canned
goods. the woman of the home needs
to know the standard sizes of cans.
cost and quality.
In the trade, there are common
ly seven sizes of cans with weight
and measure of contents as fol-
lows:
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fit of a local baseball club. Your
patronage Is solicited.
The Church of Christ will have
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Cups per Can

shredded and 1898 if puffed. Is the
puffed worth 1921 more than home
cooked?
Could savings made by using
home cooked breakfast cereals be
spent in some other way to the
greater advantage of the family.
Still another factor in buying IL
Illustrated in the exhibit was that Of
Reading Labels to Learn Facts
about Quality"
To illustrate quality. five grades
of Salmon commonly used as mar
ket types) were shown. Grades
shown were:
Chinook o.. Use 1 III. 3 OF. (about
Red or SOckeye ...... 3c--S OF.
Medium Red ........... 20c-1 II.
Chum Observation-Disclosures. 14c-1 III.
Pink .................... 12c-1 III.
The food value of these grades is
practically the same. The difference
is in the color fred varieties being
more pOpular) and in the choicest
part of the fish used in the pack.
The point is for the homcmakHr
to choose the kind hest suited to her
needs and purse.
Again, in havorinG extracts. there
is the problem of real" extracts
and imitation" Certainly. il is
worth while to read the label aud
not pay as much for Imitation" as
for real"
Maple syrup furnishes another il
lustration of the necessity of read
ing labels TO know quality.
Much of the maple syrup on the
market is "A mixture of can sugar +
syrup and maple syrup These vary |
in proportion
The three hotties in the exhibit
were in tho following proportion:
I-75cc cane syrup $50 maple
syrup
II sac cane syrup 2oG; maple
syrup
III So. cane syrup l5c; maple
syrup
Obviously. the homemaker should
cad the label and know how much
real" maple syrup she is gcttinS
and pay accordingly
While the above illustrations of
economical practices shown AT the
Meeting Of the State Federation of
'luh Women were taken for the
nuSi part from the field of foods,
vet soap. drugs. toilet articles and
many other items may nc studied
in the same way.
In these days Of uncertain income
md rising prices. it behOOves every
concludes Miss Mac
Donald. to make n study Of the
reeds of her family. plan for her
ilppiics aud gci tho hest in values
or the money which she has to
pend.
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Tor. local hoy. playing with the
/ Chicks. added to his batting lanrels
with two doubles Mayor relieved
Smith in center field and collected
two singles. HaGcman and Hurley
each had two hits. Manager HOllO-
way produced parade Of pitchers
in an effort to win. Starting with
Yam I.cGatCs. then Tucker and
finally he called in Ma@cn from
right field
Score by innings:
Harrington .200%20" 10
Dover .O02t0 . ;
ChiIdren'S Day
With the children holding the cen
ter of attraction at the NJ. H.
Church and the NJ. p. church last
Sunday. neither church was crowd
ed. hut just comfortably filled.
ChildrCn's Day services were held
both in the morning and evening al
the VI. T.. Church. This has been the
general custom for years. The he
.inncrS and primary departments
entertaining with speeches and song
~ the morning services and the old
cr children putting on the program
in the evening. Mrs. Ella u. Cordrey
had charge of the morning program.
The Chldrcn's Day services at the
Methodist Protestant Church Sun
day CvCnin. were under the dircc-
tion of Mrs. Angie Potter. assisted
1t Atta.. IFl..in lfsI, .rIg NIYG Ilpr-
nice COOLEY, Mrs. Sallic Cahall and
Mrs Blanche Cahall. Mrs. Hattie !
Smith assisted with the music. The |
program opened with a primary |
song. a special feature of the ser |
vice was music by the junior choir
and number by the boys quartet.
The conference year came to a |
close with the services Sunday eve
ming at the Methodist Protestant !
Church. Rev r. w. Sapp and the
delegate. Irving f.. Locates. left for
the conference session at Westmin-
stcr. Md
Charles Murphy, son of the late
Senator G. u. Murphy. a student al
st. Andrews School near Middle
''"bs WOO iuDbtu 90 tiit Htot sth- |
dent in the second form.
Miss Mary Tee has returned TO
after spending tho past
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer w.
Tee
Harry Murphy. Jr.. has returned
10 the Bancroft School at Haddon-
field, n. j., after spending the past
week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. e
II. f. Murphy. On Saturday the en-
tire school left for summer vaca-
ion up in Maine.
George Curtis. youngest son Of
tr. and Mrs. Tom Curtis visited
friends here the past week. He and
Mrs. Curtis are enroute to Califor-
liza for their future home.
Mrs. Blanche Keys, of Princess
Anne, Md, spent a part of last week
With her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
;. Thawley.
Mrs. Frank Hampton of Philadel-
'hia and Mrs. Lavinia Hoey of Will
nington have been guests of Mr.. !
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One of the very interesting ex-
hibits set up at the annual meeting
of the State Federation of Women's
Clubs held at Lewes, June s. 7 and
8, was that on Economies in House.
hold Buying" prepared under the d.
rection of the Extension Service.
says Miss Pearl Macdonald. Univer-
sity of Delaware.
The exhibit showed how the home
The Washington times., 1934-03-14
Justice Is Now Promised
In Air Investigation
By James T. Williams, Jr.

