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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

cient pillofy laws. He was in the
thick of the famous legislative bat
ties over the DUPONT Boulevard bill.
He well remembers the activity of
J. Edward Addicks and his clashes,
when he served in the Legislature.
Served As Floor Leader
Senator Hart has always been one
of the active members of the Demo-
cratic side of his house, having serV-
ed as his party's floor leader several
times.
OF the present members of the
General Assembly, former President
Pro Tenn William A. Simonton, of
Wilmington, is perhaps second to
Senator Hart in length Of legisla-
tive service. He was first elected in
1922 and has been reelected in
1926, 1890 and 1884. Senator Simon
ton, Republican, is the dean of the
Senate, the new session Of which
opened Tuesday. Senator Simonton
Is one Of four members Of the 1888
session Of the Legislature who were
The other three are: Rep
Leo Dugan, Robert Kel-
ton and Morris Simon.
A number Of familiar faces In the
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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
Highlights From
Governor Bucks
annual Message
A Balanced Budget Necessary To Maintain Stable
Government; Urges Counties To PrOUide OUn Re-
lief; Must Seek NeIU ReueRue Sources.

The iuII Text Of Governor
Bucks Message to the General
Assembly will be found on page
ten.
On Wednesday afternoon, January
?, Governor c. Douglass Buck de-
livered his biennial message to the
One Hundred and Fifth General AS
sembly, cOnvening i'm regular ses-
sion at Dover. for their approval
and action.
Among the many recommends
tions and changes upon which i'm
mediate action was urged by the
Governor were his requests for the
enactment of a law to provide suf-
ficient money to meet the budget
appropriations for the next six
months. In presenting this request
the Governor made plain the pres
ent depleted condition of the Gener-
al Fund. to meet this situation. the
Governor urged that the Highway
Department assume, during the re-
mainder of this fiscal year. the bur
den of redeeming the Outstanding
county highway bonds as they fall
due, thus relieving the sinking fund
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
AUTO TAGS net
S3S9,292 IN 1884
Many Motorists In State
Have Failed To Secure
Tags For This Year.
CLERKS KEPT BUSY

A gratifying increase in the num-
ber of 1885 tags issued both to pleas
ure and commercial cars with a
corresponding increase in the rev.
enue accruing to the State there
from is indicated in figures annOun-
ced from Dover covering the months
of November and December, the per-
iOd in which the demand for the fol-
lowing years tags is concentrated.
A total of $685., ,292.5O was received
during this period in 1884 as conf
pared to $347 1925 during the cOrre-
spending period OF 1888 The former
figure does not include the fees re-
ceived bF MAGISTRATES the last few
days 81 the year, as these CURES are
not yet incorporated in the Dover
Offices report.
This two-month period in 1884
witnessed the issuance of 24,6S2 tags
for pleasure cars resulting in total
fees of $27S,S1S.5O. In 1888, 22,668
tags we're issued and a revenue OF
$254,744 realized.
Tags issued for commercial We
bicles netted the State the sum OF
s11O.474 in the 1884 period. 4224
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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
LYONS NAMES
HOUSE BODIES
Twenty-seven Groups APP
pointed By Speaker;
Simon Heads Finance.
is WELL BALANCED


Msmbers .of tie "a standing corr
mittees Of the House were announ-
ced Wednesday by Speaker Harry v.
Lyons. All, except the committee on
passed bills, consist of five members
each, four Republicans and one
Democrat, and the Republicans be-
ing in control of the House, are Civ
en- all the chairmanships. The COM
mittee on passed bills has but three
members, Representative James 5.
Evans, chairman, and Representa-
tives Howard NJ. BucksOn and Fred
NJ. Wright, the latter a Democrat.
The chairman is allowed extra conf
pensation in addition to his salary.
Representative Morris Simon. OF
Dover, Republican floor leader, is
the chairman of the important COM
mittee on appropriations. This com
mittee, with the finance committee
of the Senate will compose the joint
budget committee which will sub
nit the budget bill later in the ses-
sion.
The chairmen of other important
are: Claims. Represen-
.ative Leo J. Dugan; Municipal Cor
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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

The list of predatory animals and
birds in Delaware includes cats.
weasles, red squirrels and foxes,
hawks and crows.
Chief Game Warden Clarence s.
Foster, of Newark, said the Dela-
ware Fish and Game Commission
through an act of a recent Legisla-
ture, pays a bounty OF so cents for
every hawk head turned in with the
exception of the sparrow or mouse
hawk, and also cents for every
crow head.
4S05 Stray Animals Captured
During the past two years, Mr..
Foster said, his assistants have
up 4OO1 stray dogs and sO4
stray cats. Where owners could not
be found, he said. they are gassed.
He also said his men had killed $40
hawks and 20 weasles. He said he
had received many complaints late
" from farmers who said gray foxes
We're killing their chickens.
The Commission, Mr.. Foster said,
has paid bounties recently OF more
Than 500 for I62 hawk heads and 1856
crow heads. The movement is gain.
Ing In interest daily, he said
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
Senator Hart Retires after
p Years rs Legislator

