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Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
Senl fO GOYernOr
PRESIDENTS BALL
HERE JANUARY 30
Benefit Birthday Dance VIII Be Held
In Community Building

Walter j. Hoey. chairman for the
Presidents Birthday Ball here. an
nOunced this week that the affair
will be held in the Varney Auditor
ium in the Milford Community
Building. Monday. January Both.
Proceeds from the affair will be
divided. so per cent staying in Della
ware and 50 per cent going to the
National Foundation for Intantile
Paralysis.
Music for the ball will be furnish
ed by Lee Pages orchestra. The
first floor will be used for card play
ing. Admission to the card party
will be soc. Admission to the dance
$3.50. Tickets are on sale now.
Anyone desiring one should contact
Waiter J. HOey. Phone Milford l3G.
Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
SEEK TO LIMIT LIQUOR
STORE LICENSING
Springer Believes State Has Sniff.
cient Places.

The Delaware Liquor Commission
is considering proposed legislation
to limit the number OF licensed Ii
quOr and beer establishments in the
state.
New applications for licenses, the
commission officials explained today,
have become so numerous and bur
densOme" that some corrective step
must he taken.
Governor Gets Report
This situation is disclosed in the
Gov. Richard c. McMullen.
The commission recalls that in
1856. the annual report Of the de-
partment stated sufficient accom-
modatiOns" had been made for the
public that wanted to buy and drink
liquors and beer.
We feel this statement still holds
true" State Liquor Commissioner
Willard Springer, Jr.. reports. How
ever. the number of applications for
new licenses continues TO increase.
During the past year 1871 formal ap-
plicatiOns for licenses were refused,
mainly for the reason stated above.
An additional number were advised
that their applications could
not be granted"
AZ Licensed Last Year
During the past year there were
447 licensed places in the state OF
which 25S were in Wilmington. IS in
rural New Castle County. II in Kent
and IS in Sussex County.
Statistical reports of the commits
sion indicate nearly IS per cent OF
the spirits. wine and beer purchased
in all licensed establishments in the
state are purchased for home con-
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Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
BRIDGEVILLE
4-H CLUB WINS
AT CORN JUDGING
Sussex Group State Cham
piOns, Earl Obier, Indi-
vidual Champ.
~ IN COMPETITION

The corn Judging team represent
ing the Live Wire All Club of Bridge
Vile was proclaimed State champion
today by {. f. McCauley. State All
Club agent -at-large, after the scores
of the recent 4-H Club Corn Judging
Contest were compiled.
The Live Wire team, consisting of
Lester Cannon. Arthur Fiori and
Clement Aikens. all OF Greenwood,
scored 713 out of possible 800
points to lead the Greenwood club
team, runner-up in the contest, BY
IL points and to win silver loving
cup emblimatie of the championship.
The Corner Ketch team. from New
ark, placed third in the contest, with
649 points.
Earl Obier. Greenwood. a member
of the runner-up team. earned the
title of state champion individual
Judge. with 256 points out of 300. He
was also named Sussex county cham
pion. Harvey Marvel. Houston, with
22S points. was Kent county cham
pion. while Ferris Dempsey, Newark,
earned the New Castle county cham
pionship with a total of 226 points.
Members of the Live Wire team
placed two, three and four in the
scoring with the following
points: Lester Cannon, 245; Clement
Aiken. 239. and Arthur Fiori. 229.
According to McCauley, the corn
Judging contest this year, which was
held as feature of the Delaware
Crop Improvement Associations an
nual crop show. was the largest in
recent years with 42 club members
He attributed the in
creased interest to the team contest.
which was held for the first time
this year. in which three-an teams
were entered.
Crurn to pase 4. Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
SENTENCES METED OUT
In KENT LIQUOR CASE
J. ]. Jolly, Jr, Given 9 Years ms 9th
erS Draw Fines, Jail Terms

