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Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
LIQUOR BOARD
WARNS DEALERS
Licensees Advised To Con-
troll Evils To Avoid Re-
strictive Measures.

Liquor dealers Of Delaware were
advised to "use the greatest care in
the conduct of his business" to avoid
restrictive measures which may be
taken by the Delaware Liquor Com
mission to remedy evils caused by
the too free use OF liquor" in a let
ter sent to all licensees by the COM
mission on Tuesday.
The letter was issued after con-
ferences with officials of the Retail
Liquor Dealers Association follow
ing the recent report of the New
Castle county grand jury in which
many crimes were attributed to the
use of liquor.
Police officials and leaders in the
liquor business feel licensees should
exercise a little more care and judg-
ment in the sale OF liquor although
convictions arising out of the use Of
alcohol have not increased in the
past 10 months. officials Of the COM
mission said.
In referred to the action OF the
grand Jury, the letter reads: "a
criticism of this sort coming from
such a source coupled with an in
crease in arrests for October for
drunken driving is a very serious
matter, which If not remedied will
surely react very unfavorably upon
the whole industry"
From December /. 1886 to October
81, 1887, there were 2,912 convictions
in the State for causes involving the
excessive use of alcohol. Included
here were 205 convicted drunken
drivers.
But from December /. 1887 to Oc-
tober 81, 1888. police report 2.402
similar convictions, including l72
drunken drivers.
Twenty-three persons were con-
victed for drunken driving in the
State during October, an increase
over previous months and also over
October Of 1887.
in October last year. 10 persons
were convicted in the State for
drunken driving.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
XMAS LIGHTS
WILL Be TURNED
ON HERE TONIGHT
Work of Beautifying Bus
iness Section Is Nearly
Complete.
ARCHES ARE. NOW UP
Merchants Are COOperat-
ing To Make City At.
tractive Place To Shop.

Milford is preparing for one OF
the best and most beautiful Christ
mas seasons this city has ever seen.
Decorations and lights have been put
into position this week. and unless
something unforeseen at present hap
pens the lights will be officially
turned on tonight. Friday, December
2. Mayor Harry J. Pettyiohn will
throw the master switch which will
illuminate the business section.
II has been the direct aim of those
in charge of the Christmas lighting
to see that the job is done 10095.
Thousands Of cOlored electric lights
in beautiful array with the custom
airy community Christmas tree in the
Plaza Square will turn the main
street into a fairyland. II has been
stated by one of the persons in
charge Of putting up the lights that
between eight and ten thousand
bulbs will be used TO beautify Milford
this Christmas.
Beautiful Illuminated arches will
be placed at the entrances to the
business section: the erection of
these arches has been made possible
through the cooperation of the mer-
chants of Milford. They will greatly
add to the attractiyeness Of the busi-
ness section.
All of the merchants and business
houses have purchased fresh new
for the Christmas trade
and shoppers will find the Milford
stores fully as capable Of filling their
holiday needs as the most exclusive
of the shops in the larger cities.
Plan now to make Milford your shop
ping headquarters during the holi-
day season, and above all pan to do
your shopping early. The advertise
ments appearing in this issue of the
Chronicle list many OF the
Christmas bargains offered by Mil
ford merchants
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
MORFORD NAMES
STAFF OF FIVE
STATE DEPUTIES
Chief Deputy Will Be
Clair ]. KillOran, Resi-
dent OF Wilmington.
TAKE OFFICE JAN. ,
Herlihy, Storey, Layton
And James Appointed
To Posts.

