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Milford chronicle., 1940-03-08
NATL. GUARD NEARLY
HAS QUOTA OF 1,46S
tcOatinusd from first PsssD

l9Sth Coast Artillery, Delaware Ma
tional Guard, is 1,O98 men or SO
short of the goal; the strength of
the 261st Coast Artillery, Harbor
Defense is 259, complete enrolment,
and of the state detachment, 12, with
10 more required to bring the de-
tachment up to quota.
Strength of the various units are
now:
The 198th Coast Artillery: Head
quarters Battery, 116; Headquarters
Battery, First Battalion, 81; Battery
A, 143; B. SS; c. 92: D, 1903; Head
quarters Battery, Second Battalion,
Dover, IS; Battery E, Newark, 1O5;
f, Milford. 119: G, Dover, 100; H,
New Castle, 81, total, 1898.
261st Personnel
The 261st Coast Artillery, Head
quarters Battery, Dover, 70; Battery
A. Laurel, SS; B, Georgetown, SS;
Medical Detachment, IL, total, 259.
In case of a national emergency
the 19Sth Coast Artillery would have
a strength OF 1900; the 261st Coast
Artillery, S76; the entire Delaware
Guard, including the State
Detachment, a total Of 2,69S.
The enrolment has been made by
a statewide campaign. All Of the
units outside Of Wilmington are now
up to full authorized strength or
within one or two men of their goal.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-08
RUBY r. VALE ELECTED GOLF
SOCIETY DIRECTOR

Ruby r. Vale, Of Milford, and Phil
adelphia, was elected a director OF
the Old Guard Society Of Palm Beach
Golfers at the annual meeting Of the
society last week.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-08
ASSAULT CHARGE HOLDS
ACCUSED In $500 BAIL

Alfred Warren, of Milford, was
held under $500 bail this week by
Justice of the Peace Harry B. Thaw,
charged with assault and battery
with knife on Jesse Collins. 1t was
alleged that he stabbed Collins in
the eye. The fight occurred on Church
street, Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-08
TwO NAMED TO MEDICAL BOARD

Governor Richard C. McMullen
last Friday reappOlnted DR.. Joseph
S. Mcdaniel, Of Dover, and DR.. W.
Edwin Bird, of Wilmington, to the
State Board Of Allopathic Medical
Examiners. Their terms are for
two years. Dr. Bird had completed
the unexpired term OF the late DR..
John Mullin.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-08

Why do any baking on March 9?
Get all your good things at the bake
held in the Ben Franklin Store. II
you wish anything special, get in
touch with Mrs. Wallace McFaul
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-08

Better times on the farm means
better times everywhere.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Way of Nature

Nature intended, it would seem,
that in the human race as a whole
there should be an approximate bal
ance of men and women. The bal
ance may be temporarily upset. 1t
has been in the United States for
the past century. Slightly more boys
than girls have been born. The bulk
of immigration from Europe has been
male. The result has been a con-
stantly increasing majority of men,
reaching a maximum in 1920 with
an excess of more than 100000.
Then the inevitable restoration of
balance started. The excess of males
now is being cut down, according to
the latest figures released by the
Census Bureau, at rate of close to
100000 a year. This is due entirely
to the fact that women live, on the
average, three years longer than men.
The male of the species is more sus-
ceptible to pneumonia, tuberculosis,
kidney ailments and the diseases Of
infancy. More men commit suicide
and more are killed in accidents
This is one bit of evidence that the
Nation is growing old. Europe already
has an excess female population. In
1887 Germany had about 100000
more women than men, England
100000 and France 100000. 1t is
difficult to speculate on the cause of
this phenomenon. One hesitates to
venture into metaphysical vagaries
to explain a natural condition. The
male, perhaps, is the more complex,
specialized organism and hence more
susceptible to environmental changes,
while the female is the more basic
and adaptable. Nature herself rec
ognized this in providing for an eX-
cess in the male birthrate. Nature
is not easily defeated in her purposes.
That the balance should be restored,
as is now being done, was probably
inevitable.
Evening star., 1940-12-08

French movement could gain control
of Martinique he would favor the
establishment of a United States
naval base there. Sieyes seemingly
was not hopeful of an immediate
alliance between De Gaulle and
Weygand, indicating that the latter
was interested merely in holding
the colonies" Asked how French
diplomats and consular officers in
this country looked upon the Free
French movement, Sieyes replied
quickly, 1--WE ignore them"
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Paternity Award