Judge John +. Nields, in u. S
District Court, has imposed Jail SEN
tences and fines on IL persons on
charges arising from the operation OF
stills in Kent county. John J. Jolly,
Jr., was sentenced TO one year and a
day on u charge of conspiracy TO
violate federal revenue laws and was
given an additional year on a
charge of conspiracy to intimidate
q federal witness, the latter SEN
tence to begin following the expira-
tiOn of the former.
Others sentenced on charges of
violating the revenue laws were:
John jolly, Sr., six months; Gertie
Cook, two months; Albert Freeman.
three months; Buford Luffman, three
months; Edward L. Prattis. 500
fine; Ward l.. Ross. 800 and one
month; James II. Yoshell, 5000 fine.
Curtis White was also fined $100 on
a similar charge and 800 on
charge OF conspiracy to intimidate a
witness.
Cleft Jolly was given one year and
enc day on a charge OF operating
an unregistered still. and Raymond
Jolly received a sentence OF three
months ON a similar charge.
Mrs. Lillian Killen Jolly, wife of
John Jolly. Jr., and Robert Long.
Mrs. Jollys brother. will be senten
ced soon on charges Of conspiracy to
intimidate federal witness. These
defendants will be given an oppor-
tunity to arrange for the care ct their
children.
Richard T. Cam, executive secre-
tary OF the Delaware Liquor Com
mission, commended the work OF the
inspectors of the commission in
breaking up the "ring" and also U.
s. Dist. Atty. John J.. Morris, Jr..
who prosecuted the case. and the
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit.
Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
SCOUT LEADERS PLAN
1889 ACTIVITIES
Scout Enrolment Is 1867 Boys
Steady Growth Reported

District Scout leaders of the Boy
! Scouts of America met at the River
view Inn at fredericksburg TO report
I on 1858 Scout progress and to pre-
| pare the annual Council operating
| Ludget for 1853. Charles II. Cant Ol
Wilmington. president Of the Boy
Scout Council, presided.
Boy Scout troops in the peninsula
districts outside of Wilmington at the
close of 1888 totaled rs. This repre-
sents 1870 growth for the year, and
Il 55@o growth in troops in the past
fve-year period. Scout enrolment
is 1857 boys.
During the year. leadership train
ing courses and conferences for men
were held in ElktOn, ChestertOwn.
Dover, Easton. Centreville. Queen
Anne. Cambridge. Salisbury, POGO
mOke City. Georgetown. and the Rod
ney Scout camps.
Overnight encampments for Scouts
were held in Cecil. Kent. Caroline.
Dorchester, Wicomico and Somerset
counties. Courts of Honor were con-
Quoted in all districts during the
year.
New troops organized during the
year were those at Leipsic, Frederica,
Delaware; Calvert, Providence. Sud-
lersyille. CordOva. Easton. Cam
bridge. Chestertown, Salisbury and
Crisfield, Md.
An area Scouting budget of $4,000
for Council operation in 1899 was
adopted by the district leaders.
Plans were discussed for raising the
fund in the annual Scout campaign
to be held in all communities of
Delaware and the Eastern Shore of
Maryland from February 6-14.
MIR. Cant announced that the an
nual dinner and meeting of the Coun-
Gil will be held at the Hotel DUPONT,
Wilmington, on January 25. All
Scouters and their wives have been
invited. Scoutmasters will be guests
of the Council. Guest speaker will
he DIR. Ebert X. Fretwell, of Column
bia University.
District Scout officers invited to
last weeks meeting at fredericksburg
are: j. Wallace Woodford. Dover;
f. Mathews, Jr., Smyrna; r. |
Clark Hill, Georgetown, Del; Harold |
w. T. Purnell. Georgetown; Wallace
Williams. Ellston; Ralph Beachley. |
North East; John w. Noble. Preston;
Carter Richardson, Easton; Elias
Nuttle. Denton; Robert Newell. Cen
.reville; DR.. Gilbert w. Mead. Ches-
.ertown: s. Herman McCauley.
Georgetown. Md: Emerson C. Har-
'ington. Jr., Cambridge, Phillip Mat
hews. Cambridge; Ralph A. Ross.
oocomoke City; A. Wellington Tawes.
Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
IONTAN SINGERS AT
DOVER JANUARY II
Cooperative Concert Group Will Give
Second Concert

