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Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
SIX PLEAD GUILTY
AT SUSSEX COURT
Heavy Sentences Melted Out At Court
OF General Sessions

Six prisoners pleaded guilty in
Court Of General Sessions last FRI
day at Georgetown Luther Quails,
formerly Of Seaford, was given Is
months for assault and battery. Will
liam Henry Fields, of Seaford, char
ged with selling liquor, was impris-
oned for six months. Raymond Saw
age, Broad Creek District. charged
with assault and battery was sem
fenced to one year. George Wright
got a prison sentence of three
months for larceny. William Paul
was sentenced to three months for
larceny.
Lee Andrews. formerly of Denton,
Md, charged with breaking and en-
tering the dwelling of Mrs. Ada NJ.
Viehe, in Indian River District, and
stealing a rife. shotgun, dress, hat
a pair of field glasses and two suits
of clothes, was sentenced to serve
three years.
Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
Ebe Chandler Maps
OutCamlpaignPoGcy
ForRepnbGcanParty
Accepts For Party Task of Re-estGbLsing Economic
Certainty; Calls For Return OF DeLaUare To
Sound And Economical Administrations of the Past.

I'VE are not fighting merely for
a political victory-we are fighting
for the preservation Of democracy" "
State Senator Ebe H. Chandler of
DagsborO told the Republican State
Committee at Dover last Friday
night. in outlining suggestions for
campaign policy.
Senator Chandler, chairman of the
committee, expressed confidence
that I'VE cannot be beaten in striv-
ing to regain America for Ameri-
cans" "The people of Delaware" he
said. "are looking to the Republican
party to lead them from the wilder
ness Of economic uncertainty" add
ing the Republican party in this
State accepts that responsibility"
Party Aims Proposed
Senator Chandler suggested these
aims for the Republican party in
To continue the sound and eco
administration Of the State
along the lines set by
past Republican administrations.
To perpetuate our favorable tax
Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
UNITED CHURCHES
URGED TO STEM
PAGANISM TIDE
Christian People Must
Stand Together Bishop
FitzMaurice Says.
CHANGES STRESSED
Indifference To Law And
Order Stressed At Mill
tary Field Mass.
CHANGES STRESSED

Rising forces of paganism, and an
ti-religiOus ideologies such as COM
munism, require that all Christians,
Catholics and Protestants, form a
united resistance, the Most Rev. Ed
mond J. Fitz-Maurice, Bishop of the
Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, de-
clared Sunday afternoon at the con-
clusiOn of the annual military field
mass on the lawn of historic st.
Francis Xavier Church, better known
as "Old Bohemia" About 700 per-
sons attended from six states, and
the District of Columbia, New York,
Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia were the
states represented. The 2S4th ami
Versary of the church was commem-
GRATED Sunday.
The sermon at the solemn mass of
which the Rev. Francis ]. Desmond,
chaplain of st. James Protectory,
Reybold, was the celebrant, was
preached by the Rev. Francis ]. Hen
sci, rector of St. Benedict's Church,
Ridgely, Md. Bishop Fitz-Maurice,
who presided and gave pontificial
benediction of the Most Blessed Sac
rament following the mass, spoke at
the end of the mass.
Addressing his words especially to
Catholics. Bishop FitzMaurice
said, These. brethren. are days of
common attack when Protestants
and Catholics should stand shoulder
to shoulder, as they have never done
in the past.
In Aunarfaa GfroauaA
81 don't have to tell you that great
changes have taken place in America
and in the world. We Of the older
generation can remember when this
was pretty generally a Christian
country, when the Bible was revered
as the Holy Word Of God and Chris
tians Of all Kinds ordered their lives
by what they read on the sacred
pages"
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Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
BAPTIST CHURCH TO
RUN VACATION SCHOOL
Milford Group VIII Meet In Daily
Session Commencing June 20