Atty -Gen.-elect James r. Morford
Tuesday announced the appointment
Of Clair j. Killoran, Wilmington, as
his chief deputy and of four other de-
puties who will serve under him when
he takes Office Jan. 3.
The other deputies are:
Thomas Herlihy, Jr., 14O5 Grant
Avenue, for New Castle County.
William ]. Storey of Dover, for
Kent County.
Daniel j. layton. Jr., of George
town, for Sussex County.
Albert W. James, 2908 Harrison
Street for the State Tax Depart
ment.
Herlihy, present first assistant city
solicitor, of the City of Wilmington,
will take Killorans place as deputy
attorney general for New Castle
County.
Storey will succeed himself in Kent
County. Layton will succeed De-
putty Atty.-Gen. Caleb Wright in Sus-
sex County. James. president of City
Council, will take the place Of Geo.
C. Herring, Jr., in handling legal mat
ters for the State Tax Department.
Georgetown Graduate
KillOran is graduate OF the Uni
versity of Idaho and of the law
school of Georgetown University. He
has been practicing law in Whining
ton since March. 1888. and is a MEM
Der of the law firm Of Nelson and Kill
loran. He is vice-chairman of the
Delaware junior bar conference OF
the American Bar Association and Is
also a member of the District of Col
umbia Bar. He is married and lives
at 1900 North Broom Street. Whining
ton.
Herlihy was appointed assistant
Wilmington city solicitor in City
Court by Mayor Walter w. Bacon IN
July, 1895, and first assistant city
solicitor in July. 1887. He was grad
uafed from Wilmington High School
in 1929 and from Dartmouth College
in 1925. He was admitted to the
bar in 1880 and to the
Delaware bar in 1882, He Is city
chairman of the Young Republican
Storey was first appointed deputy
attorney general for Kent County in
July. 1888. He was educated in the
Caesar Rodney High School at Cam
ien- Wyoming, Beacon Business Col
ege. and National University. Wash
ngton.
CTun TO PAss a Please,
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
D. O. HASTINGS NAMED
ON VITAL C. O. P. BOARD
Former Delaware Senator And North
Western Win Appointments.

Former Senator Daniel o. Hastings
OF Delaware and Harvey Jewett, Jr..
of South Dakota Tuesday were elect
ed TO flll two vacancies in the import
ant executive committee OF the Re-
publican national committee.
Hastings and Jewett were elected
after national committee members
rejected a proposal by Chairman
John d. NJ. Hamilton that one ex-
ecutive committee vacancy be filled
Immediately and the other at the
next committee meeting.
A widely discussed liberal move
ment to name Kenneth F. Simpson
OF New York to the executive COM
mittee failed to develop. 1t had been
expected that Simpson would oppose
Hastings for a single position to be
filled. but when nominations we're
opened Simpsons name was not Of
fered.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
NEW LICENSE TAGS
ARE NOW ON SALE
General Sale OF 1899 Tags Started
Yesterday Morning.

General sale Of 1888 automobile
registration license tags was started
yesterday morning at the offices Of
the Motor Vehicle Department at Do
yer. Wilmington and Georgetown,
and for added fee. at offices OF mag
istrates.
Distribution of the tags TO the var
ious points OF sale was made under
direction Of Secretary Of State Chas.
L. Terry. Jr.,
zack w. Wells. deputy motor yehi-
Gle commissioner. Tuesday appealed
TO motorists who have not obtained
tags to do so promptly to avoid con-
gestion in the Office and inconven-
fence to applicants during the last
few days.
The offices will be open from $3.50
a. m. 10 1880 p. M. on weekdays and
from $3.50 to noon on Saturday. New
tags may be used Dec. is and must be
used after midnight Dec. 81.
Several thousand persons applied
for special numbers between Nov.
] and Nov. is. All these orders have
been filled. Motor Vehicle Depart
ment officials said.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
BOARD OF HEALTH
WARNS OF RABIES
Keep Dogs Ont OF Northern Dela-
= ware Is Plea OF Body

do not take your dogs into nor
thern Delaware, or accept dogs from
th6re." is the gist Of a joint warn
ing issued by the executive heads OF
the Game and Fish Commission and
the State Board of Health. The warn
ing was issued today as the result
Of the discovery, earlier this week,
of a Wilmington dog believed suf-
fering from rabies. The head Of the
animal was taken to the laboratory
of the State Board of Health, Dover,
and examination showed il to be in
fected. This dog is known to have
bitten, or scratched two persons.
They are under medical care.
A veterinarian was reported today
to have been bitten by dog believ-
ed to have been rabied. The head of
this animal was sent to the Veteri-
nary School of the University of
Pennsylvania, and thence to the
Pennsylvania State Board Of Health
at Harrisburg, Pa, for more COM
plete examination.
Arrangements have been set up
by the State Board of Health to fur
nish material for treatment of per-
sons bitten by supposedly rabid ami
mails, These materials will be fur
nished free of charge to INDECENT
persons. Health authorities have ur-
ged that persons, bitten or scratched
by dogs that may be rabied, submit
themselves to their private physi-
clan for immediate treatment. Phys
icians are being advised to cOmmun-
icate Immediately with the State
Board of Health, Dover, to secure
the necessary materials, at least for
INDECENT cases. These treatments
have proven efficacious in a majority
of cases.
IL owners must take their animals
into the northern Delaware area,
they are advised to take extreme
precautions to see that they do not
come into contact with other ami
mails.
II is not necessary that an animal
appear rabid to be infectious. nor
need Il bite another animal to trans
nit the disease. The disease may be
passed on through transmission Of
saliva from an infected animal to a
cut in the body Of a non-infected
one.
GTum to age ,. PIeassl
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
FELTON, YOUTH WINS
NATIONAL All AWARD
Bruce G. Frazier, FELTON,, Wins $500
Scholarship For Survey

