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Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
WASHINGTON AND WAR

Perhaps it is fortunate that Con
gress is not in session. to stimulate
discussion of European war issues
Politicians, great and small, get
awfully excited in times like these
Cur Washington correspondent
informs us that the National Capital
appears to be a nOutstandihg ''isOla-
tiOnist' among all the great cities
of the country, in which screaming
headlines and screeching radios
broadcast important war events
Gown to the most minute detail.
When left alone by the politicians
the Capital City lines up for all the
sensible neutrality" ideals that are
neutral enough to amount to some
thing when it comes to keeping our
country out of this European mess
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
DAGSBORO

The Ladies Aid of the NJ. f.
Church will meet Thursday night
September IA, in the Sunday school
room.
Mrs. l.. j. Bishop of Montclair. n
j.. visited her mother. Mrs. r. ID.
Lingo during the past week. She
returned home by the way of Wash
ington, accompanied by her mother,
visiting Mrs. Lingo and grandchil-
dren, Mr.. and Mrs S. NJ. Crossth-
wait and DIR. and Mrs. Perry. After
being entertained there ON her birth
day they visited the Worlds Fair
and other places of interest. Mrs.
Lingo was accompanied home by
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ]. Bishop and Miss
Jean Porter.
Mr. and Mrs. John Reynolds en-
tertained over the weekend, Mrs.
Mollie Tatman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebe West and daugh-
ter, Geneve, were dinner guests on
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul West
at Bridgeville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armel West and
daughter Eleanor spent the week
end with Mrs Vests sister and bro
IHef ll-l6W MI. anu MIS. AllIGu
Merger, at Philadelphia.
Those visiting the Worlds Fair
the past week were Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph A. KollOck, Mr.. and Mrs. Ebe
Chandler, Mr. and Mrs Wilson Nc
Cabe, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bunting.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Evans, of
Selbyville and Mr. and Mrs. David
Vickers and son Louis of Bayard,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
eph Vickers
Miss Elizabeth johnson spent the
week with Miss Virginia Hickman.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred West enter
tanned Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Millard
West and daughter Una Lee.
The Sunday school GLASS in the
Corner" met at the home of Miss
Evelyn Johnson on Monday night
p George Dukes, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Larry E. Dukes was taken i'll We'd
nesday, suffering with lockjaw and
was rushed to the Milford Memorial
Hospital. He is slightly improved at
this time. His brother, John, re-
turned home after undergoing an
operation for appendicitis at the
same hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Horner, of
Philadelphia, spent the weekend as
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. William E.
Gray
MIR and Mrs. E. H. Hickman re-
turned after spending the week at
Wildwood, n. j.. and Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edw. G. Hickman left
Tuesday morning to spend the week
at Wildwood, N. J. and Atlantic City |
They were accompanied by their cou- |
sin, James G. Hickman, and Mrs. |
Marion Doubleman of Lewes. They /
returned by the way of Wilmington |
and called on Mrs. Doubleman's son !
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. |
Louis Doubleman, also her brother, I
Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh, at the DUPONT I
estate.
Work has begun on the Holiness I
Church. A lot has been purchased |
from Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. II. Fisher.
George f. Long, his aunt, Mrs. /. H. :
West, and Mrs. Annie Brasure spent |
Tuesday with Mrs. Vests daughter. I
Mrs. EnOch Mitchell and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abilene Brumbley are 4
erecting a home located on the Du
POnt highway
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
HAS TRIED EVERY SCHEME

'The government has tried every
Hcheme except the right one TO re-
viye business. Business does not
want to get further in debt; it looks
forward to the day when there will
be renewed confidence in the fu-
turc and particularly the govern
ments fiscal policy, and freedom
from persecution. Any other at
tempts to appease business are su-
perlicial aids which only prolong the
day of reckoning. Estherville.
Iowa, News.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
WIDEN THE INCOME TAX BASE

Widen the income tax base, re-
quire every citizen no matter how
small his income to sweat blood ey-
cry March in making out return
take something, no matter how III
tie, directly from the income Garner,
and you soon will have large pro
portion of the people understanding
in no uncertain way that they are
taxpayers. The News, Enid, Okla
homa
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15

DON'T EXPECT that your home
town will be able to protect your
interests, unless you help make it
strong and prosperous by spending
your money at home.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15

