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Milford chronicle., 1937-12-24
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
CAR0LING NOTICE

The group of singers and
players who are going caroling
with William f. Miller, director
of music in the Milford schools,
will meet at the Community
Building at 12:45 A. M. Christ
mas Eve.
The group will start at A.
NJ, promptly. Please bring
flashlights and books with car
OILS.
The group will walk and will
be expected to wear proper
clothing. including heavy foot
wear.
Everyone is invited to go
who wishes to go in the spirit
of Christmas.
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-24
accidents On Country Roads
Show Marked Increase Yearly

dei,ts would be largely. If not en-
tire,y accounted for by the increase
in rural traffic mileage.
During the year 1887 to date, the
death total. of Wilmington has
shown y decrease of about 1890
while thu rural death total has in
creased BY approximately 3Sqo. The
increase has been most marked in
Kent county where we have the
[Tarn .c pSss J. Please
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-24

Probably the most important
change in the trafiic accident prob
lem over the past ten years has been
the shift in emphasis from crowded
city streets to wide open roads, ac-
cording to the Delaware Safety
Council. II data were available,
however, to measure the change in
the amount of travel in urban and
rural areas, the constantly increas-
ing number of rural traffic acci-
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-24
DELMAR HOMES
VISITED BY TRAGEDY
Drowning and Fatal Accidents Cast
Spell OF Gloom On Community

Stark tragedy visited several Del
mar homes during the past week.
First. Mr.. and Mrs. Harley ]. Bal
ley. who reside on farm near town,
received word that their son, William
who was employed on an oil tanker,
had fallen overheard and drowned,
opposite Cape Hatteras. while en-
route from Texas port to Marcus
Hook. The body was not recovered
but funeral services befitting the cir
cumstances, were held at Marcus
Hook Tuesday afternoon of this
week. The oil company for which
the unfortunate man worked, sent
several cars to convey the family to
and from the funeral at Marcus
Hook.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-12-24
XMAS BUSINESS
BEST HERE IN
MANY SEASONS
CHRONICLE OFFICE
TO BE CLOSED THIS
AFTERNOON, SATURDAY

The business offices of the
Milford Chronicle and work
rooms will be closed this af-
ternoon, Friday, December "a,
and all day tomorrow, Christ
mas Day. opening again for
the transaction of business on
Monday morning, December
81, at 8 O'Clock. All sale pos
ters completed in the plant
and not called for were placed
in the mail on Thursday af-
ternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-24
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, December Is, TO
Tuesday, December 21, Inclusive

Charles j. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder. reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford. from Wednesday, December Is,
to Tuesday, December 81, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-24

Total Rainfall - .16
The following winds and conditions
prevailed during the same period;
Prevailing
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-19
BIRDS OF PASSAGE

We are once again bcholding the annual Spring migration of untold thousands of water fowl wnging their skvward from the distant Souhands to the land of the Midnight Sun,
 There is ample justification for this long norhward trek of feathercd friends for they but respond ing to the primal urge that has mouvaed for centuries their instinct to return to the summer feeding and nest ing grounds of their species
 We have witnessed during the past few years, other Spring migration from the Southands, which seems to be increasing with each passing year. Unfor tunate those that comprise this contingent Stituted that of them exist in our section of the country without engaging in gainful employ ment.
 While il is true that one of Alaskas acutest needs population, t is equally true that permanency of pop ulaton cannot result from migratory workers who come seeking seasonal employment and find none This is especially true in the Nome and Seward Peninsula
 
 Each Spring sees several hundred men poured into Nome seeking work. For most of them there is none for the simple that jobs have become compara- lively and those fortunate enough to have them remain close to them the year around. There was time m wears gone bN, when the Nome section employ cd hundred times our present number of workmen- but those were the days of the pick and shovel With the advent of large gold dredgeS draglne ScraperS bull-dozerS and modern machine methods production may have increased but the number of men employed is considerably leSSened, There is today little if any requirements in the local labor market that cannot be filled from our own permanent residents,
 Only last summer close to 100 were listed through local agenceSaS without work without means and without any possibility of securing work.
 It would appear that after each wears tragedy. for that Is what iS-hopeS blasted slender means exhaust ed, far from friends and hone-Sone method should be worked out to stop its reoccurrenc This can be done but Il requires concerted effort bv those most con- eerned There Is no reason why conllnittee repre- Senuns the Nome City Council the Chamber of Com meree various civic organizations merchants aSSocia- ton, Il NC have one and the large employers of labor cannot formulate effective plan that will end this condition chat iS not only extremely burdenSone 10 the community. but also highly unfair 10 the migratory Worhe~
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-19
Notice of Final Settlement
Tn the Probate Court for the Cape Nome Precinct in the Second

