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Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
STATE POSTMASTERS
GET $1,000 In RAISES
1s Included In Group Getting Sub
stantIal Increases

Postmasters Of Delaware's 33
presidential" postoffiees. first, sec
ond and third class offices, had a
total increase in pay Of $1,000 dur
ing the past calendar year.
In addition four fourth class post
offices were promoted to third class
with resultant increases in salaries
to the postmasters.
OF the 80 presidential post
offices In the state during the past
calendar year, postmasters Of three
experienced increases Of $500 each
a year. nine OF 500 each and two
decreases Of 800 each year.
The increases as well as the pro-
motion in classification are based on
increases in postal receipts.
Salaries of postmasters OF the Of
fees at Marshallton, Milford, and
Newport each had increases of 5000
each. The salaries Of the postmas-
ter at Newport increased to $4,000;
that OF the postmaster at MARSHALL
ton to $4,000 and of the postmaster
at Milford to $4,000.
Salaries of postmasters increased
F4UV anu NAAC duNahGCu adA1Aa NeANA
case are: Clayton. S2.1O0; DagsborO,
81, 800; Dover. $S,40O; Georgetown.
$2,700; Rehoboth. $4,000; st. Georges
$1,000; Seaford, $1,000; Selbyville.
$500. and Townsend. $1,000.
Salaries of the postmasters at
Frederick and New Castle decreased
500, the former from 81. 400 and the
latter from $500.
The postoffices which have been
raised in classification from fourth
10 third class. and the postmasters'
in each case are: Green
Vile, $1.100; Cheswold, 81. LOO; Hook
essin, $1,000, and Edge Moor. $1,000.
There are now 81 presidential"
postoffices in Delaware. The changes
in salaries are indicated in the re-
Gently published supplement to the
attest complete Postal Guide. No
guide was printed this year.
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
STATE POULTRY TOUR
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
New Ideas To Increase Production
Found By $50 Egg Producers

New ideas for poultrymen few
thick and fast in Delaware last week
when approximately $50 egg produc-
ers, farm flock owners, and broiler-
men toured more than 1876 miles Wis
iting top notch poultry establish
ments in various parts of the State
under the leadership of H. l. Rich
ardson, extension poultryman at the
University Of Delaware.
Starting Tuesday morning at the
H. S. Palmer farm, near Glasgow.
the group first saw 1900 New Hamp-
shire Reds producing eross-bred
Matching eggs. Mr.. Palmer, former
Delaware Extension POultryman,
conducted the group through his es-
tablishment and pointed out innova-
lions while answering questions
raised by the visiting poultrymen.
From the Palmer farm, the group
went to the Leonard Fagerlund
Breeder-Hatchery and Commercial
White Leghorn farm. near Newark,
where 5000 layers we're on a pro-
duction basis. There they inspected
a modern egg cellar with special
cooling apparatus and the ranges for
young stock.
After a basket lunch at the Uni
versity of Delaware and a short in
spection trip through the University
Poultry Plant, the tour party pro-
ceeded to the Richardson and Rob
bins Cannery. Dover. where approx
imately 10000 pounds Of chicken are
canned every day.
lTnrn % Pare J. Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
MILLS BROTHERS
AT PLAZA TOMORROW
World Famous Quartet To Give Five
Performances

Winding up a solid year of BIZ
weekly instrumental limitations for
a single sponsor on a nationwide
Columbia Broadcasting System net
work, the Mills Brothers are out on
a twenty-six week theatre tour. They
broke every existing attendance rec
ord at the Los Angeles Paramount
Theatre by 5000 persons in the week
they played there. took a week of
to appear in a night club, and then
went back to the Paramount for a
second record week. They were sign
ed by three major motion picture
companies for features to be made
while they were at the coast. These
were Metro. Warner Brothers and
RKO. Also signed for three coast-to-
coast broadcasts with Bling Crosby
while they we're in Los Angeles.
They were so successful on the pro-
gram that their engagement was ex-
tended for the length OF their stay
on the coast.
The New Plaza Theatre. Milford.
is fortunate in being able to bring
them to the Eastern Shore for their
first theatrical engagement on Sat
urday only. September 10. when they
will appear at each Of five perform
anees on this day-the first COM
mencing at $3.50. again at 4:3O. $3.50.
$3.50 and 1890.
Patrons attending the early shows
will find II easier to obtain good
seats than those of the evening per-
formances.
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
OPENS
HERE ONSEPT. II
Plans Now Under Way
For Opening, Firemen's
Parade September 20.

