davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
GEORGETOWN BOY WINS
NATIONAL HONOR
William Wolf Awarded American
Degree At Kansas City

F. Thaddeus Warrington, George
town F. F. A. advisor, has received
word that William Wolf has been
awarded the American Degree at
Kansas City. This is the highest de-
gree obtainable in the Future Far
mers Of America organization.
Young Wolf is a graduate Of the
Georgetown High School where he
studied agriculture under Mr.. War
rington. During his school days, he
demonstrated his leadership ability
by being elected charter president Of
the Georgetown Chapter Future Far
mers Of America. During later years
he has held important Offices in the
State chapter. Last spring he was
elected State treasurer.
During his sophomore year he was
a member Of the Georgetown poultry
judging team which won the State
championship. Wolf, himself, won
second high honors in this contest.
AS senior, he competed in the
State Record Of Performance Poul-
try Judging Contest with James Le-
Gates and George Marvel as team
Turn to Page 5, PEease
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
SUSSEX DEMOCRATS
HAD BUT 3 REAL TILTS
One OF Contests Avoided At Last
Moment; 40 Are Elected

With only four contests for the
selection of fOrty-six members Of the
Sussex County Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, one of which fell
through at the last minute, the par
ty election last Saturday, generally
speaking, was a tame affair. The
only places where there we're con-
tests were at SeafOrd, Laurel, Re
hoboth and Lincoln.
Arthur Webb defeated Harry Shew
in the contest in the Second District
Of the First Representative District,
in Lincoln. Webb won by a % ma
jority.
Irving F. Smoot, incumbent in the
Second District Of the Third Repre-
sentative District. East Seaford, de-
feated T. s. Hatton. The vote was
14S for SmOot to 80 for Hatton.
Withdrawn At Last Minute
In the First District of the Fifth
Representative District, laurel,
Harry L Ralph and Mrs. Walter
Horsey were automatically selected
the committeeman and committee
woman when Charles E. WoOten and
Mrs. Myrtle Galloway withdrew at
the last moment.
A warm contest was held in the
Tam to Page 5, Please
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
LIBERTY LEAGUE
HITS THEORIES
Half Baked Experiments
OF New Deal Hit; Mon
ey Tinkering Decried.
HIGH COST is CITED

The American Liberty League in
sisted recently that recovery has
proceeded in spite Of experimental
tion" and asserted that "half-baked
theories" have proved misguided"
In a statement commenting upon
10 phases Of Administration aetivi-
ties, the League declared an end to
experimentation ''wiil facilitate 3
return to sound fiscal floIlcies aHd
TO principles consistent with the
Constitution. as well as assure
marked Improvement in business
conditions"
The League surveyed rural re-
settlement, Alaskan colonization,
subsistence homesteads. the Nation
al Youth Administration, public
schools, civil service, NRA jobs, un-
employment, the AAA and none
tary policies, and summed up:
Fantastic Theories Hit
"The experimentatiOns Of various
kinds pursued by the Administra-
tion have shown results vastly diff
ferent from those promised. Fantas-
tic theories have failed to stand the
test Of trial.
TTMrn to Page 5, Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
MANY SUSSEX FARMERS
SIGN WHEAT CONTRACTS
Signer Has Privilege Of Cancellhg
His Contract In 1887

The operation of the wheat ADJUST
ment program under the Agriculture
al Adjustment Act was extended
when the Secretary Of Agriculture
approved the wheat adjustment con-
tract for 19S6-1939 on August 10,
1885. This new contract will run
through the years 1886 to 1899 in=
elusive. However, the contract aign-
er has the privilege Of caneeling his
contract at the close Of the 1897
wheat harvest. The period Of oDer-
alton under the first contract cover
ed the years 1933-34-35. On May IS,
1895, the wheat growers in na-
tional referendum voted to for
continuation of the wheat adjust
ment program along the same gen-
eTal lines as followed II the 19S3~1b
program. In the course Of wheat
meetings preceding the referendum,
wheat growers did however, express
a general desire for a number of
changes suchm as minor adjust
ments in. base acreage and allot-
ments and other practical improve
nents in the contract. WheneVer the
necessary changes could be made
without changing the basic objecy
tive Of the plan, such changes have
been included under the new pro-
gram for 1868.
Tiara TO Page 9. Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
TRAIL YEGG TRIO
WHO BLASTED z
DELAWARE SAFES
$4,000 Securities, Half OF
1t Negotiable, $50 Cash,
Loot At Smyrna.
EQUIPMENT FOUND
Attendant Is ManaCled To
SpigOt; Nothing Taken
From Harrington Safe.