The First Baptist Church of Mil
ford announces its annual Daily
Vacation Bible School to be held be-
ginning Monday. June 20. for a per-
iOd of two weeks ending on Friday,
July /. Sessions meet daily Monday
through Friday from 500 A.. NJ. to
1900 Noon.
The boys and girls of the COM
munity are cordially invited to join
with Others in having a good time.
Parents are urged to have their chill
dren attend. Singing, Bible Stories,
games, handwOrk will help to make
vacation hours pleasant and profit
able. The Baptist Church is on West
Second street, between North and
Church streets. North Milford, next
to the Elementary School building.
Bring your children or send them in
time for the opening at 8 o'clock
this coming Monday morning.
Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
CONSERVATION NOTES
BEING COMPLETED
Sheets should Be Submitted Not
Later Than June II

In order that those farmers who
have not signed applications in the
1888 agricultural conservation pro-
gram may be given an opportunity
TO participate if they so desire, the
Agricultural Adjustment Administra-
ton has announced through the Of
flee of County Agent Russell f. Will
son that all farm work sheets should
be completed and submitted to the
county committee not later than June
IS.
According to W. G. Finn. director
of the East Central division, those
farmers who expect TO comply fully
or in part with the 1888 program. and
who have not submitted the neces-
sary information for their farms,
should submit work sheets by the
above date so that the records OF
the county office may be completed.
and the checking of performance
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Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
STATE ARTILLERY
ARRIVES CAMP
Perfect Attendance Of
Delaware Units Is Re-
ported At Fort Hancock.
CONVEYED BY TRUCK

Religious services, fee feation. a. d
rest were the three RS OF the first
Sunday OF the two weeks encamp-
ment of the POI Coast Artillery Bat
TALON, Delaware National Guard
The convoy of 20 trucks arrived
at Fort Hancock from Dover last
Saturday afternoon. A mild thunder
shower at midnight sent paiama-
clad men to loosening tent ropes and
tightening flaps.
Following breakfast on Sunday
morning. the men were dismissed
Some attended religious services,
others went swimming and horse
back riding. while a few amused
with books and the ra-
diO.
Officers consider particularly
creditable the 100 per cent attend
ance of each of the units. Head
quarters Detachment. under Lieut..
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Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
At RECEIVED
DIPLOMAS HERE
MONDAY NIGHT
Splendid Commencement
Exercises Were Held In
The Plaza Theatre.
DIR. MEAD SPEAKER
Graduates Left Tuesday
For Annual Visit To.
National Capital.
DIR. MEAD SPEAKER

Forty-seven seniors received diplo-
mas at the thirty-eighth annual COM
mencement exercises Of the Milford
High School, held in the Plaza The
atre, Monday evening. The program
follows:
March, New York Life" High
School Orchestra.
Professional, "Pomp and Circum-
stonce," Edward Elgar, Orchestra.
Invocation, Rev. E. ]. Mccarthy.
Salutatory, Barbara Tharp Mar
shall. Subject, "a Life Pattern"
Selection, "Neapolitan Nights" j..
8. Zamecnik, Orchestra.
ValedictOry, Kenneth S. Clendan-
iel. Subject, Courage"
Selection, ia Golondrina" CMexi-
can waltz, arranged by II. l.. Lake,
Orchestra.
Address, DR.. Gilbert w. Mead,
president of Washington College.
Selection, Dream of Love and
You" adapted from "Liebestraum,"
arranged by J. S. Zamecnik, orches-
ira.
Announcement of awards ana pre-
sentation of class of 1888 to receive
diplomas, Superintendent R. e. Shill-
ing.
Presentation of diplomas, DR.. w.
L. Grier, president of the Milford
Board of Education.
Glass song.
Benediction, Rev. Clifford f. Grein-
er
March, Orchestra.
The awards were as follows:
The silver loving cup awarded
each year in honor of Mrs. Nellie
Davidson Mearns by the class of
1909 TO the high school class pre-
senting the two best contestants in
oratory or declamation-tO the class
of 1888, represented by. Ellen Vim
yard and Ralph Shannon.
The DR.. G. Layton Grier silver low
ing cup awarded each year to the
high school class earning the high
est combined average for the year
to the class of 1888.
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Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
GOV. MCMULLEN
NAMES DIRECTORS
OF STATE BUDGET
Chas. L. Terry, Jr., James
w. Wise, James p. Truss
Appointed by Executive.
UNSPECIFIED TERM
Board To Conduct Open
Hearings On Financial
Needs OF Agencies.