The IOnian Singers. who will be
the artists heard in the second con-
cert given by the Dover Cooperative
Concert Association on Friday eve
ming, January 27th. at the Capitol
Theater in Dover, are an all-Ameri-
can ensemble established a number
OF years ago, with the ayowed pur-
pose OF seeking ont and making avail
able to the public the best of MALE
voice music. from the Gays or Pales-
trian to our own. Its research has
unearthed masterpieces which have
been all but completely forgotten he
cause Of the lOng-standing pre-Occu-
patton of male singing groups with
the less difficult ballads and popular
hits of the hour.
These men, though active and eX-
perienced solOists in their own right,
have cultivated the rare ability to
submerge themselves in the inter
ests of a delicately attuned. blended
and balanced tOnal ensemble. With
voices of exceptional individual
quality and range. with a hack
ground of long study. thorough mu-
steamship. uncompromising artistic
ideals, and extensive concert exper-
ience. and with the natural advan-
tage of a universal preference for
the rich harmonic beauty OF trained
male voices. they offer a program
that is a unique and eXhiliarating
experience TO every type of listener
who loves music-a program of high
musical worth, intimate appeal and
great variety.
The singers. who have toured
many states and Canada. are: Har-
old Dearborn, first tenor; Albert
second tenor; Baldwin Allan
Allen. baritone. and Hildreth Martin.
bassO.
Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
C. H. PABST, JR., HEADS
DELAWARE RAILROAD
Succeeds A. ]. County, Daniel Hirseh
OF Milford, On Board

George H. Pabst. Jr., was elected
president of the Delaware Railroad
Company last Friday. succeeding A.
J. County. Directors named were:
Henry Tatnall, Mr.. Pabst. George ].
Adams, Edward Hart, Oliver A. New
ton, Victor Records. Francis dell.
Janvier. William H. Heald. Charles
dupont Ridgely. Albanus Phillips. D.
Mifflin Wilson, Mayor ]. Wallace
Woodford. L. Lee Layton, Jr., Dam
iel Hirsch, and Dudley G. Roe. Other
officers are: Vice presidents, Mr.
Newton and Mr.. Adams; secretary
treasurer, Mr.. Wilson.
The financial statement for 1888
gave the gross income as $451, ,297 .9S.
deductions, s32,697.97; leaving a net
income of $418.54001. an increase of
$99S.96 over the previous year.
Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
SPECIAL ELECTION In
KENT JANUARY 23
zebley Issues CAN Fer Choosing
4 Successor To DR.. Smith

Voters Of the fourth representa-.
tive district, Kent county. will
choose a successor TO the House seat
OF the late DR.. Joseph r. Smith. OF
Marydel. in a special election Mon
day, January %.
Sheriff Grier Minner set the date
Wednesday night after receiving the
election call from Speaker of the
House Frank r. Zebley. The single
voting place of the district is at Haz-
letville, seven miles west of Dover.
Elected to the House last NOvem-
ber, DIR. Smith died before he could
take his seat in the General Assem-
bly,.
Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
State Motorists Urged To Be
Careful During Cold Weather

want to put your hand out to give
the proper hand-signal? There's no
question about it. the numbness that
comes with cold sadly impairs your
driving efficiency. 1t slows up re-
action time. A good many of the
traffic tragedies in the dead of win
ter can be traced to this cause. You
have heard of dressing for health;
haven't we here a pretty good argu-
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Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
Wilmington Boy Killed on
Sled, Pastor Dies In
Sussex Crash.
Most Of East Hit By
First Heavy Storm OF
NeIC Year.