Final preparations are being COM
pleted for the grand opening Of the
Annual Milford Firemen's Carnival
next Saturday evening. September II.
The carnival will be held at the
Milford Giants baseball park, and
will close Saturday evening. Sept. "a.
The Firemens' parade viii be held
Tuesday evening, September goth,
and according to all reports, this
parade will be one of the largest and
finest ever held on the Eastern Shore.
A complete list of prizes to be offered
will appear in the next issue Of the
Chronicle.
Dozens of new and novel attrac-
lions will greet carnival patrons this
season, one of the outstanding OF
which will be a trained animal show,
consisting of 40 animals who will do
every conceivable kind of tricks. This
show has been running in New York
City and Philadelphia for two years,
and according TO reports is one OF
the greatest shows ever presented in
the country.
Special ground prizes will be
awarded each night Of the carnival,
and on the closing night new La
Sale and a new Nash will be given
away.
While the opening date has been
tentatively set for Saturday, Sept. IL.
if the baseball season is out of the
way, the carnival will open night
earlier, or on Friday. Sept. Is.
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
MILFORD DROPS
PLAYOFF OPENER
Bow To Salisbury Indians
Three To One In Five
Inning Game.

The Salisbury Indians opened the
defense of their Eastern Shore
League championship on Wednesday
night by turning back Milford's Lit
tie Giants, 3 to /. in the first game
Of their preliminary pennant play
of series, at Salisbury.
Rain halted the contest after five
innings.
The Indians scored a single run in
each Of the first three innings by
combining timely hitting with dar-
ing base-stealing and taking advan-
tage of Milford's miscues.
Eddie Leip. second man up for
the Indians singled in the first. stole
second, advanced to third on George
Lapointe's single and scored on lin
Conlan's fielder's choice.
In the second, Bobby Maier stole
home when Bill Warwick, Milford
pitcher, went into a fun windup.
Maier had doubled and gone to third
on an infeld grounder. Leip scored
the Indians third run In the third
on Benzenberg's bad throw.
The Indians started their ace
moundsman, Johnny Bassler, against
Warwick, who lasted only two in
nings and was succeeded by Onkotz.
Bassler gave up only three hits in
the five innings, but two Of these
came in the fifth and led to MiIford's
score. Bennett and Dick Roberts
singled and advanced on an error.
Bill Lueaire's fielder's choice then
scored Bennett.
The box score.
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
PLAN TO IMPROVE
STATE POULTRY
Program Listed To Prevent And
Control PuIIOrum In Breeding Stock

During the coming fall and win
ter months the extension service of
the University Of Delaware in CO.
operation with the State Board Of
Agriculture will continue the State
wide poultry improvement program
for the prevention and control Of
pullorum disease among those focks
which are producing eggs for hatch
ing purposes. In conducting this
program these two State agriculture
al departments have solicited the CO.
operation of all hatchery operators
and those flock owners who are fur
nishing eggs to these commercial
hatcheries, also all other poultry
raisers who are interested in inn
proving the quality of breeding stock
by blood-testing and the selection Of
high-produeing birds.
Within the past several weeks
County Agent Russell q. Wilson In
cooperation with H. L. Richardson,
extension poultryman Of the Univer-
sitA Of Delaware. and H. X. Baker,
poultry pathologist for the State
Board OF Agriculture. contacted the
commercial hatchery owners in Kent
county with view to discussing
plans for extending this poultry Inn
(Turn 10 Pags ,. pieaee)
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
LIQUOR TAX REVENUE
DECREASED In AUGUST

