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Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21
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How much Of lhe money spent BY
1.-The Federal work relief projects
lwili seem of permanent value. and
lhow much Of il viii seom IA later
years 60 have had little use beyond
the preseht exigencyg
Il win perhaps be said that the
money spent on building LASTING
ruads gave the most substantial val
Iue. The money spent on some fine
building win be appreciated. yet IN
many cases the work done in that
building was going on fairly we'll
before. When money is put into
some good road out into the coun-
try districts. a permanent uplift is
given to a neighborhood.
The fine boulevard that runs
through the city centers is in many
cases a kind Of luxury. since these
places were usually connected BY
fairly good roads before. But when
you put a hard road over a route
that was once all sand in summer,
or all mud in spring, you lift life
to a new level.
II it takes a farmer several hours
t. drive TO the nearest market and
back, a handicap is placed ON his
ability to market produce. But il
he can slip into the town in half the
time. he can raise whatever the mar
het calls for. Also his car will not
SO soon go to pieces.
Life becomes attractive to rural
young people when they get good
road. They can belong to clubs in
nearby towns, and take part in So
:ial events. The chances OF Keeping
hem at home are doubled or tripled.
The road makers tell how to build
/ country road that viii stand light
arm traffic for moderate cost Many
excellent roads go to pieces in
rear or two. because nothing is but
IN the surface to hold them down. |
When a lasting road is built into a
'ack neighborhood. you provide new
for city stores, new
iources Of wealth. and new commun- |
ty life.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21
TuE B0NUs MONEY

Il The great sum OF 2.4sl.00O.O .OOt
which is now 10 be distributed 70 tli'
World War Veterans win brIiig has.
piness into many homes The tax.
payers may not feel 50 enthusiastic
about H. However tile money has
been voted, and we must an take
hold cheerfuliy and help pay Tor Il
land hope that the distribution will
do good. Il is to be hoped that many
of the veterans will decide not TO
cash III their bonds at once. Unless
they require the money for urgent
needs, it would seem wise to so slow
about collecting the cash
Some people who receive money
lin a lump, do not know how to make
wise use Of it. They spend It for
the first things in sight that tickle
their fancy. Many persons who re-
eeive considerable sums from life
insurance policies have used these
windfalls in this careless way. For
a few months they were on top Of
the wave. but after the money was
gone they were back where they
were before.
Probably some Of the war veterans
will so use their bonus money. But
the former soldiers are now men OF
mature experience. They know that
money so spent is not easily re-
placed. Confidence can be felt tliat
not many OF them will spend their
money in a futile way, and that in
most cases it will be used for essen
tlal and useful things.
The most useful thing that can be
done with such a lump sum, where
people owe money, is usually to pay
of debts. Debt may be unavoidable
where incurred in purchase of homes
or other essentials. to cover the
costs of sickness. etc. When people |
pay their debts, they take new step |
toward progress.
Anyway. the country hands this |
money to the veterans with best /
wishes. with appreciation of their /
war service. and with hopes that it /
will put their homes and finances /
OI a firmer foundation.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21

Just why Is Il that here in Della
ware as in other states we have al
lowed the severe winter myth Of
the long past to growg isn't 1t Just
possible that had we Of 1896 had TO
contend with the conyentehces, ap-
pliances and modes Of travel Of the
past we would dwell long upon the
severe weather which we are now
enjoying? Just think, with modern
highways, kept open day and night
by crews of trained men equipped
with the most modern machinery
for the lighting of snow, is it any
wonder that memories Of the old
timers linger upon the long periods
of times when farmers were isOlat-
ed and towns cut Off from commun-
ication. Compare the modern home
with its comfortable heat to the best
of only a few years back when a
heated "parlor" was almost an un-
known thing. Again, compare your
modern farm with its flowing water
and othe: up-to-date equip
ment to the open well days of the
recent past. Take the present day
with its warm interior
and remember the buggy in which
hot irons were used for warmers"
The comparisons could be carried
on almost endlessly.
After all, isn't the answer to the
old severe winter myth to be found
in this manner-the story grew be-
cause our parents, and their par
snts, were I'll prepared to battle the
as are we of today? We
believe so.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21