States thought it could not, and did
not, stay neutral.
That's the way matters stand in
the Capital of the United States,
this nice day in early September,
1889
Evening star., 1939-09-24

Among last weeks winners were
the following:
Mrs wright's studio-Monday Miss
Kathdeen McNutt and Walter A Bollinser,
first Mrs. W. ]. Tidball and Col E. b
Gray, second Mrs. Thomas NJ. Boyle and
John Donnelly, third.
MT ThT.sdsy u zsdGx Ms katheSIne Boyle and
j. r. Belt and Mrs Anne aa g. Grimes. hs third. T.
Kennedy dyWarren-North and South.
Mrs. Clarence zimmsr and Mrs; Hazel
Kock and c. H. Parkman first Mrs Harold
Young and Mrs j. NJ. Evans. second.
ana as5cu,urs M,1bsas Bridge civ, GlgoJ / Wilson
aa anG GsE Mrs SsG1Rh sm3h ,sd MIA Sarah
ing; Mrs 5. 7. Stephan and John Don
WICK, second; Mrs. Dixie 7. II wrisht and
partner, third.
G. t.uss Tuesday evening: Dr.; and MS. A. J;
Carr Turner. second; Mrs JACK Bennett lett
and Mrs. Robert S. Du Bois, third.
Wednesday Mrs Catharine Tidball and
Col; E B. Gray, frst Mrs. G. E. Walton
Gibson a and i MIS- Harod Eaad yoSna Sssnaa ,hEd Ms
Friday. North and South. s. G. Churchill
and E. Austin, first; A. l. Westrich and
pr. A. j. Steinbere. second; Mrs. A. ].
Steinbere and partner. third. East and
West, Louis Newman and Henry Stearman.
first; Mrs. Kitty Boyle and Mrs Frieda
Boyce. second; j. A. Bues and j. Prock,
third.
Saturday. Tom Hamlin ard Martin May.
first, three-way tie. Mrs. D. E Stephan
and W. 6. Esmond. Mrs. Violet Zlmmer
and Hazel Loftin, Mr.. Brasher and Mr..
j. E. Bues
Hotel Roosevelt-North and South. Mrs.
Rosemonde Clarke and Clarence Edelson
first, Mrs. Violet thinner and Hazel Loftin.
second. Miss Thelma Goodsten and DR..
Mary Goodstein and F. " Gordon first
w. E. Lutz and Ralph Touche. second
Mrs, Daisy H. Mott and w. r. Garrett,
Evening star., 1939-09-24
By Frederick C.. Russell.

Are you mystif1ed when the sery-
Ice man hooks up a vacuum gauge
to the windshield wipe. connec-
tion at the intake manifold? If
so, here Is what he is looking for:
First, he expects to find the gauge
registering between II and 81 when
the engine is normal. And he ex-
poets a steady reading If the
gauge hand slowly falls back, then
the valves are sticking. If the
hand of the gauge fluctuates, he
decides that the carburetor mixture
Is too lean. Remedy here is to
adjust for richer idling mixture.
Finally, If the reading is low but
steady, he knows that the engine
either Is timed late or that there
is air leakage in the intake mani
fold.
Dual Wheels In Prospect.
Now that high speed is being
checked as an accident preventive,
about the only way to make good
time is throuah flash acceleration
and the ability to get past cars
that block the road All this means
extra wear and tear on the rear
tires, which have to take the driv-
ing stresses in addition to sharing
with the front tires the braking
strain. In the next few years some
observers believe that the tires on
the driving wheels are due for ma
terial changes Whether these will
be incorporated into single tires or
the driving wheels become the dual
type has not yet been forecast. Dual
rear wheels were used on the King
car some years ago. They were not
unsuccessful. On heavy commercial
vehicles they are quite common.
When and if they are revived
for use on passenger cars. think
we will find them of the differential
type. That is, dual wheels which
permit the tires to rotate indepen-
IDENTIFY Of each other. This COM
pensates for differnece in actual
revolutions when dual tires are used.
On some Of the highway trailers the
resulting savings in tire tread are
such that mileage is almost unbeliev-
ably increased. I have a picture of
one pair that still has plenty of tread
left after running over 10000 miles!
Mechanic Joe Speaking:
"1t's fine thing for car owners
to keep posted on the newest in de-
sign and the sort of service that
goes with Improvements, but second
only to the motorist who won't keep
abreast of progress is the chap who
keeps so close to the advance guard
that he forgets he is still driving an
older type of vehicle. That's when
he gets into trouble by applying new
rules to the wrong cars.
Saw this the other day when an
owner complained of very high oil
mileage. He lost quarts over a
l00-mile run and simply couldn't
understand it. But the clue to his
trouble came when he added that
Evening star., 1939-09-24
NEWS OF THE MOTORING WORLD
When the Service Man Hooks Vacuum Gauge the Intake
Manifold He Expects Steady Reading

