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Milford chronicle., 1940-01-05
SAFETY COUNCIL URGES
TO LOWER DEATH TOLL
New Years Resolutions For Safety
Aim Of Councils Drive

This is the season for New Years
resolutions. The Delaware Safety
Council urges all Dclawarcan8 TO
make some safety resolutions in or
der to help keep down the terrible
toll Of accidental deaths. in the home.
on streets and highways, in industry,
aud in public places Iuot motor We
hicle). There is irrefutable evidence
that the human element. not the
mechanical. weather or any other
agency is the principal cause of high
way slaughters and other accidental
deaths. For this reason, the council
urges the adoption of the following
resolutions for the year 1910.
/. TO Increase our efforts TO re-
Guce accidents that human suffering
may be alleviatcd.
2. Bring the message of safety to
the consciousness Of every man. wo-
man, and child that their vigilance
may be their protection.
3. Lesson economic waste to the
individual. TO business and to the
State and community by keeping hu-
manity ION the job" at home, al
work, and on the highways.
FoS MOTORISTS
T. Slow down after the sun goes
down.
p Keep the car In perfect me
clIanical condition
3. II you drive don't drink. If
you drink, don't drive
4. Observe the Golden Rule Of the
highway "DO unto others as you
would have others do unto you"
For PEDESTRIANS
l. Cross streets at intersections,
not in the middle OF the block. Look
both ways before crossing the street.
Stand on curb until you are ready to |
cross.
2. Walk facing traffic when walk
ng on the highways. After dark car
y lighted lantern, hashllght or
,tler similar device
Fos fioMENAKERs
l. Provide hand rails on All stair
ways and steps
2. Use metal containers for ashes
md waste material
3. Stick pins in bottles contain
ng poison
4. DO not use naptha or gasoline
or dry cleaning purposes.
trug q Fags 9, Piassl u
Milford chronicle., 1940-01-05
Temperature

Total Rainfall ....... as
Total rain for December 14s inches
Snow
December "a ......... sos inches
December 80 ..,.....,... inch
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period
Evening star., 1940-12-31
'Pay-as-You-produce'
Plan for Tools Urged
3, the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Dec. 31-Tool and die
men proposed a pay as you pro-
duce" program for small jobbers to
President Roosevelt yesterday to
speed work on national defense.
The proposal calls for small shops
to be paid 10 per cent OF each jobs
value at the time the order is given
and so per cent when production is
half completed. Additional and final
payments would be made up to COM
pletion of the order.
j. ]. Griffin, president OF the So
ciety of Tool and Die Craftsmen.
said small jobbers could not enter
defense production because their
financial position does not permit
them to wait for payments over ex-
tended periods of time.
The society also proposed elmina-
ton OF bidding to save time, with
the Government directly placing
orders with shops able to handle de-
sired production.
There are thousands of highly
skilled mechanics walking Detroit
streets" Mr.. Griffin said. There
are enough here willing and able TO
work to turn out not just 500 air
planes a day but 5000 a day If the
Government will do the things that
are necessary to start the wheels
turning"
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Sale Of ; Flying Boats
To Britain al Million
Each Is Reported
Seattle Plant Expected
To Have Planes Ready
For Test Flights Soon
BY the Associated Press.

Ds VIC hesVtIhlou EiVoo'
BALTIMORE, Dec. 31.-Three Of
six new transoceanic flying boats
ordered by American Always
have been sold to the British gov
ernment for 100000 each, the Sun
said today.
The transaction was approved by
the United States Government, the
paper salad A British fight crew
is en- route to the United States
for a course of instructions in oper.
ating the planes. and others are ex-
pected later, it added.
The first of the planes. being built
at Boeing's Seattle factory, is ex-
pected to be ready for test flights
soon.
The planes are not built for mill
tary purposes, but would be useful
in long-range patrol flights over the
North Atlantic or In carrying OIL
cials to points in the empire.
The Sun said 1t was testified at a
recent hearing before the Civil
Aeronautics Board in Washington
by Pan-American Airway officials
that the airline would pay the manu-
facturer $4,000, 900 for all six ships.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Canada Will Enforce
New TraveI Rules
BY the Associated Press