best-known civil authorities on
aviation have been invited to
accept membership on this fact
finding mission. These men are
Orville Wright, who with his
brother, the late Wilbur Wright,
is rightly honored the world
around as the father Of avia-
tion, and Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh, the Federal air mails
ace of aces, who after train
ing at the Army flying school
prepared himself as an air
mail pilot for the transatlantic
flight that brought new honor
to the Flag.
Congress in the meantime
need not await the report of the
Secretary of Wars aeronautical
committee to end it's neglect Of
the Army Air Corps. Pending
before the House is a carefully
drawn and comprehensive bill
for the expansion of the air
corps to a strength commen-
Surate with it's responsibility
under the national defense act.
This measure has the whole
hearted approval Of the General
Staff, which is the coordinating
agency of the War Department.
It has the approval Of the chiefs
of branches, including the chief
of the Army Air Corps. And it
seems reasonable to assume that
the Secretary of War would not
have submitted this measure to
Congress had he not been as
Sured that it met with the ap-
proval of the President and the
Commander-in- Chief.
Air Corps Starved
Under the Constitution the
power to raise and equip armies
and provide and maintain q
Navy is entrusted to the Con-
gress. The Congress cannot
delegate this responsibility to
the executive branch Of the
Government. Neither can the
Congress shirk this responsibility
year after year and expect ulti-
mately to escape the blame for
the lodging Of it's sworn and
constitutional duty.
For the last nine years the
Congress has failed to appro-
pirate the money necessary to
carry out its fiVe-year plan for
the building up Of the Army
Air Corps. For the last nine
years the Congress has starved
not only the air corps but
every other arm Of the land
forces.
Now is the time and Con-
gress is the place for the build
ing up of the national defense.
If Congress will address itself
to this task, instead Of trying
to escape the blame for past
neglect, it will also pursue the
path Of wisdom that leads to
justice.
Copyright 1884, The Washington
Times Company
The Washington times., 1934-03-14
By Elsie Robinson

her real value. And John
Henry hastens to agree with
her.
According to his enthusiastic
estimate, she should be occupy.
ing all the thrones. Which is
a line of sales talk any girl
will accept without one mo-
ment's hesitation.
Encouraged by his success,
John Henry thereupon promises
to install the throne and pay
for the upkeep, if she'll just
move over and Sit down. Not
being crazy, she promptly COM
plies
AND THEN WAKES UP TO
FIND HERSELF WITH A
WEDDING RING ON ONE
HAND AND A DISHPAN IN
THE OTHER.
Why is divorce? That's why.
You can't get very far in any
business on watered stock.
Copyright. 1894. King Features
Syndicate 1ne.)
The Washington times., 1934-03-14

ACHIEVE MORE THAN
TWENTY-FIVE PER WEEK
IN HER WORKING LIFE
WILL SCORN HER HUS-
BAND IF HE DOESN'T PRO
VIDE WITH AT LEAST
THREE TIMES AS MUCH?
S. usually does. Which
c.me Is considered one more
proof of feminine cusSedness.
But, as a matter of fact, it's
generally the Big Boys own
fault! He made her what she
is today"-and in most cases,
he worked overtime on the
job.
Nine times out Of ten, the
Only Girl is plugging at some
switch board when John Henry
comes accounting. or taking
dictation at $40 per. or bust
ing her arches on a school
room floor. or selling lingerie
tape. Naturally she doesn't
think that her job represents
The Washington times., 1934-03-14
ONCE-OVERS

a notch or two Of advantage on
life'S ladder.
But when worth, principle
and ideals are balanced against
your refined, polite surface, how
do you stand?
In worldly ways you may be
considered the acme of your
social associates, but that Is as
far as the comparison will meas
ure to your advantage.
Your background-what was
it?-Not such as would give
you the right to be rude to
others.
Even as head of q business or
a department you would sue
ceed in greater measure If you
were less arrogant and self-im-
portant.
Copyright, 1884. King Features
syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-03-14
Be Yourself