Two safes were cracked" In Del
aware Monday and early Tuesday,
ore yielding nothing and the other
yielding $50 in cash and $4,000 in
securities, more than half of it ne
gotiable, to three armed bandits, who
relieved an attendant Of $50 more
and handcuffed him to water spig-
OF before they went 20 work with nj
tFoglyceFine.
The loot was taken at the Ennis
and Dealzyne Garage, Smyrna. 1t Is
believed the bandits were the same
who rified the safe Of /. d. Short
Company in Harrington earlier.
Working on clues, police sent out
fiiers for three men in a sedan with
Pennsylvania license plates. Their
descriptions were obtained.
Finds Bandits Waiting
At $3.50 O'Clock Tuesday morning,
John w. Wick, an employee at the
garage, entered the place and was
confronted by three armed men who
ordered him to hold up his hands.
He complied and was taken to Law
atory where he was handcuffed to a
spigOt on the washstand. He was
also relieved Of 500 which he intend
ed to place in the cash register to
make change for customers.
While he was in the wash room
the burglars continued at their work
and a short time later he heard the
muifled roar OF an explosion and felt
the jar caused by the blast. He man
Turn to PaGe 8. PieaSe
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
$50, 900 Delaware
Forestry Project
Wins APProval
Federal Government TO Purchase Six Thousand Acres
of UnprOdHctiUe Farm Land In Stute; Tracts VIII
Be Used For Tree Planting And Other Purposes

The Federal Government has ap-
proved a project to buy 5000 acres
Of marginal or unproductiYe Della
ware land for $4,000, take Il out Of
farming and convert it into forest
use. II was announced last Friday
by Clarence E. Keyes, project man-
ager, Of Harrington.
Pointing out that there Is plenty
of good farm land available IN Kent
and Sussex counties and that the
marginal land to be purchased
would sustain economically valuable
timber lands, Mr.. Keyes saw a two
fold benefit from the program: q
forestry program and resettlement
of the marginal farmers on more
profitable land, with Federal aid,
taking the present inefficient farms
out Of competition.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
STATEPOLICE TO
LEARN FIRST AID
Glasses Started Monday
Upstate Win Continue
At Dover Next Week.
DELAWARE IN LEAD

All members Of the State Police
will be given training in first aid
treatment In handling persons injur-
ed in accidents. The training started
Monday, and on December 1 about 20
first aid stations win be established
at State Police stations and fre
houses in the State.
Tralning Of state Police IN First
AID work and establishment OF FIRST
aid stations viii be conducted and
established under direction of the
State Police. the Delaware Safety
Council and the Delaware Chapter,
American Red Cross, in cooperation
with police officials and officers Of
volunteer fire companies.
The course viii continue for four
weeks, two weeks In Wilmington and
two weeks in Dover. It will be fol-
lowed by the establishment of off,
cial first-aid stations at all the State
Police stations and at a number Of
volunteer fire houses throughout
the State where the firemen have re-
ceived the first-aid instruction. The
police will also be equipped with
complete first-aid kits.
Delaware will have the distinction
Of being the first State in the cOun-
try to- thoroughly qualify all its
State Police officers in first-aid and
also in the establishment of official
Turn TO Page 8. Please
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
LEIPSIC CCC CAMP
BOY BROWNS IN RIVER
Two Companions In Boat Unable To
Lend AID

