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Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
RUSHING TO THE WINDOWS

They used TO say in former days
in rural locations, that the country
people would run to the windows
whenever they heard a carriage 60
ing by. Their solitary lives made
:hem curious to observe anyone who
passed, and the sight made their Sc
cluded location seem less remote. In
these times when the majority of
farm families have cars. the country
folks do not probably so often run to
the windows.
They spend good deal of time
looking out the windows of their
own machines. The automobile has
done wonders in bringing the back
roads into close touch with modern
life, so that the country folks act
now like everybody else in these
ways.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
LATE AT APPOINTMENTS

Are you one of those folks who
keep people waiting when yOu have
agreed to meet them at a certain
hour and minute?
If you appoint half dozen people
on a committee, aud they are notified
to meet at P. NJ, the chances are
good that at least one member of
that committee will be Is 10 20 min
utes late. If five people are prompt
and one person 90 minutes behind,
those people have been forced to lose
100 minutes in the aggregate.
Some people seem to feel that if
9 certain group plan to meet at 1880,
it is not expected to get them there
before o'clock, so that one can be
a half hour late without doing any
harm. If people act that way about
getting to their work in the morning,
the boss may say that if they can not
get there on time they would better
not come at all.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES

Are the children of this country
setting all the school opportunities
ll.ey ought to have? In some states
Of lather small wealth, many of the
schools are said to run short terms.
The average number of days when
school is in session in the whole
country is 1863. Allowing about 10
days for holidays, that means the
average American school is working
50 weeks in the year, and that there
are 16 weeks for vacations. That
gives the average child plenty OF
time of. Many will say it is expen-
sive. and that children do not know
what to do with all that idle time.
Some states run at least two weeks
in a year more than that.
There are several states which
run the average school only 80 weeks
in a year or less. This seems to
mean that many schools get only
about 26 weeks a year. Probably
quite a number in rural districts run
considerably less than that. If chill
dren in many localities are getting
only 20 to 25 weeks year of school,
and probably less than that in some
instances, it does not seem enough.
The inhabitants of these districts
will no doubt say they are doing all
they can for their children. that taxes
are high and income low. That is
probably true in many cases. 1t is
regrettable to see many young people
coming along whose education seems
so meager. OF course many of them
don't take to books, and will always
be more useful in mechanical and
farming jobs than in "white-collar"
occupations.
If a great body of children can't
read easily, their chances of becom-
ing intelligent voters and citizens
ere not good. The states should fig
ure over their budgets and see if they
can't help the districts that lack suf-
ficient prosperity to keep the school
house door open.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
Milford, Friday, March "a, 1899
LIES DISAPPOINTMENTS

The minister sometimes breaches
on how to meet the disappointment
of life. His congregation may look
as if they were just humdrum folks
going through the ordinary doings
cf Gife without any great excite
menr.
Many lives that seem uneventful
have been full of drama. Some
have seen trusted friends go back on
them. hopes for work and business
and happiness have often proved
fruitless. Where they saw ahead
green pastures and ripe fruits. they
perhaps found only deserts of sad
experience and hard and tasteless
fare.
There are very many young people
who started out with bright hopes,
confident in their strong arms and
willing hands. When they came up
against the cold world and found
many hopes fruitless, you can't Won
der that many of them got sour and
bitter.
There are some who at the altar Of
marriage saw only rosy dreams
ahead. Some Of them have discov-
cred that their two natures did not
fit. and that their paths naturally
diverged in different directions. Some
of them have found that love fades
down after the fever of courtship
ends.
What can the minister or anyone
else say to comfort people in such
experiences of disappointment :?
There is a feeling of hope in the
human heart that says Never des-
rair." People may be depressed one
day. but some sentiment of courage
rises and tells them that there is
way ont of every unhappy situation.
The man who ..can.t. find work may
need 10 learn to do something the
world wants done. Perhaps the one
who is disappointed in his welded
mate could still save that love if he
or she were willing to make the sac
rifices that marriage calls for. The
skies may seem dark. but the clouds
have a way of rolling by.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
BACKING Up THE LEADERS

