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Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
new HOSPITAL TO
Be WELLPLANNED
FOR LOCAL NEEDS
Modern Structure Will
Be Located On Clark
Avenue.
LAND is PURCHASED
Caulyk Company Sells
Land For Purpose For
One Dollar.
LAND is PURCHASED

The new hospital building for the
Milford Emergency Hospital Will
occupy the large plot of ground on
Clark Avenue, covering more than
five acres. This land has been sold
to the hospital trustees by the L. d.
Caulk Company at the price of one
dollar.
Besides furnishing adequate
equipment and disqualification for
the growing number Of patients, the
new hospital will be a marked ad-
dition to the buildings in the city.
It will face southwest and will be
three stories high, of brick with
sandstone trim. The architects,
Brown and Whiteside, of Whining
ton, have prepared the elevation
which is here shown and their plans
provide for building in Georgian
style which would adOrn any city
anywhere in the country.
The hospital will have a broad
frontage of some 100 feet on Clark
Avenue and a wing extended toward
Sussex Avenue will make the center
depth of the building about 80 feet.
ne idt &c 4ut VI AdlAus WAltu ID wei
drained, will afford fresh air and
sunshine and the general surround
ings will provide ample space for
years to come. Moreover, the hos
pital is planned to allow for expan-
sion when it shall be necessary.
On the ground floor of the new
building ground floor high and
well lighted by numerous windows
will be cOlOred surgical and medi-
cal wards for both men and women,
with large bathrooms conveniently
Also on this floor will be
dining rooms for the, stan and for
the nurses, an isolation room, a
laundry, a boiler room, and a shop
A service hail viii extend the full
length from southwest to north
east and in the wing will be the kit
chen and adequate space for the
OF supplies.
In the first floor plan the front
door opens from Clark Avenue, and
the visitor enters Immediately into
a spacious lobby. around which the
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Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
CONTROL OF ROADS,
BRIDGES BY STATE
BiIIs Introduced In Senate And
House To Aifeet Change

All the roads and bridges in each
of the three counties would be turn
ed over to the State Highway De-
partment under the provisions OF
two bills introduced in the Legisla-
ture Wednesday afternoon, one IN
the Senate and one in the House,
should either of these proposed
measures become laws. One bill was
presented. in the Senate by Senator
Chandler and the other in the House
by Representative Simon. They are
identical in their provisions and in
tent, the only purpose in offering
them in both branches being to in
sure definite action at the current
session.
To carry out the plan it is pro-
revenue for the highway department
posed to increase the gas tax one
cent a gallon to provide additional
to enable it to meet the additional
expense in connection with the as
sumption of control of the county
roads and. bridges.
The transfer of the highways in
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Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
GREENWOOD TO.DENTON
RAIL SPUR TO PASS
Proposal To Rebuild ChOptank Span
Involves R. r. Changes

Plans Of the Baltimore and East
ern Railroad Company to rebuild a
railroad bridge over the Choptank
River at Denton was considered at
public hearing before Colonel f.
j. Dent, Of the corps of district en-
gineers, and his agents, in the Fire
mems Hall, in Denton, Thursday.
Feb. 21, at II a. m.
II the bridge is reconditioned, the
Baltimore and Eastern Railroad
which runs from Love Point to West
Denton, would connect with the
Maryland and Delaware Coast Rail-
road, freight line which runs from
Denton tos Lewes. Del. However.
the purpose of the railroad is to
bring the freight into Denton by
way Of the bridge and discontinue
the present freight line from Denton
TO Greenwood, Del.
The plans submitted by the ap>
plicant call for the construction of
a new swing draw with two horizon
tai openings Of fifty feet clear width
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Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
Many attend Final Rites
For Albert ". Cmmmins

The simplicity that characterized
his life marked the funeral services
OF Albert w. Cummins, member
OF the News-Journal editorial board,
last Saturday afternoon, Feb. 10th,
1885. at his home. 2407 Delaware
avenue.
Mr.. Cummins, who died last Thurs
day morning not many hours after
he left his desk for the night, had
often expressed the wish that the
last rites would not be elaborate.
The pallbearers. active and honor
airy, were selected from among the
men with whom he had. worked
during the AZ years Of his expert
ence as a newspaper man. Among
the pallbearers were men who were
reporters with Mr.. Cummins, men
employed in the mechanical depart
ments Of the newspaper. who had
"set" in type Mr.. Cummins editorials
and stories for many years, men
who had served with Mr. Cummins.
in executive capacities all of them.
men who had known MIR. Cummins
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
TWO KENT CCC SITES
LEASED; WORK FOR 400
Camps At Leipsic, Magnolia, Depend
Upon Relief Bill