Cash collections Of the Del
aware Liquor Commission for
the month ended August 81
were $35,214.2S, compared with
$47.645.29 in August of last
year. according to the month
ly report of the commission
made public this week.
Beer tax collections we're
$11,843.76, compared with $12.-
69I.O3 in August of last year,
and spirits tax collections
we're s20,s65.O1, compared
with $31. 1888 in August of
last year. Wine tax collec-
lions last month were s496.90.
compared with s1,308.24 in
August Of last year.
Ont Of last months collec-
tions $S1,7S0.6S was deposited
to the account Of the State
Treasurer. In August Of last
year, $46,249.S7 was so depos-
tied.
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
LOOT. BANQUET AT
REHOBOTH FINE AFFAIR
Milford Lodge Well Represented At
Meeting OF State Group

The banquet and dance opening
the fall and winter season of the
Delaware Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, at the Hotel Henlopen, Re-
hoboth, Tuesday night, was a decid-
ed success from many standpoints.
The dinner prepared by the manage
ment of the popular hotel excelled
anything served in Rehoboth this
season.
The address of General George L.
Breiel, representing the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of America, that fol-
lowed the dinner was without a
doubt one of the most interesting
heard by the fraternity in a long
time. This brilliant orator who
knows conditions in this and foreign
countries, made a pleading appeal to
the mothers and fathers of Ameri-
can Odd Fellowship to do something
about the crooked gangster pictures
now on the silver screen and cheap
literature being politically sold to
the boys and girls of America. His
thrilling talk on Odd Fellowship in
Germany, Italy and Spain. that
hourished such a few years ago. but
is now obliterated from those coun-
tries and its property confscated by
the dictators, was a concrete exam
pie of the trend of times in war torn
Europe. The General issued warn
ing that movements along this line
would take place in the United
States If the Odd Fellows and other
did not wake up and
do something to stop II.
Dancing in the pavilion with mu-
sic by Lee Pages orchestra. closed
q pleasant evening.
The Grand Lodge party included
Grand Master and Mrs. Eisenbrey,
Deputy Grand Master and Mrs. Chas.
Grand Secretary and Mrs.
Herbert Downing. Grand Chaplain
Walter Branford. Grand Warden
Frederick Whitney. Grand Marshall
Francis Yates and Miss Elizabeth
CTum to Pass s. Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
30 DELAWARE PLANTS
MAKE SAFETY RECORD
John H. MuIhOllaRd Co.. Milford,
Among Those Cited

There were 80 plants in the In
dustrial Integ-Pl Safety Council
which did not have a single accident
during July. the Delaware Safety
Council announced last Friday.
There were So companies, employ
ing 1926 men and women. enroll
ed in the contest. These companies
worked 1,759,S44 exposure hours
with only 20 minor injuries. or an
average of one accident for every
1851 hours Of work.
The contest bulletin announces
that the following companies had
perfect no-accident records:
The Pullman Co., DUPONT Co.
Chemical Division Of the Experiment
tai Station; dupont Co.-Wilming-
ton shops; Continental-Diamond FL
bre Co. Of Newark, dupont Co.-Edge
Moor plant. National VuIcanized
Fibre co.--Wilmington plant. Amer
lean Car & Foundry Co., dupont Co.
Division Of the Expert
mental Station, George w. Helme
Co.. Worth Steel Co.. Bethlehem
Steel Co., Inc. The L D. Caulk Co.,
Bond Manufacturing Corp.
Inc. Benjamin F. Shaw Co.. The
Texas Co. Delaware Electric Power
Co.-mechanical division. J. A. Ba-
der G. Co.. Inc. National Vulcanized
Fibre Co.-Yorklyn plant. Diamond
Ice & Coal Co. Deemer Steel Cast
Ing Co.. bravo Corporation, Will
mington Board Of Health. John H.
Co. Milford; ]. f.
Rhoads & Sons. LobdelI Car Wheel
Co.. Baker-Layton Machine Co.. At
las Powder Co. A. C. Laymsn Ma
chine Co.. Brosfus & smedIey Co,
Aodern-Bond Corporation. J
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
MiIfOrd-SaIisbury, Dover
Cambridge In Elimina-
ton Series.
HOW THEY FINISHED IN
EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE

The Eastern Shore Baseball
League ended it's regular season
with Labor Day double bills as Sal
isbury, Cambridge, Milford. and Do
yer gained pIay-off berths in that or
der.
Dover, after losing to Milford, IS,
Labor Day afternoon, came through
with a 4-3 victory Monday night to
take the fourth position; Salisbury
split with POcomoke, losing the af-
ternoon game So and winning at
night. ga. fredericksburg beat Cam
bridge s-4 in the afternoon but lost
rs at night. while Centreville beat
Easton go in the afternoon while
Easton beat Centreville 1911 in the
night game.
The box score:
Afternoon Game
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
DEL. FARM PRICES
TOP us. AVERAGE
Survey Shows State Grow
ers Paid More For Pro-
ducts Than Others.

The prices received by Delaware
farmers for general farm products
were higher than the general U. S.
average for rs different types of
produce and lower for only four
types, according to the report for
the period ending August Is. issued
recently by the Bureau Of Agricul-
tural Economics of the U. s. De-
partment Of Agriculture.
In the field Of general crops, the
Delaware prices were uniformly
higher than the U. s. average, ex-
cept for sweet potatoes and in the
case Of rye the Delaware price Of
81 cents a bushel was more than
100 per cent higher than the U. S.
average of S2.4 cents per bushel.
Prices for other crops paid in
Delaware. followed by the U. S. av-
erage were: Wheat per bushel, so
cents, SOL cents; corn per bushel, 81
cents, 48.5 cents; oats per bushel,
80 cents. 2O.3 cents; buckwheat per
bushel, rs cents, 65.6 cents; potatoes
per bushel, so cents, SIS cents;
sweet potatoes per bushel. SIS cents,
S7.2 cents.
For live stock Delaware farmers
received higher prices for every type
except sheep, the local price being
$500 per 100 10, as compared with
the national average of $3.40 per
100 10.
The Delaware prices and the U.
S. average prices follow: Hogs per
100 10, $3.50, 1881; beef cattle per
100 10, $3.50, s6.38; veal calves per
100 10, 50, $7.95; lambs per 100 10,
$3.50, $3.50; milk cows per head, $7S.
$3.50; horses per head, $120, $S2;
mules per head, $13S. $99.7O.
For dairy products and fowl the
prices were: Chickens per 10, ia
cents, 14.2 cents; turkeys per 10, "a
cents, is cents; eggs per dozen. Is
cents, p cents; butter per ID, 2S
cents, 25.7 cents; milk per 100 10.
$3.50. s160.
other general products brought
he following prices: Wool per fb,
"A. cents, 19.5 cents; apples per
5usheI, SIS cents. 1872 cents; all hay,
Der ton, S11. $3.50: alfalfa per ton.
rs, SITS. clover and timothy mix
d. per ton. $40. s4.4s; soybeans perl
1ushel. 80 cents. ISL cents cow
peas per bushel. $1.20. s1.479.
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
BRIDGEVILLE FLOWER
SHOW SEPT. IA & IS
Seventh Annual Event WIN Re Held
In N. Z. Church

Bridgeville will hold It's seventh
annual flower show. under the aus
pices Of the M. e. Church, on Sep
TENDER IA and is. The show will
open at D. m.
There will be a chicken salad sup
per served from S TO, 8 o'clock in the
club house on the evening of the
18th. Price. SOC.
A splendid program, including sew
eral numbers by the church choir.
under the direction OF Prof. Wendell
johnson, will be given at 8 o'clock.
Everyone is cordially invited TO att
tend.
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
CARS SET RECORD
FOR GA HOURS IN
TRAFFIC COUNT
Labor Day ThrOngs Home
ward Exceeds Total OF
Last Year.
TRAINS ARE TANNED
No Major Accidents Re-
ported In State Despite
Heavy Road Traffic.

