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Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
TRAVELLING FLEET
SEIZED; 3 CAPTS.
FINEDsl,NNEACH
Fourth Boat Escapes Af-
ter Hot Chase Off Coast
Of Delaware.
SURRENDER EASILY
Vessels Tied Up At Lewes
In First Arrests Under
New Law.
SURRENDER EASILY

Captains of three large fishing
travellers captured In Delaware ter
ritorial waters last Friday and TAX
en- into port under armed guard
were fined $1,000 each last Friday
night for violating q recently enact
ed State law which prohibits trawl-
ing for edible fish within the three
mile limit.
A fourth trawler, still unidentified
escaped after a hot chase by Chief
Game Warden Clarense 8. Foster
and his deputies who raided the
fishing feet in a 3O-foot power boat.
Captains Placed In jail
The captains, who said they would
pay the fines were sent to Sussex
county Jail, Georgetown, for the
night by Magistrate James T. Lank.
They are Benjamin F. Forest Of
Jefferson's Post ONCE, Va, master
of the Janet; Judson Leroy Crock
EFT, Jr., of Seaford, Va, master of
the Powhattan, and Erie Axelsson OF
Cape May, N. j., master of the Hust-
Ter.
If the fines are not paid, the three
vessels valued at about $4,000 each,
will be confiscated. The picturesque
boats of 75 and 81 feet
overall length, we're tied up in the
Lewes yacht basin loaded to their
water marks with porgies. croakers.
bIuefsh and trout. What is TO be-
come Of the fish is still unsettled.
The Janet and Powhattan are reg
Istered out of Hampton, Va, and the
Hustler, the largest of the three, out
Of New York.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27

Give the American farmer the
American market for commodities he
can produce efficiency.
Amend the soil conservation act
to provide for stability in produc-
tion, and to help agriculture in de-
veloping a prosperity of balanced
abundance rather than a prosperity
OF scarcity.
ub-Marginal Land
Increase retirement of sub-mar-
ginal lands and increase forestry.
Provide new use and non-farm
food uses for farm products. Mr..
Taber is vice-president Of the Farm
Chemurgi Council
Increase cooperative marketing,
machinery, and promote rural credit.
Give agriculture a larger share of
the nations net income.
Thirty per cent of the population
consists of farmers owning 20 per-
cent of the nations wealth, but for
the last ten years agriculture has
received on an average only 10 per
cent of the country's income.
Accepts Challenge
He said Grange interest and
growth proves the farmer accepts
the challenge of business and labor
and will meet organization with or
not in conflict. but in CO.
operative and teamwork.
Guests of former Gov. Robert p.
Grange national treasurer,
Mr.. Taber addressed a field day Of
the State Grange at Silver Lake,
last Thursday afternoon.
Clarence E. Jester is state master,
Robert Yearsley was in charge OF a
sports program at the picnic.
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
STRICKEN PILOT
GUIDES SHIP
II. v. Lyons UndergOes Operation At
Philadelphia; Show improvement

Hours of acute pain from a dan
gerous illness that required an op-
Grafton, failed to prevent at 71-year-
old Delaware River pilot from stick
ing grimly to his duty and keeping
untarnished the tradition Of his pro-
fession.
The pilot, Capt. Harry v. Lyons Of
Lewes, was stricken while taking a
freighter from Delaware Breakwater
to Philadelphia last Thursday.
Unable to stand. he was taken into
the pilot house and laid on the chart
table. While he lay there in pain
for several hours, refusing to aban-
don his responsibility. he called di-
rections 10 the helmsman.
A lifetime of plotting has given
Coptain Lyons a foot-by-foot knowl-
edge of the Delaware River channel.
Still guided by this knowledge, the
freighter steamed on TO its dock
where an ambulance was waiting to
take Captain Lyons to Jefferson Hos
pital.
An operation was performed
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Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
FLOWER SHOW AT
GRANGE HALL ON
SEPTEMBER $40
Committees Appointed To
Prepare For Second An
nual Fall Show.
CHAIRMAN rs NAMED
Edward NJ. Davis Silver
Loving Cup Will Go To
Sweepstakes Winner.
CHAIRMAN rs NAMED