Be Yourself
Because you have had good
luck and fortunate breaks, do
you think you are made Of a
better clay than many other hui
mans?
Why do you come to such a
conclusion?
Many Of those you label "in.
feriors" have had better breed
ing, and are Of more honorable
character than yourself, as in
vestigation might show you.
A person is either a credit to
the benefits which he has in
herited, or he is a disgrace to
his background.
The turns of fortune in your
life may have given you q pol
ish and standing which give you
The Washington times., 1934-03-14
LISTEN, WORLD

now, and his luck hasn't
changed. He's still plugging
along in that same old office,
making thirty dollars a week
and expecting me to get along
on that! A man has certainly
a lot of nerve to expect a girl
to marry him when he can't do
any better than that!"
On and on goes Mrs. Jimmy,
accumulating more rage at
James and more pity for her
self, with each fresh recital of
her wrongs. And thousands n
thousands of other indignant
ladies will agree with every word
she says. Some Of them worked
before marriage. Some of them
didn't.
But, regardless Of their
previous status or present
ability, they're all profoundly
convinced that they've been
short changed in matrimony.
WHY Is TT THAT A GIRL
WHO G o q Z D NEVER
The Washington times., 1934-03-14

Congressman who hesitating to cast their vote
the McCarran pay restoration amendment to the indie
pendent Offices Appropriation Bill should come down
out of the clouds and face the realities Of the situation
which has been created by the ndefensbe sashng of
Federal salaries and the indecent continuance of that
slashing:
The McCarran amendment provides for the restora
ton of five per cent of the salaries of February and
the full restoration at the beginning of the fiscal
year.
BUT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SHOULD
REALIZE THAT ALREADY, ANTICIPATING AC
TION LOOKING TOWARD THE IMMEDIATE RES
TORATION OF THE FIVE PER CENT ADMINS
TRATIVE OFFICERS ARE TAKING STEPS
WHICH WILL DEFEAT THE INTENTION OF CON-
GRESS IN THAT REGARD.
The Postal Service the most notable Of the instances
in which Congressional action the five per cent would
be nullified or virtually nulfied by administrative
orders.
IN THAT SERVICE EMPLOYEES, EVEN WITH
CONGRESS VOTING FIVE PER CENT RETURN
AS OF FEBRUARY l, WOULD HAVE A REsTORA
The Washington times., 1934-03-14
Justice Without UiSdom is in1-
poSSibLe.-Froude.

UOLtNC WLLILOUC GLGcOSHG 70 kH6-
poSSibIe.-Froude.
Public sentiment will approve
the decision of the Secretary of
War to convene a special COM
mittee of aeronautical authori-
ties to evaluate and report
upon the adequacy and eff
cheney of the technical flying
equipment and training of the
Army Air Corps for it's new,
unexpected, nonmilitary and
doubtless temporary mission of
flying the Federal air mail.
Public sentiment will see in
the course taken by Secretary
Dern the path of wisdom that
leads to justice-justice to the
10 heroes of the Army Air
Corps who were sent to an un-
necessary death, because they
were ordered upon a new mill
tary mission for which they
were given neither time to train
nor the equipment essential to
it's performance without need
less risk.
The path of wisdom will also
lead to justice to the surviving
comrades of these heroic dead
their comrades who fly the
colorS in training to defend the
colors in war.
This path of wisdom will also
lead to justice to the American
people. The report of this Spe-
cial committee will put the peo-
pie in possession of the truth
about the conditions under
which the Army Air Corps was
suddenly ordered to perform a
mission which Congress never
authorized and for which Con-
greSS never made the necessary
provision. Even now nearly a
month after the Army Air
Corps began flying the mails
the Army pilots are dependent
upon the credit which their
character commands for the
money with which to pay their
expenses.
Refute Slandefs
Once in possession Of all
the facts about the conditions
under which the air corps
cheerfully undertook a mission
for which they had been given
neither the training nor the
equipment, the people will then
be in a position to refute the
cowardly ISLANDERS and mean
insinuations Of those self-styled
aces of political aviation in
and out of public life, who
would have their countrymen
believe that the only reason
10 officers of the Army Air
Corps have been killed in the
last 20 days is because they
did not know how to fly.
In addition to the able Army
officers assigned by Secretary
Dern to this committee the two
The Washington times., 1934-03-14

