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Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
EXPERT HANDLING is
URGED FOR DRY ICE
Serious Burns Have Resulted From
Careless Use OF Chemical

Dry ice" carbon dioxide snow
used regularly to preserve ice cream
and other perishables in transit. is
a dangerous commodity in the hands
of the inexperienced. and has caused
one known death and severe case
of burning. according to recent re-
ports in medical publications.
In one instance, quoted in The
Health Officer" seventeen-year-old
youth was fatally injured by having
caused the explosion of quantity Of
dry ice: in another. appearing in
''The Journal" of the American Medi-
cal Association, a -year-old boy
received severe burn, and only had
his life saved by throat operation.
Drug store soda fountains. con-
fectioners. caterers and others re-
ceiving perishables packed in dry
ice" are urged by the State Board
of Health to take every precaution
in disposing of II, in order to pre-
vent children and other un-informed
persons from coming in contact with
it. All packages containing this
chemical should be plainly marked,
and warnings regarding its dangers
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
FIGHT AGAINST
DIPHTHERIA now
ON IN KENT CO.
Toxoid Schedule Includes
Every School In Coun-
ty, Cooperation Urged.
CLOSES DECEMBER II

The diphtheria immunization cam
paign for the 1898 school year was
instituted Tuesday with the admins
tering of toxoid to children in the
Clayton and Bay View schools, by DR..
E. F. Smith. director Kent county
unit, State Board of Health. Ac-
cording to the announced schedule,
the school-immunization program
will be completed in Kent county
schools December 21st.
Parents of children of pre-school
age are being particularly urged to
bring them to their local school for
immunization. The work In the
schools is being devoted TO children
of the first, second and third grades
who have not been previously Inn
munized, and whose parents have
signed consent slips for such treat
ment.
Parents are being urged, for the
safety of their own and other
children. to be sure to affix their
signatures and return these slips to
the schools. Diphtheria, under
present-day methods of health pro-
lection, has ceased to be the serious
bug-a-boo it once was to parents of
young children, according to statis-
tics of the State Board of Health.
In 1925, the year before physicians
and the State Board of Health
started the immunization work,
there were 80 deaths in the state,
and under the persistent continuance
of the work, the number steadily de-
clined to three deaths in 1896, one
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Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
BOY SCOUTS TO HOLD
PATTERSON BANQUET
Annual AFFAIR win Be Held At Dover
December Ninth

On December Father-and-Son
Banquet for the Boy Scouts in the
Dover Area District will be held in
the Peoples Church. Dover.
MIR. Norman Powell of Kenya
Colony. Africa. will be the speaker.
Mr.. Powell. cousin of Lord Baden
Powell. founder of Scouting, was
born in Capetown % years ago. He
moved to the Kenya Colony when he
was five years old. At IL years of
age he started hunting big game. He
will speak to the Scouts and their
dads on his experience in big game
hunting expeditions. He recently
came to this country ON ZOO ship"
and has been giving series of lee
lures throughout the east. He is
King Scout, which corresponds to
the Eagle Scout in the United
States.
The committee on arrangements
is headed by John Burger with Price
Roe. II. r. Baker. George Ehinger.
A. @. Livingston of Dover and 'Clar-
eEce Weber. Middletown. as his COM
mittee.
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
DOVER CENTER
OF CONSTITUTION
FETE ON DEC. I
Ratification Ceremony To
Be Reenacted In Page
ant; To Honor Signers.
TO SERVE BANQUET

Delaware's ratification of the fed
eral Constitution will be reenacted
il. Dover next Tuesday. Dec. Z. the
150th anniversary of the historic oc-
casion when this state led the ma
tion in the acceptance of the basic
law of the then young country.
Dover will be the center of the
celebration, marked with the at
tendance of governors or their rep
resentatives from the other IL origi-
nal states, a pageant, and a BAN
guet.
The program under the direction
of the Delaware Constitution Ses-
qui-Centennial Commission will start
al the State House at 2:15 o'clock
when tablet to the Delaware
signers will be unveiled.
Mayor WOOdfOrd To Speak
The principal speaker will be
Mayor J. Wallace Woodford of Dover.
Children from the Kent county
schools will sing for the first time.
"Ode to Delaware" with words
written by Capt. II. Fl. Hanson OF
Dover. and music by T. Leslie Car
penter of Wilmington.
These men were the winners of the
state wide contest and will be award
ed gold meadls. designed by Francis
Kane. a Wilmington Academy OF Art
student.
The medals oblong in shape. will
have the seal of Delaware in the CEN
ter with a scroll to one side and
pen to the other.
Pageant In Capital Theater
Following the program at the State
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Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
MILFORD HOSPITAL
RECEIVES FINE GIFT
Eight Valuable Lots At Rehoboth
Given BY New York Man