Governor Richard C. McMullen
last Saturday announced the ap-
pointment of the Board Of Budget
Directors to serve during the pleas
ure of the States chief executive.
The board comprises:
Secretary of State Charles L.
Terry, Jr., of Dover.
State Auditor James W. Wise Of
Dover.
State Tax Commissioner James p.
Truss of Wilmington.
The law provides that one of the
three members Of the board shall be
the secretary of state.
On or before September IS each
state department, board, and COM
mission is required to report to the
board its anticipated expenses in
itemized form for the following BIZ
ennium.
The board will furnish official es-
innate blanks on or before August
to those who will seek appropria-
tions from the Legislature which
meets next January.
Various information regarding the
financial status of the state must be
furnished to the board by the state
auditor.
Open hearings are held by the
board in studying the needs of the
various departments, boards, and
The board must COM
Dlete its review and revision of the
estimates by December IS. An item
lied plan must be submitted by the
board to the Governor. The Governor
may make such changes as he may
see fit, and then submit his appro-
priation bill to the Legislature. A
joint legislative budget committee
then hold hearings during the Cen
eral Assembly session to consider
the various budget items.
Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
MILFORD TO HAVE
SUMNER PLAYGROUND

A group of Milford ROtarians
composed of Jay Pierce. Chas.
E. Varney, r. A. Derrickson,
Howard Edmunds and Irwin
Burton, met with Coach Her.
bert Elliott, Wednesday morn
ing, and went over plans for a
proposed summer playground.
to be centrally located and su-
pervised by Coach Elliott. A
complete report of the findings
of this committee will be made
public in the next issue of the
Chronicle.
This movement, which is be-
ing sponsored by the Milford
Rotary Club as part of its COM
munity service program, will
do much to keep the children
of this city healthfully Occu-
pied during the summer
months. Milford is fortunate
in having a man of Coach Ell
liOtt's calibre to supervise the
playground.
Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
Board Of Health To Wage
War On Diarrhed And Enteritis

Since most of the gains in the
fight against infant deaths in Della
ware. during the last fifteen years,
have been due to lessening of losses
from diarrhea and enteritis, the
State Board of Health is now laying
plans to combat, even more actively,
these twin scourges of the very
young during the coming summer
months. it was announced today by
DR.. Arthur c. Jost, executive secre-
tary of the board.
Diarrhea, while one Of the most
Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
REV. J. 7. BAILEY IS
RETURNED TO MILFORD
VI. p. Minister Has Had A Very Sue
eessful PaStOrate Here

The Rev. John T. Bailey was re-
turned TO First Methodist Protestant
Church. Milford. at the close of the
Maryland Annual Conference of the
NJ. p. Church which closed at West
minister Tuesday night.
Other pastoral appointments on the
peninsula are:
Bel Air, G. A. Ogg; Bivalve, H. B..
Flater: Cambridge. T. C. Mulligan;
Caroline, H. H. Schauer; Cecil. H. N.
Nicklas; Centreville. L. c. Randall;
Chestertown, W. p. Roberts; Clay
ton, r. f. Van Cleaf; Delmar. W. A.
Donoway; Denton. T. ]. burlington;
Dorchester. Ziba Adams; Dover
Leipsic, W. P. Kesmodel; Easton. T.
C. Jones; fredericksburg. F. B. Bailey;
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Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
WARNING ISSUED ON
ROCKY MOUNT. FEVER
Two Deaths In Adjacent State En-
phasizes Need For Guard