When the General Assembly went
into session on Tuesday at noon, il
was minus the services of State SEN
atOr Edward Hart, of Townsend,
dean of the Delaware legislators,
who has served % years of his life
in law making capacity for Della
ware.
Senator Hart has been a member
of the Senate for three terms and
has served in the House of Repre-
sentatives five times. He had en-
deavored to make his sixth trip to
the House with the present session,
but lost Democratic primary fight
for the nomination for the Four
teenth Representative District of
New Castle county last fall.
Senator Hart has witnessed a
wide contrast in the types of laws
passed when he first entered the
Legislature as a member of the
House in 1908, and when he leaves
it as a member of the State SEN
ate. with his successor, Senator
elect L. L. Maloney. Republican, of
Townsend taking the oath Of office
ln Tuesday at noon.
He was member Of the Legis-
ature which did away with the an
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
STATE POLICE KEPT
BUSY IN SUSSEX COUNTY
Accidents And RObberieS Keep Them
On The jump.

During the pa5. week Station No
5 at BridgeVille, under Sergeant
Wood has had its share of hard work.
During the week arrests were made
in fve cases Of larceny and one
escaped prisoner from Maryland was
picked up, one fatal accident was
cleared up and the hit and run
driver who was in the accident but
who escaped was afterward appre-
hended and heavily fined. In addi-
ton two men who have been rob-
bing parked automobiles in SeatOrd
we're caught, which probably will
accoun: for considerable crimes in
that section as they are also sus-
pected of STEALING chickens from
uearby farmers. All this work was
done by the police in addition to
tn ir regular routine patrols.
SETWelVe Gates" Finally Opened
THE Twelve Gates of the City,
was arrested BY an offlcer out of
Station No. 5 at Bridgeville, by STATE
police one night last week When
The magistrate at Bridgeville was
called out of his bed to hear the case
his first impulse was TO tell the Of /
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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

Of an obligation of more than $780,
600, and the diversion of this sum
from the sinking fund to the gemer-
al fund for immediate and future
needs during the period ending
June 30. 1885.
In his next remarks the GOveuOr
referred TO the first requisite of sta
BILE government, a balanced budget,
and offered five fiscal suggestions
that would aid the budget situation.
These suggestions reYolved mainly
around the tax field and include in
'heritance, estate and franchise tax
es as well as a change in the con-
troll of the Motor Vehicle Depart
ment. from that of the Office OF Sec
retary of State to the State High
way Department, the issuance of
certificates of Indebtedness to the
Highway Department. beginning
July /. 1885, and each six months
afterwards in an amount not to eX-
ceed Sf5O,000; limiting the total
amount to $60O. 900. with interest at
the current rate paid by the State
proceeds to be deposited
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BEGIN ACTIVE Z
CAMPAIGN FOR
new HOSPITAL
Initial Committee Named
To S elect Executive
Committee.
RESULT OF SURVEY
Headquarters Established
In Former Marshall
Hospital Building.
RESULT OF SURVEY

Following recommendation of the
committee of fifty-five board and
staff members of the Milford Emer-
gency Hospital who met with
small group of representative citi-
zens of lower Delaware as guests OF
G. Layton Grier a fortnight ago at
a dinner at Hotel Windsor, the first
stems toward the active campaign
for a new hospital have been taken.
Stirred by the realization Of the
inadeauacy of present hospital fa-
cilities and the menace which con-
tinually cOnfrOnts the community
as a result of Over-crOwded and in
ade0uate conditions of the present
structure. it was urged at the recent
meeting that immediate steps be
taken toward the establishment of
modern hospital.
DR.. Grier. at the request OF those
present. has appointed an initial
committee charged with the respon-
sibility of selecting an executive
for the campaign. He
has named to this committee: Frank
Jones. Georgetown; Wiley Thought,
of Laurel: DR.. W. T. Chapman. of
DR.. II. James Hooker,
of Millville; L. n. Hearn, of Milford;
DR.. Samuel Marshall. of Milford; DR..
Joseph NAPLES. of Georgetown; w.
V. Grier. of Milford. and Senator
of Selbyville.
The action was the outcome of a
most extensive survey Of both the
work and needs Of the low
er State.
Camraign headquarters have been
at the house formerly
used for the Marshall Hospitai
where the preliminary work Incl
dent to the campaign is now under
s-5sis = q S-sass fa-.lsssf -.
II has been decided to seek con-
tributions to the building fund
which will be PAYABLE over three
years. BY spreading the appeal ov-
er the entire section of the State,
served by the hospital, it will be
possible TO rcise the necessary sum
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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
SUSSEX co. CORONER
ESTABLISHED RECORD
Retiring Coroner Pusey Handled
Host OF Cases

