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Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters
Of Administration C. t. a. were in due
form Of law granted unto the under
signed, on the 22ndi day, Of May. "A.
ID. 1910; and that all persons having
claims against the estate of the de-
ceased must present the same, duly
attested, TO the said Clara Small
Humes and The Milford Trust Com
pany, Administrator C. {. a., of the
estate Of James Harry Humes, de-
ceased, on or before the 22nd day Of
May, 1871, or~abide the Act Of AS
sembly in such case made and pro-
vided
CLARA SMALL HUMES,
THE MILFORD TRUST CO.,
Milford, Delaware,
GEORGE T. REED, JR.,
Assistant Treasurer,
Address, Administrators G. /. a.
Milford, Delaware. 5-24-3t
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
NOTICE

On and after the first day Of June
A. d. 1910, all State License fees for
the year 1910 are due and payable
to the State Tax Department, State
Highway Building, City OF George
town, Sussex County, Delaware, and
il not paid on or before the 3Oth day
OF June, 1910. a penalty of Eve per
centum will be added. On all Ii
censes not paid in July an additional
penalty of ten per centum will be
added, and on all Licenses not paid
during the month OF August a fur
ther penalty of ten per centum will
be added, making total Of twenty
five per centum on all Licenses paid
after the month of August, in ac-
cOrdance with the Revised Code,
1885, Laws of Delaware, as amend
ed.
JAMES P. TRUSS
m17-3t State Tax Commissioner
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
SEE THE GREATEST COUNTRY
ON EARTH

The Chief Of the United States
Travel Bureau says that the rail-
roads and bus lines are whOle-heart-
edly backing Travel America" Sum
mef. Low-rates are offered for circle
tours that furnish a swing round the
country for thousand lovely miles
almost any way one wants to go.
There are new comforts in buses,
including air-conditionlng and
streamlining. The highways lead 10
Fairgrounds in the Rockies. to routes
once known as covered wagon
trails" Everywhere in the grand
est country on earth there is mag
nificsnt scenery along level country,
In the hills and valleys, amidst
woods, lakes and. rivers. and in
cities. villages and towns, and the
places like Salt Lake City, Denver.
States like Louisiana and those In
the Middle and Southwest. These reg
ions and those wide spaces of our
land have a different grandeur which
visualize the gifts of God and nature
which were unfolded to those pio-
neers who did so much in develop
ing the new world that we call ours"
as We a-wheeling go. Unless you go
IN an automobile you are pretty
likely to miss great part OF rebuilt
America. Vast highways, the nation
al parks, modernized, pleasant ac-
to live In are eviden-
ces Of real progress. Besides there
are comfortable tourist cabins and
roadside hotels everywhere. They
provide every thing, including air
cooled lodges coffee shops, dining
rooms, souvenir services, and in |
some places they throw in bathing |
beaches, motor boats. or fish-pOles at |
places where there are actually fish
70 catch.
The American holiday season is
recognized by Uncle Sam who gives
lis employees a month off-and now l
! lot of lazy guys down in Washing
on are trying to get iye-day week,
o boot
The Good Old Summertime seems
o have been planned by the wise
'reatOr for the very purposes defin-
d in the official call to Travel
america" In the coming weeks. The
utomObile makes Il possible TO visit
and old friends and to keep
p the human contacts. which other
rise might be skipped-over.
Many persons believe that there
ever would have been a Civil War
4 the United States IL the people OF
he North and South had met on as
'iendly and intimate terms as they
ave since the automobile became
popular method Of transporta-
on.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
Nlghfseelne

Another point Of interest often un-
visited by guests in Washington, but
we'll worthy of their time and in
spectiOn, is the Folger Shakespeare
Library at East Capitol and Second
and Third Streets, S. E., only block
from the EQngressiohalz library, In
this Library, Washington Possesses,
beautifully housed and fully acces-
sible to scholars and the general
public, the finest collection of Shake
speare material outside of England.
There are eighty-fVe thousand vol
umes, ranging from First FOlios to
the most modern product Of Shake
spearean research, on its shelves.
There is a gallery of Shakespearean
and Elizabethan relics constantly on
exhibit, and portraits Of Shake
speare from the seventeenth to the
century can be seen on
the walls of the library. The audi
toriun within Folger Library is an
adaptation of a seventeenth century
theatre. All in all, the Fol-
ger Library offers an accurate and
comprehensive study of Shake
peaFe's life and times. both TO the
special student and to the more
generally interested admirer of the
great dfamatist.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
FINANCIAL Report

