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Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
STATE P0ULTRYlEEN T0
NEW YORK SHOW
Many State Poultry Ralsers VIM
Exhibit In The Exposition

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Plans to enter exhibits in the
Poultry Industries Exposition, to be
held in New York City. February
to 8. as well as visits to the expo-
sition, which Is to be conducted by
the Northeastern Poultry Produe-
ers' Council, are being contemplated
by Delaware pOultrymen, according
to HI. s. Palmer, extension poultry
man at the University Of Delaware.
THE Poultry Industries EXPOSE
tion is not just another poultry
show" Mr.. Palmer said, ''but IS the
first poultry industries exposition
combining the history Of the pro-
ducer. distributor and consumer of
poultry products. Educational ex-
hibits will be combined with dis
plays Of poultry needs and competi-
tive classes of poultry and poultry 4
products entered by poultrymen and |
from all over the coun-
try"
The exposition, which combines
all the different branches Of the
poultry industry, is to be held in
Commerce Hall in the Port Author
ity Building at Eight Avenue and
18th Street, New York. State COM
mittees are in charge of entries
from the various states to be repre-
5ented in the competitive classes.
John Kennedy. Newark, represents
Delaware egg producers on the COM
nittee and is receiving all applica-
ions for entries in the egg show |
classes at the exposition, while By
on Pepper. Georgetown, is acting
n the same capacity for the baby J
hick producers. and Miss Mary {
Greenwood, is receiv-
ng applications for entries in the /
urkey show. n
Palmer stated that the railroads b
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Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
TO open BIDS ON
Is ROAD JOBS
Projects Costing S52S, 900
Win Provide Work For
Several Hundred.

Bids on Is construction projects
totaling S52S,000 and giving jobs to
several hundred men from March I
to September will be opened BY
the State Highway Department at
2 p. m. Wednesday, February 5.
They include completion OF the
dual highway from Glasgow to the
Maryland line, 4.39 miles, eonstruc-
tion Of a 20-foOt wide concrete road
from Summit Bridge to Glasgow.
4.39 miles, and construction Of IS
back road bridges. some combined
into single projects, which were
damaged, in Kent and Sussex cOun-
ties during last summers floods.
The GeOrgetown-Laufel highway,
for 1887 miles, and the Blackbird-
Middletown highway, for 5.4 miles,
will each be widened four feet.
r A fOur-fOOt wide sidewalk will be
from the William Penn
High School to ButtonWoods, al
New Castle. and between Newport [
and the BOxwoOd Road Bids for ad- /
ditiOns to the repair shop Of the de-
Dartment at Dover are also asked.
Bridges for which bids are asked
are: Three county bridges, Mills
DorO-Centenary School: repairs TO
Kent County-LebanOn Bridge; con-
of three concrete bridges
IN the ietoWn Road:
county bridges No. 222 Road 565,
sussex county; two county bridges,
Road COG. Bridges Nos. IS and I9
sussex county; county bridges Nos.
50. 7O7, 70S and 5S9. in Kent
ounty.
For three months starting in ,
iareh, SIS men will be employed on
he projects and during the subse- ,
uent three months the number will
ange from $50 to 400 workers.
Work is already being started on
226,s00 worth Of projects for which
Ids were previously opened, includ- :
lg grading from Wrangle Hill to !
lasgow and for the Holly Oak to !
laymOnt stretch of the Northeast :,
About $50 men are be- =
g employed on the earlier pro-
cts. =
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
DIRECTORSNAMED
BYDEL. RAILROAD.
Daniel Hirsch, Milford, Is
Elected To Fill Vacancy
On Board.

