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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
FARMERS URGED TO
TREAT PLANTING CORN
Six Test Years Shows Economic
Value OF Treatment

One of the important factors
which should be considered when
planting any crop is the practice of
seed treatment for the control of
diseases and the stimulation of the
termination qualities, and this is
true particularly with reference to
the planting of corn.
For a period of six consecutive
years field demonstrations showing
the economic value of treating seed
corn with dust disinfectants were
conducted On a number of diffeffrent
farms in Kent county under the di-
rection Of County Agent Russell E.
Wilson in cooperation with DR.. J. F.
Adams, plant pathOlogist of the I'm
iVersity of Delaware and the State
Board of Agriculture.
The yield calculations in these
each year were
made by Weighing a certain amount
of corn from q given area in both
the seed treated and check plots in
the same fields. The average yield
of corn per acre from the 40 farms
which were included in this pro-
iect was 4S.14 bushels, while the
corn which was grown from the
treated seed on these farms yielded
52.32 bushels per acre. This prac-
lice, therefore, resulted in an aver
age Of 40 bushels per acre increase
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
MOSQUITO WAR
CHIEF APPEARS
BEFORE BOARD
w. S. COrkran Tells Group
At Capitol How Inlet
Should Be Constructed.
WORK UNFINISHED

W. S. COrkran, of Lewes, execu-
tive officer and engineer of the Del
aware Mosquito Control Commits
sion, appearing before the prOjecS
committee of the National Rivers
and HarbOrs Congress, in cOnven-
tion at the Aayfiower Hotel in
Washington, D. c.. last Thursday,
made a detailed plea for the Indian
RiVer-RehobCth Bay inlet project,
contending that there we're no engi-
neering difficulties involved in the
task.
Complete data on the subject has
been assembled by Mr.. Corkran af-
ter several months of investigation
on the economic advantages of this
inlet to the community and as a gen.
eral aid 20 navigation. sea food in
dustries and the like.
Would Stop Sand Drifting
He made the point that the desir-
ed inlet is an unfinished project
started in 1882. He traced the his
tory of the project to the present.
To rectify the existing unsatisfac-
tory situation, which was laid to the
Federal Government, he said, the
answer was simple. He said the As
sawoman River is practically closed
anyhow. He would leave Rehoboth
Canal as it is. He would open an in
let properly located. slightly north
ward, perhaps. out of shifting sands,
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
COLORED PIT. A. MEET
AT DOVER TOMORROW
F. L. Wood, Baltimore School on.
eial, win Speak

Francis L. Wood, director Of coll
Ored schools of the City of Balti-
more, will be the principal speaker
at the annual convention Of the Del
aware Branch of the National Con-
gress Of Colored Parents and Teach
ers, which will be held at State Col
lege. Dover, Saturday, May IL. Other
features of the program will be
greetings from Mrs. Robert P. Rob
inson, State president of the Della
ware Parent Teacher Association,
and DR.. and Mrs. Richard S. Cross
ley Of State College, a demOnstra-
tion OF student activities by a State
College group. reports by the fol-
lowing county chairmen: Mrs. Meta
s. Boldly, Newark; Mrs. Celie p.
Henry, Dover; J. r. Webb, Laurel,
and Mrs. Sarah d. Hackett, Mills
boro with illustrations Of work done
by junior organizations in the three
counties.
S. Mahcellus Blackburn, Dover,
assistant to Mrs. Robinson, will pre-
side. ]. Graham Scott, Milford, will
report as State chairman of mem
bership. Each association is invited
to send its president and one dele
gate for every ten paid-up members,
as shown on the books Of the State
Mrs. W. R. Keys, Clay
ton.
Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10

elected included the following: Will
mer Cason, Milton; Hayward Sock
rider. Georgetown; Noah Smith, Mil
ton; P. HOyt. Georgetown; John
Hastings, Bridgeville; Ronald Bow
den and Granville Allen, both of
Seaford.
The election of an American Far
mer candidate was deferred.
Invitations for holding the next
meeting Of the association were ex-
tended from Georgetown and Caesar
Rodney High Schools, the decision
TO be made later.
state Well Represented
Official delegates from every chap
ter in the State were present with
DR.. r. w. Helm, former State ad-
wiser and Prof. w. H. Jump of Wy
oming present as speakers.
Due to the absence of Charles
Hill, the president, who Is in North
Carolina, Charles Clifford, the first
vice president, presided at the meet
ing.
The address of welcome was given
by w. B. Simpson. agricultural in
structOr of Caesar Rodney School.
Greetings were also given by w.
Lyle MOwlds. State adviser. The
presidents address was read by
young Clifford. first vice president.
The treasurer's report showed a bal
ance of S92.76. The report Of the
committee showed but
one death during the year, that Of
Glenn Phillips. of MiddletOwn.
Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
Giant Super r. C. #. Photophone
Being Installed 1T Plaza Theatre