Bruce G. Frazier of FELTON,, win
ming a $500 scholarship for an cleo
trical survey of his fathers farm,
became the first Delaware All Club
member to capture national award.
The 1S-year-old youth placed sec
ond in the national rural electrifica-
tion contest.
Frazier and four Delaware All
Club girls are in Chicago this week,
on awards of all-expense trips to
the seventeenth National Al Club
Congress.
The girls are:
Miss Jennie H. Kielbasa, 16 years
Crum to Pare .. Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
COTTLLION CLUB
DANCE JANUARY 2
AFFAIR VIII Be Held In Varney Aud.
itOrium In Community Building

At a recent meeting held at the
home of Thomas E. Jefferis, Jr.. of
Milford, it was decided by the MEM
bers of the Kent and Sussex Cotil-
lion Club to hold their annual dance
on the second of January. The affair
will be held in the Varney Auditor
ium in the Milford Community Bull
ding and the club at present is ne
gOtiating with a well-known orches-
ira. The club members are planning
for a larger affair than last year
when over a thousand people we're
in attendance from all parts Of Del
aware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
New York.
The officers of the club are: Pres
ident, Edward NJ. Davis; vice presi-
dent, Paul Monroe; secretary, DR..
James West; treasurer, Philip R.
Jacobs; publicity director, Robert H.
Yerkes. The chairmen for the dance
are: Music, Harwood Jamison; dec
orations. Thomas Jefferis, Jr.; invi-
tations, Philip r. Jacobs.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
MOTORISTS WARNED
ABOUT WINTER DRIVING
New Hazardous Conditions Now
COnfrOnts All Drivers

Just as ice, snow and sIeet paint
a new landscape, so winter weather
brings changes to the driving pic
lures. With the changing of the sea-
sons, the Delaware Safety Council
warns the mOtorist to prepare for
new hazardous conditions.
Chief of the winter driving dang
ers is that Of skidding, on ice or
snOw-paeked streets. Brakes in good
repair and properly adjusted, good
tires and chains are the best safe
guards, but they cannot substitute
for the exercise OF maximum care
at all times and speed compatible
with conditions,
Improperly aligned brakes are ex-
tremely hazardous on wet or icy
streets. The motorist should try his
brakes each day as he leaves the
garage. He should also allow a
greater margin of safety in making
stops, even II his car is equipped
with chains. Skid chains should be
stored in the car for use when con-
ditiOns warrant.
Tires should be examined often. II
the treads are too smooth, the dan
ger of skidding is greater. Ice on
the windshield imperils visibility, so
windshield wipers should be in good
working condition. Drivers should
be alert to the possibility of falls in
stepping to or from the running
board Of the car when the boards
are ice-coated. The ice should be re-
moved or the step sprinkled with
sand or ashes.
Filling the radiator with good an
ti-freeze mixture will protect the
car from possible serious damage
and will eliminate any screen of
steam from the radiator that might
otherwise obscure vision. Car own
ers, however, should remember that
an anti-freeze mixture containing an
infiammable fluid may send up in
vapors from the radiator
when the cap is removed. Fire of
any kind, even If from a cigarette or
pipe, may cause an explosion or
burst of flame if the radiator vapors
come in contact with it. During
storms, or fog, one should not ex-
ceed a reasonable speed and should
make free use of his horn to warn
and other drivers. Head
lights should come into use when |
ever necessary to make sure that the |
driver will see and be seen. For that |
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Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
XMAS SAVINGS
Clubs PAYING
OUT MILLIONS
In Milford Three Clubs
Have Distributed Over
$1O4, ,459 Recently.
CAULK CLUB BIGGEST
Amount Saved Here This
Year $4,000 More Than
Last Year.

