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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
A4,OOO BUSHELS
OFPOTATOESB
AAALMIT HERE
Allotment Is $4,000 Below
Average; Excess To Be
Taxed.
TAX 45F A BUSHEL
States Schedule Is One Of
Four Lowest Listed By
Wallace For Country.

Delaware potato growers will be
permitted to market, untaxed, only
$4,000 bushels Of potatoes IN 1886
under the AAA potato control allot-
ment schedule announced by Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Wallace al
Washington last week.
Under this allotment, Delaware
growers must slash their production
some $4,000 bushels or pay a tax of
approximately As cents q bushel on
the excess offered for sale.
It was estimated by AAA officials
in the State that Delaware has been
averaging a crop Of 100000 bushels
OF "spuds" annually during the past
five years.
y DelaWare's allotment was one of
the four lowest in the nation, New
Mexico and Arizona being allotted
100000 bushels each, and Mississippi,
$4,000 bushels.
Maine Gets Biggest Allotment
Maine received the largest state
allotment, 32.f99.OOO bushels: New
York was second with 1891 900 and
Idaho third at 16,S33,0 900.
Dean NJ. A. McCue, OF the school
Of agriculture, University Of Della
ware, who directs the agriculture ex-
tension work under the AAA in Del
aware. said this week he had not yet
received official word from Wash
ington regarding DelaWare's allOt-
ment.
He said A. D. Cobb, assistant d.
rector Of the Agricultural Extension
Work for the AAA in Delaware, has
been in Washington looking out for
Delaware's interest.
Tax Is As Cents A BusheI
Secretary Wallace announced the
total tax exempt allotment Of pO-
faloes for The nation under the con-
troll law at 226. 100000 bushels for
1886. All potatoes harvested after
December / and sold in excess Of
that quantity, the Secretary said,
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
LIBERTY LEAGUE
LAUDS FARMERS
Cites Votes Of Thousands
Against AAA Benefits
For Not Working

JOuett Shouse, president of the
American Liberty League, declared
recently that the percentage of neg
ative votes cast in the AAA corn
hog referendum was "a very high
tribute to the intelligence and pa
triotism of the American farmer"
Speaking at an organization din
ner of the League in New Jersey,
Shouse referred to 'the so-ealled
popular victory for the Administra-
tion" in the result of the referen-
dun.
LET us see how much of a popu-
lar victory that really was" he said.
about 100000 farmers hold con-
tracts under which they receive ben
eft payments for curtailing corn and
hog production, and about 100000
are eligible to participate in the pro-
gram. According to the latest avail
able figures, there were about $780,
900 votes cast and Of those 13 per
cent were opposed to continuation Of
the AAA program.
Cites Human Nature
''It must be remembered that the
cOrn-hog producers were asked to
vote on the question OF whether or
not they were to continue to receive
government bounties for not work.
ing.
Human nature being what It is,
I am amazed that the vote was not
unanimous In the Affirmative. Il IS
a very high tribute to the intelli-
gence and patriotism Of the Ameri-
can farmer that 10000 voted In the
negative.
@It has been suggested facetiousiy
that the government could very well
obtain another great popular vic
tory If it would mobilize an army Of
bOon-dogglers and take a poll Of the
hogs to determine how many wish
to continue receiving corn.
The faeetious suggestion may, in
fact, have some constructive possi-
bilities.
at will be recalled that the Ad-
IninistratiOn had been announcing
every few weeks that at some near,
but constantly advancing date in the
future, it would provide jobs for g.
100000 persons. According to latest
figures available, it is still about q
100000 short of that goal.
"a straw vote among the hogs
might be the answer to that employ
ment problem, and certainly it would
be no more ridiculous and probably
less harmful than some of the meth
ods which the Administration has
resorted to in its efforts to find the
bottom Of the Federal treasury"
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
HIGH SCHOOL TO HOLD
COMMUNITY FAIR
Fair WIN BE Sponsored By Local F
+. A. Chapter