The two additional CCC camps
to be engaged in mosquito control
for Delaware will be located at
Leipsic and Magnolia, Kent county.
work, if Congress passes favOrably
on the four billion dollar work re-
lief appropriations, it was announc-
ed last Friday by w. S. Corkran,
executive officer and engineer of
the Delaware Mosquito Control Com
mission, before leaving for Wash
ington for a conference with Robert
Fechner, emergency relief director.
Leases for the two sites have
been signed and are now in the Of
flee of the commission which main
tains headqueraers here. The ex-
pansion program in CCC work for
the fifth period will put to work at
least 400 more young men from Del
aware, it was learned, in addition to
the 400 boys already at work on
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Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
KENT EDUCATORS
TO MEET MAR. 5
Meeting To Consist Of
Morning And After
noon Sessions.

The fourteenth annual meeting of
the Kent County Education AssOci-
alton will be held in the new high
school at Smyrna, on March 8.
The chief speaker on the program
will be DR.. Emery N. Ferriss, pro-
fessor of rural education of Cornell
University, in charge of courses in
curriculum and rural secondary ed
ucation in the Graduate School
since 1925. DR.. F'erriss is a member
of the executive committee of Ma
tional Committee on Research in
Secondary Education, and member
of the staff of National Survey of
Secondary Education in charge of
Study of Smaller Secondary Schools.
He is also the author of several
books and publications in the field
of rural education. including Sec
ondary Education in County and
Village" and "Our Smaller Second
airy Schools"
DR.. Ferriss will speak in the af-
ternOOn to the combined groups of
elementary and secondary school
on the topic, 1.-The Utilization of Lo-
cal Resources in the Curriculum.
Miss Margaret Stockton, rural
music supervisor, has charge of the
music for the meeting feature of
which is to be singing by the male
quartet of the Milford High School
Faculty.
Superintendent c. W. W. Schantz,
of Smyrna school, will be toastmas-
ter at the noon banquet.
The morning period will be devot-
ed to a series of discussions in
charge of lhe various schools in the
county.
Oficers of the association this
year are: President, w. B. Simp-
son, Camden; vice president, w. W.
Hickman. Clayton; secretary-treas-
urer, Alberta Cornelius, FELTON,. The
directors are: Robert f. Shilling
Milford; George R. Miller, Freder-
lea: George W. Wright, Smyrna.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
HOSPITAL CARD PARTY
AT COMMUNITY BLDG.
Mrs. William V. Grler Heads Com.
mlttee OF Local Women.

The committee working TO pro-
mote the card party next week for
the benefit Of the Ladies' Auxiliary
Of the Milford Emergency Hospital
is l9ying its plans to secure at least
fifty tables Of players.
Mrs. William v. Grier heads the
committee and associated with her
are Mrs. c. Donnan HOlzmualleF and
Mrs. Della Hall Deakyne. These
ladies are planning this benefit for
the Auxiliary on a more ambitious
scale than ever before and they ask
the public TO stand by them for this
worthy cause.
Besides the appeal by telephone
to players to join the party, they
are making a house-to-house canvas
whit he hope of securing an extra
large attendance. To speak in terms
of card games they expect "full
house."
According to the members Of the
committee, many tickets already
have been sold and so far they are
well satisfied with the response.
They wish the public generally to
know that members OF card clubs
in Milford or in nearby towns are
invited and upon notification tables
will be reserved for them. That is,
such players are asked 10 play at
this party instead of at their usual
meeting places. All players may
choose their own games and for the
successful ones there will be worth
while prizes. Refreshments will be
served and altogether the party Will
have the aspect of community ef-
fort. The Gate of the card party is
Tuesday evening, February Is, be-
ginning at eight O'Clock and the
place is the Community Building in
in the hall which has wit
messed the start of so many success
full projects. The price per person
will be fifty cents and tickets may
be had from any member Of the
committee. or at the door. To be
sure of a place, however, it is well
to secure tickets in advance.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
ANNOUNCE KENT
SUSSEX FAIR DATE
More Attractions, Better
Racing Promised For
This Year.