Harry W. Pusey. coroner Of Sus-
sex County for the past two years.
whose term expired January lst, has
established the record of handling
more cases than any other coroner
to hold office in Sussex County.
He has also had the distinction Of
handling exactly 100 cases in each
OF his two years. On December 27.
1888. he had his 99th case. and on
the following day No. 100 was re-
ported. BY an unusual coincidence
ne had case No. 80 on exactly the
same date this year, and his Tooth
on the 2Sth day as in 1888.
Mr.. Pusey and his son. George
FHsey, deputy coroner, had two of
the busiest years any incumbent has
ever had. ''-'S
Mr.. Pusey was a candidate for re-
elecUon at the election, but was
pOnent. op-
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
HOUSE, SENATE
ORGANIZED
READY.TO WORK
Levi L. MaIOney Heads
Upper Chamber; Lyons
Is Elected Speaker.
ATTACHE LIST LARGE
Prepare To Speed Work
With Early Adjourn
ment AS Goal.
ATTACHE LIST LARGE

Members of the 1O5th General As
sembly of Delaware organized the
Senate and House Tuesday after
noon and prepared for what they
believed will be one OF the most i'm
pOrtant sessions of the Legislature
i'm the history of this State.
Mindful Of the many serious prob
lens that will come to their atten-
tiOn, both branches decided to re-
main in session for the balance of
this week instead of recessing for
several days as has been past prac-
tice. II is the desire of Governor
Buck and the lawmakers themselves
that final adjournment be reached
as speedily as possible.
In the Senate, Levi l.. MalOney. of
Townsend. was elected President
Pro TEN while the House elected
Captain Harry V. Lyons, of Lewes,
as Speaker. Both branches are in
control of the Republicans, the SEN
ate by IL members to Democrats
and the House % Republicans to II
Democrats. Senate Democrats offer
ed no nominations. In the House,
however, the Democrats nominated
Walter j. Paskey, of
for Speaker. the only
they made.
- Votes for Lyons
Captain Lyons received "a votes
on the roll call, Mr.. Paskey voting
for him. Mr.. Paskey served as
Speaker of the House several years
ago when it was Democratic. His
name was placed in nomination by
Hughes, of Hartly,
who has been selected as the Dem
ocratic floor leader in the House.
Mr.. Hughes is only 26 years old. and
The youngest man ever elected 20
he Delaware Assembly. Morris 81.
non, Of Dover. a member OF the last
legislature, is the door leader of
he House Republicans.
The Senate was called to order I
~ Lieuaenant Governor r. F. Cor !
ey shortly before l O'Clock Tuesday !
lfternoon. Senator Glenn was elect
ID temporary secretary. All the |
members were present. Their GER
ificate of election was approved
md the oath of office was admins
cred to rSch by the Lieutenant
Governor. Senator Van SAINT intro
uced a resolution naming the Pres
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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
LOWER COUNTIES WIN
CAUCUSES ON ATTACHES
Twenty-elght Assistants Named For
Each House

Combining forces at Dover Mon
day night, Kent and Sussex County
members of the Delaware General
Assembly, at the caucus of the Re-
publicans, won their demand for the
right of each member to make three
appointments. The two lower coun-
ties, although Outvoted by New Cas-
tie, combineJ. against New Castle
County, the members of the latter
delegation, in interest of harmony,
yielding in its insistence that ap-
pOintments be limited to one each
for the sake of economy.
For a time a serious deadlock i'm
pended and delay of the organiza-
ton of the Legislature for time
was threatened. The two lower
counties won out on the basis that
appointments be at least two if a
member wanted that many and in
some cases. especially in the Sen
ate, each member was allowed to
name three attaches.
II was agreed. however, that all
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MALONEY SELECTS
z COMMITTEES
Van SAINT Finance Chair
man; Marshall Heads
Public Health Group.
DAVIS HEADS RULES