Residents Of Milford who for the
past fifty weeks have been practic'
ing thrift and each week laying
aside a sum for the Christmas Saw
ings Fund conducted by the local
banks and The L. ID. Caulk Company
are being rewarded to the tune OF
$104,459. This money is released by
the Milford Trust Company, the
First National Bank and Trust Com
paqy and the Savings Fund Club OF
The L. d: Ca1lk Company, all OF
which have been In existence for
several years. This is an increase
of $4,000 from the disbursements
made by these three clubs last year.
and indicates that the idea is still
popular in Milford. In the State a
total of almost $1,500,000 will be
distributed this season.
The first savings clubs on the
Peninsula were started some years
ago at Salisbury, Md. The general
public eagerly accepted the method
to Systematically save for the holi-
day season. Shortly thereafter The
l.. d. Caulk Company conceived the
idea of conducting a savings fund
for their employees. The plan was
successful, and outsiders were al
lowed to join the club. The Milford
Trust Company later took up the
idea, and they, too, were successful
and secured many depositors there
from. A few years later the First
National Bank and Trust Company
started its club and each year has
shown a satisfactory increase in the
number of persons who have Joined
its club.
This year the Caulk Savings Club
has sent out checks to the approxi-
mate amount. of $52, ,459 to its mem
bers. This is an increase OF over
$4,000 over last years figures, and
is equal to the sum total Of the other
clubs combined.
The Milford Trust Company has
mailed a total of $4,000 to those
who have saved in its club. This is
a decrease of $1,000 over last years
total for that club. The First Ma
tional Bank and Trust Company is
paying approximately $4,000. a de-
crease of $1,000 over the total that
they paid out last year. This money
is released in time for the holiday
buying and is a welcomed asset to
those thrifty persons who have TAX
en- advantage Of the three clubs in
Milford.
In a survey just completed. sup
porting the estimate for this year,
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Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
MAS. K. WESTON
RETIRES JAN. |
DUPONT Public Relations
Head VIII Be Succeeded
By Theodore G. JOslin.

Completing % years Of active ser
vice, Charles X. Weston will retirl
Jan. next as the director OF the
public relations department Of =.
dupont de Nemours & Company.
The announcement was made al
noon Tuesday. Mr.. Weston will re-
main in active company service in
an advisory capacity TO Viee-Presi-
dent ]. w. Mccoy.
Theodore G. Joslin has been ap-
pointed to ill the vacancy created
by the retirement of MIR. Weston. He
has resigned as president Of the
News-Jonrnal Company. effective
Dec. 81 next to accept the director
ship OF the public relations depart
ment
Claus WIN Succeed JOsIIR
His successor as president OF the
News-Journal Company will be
Henry T. Claus. the editor-in-chief
OF the Boston Evening Transcript
since 1926.
Mr.. Weston came to the Dupont
Company during the World War
period. after a long experiences In
udlly newspaper WDFht 10 cStdnlnA
a publicity bureau which. over the
years. has expanded and developed
into the present Public Relations De-
partment.
The expansion of this work has
been eoincident with the develop
ment of what has come to be known
as the chemical age" in industry
q development in which the Dupont
Company has been a leader. and Is
now recognized as the largest manu-
facturer of diversified chemical pro-
ducts in the country.
Work of Staff Multiplied
The work of the Publicity. or Pub
lie Relations. staff has been MULTI
piled many times along with the
growth Of the company. Though II
was among the pioneers in its line,
the department now holds a COM
manding position in a field which
Industrial organizations generally
as Of major importance.
Its mission is to interpret the com
pany. its policies and itS products TO
the public.
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Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
SUSSEX BANKERS
DECIDE AGAINST
INTEREST RATE CUT

At a meeting Of the Sussex
County Bankers Association
held at Georgetown on Friday.
November 25, it was decided
that no reduction from the
present interest rate of 2t59s
on savings accounts would be
made at this time by the
banks Of Sussex county.
The Milford Trust Company
will follow the policy and de-
cision Of the Sussex county
banks and continue at this
time to pay interest at the
rate Of 21k96 on savings ac-
counts.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
FREDERICK STORES
DAMAGED BY BLAZE
Entire Business Section OF Town
Threatened By Fire