THIS is THE TIME of year when
according to tradition, Father settles
down in the easy chair and gloats
over the seed catalOg. He is fasci-
mated by those marvellous pictures
of roses and geraniums. peas and
beans, and he says he is going to
do great stunts in the garden this
year.
Ma listens to his enthusiasm with
her eyebrows raised. She wonders
how much of it will last when the
heats of July come on. Also will it
survive the spade work which will
be necessary to enlarge the garden
plot beyond its present narrow area?
Those energetic aspirations some
times fade out under heat and sweat.
Let him plan for those labOrs all
he will. If he works out his energy
in the garden he may not have to
stay out so late with the boys. Push
ing on the hoe produces calm phil
osophy and helps get acquainted
with your neighbors. Not so much
can be said for some of those who
step so hard on the gas.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21
INTELLIGENT STORE WORKERS

Someone remarks on what a nice
class OF young people you find work.
ing in stores today. Most Of them
have reasonably good education.
good manners, and they are ANXIOUS
to render service. The old-time
''snippyD clerk who would take no
trouble for yOn seems to have dis
appeared.
The young people have had moro
education today, they have seen
more Of life, hence are more courte-
GUS and less awkward. The depres-
sion has taught them that jobs arc
valuable. Also it can be added they
get The best of training in the stores
OF Milford, where they learn how
to meet the people politely, and in
helpful way.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21
M0RkING M0MEN

Said Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt
at q public forum IN washington
"The real reason why womed have
gone out Of the home to work, i.
that the work has gone out Of The
home."
II is often claimed that the mar
ried women should stay at home
and take care Of their husbands and
children, and not take Jobs away
from single women. But modern
life. with its conVeniences as Mrs.
Roosevelt ihtimates, has made it
fairly easy for many married wo-
men to 80 out and earn money. AS
long as they have that opportunity
and power, it is going to be used.
Their homes need the money.
Tile old-time woman shaved from
carly morning to late at night. She
had practically no rest times. Mod
eIn appliances, electricity. gas. labor
saving equipment, cooked food
stores. etc. have made housekcep-
ing a different proposition. In many
homes it is not a full time job.
The modern woman, with her
bright mind, frequently has a dis
taste for pots and kettles. She longs
to put her brains to work on the
problems Of business and education.
But il takes just as much brains 70
get up a good dinner, and send the
children or happy to school as II
does to sell goods in a store.
There should be opportunity for
women to develop wherever their
tastes and abilities lead them. II
they have gift for business, It
seems too bad to hold them over a
dishpan. Let us hope none of them
neglect the childfen. II the kids
come home from school and find no.
body there to look after them, what |
next? The street corner gives the /
answer in some cases, if not less de-
5irable occupations. Women love /
heir children. and the future will |
show them both how to use their I
gifts. and how to lead and inspire
heir offspring.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21
CONFIDENCE in OUR COUNTRY

Cautious folks are always looking
out for threats and menaces. Before
buying any goods. starting out on
any selling plan, or taking hold Of
any enterprise. they always consider
all clouds on the horizon.
Hopeful people have faith that
clouds are not usually asN threaten-
ing as they seem. They go ahead. on
the theory that this is a good coun-
try. that its defects will be overcome.
and its troubles cured. So they go
ahead with their enterprises, conf
dent that if they can render real SER
vice, It will be appreciated. That is
the spirit that wins out. We need
It here in Milford rs wcll aa overy-
where else.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21

HOW EASY ARE MYTHS explOd-
cd! And, oh, how easy to enlarge
upon a subject as in retrospect VIC
dwell upon the happenings Of for
mer days! From time immemOrable
one of the chief sources of cOnver-
sation has been the weather-hot or
cold, wet or dry, wind or calm, Or
oh, Just any old kind of weather.
Our older citizens have expOunded
the hardships of the severe winters
now a matter of history. our middle
aged boys and girls have added to
the cry that winters are not so
severe as they used to be"-and
many of us had almost come to be-
lieve that possibly we here in Della
ware were enjoying a milder cli-
mate than did those of the past.
Just when this myth had begun to
blossom into full grown manhood
along comes the present winter sea-
son. And, 10 and behold away drifts
our little myth so carefully nurtur-
ed over period OF years.
Right here in. Milford land this
city is a fair example of conditions
throughout Delaware and the whole
eastern seab0ardl what have we
had? Beginning before Christmas
with heavy snow, the ground has
had a covering of white at least par
tally ever since. Snowfall upon
snowfall has added to the woes. Of
citizens. Zero and near zero wea-
ther has been our allotment from
The weatherman, with the result
hat the ground is frozen to great
iepth. The few Tainfalls have added
o the discomfort, for the water has
lot soaked through the ground and
cy ponds have been the result. With
III Of this, however, Milford resi-
Tents have not suffered want to any
,reat extent. Charitable organiza-
ions have been busy it is true; but
o no greater extent than in former
'ears, and when spring arrives the
um total Of charity win have been
-ept upon a level with that Of much
niIder winters
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21
GENEROUS DEED OF SCIENCE

