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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
DEATH CLAIMS
JOSEPH |. CAHALL
Former Secretary of State
Was Delaware's Oldest
Masonic P. G.. Nj.

Funeral services for Joseph l.
Cahall, age n years, former Secre-
tary of State and Oldest past grand
master of the Grand Lodge of Della
ware, A. F. G A. NJ, were held at his
late home in Georgetown on We'd
nesday afternoon at 1880 o'clock.
The Rev. John Humphrey, pastor OF
the Presbyterian Church, officiated.
Interment was made at Onancockr
Va.
Mr.. Cahall, who practiced law at
Georgetown since 1889. died early
Monday morning of complications.
He also was well known in banking
circles and was an active Republi-
can. He aided in the formation of
the Sussex Trust Company in Laurel,
Lewes, and Milton in 1898 and was
a director of that bank; a director
of the Farmers Bank, and was an
member of the Continental
American Life Insurance Company
of Wilmington.
He served as Secretary of State
under Governor Preston Lea from
l9O5-19O9, and was former member
of the Sussex Republican executive
committee, and of the Republican
State Committee.
Mr.. Cahall was born in Bridge
Vile, son of Lawrence NJ. and Lizzie
A. Cannon Cahall. His father was
a physician and his mother was a
daughter of William Cannon, Del
aware's Civil War governor.
He was the oldest member of the
Sussex County Bar in point of age
and the third oldest in point of
service. He was a member OF
Franklin Lodge. o. 1N2, A. F. & A.
NJ, of Georgetown; Hope Chapter
No. Z, Royal Arch Masons; St. Johns
No. of Wilmington,
and Lulu Temple of Philadelphia.
AIr. Cahall married the former
Eleanor R. Powell of onancock. Va,
April 26. 1900. They had no chill
iren.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
TWO HURT In CRASH
NEAR GEORGETOWN
Washington Couple In A Serious
Condition In Milford Hospital

Miss Laniel Sipe. 81 years old, Of
Washington. d. c.. and Joseph An
dert. 35 years old, of 507 Taylor
street, Chevy Chase. Nd. were in
jured Sunday night when their car
collided with that of Francis C. Dor
ey of near Millsboro. at the inter-
section of the DUPONT highway and
the Observation-Disclosures road.
one mile west of Georgetown. The
Maryland car was going west while
Dorey was bound south on the du-
Pont highway. Andert. II is said.
failed to stop at the intersection.
Miss Sipe and kndert were taken
to the Milford Emergency Hospital
suffering from decorations of the
legs and body, while the latter sus-
tanned injuries 20 the head.
Dorey was accompanied by Chas.
Parker Of Millsboro. The former es-
capped with few slight cuts, while
Parker had face lacerations.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
KENT G. O. P. GROUP
MEETS STATE CHAIRMAN
Meeting Held At The Home OF COun-
ty Chairman Hazel

The Kent County Republican Com
mittee with an almost 100 per cent
attendance met In Dover last Friday
evening at the home of ]. Henry Ha-
eel.
The guest at the meeting was the
State chairman, Senator Ebe H.
Chandler of Dagsboro.
The primary purpose of the meet
ing was to have the members of the
committee meet the new State chair
man who recently succeeded Colonel
Edmund Mitchell, Jr.
1t was an enthusiastic meeting,
members of the committee stress
ing that the Republican party had
given the State economical admin
istrations.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
SOIL CONSERVATION
ELECTION MEETINGS
HI. r. Moore, Paris C. Kirby, Geo. l.
Hill. r.. C.. Davis Elected In Tenth

In accordance with the rulings of
! the Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration community meetings were
held in Kent county on Friday eve
ming of last week for the purpose of
electing district committees in the
reorganization of the Kent County
Agricultural Conservation Associa-
tion for the year beginning July 1.
These meetings were scheduled by
County Agent Russell E. Wilson in
cooperation with the members of the
county and State committees, and
notices were mailed to each farmer
who signed an application or work
sheet in either the 1886 or 1887 soil
conservation programs. In each dis
trict there we're elected a committee
of three farmers and one alternate,
and the chairman Of each district
committee thereby becomes men,
Der of the board of directors in the
county association.
These election meetings resulted
in the following farmers being Sc
Iected for each district in the coun-
ty:
First District-Ernest S. Mattiford.
Howard C. Deakyne, William t. Da-
vid and William III. George.
Second and Fifth Districts-R.
Harry Wilson, Arthur F. Dawes,
James B. Keith and John w. Carey.
Third District-H. Clifford Clark,
Dudley Crossley. James Rowlinson
and Frank Attix.
Fourth District-Henry Williams,
J. Frank Smith. Fred NJ. Williams
and ]. Seward Daily.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
STATE BOARD POSTS
RESUSCITATION AIDS
DIR. Jost States Drowning Rate Much
Higher Here Than In Other States