4 Levi. 1laloney. elected f'resident
Pro Tenn of the Senate. announced
his committee assignments Tuesday
afternoon.
Senator MalOney appointed twen-
ty-two committees, each of them
consisting Of five members, four Re
Dublicans and one Democrat. To
Senator Van SAINT was assigned the
important position, of chairman of
the finance committee. With him are
Senators Ross, Maloney, Wright and
Cannon. This committee will have
to handle all the financial measures
that may be introduced during this
session.
Executive Committee
Senator Norris N. Wright is chair
man of the executive committee.
another important post, and the
other members are Senators Ross,
Chandler, Walls and Glenn. Senator
Chandler heads the claims commit
tee. Senator Wright the education
committee, and Senator Chandler
the judiciary committee. Senator
Marshall is chairman of the print
ing committee. Senator Maloney re-
served the Craftsmanship of the COM
mittee on revised statutes for him
self. his only committee chairman
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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
RANDFATHER'S PAPER
CUTTER FOR MALONEY

z. = lte Senator L. L. MalOney,
= wnsend, who was elected
4ent Pro Tenn of the up
45ef branch of the Legislature
at the organization meeting
Tuesday, was presented with a
paper cutter Tuesday after
noon by Senator Norris n.
Wright, of Newark, at the re-
quest Of Miss Ethelwyn Ma
lOney of Townsend, sister of
Senator MalOney. The paper
cutter was the property of Sen
atOr MaiOney's grandfather,
Levi w. Lattomus who was a
member of the Delaware Legis-
lature in 1S63-6l. Made of
bone it was part Of his desk
equipment when he served as
a member OF the House during
the Civil War.
There were then but nine
members in the House from
New Castle County. elected at
large.
Miss MalOney had inscribed
under the name of her grand
father the name of her brother
Levi La.tomus Maloney, SEN
atOr. 1885" Senator Maloney
will use the cutter while at his
desk on the Senate rostrum
during the present session.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
LATE AUTO FATALITIES
MAR STATES RECORD
Death Rate Turns Upward After De-
crease During First 10 Months

During the first ten months of
1884 Delaware was one of three
States showing a decreased auto
fatality rate compared with the
same period the previous year.
Twenty-Five fatalities in Novem-
ber and December. however, forced
the State to relinquish this posi-
tiOn. These two months. records
show, were the most hazardous in
the States accident experience.
Sussex County showed a $50 per
cent decrease in auto fatalities
while New Castle County showed
a 10 per cent increase and Kent
County a 80 per cent increae.s
13 Children Killed
During the year "a persons were
killed. 1S Of them children under l6
years of age. The other II were
adults. Compared with 1888 child
deaths decreased IA per cent and
adult deaths increased 3 per cent.
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new OFFICIALS
ASSUMED POSTS
LAST TUESDAY
Sixty-three in Three COun-
ties Victorious At Last
November Election.
READY FOR WORK
Senator Townsend And
Congressman Stewart
Took Office Yesterday.

SiXty-three persons, victorious at
the November election. including
State officials, office-holders in the
three counties, members Of the Leg
islature and Levy COurtmen assum-
ed their new duties on Tuesday.
Two others-United States Sena-
tor John G. Townsend, Jr., Of Sell
byville, and COngressman-elect j.
George Stewart. Of Wilmington, en-
tered office yesterday.
Two State officials succeeded
themselves in office. They are Attor-
ney General P. Warren Green. of
Wilmington, and State Auditor J.
Henry Hazel. of Dover Warren r.
Moore, of Harrington. succeeded
State Treasurer George S. Williams.
Of MillsbOrO. while James POstles
Hammond, Of Milford, took over the
post formerly held by State Insur-
ance Commissioner James G. Shaw,
of New Castle. All are Republicans.
OF the four countrywide offices in
New Castle county, only one found
a new head. Harry c. Clark succeed
ed Sheriff Joseph H. Gould The
other three. succeeding themselves,
were Register of Wills John Cilpin
Highfield, Jr.. Recorder of Deeds AL
bert Stetser and Coroner George A.
Pedriek. Each is Republican.
Three Republican Levy COurtmen
also took office in New Castle cOun-
ty. William Harry Lewis succeeded
James Z. Keenan, in the Second
Levy Court District, while Irwin J.
HolHngsworth took the place of
Delaware S. Wright in the Fourth i
Levy Court District and J. Irwin
.Dayett succeeded Philip Simmons,
Jr.
Kent County Places
Ons RepdBIle8n assumed his du- /
ties Tuesday as a countrywide ofh-
cial in Democratic Kent county He
is Harry T. Greenwell, who succeed
ed Ernest C. Macklin, Democrat, as
clerk of the peace. All the other
officials in Kent county
are Democrats. +
William G. Bush succeeded Rob
ert A. Salisbury as sheriff, whil0
Enoch Y. Williams took the place OF
r. Harry Wilson as recorder OF
deeds. John Merritt Hurd succeeded |
William Virdin as register in chan
eery and clerk of the Orphans
Court. Edgar N. Smith succeeded
Charles w. Poore as coroner John
J. Hurd became county treasurer
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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
iSKEET' DITCHING HAS
HELPED MUSKRATS
Have Built Houses On Formerly
Abandoned Marshes