AnOBle gift to the world was made
few days ago. when Prof. L. L.
Hartman of Columbia University
abandoned his patent rights to a for
mula he discovered which is highly
effective in curing tooth pain. Dem
lists expect wonderful results from
this solution. ''
This noble spirited man might
have made a fortune by the sale Of
these rights. Yet lie prefers to give
them to the world. We can not
blame anybody. who as the reward
Of skill and science. wishes to profit.
financially from his laborious re-
search. When such a man casts
aside these gains. his name is en-
titled to go very high among the
worlds benefact0rs. He rises to a
level to which few Of Us are able to
attain.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21
MIlford, EIDE, FebrnaFy d, l0a0
DURING THE WET AND DRY

DURING THE WET AND DRY
fights proceeding the coming of th'
dry era in lower Delaware in 1907
and on through the battle to make
the entire state dry the Chronicle
through its editorial columns fought
hard for the dry movement. At one
time the windows in our plant were
smashed and bodily injury was
threatened the publishers unless
these attacks ceased-but they did
not cease, end we saw the coming
of the dry period for the Diamond
State.
After a period of years, during
which we saw the growing bootleg
ger evil with it's attendant Illicit
sale of poison in many instances to
children and Young men and wO-
men, the Chronicle, along with other
Delaware newspapers who had es-
poused the dry cause believed that a
change was necessary. With the
coming of the repeal of the Eigh-
teenth Amendment and the result
ant throwing back Of the liquor
problem to the several states, we
believed that 4 better solution of the
problem could be had through the
legal sale and strict regulation OF
Iiquor. To this belief we still cling.
But we believe we can see signs OF
an awakened efficiency again rising
uD to strike against the sale of liq-
uor in lower Delaware unless some
of the alleged growing abuses are
stopped. Whispers against many of
the road house places of amusement
where liquor f. sold are TO be heard.
Statements are made that many of
the automobile accidents of recent
months can be traced directly toI
some Of these places. True or untrue
they continue to grow; and what is
only a whisper today may be an out
right clamor for remedy tOmOr-
row. Notwithstanding these charges
we believe that conditions generally
are better now than they were un-
der the old bootleg system. The Del
aware Liquor Commission which is
composed of MIR. Pierre DUPONT will
do well to send caieful investigators
to all places where liquor and beer
is sold in rural Delaware, seek out
the few offenders if such they be,
and deprive them of the privilege of
selling liquors. IN this manner will
an open fight against the sale of
liquor in lover Delaware be avert
cd. We have the utmost confidence
that Mr.. DUPONT cGn cope with the
situation and eliminate any irregu-
larities while they are still in their
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21

SOME FOLKS SELL their physi-
cal presence. to an employer. They
go through the lnotions Of work, but
they do not sell their employer their
brains, as their thoughts are else
where. Hence they are not SO val
liable.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21

KEEP TO YOUR SHOP. and your
shop will keep you" said the old saw.
1t might be enlarged to read, stick
by your home town. and your home
town will STICK by you"
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21

MORE HASTE, less speed, is the
old motto. Yet the haste with which
many folks buy their things in other
cities is often edualled by the speed
with which they return these pur-
chases.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21

II people want money to circulate
faster, the way to make it circulate
Is to advertise goods. and tell why
people should buy them.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-21

THURSDAY 3 FRI, Feb. s7.ss
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
SENTRY TARGET
/. OF COMPLAINT