Directors for the ensuing year
were elected at Dover last Thurs
day at the annual meeting of the
Delaware Railroad Company. One
new director was named, Daniel
Hirsch, of Milford. to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the death of Colonel
James ]. Ross, of Seaford.
The directors are as follows:
Henry Tatnall, Wilmington; ]. NJ.
Dennis, Baltimore; Edward Hart,
Townsend; Oliver A. Newton, Of
Bridgeville; William H. Boyee, Do
yer; A. J. County, Philadelphia; Vic
tor C. Records, Laurel; Francis deH.
Janvier, New Castle; William H.
Heald, Wilmington; Charles dupont
Ridgely, Camden; Albanus Phillips,
Crisfeld, Nd; D. Mlfflln Wilson,
Dover; George J. WOOdford, Dover.
The board organized by re-elect- /
ing Mr.. County president; Mr.. New
ton, vice president succeeding Col
ouel Ross, IN that position and Mr..
wilson treasurer Mr. Wilson has
saa 9e ad la fhat
position and his Tate Eathef-lr- ap.
Manlove Hayes, was treasurer for
many years before Mr.. Wilson was
irst elected in 1910.
President County called attention
. be, directors that 1886 is the one
anniversary Of the grant
ng or charter to the Delaware
Railroad Company However, be-
ause Of many obstacles it was some
ears afterwards before the road
ras opened. It was opened in 1856.
The company's financial state
lent for 1885 showed a net income
( $41S, ,4O6.60 for the year, a de-
rease to s4,572.47 from 1884. DiVi-
end payments for 1885 total $780,
81. Assets increased S12,542.1O dur ]
lg 1885 to a total Of S8,759, ,50O.65.
his sum was made up largely Of
he investment in the road which I
as given as s8.4S5.83O.46. !
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
HOPE is RAISED
FOR FEDERAL AID
ON NNLET PROJECT
HOlcOmb Promises To
Seek Funds For Indian
River Work.
MACK PLEDGES HELP
Promise OF Grant If Sus-
sex County Shows Need
For Relief.

Prospect Of Federal aid on the
project to reopen Indian Riyer In
let appears much brighter as the re-
suit Of a citizens mass meeting to
further the project held at George
town on Tuesday night The meeting
was attended by 500 persons.
II successful in obtaining the
funds, speakers said. benefit to that
section would be more than 100000
annually after five years, restoring
livelihood to more than $500 per-
sons.
Not an objection to the project
was voiced, the only problem being
ways and means Of securing Fed
eral equipment. The State, It was
pointed out, has appropriated $780,
900 provided Federal aid in the sum
Of at least $4,000 is Forthcoming
for labor cost
Speakers included u. s. Senator
Townsend. Congressman J. George
Stewart, State WPA Administrator
BanksOn r. HOlcomb, James NJ. Tun-
nell. Georgetown attorney; Capt. S.
II. Kohloff, in charge OF the area in
volYed, representing Col. Lee, Phila-
delphia. district engineer, Major w.
S. Corkran, executive office and
in charge Of Mosquito Con-
troll Commission, Gardner Bunting,
president Sussex County Levy
Court, W. w. Mack, State Highway
engineer. and Reese White, Mills
DOro business man.
WIN Seek Added Funds
Mr.. Holcomb said he is now and I
llways has been favorable TO re-
ipenlng Indian River Inlet and
.eeping It OPEN
while it Is impossible al present.
20 n0Q az WpA funds 10 y
hing IN my power 10 secure addi- 4
lonal funds at Washington to as d
ist the plans" he said Ie
He urged the citizens IN Sussex
lterested 10 report all cases Of un- II
and families IN desti- 3
ite circumstances. Pointing out 3,
lat WPA funds are specifically ear q
Iarked for such purposes Vi
Captain KohlOff cheered the meet II
Ig by stating that detailed engi- N
3ering survey Of project under way N
II several months. barring bad ~
Gather, should be completed in ten
lys and a report made to WASH Il,
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Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
LIBERTY LEAGUE FLAYS
F. D. R. IS BUDGET TALK
Says Presidents Interpretation OF
Situation @lIisIeading, Deceitfur

Assailing President RooseEeIt'a
interprefations Of the 1sca na-
Ton a8 misleading and deceltfli.
the American Liberty League called
upon Congress to investigate ''the
entire governmental structure"
The Executives budget message,
the League said, discloses "a pro-
gram marked by riot Of extrava-
gance on every hand" The inVesti-
cation was recommended with a
view to attainment Of the obiec-
tives pledged in the Democratic
platform Of 1882 and emphasized by
Mr.. Roosevelt in his campaign
speeches"
The League said IL any corpora
tion should offer a statement under
the securities and exchange act "as
deceptive and confusing at the Pres
ident's budget message, it would be
prosecuted under the penal section
of the statute
Ten Salient Facts Presented
Summarizing It's analysis Of the
Message, the League presented what
I said was a list Of 10 salient facts.
they were:
=. Expenditures proposed for the
lscal year 1887, including sup
Elemental work-relief item, will ex-
eed those OF the reeord-breaking
total Of 1886 by a bill
lon dollars or more.
%. The deficit IS likely to be al
lost as great as In 1886 despite an
stimated increase in revenue Of al
lost 81 100000
"3. The date of a balanced budget
smains indefinite, although reve-
ues have reached a volume far in
zcess Of the normal total during ,
lie period Of surpluses in the dec
ie up to 1891.
"a. Failure to include a new esti-
ate for work-relief leaves an un-
rtain status Of the largest single +
I'm OF the budget.
IS. The stated purpose to ask :
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Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
NEHEMIAH GRAY,S WILL
DECLARED INVALID
Kent County Register OF WINS De-
cides Gray Was OF UnsOund Mind