The following chairmen are en-
deavoring to have everything in
readiness for visitors when the doors
open on Thursday afternoon, Sep
tember 9 at two O'Clock for the sec
ond annual Fall Flower Show.
General chairman, Mrs. Duane
Lynn; programs, Mrs. Douglas Fry;
exhibits, Mrs. Orlando Houston;
posters, Mrs. Willis Hammond; /;
prizes, Mrs. Bess Shew; judges. Mrs.
Jennie Sharp; arrangements, Mrs.
Pearl Messick.
On Thursday evening, September
9, beginning at $3.50, a real old fash
ioned country roast chicken supper
will be served under the chairman
slip of Mrs. Austin Peet. Everything
in season-cooked just right, and all
for fifty cents.
An interesting exhibit of antique
jewelry and glassware will be held
in connection with the show with
Miss Ida Rosa and Mrs. Clarence
Jester in charge.
Several very nice prizes will be
given in addition to the sweep
stakes prize of the Edward NJ. Davis
silver loving cup. This to be held by
the winner for one year.
Rules and classes for entry are as
follows: All flower growers are en-
titled to enter flowers in the exhibit.
Exhibitors are requested when en-
tering flowers, to name the class to
which they belong, and, If possible,
to have a tag attached showing the
name of variety.
The rules governing the exhibits
are as follows:
mo entry fee will be charged.
2-No one exhibit can compete In
more than one class.
3-No one garden shall furnish
more than one entry in any one class
of the exhibit. r.
4-All exhibits upon being accept
ed will be in charge OF the commit
Tee and no exhibit shall be removed
before the close of the exhibition
without permission.
Exhibitors are required to fur
nish their own marked receptacies.
Except when showing individual spe-
cimens or specified number for
which bottles will be furnished.
6-Where only one entry is made
in any one class, no award will be
made unless the judges decide that
the entry is meritorious.
tit is planned to have the room
ready to receive exhibits by 8 a. m,
September 9. and all ex-
hibits must be in position not later
than IL a. M. after which the judg-
ing of the exhibits will take place.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
U. S. Seeks Kent County
Tract For WiLdfowl Preserves

Owners of 3,ss5.67 acres of ground
in Kent County. east of Leipsic, have
been notified to appear in the U. s.
District Court in Wilmington on
September 14th TO show cause why
the petition of condemnation filed by
the government should not be al
lowed.
The U. S. Biological Survey Blu
reau is seeking the ground as part
o fthe 11,000-acre Bombay Hook
Migratory Wildfowl Preserve being
established. 1t will be link in the
chain of feeding and resting refugees
for wild fowl being set up on the
Atlantic Coast.
Condemnation proceedings have
been started in connection with all
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
WATERFRONT COMMISSION
MEETS AT SLAUGHTER

The Delaware Waterfront
Commission, composed of for
mer Congressman Robert G.
Houston, Mayor Woodford, of
Dover, and Charles H. Cant, is
meeting today at the home of
Wilson s. Vinyard at Slaugh-
ter Beach. The purpose of the
meeting is to inspect the
beach, the south end of which
has been reported to be wear
ing away at the rate of three
or four feet a year. Residents
fear that within a few years,
If the erosion is allowed to
continued, the waters of the
bay will reach the boardwalk
and perhaps the cottages be-
yond. The commission will
discuss possible preventatives,
and will in all probability
make a recommendation for
appropriations in the sessions
of some future Legislature.
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27

the property to be acquired by the
government for the refuge to in
sure clear titles. Ownership Of the
land in some cases is in doubt as
heirs have scattered and the owner
ship dates back many years without
recent transfers.
The government already has se-
cured title to much of the land by
agreements with the owners, but
due to doubt or regarding location
and identity of many of the heirs
today the titles will be cleared by
condemnation.
The refuge now is in use in a
limited degree. Construction of an
administrative building is planned
for the refuge near White Hall
Landing.
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
MILFORD GETS
sS3,250 FEDERAL
GRANTFOR WORKS
$685. 900 Program OF Mu-
nicipal improvements
Expected To Start Soon.
WILL SELL BONDS
Projects Include Exten-
siOns and improvements
To Water System.
WILL SELL BONDS