OTTAWA, Dec. 3l.-New regula-
tions under which any resident Of
Canada must obtain a permit from
the Foreign Exchange Control Board
before leaving the country will be
strictly enforced" when they be-
come effective January /.
Permits will be necessary whether
or not the resident wishes to take
money out of Canada with him. a
board statement said last night.
Up to now no permit has been re-
quired unless the resident was car
rying Canadian or foreign cash or
travellers checks.
Permits already issued remain
valid, and sthe new regulations do
not in any way change the circum-
stances under which permits will be
issued" the statement said.
In addition. tourists or other nom
residents who are temporarily Wis
iting in Canada are in no way af-
fected by the new regulations"
Nearly 60,000000 glasses for pre-
serving food were made in Germany
in the last year.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Appreciation Campaign Is Seen
As Step to More Opera Houses
Nine. MeIius Indorses Stors Plan as Whettinq
Appetite for Operate Performances

recordings, we can learn diction.
style, tone production and orchestra
ton
Mozart's Marriage OF Figaro"
which is the 18th and final offering
of The Stars campaign. is the
classic of musical literature in
Nine. Melius' opinion. She said she
considers it the most beautiful Of
any opera ever produced.
But to know 1t is the study of a
lifetime" she said 1T took me two
years to learn my role
Meanwhile. The Star today was
continuing the distribution of the
operas and symphonic works at the
special booths in the lobby of The
Star Building. All of the IL operas
and II symphonic masterpieces in
cluded in the offer will be available
during the remainder of the cam
paign.
In addition to The Marriage of
Figaro" the operas available in
clude Blzet's Carmen" Gounod's S
Faust" Verdi's Aida" "Rigoletto
and La Traviata"; Puccini's Ma
DANA Butterfly and La Boheme. u
Leoncavallos .Pagliacci" and Wag-
ners "Lohengrin. "Tannhauser" and
Tristan and Isolde"
The symphonic works available
are Tschaikowskys Fourth Sym
phony" and ''Nutcracker Suite
Beethoven's Fifth and Eighth SYM
phonies," Schubert's Unfinished
Symphony" Mozart's Symphony
No. 40 in G Minor" Bach's Bran
denburg Concertos Nos. 2 and g.
Wagner's prelude to die Meister-
singer" and "Parsifal." Debussy's S
Afternoon OF Faun," Clouds"
and Festivals Haydn's SYM
phony No. 80 in E Flat Major. :"
Brahms Second Symphony" and
Franck's % Minor Symphony"
Evening star., 1940-12-31
which says she Is backing Fascist

work camps
Continuing national defense talk,
she said in response to a question as
to whether she believed in selling
America to Americans via the
propaganda route that she was not
very fond of propaganda and
thought it would be more worthwhile
if people could be inspired to study
their own country to educate them
selves in their own government.
Asked if she believed that national
defense necessities would make
necessary to set aside labor laws. she
said the President had indicated no
such thing in his hreside chat Sun
day.
New Year Eve Plans.
At the White House New YeaI
Eve will be climaxed by the President
drinking his annual toast to the
United States just at midnight. At.
tending the informal party at the
White House tonight will be Mrs
Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt and hel
daughter, Miss Amy Roosevelt, anc
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Morgan. Sew
| eral members of the w. P. A. also
will attend the party because the
main feature of entertainment viii
be colored w. P. A. choral group
from Detroit.
Earlier, the White House was to be
the scene of children's party with
about 80 youngsters attending
Franklin Roosevelt, Sd, called Joe, >
by his paternal grandmother, was
to be the youngest guest. The
youngsters were to have creamed
chicken, ice cream and cake and
were to view punch and judy
show presented by Walter Wilkinson
of Dinglestown, Pa.
New Year dinner will be served
tomorrow evening with a few friends
attending.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Ex-Boxer Awaits Action
Of Grand Jury in Staying

Roy Gordon ManIey, IS, former
District welterweight boxer, awaited
grand jury action today following
coroners jury verdict yesterday
holding him responsible for the fatal
stabbing of Wilbur T. Boyles, "a, of
1902 Connecticut avenue NV, a
printer.
Boyles, who had served as life
guard at local swimming pools, died
at Emergency Hospital Christmas
Day. II hours after he received stab
wounds in the chest following an
alteration in the boxers room in a
boarding house in the 1900 block Of
Eleventh street NV.
The district attorneys Office at
the same time held as Government
witnesses two companions of the
boxer. Mary o. Hawkins and En-
NETT L. Mckinley, both dodgers at
the Eleventh street address.
Mckinley, an unemployed war
veteran. told the jury that Boyles
came to the boxers room looking
for a fight"
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Naval Reserve Unit
To Sail Tomorrow
For Canal Zone
Third Division Leaving
First With 4 Officers
And 80 Men

