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Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
STATE POLICE WILL USE
FINGER : PRINT SYSTEM
Officer Martin W. Hall In Charge OF
Work In Sussex County

Within the past few days, a finger
print system has been inaugurated
in the State Highway Police Depart
ment in each of the three counties
so that in the future criminals may
be easily and quickly identified. All
persons arrested on criminal charg-
es will be finger printed and a file
kept of them in each county so that
a check-up may be made.
The system not only will prove of
great value to the officers, but prob
ably will save each county thous-
ands of dollars expense in trying to
run down criminals. When once a
criminal has been finger printed, it
is an easy matter to check up on him
il he is at liberty and other crimes
have been committed. This system
will be used.
For many years lower Delaware
has had a gang of thieves who from
time to time have operated in diff
ferent sections. Some of them have
been in prison and served two and
three sentences for larceny. In some
instances it was difhcult to appre-
bend them and fasten the crime on
them, although they we're under
suspicion from the beginning. With
the new system, it will be an easy
matter, it is said, to ascertain if the
same ones are committing the bur-
glaries.
In Sussex county. highway officer
Martin W. Hall, connected with the
Police Station, No. 4,
has been placed in charge of the
work. Recently Mr.. Hall completed
the finger-print course. known as the
Henry System, with the Institute OF
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Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
GAME BOARD ASKS PWA
FUNDS FOR STATE LAKES
Large Proportion OF Funds Would
Be Used For Labor

The State Game and Fish Com
mission has presented TO Bankson I.
Holcomb. State Works Progress Ad-
ministrator an application for funds
for the rebuilding Of damaged dams
as well as new dams to restore all
or a portion of 46 lakes in the StaIe.
The estimated cost Of the project is
$113,s99, and If the plan is approved
by the WPA, it will furnish employ
ment for several hundred men.
The State Game and Fish COM
mission of which former Governor
Robert P. Robinson is president, met
in the Central National Bank ia
Wilmington recently and approved
the plans for the WPA project ap-
plication. They we're prepared By
Clarence S. Foster, Chief State
Game Warden. The work can be
started quickly and large proper
ton of the funds to be expended
would be spent directly on labor.
The total flooded area, If the work Is
done, would be 1,750 acres.
Program Outlined
The lakes and ponds for which
dams or improvements of dams are
sought are: Davis Neck, near Mid
dletown; Alee's Mill, near Clayton;
Sherwood, near Kenton; Howell,
near Camden; Norton. Sharp, Red
den, Grier, all near BridgeviIle:
Fisher, and one without a name.
near Middleford; Delaney's, near
Seaford; Furnace, near Middleford.
Wheatley, near Broad Creek; Hor-
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Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
MILFORD AC. STUDENTS
PREPARING FOR FAIR
VIII Be Second Year OF Competition
For Local Group

The Milford Vocational Agricul-
ture students are busily engaged at
this time In preparing their cattle,
swine, poultry and vegetables for
the Kent and Sussex Fair. This will
be the second year OF competition
for these farm boys and after plac-
ing second in the State on their first
attempt, with the veterans of many
Fairs. greater efforts are being made
this year.
BY entering into competition with
others in the State, these boys will
have a chance Of praeticing some Of
the following items as studied in the
class room:
Selection of stock. w..
Feeding.
3-PropeF management.
4-SanitatiOn.
5-Fitting for show.
Exhibiting and showmanship.
Although not everyone can win,
the vocational agriculture students
are working to excel last years re-
suits.
Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
CCc FOREMEN ATTEND
VOCATIONAL MEETINGS
Have Been In Form OF Round Table
Conferences

A series Of vocational education
conferences being conducted for the
foremen Of the four MOSQUITO con-
trol-CCC camps by @. A. Glyer. of
the Trades and Industries School Of
Wilmington, have been in progress
since early in the month, with three
meetings each week at both Lewes
and Slaughter Beach camps.
The meetings have taken the form
Of discussion groups or round table
conferences, into which are intro
duced the everyday problems OF the
foremen. and where instructive talks
are given.
Since the inception Of the pro-
gram, three conferences have been
held each week at each meeting
place but. beginning next week. this
Is TO be reduced Ia one conference
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Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR
NATIONAL GUARD CAMP
Units OF State Regiment Preparing
For Training Tour At Bethany Beach