Extension OF sewer and water
lines, street repairs, and other mu-
nicipal projects will begin soon as
a result OF government approval Of
a PWA grant of $S3,250 to Milford.
The city's share of the cost, $105, 700,
will be raised by bond issue, au-
thorized by the taxpayers last De-
cember 28.
When council announced the 1885,
900 program November 10 last, it i'm
mediately became controversial
issue among property owners. How
ever, at the election the bond issue
won easily.
The projects include extension
and improvement of water distribu-
tion system, installation of two new
pumps, construction of 100000 gal
lon water tower, new aerator, and
chlorinator, repairs to water works
building, a new well, installation of
water meters, construction of new
chimney on the light and water
plant, coal storage bin, installation
of conveyor equipment. and boiler
feed supply.
The program also calls for repairs
and extension of the sewer and
storm sewer systems and street i'm
provements.
Council is expected to ask for bids
on the bond issue at the next meet
ing. The bonds will bear 3A per cent
interest per annum. They will ma
ture at the rate of $1,000 annually
each year until paid, beginning in
1941.
Mayor Harry ]. Pettyjohn and City
Manager Charles E. Banning said the
proposed improvements would be
started at the earliest possible time.
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
Safety Council
Pleads For Safe Labor Day

and regulations. IL you are going
bathing. stay out of deep water un-
less you are an expert swimmer. Re-
member that summer is still here
and do not over-expose yourself to
the sun. Enjoy yourself by spending
safe holiday. The council points
out that the automobile driver will
be the most important element in
our holiday traffic accident situation.
According to the council. some dri-
yers have accidents because they are
actually defective In mind or body
they have bad eyesight. or are not
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Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
AUTO SAFETY CAMPAIGN
CLOSES NEXT TUESDAY
A Charge OF One Dollar VIII BE
Made For Inspection After Sept. l

The safety campaign closes Tues
day, August 81. Beginning Septem-
ber /. fee of s1.00 will be charged
for inspections. One lane will oper-
ate in each county after that date,
at Wilmington. Dover and George
town. The law covering the annual
safety campaign provides that any
car not passing inspection. cannot
secure tags for the ensuing year.
The only lane operating now in
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Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
PLANS BEING PREPARED
FOR MILFORD ARMORY

Plans for the new State Ar
mory at Milford. to replace the
present armory which has
been declared unsafe by U. 8.
Army and civil officials, are
being prepared under direc-
tion of the State Military Com
mission.
Difficulty has been expert
enced by the commission In
closing arrangements for ac-
quirement OF the property and
also for keeping the plans for
construction within the ap-
preparation of s65,000 made for
the building and ground at the
last session of the Legislature.
Adj. Gen. Weller E. Slower.
member of the commission,
said he had no statement to
make on the plans, other than
they are being prepared and
bids will be asked as soon as
they are ready.
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
SEAF0RD MAN, 102,
DIES; FUNERAL SAT.
Wingate Cannon Died In Welfare
Home Last Thursday

The funeral for Wingate Cannon.
Oldest resident of Seaford. who died
last Thursday afternoon In the
Smyrna Welfare Home In his 103rd
year. was held from the Watson and
Sons Funeral Home at Seaford last
Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Rob
ert r. ellison. rector of st. Luke's p.
E. Church, Seaford. officiated. Inter-
ment made in Odd Fellows cemetery,
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Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27

II won't be long before the coun-
try will be having another double
holiday; the Sunday and Monday Of
Labor Day weekend. AS usual. the
accident death toll will be great. We
celebrated Memorial Day and the
Fourth OF July on week-ends this
year with the traffic results OF hun
dreds killed and injured. Let us
make an effort to celebrate safe
Labor Day. Do not let accidents
spoil your holiday. The Delaware
Safety Council urges that II you are
planning to take a trip to drive care
fully and observe the traflc rules
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
DOLLAR DAY HERE
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
Merchants Who Advertised Highly
Pleased With Results