Motor vehicles passed over the
dupont Boulevard and the Glasgow
Road at the State Road intersection
at an average Of 2,171 an hour dur
ing the eight hours before Monday
midnight as Labor Day throngs sped
homeWard.
In the 81 hours ending Monday
midnight, 1850 motor vehicles were
counted as they passed the intersec-
tion. The number exceeded those
counted in the same period over last
years Labor Day holiday by 9,74O.
Ferryboats and trains also were
jammed to capacity by tens Of thou
sands of home-comers at the close
of the last three-day holiday Of the
year.
No Major Accidents
Despite the record-breaking mo-
tor traffic, no accidents of any con-
sequence we're reported by either
State or Wilmington police up to
midnight, on Monday. The few acci-
dents which came to the attention of
police resulted in only slight prop
erty damage.
In the 64-hour period last Labor
Day, 67-140 motor vehicles were
counted as they passed the inter-
section. OF this number 1886 were
counted on the Glasgow Road and
S3,464 on the duoPnt Boulevard.
During the "a hours ending on
Monday midnight, 1876 we're count
ed on the Glasgow Road and S4,564
on the dupont Boulevard. In the
eight hours ended at midnight II ,374
motor vehicles we're counted on the
two highways.
OF the 1880 motor vehicles count
ed IN the 81 hours, 1881 carried the
license plates af other states The
foreign passenger vehicles which
travelled over the DUPONT Boulevard |
numbered 1879. and those going
over the Glasgow Road numbered
1896.
3,52S Trucks Counted
The 76,S8O vehicles counted in the
81 hours included 3,52S trucks, of
which 2.O66 carried foreign" IL
cense plates, and 1852 carried Della
ware plates.
Crurn to Page J. PisassI
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
BRIDGEVILLE RESIDENT
ENDS LIFE BY SHOOTING
Body OF Philip Jones, Aged Farmer,
Found In Barn

The body of Philip Jones. age 70
years, with a bullet wound in the
head. was found in his barn on Mon
day morning by members Of the
family. There was shotgun nearby.
Coroner Howard e. Hardesty issued
a certificate Of death by suicide.
Mr.. Jones. who had been in i'll
health for some time. excused him
self from the breakfast table and
went to the bgrn. A short time later
a shot was heard.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Ida Tatten, and three sons,
Bradford P. Jones. former Bridge
Vile postmaster; Cornell Jones. Of
Philadelphia. and Garrison Jones, at
home. Also a brother, Erasmus
Jones. and two sisters, Miss Wayne
Jones and Mrs. Laura Thawley. all
Of Bridgeville. Funeral services
we're held at the home on wednes-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
STATEFIREMEN
ASK INCREASE
Association Adopts ResO-
luton Requesting $1,000
A Year For Companies.

The Delaware Volunteer Ffremen's
Association will present bill at the
next session of the Legislature ask
ing that the State increase its APP
preparation to each of 46 volunteer
companies from $500 to $1,000, ac-
cording to a resolution passed at the
convention at Newark on Wednesday
Of this week, in Wolf Hall. It would
include any new company organized
and motorized before January /,
1899, and would provide customary
differentials for companies operating
ambulances.
In presenting the resolution, Will
liam Kirk Of the Five Points Fire
Company estimated the value of SER
vice and cost OF operation Of the vol
unteer fire companies of the State
at 1919. 700.
OF this sum, he said. $4,000 repre-
scented interest on investment in real
estate and equipment, $4,000 annual
reserve for replacement Of apparat-
us, $4,000 for hose requirements.
$11,500 for heat, light, gas. tele-
phones for FIRE quarters. st3.s00 for
tires. gasoline and oil. So. 200 for ay-
erage ordinary repairs, $1,000 for
building repairs. and $4,000 for ex-
tinguisher supplies.
1T is scandalous and shameful" "
he said. that every two years we
must go begging. and pleading, and
lobbying before the Legislature to
retain the meagre pittance handed
out to us in return for one of the
most valuable and necessary arms
of the States protection to its peo-
pie"
CTum 70 Page ,. Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
TO EXAMINE SCHOOL
ATHLETES AT ONCE
Board OF Health Agrees To Plan
In Order To Aid Sports

