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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
PHONE RATES TO
Be RFDtCEDHERF
In FEBRUARY
All Residence Subscribers
In Milford And Vicinity.
) To Profit.
SECOND REDUCTION

~
Reductions in monthly telephone
rates for all residence subscribers
in Milford and immediate vicinity
have been announced by the Dia-
mond State Telephone Company.
Under the new schedule of rates
for residence telephone service. eff
fective with the February 26 bills,
individual lines will be reduced
from SO to $2.65 and party lines
from $500 to s1.S5. Also. extension
telephones will be reduced from rs
cents to so cents.
Together with reductions being
made in other communities through
out the State. Delaware telephone
users will save $4,000 annually. ac-
cording to C. Burton Sypherd, man
ager for the telephone company in
this section of the State. who said
that approximately "a per cent of
the residence subscribers and 81
per cent of the business subscribers
will share in the savings.
This makes the second reduction
in telephone rates in the past seven
months. Last summer rates Tor all
classes of residence service were
reduced twenty-five cents month.
Mr.. Sypherd pointed out that when
this is added to the present reduc-
tions it means saving of so cents
a month to individual line subscTib-
ers and 40 cents a month to party
line subscribers. Throughout the
State, as a result of the two reduc-
tions. telephone users will save
$4,000 annually.
These reductions in rates" Mr..
Sypherd stated, "are made possible
by increased operating efficiency.
progress in the telephone art. and !
new developments in telephone |
plant. coupled with improved busi- ,
ness conditions"
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
SAFETY COUNCIL GIVES
CALENDARS TO SCHOOLS
1887 e. I. acknowledgements CaIen-
dar Contains Safety Message

Last week representatives OF the
Delaware Safety Council visited ev-
cry school in Delaware and present
ed each school with sufficient copies
of the new 1887 E. I. dupont-de-Ne-
mours safety calendar for display
In each of the school rooms. The
calendar contains the following mes
sage from Lammot DUPONT. president
of the company:
Safety rules and safeguards to
prevent personal injuries are vital
they represent the experience of the
past: The present and the future
are In your hands. II you will think
Safety and act your thoughts. you
will prevent injuries to yourself and
others.
MAY this calendar, dedicated 10
safety. daily stimulate your efforts
for safety throughout the coming
year."
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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
W. c. 7. u. INSTITUTE
HELD in DOVER WE'D.
Miss May Macken OF Philadelphia
Was Guest Speaker

Miss May Macken. of Philadelphia.
national. organizer and lecturer OF
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union was the guest speaker at the
State w. C. T. U. Institute held Wed
nesday in the Peoples Christian
Church. Dover The keynote was
Continuing the Centenary Program. "
The program. as given. follows;
10 a. m.-Call to order. state presi-
dent. Mrs. Anna Lee Waller; salute
to the flag. Mrs. Katie l.. B. Dockety:
service. Mrs. Ella ID. Cord
ray: Institute Possibilities. Mrs.
Howard Dickerson; greetings. Mrs.
Emma Massey. president of the Do
yer Union: greetings by pastors.
1925 a. m.-Panel discussions:
Opportunities for Awarding Our
by Mrs. Bertha NJ. Foster,
Mrs. Lulu Anderson. Mrs. Name
Register and Mrs. Estella Warning
ton.
1O:45 a. m.-Discussion of prob
ems, led by Mrs. Katie l.. B. Dockety.
11:2O a. m.-"Membership Plan for
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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
Tax Collections
Total $4,8O1,334
Loss of $I,I97, ,695 In Corporation Franchise Levy
Caused By Capital Stock Reduction; p. s. dupont
Suggests Lap Changes

The State Tax Department last
year collected $4,SO1, ,3342S, of which
1883 ,252.58 was allocated by law
to the State school fund. s736.550.74
to the general fund, and s425, 5,530.96
to the treasurer OF New Castle coun-
ty. according to the report for 1896
submitted by Pierre s. DUPONT, State
Tax Commissioner, to Governor C..
Douglass Buck.
Corporation franchise tax losses
to the State have now cumulatively
mounted to s1.197 .695. because some
Delaware corporations have reduc-
ed denominations of their capital
stock to shares of low par value.
Mr.. DUPONT declared that the pres
ent tendency to merge subsidiaries
into parent companies because of a
federal law preventing parent COM
psnies from consolidating losses of
creates new possibilities
of loss from important Delaware
amounting to $352.00O.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
z CCC BOYS ARRESTED
FOR LARCENY OF AUTO
James Fitzslmmons And Roy Bah
cock Charged With Stealing Car