Most towns have people who are
capable of promoting the develop
ment of the community. but in many
places they don't get adequate sup
port. If they advocate some good
plan to push the town ahead. or make
its organizations more useful. the
carpers and critics begin TO poke fun
end offer skeptical remarks. They
can throw a lot of cold water which
chills all enthusiasm. 1t is very hard
Tor the most competent leader to do
anything against all those cold feet
If the leading men and women of
a town find people ready to take hold
and help put over good causes. the
results are very different. The lead
ers are cheered. and are willing to
do a tremendous lot of work when
so encouraged and backed up.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
ANTI.NOISE
ache

In some cities they have move
ments to stop useless and unneces-
sary noises. People who turn on
loud radios in the middle of nights
with the windows open. are reminded
that some folks still believe the
night was made for sleep. And the
folks who come tearing down the
street at midnight or later, blowing
their horns as a signal for everyone
TO jump. are told their conduct is un-
desirable.
In some towns they say the loco
motives do excessive whistling. If
they didn't whistle. someone might
be lifted to the skies by the swift
moving engine. If you want abso-
lutte quiet, seek some back country
read, and even there the crickets
will chirp. People who love noise
and disturb the world don't seem to
have quite emerged from the small
boy stage.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
THE CO.ED,S HUSBAND

Which is better for young people,
the college restricted TO one sex only,
or the co-educational one where boys
and girls study in the same classes?
Some of the girls say they want to
go to "co-ed" college because of the
better chance TO meet boys. They
want TO marry, and they think their
chances are better if they get we'll
acquainted with a wide circle of
young men students. Many happy
marriages have grown out of such
comradeship in college life.
1t may work differently. The boy
sees his coed friend every day. and
he observes her when she is cross
and tired and not on exhibition. She
may become merely an old story TO
him. Meanwhile the girl in the dis
tant school whom he only sees oc-
casionally. may be the one to win
his heart. Distance is said to lend
enchantment.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
PLANNING THE GARDEN

Are you going to have a garden
this summer? In former days most
everybody said Yes" TO that. The
garden was almost universal except
in crowded cities. AS years have
gone ON. the people seem to have
more backache or they don't like TO
perspire as we'll as they used to.
The home without colorful flowers
singing a song of beauty seems to
miss something of homelikeness.
Will people think you love it, if you
don't have some tulips and mari
colds and the rest of the nice
blooms? Blessings on those who say
"Yes" to the garden question. They
confer a benefit on their neighbors
and the community that they do not
realize themselves. The whole street
feels affection for the folks who give
it a nice flower picture each sum-
mer.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
THE NON.TALKERS

Many people whom you meet in
daily life are poor takers. Such a
person can find almost nothing to
say. Perhaps he falls back on that
universal subject. the weather After
that has been thoroughly commented
upon, he can't seem to think of any
thing else. and he shuts up like a
clam. Such people do not give an
impression of ability.
Regular newspaper readers don't
have to fall down that way. All they
have to do is to take the leading news
story of the week, and ask what one
thinks about that. That starts sub
iects of conversation. and soon peo-
pie are friends and make favorable
impression. Intelligence about the
things happening from day to day.
which results from newspaper read
ing. goes long way to create success
in the world.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
OLD CLOTHES

What do you do with your old
clothes, garments that are slightly
worn but which you are tired of?
That applies to many women who
discard clothing that may be in good
condition, hut which is out of style.
Many children are handicapped in
school because they are ashamed of
their clothes. If some parents who
have enough and to spare could turn
some partly worn children's clothes,
teachers or church workers could al
most always suggest families in
which such garments would be a
godsend.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
WHEN THE BURGLAR CALLS