he had been careful to use only light
oil because that is the latest practice.
According to the instruction book for
his car he should have been using
grade 40 instead OF 30. The engine
Of his car is three years old and
isn't fitted to such close limits as
some of the newer ones"
Spare Changes Braking.
After changing tires on the road
be especially careful to test braking
before getting back into your nor
NAL touring speed. Make sure that
the spare tire isn't going to upset
traction to point where the car
pulls too much one way or the other.
Two high-traction tires on one side
OF a car, with worn treads on the
other side, may cause an upset. Re-
member that working in the spare
may upset equalization to the danger
point, especially at high speed or If
the road surface is wet.
Shift All the Way.
Driving with a chap the other
day who never considered shifting
to a lower gear until the engine
labored, I suggested the plan of
using low instead of second when
ever making this mistake. OF
course. he should have shifted to
second before the engine started to
struggle in high, but assuming that
ne might mlsjudge the grade, even
though trying to follow this rule, I
thought he could save himself stall
and possible danger by dropping
right back to low. You may not
realize it, but by speeding up the
engine and double clutching it is
possible to shift into low when the
car is in motion. Stunt drivers
can drop back into low as easily
as the average driver drops back
to second with synchronized gears.
But you won't need any special skill
dropping back when you've been
caught mapping in your selection of
gears for a steep grade. BY the
time you realize you've strained the
engine, and are desperately shifting,
the car is practically at a standstill
and low can be selected with little
or no trouble.
What Goes on Here?
So it doesn't pay to be concerned
with detours If you're not travel
ing?
That's what a friend of mine
thought when they started tearing
up a main route near his summer
home He would use the secondary
routes, as he always did anyway,
so why give the matter even pass
ing thought? 1t easily explains why
he nearly had a head-on collision
with tank wagon which suddenly
appeared as he was over too far
on curve. Ordinarily there was
never any trucking on the second
ary route, and very little traffic of
any kind.
Deflate and Initiate.
In a discussion of tire pressures
I once mentioned the point that
Evening star., 1939-09-24
and orange. two gold miners and
modern dredge.

and orange. two gold miners and
modern dredge.
There has been considerable de-
bate as to why Thomas Alva Edi-
son was omitted from the heroes of
peace" series. It has been argued
that he is commemorated in the
stamps issued for the Golden Jubilee
OF Electric Light in 1929, but since
the great inventor still was living
at that time, he could not have re-
celved philatelic honors. His genius
certainly was recognized. but hardly
the personality which distinguished
him among men.
While the United States is hon.
orlng the tercentenary of the press
OF Stephen Day, Mexico also is pay
ing homage to the art of printing
and its colonial pioneers. Friar Juan
de Zumarraga, who received author
lty from Spain to set up press in
Mexico, is represented in the first
OF new series, &c, black, and An
tonic de Mendoza, Spanish viceroy,
instrumental in starting the first
printery, is portrayed on the third,
1Oc, maroon. The SC, green. value
IN the set shows the building in
Mexico City where the press was
operated. An airmail series of three,
released coincidentally. is described
as: zoe, blue, first engraving printed
in Mexico, 1889; 40c, deep green,
cover of first legislative book printed
in America. and 1p, sepia and red,
printers colophone
New members of the Washington
Phllatelic Society include: Mrs. Julia
E. Smith, 330l2 Thirteenth street
NE; Perry W. Fuller and Charles H.
Rock Baltimore; w. Grierson Smith,
South River. N. j.. and Harry S.
Swensen, Minneapolis.
The name of Siam has been
changed to Muang Thai. meaning
Land of Freemen," and new stamps
are indicated accordingly.
Stamps showing stars are on dis
play at the Adler Planetarium in
Chicago.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Monday evening at 8-The Capital
Precancel Club will meet at the home
of Ralph E. Smith, 2016 North Lex
ington street, Arlington, Va.
Monday evening at 8-Woodridge
Stamp Club will meet in the Wood
ridge Public Library. 2206 Rhode
Island avenue NE. c. Hercus Just,
past president of the Collectors Club
of Washington, will exhibit and dis
cuss the stamps of Germany. An
auction will be held and officers for
the coming year will be nominated.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors'
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Pro-
gram. bourse and exhibition.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society. Jefferson
room, Hotel Mayfower, Connecticut
avenue at De Sales street NV. Aus
tralian night program, DR.. Ellis Ha-
worth presiding.
Thursday evening at 8-Washing-
ton Philatelic Study Club, jefferson
room, Hotel Mayf1ower. Paper on
the early stamps of Belgium by Con-
slant H. Lambrette, to be read by
Mrs. Grace L. MacKnight.
Friday evening at 8-The Vikings
Crew Hobby Club will meet at IS
Rhode Island avenue NE.
Evening star., 1939-09-24