The will Of Nehemiah Davis Gray,
Of Milford, in which he provided for
the care Of his four cats in a house
at l09 Northeast Front street, MfI-
ford, was rejected, in a decision
handed down on Wednesday by Reg
lister Of Wills Paradee.
The register ruled that on jan
airy 8, 1884, the date Of the execu-
ton Of the paper purporting to be
his last will and testament, Mr..
Gray did not possess "sunicient
soundness Of mind, memory and re-
Election to know what he was about
or what he was doing when he
executed the said paper writing"
Iestamentary Letters Revoked
Mr.. Paradee further ordered that
letters testamentary heretofore
granted to the First National Bank
and Trust Company Of Milford be
The win was contested by Mr..
Gray's brother, William Gray.
It was provided in the will that a
nephew Of the deceased could live
In one Of two houses owned BY Mr..
cray rent free if he agreed to care
lor these animals (four cats), give
hem good care, food, warm shelter
md not allow them to run at Iarge.R
{ the nephew, William Gray, Jr.,
Ihould fail to agree to this provis-
on, the house was to be rented to
Iome respectable couple Tor half
ent If they would agree to care for
he cats. There was a further pro-
ision that the grave Of another cat
etween the two houses owned By
he deceased in Milford should never
e disturbed.
Tarn 10 Par 8 plsnrsI
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
HE ALTH REPORT READ /
AT COUNCIL, MEETING
Milford Fe nat d Not HaYins
Any Serious EPldsinles nsISs5

At the regular monthly meeting Of
the Milford City COUNCIL held III the
council chambers On tuesday night.
the report Of health work undert4kl
en- in Milford during the year, jan
uary l, 1885 to January /, 1886, was
read before council and placed on
the minutes Of that body. The report
in the form Of a letter 10 DR.. s. NJ.
d. Marshall, president OF the City
Board Of Health. and also a mem
Der Of the City Council, was compil-
ed by Dr. E. l. Smith. executive
Of Milford Board Of
Health. The report follows:
DR.. s. NJ. d. Marshall, President
City Board Of Health,
Delaware.
Dear DR.. Marshall:
beg to submit the following re-
port Of health activities in Milford 4
during the year 1885.
Milford has been exceptionally
0rtunate in that it has had no cpl
lemics Of serious proportions during
he year. There have been a few
'ases Of measles, scarlet fever,
ghooping cough and chicken pox.
tut no cases Of diphtheria in Mil
ord or the Milford community.
Well-Baby Clinics have been held
ach Thursday morning for colored
abies at the colored school, and
ach Thursday afternoon. for the
Thite babies at the Masonic Temple
hese clinics are attended by DR.. J.
. Baker The babies are weighed
nd measured by the nurse, and il
" any reason. DR.. Baker thinks a {
lby is in need OF medical attention.
e insists that parents take it to z
leir family physician. !
tuberculosis clinics have been 9
I'D the third Wednesday Of each {
onth. These clinics are conducted !
Z DR.. D. D. Bnrch of Brandywine p
lnatOrium for the purpose Of maxi
g chest examinations Of cases,
ntacts, and suspects referred by
ysicians,
Of the city water have
en- collected and analyzed weekly
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Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
@17-YEAR LOCUSTS"
COMING TO STATE
Cieadae WIN End Long Retirement
For Three Weeks OF Life

Delaware. with 16 other eastern
states. is in for a three-week in
vasion Of "17-year locusts." this
summer, according to w. p. Flint,
entimologist, Of Urbana, m.
The insects. properly called ciea-
dae, win come TO life for a bare
three weeks after a 17-year retire.
ment and viii leave egg deposits
damaging to trees and shrubbery.
The term locust" Is a misnomer,
according to DR.. Flint.
WIN Arrive In Nay
Brood number ten is scheduled 10
re-awaken this year. The entire
field Of cicadae has been classified
by broods which appear at different
intervals. This brood IS considered
,ne Of the largest appearing IN the
United States.
Cicadae VIII be abundant during
.iay and early June IN southern /
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Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, january s, 10
Tuesday, January "A, inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Nfl.
ford, from Wednesday. January
to Tuesday, January IA. inclneive.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
temperature
MO-. NJ
ToLal Ralnfan

Total Rainfall - es
The following winds and condi,
tons prevailed during the came
period:
Evening star., 1936-01-08
Root of Evil.