Families often debate what they
should do if they wake in the middle
of the night, and discover a burglar
in their rooms or rummaging down
stairs. In a time when so many
men fear neither God nor man, it is
q good subject for forethought. The
safest plan is probably to pretend to
be asleep.
The stealthy rascal who tiptoes
around your home in his soft shoes.
is not anxious for any encounter with
a fighting mad man. nor does he well
come the disturbance that a woman
screaming out the window can make.
He will not probably interfere with
anyone who seems to be buried in
slumbers. .-------...-
One should not say anything to dis
courage any of those bold heroes
whose Indignation tells them not to
yield to such a counsel of prudence.
There are men who keep their guns
within reach. They should be care
full how they use them. as members
of ones family have been accidental
ly shot in that way. The armed man
who really drives out thief with
his gun scares a lot of bad men
from these rascally tricks.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
10000 NILES A YEAR

A recent estimate has it that the
average automobile driver operates
his car not far from 10000 miles a
year. That would have seemed a long
distance in the first years of motor
ing, when rs or 100 miles was called
a long drive.
The sweep of the automobile goes
wider every year. Some people trav-
el 1000 or more miles by automobile
in "a hours. The marvellous modern
factory produces a machine that
stands up under this strain with
amazing resistance. The smooth
roads of the present day contribute
to the life of a car. 1t makes a differ
ence whether you are running over
the parlor like concrete, or an old
time road that would remind a
World War soldier of the shell torn
roads of France.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
THE RULE OF DEMOCRACY

According to the Constitution ol
the United States democracy is "a
more perfect union" to secure the
blessings of liberty for ourselves and
our posterity."
Democracy in government retains
the supreme power of the people
and all the ideals of the system
must result to the benefits and well
fare of the community and state SO
governed.
The elasticity applied to our own
accepted conception of democracy
has been stretched TO the limit in
order to include not only some OF
the Old World democracies, but also
for the purpose of blanketing parts
of Pan-America in the new plans
for solidarity" and defense.
In connection with the above a
few plain statements relating to re-
cent events are to be considered.
On March 18, 1888, the Mexican
Government, having seized the prop
critics of II oil companies by meth
DDS that the widest radicals would
have denied as representing demo-
cratic government, put into opera
tion the Cardenas Six-Year-P for
the "Mexicanization of industry" and
placed these British and American
properties under the control of 49,
900 Mexican oil workers. These wor-
kers were under the domination of
Vicente Lombardo Toledano. a Rus
sian-educated Mexican leader who
was blessed by Trotsky. The infiu-
ence of Toledano in Mexico rivals
that of President Lazaro Cardenas,
who won his spurs as a General in
the Mexican army.
The effect of the Cardenas. and
Toledano program was what Secre-
tary of State Hull called confisca-
tion, but the term is made palmer
by calling 1t by the more understan-
dable name of robbery. So far as we
know, nobody has ever suggested
suggested that the outrages in Mex
leo resembled democracy. or the acts
of a Good Neighbor.
For a year the United States Gov
ernment has suffered from this in
suit and has maintained all friendly
relations with the Mexican Govern
ment.
There is one possible exception to
the above statement that has already
been published. which said that Uni
ted States Ambassador Daniels-for
some inexplainable reason-pigeon-
holed a scathing protest from Secre-
tary of State Hull. The belief pre-
walls that this official communication
from the head of our State Depart
ment is still in the files of the Am
erican Embassay in Mexico City.
The New York Times correspond
ent this week rports that political
kettles are beginning to boil omi-
nously over the oil seizures" In Mex
leo City. Donald Richberg. repre-
senting the despoiled oil companies.
has been there holding conversa-
tions with the President Of the Re-
public. But President Cardenas de-
voted most Of his time in boosting
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
Don't Raise Taxes

The Republican Legislature did
just what they were forced to do.
The State wanted so much money
that it would have taken an increase
in taxes to have satisfied them. For
tunately, the Legislature took the
proper attitude that you cannot buy
when you don't have the money to
spend. and since the Democrats have
wasted so much money In State gen.
eral funds, it has necessitated a cut
ting down of expenses If We want to
keep away from higher taxes. Some
of the Departments want more mon
ey, but when you don't have it to
spend, then most people must go
without. The Republicans are decid-
ed that they will not raise taxes. 1t
was right funny to see so many Of
the Departments paying $4,000. S3,-
500 and $2.500 in salaries when two
years ago the same officers were
getting $1,000. Now there is quite 4
squalling going on about lower sal
aries but 1t is only putting the sal
aries down from where the Demo-
Gratis raised them. A few of the Office
holders will howl but the thousands
of people who pay the taxes will
thank the Legislature for not impos-
ing any more spending of public
money on them. We do not want
higher taxes. When the Republi-
cans finally get control of the State
in 1910. we expect an administration
of economy. Might just as we'll get
used to il now.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
HOLIDAYS