A grand opening has been an
nounced at the Plaza Theatre, Mil
ford, on Monday and Tuesday of
next week. completing an entirely
new sound system which is the last
word in movie sound reproduction.
The new system is the super-de-
lux grand R. c. A., known as the
best in the world. This system
which is being installed at the
Plaza this week is the very latest
and the very best with all the up
to-minute Improvements in sound
After repeated tests the R. C. A.
system has been voted the best in
the world, and realizing that the pa
irons Of this theatre were entitled
to nothing hut the best the manage
ment at considerable expense is
having this great system installed.
It is not only the r. c. A. system
that is being installed but it is the
Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10

''last word in sound systems. 1t
embraces the super-delux grand pho
tophone with an adjustment of wide
range and high fidelity. A system
large enough to take care of the big
seating capacity of the local thea
tire with true tonal qualities.
This is the first system Of this
size and quality to be installed on
the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula.
Special adjustments have been
made in the Plaza Theatre to meet
the demands of this installation, and
those who attend this theatre are
now assured that nothing better in
sound reproduction is on the mar
ket than what is presented here.
1t is to be noted that this Is not
only the R. C. A. system, but the de-
lux grand r. G. A. with wide range
and high fidelity, producing true to
life tones in all pitch Of scales and
ranges. It will be the same
system as is in use at Radio City.
Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
DECREASED IN FEB,
Decrease OF so Noted Over Same
Period In 1885

Accidental deaths of all types for
1885 continued to run behind last
year during February, the months
total amounting to 6,94O compared
with 1850 for February 1894, a de-
crease of nearly 6 per cent, accord
ing to the Delaware Safety Council.
For the first two months Of the year
the estimated total is 1890. The In
dicated decrease from last year is
roughly 900 deaths. This Is a well
come change from the upward trend
which has been common IN recent
years. but one would be unwarrant-
edly optimistic to believe It will
continue for lang. The January de-
crease apparently came from the
sharp drop in motor vehicle traffic
due to bad weather. The February
reduction combines a large decrease
in home deaths and moderate one
in public Cnot motor Vehicle) deaths,
neither Of which can be attributed
to specific causes. There Is no evil
dence of a permanent betterment in
conditions affecting these classes OF
accidents; so It is probable that
March reports will not show the
same favorable change.
Motor vehicle deaths in February
a very slight advance over
the same month Of 1894. amounting
to 0.4 per cent. Early reports, chief
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
WHEAT MEETINGS IN
KENT co. NEXT WEEK
Milford Meetinf At Grange Hall On
Saturday, May IS

The organization of nearly 800, 900
wheat producers, operating about
$4,000 farms, into 1928 voluntary
cooperative associations for adjust
ing the wheat acreage throughout
the United States, is the outstanding
accomplishment of the first eigh-
teen months of the wheat farmers
production and adjustment program
which was started in the summer of
1888 under the direction of the Ag-
Ticultural Adjustment Administra-
ton.
As the present wheat contracts
expire with the harvesting of the
1885 crop, wheat growers within the
next few months will be confronted
with the question of deciding their
course to take in the future with
reference to this basic commodity.
In view Of this situation. therefore.
the wheat growers of the United
States will be given the opportunity
on May 25 to register a referendum
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
APPLICATION FORMS
FOR PWA PROJECTS
Official Application Forms Must BE
Completed

No projects for Delaware under
the new Federal works program can
be accepted until the completion of
official application forms. it was an
nounced this week by Charles w.
Hardesty, State director of the Ma
tiOnal Emergency Council.
- Mr.. Hardesty declared that he had
received a letter from the National
Emergency Council at Washington
instructing him to defer forwarding
any projects until plans and official
application forms are completed and
an additional outline of dtuies and
instructions for State directors have
been formulated.
He said that no projects have been
received by his Office as yet. He did
not know how much time would
elapse before he would receive the
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
LIQUOR CONTROL
CHANGES KILLED
POCKET VETO
Family Relations Court
Bin Seen Lost; Parole
Board Is Retained.
MANY
Governor Signs Only Two
Bills OF 13 Remaining
AS DeadIine Passes.