Dollar Day. held in Milford last
Wednesday was a great success.
Despite showers early in the day,
the local stores were thronged with
eager shoppers. The mornings busi-
ness was some better than the af-
ternoon's business, however the en-
tire day was good. The Dollar Day
was advertised only through the
columns of the Chronicle, and inter-
views with merchants who used the
paper as a means of telling the pub
lie of their bargains found each and
everyone highly pleased with re-
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Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
LEGION NAMED NEW
OFFICERS SATURDAY
Daniel G. COnant, OF Rehoboth. Was
Chosen State Commander

The department convention of the
American Legion and the American
Legion Auxiliary came to a close last
Saturday afternoon in Wilmington.
Separate sessions were held, with
State Commander George d. Hill OF
Dover presiding at the legion gath
ering. and Mrs. John Fader, of New
ark. Department President at the
auxiliary meeting.
The two-day convention opened on
Friday night last at a joint banquet
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Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
BOARD OF HEALTH
EXAMINES MIDWIVES
Those Found Unfit WIN Be Barred
From Nursing

Those FOund Unnt VIII be barred
From Nursing
Delaware midwives are this month
being given complete physical exam
nations by the State Board Of
Health. It was announced today by
DR.. w. E. Morris. director of mater
nal and child health. II found unfit,
they will be barred from their nurs-
ing activities. Those with less SER
ious defects he stated, will be dis
couraged from continuing with their
work.
Midwife licenses are issued by the
State Board of Health upon the writ
ten request of a practicing physi-
clan. At least once each month, pub
lie health nurses visit each midwife
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Milford chronicle., 1937-08-27
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, August IS To
Tuesday, August "a, Inclusive

Charles ]. Hoizmueller, the local
weather recorder. reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for MIL
ford, from Wednesday, August Is, to
Tuesday, August "a, inclusive:
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-23
YMCA DIRECTORS PLANNING BUDGET
Estimates for Coming Year Are Discussed--Expen.
 ditures Increasing

Calling for an expenditure of $152,2l4 during the fiscal year start- ing May 1, the first draft of the local Y. M. 0. A. budget was sub- mitted at a monthly meeting ot the board of directors yesterday John B. Goss, in the absence oi President Dr. Charles Larkin, pre- sided at the meeting. The final draft will be presented at the April meeting.
 During the past year the Y has been operating on a $l43,6l9 budget but expenditures have been rum ming ahead. Compared to the $2li 900 budget of last year the new figure shows that expenses have been severely curtailed.
 A discussion of moral problems facing youth in the city took up the first half of the meeting. The committee on the revision of the by-laws recommended that the treasurer have the responsibility o1 signing legal documents and con- tracts. It was also reported by the property committee that 1t was in- vestigating the need of building re- pairs at he Central Y and at the North End and Brooklyn branches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-23

Against 1t stands Fcrd's recent public statement that "laborers should never join unions" because they are ,selfshly ruin by leaders in- Auenced by international bankers in the interest of monopoly. Against 1t is Ford's present wea- pon-a policy of watching closely every strike settlement in the De- troit area, and seeing to 1t that the pay at Ford's in any classification 1s at least as high, and when pos- sible, higher than men have been able to obtain by strikes anywhere else.
 Against it, too, stands Harry Ben- nett, Fords erstwhile chief of po- lice and present personnel mana ger, running, union leaders say, the most ruthless spy and policing sys- tenn ever seen in industry.
 Union organizers like veteran Bill Mckie will tell you that Bennett has devised vigilante system of T. GOO men within the Rouge plant, made up of straw bosses and spec cially favored workers, and trained to spring instantly to the aid of plant guards at the first sign of a sitdown to throw out the sitdown- CTS.
 Bennett simply laughs at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-23

