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Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
ENJOYMENT OF MOTORING

An English visitor recently re-
marked that the bad record of the
American people on automobile ac-
cidents. might be attributed to the
fact that our folks do not find pleas
ure in motoring for its own sake
They are just keen to get somewhere
in the least possible time, regardless
whether there is any particular need
for getting there in hurry.
The Englishman. he said, enjoys
driving just for fun. He likes doing
a good job at driving. so it makes
no particular difference to him wheth
er he makes fast time or not. Not
being in such a hurry. he takes few
chances.
The majority of our drivers would
probably say they use their cars be-
cause they furnish the quickest or
most canYeniept. way to get some
place. After these drivers have run
up a yearly mileage of 10000 or more,
motoring for its own sake no long
er appeals to them.
With almost everybody on the
road just hurrying to get some place
in tearing haste, the accident record
is what might be expected. This
hurry is an outgrOwth of our inn
patient and nervous American tenn
perament. Our people are born that
way. and can't bear waiting or delays
or slow motions. cit up and git" is
one of our national notices. There
will be a bad record of accidents un-
til something rather drastic is done
to prevent them. Perhaps in time,
our people may acquire a calmer
and cease to do things
in this excited way.
If they could all take things cas-
ier on the road, they would find
great deal to enjoy as they go. Even
il they have been over some route
hundreds of times, the trees and hills
and water scenes and folks along the
road would always be interesting to
look at.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
Is ADVERTISING WASTED!

Some people think advertising is
added to the cost of goods and re-
presents a form of waste. If so, a
similar logic would say that many of
the salespeople employed in stores
are unnecessary. and that the cost Of
goods could be reduced if their serv-
ices were dispensed with.
These salespeople could not be
dropped without public damage. Their
business is not simply to hand goods
over a counter and take the money
in return. They perform a service,
by giving information and helping
the customer get the thing he needs.
Advertising does the same thing. If
it were not for advertising, many
people would pay too much for goods
and they would miss information
about goods that they need in order
to make a correct selection.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
ON HER TOES

They say the modern girl must
be ION her toes" to attract any at
tention. Gone are the days when
she devoted herself to winning a hus-
band by sitting on sofas and looking
those languishing looks with those
deep and soulful eyes. The modern
girl friend needs activities that will
win her her share in social life.
One of the first essentials on the
list is to be a good dancer. The girl
who can't follow your step Orna-
ments the side of the room, and goes
home early because of a headache.
The intense desire of young women
for a stylish like form may be due
to a preference on the part of the
boys for the bean-pole girl. Their
tired muscles become fatigued if
they have to swing too many pounds
around the room.
Next on the list is to be able to
play some outdoor game fairly well,
tennis, golf, etc. The good swim
mer also draws admiration. A girl
needs some power to talk. some easy
capacity for manufacturing wise
cracks. She needs some gift that
will enable her to shine socially, like
mastery of bridge. musical talent.
ability to take a part in the school
or church play, the organizing capa-
city to run a dance or sale, etc. 1t
takes real effort to develop these
powers.
Where do information and intelli-
gence come in?" our friend the
school teacher asks. Perhaps they
come in more than our modern So
phisticate thinks. Many of these
powers depend upon ability to think.
The schools are the workshop where
that product is turned out.
The housewife asks where the all
essential knowledge of domestic arts
comes in. AS to that, they don't seem
to come in very much. up to the time
the husband has to pay the price.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
INJURED CHILDREN

Not merely is a great army Of chill
dren injured each year in automobile
accidents, but it is estimated that
$4,000 boys and girls under IS years
of age are hurt each year in indus
trial accidents. The youngsters have
a tendency to be careless, and II ad-
mitted to factories and workshops
they need some special projections.
Young people are ready to take
risks. "Take a chance" is their fav-
orite motto. They have feeling that
it shows unworthy fear to take pre-
cautions. Probably the majority Of
these accidents in workshops are due
to their own careIessness. Still, as
this trait is so characteristic, they
ought to be protected from their own
heedlessness.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
the IRREsPONsTBLF CITIZEN

