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Milford chronicle., 1937-09-24
HARVEST HOME SERVICE
AT OLD PRINCE GEORGES
Annual Service VIII Be Held At
Historic Sussex Church On October 3

The annual harvest home service
at Old Prince Georges, Dagsboro,
will be held as usual. on the first
Sunday in October. at $3.50 p. m. and
the Rev. Hiram Bennett, dean Of st.
Johns Cathedral, Wilmington, will
be the guest preacher. Rev. Richard
K. White. rector of st. Paul's Church,
Georgetown. will be in charge Of the
service, assisted by the clergy from
the various churches In Sussex
county: Rev. Barber of Laurel, Rev.
ellison Of Seaford, Rev. Ehart OF Mil
ton, Rev. Rightmire of Lewes. The
Rt. Rev. Philip Cook, bishop Of the
diocese Of Delaware, has been invit-
ed to attend and take part In the
service. Services In all churches
will be closed at this hour and a
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Milford chronicle., 1937-09-24
FOOT BALL SEASON
OPENS AT DEL. OCT. g

The University of Delaware
foot ball team will open the
season on Saturday of next
week (oct. p playing Ursinus
at Collegeville. Pa. The sec
ond game Of the season, the
following Saturday, will be
with Rutgers at New Bruins
wick, N. J. The first home
game will be Lebanon Valley,
on Frazer Field, Newark, Sat
urday. October is
The indications are that the
Blue Hens will be slightly
stronger than last season. but
much depends on how some of
the freshmen develop and show
up in actual competition. The
backfield will be about the
same as last year, but the line
will be entirely revamped and
several freshmen will prob
ably have line positions when
the kick off is made on Satur-
day of next week.
Milford chronicle., 1937-09-24
Charge OFFICES Usurpcd

CFlu1e.
Charge OFFICES Usurped
The attorney general continued
that Notwithstanding the premises.
Mr.. Collision, Mr.. Latchum and Mr..
Grace, "for the space of one month
last past and more, have usurped,
held. used and exercised, without
legal right, the offices of said mem
bers of the Industrial Accident Board
constituting the full membership of
said board, and now respectively do
usurp and hold the said offices and
exercise and perform the rights du-
ties and powers thereunto appertain-
ing and of said Industrial Accident
Board to the great damage and pre-
judice of the State of Delaware"
He asked that the court grant a
rule directed to Mr.. Collision. Mr..
Latchum and Mr.. Grace to appear
in court and show cause why leave
TT1yr fn oSSs 2 PiSase1
Milford chronicle., 1937-09-24
MRS. ROBT. G. HOUSTON
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
wife OF Former Congressman Suc-
cumbed At Georgetown On Tuesday

Mrs. Margaret White Houston.
wife of Robert G. Houston, Con-
gressman from Delaware from 1885,
1881. collector of ports of Whining
ton from 19O1-1905 and chief of staff
in the alien property custodian office
in Washington following the World
War. died at her home on East
Market street. early Tuesday morn
ing, after a brief illness of heart
trouble.
Mrs. Houston was apparently in
good health until day or two ago.
On Monday she sustained fall. but
apparently was not injured. 1t is be-
lieyed that this might have had some
effect on her heart, as she is said to
have had a weak heart.
Mrs. Houston was born in the
Lewes and Rehoboth district. daugh-
ter of the late Henry NJ. and Mrs.
Mary Ann White.
1TRr9 10 PeaS pif1te1
Milford chronicle., 1937-09-24
PETIT JURORS
DRAWNNKENT
FOR OCT. TERM
]. P. Steward, C. H. Nut
ter, I'll. ID. Clifton, L. J.
Matthews From Milford
STARTS OCTOBER Is