Governor C. Douglass Buck last
Friday permitted to die, by what is
known as the pocket veto, Senator
SimontOn's bill TO make numerous
amendments to the liquor control
act; also Senator Matthew's bill to
abolish the State Board Of Parole
and transfere its functions to the
State Board of Pardons.
When he left his Offices he had not
taken any action on Representative
Dugan's bill to abolish the Juvenile
Court and create in it's place a fam
lily relations court with a special
judge. When called at his home last
Friday night at 9 o'clock the Cover
nor was in bed. The Governor, it
was understood, had been in confer
ence during the afternoon with some
of the judges relative to this prOpOs-
cd act. 1t is said the bill was not
signed.
Last Friday was the last day the
Governor had for the consideration
of the bills which had been passed.
The Legislature sent 262 bills and
Joint resolutions to the Governors
Office during the session. With the
two he vetoed before adjournment
and the eleven he permitted to die
by the pocket veto, thirteen in all
failed of executive approval, leaving
a total of 249 bills and joint reso-
lutions approved by him. During the
session a total Of approximately $50
bills were introduced in the Senate
and House, All in the lower branch
and 179 in the upper branch Of the
Assembly.
Among the bills remaining for his
consideration and which were sent
from Dover was the measure intro
duced by Representative zebley de-
fining the length Of time a person
must be 4 resident Of The State be- /
fore they are eligible to apply for
admission to welfare Institution
and the length OF time they have
been a resilient of q county before |
they are eligible and can apply for
relief. It makes the State residence
two years and the county residence
one year. Governor. Buck approved
this act.
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
SCHOLARSHIP IS
OFFERED AS
ESSAY PRIZE
Liberty League Sponsors
Contest Among Stu
dents On Constitution.
FIFTY FOUR PRIZES

One year at any college with tu-
itiOn and expenses paid is the prize
offered by the American Liberty
League of Delaware to the winner
Of an essay competition open to all
high school students of Delaware,
the subject to be any phase of the
United States Constitution.
In all "a prizes will be awarded.
The State has been divided into the
following districts: Wilmington,
rural New Castle county, Kent coun-
ty and Sussex county. The high
school student who submits the best
essay on the Constitution from each
of these districts will receive
years tuition, not to exceed $3.50.
The chief prize goes to the best of
these four, the winner to receive an
additional allowance of funds to CO.
yer his or her expenses at college,
the award not to exceed $1,000.
The rules state that should the
winner of any Of these awards Sc
lect the University of Delaware or
any other college where no tuition
is charged the amount Of the tut
tion award may be used to defray
other expenses incidental to college
attendance.
fash Prizes Also
For the next fifty best essays.
cash prizes of IS each. will be
awarded, divided as follows: Will
mington, 90; rural New Castle cOun-
ty. 10; Kent county, 10; and Sussex
county, 10.
The competition is open to all
students in the senior high school
grade (grades 10 to 12 inclusive) at
the public parochial. and private
schools in the State of Delaware. It
closes midnight. Thursday, June 20,
1885.
Announcements and entry cards
are being sent to all the schools in
the State whose students are eligible
to submit essays and it is expected
that by next Wednesday. at the lat
est, the competition will be in full
swing.
The competition is designed to en-
courage thought and research on the
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
COL. REED DIES
Led DEL. MEN
IN WORLD WAR
59th Pioneer Commander
In France Succumed To
Heart Attack.
WORKER
Served With Volunteers
In 1898 And Saw Duty
On Mexican Border.

