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Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
METHODISTS HIT
SUNDAY MOVIES.
LIQUOR BILLS
Will Send Resolution Cop
les To Delaware And
Maryland Assemblies.
rs LAST CONFERENCE
DR.. E. C. Hallman, Retir-
ing Dover Area Head,
Receives Gift.

Resolutions opposing passage oI
bills pending in the Delaware State
Legislature to legalize Sunday mo-
ton pictures, liberalize liquor laws
and permit Sunday bowling were
adopted by unanimous vote of the
7Ist annual session of the Whining
ton Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Asbury Church
Wilmington, Wednesday afternoon
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of the
Washington. ID. C., Area, is presid-
ing at the conference which opened
Wednesday.
Other resolutions were adopted
opposing like legislation pending in
the Maryland State Legislature.
Copies of the resolutions will be sent
to the two Legislatures.
Sale of the properties and grounds
of the Willow Grove and R0seville
NJ. e. Churches was authorized in
other resolutions. The proceeds from
the sale of the Willow Grove
Church are to go to the general
fund of the conference board of
trustees. while the proceeds from
the Roseville Church, or as much
Of them as necessary, are to be
transferred to the Church Hill, Md,
church for improvements to its par
sonage.
Goodwill Industries
Reporting for the Goodwill Indus
tries of Wilmington, conducted by
the denomination. the Rev. DR.. Wal
Ter f. Gunby. superintendent of the
Wilmington District of the confer
ence. said $I4.S7O was paid during
the past year "in self-respecting
wages to 494 persons" The indus
tries also made 1899 effective
calls" during the past year. collected
5.543 bags of discarded clothing, 3,-
3O7 bundles of papers. and 5,S27
nieees of old furniture. A kinder
garten with an average daily at
tendance of 25 boys and girls was
conducted for II months of the year.
A hot meal was served daily at noon
10 the children.
Following reading of his annual
report. the Rev. DR.. f. C. Hallman,
retiring superintendent of the Dover
district, was presented with a check
on behalf of his district by the Rev.
Harry V. BranfOrd. pastor of the NJ.
p. Church at Centreville. Md. Mr..
Branford also expressed apprecia-
tion of the pastors and laity of the
district for DR.. Hallman's under
standing and progressive leadership
during the past six years. DIR. Hall
man made a brief reply. thanking
those who had worked with him.
DIR. r. b. Harris Speaks
"Annual conferences OF the Meth
odist Church occupy AN honorable
place in the statesmanship OF salVa-
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Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
Isabelle Donovan jailed
Without Bail After Cor
Oner's Jury Meets.
SHOOTING OCCURRED
IN PARKED MACHINE
Repudiates Alleged Con-
fessiOn Which She Says
Was Made Under Duress

Isabelle Donovan, IS, was held
without bail last Friday night to
await trial on a murder charge fol-
lowing a coroner's inquest into the
fatal shooting of Vaughn George
Webb. 19. CCC enrollee, in a parked
car on Peabody avenue Wednesday
night.
The jury returned a verdict that
webb came to his death by bullet
fired from a pistol in the hands Of
Isabelle Donovan" The girl tainted
ss the verdict was read. She was
revived at a physicians office.
Highlight of the inquest came
when the girl, in statement, for
mally repudiated what state police
called a signed confession that she
shot the youth during a quarrel.
Officer Harry Pusey said the girl
signed the alleged confession at $3.50
A. NJ. Friday after lengthy question
ing.
Charges Duress
In her statement, Miss Donovan
said she signed under duress after
she had been questioned from to
$50 P. NJ. and from 10 P. NJ. to $3.50
~ Gh. OhS bOAu lhc July Nhab hCA
original story that Webb shot him
self through the heart during an ar
gument was correct.
officer Pusey displayed a stained
shirt which he said had been worn
by Webb at the time of the shooting.
He testified there were no powder
marks around the hole made by the
bullet.
Shooting Reconstructed
However. he said that in recon
structfrfg the afair, police found that
powder burns were produced by
bullet fired from the distance at
which the gun that killed Webb was
purported to have been fired.
The girl was returned to Sussex
county jail after the inquest, which
was conducted by Coroner Lewis
Lathbury. She was represented by
James NJ. Tunnel, Jr.
Private services for Webb were held
at P. M. Sunday, March 10, at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Webb, in the Shawnee section,
in charge of the Rev. John Jackson
Brown, Jr., pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church, Milford, and Chap
lain John De Silvo of the CCC camp
near Georgetown, of which the youth
was a member.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
LARGE CROWD PRESENT
AT All PLAY CONTEST
Plays Last Friday Well Received;
Contest Closes Tonight