I, the Probate Court for the Cape
 Nome Precinct in the Second
 Division of the Territory Of
 Alaska.
 Tn the Matter of the Estate of LOUIS E. KURTH, Deceased.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Hunt & Mottet Company, Ia coma, Washington; to Lomen Conn mercial Company, Nome, Alaska; Axel Edman, Nome, Alaska; to Miners And Merchants Bank, Nome, Alaska, and to all the Heirs and other Creditors of said decedent:
 That the Administrator of the Estate of Louis E. Kurth, deceas- ed, has filed in said Court his Re port and Final Account as such Administrator, and that Saturday, the 24th day of Julya 1887, at the hour of ten o'clock in the fore noon of said day has been fixed by the Court as the date of hear ing the objections, if any, to said Report. and that, at said time and place, the Judge of said Pro- bate Court will hear, adjudicate, and determine who the heirs and distributes of decedent are.
 A. POLET, Administrator. Publish May l9, 26. June ?, g.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-19
Attempt Correct Inadvertent Error
(By The Associated Dress)

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18-The House passed and sent to the Senate bill correcting what sponsors described inadvertent error of the Congressional Act, giving Alaska municipalities authority to incur bond indebtedness. The Act passed last year would qulre the approval of SiNtye percent of those voting on the issue, and Delegate Dmond said it was virtual ly impossible to obtain the assent of sxy-ve percent of eligible voters
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-19
COAST NEEDS PROTECTION

Al Washington, D (. Rear Admiral Arthur B Cook, chef ot tAe navy bureau of aeroaautjcS bluntv tells the house naval affairs committee that the entire Pacific Coast l> vulnerable from ar attack.
 Hawaii. as naval outpost, serves 10 protect Cali foynla from hostile warShipS
 The Pacific CoaSt-and the nation-needS naval and aa ar base in the AeutaS to protect the North
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-19

Pacific. Better coast defenses needed for Puget Sound. And air protection is vitally needed in this area for the navy yard at Bremerton.
 California also needs air protection.
 These projects not competitive There should be safety for the entire Pacific Coast.-Seattle P.-l
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-19
MINERS AND DREDGE MEN

The Nome Daily Nugget carries. several forms of printing blanks for your convenience - Dredge Logs. thawing and drill reports Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode Location Notices. Vouchers,
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-19
PORTRAIT OF A STATESMAN

Representative Ham Fish, of New York, deposes that might help balance the budget by levylng lOO per cent tax on incomes of all Americans who attend the coronation ceremonies and another such tax all American heiresses who marry foreign fortune-huners
 Which recalls story told about Statesman Fish and former Representative Florence Kahn, of California.
 I just saw Ham Fish walking up and down the cor rldor between the House and Senate wrapped in his own thoughts;' Congressman told Mrs. Kahn
 Good heavens" exclaimed the lady from Cafor- nia. He must be naked.'-(N. Y. World-Telegram)
 A returned volunteers stories of the hardships in Spain didn't shock much they might have. It may be true, he related that stewed ea- ure ot many dinners there, but then under stand it, they don't drive their home aferward. -(BoSton Herald)
 Katharine Locke climbed to stage fame by barking like dog But cattN tactics get women nowhere.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-19

Are you taking advantage of six months paid in ad- vance subscription !?
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-19

Katharine Locke climbed to stage fame by barking like dog But catty tactics get women nowhere.
Evening star., 1937-01-07

something somewhere proximity
government that
working quietly revolution
The significant point about that is the Mercdn
rifle is the
ton. They before long,
Roosevelt his greeted
the observation
end Avenue should the Capitol"
side at was of
Foreign Relations Committee Capitol
fact member here Congress
important
Evening star., 1937-01-07