Charging that his life was
menaced by sentry at Fort Myer
who threatened him with a rifle,
Herbert A. Ross, 3S, Of Arlington.
Va, yesterday filed a complaint
at the War Department against a
Fort Myer soldier.
Mr.. Ross stated that Monday
while he and his three-year-old
daughter, Sonya Carroll, were sit
ting in his automobile at Hatfield
Station on the Fort Myer reserva-
tion, he heard someone shout "get
out of there" When he looked out
of the window of his car, he saw
the sentry, who had levelled the
weapon at his head.
When he complained to the Sar-
geant of the guard, Mr.. Ross said,
he was told that the commandant
of the fort had issued orders that
all persons who seemed at all
suspicious should be examined.
Mr.. Ross said that he was told
by the sergeant that the order was
issued because of the kidnapping
of a sentry by the boots and
spurs" gang several weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
Judge UphO1dS S
Telling Police
TO'Get Out

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-You
may tell a policeman to get out
of your place Of business without
breaking the law.
That, at least, is the opinion
of Magistrate Malbin, who dis
missed a diSorderly conduct
charge brought in Coney Island
Court, Brooklyn, by Patrolman
Edward Kutner against Leo Lang,
81, proprietor Of a bakery shop.
Lang received a suspended sen.
tence on a charge Of keeping his
establishment open on Sunday
in violation Of the Sabbath law.
He admitted that when Kutner
handed him a summons he said:
I'm too busy to take the
summons now. Get out Of
here"
This, however, did not conSti.
tute disorderly conduct, Magis.
trate Malbin ruled after the
patrolman told him . crowd had
not gathered.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
CuIbertsons in Suit

NEW YORK Asserting that Mr
and Mrs. Ely Culbertson, contract
bridge experts, still owed New
York State for unpaid instalments
on 1888 and 1884 income taxes,
the State tax commissioner filed
tax liens against the couple in the
county clerks office.
The lien against Mr.. Culbertson
YVES for $2,447, including penalties
and costs. Against his wife, Mrs.
Josephine Culbertson, the lien was
filed for $2,647. 9
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
Auto Trade Drops

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Esti-
mated sales Of passenger auto
mobiles during November have
been reduced from 225,00O to
100000 by r. L. Polk & Co. Sales
of passenger cars in that month
last year amounted to 22O,262.
Truck and commercial automo-
bile sales during November are
estimated at $4,000 units COM
pared with 36,935 units last year.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
STUDENTS WAR
ON CUSTER OF
DR.. FRANK

MADISON, Wis, Dec. 16 I.NS0
The University of Wisconsin's
Board Of Regents met today,
ostensibly to consider the Univer-
sity budget, but actually with the
tenure of DR.. Glenn Frank as
president hanging in the balance.
AS the regents met under a
deluge of kilograms from alumni
groups and educational leaders,
students marShalled their forces
for a threatened classroom strike
in the event DR.. Frank is ouSted.
Political observers expressed
doubt that Gov. Philip M. La Fol-
letter would be able to muster a
majority of the Is regents, al
though II are his appointees, be-
cause of the tremendous volume OF
support given DR.. Frank.
Become Political Crisis
The issue has become a major
political crisis, with the imme-
diate issue the right Of the Gov.
ernor to interfere in university
affairs.
The charges upon which the
Regents may vote to unSeat DR..
Frank have been kept secret.
Judge August c. Backus, Milwau-
kee Regent, said:
"I have received no notice
that charges have been filed
and I doubt that any have been
filed"
The controversy between DR..
Frank and the Governor and the
La Follette-appointed Regents goes
back two years, but only in the
past year has it flared into the
open. Governor La Toilette Is said
to have objected to DR.. Franks
alleged political ambitions, to his
open criticism of the Roosevelt
Administration, and to the fact
he was frequently mentioned as
a possible dark horse" candidate
for the Republican nomination
for President.
Demanded Removal
Harold M. Wilkie, chairman of
the board and a close friend of
Governor La Toilette, and Regent
Glough Gates were reported to
have demanded DR.. Franks re-
moval last March.
It was reported the house clean
ing that removed Athletic Di-
rector Walter E. Meanwell and
Head Football Coach Clarence w.
Spears from the campus would
include DR.. Frank.
DR.. Frank denied he was can
didate for the G.. o. P. nomina-
tion, that he sought to be the key
noter at the Republican conven-
ton or that he could be blamed
for Wisconsin's athletic doldrums.
Cut His Salary
Last July the AregentS and the
State Legislature slapped the uni
versity president by defeating his
budget proposals and Slicing 81 800
off his $16,320 salary.
DR.. Franks opponents have IN
formally charged him with "in-
decision and lack of adminiStra-
tive ability" with hedging on lib
eral issues, antagonizing the legis-
lature, unfairnesS to younger fac
ulty members, and 'insuluting"
the University from the regents.
Seven of the Is regents are said
to be supporting DR.. Frank. One
Of his StauncheSt hackers is Zona
Gale Breeze, famed novelist and
one of the committee that Sc
lected DR.. Frank for his present
post in 1925. His contract expires
in June.
The principles have consistently
refused to comment on the situa-
tion.
The Washington times., 1936-10-08
DROPS
BLIND AID