Preparations for the annual two
weeks encampment of the 19Sth
Coast Artillery, A. A., Delaware Ma
tional Guard, at Bethany Beach, be-
ginning Saturday, August 3, are go
ing forward rapidly, 1t was revealed
Tuesday night when Lieutenant
Colonel s. B. I. Duncan announced
preliminary details of the camp.
The encampment will oficially
begin next Saturday morning when
batteries from all sections of Della
ware will converge on Bethany
Beach conveyed by army trucks.
More than 500 enlisted men and off,
GERS will attend.
Guards details for the field train
ing, announced by order of Colonel
George Schulz, are as follows: Bat
terry d, at the State Armory on Fri
day, August 2; Battery E. of New
ark, at Camp, August 8; Battery F,
Of Milford, August 4; Battery G, Of
Dover. August s Battery H, of New
Castle, August s.; Battery A, August
z; Battery B, August 8; Battery C,
August 3; Battery D. August 10;
Battery E, August IL; Battery F,
August 12; Battery G, August 13;
Battery H, August IA; Battery A,
August is; Battery B. August 16.
Batteries A, B. C and D are located
In Wilmington.
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Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
A. E. REYNOLDS DIES
in NORTH CAROLINA
Former Milford Nan Victim OF
Heart Attack

The following is the reprint Of the
obituary of Arthur Eugene Reynolds,
as Il appeared In the Salisbury, N. C.
Evening Post issue Of Wednesday,
July IL, 1885:
Arthur Eugene Reynolds, age 81,
Salisbury, business man, died at his
home at 'l2S South Ellis street, last
night, at 1920 as a result OF q heart
attack. Although his heart had been
bad for several years, his death came
as a distinct shock as he had been
at work in the Salisbury Hardware
and Furniture Company for several
days.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day morning, July 10, at II o'clock
from the residence with Or. M. L.
Stirewalt, pastor of st. Johns Lu-
theran Church, officiating.
Mr.. Reynolds was born IN Milford
on November 1, 1874. He was a son
of Alonbe H. and Ann Tharpe Rey-
nOlds and a grandson of William
Tharp, one time Governor Of Della
ware. His family was prominent in
both the States Of Delaware and
West Virginia, thirteen members
having served as Governors Of the
two states at various times.
Educated at the University of Del
sware. Mr.. Reynolds was star ath-
lete in baseball, football and tennis.
After leaving the university he en-
gagged in mining engineering IN West
Virginia until 1898 when be Yolun-
teered for services in the Spanish |
American War. He served through
out the war as First Lieutenant Of
infantry.
He came to Salisbury in 1899 to
engage in business and had been
connected with the Salisbury Hard
ware and Furniture Company since
1903. He was engaged In the cotton
mill industry for several years.
He was married TO Miss Mary e.
Pernhardt, daughter Of the late C.
f. Bernhardt, October Is, 1900. He is
survived by his wife. two daughters,
Mrs. George B. Clifford. OF Houston,
Texas and Mrs. Hartford @. Wolfe,
of Salisbury: two sons, Arthur E.,
Jr., and Paul Bernhard,
Mr.. Reynolds was q lover Of home,
a devoted father and husband,
genial host with a friendly manner
that gained him his many friends in
all walks Of life
He was a member of st. Johns
Lutheran Church.
Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
DOWN STATE
CARSLEAD IN
INSPECTION
1854 CARS PASS THROUGH
INSPECTION LANE HERE

The automobile inspection in
Milford seems well under way
with nearly 1900 cars passing
through the lane during the first
three days. OF the 1884 inspect
ed, 5S1 were rejected, mainly be-
cause of defective lights and
brakes. Traffic at the lane is
growing heavier each day. On
Wednesday. 500 cars were in
spected and the long line Thurs
day morning prophesied another
strenuous day for the attendants.
Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
FIREMAN'S CARNIVAL
HERE SEPT. q : OCT. S
Donations Now On Sale For Terra
plane Sedan

The Carlisle Fire Company Of
Milford, will hold a firemen's car
nival at the Milford Ball Park from
Sept. 9th to October 5th, inclusive.
This will be the first carnival to be
held by the local fire company since
1880. Donation slips are now on
sale in Milford for the new 1885
Terraplane Sedan. which will be
given away the last night Of the car
nival. The Carlisle Fire Company
plans to make this years carnival
the best ever. Members OF the fire
company will have charge Of the
amusements and booths as In the
past.
Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
Milford Couple
Married 90 Years
Captain And Mrs. Caleb Smith Celebrated Their Sir
tieth Wedding ARHiUersmy Yesterday; Captain
Smith Is Last OF Thirty Sea CaPtGiRs