Several hundred people attended
the first four plays given by the All
Club of Kent County at the Caesar
Rodney School last Friday evening,
at which time the All clubs of Oak
Grove, Houston Cardinals, Dover and
Union participated in this dramatic
contest.
The next four plays in this series
will be staged at this same school
tonight (Friday) March "a, with the
Woodside, Smyrna, Frederick and
Clayton clubs participating. The
Woodside club will present "Surpris-
ing Bride" coached by Lyndon d.
Caulk, with a cast including:
Rathburn, retired farmer-Lister
Hall.
Amy, Rathburn's wife-Gwendolyn
Hine5augh.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
HIGHWAY BOARD
TO ISSUE BONDS
$1,25O,OOO Will Be Issued
To Obtain Federal Mon
ey Receipts.

State Highway Commission last
Friday authorized the issuance OF
81 100000 to insure continued receipt
of allotments Of federal funds for
highway work and resumption of
highway construction work, includ-
ing the extension of the dual high
way toward Newark.
The funds raised by the bond issue
will replace money diverted from the
highway fund for other than highway
uses during the past two years.
The bonds will insure Delaware
securing $500. 900 which is ear-mark-
ed for this state but which will not
be released by the federal govern
ment until matched by state funds
by July l.
To Insure L. s. Fund
The bond issue would also make
certain federal funds for the next
fiscal year. Most of the large allot-
ments Of federal funds for highways
are contingent upon the expenditure
OF like sums by the states.
Gov. Richard c. McMullen, Secre-
tary of State Josiah Marvel. Jr., and
State Treasurer Pagan H. Simonton
were authorized to work out all de-
tails of the bond issue.
W. w. Mack. chief engineer. was
authorized to study traffic conditions
at Blue Ball in Brandywine Hun
dred. scene Of several fatal accidents.
Approaches may be widened and
view-obstructions removed.
Installation of speed control lights
at the north and south approaches
of Middletown was authorized.
No Action on Minquadale
No action was taken by the COM
mission in regard to the proposal to
install a manually operated traffic
light at Minquadale.
The commission discussed a petit
tion signed by residents of st.
Georges regarding a bridge to re-
place the one destroyed there in
January.
The commission explained they
could do nothing about the type of
bridge as the work is under direc-
tion of the U. S. Engineer Office.
Philadelphia. 1t was explained that
after the survey by two consulting
concerns for the govern
ment on the type of crossing. pub
lie hearing will be conducted.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
STATE Y. W.C.A.
TO ASK FUNDS
District OF Delaware e
Group To Open Cam
paign Next Week.

Division leaders in the District Y
w. C. A. campaign fund were an
nounced last Thursday evening at thu
District Board meeting by Mrs. Franl
Hall Davis, general chairman Of tbs
drive.
The 1899 operating budget ant
campaign goal is $4,000. The divi-
sion leaders and co-leaders follow;
Mrs. Frank Hall Davis, general
chairman. Dover.
Mrs. W. w. Harrington, initial gift
chairman, Dover.
key women have been selected tC
work in % communities throughout
the district.
The district is seeking $3.200.0C
tor 1899, maintenance covering rent
OF the state office in Dover, upkeep
Of car, salaries of two workers, sup
plies, telephone, etc. Fhis budget
also includes repairs. on Camp 0ton-
ka, which is otherwise self-sapport-
The Young women's Christian
Association of Delaware is just Is
years old, There are 20 junior and
senior high school clubs and four
Business and Professional Women's
clubs located In IA communities thru
out the state.
The hundreds of women and girls
Of the District of Delaware interested
in the Young Women's Christian AS
sociation will much appreciate your
interest in their organization.
The board of directors follow:
Miss Marion Breck. president, Do
yer.
Mrs. John McCabe, vice-president.
Rehoboth.
Mrs. Herbert Richardson. secre-
tary, Wyoming.
Miss Effie Davidson. treasurer.
CheswOld.
Mrs. Peter Whaley, State Public
Affairs chairman. Selbyville.
Mrs. Charles Townsend. chairman
of Camp Otonka committee.
Mrs. j. +. Dutton. Jr., SeafOrd.
Mrs. Howard Morgan. SeafOrd.
Mrs. John Shilling. Dover.
Mrs. W. w. Harrington. Dover.
Mrs. C. r. Cummins. Dover.
Mrs. Frank Hall Davis. Dover.
Mrs. H. A. Richardson. Sr.. honor
ary, Dover.
Dean Wlnifred Robinson. honorary.
Mrs. w. w. WrOten. Clayton.
Mrs. Clarence Pool. Jr.. st. Geor-
ges.
Mrs. Rogers Fouracre. Delaware
City.
Mrs. Howard Money, Delaware
City.
Mrs. Edwin Lewis, Dover
Mrs. Warren Newton. Bridgeyille.
Mrs. George Bright. Delaware
City.
Miss Laura Rutherford. Newark.
Dean Marjory Colder, Newark.
Mrs. G. II. Nutter, Milford.
Mrs. Matte Townsend. Millville.
Miss Louise Jackson. Wilmington.
Miss Eva Nailor. Milford.
Miss Elizabeth Riggs. Milford.
Mrs. +. B. Short, Milford.
Miss Gretchen Calhoun. Milford.
Mrs. Con Scott. Selbyville.
Mrs. John MacLuich, New Castle.
Mrs. Paul Baker, Dover.
What the Y. w. c. A. Il Doing
General Secretary-Organizes and
upervises youth clubs.
Girls Reserves clubs:
Caesar Rodney Seventh Grade.
Caesar Rodney Eighth Grade.
Caesar Rodney Senior.
Dover Junior.
Dover Senior.
Milford Junior.
Milford Senior.
Milford COlored.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
Most Street-Highway Mishaps
Caused By Lack Of Regulations