Testifying before the Senate Munitions
Committee yesterday, Thomas w. Lamont
referred to money as the root of all evil
His partner, j. P. Morgan, instantly cor
rected the misquotation, pointing out that
the exact language of St. Paul in his first
epistle to Timothy, as represented in the
New Testament, is: "They that will be
rich fall into temptation and a snare and
into many foolish and hurtful lusts which
drown men in destruction and perdition.
For the love of money is the root of all
evil; which while some coveted after,
they have erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through with many
sorrows. But thou. o man of God. flee
these things: and follow after righteous
ness. godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness."
Of course, there is all the difference
in the world between the two concepts.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
deaths and 1889 personal injuries, amply

deaths and 4,38s personal injuries, amply
justifies this drastic rule. It is painfully
evident that there are too many drivers
operating cars in the District who do
not obey the regulations. The penalties
applied heretofore in cases where exces-
sive speed has been detected, without
accident resulting, have not cured this
dangerous habit. Revocation OF license
has been so rare as to encourage those
addicted to the speed habit to continue.
Now they are faced with the penalty OF
loss of license to drive. That should
deter them. Apparently nothing short
of that penalty will do SO. They may
perforce learn from the warning the les
son that speeding is dangerous to them
selves as well as to others.
The car that is driven according to
the regulations is not highly danger
Gus factor in the streets. 1t can be
stopped in time to avoid a collision in
all but the rarest cases. There will, OF
course, remain the careless or inatten-
tive pedestrian who acts on impulse with
out ascertaining the state Of traffic or
who, knowing the conditions, takes a
dangerous chance. No regulation limit
ing the drivers speed and governing his
use of the streets can assuredly protect
the jaywalker. But the speeder, who
dashes through the streets at pace
which prevents the full control OF the
car in an emergency, who jumps the
lights, who ignores the rights of pedes-
trians, has no place in the roster OF
those licensed to drive.
Evening star., 1936-01-08

In its original form the axiom Is a warn
ing against greed; as frequently mis-
stated it is q complaint against a con-
venience Of trade and exchange which,
as such, is no more wicked or sinful than
the mental and physical effort which it
symbolizes. Yet the distinction often is
neglected by those who fail to under
stand the nature Of money. The author
of the phrase, it should be remembered,
was an impassioned evangelist whose
heart and mind were filled with the fever
of religion of sacrifice. He had rejected
the world and its affairs, devoted him.
self utterly and completely to his mis-
sion. To reform humanity was his OBJ
jective. And in that spirit he wrote.
But in modern times and under mod
ern conditions there is nothing intrin-
sically vicious about money. Honest coins
are made of clean and pure metal, paid
for honest labor. The average individual
does not worship wealth, is not miser.
Rather, the common attitude is reason-
ably idealistic. Even millionaires are
altruists, giving to social uses far more
Of their gains than they dedicate to their
selfish interests or pleasures.
So it might be argued that money.
properly employed, is root of good such
as any citizen might wish to have grow
ing in his own back yard. 1t all depends
upon purpose and intent. When accu-
rately appraised both cash and credit are
instruments of progress as well as imple-
ments of prosperity. And Mr.. Morgan Is
on record as having witnessed to the
values for which those commercial ex-
pedientS stand Character" he has de-
clared, sis before money or property or
anything else. Money cannot buy It,"
Evening star., 1936-01-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