A 40-mile-an-hour gale roared up
the east coast last Friday in the wake
of 1899 first heavy storm, with snow
and sub-freezing temperatures street
ching west to the Rocky Mountains.
Traffic fatalities in air and ON land
were blamed on snow, sleet and rain
in the nation.
There were two storm deaths in
Delaware. minister and boy sled
der.
Kenneth White. IL years old, of
2309 n. Claymont St., Wilmington,
struck by truck while he was sled
ding. died in the Delaware Hospital
q few minutes past noon last Satur-
day, shortly after he was taken to
the hospital.
Pastor Is Killed
The Rev. X. Samuel Stewart, 55-
year-old pastor of ST. Paul's NJ. e.
Church. Lewes. was killed when his
automobile skidded from an ice-glaz-
ed highway near Angola to smash
into tree.
Many Injured
Injured in accidents were: .--'e
Mrs. Anna Gregg, 26, and her dau-
ghter, Barbara, Z, of North Wales,
Pa, in car-truck crash last Satur-
day morning near Summit Bridge.
Mrs. Helen Baldwin, "a years old,
Viola Helm, of Baltimore and Jas.
Godsey, Wilmington, in a crash on
DUPONT Boulevard.
Margaret. 16, and Lois, 4, with their
mother, Mrs. Nellie Moore of Newark,
in an automobile-truck collision.
Mrs. Martha Chesterfield, Al, of 909
Augusta Road, Westover Hills, in a
three-car accident.
Mrs. William Lingo of Rehoboth
Beach, whose car overturned near
Millsboro. =,
Alex. Gamble. "a. Wilmssas
aassirSn the sH0uf ISf 81 sls 4 ~
an automobile.
Highways Icy
Sleet and rain put a treacher-
GUS sheet of ice over highways thru
out the state, with Kent and Sussex
counties suffering the most.
Automobile traffic came to a vir-
tual standstill in some areas near
Dover and Lewes.
Snow lay six inches deep in Penn
sylvania, and icy roads caused motor
car crashes on the Eastern Shore
In New York City an emergency crew
Of 32,073 men was called out to clear
traffic-jammed streets after an eight
inch snowfall.
10 Ships Tied Up
Ten ocean-going vessels were tied
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Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
STORM CAUSES
TWO DEATHS
MANY MLSHAPS
MILFORD YOUTH CHOSEN
FOR NAVAL ACADEMY

Senator John G. Townsend.
Jr.. last Friday. designated c.
d. Holzmueller, Jr., son of Mr..
ani Mrs. c. d. Holzmueller, of
Milford. as principal candidate
for admission to the U. S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
Don. as he is better known
to a host OF friends in lower
Delaware, is a graduate of Mil
ford High School. Glass of 1898.
AT present he is attending the
Bulls Preparatory School at
Silver Spring. Maryland.
Alternates named were: Her
bert II. Ward, Ill, Wilmington;
William Ramsay Ferris. Guy
enc0urt. and Samuel Lee
Frankel. Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
SUSSEX MEDICAL ASSN.
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

Officers for the current year
were elected by the Sussex
County Medical Society at its
regular monthly meeting, in
the Georgetown New Century
Club. Thursday evening. DIR. Fl.
+. Locates. of Delmar. former
vice-president, was elected
president to succeed DIR. f. l..
Stambangh Of Lewes. DIR. G. NJ.
VanValkenburgh. Georgetown.
former secretary, was elected
vice-president. DIR. F. |. Hud-
son of RehOboth, Sussex county
health officer, was elected sec
retary. The term Of each is for
one year.
Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, January II, To
Tuesday, January II, Inclusive

Charles ]. HolzmueIler, local wea-
ther recorder, reports the following
atmospheric conditions for Milford.
from Wednesday, January 4, to
Tuesday, January IL, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20