With the approach of the summer
sports, the Delaware State Board of
Health is reminding the public that
everyone should know how to save
{ life from drowning. One never
knows, they say, when he will be
faced with such an emergency and
he should be ready for 1t.
During 1886, thirty persons were
accidentally drowned in Delaware;
this is at the rate of twelve per hun
dred thousand of population which.
according tc DIR. A. C. Jost. execu-
tive secretary, quite largely exceeds
the rate foT other states and the
United States as a whole.
The proper resuscitation treat
ments are given by the Board of
Health as follows:
"a On removal of a patient fro nj
the water. he should be placed on
his stomach on a fiat surface, quick
ly opening the mouth to remove any
foreign substance which might OBJ
struct breathing-but not wasting
any time in such preliminaries as
every moment is precious. One arm
of the patient should be bent at the
elbow, letting the head rest thereon,
with face side-wise so that water
may be d;spelled from the lungs;
and the other arm should be stretch
ed full length above the head
go Kneel. and straddle the pa
tient below the hips placing hands
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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
KENT And SUSSEX
FAIR ASSN. LISTS
Big ATTRACTIONS
Outstanding Event Of
Week Will Be Selection
Of Miss Delaware.
SPECIAL PAGEANT
Auto Races Will Be Held
Saturday, July 81, Lead
ing Drivers Expected.

The Kent and Sussex Fair will
show some of the worlds finest at
fractions at their meet the last week
In July. Miss Delaware will be
chosen.
No time in the past eighteen years
have they had so many feature at
fractions to place before Delawar-
cans and friends from neighboring
states. The management has put
forth every effort for the past six
months to secure outstanding at
fractions of the highest and clean
est type available. One of the lar
gest events of the week will be a
beauty contest for the purpose of Sc
lecting Miss Delaware" to compete
with other states at the Atlantic
City Beauty Pageant next Septem-
Der. The association has secured
the exclusive franchise for conduct
ing this beauty contest for the State
of Delaware. The Delaware girl
winning the contest here will be out
fitted with a beautiful wardrobe and
sent to Atlantic City for a week,
with all expenses paid, to enter the
national beauty and talent contest.
The winner at the Atlantic City con-
test will be chosen the Reigning
Queen, Miss America of 1887. She
will be sent from Atlantic City to
Hollywood via deluxe Sky Sleeper
Plane" with all expenses paid for
herself and chaperone. She will be
given a screen test by one of the
large motion picture studios, with
stage appearances, and perhaps. a
long term film contract.
Another special feature of the
week will be a pageant by the Ma
tiOnal Mosquito Control, depicting
the progress of their program in
Delaware. This is promised to be one
ossthe most educational and humor-
Gus pageants ever before presented
to the people Of Delaware. There
will be more than one hundred par
ticipants in this pageant.
For the first time in the east, the
Fair Association will present Zeke
Meyer, the famous automobile race
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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
CAR INSPECTION
CAMP Align Will
OPEN ON july Is
Secretary Of State Terry
Advises A Preliminary
Visit To Repairman.
LANES ANNOUNCED
Cars Will Be Inspected
Here From July 22 To
July 81.

Charles L. Terry, Jr., Motor We
hicIe Commissioner of Delaware, is
urging every motor car owner to
make a preliminary visit to his re-
pairman before submitting his car
for inspection In the safety lanes
which open July is and continue un-
til August 81 of this year. Mr.. Terry
states eight out of ten cars in 1885
were rejected. In 1886 only five ou:
of ten cars we're rejected. He feels
this decrease in rejection was due
to the car owners in 1886 making
trip to their repairmen previous to
visiting the safety lane. and making
this visit in sufficient time to give
the repairman an opportunity to do
a thorough job.
In preparation for this years in
spection, the Motor Vehicle Com
missioner makes the following three
suggestions to the motor car own
ers:
First: Make a preliminary visit to
the repairman, giving him ample
time for any repairs that might be
necessary.
Second: That the motor and SER
ial numbers be cleaned and readable
before entering the traffic lanes.
Third: That the 1936-1937 stick
ers be removed from the windshield
before entering the traffic lane.
Mr.. Terry states: This year the
Motor Vehicle Department is at
tempting in every way possible to
have the ninth annual car inspection
campaign conducted with the least
amount of inconvenience to the car
owners. Reflections are the source OF
9Oeo of the complaints, and / feel
these reflections can be eliminated II
the motorists comply with the sug-
gestions regarding preliminary
visit 10 the repairmans the serial
number being cleaned, and iast
years sticker removed from the
windshield before visiting the safety
lane"
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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
AUTO LICENSES COST
ONE-HALF AFTER JULY |
Number OF Registrations Has Passed
The $1,000 Mark