organized effort should be this in
dividual driver who must be edu-
Gated and taught responsibility.
The causes for accidents, as given
by the council. prove that the great
majority of them are due to negli-
gence of the individual operator;
driving on the wrong side of the
road. running of the road. exceeding
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Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
NJ !, - ORD GIRL
CHARGED WITH
WEBB MURDER
TO VACCINATE AGAINST
SMALLPOX IN LOCAL
SCHOOL MARCH 81

Vaccinations against small
pOx will be given by the State
Board of Health physicians in
the Milford public schools on
Friday, March 81. to those pu-
pills who present signed con-
sent slips from their parents or
guardians. In cases where the
services of the family physi-
clan is preferred it is suggest
ed that the parents make their
own arrangements. Vaccina-
ton at this time is not compul-
sorry. The opportunity is being
given for those who wish to
take advantage of it.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
KENT FIREMEN HOLD
MEETING AT HARTLEY
1000 Attendance Recorded For See.
Ond Straight Meeting

For the second time in two months,
officers and delegates attended 1000
the Tooth meeting of the Kent Coun-
ty Firemen held at Hartley last
Thursday night. This attendance
was reported in spite Of rainstorm.
Past president. Howard Schweitzer
welcomed the visitors to his town.
and J. Harper Jones of Smyrna re-
sponded to the few kind words of
welcome.
Harry C. Tee. chairman of the La
dies Night Committee, announced
that the affair would be held in the
Frederick Community building on
Friday night, April II. The commit
tee opposed the proposition TO ask for
Q silver offering at the door. There
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Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24

A study of accidents on the streets
and highways made by the Delaware
Safety Council shows that the lar
gest number of these occur where
there is no regulation; in other
words. where the results of opera
tion are due to action of the individ-
ual. and where. through some fail
ure. he causes injury to others. 1t is
plain, then, that the object OF our
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
COURT TOURNAMENT
OPENED MONDAY
Final For Annual Kent And Sussex
Series Tonight

Frederick and Delmar each won
a game as the Kent-Sussex basket
ball championship tournament got
under way on Monday night. Freder-
lea won over Harrington, 1886, and
Delmar eked out a 42-41 triumph !
over Georgetown CCC.
The scores for Monday night:
HARRINGTON
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, March Is To Tues.
day, March 21, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, local wea-
ther recorder, reports the following
atmospheric conditions for Milford.
from Wednesday, March Is to Tues
day, March 81, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
Temperature
Total Rainfall

Total Rainfall ......... LOT
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
GOALS


Field Foul Pts.
D. Ellis, forward = 4 2 10i
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24
Film Hif Is Billed
 AItCyaip.iio'I { flo
Andrea Leeds, Ado ph e Menjou Garry Leads
 in Feature Here

Fine, great dramatic situation in terspersed with hilarious comedy moments march grandly across the screen of Universals John M. Stahl production, "A Letter of Introduc- tion,' now at the Capitol.
 Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds and George Murphy provide the drama. The comedy is exceflently taken care of by that remarkable pair, Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mc- Carthy.
 Miss Leeds and Menjou carry the story of an aging actor who dis covers, through a letter of introduc- tion, that he is the father of a grown daughter, the role played by Miss Leeds The actors ego, coupled with the fear of losing his screen idol popularity, prompts him to conceal their true relationship from the world and to extract from his daughter a promise of secrecy.
 Through this deception comes a succession of events, some tragic, some dramatic, some hilarious En- hanced by the extraordinary acting abilities of Miss Leeds and MT. Men, jou, they merge to form truly great screen offering.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24
Home Town Grand Opera
 lsMaking Hit
Liffle Theatre Group in Ra- leigh Puts on Good
 Productions