The Community Chest board of
trustees yesterday eliminated the
Columbia Polytechnic Institute for
the Blind from the list of chest
agencies for 1887 because the in
Stitute's work is inadequately ad-
ministering to the needs of the
blind in Washington, according to
chest officials.
The trustees, in their meeting
at the United States Chamber Of
Commerce Building, adopted a
resolution asking the Council of
Social Agencies to determine by
an investigation what can best be
done to meet the needs of the blind
here. The Federation of Parent
Teachers Associations shoe and
rubber fund was elected to Com
munity Chest membership.
A $23,0O deficit, an amount due
to hospitals for certified patients
in 1885, was reported by Clarence
Phelps Dodge, president of the
Community Chest, who made an
urgent request for a larger hos
pital appropriation in 1887. The
drive for funds this year will be
made from November IL to "a in
elusive.
Louis Gutenberg, one Of the ex-
ecutors of the will of the late
Harry B. Wilson, told the trustees
that the income amounting to ap-
proximately $4,000 annually from
a large apartment house would be
turned over to the Chest, one Of
two residuary legatees, after the
four years necessary to put the
will in effect.
The Washington times., 1936-10-08
FLOOD INQUIRY
OPENS OCT. "A

Preliminary work on proposed
flood control Of the Potomac
River and its tributaries will get
under way within two weeks, the
United States Engineer Office an
nounced today.
In accordance with an act of
Congress approved June %, di.
recting a report on the project,
series of public hearings will be
held at Washington and other
points contiguous to the river.
First of the hearings will be
October IA, at Paw Paw, w. Va.
On october IS residents of Peters
burg, w. Va, will be given op-
portunity to tell of flood ravageS.
The Cumberland CMd) hearing
will be october 10, followed by
a hearing at Luke, Nd, october
20.
Hearings also will be held at
Hancock, Md; Strasburg, Va,
and Frederick, Md, as we'll as
other areas in this watershed.
Date of the Washington hearing
has not been set.
The hearings will seek informa-
ton on the north branch of the
Potomac and tributaries entering
the river from Maryland or West
Virginia from Keyser, w. Va, up
stream, including Keyser, w. Va;
WeSternport, Md; Piedmont, w.
Va; Luke, Md, and other af-
fected points.
The Washington times., 1936-10-08
Green in N. Y. ConsuIts
Two c. |. O. Leaders

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 G.N.SO.
On the eve of the fall quarterly
meeting of the A. F.. of L. at
Washington, D. c., scheduled to
record in its yearly report the sus.
pension from it's ranks of mil
lion workers who hold A. F. of L.
cards in the 10 big unions COM
prising the c. 1. o. group, PreSi-
dent William Green conferred with
two C. I. o. leaders after pleading
for amity at a labor convention
here.
At conclusion of his star cham
Der meeting with David Dubinsky,
president of the International
Ladies Garment Workers Union,
and Max Zaritsky, president of
the Cap and Millinery Workers
Union, Green left early today for
Washington. He held out cautious
hope that "at least some" of the
suspensions might be lifted by the
executive council.
VOTE AMERICAN
French Bank Rate Cut
PARIS, Oct. 8 GN.s0.-Indica-
ting definite improvement in
Frances gold crisis, the Bank of
France today reduced its rediscount
rate from three to 212 per cent.