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Milford chronicle., 1935-08-16
RESTORE SPANISH
WAR PENSIONS
Veterans, Widows, And
Dependents Aided AS
President Signs Bill.
STATE VETS SHARE

Asserting that his action estab-
lished no precedent for World War
pensions, President ROosevent Tues
day signed the Spanish-American
War veterans bill.
The bill restores all pensions to
the dependents and the veterans OF
the Spanish-AmeFican War, Boxer
Rebellion, and Philippine Insurree-
tiOR at cost estimated by the Vet
Grams Administration as $45, 1881 .O00
a year. II will return approximate
ly $4,000 persons to the roll. Wi
dows will gain by about $6,OOO,OOO.
although no accurate figures
were available on Spanish-American
War pensioners, it was learned that
the First Delaware Volunteer In
fantry Regiment contained close to
100 officers and men, several hun
dred of whom are still living. These
men or their widows, it was stated,
are eligible to the increased PEN
siOns.)
The Presidential signature was
Put on the measure a few hours be-
fore the lapse of the tenth legista-
tive day after passage. Had he not
signed it by midnight Tuesday the
bill would automatically have be-
come law.
Taking cognizance of World War
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Milford chronicle., 1935-08-16
BALTIMORE TEAM
HERE TOMORROW
Bull BlOndheim, Former
DagsbOrO Manager, Will
Direct All Stars.
CLAYTON SUNDAY

Bull BlOndheim, manager of last
years DagsbOrO Club and his Bal
timore All-Stars will play the locals
on the latters ground tomorrow af-
ternoon, game beginning at $500 p.
m. Bull" claims his Monumental
City nine is the fastest amateur ag-
gregatiOn in Maryland. and he is
noted for his ability in selecting
winner. However, the locals viii.
give them a tough battle.
On Sunday, the locals will receive
another visitor, the strong Clayton
Club, under the leadership of Fred
Wiley. This game will very likely
turn into a real Old-fashioned hit
ting bee, as both teams have plenty
of boys in their line-ups who can
hit the ball plenty and hard. Game
starts at 2:3O p. m.
Regarding baseball the following
letter was received this week from
Jack Holloway, manager of the Har-
IingtOn Club:
MANY times have been asked
why Harrington and Milford aIe not
playing ball games with each other.
The reason is this, some few fans in
and the management of
the Milford Baseball Club seem to
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3DEAD, HURT
In WEEK END
ACCIDENTS
John RikalI, Of Whining
= ton, Killed Beneath
Wheel OF Circus Wagon
DRIVER IS HELD
George Fizz, Jr., OF Potts
town, Pa, Killed When
Auto Upsets.

Three persons were killed and
seven injured in accidents in Will
mington and other parts Of the State
during the weekend.
The dead are John Rikall, IL, OF
Sl6 Townsend street. Wilmington,
crushed to death Sunday under the
wheels of a circus wagon.
George Fizz, Jr., IS, OF NoTristOwn,
Pa, fatally injured Sunday, near
Milford.
Lee Higgins, so, of Vienna. Md,
whose skull was fractured in an
accident near TybOut's Corner, last
Saturday night.
Young Rikall, the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Rigall, Is said 70 have
hoped on the tongue Of one OF the
large wagons of the Hagenbeck-
Wallace and Four Paw-Sells Bros.
Circus being pulled up Church street
between Sixth and Seventh streets.
When the tractor pulling the wagon
struck a bump in the street the boy
fell and the front wheel ,of the wagon
passed over his stomach.
He was taken to the Delaware
Hospital by Frank Regan,. Of 4l6
Jefferson street, and John Fulmela
of us Church street, and pTonounc-
ed dead.
Driver Is Held
Harry Smith, 81, of Peru, Indiana,
driver of the tractor was arrested
by PatrOlman Walsh.
The Rikall boy arose early Sunday
and spent the greater part Of the
morning around Third and Church
streets watching the circus unload
His parents, employees Of the circus
and others are said to have warned
him to stay away from the wagons.
His body was turned over to Deputy
Coroner Hearn, who said death was
due TO internal injuries. The body
was later released to the family.
George Fix, JT., was fatally IN
jured when the automobile in which
he was riding, driven by his brother,
Robert Fizz, % skidded on the wet
roadway a quarter mile north OF
Frederick Sunday morning, went
over an embankment and upset.
Joseph Fizz, 2S, another occupant
OF the car. suffered a broken shoul-
der, while Robert escaped with mi
nor injuries.
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august 81 Is Last
Day Of Current Car
Inspection Campaign
Those Who Haze Not Completed Inspection At This
Date viii Be Barred From Using Highways; Says
LGlO wiz Be Strictly Enforced.

State Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Walter Dent Smith this week issued
q warning to the motoring public
that unless all motor vehicle owners
Of the State had their cars approved
in the current Car Inspection Cam
paign by August 81 they would lose
their registration and the vehicles
be barred from the highways. He
pointed out that the law grants him
full authority to "Tescind, cancel, or
suspend the registration Of any mo-
tor vehicle which shall be deter
mined to be unsafe or unfit to
he operated. or to be not equipped
as required by law" Mr. Smith made
It plain that the law would be strict
ly enforced.
At the same time he voiced his
qualification that during the first
three weeks of the campaign approx
imately 1000 more cars had been in
spetced at the various safety lanes
than during the first half Of the 1894
Milford chronicle., 1935-08-16
HONOR GOVERNOR
AT CAMP REED
State Troops Begin Full
Day In Honor OF Chief
Executive.
MANY VISITORS

Welcomed by a nineteen-gun sa-
Lutte as ne stepped from his car at
the entrance to the camp, j. Warner
Reed, at Bethany Beach, Governor c.
Douglass Buck and his stan. we're
escorted to the tent Of Colonel
George J. Schulz, regimental COM
mander, l9Sth Coast Artillery. A. A.,
Delaware National Guard, as the an
nual Governors Day ceremonies be-
San Wednesday morning.
Governor Buck and his party ar
rived at lO:30 O'Clock and after off,
cial greeting and a brief conference
in Colonel Schulz's tent, started on
a tour of activities of the camp.
Regiment In Full Swing
The entire regiment. including
the three-inch and machine gun bat
tcries, were in full activity, and al
though the skies were clear and the
weather hot. many visitors were
present.
With Governor Buck, when he ar
rived, were Lieutenant-C COlOnels
Harry Cannon, Of BridgeVille. Frank
II. Thomas, of Wilmington, and Will
liam Storey of Dover. all of his
staff. and the Governors son, Paul
Wilson.
The Governor was met at the en-
trance of the camp by Brigadier
General Weller E. Slower. the adju-
tant general; Colonel Schulz. and
the following members of Colonel
SchulZ's stan:
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59TH PIONEER VETS
To- ORGANIZE GROUP
Major James w. Cannon, Of Milford,
Appointed on Committee

Preliminary arrangements for the
organization of the 59th Pioneer Re
giment Veterans Association, was
discussed last Sunday afternoon in
the tent Of Col. George J. Schultz,
Regimental Commander of the 19Sth
Coast Artilley, A. A.. Delaware Ma
tiOnal Guard at Bethany Beach.
Col. John P. LeFeyre, former
Commander of the 19Sth c. A., vet
erna of the 59th Pioneers. Delaware
Wolrd War Overseas regiment was
appointed as chairman of COM
mittee to arrange for the Organiza-
tiOn of the Association.
Col. LeFevre announced that the
members Of the committee are Major
Jessie Mckay of New Castle, nom
department commander of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars.
Major James Warner Cannon of
Milford, Captain John J. Dugan, Ad-
jutant, 19Sth c. A.. active member
of Delaware Post, American Legion
No. l, of Wilmington.
Robert H. Gray, of Wilmington.
former departmental commander of
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Milford chronicle., 1935-08-16
DELAWARE FIRST STATE
TO BEAUTIFY HIGHWAYS
Summer Visitors Pleased With Safe
ty and Beauty of Roads