With nearly fifty stockholders
present at the annual meeting OF
officials of Kent and Sussex County
Fair Association held last Wednes-
day evening, B. /. Shaw, president
of the association, announced the
fair this year would be held on July
3O-3l and August 1. 2 and 3, with
harness racing the first four days
and auto racing on the last day.
New Fair Circuit
The local association has Joined
the Central Fair circuit Of Pennsyl-
vania, which includes such cities as
Allentown, Reading, York, Lewiston
and KutztOwn, Pa, and assures the
local fair a higher grade Of harness
racing.
The old officers and directors were
reelected. The vacancies on the
board of directors, caused by death,
were not filed, william w. Sharp,
Harrington business. man, was se-
lected as the new superintendent or
the State Building to succeed the
late D. B. Tharp.
The officials are very enthusiast
tic over She free attractions secur-
ed for this year, which include nine
big acts Of vaudeville besides the
Diamond Revue. The band with the
revue will give the fair association
an extra musical number. Joe Ba-
sile will again appear with his Mad
ison Square Garden Band.
improvements will be made to the
grandstand. The bench seats will be
replaced with chair seats. After the
lemodeling is completed, a thor
ough inspection for safety will be
made. All the buildings on the
grounds will be repainted. Cetin and
one of the largest carnivals
IN the East. will be the
attraC tiOn on The midway.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
MANY 1884 WHEAT
COMPLIANCES APPROV'D
COmplianees Temporarily Suspend
ed. VIII BE Adjusted Soon

Within the past several weeks
many inquiries have been directed
to the office of Kent County Agent
Russell z. Wilson, from those wheat
contract signers who have not re-
'ceiyed their second benefit payment
on their 1888 contracts and the first
benefit checks for their acreage
compliance with reference to the
1894 wheat crop.
When some of the checks were
distributed last fall and early win-
ter the second 1888 and the first
1894 checks were received at the
same time from the Treasury De-
partment, after the 1884 compliance
certificates had been approved by
the Rental and Benefit Audit Sec
tion Of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration. Since then, how
ever, a few contract signers have
received only the checks for the
1884 acreage compliance. A thorough
Tiara to PAGE $. Pifase1
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
SUSSEX MAN QUITS
LEVY COURT POSITION
viii Be Succeeded By Another
Republican

John Roland Buell., of Selbyville,
member of the Sussex County
Board of Assessment, rendered his
resignation to the Levy Court Com
missioners Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Buell. for several years has
been one of the active Republicans
OF the Seventh Representative Dis
trict. He served as deputy sheriff
under his father, the late George R..
Buell., of Greenwood. from Janu-
ary 1911 to January 1918.
For several years he was connect
ed with the Highway Engineering
and Construction Company, of Selby-
vile, and also employed as a fruit
broker His successor will be a Re-
publican.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
CAR OPERATORS RALLY
SCHEDULED FOR MAR. 3
Tickets May BE Obtained From H.
H. MulhOlland And DR.. F. b. Short

William H. Cameron, managing
director Of the National Safety
Council, will be the guest speaker
at Delaware's Fourth Annual Auto
mobile Operators Safety Rally
which is being conducted under the
auspices Of the Delaware Safety
Council Sunday afternoon, March 8,
in the Aldine Theatre, sos Market
street. Wilmington.
This safety rally is conducted for
the promotion of street and high
way safety. Remarks of welcome
will be made by William H. Speer,
Mayor of Wilmington. A band con-
cert will be given by the Whining
ton Police Band under the direction
of Captain Black. The school Choir
us of the Alexis l. DUPONT School,
which is brcadcasting Sunday,
March 3, in Philadelphia, over the
National Broadcasting System, will
return to Wilmington in time to
participate in the program.
Two of the cOuntry's outstanding
talking safety motion pictures will
be shown. These pictures are Once
Upon a Time" produced by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany, and Saving Seconds" loaned
the Council through the courtesy of
J. A. Montgomery. Inc.
w. Floyd Jackson, chairman of the
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Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
PENSION COMMISSION
CONSIDERS STATE CASES
Many New Applications Listed From
All Three Counties

The state Mothers Pension Com
mission in session at Dover last
Wednesday considered cases in all
three Of the counties Of the State.
There are women waiting for PEN
si0ns to be granted since 1882. One
woman who is No. 81 on the list in
New Castle County has two little
children to look after while she is
suffering from a heart condition.
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Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
JAN. AUTO RECEIPTS
SHOW GAIN OVER 1884
Largest Items From Pleasure And
Commercial Cars

Receipts for January, from the
Motor Vehicle Department including
licenses from pleasure cars, CONNER
cials. trailers. titles and other re-
ceipts from minor sources aggre-
gated $619, ,4S6.50. an increase of $37,-
$3.50 over receipts in January. 1884.
The two largest items were from
pleasure cars, $414,SO1 and CONNER
cial cars, $1S2,64S.
The increase in the number Of Ii
censes paid. for pleasure cars for
January 1885 exceeds that Of jan
uary 1894, by S20,175.50 while the in
crease in commercial car licenses
for 1885 exceeds that of January,
1884 by S13.077.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
$50 BLIND In DEL.
ARE CARED FOR