Jury Commissioners Jacobs and
Mifflin last Friday drew the follow
ing petit jurors for the October term
of court converting October IS:
Panel - First district, William
George, Harry Collins, William E.
Ellison; second, Howell Bucking-
ham, Harry Smith, John Cosby;
third. John Willis. Fred Burke, Sr..
Frank L. Burrows; fourth, Eric
Lasch, Grafton Heathers, Samuel
Powell; fifth, j. Rollins Seward, JOS
eph l.. Bonsall, J. w. Radish, H. L.
Irving Buckson; sixth, Zack Voshell,
Harry VESSEL, Courtland R. Dill,
Lewis Curtis; seventh, Harry b.
johnson, Warren w. Buckingham,
Thomas H. Pardee. William c. Ma
son; eighth, c. H. Knots, William S.
Davidson. E. S. Hodgson. Edgar Kill
len; ninth, Warren T. Moore. Wilson
NJ. Holden. Benjamin l. Shaw, Il.
Emmett Raughley; tenth, John T.
Stewart, Clement H. Nutter. Harvey
d. Clifton, Leonard J. Matthews.
Additional jurors for Court of Oy-
er and Terminer-First district, ID.
Vernon Ford, Joseph w. Ennis, Earl
Keith; second. Ambrose Killen. M.
Hayes Wilson, Frank Danner; third,
John Montague. Howard Rash, Cliff
ford Anderson; fourth. Edward
Knight, Louis Bloom. Ralph Thomp-
son; fifth, Charles W. Matthews,
Grover Frear, Herbert D. Cluley;
sixth, Edgar Minner. William E.
Edgar Dill; seventh, W.
W. Moore. Lindale Lodge, George
Davis: eighth, Leland S. Creadick,
d. Bradley, Milton Dill;
ninth. D. E. Handley. Fleming Star
key: tenth, Harvey NJ. Ennis, James
E. Salisbury.
Milford chronicle., 1937-09-24
ROTARIAN LANKFORD
TELLS OF MEXICO TRIP
Past President Guest Speaker At
Meeting Monday Evening

The regular weekly meeting of the
Milford Rotary Club was held in the
New Windsor Hotel Monday evening.
The meeting was called at 5.45 in
stead of Sis, in order to give the
members who belong to the fire COM
pany opportunity to prepare their
booths at the carnival.
Past Rotary President Wilmer
Landlord was the speaker, and told
of his recent trip to old Mexico. Mr..
Landlord had a very interesting trip
and while in Mexico City attended
TJa,r to Pare 3. PiedIe1
Milford chronicle., 1937-09-24
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, September Is, To
Tuesday, September 21, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford, from Wednesday, September is,
to Tuesday, September 21, inclusive:
Tamneraf1sra
Milford chronicle., 1937-09-24
,mperature

Total Rainfall ......-.. None
The following winds and condf-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-06-03
Thursday, June .. ,o,,

3. Upon conviction for fa,D,..
stop and give aid or inforruae 70
after an accident. 'ion
Section 81. Penalties. Anv
who shall violate or fan b person
ply with any Of the proyis,.,o on.
this ordinance, or who shall OF
sci, aid or abet any such wo, svun-
or failure to comply, shall be- as'.,,
Of misdemeanor, and upon co su.i.y
ton thereof shall be Furnishes ~,
fine In any sum not ercsos,
$4,000, or by Imprisonment ~ ~
City Jail for q term not eyca ~ s.io
thirty days, or both such fine a.as
imprisonment. a'iu
Section So. Effective Dat r.,.
ordinance shall be in fun force .is
effect five go days after its ne a.,V
age, approval and publication ~ ~
official newspaper OF the Civ w, ~
Kennewick. I"
Passed June /, 1897.
Approved June /, 1897.
CITY OF KENNEwrcp
E. II. BEHRMAN Mons.
Attest: Winifred Campbell clsrt
Approved as to form: Char,as , A.
Powell, City Attorney. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-06-03
Marriage Licenses Set
Benton County Record

Twenty-three marriage licenses
issued from the Benton county audi
tors office In May set q new month
ly record for the office, clerks said
Tuesday.
This number exceeded by one the
number granted in August, 1885, the
previous high mark. There were IL
granted in May 1896.
Those obtaining recent licenses
were: Orville Kennard, %, and Dor
ris Crisman, q, both of Grandview:
William A. McGahey, "a, and Beu-
lab Mae Whittemore, "a, both of
Pasco; Harry Fontaine, 80, and Car
rie Burden, ~. both of The Dalles,
Oregon: j. v. Barber, 20, and Ber-
nice Evans, 20, both of Prosser; H.
B. Roettger, Is. of Yakima and May
Linderman, 81, Of Sunnyside; and
Wallace Mcclure, Is, Grandview,
and Irene Eller, 20, Sunnyside.
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ORDINANCE NO. 3s3
Continued from page seven)

