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Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
STUDYING YOUTH PROBLEMS

Young Mems Christian Associa-
tions all over the country are study
ing the question, as to what prob
lens will confront youth during the
next ten years. and how the Y. M.
C. A. can cooperate in meeting those
problems.
II one were to summarize the
thing that youth needs more than
anything else. II is serious deter
minatiOn." The old saying has 1t
that where there's a will, there's
way" During the boom times, it
was comparatively easy for young
people to find work, get money. and
have a good time. 1t is going to take
more earnest work and determina-
tion than formerly, for boys and
young men to make their way in the
world.
Those who live simply to have
good time, whose minds are con-
stantly on the high jinks they are
going to have and the sports and
pastimes that interest them. won't
fare so well when it comes to find
ing and keeping jobs.
The world expects several things
of every young man. First, that he
understand the details of whatever
job he obtains, and performs its du
ties as well as they can be perform
ed. Second, that he show some in
telligence, and give evidence that he
spends some time daily in reading.
and is able to display information
and knowledge when he talks with
people. Third, that he seek good
and associate with peo-
pie from whom he can learn things,
more than with those who simply
give him a good time. The Y NJ. C. |
A. organization and various sOcie- /
lies that deal with young people.
provide classes and lectures that |
with help boys became more intelli-
gent.
They should make it clear to every
'Oung man and boy who seeks their
that young people will need
o make use of these advantages, and
'esolve to fit themselves thoroughly
or service in the world.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
DRIED UP TOWNS

A town where money is constantly
going outside to make purchases.
reminds one of trees in a region
where there is slack rainfall. The
vital forces of such trees dry out.
They don't take in enough water
from the soil to make up for the
wastes they give out every day. But
if you water such tree regularly.
you maintain its vitality, and it
reaches the full possibilities Of
growth.
The business life of town is the
same. If more money is going out
than is taken in from the outside,
the life of that town languishes, and
many parts of it will drop out Of
the picture. You must nourish the
home stores by your trade. IL you
want your town to continue to live.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
THE BUSINESS PROGRAM

II man owns some valuable in
ventiOn. which will be of great SER
vice in the homes or the Industries,
he should not expect to make any
money out of it, unless it is freely
advertised. He must tell people
about It over and over again, or few
people will get interested in it.
The store which fails to advertise
is often like some very useful in
vention that has not had any pub
licity. Such a store may retain its
old customers, but it has no good
program for bringing in new trade.
Some of the old customers will move
away, some will die, some will be
attracted by advertised stores. ANY
store needs a consistent plan for
making new friends. to take the place
of those that inevitably drop out.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
REMINDERS

A business concern that never
sent out any bills, would not get
many of its bills paid. People ex-
pect to be reminded of the amounts
they owe, and they won't pay until
they are so reminded.
1t is the same in building up
business. You have to remind peo-
pie over and over of the work con-
cern is doing, before they will give
ii their patronage. The concerns
that get the business are those that
constantly remind the public of their
existence by advertising. and who
quote prices and name special bar
gains, so that the public is not al
lowed to forget what they are doing.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
rRoUBLES or COLLECrORS

A lady from another city, whose
son is delivering newspapers on a
certain route. was speaking the
other day Of the trouble this little
fellow had in getting his money. He
had to collect his accounts once a
month. and some people were al
ways putting him off. One man told
him that he was busy, and asked
him 20 come the next night. He did
so, and when the man was still un-
ready to pay, the boy reminded him
that he was told to come again at
that time. This made the man so
angry that he ordered the paper
stopped.
At another house, the woman who
answered the bell said there was no
one at home, and she had no money.
AS he left the porch, he heard the
woman say to someone inside. Il
told him there was no one at home"
The lady who gave us the story re-
marked that never again was she
going to make any objection to pay
ing her newspaper bills on time.
When grown men and women annoy
and bother boy in such ways, as If
his time had no value. it seems pret-
ty inconsiderate of a little fellow
who is working hard OF get a foot
hold in the world.
The same thing is true OF many
other people who are trying to col
lect small debts. Some people act
as If they expected. that by putting
off a collector from time to time,
they could get him so weary and
hopeless about that account. that
he would give up the attempt to col
lect it.
II all the little debts of business
could be collected. more business
would be done, and more people en-
ployed. The little account of few !
dollars may seem a small thing by |
itself. The debtor may argue that |
the creditor will never feel the lack
Of the money. But when many
people take that attitude, a large
amount of capital is tied up, and an
obstacle is placed in the way of
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Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
A SIGN OF CHEER