sation. and is to be judged by the
same standards, as classes Of middle
men in many fields.
Practically never does 1t happen
that a group of workers in plant, by
some kind Of spontaneous common
impulse, come together and decide to
strike or take other common action
Rarely does 1t happen that some one
workman in q plant, wholly OF his
own initiative, calls a meeting OF the
workers and organizes them into q
union. Almost always the initiative
comes from outside, from some career
organizer. He, or two or three OF
him, comes into town from outside
usually he is sent by some headquar-
ters to which he is attached. at WASH
ington or elsewhere, which pays his
salary.
Key Men Aid Cause.
The organizers pick out a few among
the workers who have the right kind
of personality and would be good key
men. To these the organizers hold
out promises of ONCE in the union
about to be formed. To all the work.
ers the organizers say that If the
workers will let them organize union
they will bring about higher wages
and other better conditions. The work.
ers will be obliged to pay dues to the
union, but the dues will be small COM
pared to the advantages. Part of the
technique occasionally used to stimu-
late the forming Of union Is to stir
up feeling against the employer.
Up until few years ago. practically
all the organizing and leading of labor
was in the hands Of the American
Federation Of Labor. It had been in
existence some so years. 1t had done
we'll for labor and at the same time
acquired the respect of much Of indus
try. 1t had developed what was gen.
orally regarded as the best methods,
both for organizing and leading unions
and also for maintaining satisfactory
relations with employers. Many at
tempts to set up rival institutions for
the organizing and leading Of labor
had failed.
The American Federation Of Labor
while practically alone in the field,
and while strikingly successful in
many respects, had never succeeded
in organizing more than about 5,000.-
900 out Of the more than 10000, 600
workers available for organization.
Soon after the Roosevelt admins
tration came into power 1t took a
step which greatly enlarged the field
for those who make careers Of labor
Evening star., 1937-01-07

The naH dozen leaders
who thinking worried than they
strike They wonder what contnu.
ance Of hours and wages will mean TO the
country.
There will be final decision made
situation from inside
believe the Biond At least many
American authorities al convinced he should be-
No one in such DordDfde experience He
a. in the United years until 1s33 Earlier he
India and Japan "the Red Pope the unoD1cta title
applied the head Of the Vatican department. jon propagation
elDhee tamuy which truly original
undoubtedly popular throughout the world not
only because Of the ebes but because
advertised the expected retirement OF
probably will be delayed SIX
months or secretary chosen h Louis Howes
place first
that Early like Securities and Exchange
is that
the business but has turned
them all down definitely few days
tales One the devotion Of the old Roosevelt
respectful attach
Evening star., 1937-01-07
(Copyright, 1e37.)

Is probably greater than Lewis in
tended and may be dismaying to
him. While he is publicly spectacular
for the sake Of strategy. he has,
nevertheless, . reputation among en-
ployers and associates for shrewd
judgment and sure-footed depend
ability.
There is evidence that some of
Lewis subordinates and some Of the
younger leaders in labor, infected by
Evening star., 1937-01-07
News Behind the News
Roosevelt Expected to Compromise on Neutrality
Demands.
Demands.
BY PAUL MALLON.

mind President Rooseves message to
than he expects to get
the cardinal inner principle Of his dealing with Congress-
such Of him this He will compromise
particularly neutrality
administration Dork
the neutrality bill wh possibility mind All worked Dith
upholding the Chaco
embargo before them They tried to conco hot oH
presidential standpoint, uH not
be eaten hot 1t Is being cooked.
put a congressional
changed addressed Last session
the elder legislators of collectively because he
mentioned constitutional Now they freely
Evening star., 1937-01-07

Lewis showmanship, have got out
of hand. They have precipitated
strikes earlier than fit into Lewis
plans. They have put themselves in
positions in which they and Lewis
may incur public disapproval
1t may be also that Lewis has
rather oversold, to workers and public,
the degree to which he can count
upon support from President Roose-
welt. tCopyright, l937J
Evening star., 1937-01-07
Retired Professor Dies.