On November 21 and % the Mil
ford High School will hold its first
Community Fair. This Fair sponsor
ed by the +. F. A. Chapter in the
High School will consist Of exhibits
and demonstrations of the Art. Man
ual Training, Music. Health, Home
Economics, General Science, Com
mercial and Vocational Agriculture
Department. Grades I to VI will
also give a general display of work
accomplished.
The objects Of the Community Fair
are:
Ito interest parents in what the
students and teachers are attempting
in school and encourage their coop
Grafton In every way possible.
2-TO give each individual prac-
tice in selecting the best from that
which he produces
S-TO create a friendly. education
al and social meeting of the people
who are needed to cooperate in Sc
curing maximum educational sue
CESS.
ITO show each member Of agri-
culture how products grown On his
farm might be improved in quality.
5-TO give to each member an
ideal toward which to work for each
enterprise undertaken.
6-To encourage agriculture stu
dents to make careful selection OF
plants and animals for seed and
breeders.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
GEORGETOWN MAN
STILL MISSING
Believe Howard w. King Has Net
With Foul Play

Missing since October 25, mem
bers Of the State Highway Police
force, relatives and friends have SO
far been unable to locate Howard W.
King, 26-year-old life insurance
agent, Of Georgetown, and fears are
entertained for his safety.
Grief-stricken relatives hourly
have waited for some news Of his
whereabouts. but no clue has been
obtained. His wife, Mrs. Hannah
King. daughter Of former Levy Court
Commissioner Granville A. Cannon.
Of DagsbOr0. has eaten and slept but
little since his sudden disappearance.
Their little son. Bobby, three and
One-half years old, is constantly call
ing for daddy to come home, and
since he left has slept but little. and
apparently is worrying himself TO
the point Of Illness
King formerly was employed as a
clerk in the Georgetown postoface.
He resigned 20 accept a more re-
muneratiYe position with hatchery
concern some years ago which was
doing a flonrishing business, but
which within about two years was
forced to close because Of some tn-
fortunate circumstances. The young
man was forced out Of a job BY the
shutting down Of the plant and en-
tered the insurance field where he
was making good. A check-up on his
accounts show that they are correct.
Mrs. king states that there were no
family troubles and their home was
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
CUNNING SEASON
OPENS ON NOV. Is
Rabbit, Quail Legal Game
Soon With Duck, Bird
Law Dropped Nov. 20.

With the turning OF the leaves
from green TO brown and the grass
from green TO yellow, Delaware gum
ner's thoughts turn to the open field
once again as they begin cleaning up
the old shooting iron in preparation
for the fall cunning season.
At daybreak next Friday, Novem-
ber Is. the sound Of shots and bark
ing dogs will be heard in the, three
counties Of Delaware as rabbit gum
ming enthusiasts begin the annual
month and a half campaign after the
bounding bunny Along with rabbits
the law also allows you to shoot at
a quail II your taste runs in that
direction.
Duck, geese, brant and snipe gum
ners will have to wait until NoVem-
ber 20 for their sport and because
these are migratory birds and come
under the Jurisdiction of the Fed
eral Government. this season will
last only until December 10.
Last year the ducking season was
split up into three days Of cunning
each week. However, because Of the
large number of complaints, the law
was changed so that you may gun
six days a week this year. The Fed
eral Migratory Bird stamp is still
necessary.
Believes Game Plentiful
There will be plenty of gunners
alield this year, according to Chief
Game Warden Clarence s. Foster,
who says that the magistrates
throughout Delaware have sold 1880
cunning and trapping licenses with
the season still a week off. He has
prepared about 5000 more to be sent
out for the usual last minute buyers.
Two ideas that the game commits
sion wants to impress on gunners
this year, Mr.. Foster said, are: First,
that all the gunners must be safety
conscious and, second, that they
must learn to respect the rights Of
farmers and ask for permission to
gun on their land.
1--WE are preparing list Of safety
rules that we hope will assist in
promoting safety in the handling of
guns and IN a few days will publish
It, Mr.. Foster said.
Rabbits and birds are plentiful in
some sections Of all three counties,
AR. Foster declared. "A great num-
ber OF these animals have been kill-
ed along the roads by automobiles.
That is usually an indication Of good
cunning"
The gray squirrel season closed at
sundown on Friday, November /, and
to reports from gunners
they had a successful year.
So for the next week gunners Will
have to content themselves with
staring into the fire and spinning
yarns about their great shots Of last
year.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
MAN DIES FROM
BURNS IN $4,000
MILFORD FIRE
Humes Hardware Store
Gutted by Flames Early
Monday Afternoon.
PRAISED
John Warren Dies From
Burns Sustained Trying
To Avert COnflagratiOn.