The financial status of the United
States rs clearly reflected in the
Treasury report of May IS. showing
5000, ,726.896 has been collected in
i0h months of this fiscal year while
$S,27s,575,170 has been spent, leav-
ing deficit of S3,27l.S48,274. With
out retrenchment in federal spend
ing, II is obvious that more revenue
must be provided for national de-
tense.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
RelIef Rln

On Thursday OF last week the
House passed by vote Of 354 to 81
the 1871 Relief Bill permitting the
employment of 1855. 900 persons on
WPA during the eight months be-
ginning July /. compared with an
average of 2.042, 900 In the current
year. This bill, adopted after five
days debate. embraces President
Roossvelt's recommendation that
$975 $4,000 be granted the WPA now
to be spent by March l. 1941 il nee
essary. The measure also includes
other funds for relief purposes
which brings the total outlay to
$1.111.t54.9I6.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
N 0 TICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters
Of Administration were in due form
of law granted unto the undersigned,
on the fifteenth day Of May, A. d.
1910, and that all persons having
claims against the estate Of the de-
ceased must present the same, duly
attested, to the said Mollie G. Reyn-
olds and Clara P. Reed, Administra-
tTices Of the estate of Laura Postles,
deceased, on or before the fifteenth
day Of May, 1941, or abide the Act of
Assembly in such case made and
provided.
M0LLIE G. REYNOLDS,
CLARA p. REED,
Address ADMINISTRATORS
Milton, Delaware 5-17-St
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
TuesdaY, June 4. 1870.

Furnishings for a six room house.
Articles as follows: sets or cane seat
chairs. / set Of kitchen chairs, / mission
set. 2 extension tables. / sideboard, 1
china closet. 2 buffets. / cupboard, 4
rocking chairs. ] bureau. ! spool antique
bedstead. 2. goose feather beds, number
Of goose feather pillows. sets Of he'd
springs. iron bed. ! paTlor suite. 2
stands. 1 library table. / Brussels rug,
~ Il, lot of rag carpet, / Brussels
rug 3 \ ~, l Gold Seal CongOleum rug
~ X -. l refrigerator. rs lb capacity; /
ironing board, one 7-quart Gamer, num-
ber Of pots, pans and dishes. Set Of sill
yer service for six. Table linens, bed
about a home.
TERMS: Strickly cash. No goods to
be removed until paid for.
MRS. EMMA s. WILEY
Walter Dickerson. AuetiOneer. 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
you BREAK AND BEND

We WILD MD MEND
0xy-acetylene Welding, Cutting
and Brazing. We specialize in Elee-
trical Repairing Batteries Gener-
atoTs Radios.
MILFORD BATTERY SERVICE
HUNTER AND COVERDAIE
Phone 387
One block east Of First National
Bank. o23-tf
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
IN MEMoRIAM

WEBB-In loving remembrance Of our
sons birthday who was taken from
us / year and 3 months ago:
We have only your memory, Vaughn,
To remember your birthday today:
But the sweetness will linger forever
AS we treasure the memory Of YOU
1tp Mother. Father and Brothers
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
n OTICE 3

The following application for IL
cense to sell alcoholic liquors has
been filed with the Delaware Liquor
Commission. This publication is
made pursuant TO statute.
4. Thaddeus Windsor
8 N. Walnut Street
Milford Store
6-94-2t
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
PUBLIC SALE.

will sell at Public Sale at my home
in Frederick, Delaware. located on st
Agnes street. commencing promptly at
one o'clock, rain or shine, on
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
SPECIAL FOR GRADUATION ONLY

Exchange Photographs with class
mates-6 and Large Photograph
Mounted, $780, Schwarz Studio,
Dover, Del. a19-St
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

ONE LARGE PHOTOGRAPH FREE
with our Graduation Special, for
$3.50. Phone 179-W today and make
an appointment SchWarz Studio,
DoVer, Del at9-st
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
n NOTICR

On and after this date I will not
be responsible for any bills contract
ed by my wife, Martha Walls, or any
one else.
CHARLES w. WALLS,
6-Sl-st Lincoln City, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