There was a very cheering note in
the business news a few days ago,
reporting that more motor trucks
have been delivered to consumers
during the past few months, than
for any like period since 1899. ~'''.
Those folks don't buy trucks to
lie idle. or to run around with for
pleasure. They are bought because
they are needed for increased de-
livery OF goods, which means that
more goods are being manufactured,
and more money going into pay en-
velopes. Thus the tide OF business
gradually rises. When it comes up
in the section OF the Industrial front,
purchasing power is created that
helps all other sections. p
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
INDUSTRIAL TRUCE

President Roosevelt has appealed
for a period of industrial peace be-
tween capital and labor. The coun-
try will fervently hope his appeal
will be needed. 1t is significant that
the words truce" and "armistice"
are commonly used in referring to
such suspension of conflict. These
words are words of war. The world
will not make progress until the ma
tions learn to cooperate instead of
fighting. We shall not make indus
trial progress until labor and cap
ital learn to cooperate, instead of
carrying on destructive conflicts.
When two nations fight, they both
lose. The conflicts of labor and cap
ital usually have the same result.
And the worst of it is that the con-
combatants, the rest of the commun-
ity, get the fire from both elements,
and suffer without receiving any
benefits from the struggle.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
THE SPIRIT OE DISCOVERY

On October 18th the majority o
our State observes Columbus Day, il
memory of the great discovered whC
first revealed the existence of Amer
ica. We may think that the age ol
discovery is past, that the unknown
portions of the globe have practical-
ly all been explored. so that there is
nothing of Importance left to dis
cover.
The spirit of discovery, however
is something that should never be
allowed to die. II should be felt in
our daily life, and in the fields OF
government and social welfare.
The majority of people travel in
the Old Rut. They plug along as
best they can. doing the same things
they did yesterday, and will do to-
morrow. II is always easier to travel
in the old rut. You often have to
take chances on some new path.
Most people decide it is best to keep
drilling along the same old way.
with which they feel wholly familiar
But the human race makes no
progress when it simply follows this
old rut. 1t goes around and around
in a circle. What we need is the
spirit of discovery, that shall con-
stantly be looking for new things.
II should take hold of the prob
lens of politics and government, and
try to find ways by which the evils
that plague the nation can be abol-
ished. 1t should be felt in business.
trying ever to find better mechanical
methods, and means by which the
workers can be given more gener-
Gus opportunities.
The individual needs the spirit of
discovery every day. If he just
keeps going around the same old
grind, the world will tire of him at
an early age, and will have little
use for his services. He needs to
be so wide awake that he takes in
every new idea in his occupation,
and is ready to make use of 1t. The
services of man with that spirit
1f discovery are always valuable.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
NATURE. SUPREME ARTIST