Four officers and 80 men of the
Third Division, First Battalion Ma
val Reserves, will sail from Wash
ington tomorrow night for service
in southern waters.
A farewell celebration has been
planned to start at 5 pm. at the
Norfolk g. Washington steamship
wharf on Washington channel and
will continue until the ship leaves
at $50 pm.
Equipment will be hauled to the
ship from the Naval Reserve Armory
during the day and put on board,
so the men will gather at the wharf
unencumbered with heavy supplies
Will Go to Canal Zone.
From here the reserves will 60
to Norfolk to sail Thursday on the
U. S. S. Nitro for the Canal Zone.
All but one Of the reserves will 60
to the destroyer U. S. S. j. Fred
Talbot. while one officer, 1t. r. c.
Hoffman, will be transferred to the
destroyer Barry. ...
1t. William Croft Jennings, COM
manolng the 1st Battalion, will be
on hand to see the first contingent
of his outfit sail for service. The
three divisions of the battalion are
to leave in reverse order. the Sd Di-
vision first, to be followed by the I'd
and finally to the 1st Division.
1t. Kirk In Command.
The Sd Division will be headed
by 1t. r. S. Kirk in command. En-
sign Samuel Spencer and Ensign B.
c. Royster 1t. Hoffman will ac-
| company his associates to Norfolk
and then on to the Canal Zone,
where he will leave for his separate
assignment.
Part of the ceremonies of fare
well will be broadcast by 1t. Comdr
Arthur Godfrey of the Naval Re-
serve over WJSV from 6:15 to $50
pm.
The roster of the men leaving with
the Sd Division follows:
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Way Found 10 Check
Night Raids, British
Air Chief Says
Dowding Warns, However,
Of Increased Plune
Attacks at Sea
e, the Associated Press.

| ES tDt hsSOCiAteu FteSb
OTTAWA, Ontario, Dec. 31.-The
nights of Germany's bombers are
numbered. Air Chief Marshal Sir
Hugh Dowding assured Canadians
yesterday on his arrival here from
London en- route to the United
States.
A method of frustrating the night
bombers definitely has been found,
Sir Hugh said, and the necessary
equipment is being completed so
rapidly that by sometime this spring
the bombers' whole weight and
sting will have been removed"
The former chief of Britain's
fighter command added, Il don't
mean to say that night bombing will
cease entirely. The odd bomber may
come, but the casualties from heavy
and concentrated attacks will COM
pei them to desist from night bonn
ing just as they were compelled to
give up the idea of crashing through
in daylight in preparation for in
vaSion."
Warns of Sea Air Attacks.
He warned that "the end of night
bombing may greatly increase the
menace of air attacks at sea, for
the bombers diverted from our cities
may be expected to seek other tar
gets"
Sir Hugh is comforting here with
Canadian Air Minister C. G. Power
and other officials but plans to de-
part Thursday or Friday for Wash
ington, where he will discuss means
of standardizing planes and other
air equipment manufactured for
Britain
The slim air marshal emphasizes
that he was mot going to Washing
ton to lay down the law" but to
seek greater coordination of British
air war needs with American pro-
duction
He said that "up-to-date knowl-
edge of actual fighting conditions"
would be placed at the disposal
of American authorities.
Interested in New Types.
Sir Hugh said that thus far COM
paratively few United States-built
aircraft have been used in the r.
A. F. fighter command, but ex-
pressed great interest in the latest
United States types which he said
have the performance required of
good fighters.
American planes are of great val
ue to the coastal command. he said,
and are, in fact, the best available
for coastal patrol work.
Some American equipment, par
ticularly navigational instruments,
is better than British equipment.
he said, and in other cases the
reverse is true.
He showed great interest in the
United States new Airacobra fight
er and commended the Douglas dive
bomber.
German dive bombers are good.
too, he conceded, but not pleasant
things to be in if caught by
squadron of Spitfires"
Evening star., 1940-12-31
c. Harold Wills Dies:
Noted MetuIIurqist
Py the Associated Press,