Three men were burned, one so
seriously, he died in the Milford
Emergency Hospital early Tuesday
afternoon, the result Of burns ne
sustained in a spectacular $5O.OOO.0O
fire which completely gutted the
hardware store of ]. H. Humes &
Son early Monday afternoon. The
fire, the most destructive to visit
Milford in recent years, was brought
under control only after terrific
and courageous battle on the part Of
the local fire company.
The dead man is John Warren,
who was employed as clerk in the
hardware store. Others burned were
]. Harry Humes. owner of the bus
mess. who received burns on the
face and hands and City Councilman
George Davis, burns on the hands.
The fire started about 1880 D. m.
A fire had been built in an airtight
stove used for the purpose Of burn
ing waste and n pile Of excelsior In
a box on the floor near the stove
caught FIRE. Warren, who was stand
ing near the stove. dashed out of the
iear entrance and returned with
bucket of cleaning fluid. which he
BIistook for water. When he cast the
LIQUID on the fire a fare ensued
which ignited the clothing Of him
and Mr.. Humes. Mr.. Humes, after
extinguishing the flames on his own
person assisted by Mr.. Davis, help
cd Warren from the building, the in
terror of which, by then, was mass
Of flames. Warren was taken to the
Milford Emergency Hospital by Jer-
sey Dill a spectator.
The Carlisle Fire Company which
had been summoned responded and
IN few minutes had seven streams
.oi wates on the blaze, which was not
l58oh hgi4t under control until it had
swept through to the third floor.
Many Of the firemen risked their
lives to direct a stream Of water on
a portion of the first floor where a
quantity of ammunition was stored.
Had the flames been allowed to en-
gulf this portion Of the building, it
is believed many of the firemen and
spectators would have been serious
ly injured by the bursting shells.
The fire was confined TO the Humes
building.
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
CHRISTMAS Sea-
PLANS ARE MADE
DR.. f. L. Grier, DIR. VIM.
Marshall And Col. TheO.
Townsend To Aid Drive.