The latest medical wrinkle, at a
Richmond hospital, is regular
paternity ward. No longer do pros
pective fathers in Richmond have to
prowl up and down bleak corridors,
chewing nails and streWing cigarette
butts. They have room to them
selves, with real ash trays, checker
games, radios and even toy trains
with which to play. There are deep,
soft rugs, so that when overwhelmed
by the usual pacing instinct, they will
not wear out their soles. Everything
possible is done to alleviate their
terrible ordeal, so that it is almost
pleasure to become a father.
These rooms should have existed
long ago. They probably would have,
but for an unfortunate remark made
1900 years ago by Hippocrates, the
father of medicine, to a worried
client. There is no cause for alarm" 4"
he said soothingly. Il have never
lost a father yet" Admittedly,
paternity is not highly dangerous,
but neither is a broken toe, and every
one will grant that the toe should
be treated. The paternity ward will
serve as a morale builder-and the
father who has been in one is better
able to stand the real shock later,
when he gets the bill.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
The Oldest Principle

The axiom that charity should
begin at home is ancient beyond the
capacity of history to show. 1t was
recognized among the Romans in the
time of Terence among the Greeks
of Menander's day. Beaumont and
Fletcher made it popular in Britain.
1t was paraphrased by Alexander
Pope and by Richard Brinsley Sheri-
dan, while Horace Smith perversely
expressed his opinion that philan-
thropy too often ends where it
starts-thus putting into words the
thought that there are too few indi-
viduals willing to share good fortune
with their brothers.
But none of the several COM
mentators who have expressed their
skepticism of human fellowship in
practice have dared to include the
Christmas season in their agnoStic
sentiments. Washington Irving re-
ferred to the moment for kindling
the fire of hospitality in the hall as
being an occasion for encouraging
the genial fire Of kindness in the
heart A less widely famous Ameri-
can writer, George William Curtis,
was even more specific when he
wrote: IF we were to fancy wholly
Christianized world it would be a
world inspired by the spirit of Christ
mas-a bright, friendly, benefcent,
generous, sympathetic, mutually
helpful world"
The Star, the National Broadcast
Ing Company and the Warner Broth
ers' TheaterS are inspired by a motive
closely akin to that of the authors
quoted when they combine their
facilities to gladden. the Yuletide of
the poor, the distressed, the sick, the
dependent old people and helpless
little children of Washington. How
grievously the aid which they seek to
give is needed may be ascertained by
reading the stories of afflicted fami-
lies printed since the present cam
pdlSH oeSdu' 6dcH case mas 'Deen
checked for its essential facts, and
each is symptomatic of scores, per-
haps hundreds, of others equally
appealing. These little groups of
neighbors are, in effect, the home
folk of the community. None of
them suffers beyond the power of
relief, none is undeserving. none is
alien. The oldest principle of Or
ganized society is represented in the
plea for assistance for all residents
of the Capital of the United States
who face miserable Christmas un-
less their plight is alleviated during
the next two weeks.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Attorney and Client

The confidential relationship be-
tween attorney and client rests on
something more fundamental than
mere attachment to ancient legaliStic
traditions. 1t has stood the test of
time and invariably has been upheld
by the courts as privilege abso-
lutely essential to the protection of
the rights of accused persons. In
fact, it has become a cardinal doc
trine of our system of law, a doctrine
which ought to command the fullest
respect.
For these reasons it is disturbing
to learn that members of the District
police force, through the medium of
a dictaphone, have listened in" on
a conversation between a murder
suspect and his lawyer. Nor is there
any reinsurance to be found in the
official explanation of the affair
that the dictaphone was placed in
the suspects cell for another pur-
pose and %as used to listen to the
conversation with the attorney only
because it happened to have been
already installed. The police, of
course, knew that the prisoner was
talking to his lawyer, and they were
under no compulsion to eavesdrop.
The dictaphone, as an instrument
of crime detection, has entirely le-
gitimate uses, but stealthy intrusion
upon the confidential relationship
between attorney and client is not
one of them. 1t is gratifying to learn
that Police Superintendent Brown
has expressed his thorough diSap-
proval of the practice, and it is to
be hoped that he will communicate
his sentiments in unmistakable terms
to his SubordinateS.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
THE WHOLE TRUTH
By the Right James Freeman D. d. ILL., d, D. c. L.
Bishop of Washington.