The foundation of roadside i'm
proyement is to preserve as far as
possible existing natural beauty and
thereby aim to fit the highway into
its surroundings.
Delaware was one of the first
states which began to realize that
landscape development of roadsides
is a fundamental consideration In
planning of the modern highways.
For several years the State Highway
Department has devoted a part OF
its funds to the planting Of trees
and shrubs along the highways, aid
ed in may cases by gifts Of young
trees and plants from individuals,
policy which has made Delaware
roads particularly noticed by motor
lists from out the State and its bloom
ing rose bushes along guard rails
and its grass sOdded side slopes fav-
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were children and went to Oak Or
chard on big Thursday"
Oak Orchard. for more than sixty
years has been a gathering place on
big Thursday" This day of all
days during the summer grew out
of an act Of the Delaware Legisla-
ture, passed in 1862 which provided
for an open season for catching Oys-
ters and other shell fish on the Del
aware Bay and tributaries. The act
provided that it was unlawful for
persons to take oysters from any
creek or pond in the State between
May / and August / in any year.
The law remained in force for %
years, being nullified in 1877. May /,
1862, when the new law became ef-
fective, happened to fall on Saturday
and August 10 Of that year fell on
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State May Benefit
Under Security 'Act

that there appears to be consider
able confusion in the minds of many
people as TO the proposed Federal
pension as provided In the act. Mt.
Metten said that the State Welfare
Commission has received no infOr-
nation from Washington as 10 what
the Federal law win accomplish for
Delaware.
MANY Of the pensioners Of the
State Welfare Commission are un-
der the impression that the Federal
law will enable the Delaware COM
70 increase its present PEN
sion allowances" Mr.. Metten contin-
ued. 'The commission takes the pO-
sition that before any increase in
pensions is made, Il is the duty of
the commission 10 take care of the
needy aged now on the waiting list
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Milford chronicle., 1935-08-16
HOOVER DEMANDS
ROOSEVELT VIEWS
ON CONSTITUTION
Calls On The President TO
State What Changes He
Wants Made In 1t.
MOMENTOUS ISSUE
Washington Sees Attack
AS Indicating That He
Will Be A Candidate.

Former President Herbert Hoover
in a statement issued Sunday de-
clared:
The nation has a right to know
before this session of Congress ends
what changes this administration
proposes in the Constitution"
Breaking a silence on political af-
fairs which he had maintained since
leaving California last week on a
business trip to New York City, the
Republican leader during a six-hour
atopOYer between trains, asserted
that the Roosevelt administration
had by its attitude toward the Con-
stitution created one of the most
mOmentOus issues since the Civil
War.
The administration acts and ut
terances since the Supreme Courts
decision on the NRA have, Mr..
Hoover said, eVinced a" continuous
intent to change the Constitution
directly SO as to authorize concen-
tTatiOn of power"
THE time has come when these
full purposes should be disclosed -
Text OF Statement
Mr.. HoOver's statement in full
was as follows:
THE past two years have made
It clear that the administration in
tends to bring about a fundamental
change in the structure and bal
ance of powers in our government,
as distinguished from the normal
development of the Constitution to
meet specific problems as Ofttimes
in the past. This has been evident
from the demands made upon and
the surrender by Congress to the
President of powers reaching to die
tatOrial dimensions and in the in
vasion Of States rights For two
years primary liberties Of the peo-
pie have been trampled upon.
In effect, the Supreme Court
called a halt to part of the con-
centratiOn of powers which has re-
suited in creation Of monopolies, in
coercion, in reputation and in other
indirect invasion. The lower courts
have declared still other acts uncon-
stitutional.
Holds Access TO Courts Blocked
But the President in his criticism
Of the Supreme Court, his reference
to 'horse-and-buggy days and to the
powers of European governments
revealed that these we're not emer-
gency measures nor temporary laws
as had been asserted when they we're
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MAN SHORTAGE AFFECTS
STATE CCC CAMPS
Regulations Prevent Some From
EpIlstlng; Expect More Later.