signed or intended for passengers.
It shall be unlawful for any per-
son to board or alight from any
moving car or vehicle.
Section 81. Vehicles for Sale
or for Advertising Purposes It shall
be unlawful to park q vehicle upon
any street or alley when such We
hicle is being displayed for sale OF
for the purpose Of displaying ad-
vertising on said vehicle.
Section So. Using Vehicle Without
Permission Of Owner. No person
shall without authority drive away
the vehicle Of another or take or
carry away any property In or at
tached to the vehicle Of another
from the place where left By the
owner or person In charge thereof,
or NEEDLE with, deface, mutilate. or
destroy the vehicle Of another.
Section So. Fire Regulations:
(a) There Is hereby established
about the scene Of every fire during
its course Fire Zone" which shall
consist Of all public streets within
Q radius Of three hundred feet or
more from said fire, and In every
case shall include the two nearest
street Intersections.
; (b) Such Fire Zone" shall re-
main In existence until such time
Is the Chief Of the Fire Department,
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teams Is
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Miss Beulah Whittemore and VIII
liam McGahey were married at the
Christian church In Yakima Sat-
urday. Miss Margery Mc0ahey,
sister Of the groom and Myron e.
Whittemore, brother Of the bride,
were the attendants.
The bride Is the daughter Of Mrs.
w. G. Whittemore Of Pasco, who
also attended the ceremony as did
Mrs. L. @. Spaulding, Yakima. She
had been employed for the past sew
raj years at the Mary Routh beauty
shop in Pasco.
The groom Is employed with the
construction department Of the To-
cal p. p. q L. company. He Is the
son Of Mrs. L. q. Spaulding.
The young couple win make their
home in paSco.
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Observation-Disclosures

Miss Irene Kirkpatrick and Her
bert Crimson were quietly married
Friday, May % at, the Methodist
parsonage with the Rev. Henry At
tenborough officiating. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Miller Of White Bluffs
were the only attendants. Mrs. n. L.
Brinson Of Hanford, mother Of the
groom was also present.
The bride has been school teach
er at Eltopia and the groom Is en-
ployed with the Clothier here.
The newlyweds left Immediately
following the ceremony for q short
honeymoon trip to Spokane. They
are making there home here at 12z
Benton street.
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Railroad Pays $25,641
to Benton Treasurer

Boosted by q SIS. 64l.58 payment
by the Northern Pacific Railroad
Co., collections on real and personal
property taxes in Benton county the
last day before they became de-
linquent amounted to slightly more
than $4,000. Ray Gilcrest, deputy
treasurer, announced Tuesday. The
railroad company payment repre-
sented half Of its taxes. The taxes
became delinquent June 1. Gilcrest
said the payment on current taxes
was in excess of 60 percent of the
total.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-06-03
Windsor WEEDS Wally

Monts, FTance-In the presence
Of less than q score Of intimate
friends, with none Of the Royal
family present. the Duke of Wind
sor was married to Mrs. Wallis War
field, twice. divorced Baltimorean,
for whom he renowned the throne
Of Great Britain, by DR.. Charles
MERCER, Mayor Of Monts. In Lon
don, Lord Beaverbrook's powerful
newspapers criticised the Church of
England for its ostracism Of the
former monarch. Part Of the honey
moon win be spent on the yacht Of
n. @ ordon Selfndge. American
born owner Of London's largest de-
partment store.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-06-03

Fifty Eastern Star members en-
joyed dinner given in honor Of
the past matrons and patrons last
Tuesday evening In the hall. The
occasion was In keeping with the
30th anniversary Of the Eastern
Stars. After the regular chapter q
beautiful adenda, Our Birthday
was given by twelve Of the ladies. A
candle lighting service followed.
honoring the past matrons and pa
irons with each matron being pre-
sented with q rose bud. The eve
ning's entertainment was concluded
with refreshments Of birthday cake
and coffee.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-06-03
!. ]. SKINNER TAKES
EXCURSION TRIP

w. J. Skinner has been chosen as
one of the party Of Stokermatic
dealers to take the excursion trip to
Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Skinner
will leave here Saturday and will
probably return next Thursday OF
Friday. The party will visit the
main factory of the Stokermatic
company and also the Utah Coal
Mines. They will spend three days
in Salt Lake City.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-06-03

on the South Highlands Sunday
and is much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Brown Of the
Highlands celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary June I. Mr..
and Mrs. John Schmidt Of Yakima
spent the day with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Smith and
family. former Highland residents,
now residing at 0oldendale. have
returned and are making their
home on the South Highlands.
Mrs. Gilliland, who has been
visiting at the home Of her grand
daughter, Mrs. e. r. Jungstrum, In
Touchet. arrived Tuesday to visit
at the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
Ed Brand.
The Highland Home Makers Al
Club held an all-day meeting at the
Kennewick city park Friday with
fifteen members present. Their
next meeting will be held the lat
ter part Of June at the home of
Miss Verdine Foraker.
Jay Grady Gay Of the Gay Riding
Academy Of Seattle, visited at the
Ed Lape home Tuesday. He was on
his way to Pullman to award credits
to those graduating in horseman-
ship from the academy there and to
close it for the summer. He was
accompanied by George Lape to
Pullman.
The Highland 4-H Swine club met
last week with their leader, Robert
Gragg at the w. L. Foraker home.
Plans for the year were discussed
and officers Of the club are as fol-
lows: Allen Smith, president; Phil
lip Foraker, vice president; Harold
Foraker, secretary.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. v. Scott and two
children of Bend, Oregon are
spending this week at the home of
Mrs. SCOTS parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. A. Durkee. Friday they will leave
for Yakima, where they will visit
over the weekend at the Forrest
and George Durkee homes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-06-03
Kitty BAH Schedule