RALEIGH, N. C., April 24-The horeshoe may not be a diamond one and the moving scenery may stick now and then but it's still grand opera. And the people who hear it evidently get as much kick out of the performance as the sing CTS.
 John Farmer Cole, a music loving accountant, a few years ago present. ed to the Raleigh Little Theatre Group the idea of giving grand opera. Since then the amateur or ganization has produced three op- eras Gin English) before packed houses in Raleigh.
 Clerks and stenographers, sales men, housewives, and school girls and boys made up the cast of Il Trovatore, most recent production. Teamwork and ingenuity, as usual. provided the costumes and scenery.
 An artist member of the group designed and water -colored the cos tunes. Sewing was done in the homes of the singers.
 Male members of the cast wore suits of armor fashioned from met allie securing cloths Their helmets were of wood, plastered with small bits of paper and gilded.
 The women wore costumes made of bolt-end material bought from nearby textile mills.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24
GAIL MEETING OF PLANNING
 COUNCIL HERE
Session Sci for May 22- Advisory Committee
 Also to Meet
-und Boost Juneuu!

A meeting of the Alaska Planning Council has been called for May p at Juneau, John E. Pegues, Execu- tive Secretary, announced today The General Advisory Committee will meet along with the council.
 Work of the current year will be discussed and plans laid for the com ing biennium.
 District members who will be in Juneau for the meeting include A. Polet of Nome, Luther c. Hess of Fairbanks and w. c. Arnold of Ketchikan. It is hoped also that A. A. Shonbeck of Anchorage can attend.
 Other members of the council are Gov. John w. Troy Ike P. Taylor, Frank A. Boyle, B. Frank Heintzle- man, Frank Dufresne and B. D. Stewart.
 Chairman of the Advisory Com mittee, Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, has been sent an invitation to attend Other members of the committee are E. l.. Bartlett, Oscar G. Olson, An thony E. Karnes, James s. Truitt and William A. Hesse.
 The meeting will last for several days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24
DOCTOR RHYIHM' $
 COLISEUM -FEATuRE
 WITH BIN6 (R0SBY


 o. Hcnry, who has often been called the greatest of all writers of American fiction, created the story which has been made into Doctor Rhythm" the musical comedy star ring Bing Crosby, Beatrice Lille and Mary Carlisle, which is showing at the Coliseum.
 Bing Crosby is seen in the role of the fashionable New York doctor who dons a policeman's uniform for day to help his best friend, Andy Devine. Bing gets his first job as bodyguard to Miss Lilies social ite niece, Mary Carlisle, and ap- plies the srong-arm of the law in a most unlawful manner to win her heart. .a. .s, a..e
 Four new tunes were written into the Q. Henry story for Ring to sing. including My Heart Is Taking Les sons" and On The Sentimental Side" Frank Futile, well established as master of musical comedy pie lures after such successes as Wal ,kiki Wedding" and College Holi- day" directed it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24

q 4i Y -fsI eration. A couple of years ago one of the largest fishing companies of England seriously considered send ing floating refrigerator ship with a fleet Of fishing boats across the Atlantic through the Panama Canal clear up the Coast to British Col umbia and Southeastern Alaska, there to fill the ship with halibut and have her carry her load back to England. If such ar operation was practical think how comparatively simple it would be for Japan just to send her ships across the Pacific to our Coast. The problem is not theoretical, it is practical and im- minent.
 What, I hear you saying, are we going to do about it? That is a fair question Several solutions have been suggested. Probably the matter can best be handled through diplo- matic channels. We believe that our Department of State is intelligently alive to the situation and sincerely desires to give 1t the necessary at tention. But Enrope is apt to loom larger to our Atlantic Coast breth- ern than the Pacific Coast of their own country. Let each one of us, therefore, do everything possible to impress upon our Washington repre- sentatives that this fishery situa- tion involves not only the preserva- tion of an invaluable food supply but also the peace of the Pacific and that it deserves and demands immediate attention"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24
Des;e'rter seaia' Ass etsf
 5ef 5!'l| Free