More than $50 vacancies in the
Civilian Conservation Corps Camps
in Delaware cannot be filled because
OF the Presidents ruling that all
placements for CCC camps must
come from families who are on re-
lief. There are accommodations for
the additional youths and many
unemployed young men Of Delaware,
whose families are not on relief,
but who need the work badly to
contribute to the family income,
are unable to join.
Major W. S. Corkran Of Lewes,
executive officer of the Mosquito
Control Commission, said that there
is ample mosquito control work in
the State to keep the additional men
busy. There are about $50 men now
in the camps. Another camp, con-
sisting Of abOut~15 buildings is near
ing completion at Taylor's Bridge,
but it is not certain where the youths
will come from to do the drainage
work to be carried on there.
@BOrdeFllne" Cases
Miss Ethelda B. Mullen, execu-
tive director, Temporary Emergency
Relief Commission, said on Monday
that before the Presidents ruling,
unemployed youths whose families
were not on relief were accepted.
She described these as 'borderline
cases." and said that some OF the
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GUARDSMEN FIND FEW
SKEETS AT CAMP REED
Col. G. j. Schulz, Camp Commander,
Pleased With Condition

MOsquito-less military maneuvers
are being experienced this season
for the first time, by Delaware Ma
tiOnal Guardsmen at Camp J. War
ner Reed, Bethany Beach, according
to Colonel George J. Schulz, camp
commander.
IN previous years we have been
devOured by mosquitoes" stated Col
onel Schultz when interviewed at
the camp, but this year l have not
seen a mosquito, and have heard the
officers say they have seen only one
or two"
During the proceeding encamp-
ments, he said, the mosquitoes from
the adjacent broad marshes made
sleep difficult if not impossible, even
though each cot was equipped with
a protective mosquito netting; but
this year, with the almost total alb
sence of the pests. hardly any of the
men or officers bother to keep the
nettiHgs in place.
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STATE POULTRY
TOUR AUG. 26-27
Will Study Methods Used
In Growing Of Young
PulletS.
PLANS COMPLETED

The eleventh annual State Poultry
Tour of the Delaware State Poultry
Association will be held on August
26 and %. Plans for this tour were
completed at a joint meeting at
Milford of the executive committee
of the Delaware State Poultry As
sociation, the Record of Perform
ance Association and the Official
Breeders and Hatchers Association.
The itinerary of this years tour has
teen made by H. S. Palmer, exten-
sion poultTyman of the University OF
delaware, in cooperation with H X.
Baker. poultry pathOlOgist of the
state Board of Agriculture. Poultry
men going on the tour will assemble
at the Black Cat on the morning Of
August 26 at 8 o'clock. standard
time, and 90 to West Chester. LeaV-
ing West Chester on Route 100, the
tour will proceed to the TreXler
Farms, near Allentown. Monday al
ternOOn will be spent visiting the
trout farms, the poultry farm and
the wild game preserve of this vast
estate. Monday night will be spent
in Allentown. After the meal that
evening, moving pictures will be
shown Of the last three tours.
The poultry farm of George An
thOny at StrausstOwn will be visited
Tuesday morning. At this farm will
be seen buildings housing 5000 lay
ers, systems of raising pullets both
by confinement and on range, COM
mercial feed mixing and twO-story
poultry houses.
In the afternoon the tour will go
to the large poultry plant of Paul
Guldin near Reading. This is a 216
acre breeding farm with 1000 White
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DIR. c. A. SARGENT
.
RESIGNS FROM
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Was For Many Years Di-
rector Of Two Health
Departments.
IMPROVED METHODS
Will Accept An Office
With New York State
Department Of Health.