A good many people seem to think
they are not in any way responsible
for the real or imagined defects OF
their home towns. They constantly
find fault and ask why this or that
thing is not attended to. It never
occurs to them that they have any
thing to do about 1t. Let George
do it, is their idea.
If you see defect in your home
town. don't take it out in idle growl-
ing. Speak to some officer in the To-
cal government, or the leaders of To-
cal organizations. Perhaps your
idea is not practical. and in that case.
better forget it. If you have a good
idea, talk it up. In that way you
help create public sentiment which
will probably remedy the defect COM
planned of.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
RULE OF THE OLD MEN

It is often complained that the
world is too much ruled by old men,
statesmen and diplomats who fill so
many executive positions and legis-
lative seats in all governments. A
recent speaker spoke of such states
men, as a generation behind the
times in thought. impervious to the
advance Of ideas. and completely un-
sympathetic to the world of the mid
dle-aged and juvenile which they
dominate.
The young people should be given
their full share in this work. Many
of the older men have retained their
power because their long experience
enabled them to avoid dangers not
perceived by those of less experience.
The young and middle aged people
constitute a big majority of the vOt-
ers. Any time they feel there is too
much old man rule. they have the
votes to throw the old timers out.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
aTHE L0ST GENERATI0Ng

Deep regret is felt for the difficulty
which young people have experienced
recently in finding work. These
youngsters. just out Of schools and
colleges, have often been referred to
as the "lost generation. They have
labored and striven to prepare them
selves for service, it is said. and the
world in its chaos and disorganiza-
tion has in many cases nothing for
them to do.
Sometimes when young people can't
find any work, il is either because
they have not tried with sufficient
persistence, or else they are not
specially prepared for any line of
work.
TIE information comes at times
from many industries that there is a
shortage of skilled labor. The appli-
cant for work asks how he can be ex-
pected to acquire suck skill, if no
one will give him chance to learn.
Something should be done to relieve
that condition, and means taken to
provide instruction for capable
young people who could fill these
jobs.
The youth who graduates from a
school or college knowing nothing of
any special trade. business. or pro-
fession. is at a disadvantage. Prob
ably he needs to attend some special
vocational school. He may say he
has no money for that purpose. II
he can get any kind of work, he would
better take what he can get, and earn
the money to take some kind of train
ing course.
Anyway. the we'll trained young
people stand a better chance of get
ting jobs promptly. The chances of
those who fit themselves for some
special occupation are better than
hose who just seek general educa-
ion.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
Milford, Friday, August 5, 1888
HOW HISTORY IS SHAPED

1t is often said that the country
needs great leaders, men and women
who can see truths which the great
majority of us can not apprehend
and who shall rouse the people to do
the things theX need for their own
salvation. Our country suffers from
unemployment, the destitution of the
poor, crime, fraud, and corruption.
and it asks where the great leaders
are who shall solve these problems.
The people have too much tendency
TO call for great leaders TO solve their
problems, when the answer should
be found in their own common sense
Their practical judgment should be
able to solve all problems.
The country has plenty of good
leaders, but they can't see all truth.
They dwell in a turmoil of excite
ment. The statesmen at Washington
are surrounded by the clamor Of a
million voices. They see every sell
fish element striving for the mastery.
How can they tell in all this excite
ment, what is right and just, and
what is practical enough so it will
work?
The statesmen, philosophers and
other leaders propose solutions. but
often their sugRestiOns don't work
Something is missing. 1t is like some
automobile that is wonderful and
shiny in every part, only that some |
vital screw or lever is missing. and |
the thing stalls when you try % run
it, .t
The people in their common sense
must solve their problems. They take
the more or less grand ideas offer
ed by the statesmen and philOso-
pliers and sort them out. Some are
good. some are poor. and some are
-fndfnerent. m riIe-qufet -ifves or ava
erage people, who know how things
work in the average home, shop, or
farm, they should be able to decide
whether these ideas are good or not.
This force of the average mind is the
force that shapes history. This. mind
must do some real thinking. 1t can't
spend its life in lazy loafing and
dreaming.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
POLITICS ON THE AIR

Political broadcasting will soon
become a good deal of public nuis-
ance. In a few weeks you will like
ly find, when you go to a friends
house for a quiet evening, that he
will tune in on a radio station and
make you listen to somebody that
he wants 70 hear-the same some
body" that you don't want to hear.
Under the new rules Of the FEEDER
al Communications Commission
there is a provision prohibiting sta
tions from exercising censorship of
any speech broadcast by duly quail
flied candidate. This opens the way
to more mud-slinging than has been
permitted on the radio in the past.
While political candidates will all
have to pay the radio fiddler the ia
cilities will be open as at present to
free programs. And those are fire.
quently the worst of all.
Watch the Milford Giants!
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05

as It should.
Laws and rules for safety multi
ply. While everybody knows that au-
tomobiIes have been made safer and
simpler it IS also common knowledge
that human beings who drive cars
cause most OF the accidents by
careless driving.
Supplementing activities like the
School Patrol brings results as chill
dren grow up. A recent Government
statement says that zone Of the
greatest hopes for improved safety
conditions lies through implanting of
correct thinking and habits in those
who are now passing through the
public schools.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
TRUE OR FALSE?