James Fftzsimmons and Roy B.
Babcock. members of the George
town Civilian Conservation Camp.
were arrested last Saturday. charg-
ed with the larceny of an automobile
belonging to Jay Pierce. prominent
Milford merchant. According to evil
dence offered at the hearing held be-
fore Magistrate William E. Lank,
Milford. last Saturday afternoon. the
car a new 1887 Pontiac. was stolen
from the Pierce garage on Lake ave-
nue. shortly before midnight last
Friday After a joy ride around the
streets of Milford. during the course
of which the youth crashed into the
porch of a home in North Milford.
they set out for the camp. which is
located on the Bridgeville-Redden
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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
4-H LEADERS RECEIVE
FIRST AID TRAINING
Sussex Greup WIN Receive Certifi-
Gates Next Wednesday Night

Under the supervision of Miss
Anne B. Moore. All Club County
Club Agent. the leaders in the var
ious groups throughout SUSSEX
county received first aid training M
der the direction of Arthur NJ. Pot
ter. executive secretary of the Della
ware Chapter. Glasses were held at
Greenwood, and members OF the
Greenwood Fire Company attended
the course at the same time. The
certificates will Represented to the
following persons at the Greenwood
High School on Wednesday. January
27. at O'Clock:
Standard Certificates - Anne b.
Moore, Charles Conoway. Earl War
rington, d. Lester Porter, Charles
Jones.
Junior Certificates-Leurita Belts
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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
AFGHAN TO BE CHANGED
OFF AT HOSPITAL PARTY
Annual Gard Party Sponsored By
Auxiliary To Be Gala Affair

Through the kindness of Mrs. Ar
thur Derrickson, the Auxiliary of the
Milford Emergency Hospital will
have another lovely afghan to
chance off at their annual card par
ty on February 90.
The afghan Mrs. Derrickson made
last year was won by Mrs. Wilson S.
Vinyard. During the coming week
this afghan will be on display in one
of the store windows on Walnut
street. Prizes for the affair are be-
ing received every day. Within the
next few weeks complete window
display will be presented for your
Last years benefit attracted
crowd of over 300. From all reports
the party this year will far surpass
the one of last year. Approximately
$3.50 was realized from last years
affair. The goal for this year is
$500.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
BOARD APPROVES
BILL
FOR new SCHOOLS
But Will Not Insist On
Program If Assembly
Finds Funds Lacking.
WARNING ECHOED
Memorandum OF Needs
Outlined By Trustees
To Be Submitted.

Drawing up of bill calling for a
$1.500,000 school construction pro-
gram in Delaware was authorized
by the State Board of Education at
a special meeting last Friday.
The bill will be submitted with a
memorandum of the building re-
quests submitted to the board by
trustees of school districts through
out the State last week.
The board. through Henry Ridge
ly. its president, announced that al
though It had endorsed the bill, 1t
would not push II If the Legislature
found that the State finances were
inadequate to meet such program.
Income Cut WarRing Echoed
The board pointed out that school
trustees last week had been warned
that the reduction in income from
the franchise tax would make it
difficult to engage in an expansion
program of any size.
Before authorizing the bill. the
board went over the requests made
last week. among the larger items
being s60O,0O0 polytechnic high
school for the Wilmington Trade
a new high school building
at Dover, junior high school at
Richardson Park. and a new build
ing at Rehoboth Beach.
Last week the trustees we're told
the State Board would take the re-
uuests into consideration In making
their report to the legislature At
Fridays meeting. the board decided
the best way of bringing the situa-
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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
All CHAMPIONS TO
ATTEND SHORT COURSE
Winners Of County Championships
In Corn Judging

Reservations at the annual junior
All Club short course at the Uni
versity of Delaware next June have
already been made for three Della
ware youths, winners of county
championships in the State All corn
judging contest, which was held re-
Gently in connection with the annual
crop show, of the Delaware Crop
Improvement Association. in Green
wood.
The three county champions. who
were awarded scholarships to the
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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
More Pay Income Tax