People travel long distances to
see great paintings, and the work
Of inspired artists. But those OF us
who rarely or never see those works
of genius. can yet observe the glo-
rious colors which Nature paints in
all our fields and gardens.
1t seems as If Nature, desiring to
celebrate the close of the growing
season, had proceeded to decorate
the fair surface of the earth with
the most beautiful color that the
mind of man can conveive. This
decoration is not merely the trans
sient color of the fading leaf, which
bursts into some gorgeous red and
yellow for few brief days, and then
falls to the ground.
Our gardens and cultivated fields
are full of these color harmonies,
which Nature weaves together In her
magic tapestries. An apple tree with
its twisted trunks and shaggy bark,
may seem too harsh an object to
take any part in Natures decorative
scheme. But just look at that tree
as every branch is studded with
beautiful Ped fruit which stands
out in the symphony of Nature like
the bright tones of a trumpet rising
above an orchestra.
Or take the yellow tones of the
orange, lemon. and grape fruit or
chards. They seem like reflections
of a glorious sunrise, painted with
cOlors that will adorn our dinner
tables for months to come.
In the gardens both vegetables
and flowers paint on Natures carpet |
every possible shade of color the |
ever imagined. Can people |
say that Nature is a dead and un-
machine, when it has made
hat feast of beauty to please our
Eyes? Rather that beauty suggests
hat warm and sympathetic heart
S behind all creation.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
THE PRESIDENT RESPONSTBLE

When the whole thing is analysed
the NRA appears to be pretty much
flop, viewed either as a recovery
or as a reform measure. 1t will ex-
pire by statutory limitation on June
18th next, unless the President can
persuade the new Congress to con-
tinue it in the revised form that he
and his three boards will work out.
Whatever that form may be. there
should be no misunderstanding about
1t There will be no General John
son to shoulder the blame for its
mistakes. Since the President is to
have the last word in the "evolu-
tlon," the scheme will be essentially
his.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
PULLING OUT OF THE DITCH

Any great interruption of industry
is national calamity. 1: hurts the
whole country when people fail to
receive their usual wages and con-
sequently can't buy products. If
the people pass through such ex-
periences without becoming wiser,
they are like the boy who goes
through a school term. and knows
no more when il is finished than he
did before.
AT this writing the great textile
strike appears to be settled, for the
time being anyway. What does it
teach us?
II an automobile runs into a ditch
and gets stuck. and the men gather
around to push it out. those men
have all got to push together in or
der to get it out. II some try to push
It ahead. while others try to push 1t
back, the old bus will just stay stuck
in the dirt. The men can push and
push until the cows come home. and
the old car will laugh at their ef-
forts. and decide 1t will have a good
long rest in the ditch before it is
asked to buzz over the road once
more.
II is the same in pulling the ma
tion out of the industrial ditch. There
is too much pushing in different di-
rections. In industrial conflicts,
particularly. every party to the dis
pute usually feels with an honest
conviction that il is right. Sustained
by that feeling. both sides grit their
teeth and keep on fighting. But 1t
will take something different from
that idea to pull the country out of
the ditch.
The board of mediation appointed
in the case of the textile strike ap-
pears to have done a good job. For
centuries legal and business quar-
rels have been referred to a judge |
and jury. and the people have learned |
to accept the verdicts they hand |
down. We need the same willingness
to accept impartial verdicts in the |
Industrial field
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
THE MISTAKES OF OUR LIVES

There is an old hymn that reads,
THE mistakes of my life have been
many" That point of view is not
too popular now. But many peO-
pie are blaming their troubles on
their luck. or the errors of the gov
ernment and the social system, who
simply have condemned themselves
to bad fortune by their mistakes.
Many younger people condemned
themselves to lives of difficulty by
their hasty rush to get married be-
fore they were ready to take on fam
lily burdens. They just couldn't
wait. In their hurry they often
picked the wrong mate. and a long
procession of troubles followed. Or
having married before they had any
savings, they were soon deep in
debt.
Many of these supposedly unlucky
folks have squandered their money
on foolish vices. The money they
threw away in prosperous times
would have pulled them through the
Many of them never worked in any
intelligent or Industrious way. They
were just pay drawers. folks whose
was only on their pay en-
velOpe and quitting time. They
never made any effort to show spe-
rial intelligence. alertness. and
skill. If they had tried to make
themselves specially useful, they
might have kept the jobs they lost
At every turn i'm the lives Of mil
lions of people. you find some wrong
choice. They went with bad com
panions when they should have been
getting Information or enjoying
clean sports. They sought continu-
Dus high jinks. and never consider
ed self improvement.
Everyone makes some mistakes.
But people have plenty. of time in
which to plan their lives When
they deliberately cast aside some
useful habit and attitude, they make
these mistakes which spot a person
for life as a failure.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
TEACHER ON THE PLAYGROUND