In order not to delay inter-school
sports, the State Board of Health,
at its monthly meeting early in the
week, decided to schedule physical
examinations of athletes as the first
item on the school health program
for the 1883 season. To expedite
this program, they plan to limit
these examinations to those athletes
participating in games played be-
tween schools.
Immunizations against diphtheria
will also be moved-up, and are
scheduled to follow Immediately af-
ter the examinations of athletes.
This change is being made in order
to gain protection for the children
as soon as possible. II they are inn
munized by October, they can be
considered as protected In Decem-
Der, which is the next month IN
which much increase In the Incl
dence of diphtheria can be expect
ed.
Crurn to Page J. Piesssl
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
PLAYGROUND
REPORT MADE AT
ROTARY MEETING
Coach Herbert L. Elliott
Presents Statement To
Sponsors At Luncheon.
SPLENDID RESULTS
Activities OF Season List
ed, Suggestions Made
For Next Summer.

At a dinner meeting Of the Mil
ford Rotary Club held at the
Slaughter Beach Hotel on Monday
evening, Coach Herbert l. Elliott,
OF the Milford High School faculty,
who has served as director Of the
Milford Rotary Playground this sum-
mer. was the guest speaker. Accom-
panying Coach Elliott as guests Of
the club were playground leaders,
Florence Pearce. Ruth Ann Tease,
Mary C. Hammond, and Norma Hol-
lis. Following the dinner, Coach
Elliott read the following report
which tells a story Of a fine aehiev-
ement, both for Coach Elliott, his
girl leaders, who worked well and
the Milford Rotary Club for finan-
cial backing and advice:
In making this report shall deal
briefly with each of the phases con-
corning the organization and admin
istration Of the playground during
the past summer. Records and data
collected during the period are not
given in full, however, these are
available for use by future directors
and playground leaders since such
information Is necessary for the con-
tinued success Of the playground.
Enrolment and Attendance
The playground opened on July II
and closed on August 81. The total
enrolment was $50. The aggregate
number Of boys and girls attending
the playground during the summer
was 1890. The averags daily attend !
ance was SO.
The playground was open every
day with the exception of one when
It was closed on account OF rain.
Discipline
me attitude and behavior Of The
boys and girls was excellent
Classification of Children
The playground was open to all
boys and girls who we're Of school
age and who had attended school
(Ium to Page J. Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
NOTED FLYER NOW
LOCATED NEAR HERE
HOlger HOlrlis, Danish Flyer, VIII
Be Here Each Week In Sept.

Holger Hoiriis. famous trans-At-
lantic flyer, who made a nonstop
flight from New York to Copenhagen,
Denmark, in 1880. is located in field
five miles south of Milford. on Mil
ford Rehoboth road, with new huge
12-passenger airliner. and will give
fifteen-mile ride over Sussex and
Kent counties, and town of Milford
for IS cents.
Mr.. Hoiriis will be located at this
spot every Saturday and Sunday
through September, and will be glad
to meet the many friends he made
when he was here in 1886. Accord
ing to the flyer, his present ship is
one of the finest he has ever used.
Milford chronicle., 1938-09-09
NEW HIGHWAY LINK
In SUSSEX PROPOSED
Commission Expected To Approve
Construction OF Dual Lanes

A new highway linking Five
Points, Sussex county, with the Re-
hoboth Beach-Bethany Beach High
way probably will be approved by
the State Highway Commission. Sep
TENDER 21. Part OF the new road will
have dual lanes.
Surveys Of two tentative routes
have been completed by engineers.
The routes would start at the inter
section Of the Georgetown and Mil
ford roads.
One plan would take the new road
into Rehoboth Beach where II would
join the Bethany Beach highway
while the alternate plan skirts the
beach resort. The distance is be-
tween five and six miles.
Important Link
The proposed dual road would be
an important connecting link be-
tween southern Delaware roads and
Maryland. facilitating trafic to
Ocean City. Nd. as well as trahic
to lower Delaware resorts and fish
ing grounds.
Delaware Is building a new high
way between Bethany Beach and
Fenwick Island, passing along ex-
tensive State-owned lands which are
q mecca for fishermen and other
yacationers along the Atlantic coast.
CTum 70 Pass :, risass)