The five kitty ball townteams are
going strong and are urging their
friends to come and root for them.
The schedule for next week is as
follows:
June 4Automotive VS. DeMolays.
June demos VS.. Ready Kilos.
records are given below, together
June 9-Automos VS.. Ready Kilos.
June 10-Demos VS.. Foodstuffers.
The present standing Of the five
foo,Soc ics
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-06-03

Washington, p. CA split-up Of
the joint Congressional committee
over q question Of procedure. has
delayed indefinitely further con-
sideration Of President Roosevelt's
plan for . general reorganization Of
Federal executive departments, In
GLIDING the provisional enlargement
Of the Supreme Court.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-06-03
THE WEATHER

Yesterday was the years hottest
day, with an official temperature of
80 at the Highlands station. Tues
day only registered SO, in contrast
with maximum of 81 last year for
the same day. Today it has been
considerably cooler. The weeks
records are given bolew. together
with the corresponding week Of 1896.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-06-03

Florida's Republicans Saved
Tallahassee, Fla.-The identity Of
the Republican party In Florida was
saved when . solidly Democratic
Senate voted to reduce the 80 to Is
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or his authorized agent, shall de-
clare the emergency passed.
(c) Commanding officers at fires
shall have authority to remove from
the Fire Zone" distractions to the
extinguishment of fire IT,
(d) All traffic, including railroad
cars. vehicular and pedestrian,
within Fire Zone" shall stop in
safe place and il shall be unlaw-
full for any person to move, operate
or start to move or operate any We
hicle except upon orders Of the
Chief Of Police or the Chief Of the
Fire Department, or their authoriz-
ed agents.
(c) It shall be unlawful to en-
ter a Fire Zone" or to stop, stand
or park in such manner as to him
der the apparatus Of the Fire De-
partment in entering or leaving any
Fire Zone"
IT. It shall be unlawful for any
person to operate any vehicle on,
over or across any unprotected hose,
ladders, or other equipment Of the
Fire Department.
(g) It shall be lawful for the
Chief Of the Fire Department and
his authorized agents to require
the aid of the operator Of any We
hicle, In drawing or conveying any
apparatus. equipment or tools OF
the Fire Department to q fire.
(h) During any emergency re-
quiring the services Of the Fire De-
partment the Chief or his authoriz-
ed agent is authorized to direct
traffic and 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to disobey or disregard
orders Of such peace officer.
ID The Chief OF the Fire De-
partment, or his authorized agent,
may, when the walls or any portion
of a burned building are in such
condition as to endanger traffic on
the sidewalks or public streets, Gre
ate danger zones by designing the
same by suitable markers and lines.
Section 81. Following Fire Appa-
ratus. It shall be unlawful for the
operator Of any vehicle to follow
closer than six hundred feet any
fire apparatus travelling In response
to q fire alarm. or to drive into or
stop any vehicle within The block
where fire apparatus has stopped In
answer to q fire alarm.
Section SIS. Bicycles. It shall be
unlawful to ride q bicycle or use
roller skates on the sidewalk on
Kennewick Avenue between WASH
ington Street and Cascade Street,
or to operate q bicycle or use roller
skates ut any time so as to endanger
or unnecessarily Inconvenience other
users Of the sidewalks or streets.
No bicycle shall be left parked
and unattended on the sidewalks on
Kennewick Avenue between WASH
ington Street and Cascade Street at
any time.
Any violation Of this section
shall entitle the peace officer In his
discretion, In addition to other pen
alties provided by this ordinance, to
impound the bicycle operated In Vi
olation Of this section and to deliv-
er the same to the Chief Of Po-
lice, who shall retain 1t until the
owner thereof shall give satisfact-
DRY assurance that no further vio-
lations thereof shall occur.
Articles TX
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-06-03

percent the necessary proportion OF
the States total vote in order that
q party's candidates might appear
on the official ballot :
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Section IS. Revocation Of Oper-
atoE's License. In addition to Other
penalties provided herein, the po-
lice court, or the Superior Court
upon appeal may suspend or re-
woke the operator's or drivers Il
cense issued BY the State Of Wash
ington Of any person convicted OF
any violation Of this ordinance. and
shall forthwith revoke such license
Of any person In the following cases:
/. Upon conviction for driving 9
car while under the influence Of In
toxicating liquor or narcotic drugs
2. Upon conviction or forfeiture
Of bail upon three charges Of
reckless driving. III within . period
Of twelve months.
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Too Late to Classify