There is a pretty sight in many
communities now, as the school
children enjoy their recess, and the
teacher is seen out with the young
fry. directing and supervising then
play.
In the so-called good old days, II
was not thought necessary to show
children how to play. All you had
to do was to turn them loose In
open ground, and they would boss
their own play. But the fault of
self-bossed children's play. is that
1t lacks organization. II is more or
less ruled by the bullying kids. who
order the others what to do. AS
their orders are not usually based
ON truth or just rules. howl Of pro-
test soon goes up from youngsters
who have real or fancied grievances.
Most children's games soon break
up in a row.
So in those days, teacher used to
sit poring over the lessons she was
to give, while the kids yelled and
romped on the playground. Unless
there was some actual riot outside,
or unless some kid got his head too
severely punched. she did not usual
ly appear in these demonstrations
which were regarded as intended
merely to give the children relaxa-
tion and a relief from study.
The playground is perhaps for
some children. the most important
part of a school. 1t gives a chance
to teach them lessons that can not
be taught through books. If they
can learn to play fair at baseball
and football. the chances that they
will later play fair in work business
are greatly increased.
The teacher who can drop her
books for the recess period, and go
On the playground and persuade
some boy to play for the good of
he team rather than for his own
glory. has accomplished result that
,ears of lectures might not produce.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19

Watch the speech he is supposed
TO make this week. 1t will give you
the best line on him, since his tre-
mendous flop" at Green bay And.
for Heavens sake, don't try to take
his bubbling ideas so seriously as
not to study out for yourself the
nonsense that lies so near at hand
to them.
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OF the letters received this week
here at the National Republican
Builders Headquarters, so East 42nd
Street, New York City, a surprising
number have been political inquir-
les from women. wonder whether
the politicians are giving sufficient
thought to the wOman's vote as a
conservative force in this country.
Certainly. the Republican party
could well afford to do so.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
FELTON,

The first fall meeting of the Avon
Club was held last week. There was
a Bohemian luncheon, which was
followed by business meeting, in
cluding Federation Echoes, given by
Mrs. J. A. Jester and Mrs. Wilson
Hammond.
The Ladies Aid will hold a supper
on Thursday evening. October Is at
the FELTON, High School.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Martin of
near Bowers were the guests OF
Mrs. Robert Abbott ON Sunday.
The regular business meeting of
the w. C. T. U. was held at the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Bringhurst
on Thursday afternoon. 81
Robert Abbott is very i'll and not
any improvement.
Mrs. Thomas Reynolds of Phila-
delphia was in town on Wednesday.
Miss Mary Helen Jeffers has re-
turned from the Milford Hospital,
where she underwent an operation
for appendicitis. She is getting along
very nicely and has gone to Phila-
delphia where she will reside with
her mother.
Clarence Raughley has purchased
a new Ford coach.
Mrs. Maude Reynolds has been
the guest OF her sister, Mrs. Thus.
Craven In Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19

ONE OF THE best kinds of home
town action, is to give the local
merchant your patronage. so he can
build up a bigger business, and en-
ploy salespeople and help pay home
town taxes. g.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19

YOU GET OUT of your home town
life about what you contribute to it.
If you give no time and energy to
the public. don't expect the com
munity will be able to do much for
you.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19

MOTHER THING NEEDED, is less
squealing about our troubles, and
more hollerlng for the home town.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
SUSSEX COUNTY

For Lcry Court COmmiSSiOneI
George C. Bishop
For Cleric of the Peace
Francis F. Morgan
For Register of Wills
John Linden Barr
For Recorder of Deeds
James E. Lloyd
For Sheriff
Robert J. Clendaniel
For Coroner
Charles II. Lockwood
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
Republican icket
NATIONAL