The Milford Memorial Hospital has
Just received a most generous gift
from MIR. F. B. Davis. Jr., of New
York City. in the form of eight valu-
able lots located in Rehoboth.
II was Mr.. Henry Davis of Will
mington. cousin of Mrs. Walter
Grier and Mrs. willard Pierce. who
explained to Mr.. Davis of New York
the urgent need for this new hospital
in lower Delaware. The offer of the
gift was Immediately made to the
Board of Directors of the hospital
and. of course. 1t was promptly ac-
cepted. II is the wish of the Hos
pital Board to acknowledge publicly
the extreme generosity of this most
extraordinary contribution and to
thank Mr.. Davis for his interest In
this worthy project
The eight lots are appraised at
SO, 10000.
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
GUNNER INJURED BY
COMPANION NEAR HERE
Herman Deputy, Milford. Shot BY
Brother-ln.Law while Hunting

The FIRST cunning accident of the
sc ason in this section occurred last
Thursday when Herman Deputy OF
Milford. was accidentally shot by a
companion while cunning in Prime
Hook Neck. He was struck by gu
pellets, but most of the shot entered
his legs and chest. One shot struck
him in the face and entered his
cheek.
Deputy and his brother-in-law,
Douglas Roach, who were out hunt
ing quail together. had covey
scattered. A bird few through a
patch Of brush and Roach shot at
II. Deputy had walked into the line
OF the shot and received most Of the
load.
He was taken to the office OF DR..
s. NJ. d. Marshall in Milford and
most OF the shot were removed.
While badly lacerated by the shot,
his condition is not serious.
Deputy is employed by the Pierce
Hardware Comptny at Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
DOVER ELEVEN
CLOSES SEASON
UNDEFEATED
Capital Team TrOunces
Caesar Rodney, But Is
Scored On First Time.
PLEASANTON STARS

Dover High School finished its sea-
son undefeated last Thursday by con-
quering Caesar Rodney High in their
annual Turkey Day battle. "a to Z.
Caesar Rodney's fourth-period
touchdown represents the only points
scored against the Dover gridmen
all season.
Dover staged marches of So, 10 and
so yards for three Of its touchdowns.
while the final score came after a
drive from the Caesar Rodney 25-
yard mark.
Pleasanton was the outstanding
ball carrier for the Dover eleven.
accounting for three of his teams
tcuchdowns, while the fourth was
scored on a short line buck by
Moore.
A 3O-yard pass. Miller to Register.
gave Caesar Rodney its score.
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03

struction of a laboratory south of
the legislative hall in Dover at an
approximate cost of $4,000. 1t is
hoped that part of this expense may
be betrayed through federal funds.
The new laboratory would serve as
a headquarters for the testing of
sand, concrete, and other laboratory
work now carried on by the depart
ment in temporary quarters in the
basement of the old armoTy in
Dover. The new building will not,
however, serve as a general head
quarters for all offices of the COM
mission which are now located in
the annex to the State House.
The commission authorized the
payment of funds necessary for the
acquisition of "The Rocks" and asked
that the plans be submitted for ap-
proval before Jan. 1 at which time
bids may be asked for the landscape
work and other necessary changes
in the tract making it into park.
The Chief Engineer was directed
to confer with A. Frank Fader of
Newark, member of the commission
representing New Castle County, to
ascertain the amount of sidewalks
which should be laid in that county
during the coming year and the To-
cations where such sidewalks should
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Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
SUSSEX DAIRYMEN TO
MEET DECEMBER 9
Session VIII Be Held In Cool Spring
Hall To Discuss Issues

On Thursday evening, Dec. 9th. a
dairy meeting of vital importance
will be held at the Cool Spring Com
munity Hall. This meeting is being
held by the State Board of Agri-
culture in cooperation with the Agri-
cultural Extension Department of
Sussex county for the purpose of dis
cussing one of the greatest plaques
now affecting the dairy industry of
this country. With the gradual sup
preston of tuberculosis among the
dairy herds. infectious abortion or
Bangs disease is now appearing to
be one of the worst diseases affecting
the dairy industry.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
STATE CROP SHOW AT
NEWARK JANUARY 6-8
Plans For 31st Annual Exposition
Rapidly Taking Form