Col. ]. Warner Reed, commander
of the 59th Pioneer Regiment,
unit of Delaware men in the World
War, died Unexpectedly of a heart
attack in mis- home in Wilmington
last Friday evening, after having
been i'll a month. He was SO years
old. Col. Reed was stricken while
eating his dinner in his bedroom.
His wife was with him at the time.
She and Colonel Reeds 89-year-Old
father, John w. Reed, survive him.
The funeral took place at 8 o.
clock Monday afternoon from the
home, with interment in the family
plot in RiEerView cemetery. The
Rev. Park W. Huntington, pastor OF
st. Stephens Evangelical Lutheran
Church, of which Col Reed was a
lifelong member and officer, oflci-
ated
Pallbearers, all members of the
council of St. Stephens Lutheran
Church, were Charles c. Kurtz, Max
Matthes, Howard H. Oberly, ElWood
W. Martram, Edward Schell, Frank
H. BARLEY, james l. Sears and
Conrad Reehsteiner.
The life of Colonel Reed was Of
varied interests, ranging from his
military career and business life to
his activities in his church and the
Boy Scouts of America In addition
to these, he was active in many fra
ternal organizations, principally
Masonry.
Colonel Reed was born November
8, 1875, near Newark, the son. Of
John w. Reed, and the late Joseph-
inc Cam Reed. Colonel Reeds Ia
ther was born near Glasgow and his
late mother. near Newark, His, mo-
ther died when Colonel Reed was an
infant. As boy and youth COLONEL
Reed was edueate IN spnblis schools,
Wilmington High School and Goldey
Business College.
Before entering the real estate
business in which he was to be ac-
tive for about a quarter of = CEN
tury, Colonel Reed had a varied
business experience including five
years with a dental manufacturing
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
NMLLOCATESK
. new CCC CAMPS
IN DELAWARE.
Enrolment Will Be In
creased From 56S To
900; 700 to Be Imported.
TWO IN NEW CASTLE
4 For Mosquito Control, 2
For Drainage, l FOres-
try, l At Fort DUPONT.

Delaware will have eight Civilian
Conservation Corps camps with a
total enrolment of 1000. compared
with the present two camps with an
enrolment of 800. it was announced
last week by Robert Fechner, Fed
eTal CCC director.
Five new camps will be establish
ed. DelawaFe's enrolment quota
will be increased from 563 to 900
and 700 others will be brought in
from outside Four camps will be
for mosquito control. two for drain
age, which probably will be in con-
nectiOn with this work; one for for
estry and one for improvements at
Fort DUPONT.
Two of the mosquito camps will
be at TaylOr's Bridge, and Bear,
New Castle county. The present
camps are for mosquito work and
are at Slaughter Beach and Lewes,
Sussex county. The drainage camps
will be at Dover and Georgetown
The veterans camp. near George
town. will be continued. Probably
one of the camps will be for negroes.
Enrolment will start June Is, the
Delaware men to be enrolled by the
Temporary Emergency Relief Com
mission.
Announcement of the additional
camps comes two days after a visit
to Washington by Major Wilbur 5.
Corkran to ask for them. An in
crease in the value of many rural
properties is expected.
Cost of constructing four of the
new CAMPS will be about $4,000
each. and building interests are
requests for bids.
Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
Sussex Fire Companies To
Share In Fund Of $1,000

Seven thousand dollars was ap-
propriated last week by the Levy
Court Commissioners of Sussex
county to the motorized fire com
panies. In accordance with a law
passed by the Legislature this year,
each OF the fourteen motorized com
panies annually are to receive $500.
The companies benefited under
the new statute are: Delmar Fire
Department. Inc, BridgeYille Fire
Company, Inc. Ellendals Fire De-
partment, Georgetown Fire Com
pany, Seaford Volunteer Fire Com
pany, Greenwood Fire Company,
Inc, Millsbor0 Fire Company, Lau-
rel Fire Department, Selbyville Vol
unteer Fire Company, Milton Fire
Inc, Eewes Fire Com
Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
new HOSPITAL
WORK WATSON
CONTRIBUTORS
Ground Will Be Broken
When Pledges Are Re-
deemed.
PAYMENTS NOW DUE
All Those Able Are Urged
To Make Full Payments
At Once.

When will the ground be broken
for the new Milford Emergency
Hospital?
This question Is being asked so
frequently throughout lower Della
ware that the Chronicle asked for a
report from the board of trustees.
This keen interest in the start OF
our new hospital is especially graf
flying to the Board. To them, IT is
abundant evidence Of the continued
enthusiasm aroused by the cam
paign which will make this so ur-
gently needed hospital a reality.
Immediately after such an inten-
sive drive it is reasonable that an
interval must elapse in which to
organize for future developments.
Haste must be made slowly during
this interval in order that well con-
ceived nlans can be formulated. The
thorOughness with which this work
is now being done by the Board of
Trustees will guarantee the success
full erection and maintenance of the
new Milford Emergency Hospital.
The time has now come for the
contributors who so generously sub
scribed to the campaign to make
their initial payments on their
pledges. The Board appeals to you
to send your check at once to G. RO-
land Messick of Milford, the treas
urer of the campaign fund.
1t is only reasonable that before
starting the erection Of the hospital
at approximately sl50,O0O, many
thousands of dollars must be receiv-
ed on the pledges. BY all means,
therefore. please respond to this
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
TO OBSERVE POPPY DAY
HERE SATURDAY MAY Is
Local Legion Auxiliary VIII Have
Charge OF Sales