Our grandparents did not think 6
great deal about holidays. They haC
rather few Of them. In many locali-
ties Christmas and New Years were
hot always observed. Memorial day
had not yet come. Fourth of July
brought good deal of noise, but
many a boy can recall how his dad
required him to work on the nations
Birthday. 1t was in the midst OF
farming season, and the needs of the
cattle made it necessary to fill the
barn with hay. The boy nursed bit
terness in his heart as he trod the
field, and vowed he would leave the
farm at the earliest opportunity.
Today the world is keen on its
holidays, and it seems to want more
CT them. Business men sometimes
say they interrupt work and reduce
the total of trade But if all the shops
close, the folks will probably buy an
equal amount in the course of year.
The holidays were appointed theo-
retically to observe some great pa
triotic or religious event. Now most
people seem to regard them as days
when they can spin the car, hear the
crack of the baseball. tempt the fish
to leave their deep and haunted
pools, and do whatever their fancy
says. A holiday crowd is a pretty
sight. with the women folks in the
bright clothes of modern times. and
the men proudly showing off their
skill in sports and pastimes.
Do holidays interfere with the
total production of the American peo-
pie? Some folks can't seem to be
trusted outside the harness of daily
work. AS long as they are sitting up
to a bench or desk. they are safe.
Turn them loose, and they seek for
hidden fruit, which leaves a bad taste
in the mouth. For those who observe
a holiday with judgment. it brings
them back to work with pleasant
memories that last through many
days of ordinary routine.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
Highway Department TO Borrow
Over Million

We really wonder II the Governor
down in his heart really agrees that
the present management of the State
Highway Commission by the politi-
cally minded Commissioners and
Secretary, does not need an honest
change in members? When the pres
ent management took over the De-
partment, they had money and were
paying off bonded indebtedness ev-
cry year. With Governor C. d. Buck
to guide its finances, it was his am
bition to pay off the bonds. and this
he was doing as well as keeping a
working capital on hand TO meet the
Federal grants. Today the Highway
Department hasn't any money TO
build new roads and last week ar
ranged to issue bonds for a million
and a quarter of dollars to match
funds provided by the Federal Gov
ernment and to keep the regular
work going on. Now, don't let some
Democrat rise up and say that w.
w. Mack is the same State engineer
and that it is his fault. AS a matter
of fact during the past two years Mr..
Mack has been a figure head with
out any power to do anything that
he wasn't allowed to do. The real
master of the State Highway Depart
ment is the present secretary, who
draws a salary of $4,000 a year,
looks after the political appointments
and advises his political members of
the Commission how to spend the
money. And have they spent 1t?
They sure have-until today they are
going out borrowing money instead
Of having 1t to loan. How anyone
can have the nerve to say that the
State Highway Commission doesn't
need changing and look at the facts
and figures, is beyond our compre-
hpnSiOn
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24

Some men can't get jobs, and
some women don't feel they can go
to church or social occasions, be-
cause of their poor clothes. Per-
haps somebody has some garments
not valued highly, which with a few
repairs would make those folks feel
better.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
Getting Even with the Firemen

So the Democratic members OF The
Legislature don't play politics? Just
to get even with the Republican ma
jority, they have defeated the State
appropriations of a yearly $1,000 to
the boys who go out at all times of
the day and night, leave their work,
ruin their clothes and work in ice,
slush, cold or rain. to act as volun-
teer firemen and save the property
of their neighbors, free of charge.
That is the rottenest politics we have
seen taken out on the firemen, for
many years.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24

the weeks celebration of the first
anniversary Of the victory of Toled-
ano in grabbing and keeping the for
eign-owned oil properties.
1t is perfectly plain that Mexico
defies the rules Of democracy. There
fore. it is up to the Washington Ad-
ministration to straighten out the
mess. or find a way to scratch that
Republic on our list Of Good Neigh
bors."
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
Balanced Budgetl