Miss Emily P. Bissell, president oi
the Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis So
ciety, and G. Taggart Evans. execu-
tive secretary Of that organization,
will be in charge Of the 29th Christ
mas Seal Sale which wiil be con-
Quoted between Thanksgiving Day
and Christmas, according to final
plans made Monday afternoon at u
meeting OF the executive committee.
The members of the committee
and board of directors will assist
with the sale which supplies funds
for the maintenance Of SunnybroOk
Cottage, a home where children who
may be subject to tuberculosis are
treated.
Many Aid In State
Those aiding throughout the State
are: E. G. Aekart, T. H. Cappeau.
DR.. Daniel ]. Casey, the Rt. Rev.
PhiIip Cook, Mrs. Alexander F.
Crichton, Mrs. E. Paul DUPONT. P. S.
dupont, /. B. Finkelstein, the most
Rev. E. J. FitzMaurice, DR.. C. H.
Gehrmann, Mrs. E. Harvey Lender
man, DR.. Emil R. Mayerberg, James
r. Morford, Thomas J. Mowbray,
DR.. L. ID. Phillips, DR.. N. 1. Samuel,
Waiter Dent Smith, DR.. James G.
Spackman, DR.. William H. Speer, S.
M. Stouffer, Mrs. Frank G. Tallman,
DR.. NJ. A. Tarumianz, Rabbi Henry
Tavel, Mrs L. MulfOrd Taylor, Mrs.
Robert w. Tomlinson, DR.. Joseph r.
Wales and Miss Eta J. Wilson, VIII
mington; Mrs. Lena Messick, George
T. Maeklin, Bridgeville; Samuel N.
Culver, George NJ. Nelson. Delmar;
Mrs. Arthur A. Hearn, DR.. H. ".
Holloway, DR.. A. c. Jost, Ernest v.
Keith, DR.. Joseph s. Mcdaniel. Do
yer; Mrs. Willard Deputy, DR.. James
E. Marvel, J. Wiley Thought, Lau-
rel; DR.. H. NJ. Manning, Mrs. Ella c.
Emery, Seaford; Frank NJ. Jones,
DR.. G. NJ. VanValkenburgh, George
town; Mrs. Philip D. Laird, New
Castle; DR.. Walter Hullihen, New
ark; Mrs. G. F. NAPLES, DR.. Frank
L. Grisg, DR.. William Marshall, Col
onel Theodore Townsend, Milford;
Mrs. William P. Orr, Lewes; Vernon
w. McCabe, Oceon View; John Rey-
noIds Rogers, Frederick; William =.
Chandler, DagsbOro; Mrs. John y.
McCabe, Rehoboth; Miss Mary y.
Looekerman. Greenwood; Mrs, l.
Layheld Long, selbyville; Charles
leland Harmonson. Smyrna, and
Mrs. William H. Ayers. MillsborO.
Delaware Fifteenth
Commenting on the situation in
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
MILFORD NEGRO KILLED
IN FIGHT OVER GIRL
Russell Denney Slain By Jake RleI.
ardsOn In JimtOWn BraWl

Jake Richardson. age % years, a
resident in the colored section OF
Milford, known as Jimtown, was ar
raigned Tuesday before Magistrate
Harry B. Thaw, on a charge of muir
der as the result of the staying early
Tuesday morning of Russell Denney,
age 80 years, another negro, who
was shot through the heart during a
quarrel over a woman in the color
ed section of Milford.
According to the police, Richard
son, who was arrested early Tuesday
morning by the State Police and TAX
en- to Dover admitted he had shot
Denney after the latter had reached
for his hip pocket as il for gun. He
further stated that Denney started
the brawl when ne struck him first.
Richardson, a mulatto, has no prev
ious criminal record. According to
authorities the slain man was an old
offender.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
SMYRNA WOMAN DIES
AS RESULT OF BURNS
Had Attempted To Speed Fire In
Kitchen Range With Kerosene

Mrs. William Stanley, 49 years old,
Of Smyrna. died in the General Cen
eral Hospital, IN Dover. on Tuesday
morning, the result Of burns receive
ed at her home on Monday night. In
an effort to speed the fire in her
kitchen range. Mrs. Stanley is said
to have poured kerosene on the
Goals with the result that the fiare
Of flames set IRE to her clothing. Her
screams and the glare of the flames
attracted her neishbor, Mrs. Harry
Still, who ran to her aid and ex-
tinguished the flames by pouring wa
ter over the victim. but not before
Mrs. Stanley's clothing had been
burned from her body.
The ambulance Of the American
Legion Post brought Mrs. Stanley to
the hospital. The Smyrna firemen
extinguisAed the flames in the kit
chen which was badly damaged.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
STATE PAROLE OFFICER
MAKES ANNUAL REPORT
Cities Difficulty In Securing Employ.
ment For These ParOled

Former State Senator James W.
Robertson, IN his annual report as
State parole officer, under the State
Parole Board, states that the secur-
ing Of employment for those parOled
has been more difheult during the
past year than ever before. This was
especially true in Wilmington, where
jobs were hard to find. Forty-One
were granted paroles during the
year.
The report in part follows: "In the
past twelve months there were three
who violated their parole. One Of
these Is now incarcerated in the
State Penitentiary in Virginia, one
is at large Ia Maryland and the other
has been given another chance to
make good by the board.
There we're 80 applications con-
sidered By rhe board during the year,
nine more than the year ending June
80, 1884. OF those considered, Al
were granted and 48 refused.
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
ASSAL SOCIAL
SECURITY ACT
Measure Would Cost State
$6,5OO,OOO.OO Annually,
Business Men Informed.