II is this growing indication that
convention deliberatiOn rather than
pre-cOnvention maneuVering will de-
termine the nominee which is giving
greater emphasis to the question OF
what type OF man is the Republican
Party, and the country, seeking.
The specifications to which the
nominee must be fitted are somewhat
as follows:
Two-thirds of the nations of the
world are at war. II is probable that
the war will continue with growing
fury and increasing economic ex-
haustion of the belligerents through
much OF the administration OF the
next President. While avoiding mill
itary. participation itself, America
can not avoid the repercussiOns
from The war
Who is the man best qualified
through experience and ability to
handle this critical situation; best
able TO make .he commitments which
will fall to Americas lot without
risking the costly eHtanglements
which might lead the nation into
armed conflict itself?
When peace finally comes, who
is the man most qualified to WELD
Americas inference at the peace ia
ble without handicap of the bitter
ness which President Roosevelt has
SO aroused in certain sections Of Eu-
rope as to ncgate the natural infiu-
ence of a Chief Executive OF the uni |
Ted States?
IL :he war continues and spreads, !
who Is the man who can regulate |
the nations economic forces with a (
devotion to American principles of |
free enterprise without moving iu i
the direction of a permanent tOtaH-
tartan state?
Ten million people are still un-
employed in the United States after
seven and One-half years of the New
Deal Agriculture is PROSTATE, liV-
ing by the margin Of governmental
subsidies. Business is stagnant,
with the flow Of capital into new, job
creating enterprise virtually barred
by New Deal experiments in govern
nent control. Taxation is at its
highest peak in history, depressing
little business. big business, and the
Individual worker, SubversiVe iniiu-
snees are spneadhss with reports
eaching Washington of attempts to
establish Fifth Column" move
nents such as destroyed Norway
All of these factors add up to only
me thing: the November election
will be the most important since
hat OF 1860 when Abraham Lincoln 5
vas elected. The Republican Nation
] Convention will be the most i'm
'Ortant since 1860, for there 1000 II
iersons will be charged with select
lg the next President OF the United n
itates c
That responsibility is the thing
hat is agitating Republican minds Q
lOre strongly day by day. e
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

The cool weather of the past few
days, along with occasional rain,
has been very beneficial to al crops.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
Swat the ny.
Advertisement for Bids

Sealed proposals will he received by
the state Highway Department at its
office, Dover. Del, until 2:O0 p NJ. r.
and place publicly opened for contracts
inH Diving the following approximate
CONTRACT eco
Tulls Crossing, seaford, SUSSEX County
Overhead Separation
Federal Aid Project
1900 Gu Yds. Unclassfied Excava-
1900 Gu. Yds. Excavation for struc-
200 Gu. Yds. Borrow
200 Tons Traffic Bound Crushed
7sO Gu. Yds. Cement Concrete
$50 Lin. IT. y" S. D. Transvere
Expansion Joint
$50 Lin. IT. Transverse Contraction
Joint
42s, 900 Lbs. reinforcing steel
$1,000 Lbs. Structural Steel
2e9 Lin. Fl. IS" X. c. Pipe
l,290 Lin. Fl Cement Concrete Curb
$50 Lin. Fl. Integral Concrete Curb
ard Gutter
100 Lin Fl. Wood Shoulder Curb
100 So. II. Cement Concrete Side
Catch Pasins
/ MaahOie
$500 Lbs. Castings
4I0 Gu. ids. Cement Concrete Mas
OnFy tFOOtingsb
$50 Gu. Yds. Cement Concrete Mas
onFy walls and Abutments)
800 Gu. IDS. Cement Concrete Mas
onry tPiers and Bentsl
1880 Gu. Ids Cement Concrete Mas
Onry (Superstructuresl
$50 Lbs. BrcnEe Castings
1885 Lin. Fl. Cement Concrete Rail-
ing
Lighting System for Structure
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
FACTS FOR FARMERs