DR.. C. A. Sargent, who for many
years has held the joint position of
Director of Communicable Disease
Control and Director of Infant and
Maternal Hygiene in the Delaware
Stale Board of Health, will shortly
leave to accept an Office of equal or
greater importance with the New
York State Department of Health, ii
has been announced by DR.. A. C..
Jost, Executive Secretary.
DR.. Sargent first became connect
ed with Delaware public health
work when he accepted a position as
county health officer in 1926. Later
he was given the administration of
infant and maternal hygiene. and of
communicable disease control. Ac-
cOrding to DR.. Jost, much of the
credit for the advances made in
these two divisions belongs to DR..
Sargent.
There has been a most marked re-
ductiOn in the infant mortality rate,
stated DR.. JOst, and the percentage
of children immunized against diph-
therit is probably the highest of any
State. Careful and thorough studies
made by DR.. Sargent, of a number of
conditions respecting the cOmmuni-
cable diseases, have aided the pro-
gress of public health work, not only
in Delaware, but elsewhere.
I'm accepting the position Of Epi-
demiOlogist with the New York
State Department of Health" con-
cluded DR.. lost, "Dr. Sargent carries
with him TO the larger field, the
heartiest wishes of all his Delaware
friends for similar successes in his
new DOsitiOn."
Milford chronicle., 1935-08-16

There is a possibility that Della
ware agencies for the care Of the
needy aged, unemployed, dependent
or crippled children, the blind and
those engaged in public health work
may receive several hundred thOus-
and dollars under the Social Secur-
ity act passed in the Senate recent
ly and now awaiting the signature
of the President.
The State Welfare Commission
which distributes pensions to the
needy aged Of the State. II the funds
appropriated by the State for the old
age pensions are matched by the
Federal government. as reports from
Washington indicate. would receive
100000 a year.
Some Confusion
William F, sMetten, secretary Of
the State Welfare Commission, said
Milford chronicle., 1935-08-16
Large CrOwd 1t Oak
Orchard Big Thursday

Several hundred people from all
sections of lower Delaware gathered
at Oak Orchard last Thursday, on
the Indian River Bay, to celebrate
what is known throughout the Del
Mar-Va Peninsula as big Thurs
day."
1t was more of a countrywide pic
mic than anything else. Farmers for
miles around carried their lunches
with them, ate from baskets and
shOeboxes while the cool breezes
from the bay waited through the
woodland along the shore.
It was a gala day for the children.
They played on the beach and in the
grove. The farmers chatted with
their friends and urban folk, who
went down to enjoy the day with
them. They renewed friendships and
talked about the days when they
Milford chronicle., 1935-08-16
WARNING ISSUED TO
DELAWARE TEACHERS

The following warning has
been issued by the State Board
Of Education TO all teachers Of
Delaware, who have been dur
ing the summer in the States
of Virginia or North Carolina.
"The State Board of Health
because Of the prevalence Of
lnfantile paralysis IN the States
Of Virginia and North Carolina
requires any person coming
from the States mentioned to
register with the health au-
thOrities and submit to Obser-
walton for a period Of two
weeks after entering Delaware.
You can easily see what this
means TO a teacher who will Of
course be in constant contact
with children. This letter is
to ask your cooperation.
"Will you please get into
Delaware at least two weeks
before your school opens, re-
port to the County Health Of
ficer in the County and follow
his directions.
II you cannot get into Della
ware at the time mentioned.
report when you do come and
follow his directions. which
will probably be to stay out Of
school until the period of in
cubation is passed.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN SHILLING,
Asst. State Supt. of
Public Instruction.
Milford chronicle., 1935-08-16
LOCAL LEGION POST
FINDS VETERANS KIN
Stricken With Stomach AiIment At
Recent Kent.Sussex Fair