LOGANSPORT, Ind, January
(R.-Prof. Roland E. Merritt. 70,
former head of English departments
at Highland Park College Of Des
Moines, Iowa, and Iowa Wesleyan
College at Pleasant Island. Iowa, died
of pneumonia here yesterday follow
ing a brief illness. He retired four
years ago.
Funeral services will be held here
today.
Evening star., 1937-01-07

facts-the hard, cold, unlovely sta
tistical facts-blow up those lovely
white pillars on the plantation
porch and those jolly Negroes sing
ing in their banjos which Holly
wood and the stage put forward as
typically Southern. And the facts
are assembled, analyzed and pre-
sented by Southerners. No Har-
riet Beecher Stowe is involved.
The problem Is . tremendous
one It must be handled boldly
Evening star., 1937-01-07
Background Of the Strikes
Lewis Steps Upon the Stage at Precise Critical
Moment.

organization and leadership. There
was enacted, first in N. r. A. and
later in the Wagner law. an act which
undertook to make collective bar
gaining universal and, In effect, COM
pulsory, on both workers and en-
ployers. There is some doubt whether
collective bargaining can be made
compulsory. either in law or in nature.
However that may be, while the law
remains in effect 1t makes it in a
sense necessary for all workers to
join unions. Certainly the Wagner
act makes it imperative for all work.
ers to be bound by the unions set
up in the plants in which they work.
Obviously this greatly increased
the field for supplying organization
and leadership to workers. So to
speak, the Wagner act increased the
number of "sales prospects" to take
in the entire body of labor in the
country. The opportunity was taken
advantage of by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. 1t increased its
staff of organizers and otherwise pro-
ceeded to develop the new field. The
heads Of the A. F. of L., however,
were not as active as some Of the
subordinates felt they ought to be.
Lewis Broadens Activity.
One important subordinate in the
A. F. Of L. was an aggressive per-
sonality, John L. Lewis. head Of the
mine workers. one Of the largest units
within the American Federation.
Lewis began a rebellion against the
American Federation officials.
Lewis set up, partly within the old
federation and partly outside, new
institution under the name Committee
on Industrial Organization, abbre-
waited to &C. I. O." He also practiced
a technique different from that of
the old federation. He would or
ganize all the workers in each plant
and industry. from ONCE boy to
skilled mechanic. into one union. The
old federation technique had been to
organize by crafts. That is. all the
machinists in the whole country are
in one union. all the electrical work.
ers in another, and so on. Under the
old federation plan, one industrial
plant might contain several different
branch unions Of different kinds Of
workers. Under the Lewis plan, all
the workers in one plant would be
in one union.
Lewis, like all insurgents and in
novators, had to be aggressive. He
had to be aggressive in behalf Of
labor, truculent toward employer and
spectacular before the eyes of the
public. He is adapted to the role,
is by nature ambitious and forceful,
can be ruthless when ruthlessness will
serve his purpose and has q flair
for emotional oratory and for
publicity. Lewis, as part of his
strategy, undertook to put President
Roosevelt under obligations to him.
He strongly and conspicuously sup
ported Mr.. Roosevelt in the cam
paign and his miners union con-
tributed some 100000 to the Roose-
welt campaign fund.
Attacks Motors.
Lewis. with much attendant
publicity, began a drive to organize
the large mass production industries.
especially steel and motors, in which
the old federation had never made
much progress. There ensued the re-
cent strikes In automobile supply
plants and the present ones in the
heart of the industry itself. The
~if,,nftAva kas HoiHAA
Evening star., 1937-01-07
Iturbi Ignores Smash-up.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Januar,

ROCHESTER, N. Y, January I
R.-Undaunted by an automobile ac-
cident, the third he has experienced
Jose Iturbi, pianist. composer and
conductor Of the Rochester Phil
harmonic, headed by motor for De-
troit yesterday. He was in a smash
up near Corning Tuesday night
escaped with minor injuries. he said
and hitch-hiked his way to Elmira
to keep a concert engagement.
Evening star., 1937-01-07


problem and the North
help to solve it,
and to recall the
are forced
upon the
fellow survival The economic fight
and the whole system the
oners monopo which makes economic cruelty
necessity.
The w. PA The a Southern Investigators
has recently Landlord
Cotton Plantation This book shows other
things planter receives only interest his tnre
plantation.
Is q tuntime button factory the
a outraged such
This the complete reputation the soueny
sadist beats who
lynch Themselves and
this the North Is to blame.
standards the tenants low in Of this
screened house 20 has
sanitation The disease appang high The death rate
together death from pelagraa
the South else
eight times high mortality. The
Evening star., 1937-01-07

leading Of labor
unions Is an oc-
cupation, q ca
reer. AS such 1t
Is entitled to as
m u c h right to
function as many
other careers that
have risen up un-
der the capitalist
syste m. A man
or organization
Wnlch can Drlng
about ig h e r
wages or benefits
for a up OF
workers is as en-
titlod "a oor,,op-
Evening star., 1937-01-07

a dollars q
ginning Agriculture thinks 900 would
thing than change OF
ownership required whole must be changed and agriculture
a lfeboat
desperately much
what
socialism
accumulated
Republican which
Evening star., 1937-01-07
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Gov. LANCER Is Stormy
Petrol of North
Dakota Politics.
BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.

BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.
THREE years ago Gov. william
LANCER Of North Dakota was
barricaded in his ONCE, with
the State capital under mar
tial law, after the State courts had
declared his ONCE vacant. He faced
trial on four criminal charges. To-
day he Is Governor again, clear Of all
charges, and on his first day In once
proclaims q moratorium on mortgage
foreclosures and discharges 30 State
employees.
Prairie politics has been full Of
vitriol ever since he got into 1t. He
has been storm center since he got
on the main line in 1915, with the
Non-Partisan League, counted out now
and then, but always bouncing back,
as he does today. In his first uncon1.
pleted term he fought for . State.
owned printing plant and plant to
make alcohol out Of farm roughage:
he fought for the repeal Of the defi-
cheney judgment law and he cham
pioned all labor causes vigorously.
Probably the farthest left Of all
Governors, he assailed the New Deal.
horse, foot and dragons, but rode
ter Wexford. his Republican opponent.
Mr.. Wexford is now swinging charges
OF corruption in the election and the
tumbleweeds are stirring with the
new winds Of contention over the
prairies.
At Columbia University, where he
was graduated ~ years ago. Mr..
LANCER held leadership as 3 rough
and-tumble debater. Starting law
practice In his native North Dakota
at the age of II, he got q runaway
start by mailing the North Dakota
railroads for . sl,25o,000 judgment
for failure to pay rentals on leased
sites. He became county prosecutor.
On his first day in ofice he made
1877 arrests. He fought blind pigs
in fact, he fought all corners. and
as the years have passed he has re-
cruited q strong block Of political
power, as evidenced by his sensational
comeback.
He Is cunning for Senator Gerald
p. Nye, whom he accuses OF stirring
up the conspiracy charges which oust-
ed him temporarily from the gov
ernorship and his Non-Partisan
League leadership. Senator Nye Is up
for reelection next year. There ought
to be some interesting milling in that
fight.
One wonders whether the movies
will slick up the part OF Scarlett
O'Hara in Gone With the Wind" and
make her less unpleasant. Putting
Wendy Barrie in the role indicates
such intentions-the word from Holly
wood is that she is being tested for
the part. Little Miss Barrie was never
roughed up by life the way Scarlet
was, and it would be hard to think
Of her in anything but happy end
ing. 1t would be difficult to get much
sympathy for faithfully portrayed
Scarlet.
Wendy Barrie was trying to get on
the stage in London, with no luck at
all. One day. when she was lunching
with a friend at the Savoy Alexander
Korda. the film producer, saw her
and offered her q screen test. She
was Jane Seymour in THE Private
Life Of Henry VIII" She was nrst
seen here in that role.
CCopyrisht, 1937J
Evening star., 1937-01-07

ment be submitted
to the people 80
that c mgr SIS
may acquire an
extension Of its
existing po W ers
and at what point
should the judi
cial branch Of the
Government un-
dertake by hex-
ible or liberal"
interpretations Of
the present Con-
stitution to in
crease the powers
of the National
no,,arnnnant fhlis
Evening star., 1937-01-07
We, the People
Cotton Tenancy Situation in Deep South Is Held
Most Serious of Our Present Problems.
BY. JAY FRANKLIN.

BY JAY FRANKLIN
tackle n 1887
situation the South Tenancy
problem section
feel complacen.
But the Cotton Belt where millions OF Amecdns-thte and
described
America" breeding house of disease
and social There where Huey Long found
upheapal the order the
Mercan revolution" possible most OF all that Leon Trotzky
Grande There Dhere
beings condemned conditions Which
toould
monstrosiy describe It, and
Evening star., 1937-01-07

ment to him than = dutiful son
owes q father. The other story
concerns the dozens Of minor
officials who have been leaving
the Government since election to
60 into private business, some Of
them not being particularly
choosey about where they go.
Some authorities were amazed
to note the friendly gesture of
Mexico toward the United States
neutrality program. They knew
Evening star., 1937-01-07

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