Effective July 1 all registration
tags for motor vehicles may be Sc
cured for one-half the usual fee, it
was announced at the office of the
State Motor Vehicle Department this
week. officials anticipate a rush for
the bargain rates as there are many
out-of-town car owners now resid-
ing in the State, particularly in Will
mington. who will discard tags of
their former states for those of Del
aware.
1t was stated there have been
more registrations of motor vehicles
up to the present than were issued
for the entire year of 1886. The
number has passed the 10000 mark.
Practically all are for pleasure ve-
hicles.
The trailer registrations show that
there have been about 900 tags is
sued for that type vehicle while the
registration tags for commercial
vehicles now number about $500.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
STATE FARMERS GET
GOOD EGG PRICES
Prices Received Are Higher Than
The Average For United States

Sharp increases in farm egg pro-
duction in all parts of the country
over production a year ago is re-
ported by the Bureau of Agricultur-
al Economics for May /, 1887. Coup
led with the high production. an abb
normal rise in the price of feed,
which normally shows little change
at this time of year. has placed an
additional burden on farm egg pro-
ducers, the report shows.
However, Delaware farm egg pro-
ducers are receiving prices which
are higher than the average for the
United States as whole. For in
stance. on April Is. 1887, Delaware
farm produced eggs were averaging
21.3 cents per dozen while the aver
age price for similar eggs for the
United States as a whole was 2O.1
cents per dozen and Maryland pro-
ducers were receiving an average OF
20.5 cents per dozen.
Farm produced chickens likewise,
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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
TO NAME NEW CCC
OFFICIALS In 1888
Lewes Get Word OF Shift In CCC
Staff; VIII Retain Some Men

All present officers of Civilian
Conservation Corps camps of the
Trenton, N. j., district, which in
cludes camps in Delaware. with the
exception of four line officers, four
dentists, one finance officer, and sew
en- medical officers. will be relieved
from active duty by June 80. 1888,
and their places taken by officers
with no previous CCC experience, 1t
was learned last Saturday at the
Delaware headquarters camp at
Lewes.
A communication to this effect
has been received by Lieutenant
Justus B. Naylor. of Company 1924.
who among others came to Lewes
shortly after the CCC movement was
started in Delaware in 1888.
Policy Recently Adopted
The order. signed by Captain Har-
ry p. R. Hansen of the Trenton dis
trict headquarters, states "this ac-
tion Is not due to any dissatisfac-
tion with your services, or to de-
sire by this headquarters to lose
ttem, but under the War Depart
ment policy recently adopted. all
officers now on duty in this district,
with the above mentioned excep-
tions) must be relieved by June 80,
1898. To enable the district to con-
tinue to operate efficiently 1t is nec-
essary that one new officer In each
camp be obtained as soon as poss-
ibie in order that ne can have some
training and experience before be-
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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
U.S.L.T.A. SPONSORS DEL.
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Delaware Clay Court Matches To BE
Started July ~

The fourteenth annual Delaware
Clay Court Tennis Championship,
held under the sanction of the Uni
ted States Lawn Tennis Association,
will be held at the DUPONT Country
Club. near Wilmington, beginning on
Monday, July IL. The events will in
clude mems and women's singles
and mems and women's doubles, and
II is expected that the entry list will
again include some OF the best
known names in the eastern zone.
There will be prizes for all events
and, in addition, three-year cups will
be placed in competition as follows:
The r. r. NJ. Carpenter Trophy for
mems singles; the Hotel dupont Tro-
ply for women's singles. and the
Mrs. Harrison Smith Trophy for wc-
mems doubles.
Last years winners include: Ga
briel Lavine of Philmont. mems sin
giles: Rose Hofkin Cowan of Phila-
delphia, women's singles; VIM. Sc.
ward and Robert Underwood, of Cal
ifornia, mems doubles; Jean and
Bunny Harshaw, Idle Hour, women's
doubles; Anne Parry. Germantown
Cricket Club. and VIM. L. Nassau,
Idle Hour. mixed doubles. Mr.. Lavine
has won the singles title four times
and with last years victory acquired
a leg on the new r. r. NJ. Carpen-
ter trophy. having retired the prev
ious trophy the year before.
Entries for mems and women's
singles close at p. m., Saturday,
July 10, with play starting on Mon
day. July IL. at 1880 p. m. Entries
for mems and women's doubles close
at p. M. Tuesday. July 10. with
play starting on July IA. The fees
will be $3.50 for singles and $500
per team for doubles. Entries must
be accompanied by fees made pay
ible to The DUPONT Country Club.
All matches will be the best two
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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
ROTARIANS REVIEW
WORK OF PAST YEAR
Treasurer Holzmueller Reports Fl.
nances In Healthy Condition