forts to promote recovery. But
optimistic Democratic views on this Sc
are tempered by the realization that the
New Deals prestige has been gravely
shattered by invalidation of its two key
branches. with corresponding loss Of con-
fidence among those millions of Ameri-
cans who are animated by old-fashioned
reverence for the Constitution and re-
sent recovery programs that were found
to be in violation of it.
Not since the dizzy days of March,
1888. has Washington produced such an
avalanche of front-page national news
events as this weeks history will record.
A mere tabulation indicates what the
Capital reportorial fraternity has to cope
with-the Supreme Courts A. A. A. de-
cision and its aftermath; congressional
proceedings in connection with the bud
get, the bonus and neutrality; the Jack
son day dinner; the Democratic National
Committee meeting and the Senate
World War investigation.
Any day President Roosevelt is ex-
pected to send to the Capitol his NOM
nations for the Board of Governors Of
the Federal Reserve System, who must
be appointed under the 1885 banking
act by February l. 1t has already
been announced that Mariner s. Eccles,
now governor of the Federal Reserve
Board-which will no longer have that
title-will be appointed chairman of the
new board Of governors. Who the six
others will be remains her:netical
Yt,.@ - A DC
that at least three present Reserve Board
members, in addition to Mr.. EccleS, will
be placed on the new body, namely,
Messrs. Charles S. Hamlin, Adolph c.
Miller and M. s. Szymczak. Under the
coming set-up the Secretary of the
Treasury and the controller of the cur
rency will no longer be ex-offlcio men,
bers. Another departure will be that
the board of governors, unlike the expir-
ing body, will function as system and
as unit rather than as the central head
of II regional Federal Reserve organ
izationS.
About the time Congress swings into
final action on neutrality the eleventh
annual Conference on the Cause and
Cure of War will be in session at Wash
ington, from January 81 to "a. Its pur-
pose is to consider just what program
American women interested in peace
should comparatively support. Among
the speakers will be Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
Miss Kathleen Courtney of Great Brit
ain, Mrs. August Belmont, Thomas j.
Watson, DR.. James T. Shotwell, Philip
C, Jessup and Allen w. Dulles. Neu-
trality will be the central theme Of the
conference.
II
J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the United
States Bureau of Investigation, was din
ing the other night at Jack Dempsey's
restaurant in New York. A boy strolled
in to ask the ex-champion for his
autograph. Dempsey obliged, and said:
There sits Mr.. Hoover. Why don't you
ask him for one" The lad rejoined:
Guess I better not. My dads DEM
ocrat.''
(Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-01-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

Slipping, sliding and wading-these are
the three Winter accomplishments Of the
suburbanite.
Effete persons who live in the city
know nothing of all this.
The effects of massed living, as repre-
sented by rows of houses, large build
ings and many chimneys, help elevate
the temperature of the air.
Shows vanish in the city almost over
night, but not out our way.
Out our way the smallest snowfall
stays on for days because OF the open
sweeps OF country, the lower tempera-
ture the year around and the number OF
large trees.
Some of our streets-those running
east and west-had snow and ice on them
for two solid months last Winter.
We are expecting the same thing this
Winter and have made a good beginning.
II
Really. we would be very much disap-
pointed in local pride If the SHOWS were
not deep, long-lasting and exceptional
in every way.
Those of us who have cars slip and
slide as well as the rest of us, but only
the man who walks enjoys this feature
vi JilC oubuA Dull WllAtCA W SAiC Auiis
He and he alone (or she, and she
alone), slips slides and wades to work.
Some way this brings the resident close
to his neighborhood.
Especially If he slips enough to fall
down.
There is something inherently comical
about slipping on ice, say what one will
against laughing over the mishaps OF
others.
They did it better in the small towns
of long ago, when uproarious laughter
met the icy downfall Of any person who
slipped and fell on the public streets.
Everybody expected to be laughed at,
if he fell, and every one had tales to
tell of how a friend laughed, only to be
laughed at in turn as he, too, took q
tumble.
1t is a form of civic Dragging, out our
way, to claim to have the most snow in
the entire community.
We look with pride on our ceaSeless
covering.
Long after other squares see the disap-
pearance of all ice and snow, and the
melting rivers of water which go with
these, our block seems just as snowy and
icy as ever.
We can slip and slide for days after
any one else could
There is a particularly bad place at
the head of the street. where unwary
motorists invariably skid.
Sometimes they go round and round,
with that wild look in their eyes motor
lists have under such circumstances.
4 X
Stern aspects Of Nature. summed up
in snow and ice, give us the feeling of
pioneers.
Often the feeling is to be seen reflected
in the eyes of our members, who cast
glances of pride on all sides freely, as if
daring outlanders to speak of snow or ice.
We really have them here. and want
the world to know It,
We rather resent the interference of
our four sets of plows. One man comes
along and plows a path in the side
walk. Then. few hours later, another
one comes along and manages to pillow
most of the snow back on again. The
same technique is carried out in the
street. One cleans out the gutter, an
other plows the snow back in again.