Two deaths from Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever in an adjacent state.
emphasizes the need for vigilance
against the wood ticks or dog ticks
that spread this disease, according
TO DR.. A. C. Jost, executive secre-
tary Of the State Board of Health.
Fortunately. he says, only a small
proportion of these common ticks
are infected. The disease. however.
is widespread and has high NOR
tality. According to U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture statistics, at
various times cases Of spotted fever
have been reported from nearly all
states in the eastern part of the
country except in New England,
Ohio. Wisconsin and Mississippi.
The diseases for which ticks are
responsible, according to the Del
aware State Board of Health. are
contracted through the bite Of in
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Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17

serious diseases Of early childhood,
is prevented simply by proper feed
ing and proper handling Of an in
fant's food. Since the disease usually
reaches its peak during the months
of July and August, the State Board
of Health has decided to devote con-
siderable attention, during this per-
iod, to an intensive campaign to
educate mothers in the proper care
and feeding of their infants to pre-
vent the disease. This educational
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Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
Safet, Council Gives Adyice To
Those Going On 4 Vacation

Going on a vacation? The inn
portant thing to remember is: Don't
overd0 il. We have all seen the vic
Tins of too much vacation. Recrea-
tion is desirable but rest and relaxa-
tion are also necessary. Vacation
trips take people to unfamiliar sur
roundings where hazards are differ
ent but no less serious than those of
city streets.
The Delaware Safety Council Of
fers these few points TO remember
when going on a vacation:
Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
1897 In STATE FILED
U. S. TAX RETURNS In 81
Delaware Total on Income For 1895
Is 2;slS Above Figure Last Year

There were 1897 federal income
tax returns filed in Delaware for
1886. Guy T. Helvering. commission
er of internal revenue, said Monday,
The total compares with 11.704 in
the preceding year.
The compilations announced this
week were Of individual income tax
returns made during the calendar
year 1887 which were based on 1886
income, Total for the nation was
5.4SS.504, compared with 4,666,5O4
for 1885.
The commissioner pointed out that
a taxpayer may file his return in
the district in which he lives or
where his principal place OF business
is located and said this accounted for
the omission of certain localities,
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Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17

1. Be sure your car is in condition
for the road.
2. Take your time. The vacation
won't be a success unless you get
there and back safely.
3. Avoid long hours at the wheel.
Fatigue not only offsets the benefits
OF vacation but makes il difficult to
concentrate on driving.
4. Camping out? Then watch out
for natural hazards--insects poison
GUS plants. snakes . and farm ami
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Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, June s, To Tues
day, June IA, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, local wea-
ther recorder, reports the following
weather conditions for Milford, from
Wednesday, June 8, to Tuesday, June
IA, inclusiVe:
Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
Prevailing

Prevailing
Wind
June 8, Northwest-Partly Cloudy
June 8, ast-Partly Cloudy
June 10, Eoutheast--Partly Cloudy
June II, South-Partly Cloudy
June 12, Southwest-Pa Cloudy
June 1S, West--Partly Cloudy
June IA, East--Partly Cloudy
Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17

Total Rainfall

Total Rainfall ..... .43
The following winds and condl-
tions prevailed during the same per-
fod.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
Bridges Fined
For Contempt

LOS ANGELES, Sept. IA. CUP)-
Harry Bridges, west coast CIO
chieftain convicted of contempt OF
court because newspapers publish
ed a telegram he sent Secretary
Perkins, debated today making his
ease a test of the rights of free
speech.
Bridges was fined SIPS late yes
terday by Superior Judge Edward
T. Bishop: the charges were pre-
ferred by the Los Angeles Bar As
ISOLATION which accused him of
trying to influence the courts IN
deciding a dispute between the
CIO and A. Fof L. for power over
longshoremen.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
Cowboy Involved
In Disappearance
OF Man, S Watch