Frank Jackowski, of Brooklyn, N
Y, 19-year-old CCC worker in the
Leipsic Camp, was drowned in Leip-
sic River on Sunday afternoon when
knocked from a row boat as the boat
swept beneath a low bridge. Two
companions also in the boat were
unable to help him.
The body was recovered at o.
clock Sunday afternoon after other
CCC workers had grappled from the
bridge and from boats.
JackOwski had arrived at the Leip-
sic CCC camp, which Is seven miles
northeast Of Dover. last Thursday
with a new contingent from New
York. He and his two companions
had gone out for a Sunday boat ride
and lost control Of the boat in the
swift current. The bride is ON the
road connecting Leipsic with Ches-
void.
The body was taken to the Hirzel
Funeral Parlors, Inc, at Richard
son Park, from where II was shipped
to Brooklyn for burial.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
CARS, HIGHWAYS
SEEN OIITPACING
HUMAN NTELLECF
Governor Hoffman of New
Jersey Sees Challenge
In Deaths.
REPORTS ARE HEARD
w. d. Smith, At Safety
Council Dinner, Says
Public Is Aroused.
REPORTS ARE HEARD

Science has made wonderful pro-
gress ip the building Of automobiles
and the building Of highways, and
he feared greater progress than hui
man intelligence. Governor Harold
G. Hoffman, Of New Jersey, former
motor vehicle commissioner Of that
state, and a national figure IN safety
proomtion, said at the sixteenth an
nual dinner-meeting Of the Delaware
Safety Council n the gold ballroom
Of the Hotel DUPONT IN Wilmington
ON Tuesday night.
The man who, at the dinner table,
in the home, or in the ONCE, Is q
criterion OF politeness and unselfish-
ness, suddenly becomes different
man when be gets behind the steer
ing wheel Of an automobile, he said.
He becomes obsessed with the idea
that he is the only one on the road
and Is privileged to cut n and out,
and loses his impulses Of thoughtful
ness for the other man, the Cover
nor said.
The greatest contribution toward
the safety movement must come, he
UACd0Gus AAUn LMC AnuAHA41dA 1ANNCAa
who must hold human life sacred,
and he must satisfy himself that he
''is his brothers keeper" He called
attention to the $4,000 persons killed
annually in the United States. and
wished that all would think Of the
suffering, the tragedy, left behind
those deaths.
Should Re Challenge
This he said. should challenge
our attention" He urged that each
be the second fiddle" playing the
big part In the harmony Of ending
or reducing the foIl taken BY auto
mobiles.
.@IooIg into the accident reports
and then sense the suffering carried
into homes by recklessneas, SELFISH
ness and greed he challenged.
However, Governor Holman said
It was certain that the challenge
has been accepted throughout the
country to conserve human life, and
in this respect, be spoke chiefly Of the prsyen-
have bean LIVING upto the hiEh ideals industry
has established for ITSELF"
Turn to Page 8. Pfea5el
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

which Federal indemnity was avail
able was limited to the first two
tests on each herd; several months
ago the number Of tests was raised
to four; and now Federal indemnity
is available on any reactors to the
Bangs disease test so long as the
herd remains under State Federal
supervision. This Is Of material Inn
portanee to cattle owners, and
means that the number Of tests on
each herd need not be limited, but
can be continued until the herd is
free from the disease. While the
herd is in the process Of having
Bangs disease eradicated from the
cattle, the tests are made by an In
spector Of the State Board Of Agri-
culture. without any charge to the
Tars 10 Page ", Pieasel
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
SPORTSMEN NAME
]. M. RHODES Head
State Game, Fish PrOtec-
tive Association Elects
Officers At Meeting.
DOG SHOW ENJOYED