The first bills of the current ses-
sion of the Legislature were intro
duced in the Senate last Friday af-
ternoon by Senator Benjamin +
Simmons of Dover. One would
change the time for issuing automO-
bile registration tags from Jan. 1 to
July |. Il would become operative
in July of next year. The other pro-
vides that auto registration for the
period from Jan. l, 1910, to June 80,
1910. shall cost half price. Both
were referred to the committee on
buildings and highways.
Senator Clark. chairman of the
committee. to which the House con
current resolution urging dual lane
tunnel under the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal at st. Georges. also
had been referred last Thursday re-
ported it ont last Friday afternoon
and il was adopted by unanimous
vote of the Senate. II requests Gov.
Richard C.. McMullen and other state
officials tO get in touch with the
proper government officials at once
and urge building of the tunnel TO
prevent ItpfAittbh vi iuFSuaJs Jan
uary l0th's. tragedy in which a ship
passing through the canal crashed
into the lift bridge and plunged IL
into the canal causing the death of
two men.
Sent to Governor
After the resolution had been re-
turned to the House Speaker Frank
n. Zebley ordered it sent to the
governor for his action. The chief
executive was not in Dover last FRI
day. and Il is not known what steps
he will take to carry out the intent
of the resolution.
Larger purses as means of at
Milford chronicle., 1939-01-20
Temperature

The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28
wPA FIRES $4,000

Charleston, July 81. - PA
rolls in West Virginia will be
pared to about $4,000 by next
Tuesday officials said, with de-
crease of 4,911 workers.
Administrator Joseph Alder
son, who said all persons work
ing Is months or longer would
be required to take 80 day fur
lcughs, asserted the reduction
may be even larger.
The public expects things Of
dis kind. The election next
year will be preshadowed by
great growth in WPA ENROLL
nent" presumably to learn the
WPA folk how to vote, without
regard to actual need, it appears.
1t is quite remarkable that
the bosses Of the WPA can and
do get handsome raises while
those who the WPA is supposed
to be for are fired For lack Of
Funds" Or is it not true the
WPA is merely a set up for
perpetuating the present adj
ministration by giving jobs to
the poor and the politically
influential, as we smetimes
suspect? =.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28
Vital Topics Discuss
ed at A. II. A. Meet

Character" followed by a panel
discussion led by DR.. Howard Ii.
Long. Assistant Superintendent
Department of Public Schools,
Washington, ID. c., The subject
of the panel is The Opportuni-
ty of the School Through Sever
al Agencies to Help in the
Development of Such Character
Traits rs Will Reduce or Prevent
Delinquency"
In the evening DIR. Ambrose j.
Suhrie, Professor Teacher Train
ing Education, New York uni
versity, will speak on "School
and Character" and DR.. Chan
ng H. Tobias, Senior Secretary,
Colored Unit, international Com
mittee, YMC,A, New York City.
will address the convention on
character and Successful Liv-
ing" =.
The officers Of the American
Teachers Assoc; ation RESPONSE
BILE for this outstanding educa-
tonal program are President, G..
l.. Davis, Principal of the Paul
Lawrence Dunbar School, Balti-
more, Md; Vice-President, Miss
larry l.. Williams, teachers in
Garnett High School, Charles
ton, w. Va. Executive Secretary.
VIII. W. Sanders, Former state
Supervisor Of Negro Schools IN
West Va, and Treasurer Ho-
ward H. Long, Assistant Super
intendcnt Public Schools, Wash
ington, ID. G. -
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28
"BilIy"MonrOe Finds Shark


Little Billy" Monroe, son of
DIR. and Mrs. G.. F.. Monroe, while
at the beach on Long Island,
New York, enjoying the water,
found a baby sand shark. Quite
a bit Of excitement came from
those older than he, but he was
calm although. However, the
beach guard made it known that
sand sharks are not dangerous
Billy is niue h elated over his
discovery. .....,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28
STROKE IS FATAL TO
FAMED PRACTITIONER