Branding as hastily drawn the 80
cial Security Act, Arthur d. smith
Jr., manager Of the department q
manufacture Of the U. s. Chamber q
Commerce, predicted on Monday thai
the measure win cost Delaware So.
5000 annually when payrolls SCI
back to the 1929 level and the act Be.
comes fully operative.
Addressing the Chamber Of Com
nerce at a luncheon in the HOtel
dupont in Wilmington, Mr.. Smith al,
so declared there is a grave danger
the act will retard unemployment.
There Is a real question" Mr.
Smith said, whether the taxes on
the payrolls, imposed by the act, VIII
tend to make employers so payroll
conscious as to cause them 70 re-
duee their forces wherever possible
and to delay hiring additional help
Any plan to alleviate unemployment
that does not encourage employers
to maintain maximum employment
will be defeating its own ends.
Under this act, to the extent that
reserves for future benefits are ac-
cumulated, this money is withdrawn
from private productive channels
with the attendant reduction Of pur-
chasing power and employment. In
GividuaI savings for the rainy days
or for old age do not possess this
same disadvantage; for, in most
cases, they are deposited by indivld-
uals in savings banks or invested IN
obligations OF private enterprises,
both OF which contribute directly to-
ward purchasing power by financing
the capital goods industries"
''Let US understand that the Act
provides no unemployment benefits
to anyone" Mr. Smith said. strip
ped Of the glamour Of its social pur-
pose, It stands revealed as an at
tempt to use the Federal taxing
power to induce or cOerce the sew
eral states to pass state unemploy-
ment laws in conformity TO stand-
ARDS contained in the Federal Act.
It Is an attempt to do by indirection
what is generally admitted the Fed
eral government cannot do directly" /"
These Federal taxes" Mr.. Smith
said, ARE to begin at per cent Of
pay rolls. and are to increase, BY
1919. to normally s per cent. with an
addilianal Per cent 70 be uaid By
on the wages received.
'srhe Delaware employer Is sub
jeet to Federal legislation, which has
been hastily drawn, after insufficient
consideration. to meet real or fan
cied national social problems on
which the experts consulted have
not been able to agree, either as to
the extent and definition Of the
problems, or the most desirable and
effective methods for their solution.
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
5000 WITNESSED
HALLOWE'
CELEBRATION
Visitors From Twenty
Towns Here Last Thurs
day Night.
LITTLE DISORDER
Two Maryland B ands
Won $50 Each; Special
Diving Act.

The second mammoth Milford Hal
lowe'en celebration held here last
Thursday night, drew crowd esti-
mated at about 5000, from all over
lower Delaware and Maryland. The
parade was in seven sections, led By
Colonel W. E. Lank and Captain An
thony Summers, Of the 19sth Coast
Artillery, Delaware National Guard.
Approximately twenty towns on
Peninsula were represented in the
huge parade which consisted OF
mummers, both mounted and afOot,
decorated autos, bands, bugle corps
and various fraternal and business
floats.
Rain which fell all during the day
kept approximately so per cent Of
the floats, which were scheduled, to
appear, at home.
Lieutenant Purnell, Of the State
Police, aided by State Police from
Delaware and Maryland and the lo-
cal police maintained order. Prizes
were awarded as follows:
Best band, $50, Sharptown, Nd;
second best, S25, fredericksburg, Nd;
DGSL uIuM anu DuEAc SDA H1s @oDs
Meuse Post, American Legion, Sails
bury, Nd; second best, SIS, Ameri-
can Legion Post, Salisbury; best
business feat, SIS, Kirby's Meat
Market, Milford; second, $40, Milford
Ice and Coal Company; best decor
ated automobile. SO. Mrs. Frances
Mayhem, Milford; second. IS, Petty
johns Pharmacy, Milford; best
school float, SIS, Greenwood; second
$40, FELTON,; best fraternaI group,
SIS, Milford Girl Reserves; second,
SO, Pocahontas Lodge, Imp. o. R.
n: best inpsrsonation. IS, Vernon
Peterson, Wilmingtons best comic.
mounted, IS, a 2. Hollis. Milford
most ORIGINAL, IS, Edward Kin. Alll-
ford; ire company making best ap-
pearanee, SIS, fredericksburg; best
equipment, SO, Robbins Hose Com-
pany, Dover; coming longest dis
tance, so, DeImar.
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
HUGE STILL NEAR
MILFORD SEIZED
BY FEDERAL MEN
Largest Alleged Moon
shine Plant Ever Found
In Delaware.
500 GALLON CAPACITY
Resident Of The Farm
Held Under Thousand
Dollar Bail.