A total of 15,34S persons paid
State income taxes last year, ,or
2,033 us per cent? more than paid
such taxes in 1885. The decrease in
the collection of franchise taxes.
$203.9SS.74. was Offset in part by
the increase of O7,651.S0 Q3.2 per
cent? in income tax collection. The
net decrease from these two taxes
which support the schools of the
State was s96,336.94.
The State tax on 1885 incomes re-
ported amounted to s863,174.74. an
increase of s63.327.66 or 7.S per cent
over the tax due on the 1884 re-
turns.
A total of 29,116 taxables had paid
$3.50, ,955.27 In New Castle county in
come taxes up to December 81. 1886.
There remained a balance of s6.-
309.67 due from 2.0S5 taxables. The
total amount turned over to the
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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
ORCHARDISTs ALARMED
OVER FREAK WEATHER

0rchardists throughout low
er Delaware are much con-
cerned over the unreasonable
weather that has been pre-
vailing since the middle OF
December. SO far, the fall and
winter of 1936-1937 has been
one of the mildest for many
years.
There have been but three
light SHOWS, and they did not
lay on the ground but a few
hours. The mercury has only
dropped around 10 or IL de-
grees but two or three times.
Weather conditions have
been such within the past
week that in many sections of
lower Delaware shrubbery is
reported to be budding, daffo-
dis shooting forth and jon
quils almost ready to burst
into bloom.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22

In the first of a series of Red
Cross First Aid meetings. forty-five
men of the Sussex County Highway
Department met in the Georgetown
High School. Special stress was
made by the instructor. Arthur NJ.
Potter. upon the prevention OF burns.
scalds. shock and asphyxiation. rhe
following men attended:
Abe Richards. Linden Short. A. r.
Boyce. George w. Warren. II. E.
Speicher. willard Miliman. Charles
Jones, George Smith, Victor Wright,
Paul c. Collins. Stewart Steen. w.
L. Rawlins. Clifton Mumford. Dallas
Revel, John d. Collins, Douglass
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
DEL-MAR-VA SCOUT
GROUP MET LAST NIGHT
Annual Meeting Was Held In Hotel
DUPONT; Governor McMullen Guest

Arthur A. Schuck. National Scout
official from New York City, ad-
dressed the annual meeting of the
Del-Mar-va Council. Boy Scouts of
America. at the Hotel DUPONT. VIII
nington. last night tThursday. jan
uary 2D. Many scout leaders of
lower Delaware and the Eastern
Shore of Maryland were present to
learn of the progress made in scout
ing on the Peninsula during 1886.
Delaware's new governor. Richard
C. McMullen. was guest of honor
at the council meeting. Governor
McMullen is an active committee
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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
CITY MEETING
WELLATTENDED
LAST FRIDAY
RemsOn c. Barnard And
C. Van Nuis WilkersOn
RenOminated for Office.
FINANCIAL REPORT

Strict enforcement of parking and
speeding laws will be demanded by
Mayor Harry J. Pettyjohn when
council meets for reorganization on
Tuesday night, January 26. the an
nual citizens meeting was informed
last Friday night. The meeting was
held in the Milford Community
Building.
Mayor Pettyjohn presided at the
,meeting. during which reports of the
.city,s financial condition and rec
ords OF expenditures were submitted
TO the taxpayers Remsen G. Bar
nards councilman in the First Ward.
and r. V. Wilkerson, councilman in
the Fourth Ward. NaFsrhoth renom-
fnsted. The unaRfmpus nomination
% the two councilmen did away with
the necessity of formal election.
The vote being cast by the respec-
tive election boards. -
Financial Report
The financial report, given by t.
Carlisle Collins. revealed Milford's
income in 1886 was s135.542. is an
increase of $5.163.4 40 over 1896. Oper-
ating expenses were placed at sf29,
266 81. leaving a bank balance on
December 81, 1896, of over six thou
send dollars. az ~,
The total floating Indebtedness of
the city is $24.5OO. the report show
ed, and the total bonded indebted
ness s2l9,0O0. exclusive of the s105.-
Do0 bond issue foated recently; ST.
)U0 bonds retired in year and S16.z
900 paid in debt reduction. The as
sessed valuation was reported at
g. 500. 600.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
LO.O.F. HEAD TO
VISIT MILFORD
ON FEBRUARY |
Committee Has Been APP
pointed To Entertain
Visitors.
DEGREE CONFERRED