March 23 = Continuance of the striped bass survey. started last year under the supervision of the State Board of Fisheries and Game, has been assured through funds do- mated by the American Wildlife In. stitute and work will be started at once, 1t was announced today by Superintendent Arthur L. Clark of the Connecticut State Board of Fisheries and Game.
 Through the terms of the gift by. the Institute, the scope of the Sur- vey will be broadened to trace the northward migration of the fish this spring and Daniel Merriinan of New Haven, who conducted last years survey, has left to start work in North Carolina at once. "The Connecticut work will be resumed as soon as the migration reaches these waters" Mfr. Clark said.
 J. D. Chalk, Commissioner of Game and Inland Fisheries of North Carolina, has made arrangements for MT. MerriYnan to begin work at once and has assigned Game War den Rupert E. West to assist in the work in that state. MT. Merriman will probably leave North Carolina about April list and 60 to Washing- ton, D. C.. where he will confer with Maryland officials to coordinate his work with the survey being under taken in Chesapeake Bay.
 The first third of the Wildlife Inc stitute's contribution, a check for $500, was received by the Connect icut doard during the past week and aliocated to the continuance of the survey. During the period of CO., operation, Mr. Merriman will keep in touch with the Technical Conl- mittee of the Institute regarding general plans and procedures.
 Because the contributions which supported the i036 survey came mostly from this state, the inves- tigation was necessarily conducted near the northern limit of the range of striped bass" MT. Clark explained "and in the event that any fur- ther donations are received from Connecticut sources, they will be ex- pended entirely for work in the waters of the state"
 At the suggestion of the Wildlife Institute, the 1887 plan for the first three months Is to tag fish and study their spawning habits and early life history starting March IS on the Carolina coast and moving northward with the migration to Delaware, New Jersey, Long Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and possibly Maine. A special study will be made of the striped bass in the Parker River of Massachusetts where 1t appears that spawning may occur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-23
State Will Continue
 Striped Bass Survey
Funds Donated By American Wildlife Institute As- sures Broadening of WOrk-Work to Begin at Once

and that the population may be resident. This appears to DC one of the few spawning areas north of Cape Cod. In Connecticut the work will be continued to check the 1936 experience.
 The decision to contribute to the survey was made by the Institute during the recent National Wildlife Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, after MT. Merriman's prelim- mary conclusions and proposed plans to continue the study had been considered by the Technical Committee of the Institute. A total of $500 which has been made avail able, according to Mir. Clark, will permit the work to continue until July, at which time the Board hopes that Federal funds will become available.
 Connecticut funds are not to be used for any work on the striped bass beyond its borders since the problem is interstate and should be financed by Federal funds and con- tributions or cooperation from all the states concerned. According to MT. Clark, the investigation had to be confined to Connecticut last year because the funds were raised mostly in this state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-23

claiming employees with roWs of iin. ion buttons may be seed in the plant at any time, and that they incur no penalty.
 Bennett also denies any preju- dice against union men ct Eord's. He says the A. r. of L. and Me. chafics' Education society unions, with many members in the power plant, tool and die departments, and maintenance staffg, could, if they wished, come closed to shut- ting down the Rouge plant than the JAW.
 Reuther, the organizer charged with penetrating Ford's, is Q former Ford employe. He has no personal grievance, he says, for he was 8 foreman drawing $4,000 8 year. But the policies he had to enforce against men under him, speedups, relentless efficiency standards and the like, led him to take up union organization, Reuther says. He be- came a socialist, and was graduated from Brookwood Labor college, the Harvard of the organized labor movement.
 He hints at some sudden, inelo- dramatic gesture that will win a quick victory over the traditional Ford position, once the union is ready. All union leaders are agreed that an open shop at Ford's would be continual danger to their position in other plants. and that therefore 1t must be- overcome.
 Like an island in a tumultuous sea that rises daily higher and higher, the great Ford plant crouches defiantly in It's haze of smoke and murk on the banks of the River Rouge. It will hold the spotlight as soon as the present. wave of sitdowns subsidies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-23

Purely personal. Gaetano Russo is expected to pop in to town Thursday from Holy Cross College for the touches on his gong technique while enjoying his stay at the Forest Hills Hotel in Augusta Ga Billy Gibson has purchased six ducats for the exhibition tennis match featuring Ellsworth Vines and Fred Perry at the New Haven Arena next month Alex Mazzarela, veteran Hopevle basketbaer has the South Waterbury natives going ga-ga his Chevrolet c. Lorng Burwel expects capacity crowd to hear his Mendessohn Male Chorus in their Second Congregational church concert Easter Sunday.