Since most of our news comes
from large centers of popula-
lation, specifically more civil
lized, we don't hear much about
witchcraft, but there is plenty
of it abroad in this world, and
right here in the United States.
Witchcraft, or hexing, is "a
miliar in Pennsylvania, and
several other centers, where
oldtime European beliefs still
endure.
It is very common among
aboriginal peoples, such as the
Zulus of South Africa, the In
dians of the Northwest and
the Blackfellows of Australia.
Only recently two old women
were killed in this country un-
der the delusion that they were
witches.
According to the definition
of Lord Coke, a witch is a
person who has sold her soul
to the devil and can therefore
call him at any time of the
day or night. The burnings
at the stake in the Middle
Ages-more than three thou
sand witches were burned to
death in Essex, England, in
Cromwells time-and the ceIe-
brated hanging of witches in Sa-
lem, Mass, in Cotton Mather's
day, were expressions of the be-
lief as expounded by the
learned judge. There are rural
districts in Essex today, only
thirty miles from London,
where the black arts still lurk.
Bred into Mankind
AS late as 17O6 in this country,
the burghers of Virginia, decid-
ing that Mrs. Grace Sherwood
was a witch, threw her into the
James River. She did not slnk'
and that was held against her,
but in some way not revealed
by the records, she was able to
disprove the charges and live on
for another 80 years. It has
been only a few years since
the British forced the Zulus to
put an end to witch hunting-a
frightful custom in which medi-
cine men and old hags darted
here and there, like so many
evil spirits, touching this man
and that with the tips Of their
fingers, the signal for his in
slant death under the spear.
And in Tanganyika, East
Africa, just the other day, II
tribesmen were convicted OF
killing two women as witches.
The witch doctors in present
day Africa have such a hold on
the natives, that along the Gold
Coast the Anglican missionaries
have made a standing offer OF
$50 to any person who can trans
form himself into a beast, a
bird or a creeping thing; who
can extract an article from a
sealed box, or who can eat a
pawpaw, or any other fruit, at
a distance of five yards or more
without touching it.
This black magic business
was bred into mankind for cen
turieS before the wheel was in
vented, when the first man and
woman lived in caves and
quaked to the savage roar Of
the saber-toothed tiger. Rea-
son gets us away from it, or
most of it, although we have
never thoroughly been cured,
nor will we until we throw aside
lunches" walk boldly under
ladders; take three lights from
the same match and undertake
important enterprises on Fri
day, the thirteenth. There it
is, this ugly thing in a beauti-
full world, squat like q toad at
the feet of Eve
(Copyrignt. 1885, King Features
Syndicate Incl
The Washington times., 1934-03-14
Pau Amendment Is Already COn1prOn,i<

TION OF ONLY ABOUT TWO PER CENT BECAUSE
OF THE RECENT FURLOUGH ORDER
This is just of the many instances in which the
socaed fifteen per cent cut has been increased by ad
ministratve action that in it amounts to
nearly fifty per cent for individual employees
And STILL faced with this condition, and with the
many other conditions which making the lives of all
Federal employees miserable, Congress haggles over
keeping five per cent of the cut after July l.
Why, if Congress votes "complete restoration"
as contemplated in the McCarran amendment, the
poyes will still be getting severely slashed salary
checks
Opponents of fair deal for the Government work
ers are suggesting compromise THEIR IDEA OF
COMPROMISE IS TO DETRACT SOMETHING
FROM THE McCARRAN AMENDMENT
THAT AMENDMENT IN ITSELF is A COMPRO-
MISE.
No member of Congress should get the thought that
when he votes for the McCarran amendment he is voting
to restore Government personnel conditions to what
they few years ago before the mistaken idea of
economy disrupted the Federal SERVICE
The Washington times., 1934-03-14

ton to marry
Jimmy, a n d
what does she
get in return?
Just another
j o b. n a t's
W h a t Sh e
gets. Dishes
to W a S h.
S ks to
darn. When,
naturally, she
expected a t
lie as one
maid and a
G 90 d closed
car.
"Of coIIrse
The Washington times., 1934-03-14

That amendment goes only part of the way.
It still leaves many Of the inequities and inquities
which embodied in the original economy legisla
tion.
To detract from the provisions of that amendment
to lower further the object at which the so-ca
pay restorationists are aiming-A DECENT Al }
HONEST DAYS PAY FOR DECENT AND HC r
EST DAYS WORK DONE UNDER DECENT AkU
HONEST CONDITIONS.
The McCarran amendment in itself will not reach that
goal BUT 1T IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIREC-
TION AND WOULD IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC
CONDITION OF MILLION MEN AND WOMEN
TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
To hear some of the proponents of compromise talk
one would be led to believe that the McCarran amend
men is some magic urea for the ills of the service;
that is panacea which will eliminate all of the pains
and aches to which the Government worker is subjected
through the economy legislation.
IT Is NOT. THE McCARRAN AMENDMENT IS
ALREADY A COMPROMISE AND NOTHING LESS
THAN THAT AMENDMENT SHOULD BE AC-
CEPTED BY THE PROPONENTS OF DECENCY.