On Monday evening. June 26, al
the regular weekly meeting of the
Milford Rotary Club, the year 1886
1887, which ends July l. was review
ed in detail, the officers and vari-
GUS committees rendering reports
accordingly.
The treasurer, Don Holzmueller,
reported the finances in a healthy
condition. The club service commit
tee reported an increase of thirty
three and one-third per cent in
membership.
1t was the Community Service
Committee that showed brightest
during the year. Starting with a
drive for money for new uniforms
for members of the Carlisle Fire
Company, it cooperated with the
Student Loan Fund Committee in
launching that fund definitely. In
addition at Christmas time, children
reported underprivileged were cloth
ed and made happy for that holiday.
With the aid of the Boys Work
Committee, the local Boy Scouts
were taken in hand and provided
with an excellent scoutmaster.
James Holzmueller. Membership in
the troop, starting with twelve
members. has jumped to forty. The
club also spent various sums during
the year for buses to take the boys
to various scout gatherings. Jointly
with the American Legion, the club
presented a flag at the armory with
proper ceremony. Altogether over
four hundred dollars were raised for
Boy Scout work.
Members agreed that In addition
TO the regular program work, the
different speakers discussing vari-
GUS subjects. made the year very
successful one.
William Vaules Grier, past pres
ident of the club, received silver
loving cup for the splendid series of
programs presented by him during
the quarter in which he was chair
man of the programs.
Mr.. Grier, in accepting the cup.
said he believed that 1t should he
each year to the person
collecting the best programs aud .e-
main in their possession until an
other person was eligible to receive
Il. Honorable mention went to c. d. |
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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
SURVIVORS TELL
OF BAY TRAGEDY
Victims Of Boat Disaster
Crazed By Salt Water
IN Lungs, Inquiry Told.

Three survivors of the fishing boat
Teal described at a federal inquiry
in Philadelphia the night of terror in
which they saw their eight compan-
ions drown one by one In the storm
lashed Delaware Bay.
Edward Mckee, State College. Pa.
produce merchant; C. w. Stoddard
Jr., of State College, and James
Slime, Altoona, Pa, told steamboat
inspection officials last Thursday
their boat leaked badly on fish
ing trip off Bowers Beach on June
IA.
Mckee said water suddenly burst
through the boards in the stern.
The captain, Floyd Davis, gave the
fishermen life belts and told them
to leap from the boat.
Six Cling To Hatch
The captain and seven western
Pennsylvanians drowned.
Stoddard corroborated McKee's
testimony.
Slime related how six men clung
to a engine hatch, a box and
board. The others sank Immediately
or drifted away.
"Then came darkness and the
storm, thunder and lightning, and
waves that seemed IA to. 20 feet
high" Stine said. ask of us held to-
gether for dear life and when the
rain and hail ceased there were only
five of us left.
Three Remain At Dawn
"Salt water entering the lungs
made the men go crazy and despite
all the three of us could do, we lost
our second man. Just before dawn
the third passed away after much
terrible suffering. and when dawn
the three of us remain
ed.
"All night we had watched the
steamers pass by several miles
away"
About three hours after dawn the
survivors were sighted by one of
feet of rescue boats searching the
bay.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
FEDERATION FORMED
BY WOMEN OF STATE
Business, Professional Clubs Organ
lied Into Unit At Dover Meeting

At the meeting in Dover called by
Miss Anne Bowe, president of the
Wilmington Business and Profess
ional Women's Club, the Wilmington
and Kent county officers organized
the Delaware State Federation last
Friday night. Delaware and Rhode
Island had been the only two states
of the forty-eight not previously or
ganized in state federation.
officers elected for the State
group to serve from July / until
June 80, 1888, are: Miss Lurana c.
Hance, Wilmington Club. president;
Miss Ruth Torbert, Dover Club, first
vice president; Miss Margaret V.
Donnelly, Wilmington Club, second
vice president; Margaret Jefferies,
Dover Club, corresponding secre-
tary; Miss Ruth Jones, Dover Club,
recording secretary, and Miss Ma
belle Ward, of the Wilmington Club,
treasurer.
The officers who also comprise ex-
ecutive committee for the State Fed
Grafton, will appoint delegates to the
National Convention Of Business and
Professional Women's Clubs to be
held in Atlantic City from July IL
to July "a.
Miss Irene Armes of the National
Federation with headquarters in
New York City, attended the meet
ing and assisted in the forming of
the State charter. Miss Armes also
discussed the 1898 program Our
Towns Business" and urged all
members to study the program
closely in order that its purpose
may be clearly understood by the
time the program is inaugurated in
Miss Armes pointed out that, while
social activity is a healthful part of
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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
MILFORD TOOK PAIR
OVER LAST WEEKEND
Locals Won Last of Series with
Dlscos And Beat Garrett-Buchanan