During the past so years the num-
Der of farms in this country has more
than tripled But the size Of the aV-
eFage farm has steadily decreased; /;
as population grew, farms were sub
divided. In 1880. according to CEN
sus figures and estimates compiled
by the Farm Security Administration
about 10 per cent of the country's
farms were OF less than 20 acres, but
today. IS per cent are Of less than
20 acres. In 1880 nearly 30 per cent
OF the farms were less than so acres
in size. Today. nearly 40 per cent
are less than so acres.
-s-
Careful sanitation practices are
important for raising pullets II eff
eient egg production Is expected la
ter on. Care exerted during the
btooding period 10 prevent contact
with coccidia and internal parasite
eggs will do away with many Of the
dangers Of excessive death losses,
slow growth and development and
sthnted pullets. Use Of portable
krooder houses and sun porches with
wire floors on permanent houses are
two ways to lessen pullet loss haz-
ards.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

$17S,OOO.OO PLANT,
Is Buildings and 1913 Acres
1852 FIT. ON WICOM1CO RIVER
Machinery, Marine Hard
ware, Ship Chandlery
Paints, Lumber, Etc.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

These contracts will come under the
provisions of the regular Federal High
way Act, as amended.
The Employment Agency for contracts
in New Castle County shall be the EIn-
ployment Service Division Of the Unem-
plOynnent COmpe nsati0n Commission, at
ware; in Kent County. the Employment
Service Division Of the Unemploymen mt
CampensRtion COmfpission, 0oNeF, Dela.
ware; and In Sussex County, The E.fff-
ployment Service Division Of the Unem-
plOyment Compensation Commission.
Georgetown, Delaware. The minimum
wages paid win be. for New Castle
County skilled labor SOC per hour; inter
mediate grade labor SOC per hour and
unskilled labor 35c per hour: for Kent
and Sussex Counties. skilled labor 70c
per hour; intermediate grade labor 40c
per hour, and unskilIed labor Soc per
hour.
Attention Is called to the Special Pro-
visions in the proposal. specifications
and contract agreement.
Performance Of contract shall COM
mence within ten (lO) days after exc
eution Of the contract and he completed
as specified.
Monthly payments will be made for
90 per cent Of the construction completed
each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must he accompanied
by a surety bond. certified check. or
money 90 the amount Of at least ten lO)
per 'ceRtum of the total amount Of the
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the con-
structlon of State Highway Contract
No. ..........
The contract will he awarded or re-
ected within twenty (2Ol days from the
late OF opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any
" all bids.
Complete sets Of plans and specifica
ions may be obtained after May p. 1
$40. upon receipt Of two dollars (S2OOl /
or each contract. which amount will /
lot he refunded.
Make checks payable to the State
Department.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT !
By: F. v. DUPONT, Chairman
v. w. Mack. Chief Engineer.
lover. Delaware.
DAY is. 1870. MIL 2t
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
HIGH-LICHTTNC
POLITICS
BY John Randall Page

What type Of man will the Repub-
lican National Convention be seek
ing when the delegates convene late
in June2
This is the question that is pull
sating, or agitating, Republican
minds in Washington and over the
country today The agitation in
creases as It becomes more apparent
that no one candidate for the Preai-
dency will go into the convention
with dominant strength. Senator
Taft and District Attorney Dewey
will nave, It appears, almost an equal
number OF delegates. with the great
block Of unlnstrncted delegates d.
nally determining the nominee.
This means that instead OF the
coming on the first two
or three ballots. the convention is
likely to resolve itself into a truly
body TO choose the ablest
man to occupy the White House.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

Swat the ay sarIyI
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

FOR SAI.Es-Wedding Invitations for
the Iune Bride Latest raised letter
printing (engraving effectl at $500 for
81 sets with double envelopes. Send for
Free, samples. The Howard Printing
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

FOR SALE-TwO buildings. size AZ
ieet X "a feet, with a back, IA by IS,
bliilt 1f concrete blocks; one garage, is
by sz-the land goes with L, known as
Milford Screpple Company ID. y. Boyce,
Milford, Del ltp
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-09-26

they know I will keep this promise
as I have kept others Before, I
promised you tax reductions and
you received them. During my ad-
ministration we gave the people of
Ohio tax reductions totaling $75,
100000. We repealed the sales tax
on food, then we cut the automo-
bile license fees s2,O00,O00 year
and the farmers truck fees $1,000,
900 year. We reduced the admis-
sion taxes from ten to three per-
cent and cut the intangible taxes
from six to five percent.
Bricker did not give one dollar
in tax reductions and he has chisel-
ed and chiseled on the old age PEN
sioners. He broke all his promises
to the old age pensioners, which he
made in his campaign letter. He
got scared about his broken prom
ises and his chiseling on the old
folks, SO he called a special session
of the legislature for the relief of
Bricker! He raised the limit that
could be paid, but he did not raise
the pensions. That was cruel and
crafty trick, but he didn't fool any
one.
John McSweeney, candidate for
United States senator. could not be
present, because of illness.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-09-26
WPA ACCOMPLISHMENTS