Formerly abandoned muskrat
marshes were again productive dur
ing the present season, due to re-
clamation by mosquito control dit
ching, according to a report sub
mitted by DeVerne DOty Of Broad
kill Neck, muskrat specialist cf the
Mosquito Control Commission.
Since the area bordering the SOU
thern shore of the Broadkill River
was ditched by CCC Mosquito Con-
troll workers, a year ago, several
large acreages of varying types of
muskrat marsh have been kent m-
der careful observation by Mr.. Doty,
10 determine the exact effects of the
on these valuable fur bear
ing animals.
According to the report, one Is
acre plot, on which muskrats were
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SELECT SUSSEX
COUNTY JURORS
C. D. Abbott, OF Milford.
Grand Juror From First
District.
FOR FEBRUARY TERN

The following jurors have been
called for the February term Of the
Sussex COlnty Court:
Grand Jury
First Representative District 49,
Charles d. Abbott, Milford.
Second Representative District -
Norman Collision, Bridgeville.
Third Representative District -
Richard H. Gerker, Seaford.
Fourth Representative District =
Jennings H. Moore, near Blades.
Fifth Representative District -
Frank Sirman. Laurel.
Sixth Representative District -
Jacob Reese White. MillsbOro.
Seventh Representative District
James L. Murray, Selbyville.
Eighth Representative District -
Charles I. Joseph, HOllyville.
Ninth Representative District -
W. Frank Sharp, Georgetown.
Tenth Representative District -
Theodore w. Palmer, ST., RehObOth.
Petit Jurors
Petit jurors chosen are as fol-
lows:
first Representative District
Roy Kemp, Nicholas NJ. Stokes, of
Milford Thomas NJ. StaytOn of Far
mington; John P. johnson, of Lin
coin City.
Second Representative District -
John w. Carlisle, Williams Adams,
Edward V. Ocheltree, of Greenwood;
Horace L. Tatman, o. near Bridge
Vile,
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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
WOMEN'S LEGISLATIVE
MEETING, DOVER, JAN. 8
win Meet In The Peoples Chris.
tian Church

The initial meeting of the WOmen's
Joint Legislative Committee of Del
aware will be held in the Peoples
Christian Church at Dover on Tues
day morning next, at IL o'clock.
Miss Emily Bis sell. chairman, will
preside and extend greetings to the
G6 delegates representing % differ
ent women's Org9 nizations through
out the State. This Committee will
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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
GAME PRESERVES
FOR STATE URGED
Restoration OF Abandoned Ponds
And Lakes Recommended BY Board


The hope the General Assembly
will appropriate at least 100000, or
that ether means may be found to
restore some of the abandoned mill
ponds and lakes in the State as
wild life conservation measure is
expressed in the biennial report of
the Beard of Game and Fish Com
missioners of Delaware, just made
public.
The report stated that ''with the
hope of securing funds to restore
some Of the abandoned mill ponds
and lakes in this State, a survey
was made during the late Summer
of 1888. Sixty ponds were located
and of this number As were found
FEAST of restoration and with
those owning the land, which would
be flooded, or otherwise interested,
willing to cooperate.
I'm addition to these abandoned
lakes, several, which we're lost dur
ing the heavy storm Of August, 1888,
have not yet been restored. A num-
ber of agencies, both Federal and
State, were contacted with the hore
of providing means for restoring
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DOVER WOMAN WILL
SERVE AT WASHINGTON
Mrs. Lena RI Anderson WIN Serve
As Good win Envoy

Mrs. Lena Reed Anderson, who
served as secretary to former Rep
resent8tiye Robert G. Houston Of
Delaware, is slated for appointment
to a unique pest-that Of unofficial
ambassador OF good will" from mem-
bers Of Delaware Congressional
delegation TO their constituents.
Mrs. Anderson will serve jointly
on the office stats OF Senators John
G. Townsend. Jr., and Daniel o.
Hastings and RepresentatiEe-eleet
J. George Stewart. who will take
Office when Congress eonvenes next
Thursday.
Mr. Stewart, In disclosing plans to
appoin. Mrs, Anderson in this ca
pacity at Washington, said she would
be charged with duties Of maintain
ing general contacts between the
delegation and the people OF Del
aware.
Mr.. Stewart alreadv has been as
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