DETROIT. Dec. SIC. Harold
Wills, one of the automobile in
dustry's most noted metallurgists
and chemical engineers, died in
Henry Ford Hospital yesterday
morning after an illness of less thar
two days He was 81 years old.
Mr.. Wills. born in Fort Wayne
Ind. was chief engineer of the Ford
Motor Co. from the time of its
founding in 1903 until 1919 AT the
time of his death he was chief
metallurgist of Chrysler Corp.
In 1920 he founded the Wills-St.
Claire Motor Car Co. at Marys-
vile, Mich.
His best known achievements in
cluded the development of the use
of vanadium steel for commercial
purposes and of molybdenum steel
in motorcar construction.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Col. F. B. Richards Dies;
Noted MetoIIurgist
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Dec. 81
Col. Franklin Batchelder Richards
78, nationally known metallurgist
died yesterday at his home after
short illness. He retired 10 years
ago as vice president of the M. l.
Hanna Co. of Cleveland.
Educated at Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, he recently was
awarded the medal of honor of the
American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers for so years
of service to the industry. He served
in the World War.
His widow survives,
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Brain Bank 10 Preserve
World S Learning Urged
BY the Associat ted Press.


PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 31.-Estab-
llshment of brain bank in the
United States to preserve the world s
learning during the present dark
age" of civilization was urged today
by an American scientist.
In an address before the Amer
ican Association for the Advance
ment of Science. DR.. K A. c. Elliott
of the Institute of PENNSYLVANIA
Hospital declared that the United
States and other countries of the
Western Hemisphere are faced with
the responsibility Of carrying on the
work of European and Asiatic sci
entists during a number of difficult
years ahead.
The first job is to preserve the
lives of the scientists themselves,
and the Laboratories of the Western
Hemisphere have been greatly en-
riched by the work of many foreign
scientists. DR.. Elliott said. The sec
ond is to preserve their literature
and research material, the third to
encourage a continuation of inter-
national interchange of brain power
in scientific literature exchange.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Student federation
Withdraws From
Youth Congress
Not Fulfilling Avowed
Aims, Declares Group
From 100 Colleges
By the Associated Press.

By the ASSOCIATED PreA-
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. Dec.
31.-The National Student Fedora
ton of America, representing about
100 colleges in the Nation, pulled
out of the American Youth Gen.
gress yesterday.
BY an 87-24 vote, the federation,
one of the founders of the congress
In 1884, withdrew as an affiliate
in a resolution which declared the
congress "is not fulfilling its avoVed
aims of representing all American
youth"
The text of the resolution con-
cluded:
Whereas 1t is apparent 1t cam
not regain its youthfulness, we re-
gretfully withdraw"
Red Charges Denied.
Miss Francis Williams of West
field, N. j., national administrative
secretary of the congress, who was
present as an observer, spoke in
favor of continued affiliation.
She told the student delegates
that "the people who have accused
the American Youth Congress of
being dominated by the Reds are
those opposed to fair labor stand
ards and other social gains"
Another resolution adopted by the
federation urged full cooperation
of all youths with the spirit and
letter of the National Selective Serv-
ice Act"
Aid to Britain Urged.
The delegates rejected a resofu-
ton urging shipment OF food to the
conquered nations of Europe under
the plan outlined by former Presi-
dent Hoover.
Before adjourning their three-day
convention. the delegates went on
record urging extension of economic
aid to Great Britain within existing
legal frameworks and defeated q
resolution which called for re-
affirmation of 1899 stand opposing
repeal of the johnson Act banning
loans to nations which defaulted on
previous debts.
Miss Elizabeth Robertson OF
Austin. Tex, a graduate Of Texas
State College in 1899. was elected
president of the federation. to sue
ceed John Darnell Of Washington,
D. c., who declined to run again.
Evening star., 1940-12-31

Expressing a conviction that
movements such as The Stars mu-
sic appreciation program will pro-
duce a greater demand for opera
companies and opera houses ir
this country, Nine Luella Melius OF
New York, noted coloratura So
prano, has given her enthusiastic
Endorsement TO the local campaign
The principle of bringing opera
to the masses through the diStribu-
ton of fine recordings is wonder
full, she said in an interview when
she visited Washington recently to
make arrangements with the WASH
ington Concert Association for a Sc
rieS of three concerts TO be pre-
sented by noted artists ear.y in the
new year.
Il was intrigued with the idea
from the beginning because I felt
this was one way to make the pub
lie opera conscious" Nine. Melius
said. "A similar campaign was
conducted in New York with great
success. l hope that out of all this
will come an outspoken demand for
more opera houses. In Europe al
most every city has an opera house
but there are only two major ones
in the entire United States. one in
New York and one in Chicago"
Sees Excellent Voices Wasted.
America has some o. the finest
voices in the world, but so many of
them are going to waste because
they are given few opportunities
to be heard on the operate stage.
she said.
This is the only country where
art is really f1ourishing today"
Nine. Melius declared, "and it is up
to us to give young singers with
beautiful voices an outlet for their
talents. One thing we can work
for is a subsidized national opera
centered in the National Capital.
America has 5000 ambitious young
singers ready and waiting for a
chance to be heard, and they must
be given that chance"
Miiic. McIluS, WHO mas appeared
in the principal opera houses of
Europe and was the first American
born coloratura to sing with the
Paris grand opera, said she has
learned more about her operatic
roles by listening to recordings than
in any other way. Wherever she
has Travelled she always has car
ried a record player and albums
OF recordings with her, she said.
Must Study All Roles.
III I didn't learn what to do" she
added. Il learned what not to do.
The opera singer must study not
only her own role, but all of the
others as well. to get a clear under
standing of the opera. BY studying
Evening star., 1940-12-31