Plans for the, thirty-first annual
show of the Delaware Crop Improve
ment Association, which is scheduled
to be held in Newark, Del, January
TO s. 1888, are rapidly being fOrmu-
lated. according to an announcement
made recently by Vincent l.. Mayer,
Newark, president of the Association.
The premium list for the 1888
show indicates that liberal awards
and ribbons will be offered for win
ming entries in the various classes.
In the section devoted to corn.
classes are provided for county com
petition. There will be classes for
ten ear samples of either white or
yellow dent open only to those who
have not previously won county
championship. There will also be
classes for ten ear entries oil Lam
caster Sure-Crop. White Cap. and
Calico corn. A special Honorary
Glass will be scheduled which will
open to those who have been county
champions in previous shows.
An Interstate Glass is provided
for corn growers from Maryland,
Pennsylvania. New Jersey. and Vir-
ginia. Entries in this class will
consist of ten ear samples Of white
and yellow dent and the winners will
compete with the winners In the
Delaware classes for the Interstate
Championship.
A special section has been pro-
vided for boys and girls OF Delaware.
Ten-ear samples of white and yellow
dent will compete for county and
state championship ribbons.
According to Professor g. l..
Schuster, assistant dean of agricul-
ture at the University OF Delaware
and secretary of the Association,
wards are also provided for entries
of peck samples of wheat, rye, bar
ley. soybeans, cowpeas, buckwheat.
red clover. and Korean lespedeza as
well as for forage samples OF
wheat, rye. timothy. alfalfa, crimson
clover, red clover. soybeans, COW
peas, alsike clover, vetch and Korean
In addition. classes for potatoes,
both white and sweet. are provided.
ANY variety will be eligible and en-
tries kill consist OF twenty potatoes.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
Christmas Lights On
Here Next "Wednesday
Work NOU Under Way To Beautify Business Section
For Holiday; Arches Will Again Grace Entrances
To City; Merchants Cooperating.

Milford is preparing for one of
the best and most beautiful Christ
mas seasons this city has ever seen.
Decorations and lights are being put
in position this week and unless
something unforeseen at present hap
pens the lights will be officially
turned on next Wednesday evening.
December Sth. Mayor Harry ]. Pet
tyjohn will throw the master switch
which will illuminate the business
section.
1t has been the direct aim OF those
in charge of the Christmas lighting
to see that the job is done 100So.
Thousands of colored electric lights
in beautiful array with the custom
airy community Christmas tree in the
Plaza Square will turn the main
street into a fairyland. 1t has been
stated by one of the persons in
charge of putting up the lights that
between eight and ten thousand
bulbs will be used to beautify Milford
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
W. Y. CUMsIINs FOUND
DEAD AT WHEEL OF CAR

The body of william F. Cum
minis, So, state oyster revenue
collector, was found at the
steering wheel Of his car last
Thursday morning on the high
way between Dover and Leip-
sic. Coroner Harry Camper said
that death was due to a heart
attack. II is believed that he
had been dead for several
hours when the body was
found by Edward Mitchell, a
highway employe.
Cummins was appointed TO
the post last winter by Gov.
Richard c. McMullen. He had
served two terms in the State
House of Representatives.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at o'clock from the
home of his sister. Mrs. Clifton
Hutchison. North State street.
Dover. Interment in Leipsic M.
p. Cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
STATE FACES LOSS
OF Ss59,375 U. 3. AID

Delaware will lose $S59,375
during the next two fiscal yeras
and more than 100000 annual
ly after 1910. if Congress ap-
proves President Roosevelt's
proposed curtailment of federal
highway aid, state highway Of
ficials said Tuesday.
The government has allotted
Delaware s6O9.375 a year for
road work and s25O,000 for rail-
road crossing elimination in
1888 and 1899. President Roose-
welt proposes that the 1889
grants be cancelled and the
1888 allotments be spread over
the two fiscal years.
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
Safety Council Advises Care Be
Used In Selecting Xmas Toys

weight. brightly colored. washable,
free from sharp corners. easy to
grasp and impossible to swallow.
Baby's blocks no longer need to have
sharp edges or picture that can
be sucked of. Bright beads, strongly
strung always delight the teething
child. Aware that the first thing
baby does with any object is to put
il in his mouth, if he can possible
get it in. toy makers use harmless
paint that will not chip of.
Those disappearing button eyes
were disturbing feature OF stuffed
animals. Mothers will be relieved to
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Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03