The manufacture of an automobile
required more man hours of work
and more pay for workers per car
in 1887 than in 1880. True or false
How many of the deVOttees Of this
interesting little game of spotting
mis-statemepts can score a bulls
eye on the above question? Before
you look for the answer, think il
over carefully. II you bought a car
in 1880 and another one in 1887,
which one do you think required
more labor to build? Do you think
automobile workers received more
pay for building your 1880 or your
1887 car?
In thinking it over, one might
jump at the conclusion that ma
chine methods have reduced the
amount of human work that goes
into an automobile. On the other
hand, it seems only simple common
sense that the recent cars are so
much better than those Of pre-de-
preston days that it would take
more man hours to build them.
Yes. you are right. The statement
is true.
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., General Mo-
tors chairman, picked out pOpu-
lar-priced line of cars and dug into
the statistics. He found that the
buyer of the 1887 car in question got
One-fifth more in pounds for his dol
lar and got twice as much per dol
lar in horsepower as he did in 1929.
These were about the only tangible
things that could be measured, al
though most people do not need sta
tistics to decide whether modern
car is better than the product Of
years.
Then Mr.. Sloan dug up figures
showing the employment on that
particular car in 1880 and in 1887.
He found that there was a small IN
crease in work hours for each unit
and a 40 per cent increase in work.
ers' earnings per unit. While this
study covers only one line Of cars,
he thinks that IL is undoubtedly
more or less Of a commonplace il
lustration of what is going on to
some degree throughout industry.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
ENCOURAGING (

Reports from the Federal Reserve
System and the Department of Com
merce in Washington indicate. that
business is pointing up. The claim is
made that agriculture is giving
good account of itself throughout the
Nation, and that the employment
outlook has been improved through
Government spending. and increases
in industrial employment. Retail
trade is gaining in a majority Of
American cities, according to the
scattering reports.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
HOME TOWN TH0uGHTS

Don't throw cold water" is the
old saying. That comes from the
homely idea that il you pour cold
water into the teakettle, it won't boil
very soon. Similarly, words OF carp
ing and fault finding about your home
town are cold water thrown on the
spirit of enterprise and progress.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
HOPES FOR
IMPROVED SAFETY

There are 30 states that do not re-
quire applicants for drivers licenses
to be examined for competency;
eight do not require licenses to op-
crate car; in six states no licenses
are issued, and in five more states
only the unfit" are required to pass
tests for driving. Only eight states
enforce test of vision, and but If
teen require knowledge of traffic
laws.
Now dual highways are great safe
guards in autOmobiling, and this
form of construction is increasing
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05

The value of soil is destroyed
when the fertility is washed out by
floods. Likewise the resources of a
town can be washed out by buying
goods away from home.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05

If a person never writes letters to
his friends, they are likely to forget
him. And if business does not re-
mind its friends of its existence by
advertising, they are apt to forget it.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
ALL FOR THE GOOD OF THE
SERVICE