ways seemed to have an appeal for
local players and already some of
the Washington experts are sched-
uled to attend. Its dates are Octo-
ber 13 and IA. and there will be open
pairs, women's pairs and mixed
pairs matches.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Tour
nament at Reading on October 6
and 7 at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel
has always attracted some Wash
ington players and will doubtless do
so again. It's schedule calls for open
pair, open team, mixed pair and
womens pair events.
Another nearby event will be the
Central Virginia Tournament at
Lynchburg, Va, on october 20 and
81.
The duplicate game at the Hotel
Roosevelt on Thursday evenings,
conducted by William Cheeks, has
been outfitted with new equipment,
including duplicate boards. CARDS
and other necessary paraphernalia
Special interest is manifest in the
new six-game series which is being
played for a newspaper trophy.
The annual business meeting and
election of officers for the coming
season of the Agriculture Bridge
Club will be held at the Grafton
Hotel, just prior to the clubs regu-
lar matches Wednesday, September
81. The meeting on that evening will
open the 1939-1940 competition for
the trophy offered by DR.. C. C. Nc
Donnell. The contest runs until
next June.
Evening star., 1939-09-24

I can lie down at night with a
clear conscience and unhaunted by
the faces of those to whom I may
have brought pain. Grant that I
may earn my meal ticket on the
square and in earning it I may do
unto others as I would have them
do unto me. Deafen me to the
jingle of tainted money. Blind me
to the faults of other fellows and
reveal to me my own. Keep me
young enough to laugh with little
children and sympathetic so as to
be considerate of old age. And
when comes the day of darkening
shades, make the ceremony short
and the epitaph: Here lies a man."
Postmaster General Farley brought
home from Paris an album of
French stamps for President Roose-
welt. They are the gift of the
minister of posts of the Republic
of France.
Sir Rowland Hill is said to have
been responsible for the first re-
prints of the stamps of France
ever made. He was collecting the
postal issues of other countries for
the British post Office and requested
the assistance of the French au-
thorities. They naturally were
anxious to oblige and, finding that
certain early stamps no longer were
available, ordered them printed
anew.
Stanley Gibbons Priced Catalogue
Of the Postage Stamps of the World
for 1910 contains 1899 pages. 1t
lists 2,913 new stamps for the past
year, includes an article on "A Gen.
tury OF Postage Stamps" and a re-
vision Of the section devoted to
Great Britain by the editor with
the assistance of j. B. Seymour of
the Royal Philatelic Society of Lon
don.
A Mayan calendar is the central
motif OF new stamp of Guate-
mala released on September 7. The
denomination is u cent, maroon
and green.
The New York World Telegram
reports a strengthening of prices in
the European philatelic market de-
spite the war.
Postal censors in Newfoundland
began work on September 2, a full
day before the outbreak of hostili-
ties in Poland.
Luxembourg soon will bring out
stamp to mark the goth ami
versary of the marriage of the
Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince
Felix.
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Autonotive Brief

P. E. (Perc) Benson and Harry
Zimmerman have been appointed
service managers for Mckee Service
Center. Twenty-seconda and N streets
NV. and 20l5 L street NV. These
two men have each had more than
IS years experience in the repair
and service end of the business,
having been trained personally by
A. B. Mckee for five years. They
are both we'll known to the Wash
ington public and have been with
Mckee Service Center since its
inception.
Evening star., 1939-09-24
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaelc Word Its Interests and PeopeRev
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings
Bv James Waldo Fawcet
and d. II. Davenport.