NATIONAL
For United States Senator
John G.. Townsend, Jr.
For Congressman
John George Stewart
STATE
For Attorney General
Percy Warren Green
For Insurance Commissioner
James POstles Hammond
For State Treasurer
Warren T. Moore
For Auditor of Accounts
James Henry Hazel
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19
Delaware . Leading Weekly Newsp spe

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Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19

Read the classified aSs--it pays,
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19

The New York Herald Tribune had
a singularly biting and truthful car
toon this week, In which 1t showed
MI. Roosevelt still taking rabbits
out OF the hat, while all around the
yard were dead rabbits like the War
rem gold plan, balanced budget,
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so on. 80 Gc
How long can he continue to take
rabbits out of the haiti Flow long
can he continue to feed with his
superficial circus nonsense The
eager desire Of the people that he
allow business to recover so that
they may go to work.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-19

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The daily worker., 1934-08-23
Government
Wage-Cutting
Plan Exposed

ROCKFORD, ILL.,, Aug. 22-Speak-
ing in the city-owned park here,
Monday, Joe Kiss, national secretary
of the Furniture Workers Industrial
Union, charged the federal govern
ment with being responsible for the
undermining of the wage scale and
conditions of the furniture workers
Kiss is here to prepare the furni-
ture workers for general strike.
In pointing out the role of the
government in reducing the wage
scale, Kiss referred to the govern
ment project of ordering 100000
mattresses, presumably for war pur-
poses which the government has al
ready begun to manufacture in 20
plants in Illinois, the largest factory
being located in Chicago. The men
employed in these mattress projects
are taken from the Chicago relief
rolls, forced to work in the factories
and Go the work of skilled mechan-
les for 80 cents an hour, 10 cents
below the code scale.
Workers of Rockford, Kiss re-
ported, are building Local % of the
Furniture Workers Union into a
powerful organization to lead the
struggle for better conditions in the
plants.
The daily worker., 1934-08-23
New York C.P.
Endorses Call
For Youth Day
Urges All Workers To
Rally Against War,
Fascism Sept. l

NEW YORK.-The New York Dis
trict of the Communist Party yes
terday endorsed the call of the
Young Communist League to make
Sept. l, International Youth Day, a
Gay of mass demonstrations against
war and fascism and for the out
standing needs Of the toiling youth.
THE recent youth congress in
New York" declared a statement
issued by the District, "was inspir-
ing to all workers, to all honest op-
pcnents Of fascism and war, to all
elements desirous of uniting the
workers ranks in joint struggle
against these outstanding menaces
today.
1.-THE New York District of the
Communist Party calls upon all its
members, all workers in militant
industrial unions and mass organi-
cations, to extend their most ener-
getic support to International Youth
Day. 1t calls upon these workers to
reach the masses of toiling youth,
to win the adult workers in support
of the youth demonstration on Sept.
l.
eve also call upon all Socialist
Party and Young Peoples Socialist
League branches, and American
Federation of Labor union locals to
forge one mighty fighting front on
International Youth Day in one
united demonstration against war
and faScisn."
The daily worker., 1934-08-23
Japanese Clique Pushes War Drive

E. R. was part of the provocative
campaign, preliminary to armed
seizure Of the road.
A perspective of renewing nego-
tiations on the sale of the railroad
was held out. Nevertheless, refer
ence to Japanese press comments
at the time the negotiations were
arrogently broken off by the Jap
anese militarists shows they we're
intended to be an ultimatum.
The Osaka Mainichi at the time
stated. Mr.. Hirota foreign minis
teri recalled his early statement, in
which he emphasized the fact that
this compromise plan was his last
it was absolutely the greatest con-
effort for adjustment of the Rus
sian an Manchou claims, and that
ceSsion he could get from the Hsin-
king government. He also recalled
his declaration that should Moscow
fail to accept it, his mediatory ef-
forts would naturally come to an
end"