Congress has sought to cut Fed
eral expenditures in view of the fact
that the Federal debt is around $4O.-
000.000.0O0 when it was $22,539, ,O00.
900 in 1888. Appropriation bills have
been cut, even though protested by
the Administration. The latter still
insist that the way to balance the
budget is by spending. After the
ideas that have come out of the Ad-
ministration the past seven years,
nothing is surprising.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
Hitting The American Legion

Not satisfied with taking their po-
litical spite out on the volunteer
firemen of the State, the Democrat
members of the Legislature also re-
fused to authorize an appropriation
of $4,000 to the Delaware American
Legion. These bills need a three
fourths or two-thirds vote and in re-
taliation against the Republicans,
the Democratic members have
agreed to vote against any measures
that need such a vote. If such ac-
tions are called statesmenship, then
we don't want to see any more of 1t
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
More Aged-Less Children

At present there are more than
one and a half million fewer chill
dren than there were ten years ago.
Ten years from now there will be
about a million fewer than today.
The number Of aged, 65 years or
over continues to increase, however.
There were six and a half million
people over 65 years of age nine
years ago, and today there are more
than eight and three-quarter mil
lions. Population experts predict
that while the number of children
will fall. the number of aged will
increase. This change will bring
about new problems to be met by
the Nation.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24

IT TAKES FACT Sand reasons to
convince people Of the merit Of any
proposition. How are you going to
convince them OF the merits OF your
goods. unless you give them some
facts and reasons through advertis-
ing?
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24

MANY OF THE folks who find
fault because their home towns don't
make any more progress, can't be
persuaded to do any work in the
organizations formed to promote
such gains.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24

THE LOST" ADS in the news
papers locate many missing articles,
hut they can't guarantee to find any
lost tempers.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
Air Corps Expansion

The Air Corps Expansion Bill was
approved by the Senate by vote OF
II to 8. 5000 serviceable airplanes
800 more than the House provided
were authorized in the measure.
The cost is not to exceed 300 mil
lion dollars plus annual mainte-
nance appropriations.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24

PEOPLE TRAVEL hundreds of
miles to see the fine sights of Della
ware, which many of our own folks
have never looked upon.
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
N o t 4

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., 1939-03-24
Reorganization Bill

The Cochran-Warren Government
tai Reorganization Bill was passed
by the House by vote OF 246 to 1853.
Under this legislation the President
is given the power to reorganize a
large proportion of the executive de-
partments. This power, however, is
subject to veto by Congress. The
bill has been sent to the Senate
where II will contend with a reor-
ganization bill introduced by Sena-
tor Byrd Of Virginia. This measure
would give less authority to the
President,
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
Fair Statement from Senator Shorl


Sen. Short, Georgetown, has made
a very fair statement regarding his
opposition to the first Highway Re-
organization bill. What he says
bears repeating and 1t is only fair
to him that we print 1t. He says, 1T
has been and is now my opinion, that
any bill to reorganize the State
Highway Commission should have as
it's primary purpose the divorcing of
this department from politics. l am
convinced that the legislation intro
duced at this session relative to the
State Highway Department has been
intended for that purpose. Unfortu-
nately, however, several aspects Of
the bill as originally introduced lend
themselves to a charge of politics.
Although | do not believe that such
was the purpose in sponsoring it, l
do believe that the Republican Par
ty and those responsible for its
leadership should diligently avoid
the possibility of such a thought and
not leave ourselves open to any
such charges"
Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
STRICTLY POLITICAL

in the Legislature. The Democrats
are also taking the same action on
hospital funds and any other meth
cd to get even with the Republicans.
Short sighted policy that is poor
politics and poor statesmenship.