The Post Office Department has
been informed that the country
which has heretofore been desig-
mated as Siam should henceforth
be known as "Thailand." It is
added that Thai" will be used in
lieu of "Siamese."
The loss of 79 sacks of mail
aboard the Belgium motor vessel
Alex Van Opstal, sunk in the Eng
lish Channel September IS, has
been reported by the Post Office
Department.
OF the 64 sacks of United States
origin there were 13 sacks contain
ing 267 registered articles. The
mails concerned were consigned to
Belgium and Belgium Congo.
Charles Kohen, local collector
and proprietor of the Hobby Shop,
is in Chicago, where he plans to
attend the American Legion con-
vention. From there he will 60 to
New York for the annual meeting
OF the Amerian Numismatic Society.
His shop will reopen on his return
about October 10.
Approximately $1,000 stamps are
listed in Scott's Standard Postage
Stamp Catalogue for 1910, scheduled
for release tomorrow.
The stamp editor of The Star
spoke at banquet of the Milwaukee
Philatelic Society September 10, at
a meeting of the Philatarians in
Chicago September 20 and at a
meeting of the Midwest Philatelic
Society in Kansas City September
%. He is In Omaha today.
A letter from Louis P. Lochner,
Berlin correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press and a nonresident
member of the Washington Phil
atelic Society, brings word that
there is little leisure now for COL
lecting stamps"
The new 5-yen stamp Of Japan
was designed by Teizo Kasori and
Masaru Kimura after no less than
tive old paintings of Fujiwara Kama
Evening star., 1939-09-24

tdIl. famous courier, founder OF the
celebrated Fujiwara clan, after
which an era in Japanese history Is
named.
Grover Cleveland, whose portrait
appears on the 12O0r New York
worlds Fair stamp of Brazil, Is
the eighth President Of the United
States to be accorded philatelic
honors by foreign governments.
George Washington has been rec
ognized in the same manner on
several occasions, most notably by
Poland; Abraham Lincoln is repre-
sented in the postal issues of Cuba
and San Marino; Rutherford B.
Hayes received the homage of Par
aguay; Theodore Roosevelt, William
Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson
were included in the canal COM
memoratives of Panama, and Frank
lin D. Roosevelt has been paid trib-
ute by Guatemala and Turkey.
Patrick Hamilton is the author of
centenary book entitled "a Hun
Jared Years of Postage Stamps" One
chapter is devoted to THE Story Be-
hind the Stamp" and one to THE
Making of Stamp
The stamp collection of the late
Stephen D. Brown will be sold in New
York, war conditions having brought
about cancellation of arrangements
for its sale in London.
France has issued Is pictorial
stamps for her offices in Morocco
The values run from 1c to 2Ofr.
Linns Weekly Stamp News, Co.
lumbus, Ohio, calls attention to an
error in the design of the Stephen
Day scent stamp, which goes on sale
IN New York tomorrow. THE illus
trat1on on the stamp" it is alleged.
rs almost identical with one on Page
19 OF book. Stephen Day and His
Successors published by the Uni
verslty Press at Cambridge, Mass,
and it is obvious that the stamp de-
sign is copied from this drawing
AT the top of the press will be seen
two wing nuts which, on the actual
press. were at the ends of two long
bolts which ran vertically from the
part known as the head to the
cap The cap is the horizontal top
piece of the press on which the two
wing nuts are to be seen, and the
head is the thick wooden bloc above
the screw and on the center tor of
Which can be seen another wing nut,
Though the two wing nuts are plain,
the bolts they are attached to are
missing"
The Canadian postal authorities
have ruled that a letter, once depos-
ited in the mail, belongs to the per-
son to whom it is addressed, not to
the person by whom it has been
written.
According to Mekells Weekly
Stamp News, Bills Place, Pa, is
the smallest post Office in the United
States. Its postmaster" is William
Wakefield, a philosopher, who has
written the following prayer: Teach
me that so minutes make an hour,
16 ounces a pound and 100 cents
q dollar. Help me to live so that