Saturday, May 25. will be Poppy
Day in Milford. On that day the wO-
men of Milford Unit No. 8 of the
American Legion Auxiliary will dis
tribute little red pOppies on the
street to be worn in honor of the
World War dead. The observance
here will be part of the annual ma
tion-wide observance of Poppy Day,
during which millions of Americans
will pay tribute to the memory of
the war dead by wearing memorial
pOppies.
A large corps of volunteer work
ers from Milford Unit will be or
ganized to carry out the distribu-
tiOn of the flowers.
The poppies which will be worn
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10

pany, Blades Volunteer Fire COM
pany.
Another Fund Coming
Later on the firemen will receive
another appropriation from the in
surance companies doing business
in this State. Under the law. enact
ed a few years ago, certain per
cent of the business is turned over
for the benefit OF the different fire
fighting units. For the past two
years the amount has been about
$500 each year, which is divided
equally between the companies in
the different sections. II the same
amount is turned over from the
insurance companies this year. II
will mean more than $3.50 to each
company. in addition to the county
appropriation OF $500 each.
Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
HUGH D. SMITH IS MADE
WARDEN OF SUSSEX JAIL
Guards For The Institution VIII BE
Named Shortly

The Levy Court Commissioners of
Sussex county have elected Hugh d.
Smith as warden of the county pris-
on at Georgetown for one year. Mr..
Smith for several months has been
filling the position as temporary
warden. Guards are expected to be
named within a short time.
Under the new law, the care of
the prison and its management is
left to the warden for the past one
hundred years, when the old Jail
was used as a penal institution. it
was the duty of the sheriff to feed
the prisoners and look after the
building. Until the construction of
the new Jail. at the almshouse farm,
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
STATE WELFARE HOME
ADDITION AUTHORIZED
Daily Cost OF Patients In April Was
97.7 Cents Each

The State Welfare Commission
authorized Massena and DUPONT,
architects. TO proceed with the con-
struction of a new kitchen at the
Welfare Home and alteration of the
present kitchen for use as a laun-
dry at a meeting Monday.
A resolution of coincidence on the
death of Alfred l. DUPONT, because
OF his interest in the home, was
adopted and copies directed sent to
members Of the family.
The population of the home was
reported as 34S in April, in which
month 81 transients also were car
ed for at the home, the cost Of OPP
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
DOVER DAY WILL BE
CELEBRATED SATURDAY
Garden Club Members WIN Enter.
tain visitors

Members OF the Garden Club Of
Dover will be hostesses to wayfar-
ers and pilgrims from far and near
tomorrow at the annual celebration
of dover Day" Front dawn TO dusk
the highways and byways OF the
Peninsula will be filled with motor
lists, trundling towards the Diamond
State capital or on their way to
their homes after a full day OF en-
joyment Of such hospitality as only
this region can claim. or provide.
The radiant gardens, with their
bowers of blossom-laden shrubbery,
their luxuriant hedges, their broad
lawns with two full centuries Of
greensward adorning them and
flowers without end, viii be open
to public inspection throughout the
day. But what is more, the venerable
homes OF the town viii, almost
without exception, throw wide their
doors to the visitors; the traditional
exclusiyeness Of the Doverians un-
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
RIFLE AND PISTOL CLUB
MEMBERS HOLD CONTEST
Civilian And National Guard Mem.
bers Shoot For Supremacy

A spirited contest between the ci-
william and the national guard mem
bers of the Milford Rife and Pistol
Club was started at the regular
shoot on Thursday evening.
The rivalry started by statements
made by the civilian members that
thew we're superior to the national
guard In rifle shooting regardless Of
tne recognition the government has
so recently showered down on the
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
PARDON BOARD TOHEAR
PLEA FOR CLEMENCY
Board Refuses Clarence Graham's
Application For Pardon

A special hearing of the State
Board of Pardons will be held at
Dover on May 1S on the plea Of
Frederick P. Whitney, counsel for
Mrs. May H. Carey and her son
Howard. condemned to die on June
Z for the murder Of Mrs. Careys
brother. Robert r. Kitchens, of
Omar. seven years ago. A commu-
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Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
Temperature Rain

Total Rainfall ........ .92
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1935-05-10
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, May /, To Tues
day, May 2, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for MIL
ford, from Wednesday, May i. 10
Tuesday, May z, inclusive:
Temnarafnrn pete