This Christmas a number of toys
will appear on the market bearing
the seal of approval of the Tested
Toy Laboratory, according to Milton
l., Draper, member of the board of
directors of the Delaware Safety
Coxncil. Mr.. Draper points out that
this seal means that the toy is safe
for the age for which II is recon-
mended. A few suggestions based on
recommended authorities in the child
study field will serve as guide in
selecting toys that will develop the
child while they are providing safe
and happy play.
Infants toys should be light
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
SUNDAY SCHOOLS In
SUSSEX TO HOLD MEET
Group Conferences VIII Be Held
During Session At Lewes

The public is invited to attend the
annual convention Of the Lewes-Re-
hoboth and Indian River Hundreds
Sunday schools. to be held at the
Lewes Methodist Episcopal Church
on Wednesday, December s. Con-
vention theme: "A Vision of the
Field" The afternoon session will
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Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03

Dover ........ s 6 s 6-24
Caesar Rodney 20 o 0 = Z
Dover scoring - Touchdowns {:
Pleasanton. 8; Moore. Caesar Rod
ney scoring-Touchdown: Register.
Point after touchdown: Larrimore
(place-kick).
Dover substitutes: Muir. Bryan.
Hurley. Baker. Brulator, Sipple.
Caesar Rodney-B. Moore, Fl. Killen.
Porter. Hinsley.
Ofhcials-Referee. Weinstein. Le-
high; umpire, Clark, Muhlenberg;
linesman. Longstreth, Haverford.
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, November "a To
Tuesday, November so, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller. the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford. from Wednesday. November "a
to Tuesday, November 80, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-03
Temperature
MAY Min.
Total Rainfall

Total Rainfall ----.--- 2.49
Total Rain for November :. ATS In.
The following winds and conditions
prevailed during the same period:
Prevailing
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-27
BY HARRIS COATES

UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent
Cairo, ILL.,, Jan. 27-UP)-The
zero hour In Cairo's battle against
converging flood waters Of the Mis-
sissippi and Ohio rivers drew near
today.
-Four thousane. men, toiling in l2-
hour shifts, completed q three-foot
sandbank embankment atop a 60
foot. wedge-shaped levee.
Water kissing past the seawall at
the rate of 100000 cubic feet a
minute, stood in the vicinity Of $50
feet. The water receded slightly af-
ter millions of gallons of water
poured through dynamited down.
river levee into $4,000 acres Of
floodway farmland.
But q flood crest. variously pre-
dicted from 81 to SO feet, was ex-
pected either tomorrow or Friday.
At SO feet 1t will spill over the
levee and It's extension.
Flood waters swept southern Ill
inois along the 100 miles of It's Ohio
river border, for another 100 miles
along the Wabash river border on
the Southeast between Mt. Carmel
and the Ohio river junction. and for
more than 80 miles along the Mis-
sissippi river In the southwest. Flood
waters backed UP tributaries, nota-
bly, the Kaskaskia, for more than
70 miles north.
Six have died frnxl. 9.,inois floods.
Nearly $1,000 are homeless.
At least one town, Shawneetown,
has been evacuated completely.
Others were In the process.
Cairo, at the junction Of the Mis-
sissippi and the Ohio, bore the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-27

word reached her that sterzini was
dead.
Tibet Much Upset
Members Of the company regretted
that Tibbett had been informed.
They said he was SO upset that he
had great difficulty In going through
with his part.
At the end Of the second act, in his
singing Of the great air, "Di Proven
"a II Mar" Tibbett's voice displayed
an undercurrent Of strain and an
guish that accumulated the pathos
Of the music. The audience did not
know why.
The opera "Caponsacchi" is based
ON Browning's 1.-THE Ring and the
Book" 1t tells the tragic story of the
soldier saint Caponsacchi and Pom
pilia. wife Of the wicked Count
Guido.
Caponsacchi helps Pompilia to es-
cape from her husband, who is plot
ting to kill her and her father so
that he can obtain her fortune.
Guido overtakes them, intending to
kill the priest. Moved by Caponsac-
chi's plea, a crowd intervenes and
forces Guido to carry his case to
Rome. There Guido's hired assassins
STAY Pompilia and her parents, and
the guilt Is cast on the priest.
The opera ends In the courtroom
Of the Vatican, where Caponsacchi
Is on trial for his life.
High Blood Pressure
Hospital physicians reported that
Sterzini suffered from high blood
pressure. They said possible causes
of death might have been either a
heart attack or a cerebral hemor-
rhage induced by the pain from the
wound.
Sterzini came to the United States
from Ferrara, Italy, 30 years ago as
a young singer of %, and soon after
Joined the chorus of the Metropoli-
tan Opera company. He sang in the
chorus of the company during the
days of Caruso. His wife said his
"one interest" in life had been the
opera.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-27
CRETA CARBO IS
MAKING MONEY