At the annual meeting Of the Del
aware State Game and Fish PrOtec-
tive Association meeting held at Do
yer last Saturday night in the Hotel
Richardson, J. NJ. Rhodes, Of New
Castle county, was elected president
70 succeed Leonard X. Yerger, OF
Wilmington, who was recently nam
ed president Of the State Game and
Fish Commission. The election and
banquet followed the field meet held
during the day.
Other officers elected were: Bank
son T. Holcomb. of Frederica, and
Anthony Higgins. Of Millsboro, vice
presidents; Charles w. Jenkins, OF
Dover. secFetaTy and tfeaslifors-e,a--,
Members OF the executive COM
mittee elected were: DR.. J. Paul
Wintrup, Or. William E. Harris and
A. s. Richards, all Of Wilmington,
for New Castle county; Willis Fer
ris, Mr.. Holcomb, H. R. Baker and
Albert Mag, for Kent county; An
thony Higgins. Irwin Hastings. JOS
eph F. McSweeney and Joseph Par
sons for Sussex county.
Urges Fight on Pollution
. Swepson Earle, former eonserva-
tion commissioner of Maryland, and
author of Chesapeake Bay Coun-
try" now liaisOn officer U. S. Bureau
of Fisheries, spoke on the subject OF
stream and river pollution urging
the cleansing of rivers and streams
and the further prohibition Of dump
ing waste materials in such waters
and killing fish.
MFR. Yefger describing the work of
the Game and Fish Commission and
presented figures showing that a
man who paid Sl.25 hunting license
was in position TO shoot $50 worth
Of game during the season.
In accepting the Office Of president
of the association Mr.. Rhodes urged
further attention to game conser-
walton in the State and suggested
activities for the association during
the year.
IIayn 10 Page 9. Pleasrl
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
81 WPA PROJECTS
READY; ClLLNG
WHLSPEED WORK
HOIcOmb Will Select
Speediest From Kent,
Sussex $S73,7OS List.
WORKERS CERTIFIED
Milford May Receive $21,-
O1S For Street And Side
Walk Work.

From among So projects in Kent
and Sussex counties, a program to-
falling $373,703, Bankson T. Hol-
comb, Delaware administrator of the
Works Progress Administration. has
been directed by the Treasury De-
partment to select and initiate work
on the ones regarded as most adap-
table to the speedy prosecution Of
the Delaware program.
Il is emphasized that. under the
funds available, only certain Of the
projects can be undertaken.
To hasten the selection of the
jobs to be undertaken here in accor-
dance with the order, Mr.. Holcomb
on Tuesday detailed James B. Bice,
project engineer Of the WPA. to the
two lower counties to look over the
planned projects and to report back
to him. the ones best suited for
starting at the earliest time and to
the best advantage.
One drainage project on the pro-
gram, a malaria-control effort, is
expected to be started by November
/, and Mr.. Holcomb hopes to have
1000 men from Sussex county and
$50 from Kent county at work even
tually on the projects.
Practically all the projects from
which selections will be made call
fol- improvement of roads and streets
and for reconstruction Of sidewalks.
curbs and cutters in the towns Of
the two lower counties. One Of the
projects is the malaria control pro-
gram which will be countrywide IN
Turn 10 PAGE s PlnaSf
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
". {. I. j. URGES.
WOMEN VOTE FOR.
CLEANER POLITICS.
Small Number Who Exer-
else Their Right Of
Franchise DeplOred.
PROGRAM ADOPTED
Mrs. Anna Lee Waller, Of
Delmar, Reelected AS
President.