From recent issue of The Ohio State Journal,
in the Letters From Readers" column, we re-
print the following
"Now and then one still hears criticism of
WPA, though such attacks occur less often than
they used to and are less violent. WPA has
amply proved its worth. 1t has made it possible
for those unable to find private employment to
earn living by doing useful work But that, by
no means is the whole of the story. WPA has
rendered immeasurable service to the cause of
national defense, and to the welfare of the coun-
try generally, by preserving the skill of work
erS.
No doubt England wishes now that she had
followed similar course. The other day, in an
English magazine, I ran across striking proof of
this in an article dealing with the revival of in
dustria activity in Manchester. The quotation
speaks for itself:
Every firm, in both the cotton and engineering
industries, is crying out for skilled labor. The
trouble is that after the years of enforced idle
ness, so much labor is unskilled'.'
We often wonder how many howlers would
want to give up everything the WPA has mean,
to Morgan county-blot it all out, and put us
back in exactly the same condition were
EIGHT wears ago?
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-09-26
POrtersville

The Misses Esther and Margaret
Lewis of GAINESVILLE visited over
Sunday with Miss Forest Bankes.--
Mr.. and Mrs. Cloyde King of Zanes-
vile are spending their weeks va
cation with their parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman King. Pauline Ketch-
am has been having a very bad
cold. Mrs. Albert Bolyard has been
i'll with intestinal grip.--Little Da-
phine Ketcham who is attending the
Sunshine school in GAINESVILLE, spent
the week end with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Harry Ketcham.--C
Moore remains in poor health DIR.
M. o. Smith visited recently with
his daughter, Mrs. Herbert Plum
mer, of Columbus. Mrs. Plummer,
whose health has not been SO good,
is much better again. Miss Mary
Ketcham will go to GAINESVILLE Sun
day, where she has employment
Byron Bankes of Akron visited the
forepart of the week at the home of
his uncle, Albert Bankes.- Miss
Helen Wainwright of GAINESVILLE Wis
tied Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Wainwright.--Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Patterson and
children of GAINESVILLE visited Sum
day at the Herbert Bankes home.--
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Argo and chill
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-09-26

Continued from page one)
| 100000 by vetoing from the budg-
cts of state institutions and depart
ments amounts which were not
necessary for operations. That S
two and one-half times more in
vetoes than all of the other gov
ernors in Ohio put together. / be-
lieve in saving where it counts
not in saving peanut shells.
l want to talk moment about
the schools of our state. Before We
passed the Ohio School Foundation
program, the schools We're $780,
600 in debt. The shortage is state
revenue, due to the recession of
business in 1898, brought the total
school deficit up to approximately
81, 100000.
When we left office there was
$6,5O0,0O0 in the school fund and
definitely ear marked for the
schools One of the first official
ear mark from this fund and take
the $6,500,000 and placed it in the
general fund. That made it look as
though the schools were $6,500,000
more in debt than they actually
were and it gave him just that
amount to do with as he liked. In
other words, Bricker robbed the
schools of Ohio of $6,500,000.
I am proud Of my record in be-
half of the old age pensioners and
/ think / have every right to be
proud of it. Twice during my ad
ministration we increased old age
pensions, first with a straight in
crease Of $40 month and again by
an increase of ten percent.
promise you that when I am
again your governor / will have old
age pensions increased in accord
ance with the new federal law and
/ will further return to the old age
pensioners their little homes which
the state has taken away from
them. The ownership of home in
the declining years Of life is SYM
boil of thrift, pride in sacrifice
and toll; it is the right of every
man and woman to have and to-
hold their own home. The state
should not and under my admin
istration will not have any hold
upon the homes OF the old aged
pensioners.
When I make this promise to the
old aged pensioners of the state