The towns business section was
threatened Sunday night by fire
which badly damaged two store
buildings owned by Mrs. Mary Der
rickson. Loss was estimated at S5.-
coo. One store was occupied by
Stanley Sipple and the other was va
cant
Flames. believed caused by short
circuit, spread rapidly. Fire COM
panies were summoned from Dover.
Milford, Magnolia and Bowers Beach.
but Frederica flremen had the blaze
under control when they arrived.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, November %, To
Tuesday, November 20, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, local wea-
ther recorder, reports the following
atmospheric conditions for Milford.
from Wednesday, November 23, to
Tuesday, November 20, Inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
Temperature
Total Rainfall
.Guaw

The following Winds and c0ndi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-13

Europe, Weber is known as "the
Toscanini of light music" Franz Lee
har, composer of ''The Merry Wild
ow," said of him, II cannot wish
for a better interpreter of my
works than Marek Weber,"
ODDS AND ENDS-Jack Benny uon't
start working on his next picture for
te,O ,Ueeks, so Paramount has assigned
his old dressing room to MarIene Dietrich
Jack and his radio script iUriters are no
end upset because that is tOhere they do
their best YORK Myrna 10y encour.
ages the treckles on her face by going
about in the sun hatless. The freckles
serUe as fine disguise tOhen she appears
in public Ed,oard G.. Robinson's ne,U
picture "The Last Cangster" is the best
gangsfer film of all Glenn Morris who
stars in "Tarzan's Revenge" says exactly
four Oords in the ,ohole picture
Tony, the back.stage bootblack at the C..
B. S. playhouse in New York, has his
DUN ,Uay OF honoring Kate Smith. He
keeps a special rag in his left hip pocket
Nth ,Uhich he shines her shoes just be-.
fore she goes to the mike :. Bling Cros.
by and George Murphy entertained the
shoppers in Hollywood store no end
When George decided to play foormalker
and Bng decided to sell handkerchiefs.
When customers baked, Bing hreU in a
song.
q Western Newspaper Union.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-13

WHETHER you line your new
w draperies or not will depend
on how heavy the material is. 1t
is important, however, that the
top of draperies be stiffened when
a French heading is used. A soft
canvas which may be purchased
in drapery departments is gen
orally used for this purpose. From
four to six inches is a good depth
to cut the heading canvas. Turn
the top of the curtain material
over it and sew as at A.
Start to sew the plat about an
inch down from the top of the
drapery and sew it the depth of
the stiffening, as shown here at B.
Pinch this plat into three small
plaits and, starting two inches
down from the top, sew through
as at c. Sew these plaits the
depth of the stiffening, so that
they appear as shown here at D.
Now turn to the wrong side and
sew a ring to the back of each
plat as at E.
Every Homemaker should have
a copy of Mrs. Spears new book,
SEWING. Forty-eight pages of
step-by-step directions for making
slipcovers and dressing tables;
restoring and upholstering chairs,
couches; making curtains for ev-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-13
Uncle MIA
&w: ~
There's No Escape


The question is not is life worth
living, but how best to 60 through
with it.
If people had acquired a taste
for apple seeds, by this time ap-
pie seeds would be as big as fill
berts.
Which gets the most enjoyment
out of 81 told you 500? The op-
timist or the pessimist?
When unskillful people try to
employ tact it turns out to be
flattery.
Saying wise thing is useless if
the listeners are not wise.
A Psychic Secret7
What is the secret of riding in
an automobile making one (we'll
admit) feel important?
Pessimists are persistent deflat-
ers; and sometimes deflation is
needed badly.
Dame Nature provides the ma
terials for the worlds progress,
but man has to make the COM
binatiOns.
Men who don't know what the
word friend" means, may use it
too freely.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-13

WareK Weber, distinguished V1en-
nese orchestra leader beginning his
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-13
Yessir, We Have 1t
Hold Everything but

"What's yours?"
'Ham sandwich"
"No got. Try Sunset Spe-
cial?"
whats that?"
"a triple decker with ham,
cheese, tongue, baloney, tomato,
lettuce, onion, pickle and mayor
naise on raisin bread, toasted,
with cole slaw on the side"
"Nope. You've got ham. Can't
cha gimme ham on white?"
"I'll try. Oh, George! One
Sunset Special. Make it on one
deck. Hold the cheese, tongue,
baloney, tomato, lettuce, onion,
pickle, mayonnaise, and cold
slaw, and make the raisin bread
white, untoasted Right"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-13

Before this cycle of horrors
catches up with our screens, we