Biennial Report UI COmmISsIOh EA'
presses Thanks For support
The biennial report Of the Della
ware Commission for the Blind
shows that a survey made in the
State last summer revealed there
are $50 blind persons in the State,
twenty-three Of them blind between
and IS years Of age; ~ between
is and 35 years; 50 between S5 and
So years; 3S between IS and 65 years,
and So between 65 and 75 years.
There are also 20 blind over 70 years
of age.
or the total. 22S OF the blind are
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Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, February IS, To
Tuesday, February 10, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford, from Wednesday, February I3,
to Tuesday, February Is, inclusive:
Temperature Rain
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
Rain

Total Rainfall .r I14
The following winds and condi-
tons prevailed during the same
period
Evening star., 1935-12-08
Private FLYERS Soon Will Find All Paths Marked
Phoebe 0mIie Learned of
Need Cropping Her Way
Along Skyways.

strange and unmarked territory
when storms shut him in. Maybe he
could follow a river or railroad to
q town. Maybe he had enough gas to
keep him safe until he found an air
port. But sometimes such situations
led to crashes and death.
THE commercial flyer knows his
way too we'll" says Mrs. Omlie, ITO
get into such trouble except in rare
instances. But If the aviation indus
try is to grow as large as the auto
mobile industry the private flyer must
be encouraged. One of the surest and
quickest ways is to mark the country
so he can't get lost"
A year ago Mrs. Omlie, on assign
ment from the Bureau of Air COM
merce, began gathering figures to
prove a national air-marking program
possible and not too expensive. She
studied paints, wage scales under w.
P. A. and the most Travelled air lanes.
She decided signs should be readable
from $500 feet in the air, and that
the minimum sign should be feet
high. She prefers them IS feet
high. She sounded out mayors and
chambers of commerce.
Evening star., 1935-12-08

inks and five different styles Of writ
ing. He tried to get into the mood
of each signer, he reports.
Whitman also does some handwrit"
ing-had to write "a thank-you let
ters in fancy type for st. Joseph's
Orphanage, the other day. His speed
is about three sentences Of good writ
ing per minute. He has collection
of strange looking penholderS with the
pens set in obliquely. His big job
now at the school is teaching q right
handler to write with the left hand.
The other honest forger is Edward
Cruise. an instructor at Boyds Secre-
tarial School, who began his hobby
during the war. When his captain
found that Cruise could initiate his
writing, he got him to sign cen
sored" and his signature on outgoing
mail from the trenches. Cruise liked
that. because he wrote his own iet-
ters, censored them himself and sent
them gayly on their way. Since that
time, he has forged numerous letters
for various bosses and reports with
glee that he has signed checks, under
orders, and watched them 20 past un.
Suspecting cashiers. He can write
autographs at the rate of 20 minute,
he says.
roth Cruise and Whitman deny
that they have ever been asked
to do any illegal forging-no phony
wills or unauthorized checks, etc.
The State Department won't talk
about present-day forgers-wouldn'
be diplomatic-but recalls that there
was one fellow" there who could
scratch out a grand copy of Frank
B. Kellogg's scrawl
Miss Mabel Griswold, now In
Madison. was a splendid legal forger
for her boss, the late James J.
Blaine of Wisconsin. She signed for
him for many years as Governor Of
Wisconsin, Senator from Wisconsin
and a director Of the r. F. c., and
it was impossible to tell from his
signature, even when you saw her
her sign, as we often did.
Evening star., 1935-12-08
Old Dream Is Translated
Into Active Program by
Woman Flyer.

BY the Associated Press.
~ OOFS of buildings at intervals
- of Is square miles will be
blazoned next Spring with
Il black and orange signs to
direct flyers on their way to the near
est town and airport.
Owners of buildings are volunteer
ing roof space for the signs. Labor
and paint will be paid for from w. p.
A. fund; under plan made in the
Bureau of Air Commerce. Seven States,
so far, have approved the project and
it is expected all will have crews at
work by early Spring.
Behind the project lies a story. The
idea actually began years ago when
Phoebe Omlie was young, unknown
girl flyer hopping out Of Memphis
Now she Is a member Of the National
Advisory Committee on Areonautics
and naiSon officer between the COM
mittee and the Bureau Of Air Com
merce.
From the start she has insisted,
"It isn't how fast you fly, but how
safely that will build the aviation
industry" She, herself. kept quietly
to the ground while other flyers
Evening star., 1935-12-08

hurtled through stunts. But she took
happily to the air when safety tests
came along. AS proof Of her convic-
tons, she won cross country derbies
in three successive years.
AS further proof that flying could
be safe, she few the mail from Little
Rock to Memphis in 1927 when the
Mississippi floods tore out railroad
tracks. On each return trip, her
Evening star., 1935-12-08
Vienna Has 10000 Chairmen.