Exercises Of the right Of franchise
was declared the only way to bring
about politics and a cleaner and wis
er government, in a resolution adopt
ed at Dover last Friday at the Seth
annual convention Of the Delaware
State Woman'e Christian Temper
anee Union. The members deplOred
that only a small fraction Of the
electorate availed itself Of the right
of franchise and urged that the
study Of government be q part Of
each monthly meeting Of the various
branches IN order to gain a better
understanding Of public questions
and become better informed.
The Rev. Francis Burgette Short,
OF Milford, attended the session and
endorsed the work Of the organiza-
tlon and declared the women of the
country would be q big factor in the
selection OF the next President Of the
United States as weil as the state
and county officers IN Delaware. As
a tribute to Frances Willard he said
he wished there were today 10000
600 more women like her to carry
out her ideals.
In a resolution directed to be sent
to Congressman J. George Stewart,
the Union petitions Congress to re-
store to the District Of Columbia its
prohibition law by passing the bill
introduced by Congressman Guyer,
OF Kansas.
Resolutions adopted voiced:
The intention of the Union to ae-
lively support the campaign Of edu-
cation as TO the nature and effects OF
alcohol to safeguard the people from
tempfation through a knowledge OF
what alcohol is and what It does.
Opposition to the sale Of alcoholic
iiounrs aboard airplanes and the
granting of licenses in the State for
The sale Of liquors or beers in res
taurahts, or stores where children
rTnra 10 Page 9. Pitassl
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

ment Station aided in the plans
disclosing that the land Of the two
lower counties Is "spOtty,v contain
ing areas of unfertile sand or clay
which cannot be properly drained
Drainage ia impractical for land
utilization. it has been found, be-
cause Of southern DelaNare's low,
level terrain.
One Of the main tracts In the
program adjoins Assawoman Bay on
the coast. An abundance Of seed
trees will make ref0restation easy
here. Marshland will be utilized as
q migratory waterfowl refuge and
beach tracts will be devoted to rec
reation.
As soon as titles are obtained,
The state Agricultural Experi-
Turn 10 Page g. PisaJel
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
Federal Indemnify Nor AydilabIe
On Blood Tests For Bangs Disease

The Delaware State Board Of Ag-
riculture is pleased to advise that
notice has been received from the
United States Bureau Of Animal In
dustry that Federal indemnity is
now available on an unlimited num-
ber of blood tests Of cattle for
Bangs Disease. This means that
each owner may receive whatever
number Of tests may be necessary
to eradicate Bangs disease from his
herd Of cattle, and that any cattle
which react to the test will be eli
gible for the Federal indemnity Of
not more than s25.0O on grade ami
mails and 5000 on pure bred ami
mails.
When the Federal plan Of testing
cattle for Bangs disease was first
inaugurated, the number Of tests on
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
George Z. BrOwn Is Elected Men
Sachen Of Delaware Red Men

Wawa Tribe, No. as, OF Corner Kerch,
Herbert F. Stetser, Of Philadel-
phia, great keeper Of records OF the
Great Council OF the United States,
addressed the session last Thursday
morning. He represented Arthur ].
Rutland Of Binghampton, N. Y, great
incohOnee Of the national order.
Reports were presented by Mr..
Handy, the retiring great saehem;
Mr.. Hill. great keeper of the wam-
pun; Mr.. McIntire, great chief Of
records: the orphans board, consist
ing Of James T. Semerteen, chair
man, John H. Geary, vice chairman;
Oscar Dill and Frank R. ZebIey, sec
letary. Mr. Handy also handed a re-
Dort as chairman Of the board Of
Turn 70 Page r, PieasS
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
SCHOOL FOR SUSSEX
VIM Commence Next Friday Night; f.;
To Continue For Six Weeks

Beginning next Friday night. Mo-
vember 8, the Cooperative Standard
Leadership Training School for low
er Delaware will be held in Wesley
NJ. E. Church at Georgetown for six
successive Friday nights. The school
Is open to all Sunday school teach
ers in the county.
The Rev. Russell Sapp, pastor Of
First Methodist Protestant Church,
will give instructions in the devel-
opment OF the Bible.
Prof. +. j. carhther, instructor in
the Stats Teachers College. Sails
bury, Nd. will give instructions in
studying the pupil Pagentry and
dramatics for religious purposes will
be taught by Miss Pauline Albert
son, Eastern Shore secretary Of the
Maryland and Delaware Council Of
Religious Education, with headquar-
ters in Salisbury.
Others who will take part are:
The Rev. Joseph c. Wood. Milton:
the Rev Omar f. Jones. George
town; the Rev. Howard Davis. Mil
ton, and Mrs. Charles T. Jester, Of
Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