SERVICE
went to a meeting, talked to s
friend,
Said our leaders should change theil
ways
Stop dOuble-crOssing, their plan;
amend,
Get more of OUR CROWD on the
WPA.
All for the Good of the Ser
vice.
During the meeting, the argument
came around
Who we were going to back for a
job.
My friend and 1 agreed that it was
very sound,
1t was best for us to send back
Bob"
All for the Good of the Ser
vice.
1 had plenty of pull in my Govern
men work,
l was HEAD MAN with very good
pay.
For the Democrat Party 1 never did
shirk,
Got the jobs for the boys in every
way.
All for the Good of the Party.
Yesterday got the bad news
l am out, my friend has my place
He doubled-crOssed me, spreading
my views,
I am only one Of many such a case.
All for the Good of the Party.
According to an article we have
just read, written by a man who
right today is holding a Republican
job but who hasn't been in line with
the men who put him in his job for
several years, there are only two
parties in Kent and Sussex counties.
One the Tunnell-COllisOn Democrat
party and the other the Independent
party. He says. "the reg
ular Republican position is not be-
ing taken seriously by either the
Democrats or the Independents"
Isn't that grand? Just two old par
ties-two old friends? Who are
watching each other like Kilkenny |
Cats to keep one side or the other
from putting the order of 'The Dou-
ble-CrOss" on them. All for the
Good of the Service.
o.
Word comes from the seat Of the
State Government that some of the
new men there are taking upon
themselves considerable power. Not
only are they doing what they have
a perfectly right to do. keep them
selves in power-but we understand
hey are putting the heat" on their
own fellow DemOcrats-Or don't the
Democrats have any fellows? Is it
rue that one of our new Engineers
10 who was forced to quit a lucra-
i've government job because he "had
/ weak back" and couldn't stand the
.ar driving, made it so unpleasant
or one of his own Democrats that
he gentleman had to quit his State
ob? It is being said that there is
Dnly one man capable of holding the
racant job but that because he is a
there is no chance for
lin and the "weak-backed" engineer
insists that he can fill the position
With one of his political allies. Who
ares. anyway-they are not paying
he bill-it is just the TAXPAYER.
Wonder why the boat trip" never
vas pulled off? 1t was all set to go
nth one Democratic faction invited
N the cruise without the knowledge
f another Democratic faction and
hen when they were all on the boat.
,ith the help Of persuasive tongues
nd plenty OF good mixed drinks !
or what have you0-the two fac
ions were to lay aside all past diff I
erences and be as one happy family :
either that or try to throw each
ther off the boat into the water. 3
Why didn't 1t come off? Will 1t be !
ried in the future? I
o
Now WPA Ableman says that c
-iend Wheatley Of Seaford was fired !
-om the WPA executive job in Sus-
ex county "for the good of the SER O
ice" and because Harry Hopkins b
oesn't want him. Do you suppose T
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
CAMPAIGN AGAINsT THE cR0K

lAMEAAUN AUAANHA M CAV "
Is the crow q useful creature. oI
is he an enemy Of The bird world
and one to be exterminated so far
as possible? Opinions have differed,
The main charge has been that he de-
stroys the eggs and young of other
species of birds. However. others
maintain that he kills SO many in
sects thaton the whole he is a worthy
citizen of the feathered world.
A campaign was recently started
in Canada to destroy crows, and
there have been similar movements
in our country. They say that re-
ducing the number Of crows would
save hundreds of thousands of young
ducks, not to speak of other species
of birds.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
N o t E

The statements made In this column are
not necessarily the opinions OF the pub
fishers Of the Milford Chronicle. They are
purely the views OF the writer. This news
paper will express its opinions only
through It's editorial columns.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05

Delaware beaches are a sort OF
mecca for city dwellers these hot
days and nights.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05
WASHINGTON
NEWS LETTER
From
CONGRESSMAN WIN. F. ALLEN

ENJOYED THE FAIR this past
week very much. Il was a real pleas
ure to see so many of my friends and
constituents from all over the State.
o
SPECIAL SESSION-There is still
much talk of a special session short
ly after the November elections.
Some believe that this will not occur
this year, hut many are in belief that
the President will call Congress into
session TO handle the railroad prob
lens, and to clear the way for the
new Congress.
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05

new Congress.
DISARMAMENT hope
is slim that countries in general will
want to follow a program OF disarm-
ament for the sake of preserving
peace in the world, President Roose-
Felt declared recently that the United
States is ready to cooperate in a
world effort to reduce arms. Many
believe the President was voicing
something that in a few years will
be shared by other nations. 1t is
believed that the fatility Of war, cost
of arms, as well as other such things
may cause the warning countries to
turn their views toward peace.
MOVIE INDUSTRY-Th Govern
ment finds the Moving Picture Indus
try not a source of entertainment as
the people do. but a trust that re-
ceives over a billion dollars each
year from Americans, and one which
they feel should be broken up. The
United States Government will at
tempt, with several actors and 130
other individuals helping, to disci-
pline the industry and educate the
people in general in antitrust law
procedure. The Department Of JUS
tice has filed suit to enjOin the eoun- !
try's eight leading motion picture
companies and officers from dis
eliminating against independent mo-
ton picture companies and force
them to divest themselves of owner
ship Of theatres through which they
show their pictures.
END OF DEADLINE IN consul
MER DEMAND Developments of the
past month indicate that the low
point in consumer incomes and in
demand for farm products has been
reached. with prospects for some
measure of recovery following the
summer months. This improvement
will follow somewhat behind the ex-
pected revival of industrial activity.
stock prices, recent trend
toward higher prices of raw mater
ials, increased buying Of consumer
goods show improved business acti-
yity
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05