Monday evening the regular meet
ing of Crystal Fount Lodge No. 10.
/. o. o. F., was made very interest
ing by the presence of several Wis
itors from. nearby lodges. Deputy
Grand Master Eisenbrey.-s Noble
Grand Paul SOFTEN. Past Grand
John Carson, Past Grand Samuel
Williams of Philodemic Lodge of
Dover, and William Meredith of
Greenwood were among those pres
ent.
Grand Master Samuel McAllister
and staff are scheduled to make
their official visit to Crystal Fount
Lodge, Monday evening. February /.
Ernest Macklin. noble grand, has
appointed George /. Jester, Newell
Isaacs and Lewis Wright commit
tee to receive and entertain the Wis
itors while in Milford. Details will
be published next week.
The Ways and Means Committee
of the lodge has deferred making
their report for another week. lvin
Telling, Newell Isaacs, George Rod
ney and Clarence Jester are new
members added to this committee.
John LeCompte. degree master of
The lodge. has his degree team work
ing with the old time pep they are
noted for. Tuesday evening they
conferred the initiatory degree upon
4 class of candidates for Golden
Rule Lodge No. II of Milton. The
Grand Master of the Delaware |. o.
F. was present. The Milford boys
made the trip in private cars and
'eported an excellent reception ac-
'orded them by the three link bro
hers of Milton. The entire officer
of Crystal Fourt Lodge /
the team to Milton.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
Sussex County Highway Men
Study First Aid Treatment

Lofiand. Linford Collins. J. Hollis
Dodd. VIM. p. Elliott. Clarence w.
Joseph, Harold r. Joseph. Donald
Morgan. John Beach. George W. Nit
chell. John r. Kitchens. Raymond
Cooper, John Shockley. Paris John
son. Delbert Short. Lacey Shockley.
Linley Murray. Ellis Gray. Ernest
Bailey, A. r. Stephens. Thomas b.
Atkins. Albert w. Phillips, Harley
J. Bailey, Edwin NJ. Williams, Will
liam Roach. Ernest Foskey. Gran
vile Marvel. Nelson Wiley. Fl. D.
Joseph, S. e. Bennett, Charles C.
King. Harry r. Hastings, Horace L.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
E. Y. PRETTYMAN NAMED
TO DEMOCRATIC BODY
Milford Youth VIII Serve As Junior
National Committeeman

Announcement was made in Wash
ington Monday by Randolph Hughes.
secretary to U. S. Senator James II.
Hughes of Delaware and president
of the Young Democratic Clubs Of
Delaware. that Eldridge Y. Pretty
man of Milford has been named
junior national committeeman OF the
Democratic Clubs.
Club leaders will confer Thurs
day with National Chairman James
A. Farley in Washington. John
Biggs. Jr.. Democratic National Com
mitteeman. and Mrs. Marguerite Du-
gan Bodziak. committeewoman for
Delaware. are expected to attend.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
POULTRY, EGG
AUCTION HELD
NEED OF STATE
Sussex Grangers Urge
Poultry Auction Block
AT Laurel Meeting.
PASS RESOLUTIONS

That a poultry and egg auction
block be established in Delaware to
increase the demand and the prices
for poultry products was one of the
five resofSft&ps passed by the Sus-
sex County Pomona Grange which
was ~entefrafnesf Fast Thursday IN
the community house at Laurel by
the Broad Greek Grange.
More than 200 members of the
Sussex Pomona attended the ses-
sions which opened at 10:30 O'Clock
with Walter Mills, Pomona master.
In charge. The new State Master.
Clarence E. Jester and his wife were
introduced at the opening of the
meeting. after which Hulda Willis.
county lecturer, made a brief re-
port.
Other Resolutions Passed
The other resolutions passed by
the Sussex group covered the fol-
lowing: That there be no discrim-
ination against school pupils with
low scholastic standing in the mat
ter of transportation in school
busses: that school buses transport
all pupils outside of the town. ra-
ther than making the limit three
miles from the school; that coopera-
tion be obtained between rural mail
and the State Highway De-
partment in the reporting. of bad
road condition, to the end that the
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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, January IS, To
Tuesday, January 10, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford, from Wednesday, January 13.
to Tuesday, January 19. inclusive:
Temnerafftra
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-22
Temperature
Total Rainfall

Total Rainfall ...... LIS
The following winds and condi-.
tions prevailed during the same
period:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-02
NEUTRALITY ACT HELPS JAPAN