Pressure continues low. but rising IN
Northern New England, Caribou. Me-
zoos millibars go 50 inches). Another
disturbance is moving slowly eastward over
the Rocky Mountain region, Trinioao
anti-cycloneic system is moving eastward
over the upper Lake region, Houshton.
Mich, 10254 millbars GOES inches,
with a wedge extending southeastward TO
West Virginia and thence southwsrd 10
Florida. Parkersbure, w. Va. 1o26;s milli-
hars (30 20 inches) Pressure is also hlRh
and rising on the North Pacific Coast.
During the last a hours rains have oc-
Cured in the Pacific States the Southern
Plateau. portions of the Southern Rocky
Mountain region, the lower Missouri Valley
and in Eastern Texas and light rains and
SHOWS in the Northern Plateau, the North
ern Rocky Mountain region. the Plains
states, the upper Mississippi Valley. the
lower Lake region and the North Atlantic
States. Temperatures have fallen IN the
Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic States
and Northern California. while they have
risen in the Southern Plains States and
the Middle and West Gulf States.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
More Of Everything
Plea Seen Calling
For Specific Detail
Machine Tool Executive
Soys Industry Faces
Gigantic Burden
Dy the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 31.--Clifford 9.
Stilwell, executive of a big Cleve-
land machine tool factory, said last
night that President Roosevelt's ap-
peal for more of everything" in de-
Tense production still calls for spe-
cific detail"
"The machine tool industry is all
out for defense" Mr.. Stilwen, ex-
ecutive vice president of Warner g.
Swasey Co., said in q national broad
cast. But the complicated process
of co-ordinating a manufacturing
program requires more than the
needs of 90 or 80 days ahead. There
must be determined the extent of a
long term project in its overall di-
mensions to achieve 1t successfully
The Presidents call for all out
production last night still calls for
specific detail"
Burden Called Gigantic.
Mr.. Stilwell said the expansion
of the machine tool industry to
meet the current need becomes al
most epic in American industrial
history.
"The burden which industry must
assume in preparedness surpasses
anything we have imagined. 1t Is
gigantic.
1T has been estimated that if
there could be an increase of 5
per cent in the efficiency of opera
ton of the machine tools now in
us we should have Immediately an
additional productive capacity equal
to all the machine tools built in
America in 1889. Here is no ques-
ton of labor shortage. nor of length
ened hours, nor of overtime wages.
But nobody can increase the pro-
ductivity OF machines but men,"
mo Time for Politics"
Mr.. Stilwell asserted the time has
come for employer and employe to
call a truce" if they are on op-
posite sides of the fence from point
of principle.
This is no time to place blame or
to pass the buck" he added This
is no time for politics: this is a
time for push"
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Miniature Terriers
Are Bomb Refugees
By the Associated Press.

BY Int NSSULIdItu TItbs'
SAN DIEGO, Calif-The same
ship which brought a batch of
refugee British children brought six
miniature Kerry blue terriers. whose
owner sought bombproof home for
them.
Mrs. Julia Dowell, their guar
dian" believes they are the only
example of the breed in America.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Red Cross Gives Teu

The recently organized Takoma
Park Branch of the Montgomery
County Red Cross held a tea yes
terday at the home of Mrs. Howard
Harrigan, branch chairman. A
musical program was presented by
Mrs. Irving Clerk. Frank Mervine,
Franklyn Garrett and Miss Helen
williams.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
One Dead in Troin Wreck

ROME, Dec. 81 R,.-One person
was killed and 20 were seriously
injured today when fast passenger
train from Naples crashed into the
rear of another train near Cisterna,
about IS miles south of Rome.