Washington, Jan. 27.-(UP).-
Greta Carlo, blond Swedish movie
actress, earned $332,500 during 1895,
supplementary incomes report filed
by the treasury with the house ways
and means committee revealed to-
day. The report was supplemental to
that filed several weeks ago by the
treasury department under the law
requiring corporations to- disclose
compensation Of $4,000 per year or
more. Today's report showed that
Miss Carlo received her compensa-
ton from Metro Mayer,
corporation.
Other high-salaried employees of
the same corporation included Wal
lace Berry, $278.749; Joan Crawford,
Sal, 403; and William Powell, $685.
$50. In the earlier report. submitted
on Jan. 6, the treasury revealed
that Publisher William Randolph
Hearst headed the list of high-sal-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-27
Zero Hour For Cairo, III.
Drawing Very Near Today

brunt of the rising waters. Its TO-
900 women and children fled at the
order Of Mayor August Bode. The
men remained behind In valiant
ettempt to save the city from mum
dalton.
Throughout the night they piled
tons OF bays filled with sand on
the top of the v-shaped flood, three
miles long. The levee starts beside
the Mississippi river on the north
west side Of town. 1t runs south be-
side the Mississippi to the southern
tip Of the state. bends back along
the Ohio. inside this sharp bend lies
Cairo.
The levee towers over the streets.
and is brimmed by water. If the
river spills over the levee and its
sandbag bulkheads the city will be
flooded. Complete evacuation prob
ably will be ordered. Barges stood
by to rescue the workers In event Of
that emergency.
Army engineers and city officials.
however. were confident that the
new embankment will hirl back the
flood crest and save Cairo.
Conditions were good. There Is
enough food. water, shelter. electri-
city and heat for the workmen. The
weather was clear and cold. Emer-
gency food stations near the levees
fed the workers.
Three companies Of national
guardsmen were on duty. The Him
ois Central railroad, the city's only
rail outlet, was used to transport
dirt and workers to build the ern-'
bankment.
Other portions Of southern Him
ois reported widespread damage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-27

tine" are several well known per-
formers, including: Gloria Smith, a
sorority girl, Eleanor G. Leahy Mrs.
Smith, the house mother, Lucy
G. Shanahan; Beryl Shepherd, the
house aristocrat, Amy G. Dunn;
Edythe Rhodes, her chum, Margaret
c. Sheehan; Deborah Mercer, the
plain girl, Margaret r. Fitzmaurice;
Leila Dunn. a nurse. Marcelle J.
Grasseler; Leon Atwell, M. D., John
A. Kelly; Elliot Maxim, the campus
Adonis, Joseph F. Sullivan; Finlay
Carruthers, his pal, Michael j. Riley;
Howard Ross, from a rival school,
Vincent F. Kelly; Ronney Steele. a
college waiter, Francis c. O'Donnell;
Gordon Dunn, another waiter, James
p. Tyrrell.
Wallace Speaks
Patrick J. Wallace, local leader In
youth activities, spoke to the Gents
Of the Hill at their semi-monthly
meeting last night after word had
been received at late moment that
Ford Flanagan, who was to have
spoken on the merits of Diesel en-
gines. would be unable to attend.
Mr.. Wallace explained the value Of
organized club work and cited ex-
amples Of achievement accomplished
through united efforts.
Numerous activities are being
planned for the future weeks and
committees were appointed last
night for their arrangement. Frank
Sturges, president Of the Washing
ton Park Community club, extended
a personal invitation to the club
members to be present at the in
stallation Of the Community clubs
officers tomorrow night, and all
members accepted. The business
meeting was followed by a lunch,
prepared under the supervision Of
william D. Shea. The next meeting
will be February 9. and will also be
featured by a speaker who will be
obtained shortly.
,. Basketball
st. Francis Xavier's basketball
team will play st. Mary's this after
noon at the Croft gymnasium. The
team will play the Plainville gram
mar school boys at Washington gym
tomorrow afternoon.
Notes
Girl Scouts Of troop 81 will meet
at the parish hall tonight under the
direction Of Miss Betty Sullivan.
Men of the Washington Park
Community club bowled their usual
games at the community house last
night.
Women Of the Hopeville Commu-
nifty club will bowl their league
games at the community house to-