Yesterday Captain and Mrs. Caleb
Smith celebrated quietly their Goth
wedding anniversary, receiving con-
gratualtions and presents from their
many relatives and friends.
Before her marriage Mrs. Smith
was Miss Sallie Ann Riggs. Captain
and Mrs. Smith have spent their en-
tire married life in Milford, and for
the past AZ years have lived in their
present home at the corner Of East
Front street and Fisher avenue. Cap
tain Smith will celebrate his 85th
birthday next March. Mrs. Smith will
he 80 this October. They have four
children, Caleb Orion and Cathrall,
of Atlanta, Georgia, Miss Mabel
Smith, who makes her home with
her parents and Mrs. Homer Porter
Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
INTEREST ON SUSSEX
FARK LOANS REDUCED


Notice has been received BY
Howard J. Cooke. Of Georgetown.
secretary and treasurer OF the
Sussex County National Farm
Loan Association, through the
Federal Land Bank, Of Baltimore.
Nd, that the interest rate on
loans to Sussex county farmers
has been reduced from 1--WE to
four per cent. Farmers are given
thirty-six years in which to pay
OF their loans. They are not al
lowed more than seventy-five per
cent Of the value Of their land.
The loans that have been made
within the past few years have
saved many Of the farms Of low
er Delaware from foreclosure
proceedings. and at the same
time have helped farmers finance
their crops.
Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
12,135 Examined In First
Five Inspection Days Is
New Record.
MISSIONER
APPROVES RESULTS
Milford Lane Will Remain
Open Until Next We'd
nesday, July 81.

Down State motor vehicles have
made a very good showing for the
first five days of the Seventh Annual
Car Inspection Campaign, according
to State Motor Vehicle Commissions
er Walter Dent Smith, in releasing
official figures covering that period,
They show that outside Of Will
mington with three safety lanes set
up at Newark, Dover and George
town, a total of 6,123 cars were in
spected with 3,433 of them approved
and $3.50 rejected. This compares
with a total for Wilmington of 5,s12
inspected with 3,127 approved and
2,6S5 rejected. The grand total for
the State for the first five days ID
1885 cars inspected, which II the
zoo commercial vehicles inspected asi
part Of fleets are included, Is swell
ed to 1875.
Mr.. Smith calls this the best
showing made in any corresponding
period in previous campaigns, par
ticularly in the down State area. OF
this grand total, $3.50 have been ap-
proved and 5,375 rejected.
The Dover lane led outside Of VIII
mington inspections with a total Of
2,511 cars inspected. OF this number
1878 were approved and 993 reject
ed This lane will be located at Mil
ford until July 81.
The lane at Newark was second
with a total Of 1856. OF this number
947 were approved and 939 rejected.
This lane after July "A viii be sts-
toned IN Delaware City for the bal-
ance OF the week and then go 10 lew
Castle where it viii remain from
July % to August g.
Faulty foot brakes and defective
lights are The most common defects
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Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
FIRE DESTROYS HOME
In SLAUGHTER NECK
Dwelling On Farm OF Layton Rem
nett Completely Destroyed

The large dwelling on the farm Of
Layton Bennett, In Slaughter Neck
six miles from Milford. was destroy
ed by fire Monday morning with q
loss Of about $4,000. partly covered
by insurance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett had just left
home to attend a wheat threshing
when looking back they saw smoke
coming from the direction Of the
farm. Driving hurriedly back they
found the rear Of the dwelling in
fiafmes. With the help Of neighbors
who had also seen the sbioke, some
Of the furniture In the building was
removed.
Flremen SaYe Barn
The Carlisle Fire Company Of Mil
ford saved the large barn and other
cutbuildings. The barn was only 40
feet from the burning dwelling and
a stiff breeze was carrying the
flaflmes toward It. Several times the
barn caught ire. but the firemen
utilized an old well for water, and
with chemicals smothered the fire.
After about two hours Of lighting the
barn and other buildings were saw
ed.
Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26