Should President Roosevelt declare
that Japan and China are belligerents, the
Neutrality Act will automatically apply,
bringing about a disruption of our trade
and economic relations with the Far East.
This would hurt China considerably
more than Japan as the issuance of loans
or credits is mandatorily forbidden. 1t
might block the gold and silver exchange
and the establishment of credit for Chinese
purchase of railroad equipment and ma
chinery in this country Furthermore,
China secures much Of, its aircraft from us
and this would be automatically stopped
as munitions. sev Is
Japan, while large buyer of raw ma
terials, would not be as seriously af-
fected
The Far Eastern crisis illustrates the
difficulties of working out a practical plan
of neutrality in the event of war. Applied
to the two nations, our present act would
be of tremendous benefit to the Japanese.
The laws of the United States would oper-
ate to help Japan in her contest with
China rather than to prevent the United
States from taking sides in an unfortunate
struggle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-02

ton, and the extension of its line of
steel and concrete fortresses along the
Belgian and Swiss boundaries. This is
in addition to the regular expendi-
lures for national defense. which are
about twice as great as in 1888. Ger
many. italy. Russia. and Japan are
feverishly building up their war ma
chine. and breathing defiance to pros
pective enemies. Even the small Euro
pean countries are joining the arma-
ment race.
The so-called defense" expendi-
lures of European nations are rapidly
approaching the war level. Twenty
per cent of the national income. and
more than fifty per cent Of ordinary
tax income. is being used in some
countries in preparing for war. The
cost is so high because effective prep
aration for war involves nowadays
not only the maintenance of armies
and the construction of Notifications.
but also vast facilities for producing
airplanes, tanks, trucks. munitions,
etc. not to mention huge reserves of
raw materials and foodstuffs as pro-
lection against blockades by hostile
nations.
The carrying on of this vast war
program necessarily means that less
labor and fewer materials are avail
address questions to the al
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-02
WEATHER CONDITIONS

A shallow trough of low pressure
extends from the northern Plains
States southwestward to the Next
can border and southern Califor-
mia; while pressure is above nor
NAL throughout most other sections
of the country, with high pres
sure areas crested over the Lake
region and far Northwest. Show
ers and thunderstorms have oc-
Cured during the last "a hours
from Montana eastward to the up
per Mississippi Valley, the rain
fall being heavy in portions of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1.53 inch
es. Scattered showers have also
occurred in Atlantic and Coli
coast district, Wilmington, N. c.,
reporting heavy rainfall of 1.2i
inches. Temperatures are above
normal in the Plains States this
MOI ming; While elsewhere read
iEgs ere generally near or some
what belo. the seasonal average.
Maximum temperatures of 100 to
104 degrees were reported yes
terday in the central and southern
Plains States and northern Tex
as.
G. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-02
| You and Your
Nations Affairs
War No Balm to Business
By ELIOT JONES
Professor Of Transportation and Public Utilities,
Stanford University

able to produce the goods that are
needed to satisfy peoples ordinary
wants. Expenditures for armament
inevitably reduce the standard Of
living, as is evidenced in various
foreign countries. where the people
are compelled ito tighten their belts"
in order that the production of war
materials may be expedited. There is
an increase in the production of GER
tain goods. but corresponding de-
cline in the production of other goods.
Moreover. the goods that are pro-
duced in greater amount are to a
considerable extent diverted to war
uses, so that the people derive no real
satisfaction from their production.
Steel that goes into the maki4r Of
tanks and warships obviously is not
available for passenger automobiles
and streamlined trains.
Unfortunately the harmful effects
of expenditures for war are not al
ways seen: in fact, many people look
upon them as good for business" 1t
is observed that the demand is now
great for steel. copper. nickel. air.
planes. etc; and it is also observed
that the producers of such supplies
can raise wages and prices (thus BEN
citing the employees and the stock
holdersl. This of course is exactly
what happened during the World
War. but as we now know the pros
perity thus induced was not real pros
perity It was an artificial prosperity
based on a profligate use of labor and
resources and credit. It saddled on
succeeding generations tremendous
burden of debt and taxation; it
brought on an inflationary era that
produced immense suffering; and it
was the principal cause of the Great
Depression. from which we are now
happily emerging.
The fact is that real and permanent
prosperity results only from the ball
anced production of goods and SER
vices that minister to the needs of the
people. Vast expenditures in prepa-
ration for war may give temporary
FLIP to industry. but their long-run
effect is to reduce the material we'll
being of the people. and to check
progress toward the realization of
higher standard of living.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-02
CNMLS AND
fever
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All drug stores sell Groves Taste
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