George L. Brown, Of Bear. was
unanimously elected great sachenl
at the 80th annual session Of the
Great Council Of Delaware OF the
Improved Order OF Red Men last
Thursday at WIlmingtone IN Red
Mems Hall. He succeeds A. John
Hardy who was elected great pro-
phet.
The only contest Of the day re-
suited IN the election OF John II.
Geary as great junior sagemOre. He
Won over Russell c. Mayo.
Other officers elected were: Ed
ward 4 Brasure, SelbyVille great
senior sycamore Edward McTntire,
great chief Of records and Ralph X.
Hill, Kembleaville. Pa. great keeper
Of wampum. Mr.. Hill Is q member Of
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
MONOXIDE GAS CAUSE
OF MANY ACCIDENTS
OulIs The Senses And Makes A Per-
son Less Alert

Each year Delaware's automobile
accident reports indicate that there
are a large number Of unexplained
accidents that might easily be trac-
ed to carbon monOxide poisoning.
The fact that carbon monOxide dulls
the senses and renders a person less
alert makes it 3 particular menace
to safe driving and every effort
should be made to lessen the amount
produced and the liability Of alb
sOrbing dangerous quantities Of it.
Ernest H. Hawkins, vice president
in charge of the public safety divis-
ion of the delaware Safety Council,
suggests the following important
precautionary measures:
keep the engine in the best Op-
Grating condition, preferably up to
the manufacturer standard. This
should be checked and, II necessary,
remedied by an expert.
2-Avoid running the engine for
[THYH to Page 5, Please
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
TRACTOR OPERATORS
SHOULD BE CAREFUL
Two Recently Arrested For Damag-
ing State Highway

The arrest of two Delaware Oper-
ators Of tractors for driving on mac
adamized roads with tractors, equip
ped with unprotected lug wheels,
was made necessary by the consid-
cradle damage that has recently been
done by such careless tearing up of
bituminous treated highways and
has caused W. W. Mack. Chief En-
gineer Of the Highway Department
to ask for closer cooperation of the
tractor operators.
Mr.. Mack calls attention to the
harm that such machines may cause
to a road when unprotected lugs
cutting through the surface, chipping
up the crust and with other passing
vehicles throwing out the loosened
pieces. may necessitate retreatment
of a considerable distance on the
road.
GTHrn to Page 5, Plesse1
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
FERRY ACROSS
NANTICOKE RIVER
Little Known Business At
Woodland Founded In
1893, Operates Free.
is UNIQUE CROSSING

The announcement that a State
ferry system is being operated in
Delaware made in almost any group
of people would probably arouse ex-
pressions Of incredulity and words Of
denial, yet the State does have a
ferry system, despite the fact that It
consists Of only one ferry boat,
which operates continuously across
the Nanticoke Rover, conveying Pc
destrians. horse drawn vehicles and
automobiles.
Not only does the State through
its Highway Department, according
to w. w. Mack, Chief Engineer, own
this particular ferry but It also
maintains a ferryman and owns the
house where he lives with an acre
and half Of land where he can grow
vegetables.
The ferry Is located At q spot Of
beauty and charm, dooded with bis
torical lore and scenes Of interest
pertaining thereto. supplemented by
a wealth of tradition, not always
substantiated by facts but which
make interesting stories and aids in
adding to the charm Of the place.
Woodland, in Sussex county on
the Nanticoke River a few miles be-
low Seaford. is the present name Of
the ferry but the older name was
Cannon's Ferry which figures prom
inently in the book "The Entailed
Hat" written by the late George Al
fred Townsend who used the pen
name Of Gath and who made the
name and exploits Of Patty Cannon
famous.
Taking Route 19 down the State to
the edge of Seaford, turn to the
right brings the mOtorist to the
GTHrH TO Page 3. Please