Through the efforts Of the Milford
Post of the American Legion, rela-
tives of Thomas C. Dorsey, who died
in the Milford Emergency Hospital
ON August 2, have been located and
a brother, Manlen Dorsey, Of Nor
folk, Va, came to Milford last Sat
urday to claim. the body which had
been held at the undertaking par
lors of w. A. Berry. Funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday and Dorsey
was buried with full military hon
Ors in SilverbFOok cemetery, Will
miHgtOn, in the American Legion
plot.
Dorsey was a member of a car
nival company that exhibited at the
recent Kent-Sussex Fair at Harring-
ton. When he was stricken with a
stomach ailment he was removed to
the hospital where death ensued.
Since that time the American Legion
worked until his brother was found.
Dorsey served overseas with the
111th Field Artillery during the
World War.
Milford chronicle., 1935-08-16

"This is a very encouraging sign, "
declared Mr. Smith. Every cam
paign in the past has closed with
several thousand cars still unin-
spected but l am hopeful that this
years campaign will witness a diff
ferent picture. The public has been
most cooperative with US in helping
make the 1885 Car Inspection Cam
paign the best held to date. In be-
half of the State Motor Vehicle De-
partment. the State Highway Depart
ment and the Delaware Safety COun-
ell, sponsors of the campaign, wish
to express our appreciation of the
manner in which the motor vehicle
owners of the State have coOperated
with us
Official figures covering the first
three weeks of the campaign showed
that defective lights and faulty foot
brakes combined to make up SO per
cent of the total number of defects
uncovered by the inspection. The
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MANY NOTABLN
AT REHOBOTH FOR
SAFETY RALLY
Austrian Minister And
Richberg Among Those
In Attendance.
PURNELL PRESIDES
Meeting And Dinner Was
Among One OF The Best
Held So Far.

With safety as the theme that run
through the talks Of Edgar PrOch-
mix, Austrian minister to the United
States, Donald Richberg, former
NRA director and other distinguish
ed guests, most of them summer
residents or visitors. the annual sea-
side meeting Of the Delaware Safety
Council was held last Friday at
the RehObOth Country Club pFOmOt-
ed by Secretary Of State Walter
Dent Smith. president Of the Coun-
ell, was considered one OF the most
successful rallies Of its kind ever
held.
II served double purpose Of boost
ing this popular resort and the
Delaware Riviera" and at the same
time brought together leaders in the
safe driving movement of the State
for a conference on their problems.
During the meeting which drew a
crowd of 1870, there we're serious
talks on traffic problems by Mr..
Smith, George S. Williams, deputy
motor vehicle commissioner, Joseph
Lingo, of Georgetown. and Daniel G.
Anderson, of RehcbOth, the Sussex
county safety director. who was the
at the dinner and intro
duced the distinguished guests.
Deserts Party To Be Guest
The address Of the Austrian min
lister. who with his wife are summer
guests at RehObOth, and who left a
birthday party Of his wife in order
to attend. was of a light humorous
vein.
when I came here" said Mr..
Prochnik, TO rest and find safety, l
learned from Mr.. Anderson, your
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600 FISH CAUGHT AT
SLAUGHTER BEACH

Some fishing parties are
just parties and are treated as
such. However, when six men
catch six hundred fish in a
days fishing, it is mOP than
a iishing party, it is a fishing
roundup, and deserves spe-
cial mention.
Such a party was given by
Myron Griffin at Slaughter
Beach last weekend. Mr..
Griffin entertained over the
weekend E. G. SchiCk, of
Philadelphia, the branch man
ager of Goodyear Tires and
John Long, of Akron. Ohio.
These three men with three
more friends fished on Sunday
and came back with six hun
dred fine fish to their credit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Griffin with
their guests We're dinner
guests at the Slaughter Beach
Hotel Sunday evening of State
Insurance Commissioner and
Mrs. J. POstles Hammond.