Button, button who has the miss
ing watch?" was the game played
on the highway near Heber Tues
day night by Roy McDaniels, the
Lonesome Cowboy, and Joe Pedro.
El Centran.
Georgia Jones was with the men
in a car travelling from Heber to
a highway night spot on the Holt
vile highway. McDaniels. she said.
asked Pedro what time it was.
Pedro handed him his watch. That
was the last Pedro saw of it. Miss
Jones telephoned deputy sheriffs
but they couldn't find the watch.
They took McDaniels to the county
jail pending further developments.
McDaniels insists he is a musi-
clan and not slight of hand per-
former.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
HoIdup Cash
Recovered

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. IA
UP)-T. j. Higgins, chief of de-
tectives, said today police had re-
covered an additional 81 500 OF the
payroll taken by two bandits from
mail truck at Bull Hollow juno
ton near Taylor, Ariz., Sept. 7.
Vernon Moody. Stafford, Ariz., a
meat cutter, confessed his part in
the holdup yesterday and implicat-
ed E. C. Nicodemus, Seattle, Wash
They were arrested when postal
inspectors checked $1,000 in bills
stolen from them in a holdup, and
found the serial numbers included
in the list of bills taken in the
Arizona banditry.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
Service Station
BursIarized

WESTMORLAND, Sept. IA. -
Burglary of a downtown service
station Tuesday night sent police
and deputy sheriffs in search OF
an unidentified hitchhiker suspect
ed of the crime.
Service station attendants de-
scribed the hitchhiker and said he
was hanging around the station for
several hours Tuesday. The hitch
hiker IS believed to have left town
aboard a truck.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14

military rule.
The smolderlng animosity be-
! tween Sudeten Germans and
Czechs, famed by events since
Adolf Hitler's Nuremberg speech
Monday night broke into armed
rebellion over what started as a
trivial incident
The Sudeten version was that
Communists taunted Sudetens n
the center of the town and scuf-
fle resulted.
Local gendannss patrolling the
streets tried to quiet the disturb
ance but in a few minutes, free for
all fighting broke out.
The gendarmes made several ar
rests and fought their way to the
police station.
The mob closed in and sur
rounded the police station, shout
ing threats and Nazi slogans.
A shot rang out from the build
ing. The mob wavered and some
started to run, others remaining
where they were, uncertain.
Then a hail of bullets came from
the building as the gendarmes let
GO with a raking fusillade,
Several Fall
Several in the crowd fell. Others
raced for shelter.
Then the mob reoIganized and
weapons began to appear. They
made a mass attack on the station,
firing through the windows.
The gendarmes tried to escape
through an adjoining building but
were shot as they ran out.
The Sudetens moved victorious
ly into the station and began dis
tributing the arms and ammuni-
ton which they seized. They were
now ready for battle with the ad-
dition of two machine guns, cases
of hand grenades and 40 rifles, be-
sides plenty of ammunition.
ReinforcementS =
Authorities sent out hurried
word for reinforcementS TO the
nearest large centers, Falkenau
and Zwodau. Truckloads of gen.
darmes with machine guns, rifles
and grenades raced to the battle
scene.
They opened fire into the crowd,
but the Sudetens, reinforced with
the arms they had captured, re-
turned volley for volley, Several on
both sides were killed in the first
few minutes of battle.
Then Czech troops arrived in
heavy armored cars and attacked
the Sudetens from two sides. In
addition to mass fighting, there
was scattered open fighting and
sniping from buildings and other
shelter.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
CoIIesians Off
For U.C.l.A.