The Milford Club completed per-
feet weekend by finishing off the
Wilmington Discos on Sunday by the
close score of to 4, after swamping
the rrett-Buchanan team of Phil
adelphia, 9 to 1, on Saturday.
Rallying behind the fine pitching
of Payne, the Milford batters col
lected ten hits from Kohler. the
Philadelphia pitcher. three of which
were made by wilkerson. Milford's
center fielder. Starting off in the
first inning. Milford scored three
runs. duplicated this in the third
and again in the seventh, while their
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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
STATE AGENCIES
CLOSED FISCAL
YEAR WEDNESDAY
Accounting Stats Busy
This Week With Extra
Detail Work.
MUCH WORK AHEAD
Budget For New Fiscal
Year Will Be $44.50 Per
Capita.

The present week has been an ex-
tremely busy one for the accounting
staffs of the various State Depart
ments as well as the entire force Of
workers in the offices of State Audi
tor James w. Wise and State Treas
urer Ernest G. Blackstone.
With the end of the States fiscal
year coming on Wednesday, the
problem of getting their accounts in
shape confronted many of the State
Departments and caused a large
amount of extra detail work.
The State started a new fiscal
year on Thursday and during the
next twelve months the various
State Departments, through the var
ious sources of revenue set up for
their benefit, will receive and dis
burse about eleven million dollars.
The receipts and disbursements
set-up in the budget for the opera
ton of the State government and its
various agencies for the new fiscal
year, will average about S44.50 per
capita.
The start of the new fiscal year al
so means the beginning of the first
complete year of operation of the
State government under the McMul-
len administration. The appropria-
tions provided for in the budget for
the year were made by the last ses-
sion of the Legislature and approv-
ed by the present administration.
The States fiscal officers will re-
quire several more days before they
can close their books for the past
fiscal year and determine what bal
ances were available for the start Of
the present fiscal year.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-02
SEN. TOWNSEND
HITS PROPOSED
COURT REFORM
Foundations OF Citizen
ship Endangered, He
Tells Master Plumbers.
AT REHOBOTH BEACH
Speaker at Dinner Climax
ing Shore Convention;
Code Advocated.

Praising the Supreme Court as q
refuge of permanence and stability
in this swiftly moving America" U
S. Senator John G. Townsend, Jr.
bitterly assailed President Roose-
velt's court reform bill in an ad-
dress at the dinner of the Master
Plumbers Association in the Hotel
Henlopen at Rehoboth last Saturday
night. A dance, following the ban
quet, officially closed the convention
of the group although many remain
ed at the resort Sunday.
"This is a court we have, not of
supermen," said Senator Townsend,
"but independent, untrammeled;
shut out from our world of pressure
groups and political factions"
The Delaware's Senator's speech
was enthusiastically received. An
other speaker was George L. Bird,
secretary of the national associa-
tion, who explained the work of that
group. Mr.. aud Mrs. Harry Bell,
newlyweds, were introduced. Table
prizes went to James 0livere and
John Conway.
Two Methods To Obtain Code
Two methods of obtaining State
plumbing code, through the State
Board of Health and through the
Levy Courts of the respective eoun-
ties, were advocated by Herbert F.
Weldin, president of the association,
in his presidential address Saturday
night at the second session of the
convention. He urged that organiza-
tion representatives be elected to the
State Legislature SO that such sani-
tary measures for the benefit of the
community could be enacted.
At Saturday afternoons session
Mr.. weldin reported that member
ship in the association. had increas-.
ed 80 per cent during the past year
and that the assocfation mad not
suffered single loss during the year
through resignation death, or sus-
pension.
Progress In Rural Sanitation
r. C. Beckett, State sanitary en-
sineer of Dover. spoke at the ses-
sion Saturday afternoon on PRO
gress in Rural Sanitation in Della
ware" Walter H. Smith. chief plum
bing inspector of Wilmington. spoke
on plumbing, Health Measure"
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