Washington, July (ANP).-
The nations medical fraternity
lost one of it's most distinguish
ed members with the death in
Freedmen's hospital here of Dr.
A. M. Curtis, former head of the
surgical staff at Freedmen's
and a former member of the
faculty at Howard university.
The veteran practitioner, who
ut one time conducted a private
hospital here, was stricken
about three months ago, but raj;
led to some extent. Las week he
suffered another stroke and was
rushed to the hospital where he
died Friday night, repeatedly Of
a cerebral hemorrhage.
With him at his passing wer,
! his son, DR.. A. M. Curtis, Jr., o
this city, and his daughter, Mrs
Gertrude Norris of Orange, NJ
Several grandchildren and .othe
relatives survive. MIR
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28
KEYSTONE MERCHANT
FOUND DEAD IN S162E
Prominent Local Businessman
Found In Basement of Store
Early Sunday Morning BY
Caretaker

Joe Frigo, AZ, prom. men,
and highly respected merchant
and resident of the city for q
quarter of a century, was found
d cad in the basemetn of the
building in which his store and
apartfent are located.
The discovery was made by
Mr.. Hardy who takes care of the
building, when he made an in
spection at an early morning
hour. He said he found light
burning in the basement and
the door locked. Mr.. Hardy said
he unlocked the door, saw the
body on the floor and after call
ing and receiving no answer,
went for help.
Sheriff Fred Ray, Prosecuting
Attorney S. A. Christie and local
officers conducted an investiga-
ton and DR.. j. A. Bennett, the
county coroner, made state
ment following his investiga-
ton h al Mr.. Frigo had met
his death without unlawful
cause" A bullet from a .32
calibre pistol had caused death.
Tb weapon swas found lying at
his feet. (.
The deceased died almost 8
months to the day following the
death of a brother, Constant,
Kimball merchant. The two
brothers had been operating
stores at Keystone and Kimball
as a partnership for many
years. $3.50.
The deceased is survived by
his widow and one daughter,
Marie his father, Angelo Frigo,
of Italy; three brothers, Albert
of war, Tony of Italy and Carl
who lives in South America, and
one sister, Josephine, who lives
in Italy. &.
Funeral services were held at
l o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
the Sacred Heart Catholic church
at Powhatan with the Rev.
,Joseph NJ. Brumfeld in charge.
Interment took place in Wood
lawn cemetery.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28

On the other side Of the Dor
der, not so openly but neverthe-
less getting set, is the conserva-
tive antiNew Deal crowd headed
By the state house and former
Governor Kump, Thus far, Gov
Holt has been the only outstand
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28
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PittsbursE July 25.- Mr.. c
D. Marshall Chairman of tn
Executive Committee of tn,
Board of Trustees of Hopper.
United company, resigned yestel
day. & >"
To succeed Mr.. Marshall a.
Chairman, Tie Executive Com
mittee has elected ]. T. Tierne,
to this position. Mr.. Tierney al
so continueS as President anc
MIR. Marshall retains his mem.
bcrship on the Board.
Mr.. Tierney Will also be the
Chairman of the Board of Kop-
pers Company, resigning his
position as Presdet of this princi-
pal operating unit of the Kopp-
ers organization.
Mr.. Tierney will be succeeded
as President of Koppers COM
pany by J. p. Williams, Jr., who
for some years has been Vice
President of Koppers United
Company and President of the
Koppers Coal Company. Mr..
Williams will also serve as Exc
cutive Vice-President of the
Koppers United Company.
All of the men involved in
these changes have been long
identified with the Koppers
interests. Mr.. Marshall, who
with Mr.. H. H. McClintic found
ed. in4aosl euntac Mar
shall Company, has been closely
identified with the affairs of
the Koppers group since 1919.
Mr.. Tierney entered the Kop-
pers organization in 1916, and
rose through the coke division
until his election as President of
Koppers United Company in
1888. Mr.. Williams was elected
Vice President of Koppers
United Company, that same year,
and has been President of the
Koppers Coal Company since
1881. Mr.. Williams entered the
organization in 1920.