Calvin Aaron, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. r. M. Aaron, and Bill Jones,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Jones.
left early this week for Los An
geles where they will continue their
studies at UCLA.
The Los Angeles branch of the
state university is this years ia
vorite among graduates of Central
Union and junior college as ten
members of these two graduating
classes have already enrolled. They
are: Ross Blakely, George Brown
Robert Burns, Helen Gibson. Joe
Golf, Dorothy Gregg, Loris Nc
Connell, Lillian Mills, Ebert New
ton and Caroline Paine.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
Imperial Valley Press

Estabnsh.d april 20, 1901.
Published every afternoon except
saturday and Sunday saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded by
The Post-Press Sunday establish
ed 1886 by the Imperial Valley
Publishing Company, 625 state
street. EI Centre. Calf.
Entered at EI Cehsro, CaIifornsa
pest office as second class matter.
Paul Jenkins. publishers A. q.
Johnston, yice-presfdeBt and gem
ereIa managers r.. A. Fitzhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
wesf-HolIiday Co., Inc, National
Advertising Representatives.
Members California Newspaper
Publishers Association
Subscription Rates. Sc per copy.
In conjunction with the Post
Press lsuBdays), per month, g0ei
Paid I'm advancei months S1.65.
months 1928 one year e6.0o.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
Library Will Be
Presented Oct. 7

El Centros new public library
will be formally presented to the
public Oct. 7, the library board an
ncunced.
Plans for the event are being
formulated at the request of city
officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
Bulge Scores
Easy Win; Grant
Upsefs Quist

FOREST HILLS, N. Y, Sept. IA.
up. Donald Bulge, the worlds
greatest amateur tennis player and
defending champion in the Ma
tional singles tournament, today
breezed into the quarter finals,
with a 6-3, Ga, 60 victory over
Charles Hare of England.
To Bryan Grant, however, was
left the honor of turning in the
days biggest upset when he de-
feated Adrian Quist of Australia,
60, 4-6, 6-1, rs.
Other favorites advanced to the
round of eight.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
Dearborns on
Honeymoon

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dearborn
are on a wedding trip in northern
California after their marriage
last week in Yuma. Mrs. Dearborn
was Miss Ethel Dare before her
marriage. and has been on the staff
of the FL Centre hospital for the
last four years, coming here from
Kansas City.
Dearborn is the son of Mrs. Daisy
Dearborn of Ell Centro. He is con-
nected with the Hulse Tractor COM
pany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dearborn expect to
be back Sunday and will make
their in Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
Cotton Cards
Distributed

Cotton marketing cards contin-
ued to be distributed during the
past week at the conservation Of
flee in the county court house.
according to Roland Ballou, mpe-
rial county agricultural conservation
association.
Red cards are being distributed
to those cotton growers who did
not comply with government mar
keting orders. White cards are Civ
en- to those who complied with the
AAA program, Ballou said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
FAC WILL CONE

Congressman Ed V. IZac, Demo-
cratic candidate for reelection, will
be in Imperial Valley Sept. % tc
confer with friends in the various
communities. He will speak at the
Holtville Methodist church at 7:30
p. m. that night. His subject will
be War and Peace
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
WEATHER

Los Angeles and Vicinity-Part
ly cloudy Wednesday night and
Thursday; not much change IN
temperature; gentle 10 moderate
southeast TO southwest wind, north
west on coast.
Southern California Partly
cloudy Wednesday night and
Thursday; scattered thunderstorms
in mountains; little change in
temperature; gentle to moderate
northwest wind off coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14

BEAUMONT. Tex, Sept. 14.(UP)
Vice President John Nance Gar
ner was endorsed by the executive
committee of the Texas State DEM
ocratic convention today as a
candidate for president in 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-14
Negroes to Face
Theft Trials

Joe jackson and Billie Dunn,
Negroes, will be tried in superior
court on grand theft charges in
volying several automobile thefts.
They are held in the county jail
in lieu of $3.50 bail each. Judge
John E. Simpson set the bail after
a preliminary hearing in FL Centre
Justice court Tuesday and ordered
them to trial in superior court.