MELTED GEM SEED POTATOES
from certified seed. Buy them at
Churches in Pasco. II. H. Peter =
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STRAWBERRIES - Starting Sat-
urday. Wray Red variety, soc, you
pick and furnish crate. Horace Wray
on Kennewick Highlands. =
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-07-31
VOICE OF TIE LEGION

With the close ofthe last meeting,
the terms Of Tela B. Burt, Baker, and
Samuel Ransom, Leslie Lawrence, St.
Paul, will come to close These men
leave office with the best wishes of
their comrades, who now turn to the
fiscal year OF 1888.
Baker Post takes this opportunity
to send its measure of respect and good
fellowship to its comrades across the
river
| take advantage of it to say per-
sonally to Ransom, who as Lieutenant
in the 370th Inf, helped make history
There is one thing that | would like
to clear up though, Sam, while we are
on this subject.
Do you remember way back when
YOU were in the Argonne?
No doubt you do and you very like
iv remember you were assigned to take
a detachment and capture that bunch
of Germans who were slipping through
DIR lines where the brush was so thlck,
raiding our supplies, and occasionally
taking a prisoner or two.
Turn to page y
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-07-31
FOUR FREED YOUTHS
FLEE FROM ALABAMA

New York, N Y.-Four Scottsboro
boys, victims of Alabama Jungle" law,
who for six years have sat in the shad-
ow of the throne of Judge Lynch, ar
rived in New York Monday, July 70, to
be greeted by welcoming crowd of
four thousand
After rotting in southern jail for
six years, seeing one of their number
committed as insane, and true to the
law of the jungle, where only the fit
test survive, seeing that same boy shot
for a pseudo attack on deputy shcr-
iff; knowing that the same commit
ment and the same treatment awaited
each of them should the opportunity Of
fer, having heard the mockery of the
prayer after sentence of death, may
God have mercy on your soul" and not
ever having known the quality of mer
cy, yet finding it in the "furriner,"
whom the law of the jungle taught
must be mistrusted, is the tale, the first
annals of civilized history.
Freedom and fight from Alabama
was not the only experience of these
boys, who have played tag with death
for over half a decade Death tried
final tally at Chattanooga, Tennessee,
| which is out of bounds in this game
where the loser is ruled out forever.
A mob presumably from Alton Park
| suburb, where crimson necked immi
grants from Alabama have settled, at
tempted to spirit the boys from the
train.
| The boys were then taken to an air.
port, and brought to Cincinatti by
plane, where they resumed their trip to
New York by train. Four thousand
greeted these boys who had become a
symbol of legal mockery, four thousand
of all races and creeds, for whom the
bizarre aspects of the case had some
heart appeal that rose above political
difference. or the questionable conven-
tional thou shalt nots. Four thousand
men and women shed common tears of
JOY. Perhaps that too was symbol
Perhaps those tears will make fertile a
soil that common bloodshed over a
hundred fifty years has left barren.
| Officials of the l. l.. D. have pledged
themselves that the fight will go on, I'M
til the last man is freed, but this free
dom even has its limitations for jungle
law has decreed that they must remain
forever exiled from their homeland. as
the price of their safety.
| Mrs. Bertha Patton, 1888 Fourth
Avenue South, then district secretary
of the |. L. D. toured Minnesota in
1882 with Beatrice Maddox, sister OF
Andrew and Roy Wright, two of the
| Scottsboro victims.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-07-31
DISTRICT NYA NOW
EMPLOYS'65O YOUTHS

Expansion OF National Youth Ad-
ministration district five to include
Anoka county was announced by Geo.
A. Selke, state youth director. Several
Minnesota districts have been consol-
idated in the move.
Axel H. Reed, formerly head of the
New Ulm district, has been appointed
assistant to George S. Wyckoft, dis
trict five supervisor Mrs. Ruth K.
Miller. former area supervisor in dis
trict six is now in charge OF Anoka
county youth workers.
The quota OF NYA employees Tor the
expanded district, the largest in the
state, is $50.