Watch the Milford Giantsl
Milford chronicle., 1938-08-05

Watch the Milford Giants!
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-11-10
Gyoztek q RepubIikanusok
LeOlvadtak nagy deorata t0bbsegek szabadsagot
ret6 amerka nep megmutatta, hogy fel
t6rikus ranyzatat6l - Komoy fgyelmeztetes
Roosevelt eln0knek. - gy6ztesek

kiilomben kivalo Lehman kor
manyzo alig tudott gy6zni.
Pennsylvania kivagta a kor-
rupt es amellett szinten a ra-
dikalisokkal flortol6 demo-
Tata administrator.
Mindenhol a rendes Szo-
cialis haladas mellett vannak
a republikanusok es exert
nyertek. Mem lehet ezt az or
szagot fenekest6l felforditani
mindenfele kiserletekkeI. anne
lyek nelkiilozik a szolid koz-
gazdasagi alapot.
AIT is megtanulhatja a ma
gyarsag, hogy ne hallgasson
Iazokra, akik mindig urditanak
csak straight" tiketre szayaz-
nj. Az civ a fontos a nemzeti
kerdesekben, az ember a fon-
tos a kisebb hivataloknal. Mi
republikanusok vagyunk, de
azok a demoratak akikre mi
szavaztunk, koztiik Lipscher,
Glass es Buckley nyertek,
inert megerdemeltek.
A magyarsag kiilonosen
0rulhet hogy George w. Jones
Jr-t megvalasztottak megyei
szamvev6nek4 Benne nem-
csak kivalo er6 keril Arnold
helyebe (Arnold is kitiin6
eaber es a magyarsag barat-
ia volt) hanem olyan, aki is
mer minket es isrneri a mum
kasnep helyzetet. Nagyon
jd tette az q kt5z0s demo-
|krata es republicans alkalmi
bizottsag, amely levelet kill
d0tt XII Jones erdekeben a
magyar szavaz6khoz.
Mahoning megyeben nyer-
TEX:
Michael j. Kirwan, akit vi
Dol megvalasztottak a kon-
gresszusba es aki a magyar
sagnak jobaratja.
Maurice J. Lipscher, ma
gyar szarmazasu state senator
es James p. Griffith, az East
High School tanara, a ket al
lanli SENATOR allasra.
William Glass, John j.
Buckley Jr., William Bason es
Tom Barrett lettek az allami
kepvisel6k. Harom dernokra-
ia Is egy republikanus.
A mask megyei hivatalba
megyei koniszariusnak a re
publikanus Lewis ]. Kindlert
valasztottak meg nagyon csc
kelly szavazat kiilonbseggel.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-11-10

kOs Eesdettek. Ennek beveq-
sesehes.: az anaeyabai magyar
sdg negsserpesesehes tartjuk
0ket.
Mem fogjuk megengedni,
hogy a ssep. ss1vak utd1a
megint senanai Sc t0rtenjek.
AUdnd6dn siirgetni fogjuk
6ket. Ha kel serkenteni. Ha
keH n6gGtni.
Dolgosni omeviloai naagya-
rolci
A magyar becsdlet torog
kocEdn A magyar nep vdrjo
miEor eledank nadr mi fel,
ssdnsSserint cSaknena danyian
ameraeai naagyarok, mint tel-
f0ldi testperei1sk.
Egyet asonban megmon-
dunk kerehcen es 1ayiltan. Est
a mozgalnaat mem sajdtithot-
ia ki senki sem. Ebben a moe
galomban nai1,dnydjuekDak
bent keII len1ai es kiiI0n0sen a
helyi N1gybisottsdg sdgolnak,
amely7aek Deset6it 6ppen ugy
meg kellett D0la1 hiuai a
nault pfnteki eI6ertekexletre
mint a t0bbi 1naerikai magyar
tenyes6het.