Vienna, Austria, must have many
friends to sit up with, according to
official statistics Just made public.
Over 10000 clu are registered with
the police, and each has a chair
man. Estimating 10 officers to club,
it is figured that 100000 men are
compelled to spend several evenings
away from home each week to attend
to club duties, and many thousands
must make excuses to wives. This
is believed to be the world record.
Evening star., 1935-12-08

lish shows. I'VE said We would
marry Englishmen and stay in Lon
DON" said Alma, "and after that We
couldn't get out of a hotel without
running across some Englishman wait
ing to off, his heart and hand"
Jean Gale, who has been in such
mo- 4es as The Merry Widow" and
young and Beautiful" is a former
Wampas baby star. She is a member
of the Gale quadruplets, who were
really two sets of twins. Her sister
Joan is married to the casting direc-
tor of the Twentieth Century Pictures.
Evening star., 1935-12-08

loaded plane carried bags Of food
for stranded people Each night she
went over the engine of the plane
which was to carry her back the next
day across the raging Mississippi.
A LII the while she fretted over the
unmarked airways of the country,
and the plight Of the private fyer,
who often found himself over
Evening star., 1935-12-08
Forgers

Continued From Third Page)
La opinión., 1935-08-25
NACIMIENTOS, DEFUNCIO
MES, MATRIMO BAU-
TIZOS, ONO M


JULIAN cAxIolA, joven do
II amos dc sdad, falleei6 en- 81
Hospital General oil dfa Il do
este mes, slendo sspultado 81 q
en- oil Cemsnterio cat6Ileo do
FL CalvarIo.-Sus famiIiares .
siden on BOZ do Ia avenida Ma
ria dc la vecins pobIaci6n do
NorwaIk, Calf.
EsTEFANo D.. RocHA, "a
1lecio oil dia is on el Hospital del
Estado dc Patton, siendo sepuI.
tado eI Fl en- oil oementerio do
Compton, sus deudos rssidsn on
el 1854 al este dc Ia eaIls 1os.
DOMINGO BAUTisTA, faIls.
clio 81 dia 10 on Ia que fuer. su
Residential 1909 do 10 Gale 250
en- Harbor City, sisndo sspuIta.
do su esdaver 81 dfa n en- 81
cemsnterio do Artssia, Calf.
PEDRO REsENDEs, saIieeIS
On gu residsnois do 1906 Dc IL
ealls Estrada el dfa 10, siendo
sepultado sI 20 en- eI cemsnterIs
eatoilco do FL caIvario.
ELEopoRo oRTEoA, ,aIIs.
clio 81 IA en- su Residential dc 4f4S
do Ia avenida Brooklyn, sisndo
sepultado el dfa ~ en- sl
terio do Evergreen.
La opinión., 1935-08-25
VeIada dedicada al
Sr. Consul Hill

II martes pr6ximo, 81 de o
corrientes. Sc efectuara una We
lad. nterario -musical, en- honor
del nuevo consul de Mexico en-
Los Angeles, senior Ricardo Hlli'
ouien ACADIA de tomar possession
de su alto puesto.
La velada en- question, ha sido
preparada por' ell Club "Lazaro
CArdenas' en- ell figuran entu-
siastas jovenes de la colonia
mexicana y en- ella sc despedira
tambien. segun nos ilforma 81
senior Benito Montoya, p~residen-
te de dicho club, ell senior Joa-
oufn Terrazas consul saliente
de Mexico. tambien en- esta ciu
dad.
Eel capitan de las oficinas de-
sherifato, senior Eduardo Du-
ran Avres. Ia sehorita Beatrlz
Ramirez, paracaidista meXicana'
seran invitados de honor en- Ia
fiesta. cuya parte central sera
una c%onferencia cultural susten-
tada. Dor ell joven Jose Garduno'
e~studiante de la Universidad de
California. FL tema de dicha
conferencia es "Prejuicios Ra-
GALES.
Terminara la velada con un
bale social.