forces? Life is not secured by the con-
ceits of those who toy fippantly with
the popular phrases, Life as usual" or
Business as usual" We have such in
our life and they are menace to our
continuing security and peace. Is 1t
not just and right that from some source
we should be admonisned that our boast
ed liberties, our easy and free way of
life, are not as secure today as they were
a generation ago? Is II not the part of
wisdom to give serious consideration to
ways and practices in otlr domestic, social
and industrial life that are inimical to
our best and truest interests? Have
moral and spiritual values, the old vir-
tues, decencies and wholesome ways. an
inconspicuous place in our so-called free
institutions and individllalistic concepts?
Are we satisfied that a broader culture
and increasing wealth are supreme ends
and aims in themselves, and that con-
sistent disciplines ard well-regulated
practices belong to an age that is past?
The truth, the solemn truth, is that
we are unprepared to meet the impact
Of new and strange forces, new and
strange conditions We need the truth,
The unvarnished and undisguised truth,
and, more than this, we need so to adjust
ourselves to its implications that we shall
De ready to fit ourselves for whatever it
may demand of us. To set our house in
order and to do it adequately may call
for the abandonment of many of our
conceits and prejudices. 1t may mean
inconvenience and the suspension of
many OF the practices long INDUCED in,
but If We are fortified by strong moral
and religious convictions and a life in
conSonance with them We shall meet
all changes and meet them with courage
and ultimate satisfaction. We need the
truth, however distasteful and exacting
1t may be. We need IN every depart
ment of our life strong men and strong
women who will not close their eyes
and their ears to the obvious facts of
life. We need the kind of moral yes,
Christian, courage that sustained our
fathers in other critical times, the Chris
tlan courage that steeled them against
misfortune and disaster and made them
the truthful leaders and guides of
weak and uncertain republic.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Capital Side|ights
Bu Will P. Kennedy.

During these days of "watchful wait
ing" again on Capitol Hill, veteran mem
bers are reminiscing about warriors OF
other days. who fought in the Civil War
and then legislated during the Spanish
American and first World Wars. They
tell of that handsome, StalWart gentle
man who was for years chairman OF the
Senate Military Affairs Commlttee-Sen-
ator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming born
in 1874 in the Berkshire Hills OF Western
Massachusetts, where he clerked in a
country store. He volunteered in the
Civil War, served as private and nom
commissioned officer, and received the
Confessional Medal of Honor for gal
lantry at the siege of Port Hudson. Nov
ing to Wyoming when it was included in
the Territory of Dakota, and engaging
in the livestock business. he was president
of the Territorial Senate; treasurer of
wyoming from 1876 to 1884; Mayor of
Cheyenne; appointed Governor OF the
Territory of Wyoming by President
Arthur, removed by President Cleveland
again appointed by President Harrison
and served until he was elected the first
Governor after the Territory became
State He first came to the United States
Senate in 1890 and continued there for
more than 40 years.
General" Isaac R. Sherwood of Ohio,
born in upper New York State in 1885,
was long a picturesque figure in WASH
ington where he was conspicuous par
ticularly driving span of beautiful fast
horSes-one of the last gentleman
drivers" in the Capital He was news
paper editor before the Civil War. en-
listed as a private in 61, commissioned
first lieutenant and adjutant the next
year then on to major and lieutenant
colonel He was brevetted brigadier gen.
eral of volunteers. After the war he
returned to newspaper work, was Secre-
tary of State of Ohio, organized the
States Bureau of Statistics, was probate
judge. He first came to Congress in
1873 and divided his time from then on
between service in the House. editing his
paper and writing books. until he retired
from Congress in 1925
The last Confederate officer in the
House was Maj. Charles NJ Stedman of
North Carolina. born in 184l. He volun-
teered as private in the Civil War. was
commissioned major, served with Lees
Army through the entire war and was
wounded three times.
Evening star., 1940-12-08

It is widely recognized that the whole
truth, and nothing but the TRUTH" is
indispensable to right human relations,
and yet in the multiform practices of life
there are those who believe that there
are occasions when too frank and direct
observance of this rule is undesirable and
at times fraught with perils
A recent radio discussion by distin-
guished journalists considered the need OF
greater accuracy and franker state
ment of what actually was happening in
the world, together with more truthful
editorial policy in facing up to it. One
of these journalists contended that the
press as a whole was not telling the
whole truth as to the serious impllca-
tions of certain tragic events, nor was
it daring to treat them with editorial
boldness and fearlessness.
We are incapable of appraising this
observation, but it is worthy of serious
consideration. 1t raises the question
whether any of the opinion making
agencies, and this includes the church,
is speaking frankly and realistically of the
grave implications Of what is happening
in our modern world. Are we binding
our eyes to what must inevitably fol-
low a crisis as worldwide and as seri-
GUS as the one we face today? Is it safe
to resort to sedatives that for a brief
space will lull us into insensibility and
save us from the consideration of the
threatening consequences that must
accompany present world maladies? We
do have superficial and f1ippant people in
our social and economic systems: They
are those who will not brook any inter-
ruption of their cherished practices. We
are not called upon TO be morbid or morose
because of what is happening in our
world; we are called upon to be serious
reflective and to appraise consistently
what current events portend. Have We,
has any one, the vision OF the capacity to
evaluate rightly these portentous events?
Have we been sufficiently sobered, We,
the people of America, to be able to
measure ourselves and our moral
strength and our capacity to meet the
impact of new and as yet unmeasured
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Hatch Act Penalties