Charged with having in their pos
session, near Milford, an unregister-
ed still, described by Federal inVes-
tigatOrs as the largest ever seized IN
the State, five men were arraigned
before U. S. Commissioner Polk last
Friday.
Four men, who gave their names,
ages and addresses as Robert Bar
nett. %, of 1900 North Twenty-hrst
street; George Fields, 40, of 100
North Market street; Carl Anderson,
COO North Third street, and Joseph
TuretelIe, IS. Of 1904 North Twenty
second street, all Of Philadelphia,
we're charged with possession and
concealing Of apparatus designed for
Illicit manufacture OF liquor.
Ralph T. Anderson, 55, who lived
on the farm upon which the seizure
was made, four miles south OF Mil
ford, was charged with aiding and
abetting in the eoncealing Of the IL
liclt distilling apparatus.
Held Under Bail
Barnett, Fields, Carl Anderson and
Turetelle. were each placed under
$1,000 bail for the December term Of
Federal Court. Ralph T., Anderson.
resident Of the farm, was placed un-
der $1,000 bail pending further in
vestigation as to his alleged part in
the transaction.
Anderson is alleged to have sign
ed a lease of the property to a
stranger although the property is in
his mothers name. H. Albert Young,
attorney for the men, asked for his
dismissal. Investigators admitted
that no liquor was found on the
premises.
800 Gallon Capacity
Federal Investigators William F..
Pinder and Felix A. o,Reiliy, who.
with Constable Edward Belts, OF
Greenwood, on Thursday Of last
week made the raid, said that the
distilling apparatus was in the pro-
cess Of being enlarged and had ca
pacity Of 500 gallons a day and cost
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-08
ODD FELLOWS HOLD
FATHERS SONS NIGHT
Special Program Prepared For Next
Monday Night


Crystal Fount Lodge, No. 10, l. o
o. f., will hold open house, next
Monday night and have invited as
their guests the sons Of Odd Eel
lows between the ages Of 10 and Is
years. The entertainment committee
has arranged special program and
has designated the night as Fathers
and Sons Night. This is the regular
monthly meeting night that win be
devoted to entertainment and expan-
sion Of the fraternity.
George !. Jester, Noble Grand Of
Crystal FOunt, is urging the COM
mittee on entertainment to make
personal contact with every odd Fell
low who has a sen and request that
they be present. Many visitors from
surrounding towns are expected. Re
freshments will be served during the
evening.
Paul Burkholder, Past Grand Of
Union Lodge, No. 3, of Georgetown,
was a Milford visitor on Monday and
paid his respects to Grand Master
Thomas Jefferis, also Crystal Fount
members.
Oscar Carpenter a member of
Miller Lodge, Of Easton. Nd, who is
now under The care Of Crystal Fount
Lodge is slowly improving. Through
out his entire illness, extending over
a period Of years, he has maintained
a CHEEKY disposition.
Dad Austin and Uncle Henry Clark
are making preparations to attend
the Grand Lodge sessions with the
Milford boys on November 20.
Crystal Fount Lodge is planning
TO send a large delegation to this
years Grand Lodge session that VIII
be held in Wilmington.