NEW YORK, April 24. = The army's threeryear statute of limita- tions saved James Ross, father of three youngsters, who deserted in 1885 and recently came back to Governor Island to give himself up as "a matter, of honor"
 He was handed a deserter's dis charge and released fro m the islands military prison. Time saved him further imprisonment and he ferried across to the Battery and went home to his family in a sixth floor tenement flat shadowed by Brooklyn Bridge.
 Ross is twenty-eight and his brood consists of Johnny, three; Jimmy, one and half, and Charlie, three months. He gave up after confessing his deserter's role to his wife.
 Ross went over the hill after nearly six years in uniform. He said he deserted rather than squeal on a fellow soldier who stole two valuable dogs from an officer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24

the good sense to agree on treaty that created the International Fish cries Commission, gave it power to regulate the fishery. and this. Com mission has brought about such a substantial restoration of the sup ply that this region now has the best stocked halibut banks in the world.
 New Treaty
 Tn British Columbia and Alaska the salmon stock has also been pre- served and built up by careful regu- lation, and in 1887 a new treaty provided for a Commission to re- store the once prosperous Fraser River sockeye fishery which years ago was ten times as large as it lis now.
 sIt is interesting to turn back his tory. That rough, roaring, patriotic despot, Peter the Great, pushed his cossacks clear across Siberia to the Pacific Coast. There they found a little yellow fisherman wrecked on the Siberian Coast. They sent little Debne, as they called him, away back to Peter. Peter became so in terested that he ordered that an expedition be sent to explore the North Pacific. It was this expedi- ton which discovered Alaska.
 This little Japanese fisherman wrecked on the Russian Coast is sig nificant of the conflict that was to come over the Siberian fisheries. The Treaty of Portsmouth in 1905 wound up the Japanese-R Russian War and provided that Japanese should have certain fishing rights in Siberia No government Is more bitter against communism than the Japanese yet after the World War Japan was the first great nation to grant diplo- matic recognition to the Soviet Gov ernment, The principal consideration was an agreement as to these fish ing rights.
 ''The agreement ended in 1886. It was extended for two successive years. It has not been renewed for 1889 but now each country is is suing ultimatums to the other and threatened naval action. Possibly the difficulty Japan is having with the, Soviet Government oyer the Siber-, ian salmon fisheries may be another. reason for her looking with such. longing eyes across the sea. to our American supply. ,
 Ruin In 10 Years
 Tt is the conviction of Bristol Bay cannery operators that should the Japanese pursue their ilnres- tricted and destructive method of salmon fishing in Bristol Bay, it would probably be only ten years before the fishery would be utterly ruined. It is the conviction of those concerned with the fisheries of the whole Pacific Coast that should the Japanese succeed in maintaining their claim to fish in Bristol Bay, it will be only short time bfeore they will be invading the other fisheries of the Coast, before they will be fish, ing off British Columbia, off the Strait of9Juan de Fuca. off the Col 'umbia,. off California. The only res- friction then will be the cost of op-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24
Meeting Ddte Set
 For ChdpeIddies

The next meeting of the Chap eladies will be held Wednesday eve ming, April 26, at the hame of Mrs. Max Mielke, all members being urged to attend
 Mrs. Jenny Pederson will assist as hostess for the occasion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24
BimetaIIit SYsIem
 Is Urged by Farley

RENO, April 2l A return to the bimetallic monetary system of gold and silver, with the price of silver stabilized at figure higher than the present mined price of 64.64 cents per ounce was recommended today in a resolution adopted unanimously as the concluding act in a two-day con- ference of Western governors. their representatives and mining men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24
WILLIAMS, B.p.R.
 CHIEF, LEAVING
 FOR WESTWARD

M. D. Williams, District Engineer of the Bureau of Public Roads, is leaving for Seward tomorrow on the Yukon on his regular spring inspec- tion trip in that district. He will be in the Westward for seevral weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24
TRAINED DOG NOW
 TURNS DOWN BEDS

MILWAUKEE, Anril 24a-Ruff, the dog seen daily at the Y. w. c. A., holds no blue ribbons, but he does boast of one distinction-he's an Al bed turner -doWner.
 Alice Bartlett, Executive Secretary of the Y. w. c. A., and Alice Car rington report that when their pet hears them prepare to retire at night, he bounds up the stairs, seizes the overlets in his teeth and tugs them back. He never misses.
 Try The Empire classifieds for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24
DON'T SLEEP WHEN
 GAS PRESSES HEART

If yon can't eat or sleep because sas bloats you up try AdIerika. one dose usually relieves stomach gas pressing on heart Adlerika cleans out BOTH upper and lower bowels. Butler Mauro Drus Co.,
 in Douglas by Guys Drug Store. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-04-24
BURDI(k GOING
 ON 5ITkA TRIP

Forest Inspector Charles G. Bur- dick is leaving on the North Sea tomorrow for Sitka in connection with totem pole restoration work.