Of Baltimore. There are two grand
sons and one granddaughter.
Captain Smith is the only survivor
Of the thirty sea captains who once
made Milford their home. Among the
ships that Captain Smith was master
OF were the Emma @. Robinson, the
Allie B. Cathrall and the. Mary and
Anna Beswick, all Of which ships
we're built in Milford at Abbotts
Shipyard. Captain Smith was an ac-
tive master for fifty years, a record
eaualed only by that Of the late Cap
tain Edward V. Hendrixson. Mrs.
Smith, according to Captain Smith,
often accompanied him on short sea
trips, and his boys, Caleb and Cath
rail- have many happy memories Of
vacations spent before the mast.
Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, July II, TO Tues.
day, July 20, inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the foi-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford, from Wednesday, July II. to
Tuesday, July %, inclusive:
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Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
U. S. TO DENY DOLE
TO JOB EVADERS
Washington Orders States 10 PURGE
Relief Rolls As Rapidly A. Possible

Orders to cut off relief anyone re-
fEsing employment Monday night
was the relief administrator reply
to widespread complaints that some
Of the needy preferred the dole to
jobs
with a harvest hand areyolt"
barely curbed in other western
states. the South Dakota relief adj
ministratlon ordered both state and
Federal payments stopped until
needs for harvest help ere filled.
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Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
Temperature RnI1
Total RainfalI

Total Rainfall . Nona
The following winds and con6s.
tons prevailed during the eaaa
period:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-11
Profit Taking Could Not Preuent AdDance
Demand for Motor Shares Came in Face of Sharp Re.
 auctions in All September Operations

cd by . change to new models. Traders bought the stocks on out look for good reception fot the new cars.
 Utility shares received a bit of push late in the day after sag when the appellate division of the New York Supreme Court unani- moilsly affirmed recent injunction restraining the board of electors of New York City from presenting to voters a referendum on construct ing municipal power plant.
 Consolidated Gas rose to BOX up A.. Public Service of New Jer- sey, North American and others of the utility group strengthened.
 Dozens of issues made new tops for the year or longer, including American Smelling, Budd Wheel, Case, Cleveland Bronze, Ceiling 6s Aikman, Electric Auto-Lite, Con- tainer Corporation issues, Johns Manville, McCrory Stores, Monsanto Chemical, Omnibus, National Lead, Radio Preferred B, Schenley, Tim ken Roller Bearing, United Air Lines and Westinghouse Electric.
 Railroad shares weakened, with losses extending to 2% points in the case of Union Pacific. That de- cline brought some selling in other departments that continued until the rally in Utilities. When the latter gave out some further week end profit-taking developed but it was insufficient to send the entire market into lower territory. Deal- ings turned light on selling and active. when the market was rising.
 Air reduction jumped 4 1-2 points to 152 in a strong chemical division where Du Pont touched 134 7-8 up 7-8 and Monsanto Chemical 90 up ? points. Packing stocks, notavly Armour and Wilson issues were strong. Some aciation shares con- tinued to gain. Oils were slightly lower. Building shares gained. A further rally was noted in local traction stocks. Mercantile stocks continued to rise.
 Bonds were irregularly lower in dull trading. U. s. governments werA mixed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-11
HAUPTMANN CASE HAS GONE BACK
 TO FIRST COURT
Justice Trenchard Must Resentence Him-Wait
 of 10 Days, However

.enton, N. J., Oct. 11.-(UP).- The case of Bruno Hauptmann was SC. t back to Hunterdon county to- day where new execution date will be set for the German carpenter for the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
 Assistant Attorney General Joseph A. Lanigan filed a remittitur in the case with secretary of state. This action placed the case back in the court of over and terminer of Hun- terdon county where Hauptmann was convicted and sentenced to death.
 Justice Thomas w. Trenchard, who heard the kidnap-murder charges against Hauptmann and set the first execution date, must set another date.
 Zen days must elapse before the record actually is delivered to the Hunterdon county clerk. It is ex- pected 1t will be turned over im- mediately to Justice Trenchard who must set the execution for not sooner than four weeks nor longer than eight weeks from the date he re-imposes seitence.
 The defense is expected to ap- pear before the court of errors and appeals and ask for a stay of the remittitur before the 10days expires so that the appeal may be taken to the United States supreme court.
 Permission was given yestreday to publish Hauptmann's autobiography, written in his death cell at state prison.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-11
ORIGINAL RADIO
 GIRL DIVORCED