President Mitchell of the Civil
Service Commission is following
course designed to strengthen Hatch
Act enforcement in urging an amend
ment to give the commission some
discretion in dealing with State and
local government employees whose
political activities transgreSs the law.
At present dismissal is the only
penalty provided for violations, even
though they may be of the most
trivial nature, a situation, as Mr..
Mitchell told the National InSti-
tute of Municipal Law Officers, which
obviously raises a troublesome ad-
miniStrative problem.
A combination of circumstances
brought this about. When the
amended Hatch Act was passed to
include non-Federal employees whose
functions are financed in any part
by the Federal Government, it was
provided that any breach of the
political activity ban traditionally
enforced against civil service work.
erS would constitute a violation of
the new law. No account was taken,
however, of the fact that civil service
employees may be punished according
to the gravity of the offenSe, and the
commission consequently was put in
the position of being forced by the
terms of the Hatch Act to order the
dismissal of a State or local worker
for an offenSe which would call Tor
no more than reprimand or suSpen-
sion if committed by a Federal
employe.
The commission, naturally, pro-
poses to administer the law fully and
impartially, but it seems clear that
extreme enforcement penalties are
calculated to weaken this highly
important effort to divorce govern
ment from politics.
The Civil Service Commission has
demonstrated through the years
that it is possible to exercise a rea-
Sonable amount of discretion and at
the same time clamp down on po-
itical activity by Federal employees,
and an amendment to bring the
Hatch Act into line with this eStab-
liShed policy should receive the early
attention of Congress.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Frances Divided Empire

One Of the most interesting situa-
tions in world affairs today is that
OF Frances colonial empire, the sec
ond largest on the globe. Though
the bulk of it lies in Africa, there is
a large Far Eastern segment in Indo-
China, while the tricolor flies over
many spots ranging from the West
Indies to the South Seas. It's area
totals several million square miles,
with population exceeding 60,OOO,-
00O
Since the downfall of France be-
fore the German onset last June this
vast empire seems to be politically
split three ways. The French West
Indies, including French Guiana, on
the South American mainland, have
proclaimed their allegiance to the
home government at Vichy, headed
by General Petain. So have the West
African colonies centering about the
Strategically important base at Da-
kar, and the same is true of the great
island of Madagascar, just off East
Africa, together with smaller islands
in the Indian Ocean. Lastly, Indo-
China has thus far taken orders from
Vichy.
In sharp contrast to this stands
the Free French" movement headed
by General Charles de Gaulle. 1t is
openly allied to Britain and de-
nounces the Vichy government as
Germany's combined victim and
tool. Since his armed conquest of
the pro-Vichy regime in Gabon
De Gaulle controls the whole of
French equatorial Africa. Also, from
the very start, the French islands in
The South Pacific and the small
French settlements in India rallied
to the Free French cause.
Somewhere in between these ex-
treme factions there would seem to
stand middle element, headed by
General Maxine Weygand, who evi-
IDENTIFY controls French North Africa
from Morocco to Tunis. It would also
seem that the French Army in the
protectorate of Syria takes this mid
die ground. Weygand seems to be
playing waiting game, not openly
opposing Vichy, but refusing to
throw in his lot with De Gaulle.
The Free French viewpoint was
authoritatively expressed in a press
conference held here by Jacques de
Sieyes, De Gaulle's representative in
this country. His most interesting
statement was that II the Free
Evening star., 1940-12-08

has not come to step in and straighten
out this situation.
Great Britain went through the same
experience that the United States now
is going through. Emphasis during the
first eight months of this war was upon
business as usual" British industry re-
fused to stir itself very greatly to advance
the British armament effort. even though
England was actually at war. Unemploy-
ment remained high. The steel industry
baked at expanding its plant. Industry
generally insisted upon having its dollar
a-year men in the key positions. En-
phasis continued to center upon low
volume and high profits per unit as the
guiding industrial policy.
Then Adolf Hitler really struck in MAY
of this year and the British started to
stir themselves. BY that time, however,
much of the damage had been done.
Today in England government dictates
to industry. If management is inefh-
cient or is not satisfactory to the gov
ernment, that management is displaced
and new management put in. The one
measurement of efficiency is production.
Anything that stands in the way of pro-
duction is pushed out of the way. Profits
no longer are the guiding motive. Gov
ernment now takes in taxes 100 per cent
of all profits made above the level Of
profits in the pre-war period.
Nobody here is urging that this Gov
eminent go as far as the British gov
ernment has gone, unless and until the
United States is at war. But there is a
growing belief that President Roosevelt
will be forced to take some firm steps to
bring order out of the present lack Of
order if this country is to give the Brit
ish the aid they must have in hurry.
The same firm action will be required
to speed this country's defense program,
II that program Is to be speeded.