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Oct. 11-(U.P) -Leonore Caughn Deleath, known as "The Original Radio Girl" be- cause she was the first of her sex to sing over the air, to-day was grant, ed a divorce from Leon Geer, Has, brook Heights, N. J., on grounds of desertion. ,
 Geer did not contest the suit and Miss Deleath, whose real name is Leonore Won Der Leath, was grant, ed the decree by Superior Court Judge John Rufus Booth after tes- tifying her husband left her in 1881 while they were living at their Easton home, "The Hitching Post"
 The suit originally was brought here in September, 1884, alleging intolerable cruelty between January and September, 1881, but was amended.
 They were married May 3, 1924. She was permitted to resume her maiden name.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-11

Monticello, N. Y, Oct 11--(UP)- Glenn Eraser, handsome 22-year- old son of a wealthy Rochester dairyman, confessed. today that he choked to death his 18-year-old sweetheart, Muriel Hall, because she tilted him. He admitted, without g trace of emotion on his quiet, intel ligent face, that in rage over the position" the girl put him in before his trends, he struck her with his fist, wrestled with her through sev- eral rooms of her home with his fingers biting into her throat, and threw her, dead, on the floor.
 T was mad" he said duly. "She shouldn't have done it."
 The youth was arrested late yes- terday in nearby Liberty, after po- lice of the entire eastern seaboard had been thrown into search for him, because he was unable to pay for gasoline and oil for dairy truck with which he had disappear ed from Rochester. The truck be- longed to his father. He attempted to drive away from filling station without paying for his gasoline, was arrested, and a few minutes later admitted his identity and con- fessed to staying Miss Hall. Before Rochester officers arrived he had been sentenced to 30 days in jail for his attempted theft of the gaso- line and oil. Sullivan county au- thorities said, however, his sent cnce probably would be commuted to permit his return to Rochester to face murder charges.
 The confession the youth gave to Corp William Waldron of the state police and Deputy Sheriff Francis Huff was story of 8 more than ordinary passionate young love, un- requited, and of an emotional na- ture that was a poor loser. Monday night Eraser asked Miss Hall, pretty brunette high school senior, to marry him. He had asked her many times before and found her evasive. Monday he was determined to obtain an answer. T pressed her until she had to say yes or no, he told Huff and we had terrible quarrel because she always had acted before as though she were quite bit interested in me-" Miss Hall told her foster father, Leon- ard I. Hall, a sales executive of the quarrel. When he arrived at the apartment in the huge remodeled mansion built by the late George Eastman, kodak king, at 5:30 p. m. Wednesday he found her dead on the library floor. bleeding finger nail scratch on her throat tnr her dishevled dress the only clues to the mode of death.
 The youth picked up the story for local authorities
 T went to see Muriel to ask her one last time to change her mind, he said. "She wouldn't even listen to me. I lost my temper in a sudden flash. I couldn't see anything in front of me but I hit her and grabbed her. didn't know where ] held her but r held on perhaps 10 minutes.
 "When I calmed she was dead on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-11

(COnClnueQ rom Page 1.) the fourth was standing at the out side door as lookout.
 Once they had obtained the pay roll, the four men raced to the street and drove away, but not un- til a passerby had noted that sthe registration number was 666, ,106. Investigation showed these plates had been stolen from a car owned by Harvey Connolly of Cambridge on June 8.
 The escape car was found aban- doned on Tetlow street, Roxbury, soon after the hold-up. Police be- lieved that at this point the rob- bers transferred to Ford V-8 truck and headed toward Jamaica Plain.
 Descriptions of Men
 The following descriptions were sent over the police teletype system:
 No. 1. 25 years old, feet 5 inch es tall, dark complexioned, gray soft hat and gray suit.
 No. 2. 25 years old, feet 2 inch es tall, dark blue dungarees and gray hat.
 No. 3. 35 years old, , feet 4 inches tall, weighing about 18O, light tan zipper jacket, gray hat.
 No. 4. No description.
 None of the bandits wore a mask.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-11
WOOL MARKET

Boston, Oct. l1.-(UP.-The 64s and finer western grown wools con- tinued active at very firm prices, ac- cording to today's report of the U. 8. agriculture department.
 Average to short French combing territory wool of this grade sold freely at 73-74c, secured basis, and some sales were reported at 75c for tfils type. Prices of average to good French combing 64s and finer territory wools tended higher in the range 75-77c, secured basis. Average twelve months Texas wools had some call at 75-77c secured pasls. Scattered sales at firm prices were reported on territory wools coarser than ( 64s grade.