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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-03
Questions andAnswers
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 ington, D, Q.
 @. How much electricity do small midget radios consume compared with large console sets?
 A. Midget sets average 55 watts per hour; large sets about ll5 watts.
 @. If ap amendment to the Con- stitution is proposed, denying the right of any president to serve three terms, will the people have chance to vote on the question? A. The Constitution provides tx-o ways to ra!ify ar Amendment 10 the institution, one by the State legislatures and the other by sps- cial conventions, in t!:rec-f3rl ths of the Stctc~ The former method Was used ID t9 sae ti.ue of the repeGl-of the Prohicit:on Amendment, tut the rezclaticn foc Repeal Amendment, adoctei by Congress, declared srecl- fically that it ,,,ilstA be ratified by conventions. Consequently fl that method is prescribed for an anti- third term anacdinent, clecsions will be held for delegates to the conventions, and in 1ilosc elections the people could express .:1eir pref erence either fer CT agatdct t!le amendment.
 o. What proportion of gcods pro- duced in the United States are cz- ported? a
 A. In 1887. the exports Of nov able goods purchased ir the United States amounted to 7.8 per cent.
 o. Please describe a method for taking the moisture out of air.
 A. One method is to pass the air over a substance which will readily absorb the moisture. Materials com- monly used are unslacked lime, com- mon salt, and calcium chloride. A second method depends on the effect of temperature changes on humidity and consists of cooling moist air until it becomes saturated, and then cooling it further by contact with cold surface until it gives up some of the moisture. It is then heated so as to hold more moisture, but since it has already deposited certain amount of moisture, this capacity is lessened and the relative humidity is not as great as it was before.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
DREW PEAR s o N ROBERT S. ALLEN

WASHINGTON 3Wha England
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Whats s Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven cf these fest questions? Turn to back pagc for answers.
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Take should not be used for study. Say, we studied Spanish;" not, i've took Spanish"
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Labor Board May Bring Showdown
 In Bridges Fight
BY BRUCE CATION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrrespOndentl

Washington, Dec. 3.-A showdown on the long-standing west coast Harry Bridges case" is just about due.
 There are several ingredients.
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Q. How is the number of presi- dential electors determined?
 A. The Constitution provides that the number of presidential electors from each state shall equal the num- Der of senators and representatives from that state.
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.
HOW TO GET A JOB AND
 HOLD IT

Why are some men successful and others not?
 There is of course @ vast differA ence ir people and in the quality of
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Q. Does a falling body continue to gain speed indefinitely?
 A. Only when falling in a vacuum. Objects falling in air gain speed up to certain maximum, at which point 1t is limited by the re- Sistance of the air.
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o. Bound the State of Montana.
 A. On the north, Canada; on the east, North and South Dakota; on the south, Wyoming and Idaho; on the west, Idaho.
 o. What nationality is Madam Frances Perkins, secretary of labor, and her husband?
 A. Madam Perkins is an Amer ican of English and Scottish descent born in Boston, Mass. Her husband, Paul Caldwell Wilson is an Amer ican of English descent, born in Chicago, H.:
 @. What keeps the earth'S gravi- tational attraction from drawing the moon to it?
 A. The counteracting force of the moons revolution around the earth, just as the earth's revolution around the sun keeps the suns gravitational attraction from drawing the earth to it.
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FDR PREes CONFERENCE

A little lady named May Craig, reporter for Maine newspapers. is one of the few women who regu- iarly attend White House press conferences, and one Of the most
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@. How much electricity do small midget radios consume compared with large console sets?
 A. Midget sets average 55 watts per hour: large sets about 1l5 watts.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
SEAFORD

Superintendent W. B. Thornburgh
Of the SeafOrd Schools, recently ten
dered his resignation to the local
! Board of Education. effective at the
end of the present school term, June
80. The board has accepted his res
! ignation.
Mr.. ThOrnburgh is serving his l4th
year as superintendent He came
here from Dover. where he was SUI
peFintendent of the schools for i've
years, and has seen the school here
grow from an old dilapidated, frame
building 10 the present naodeFn as
room building with about 1000 pu-
pills Mr. Thornburgh recently I'M
ished a new home here where he and
his wife will reside.
The local Izaak Walton Club held
its annual banquet at the Hotel Sus-
sex this Tuesday night William
Denney. Of Wilmington. an old time
vaudeville star. was in charge OF
the entertainment, and W. #. Lon
gendyke of SeafOrd. was the toast
master.
: The Business and Professional Wo-
mems Club viii! present a play to
raise funds for charitable aud civic
activities.
Mrs. Anthony Rizzo, formerly Miss
Sara Elba Thompson, daughter OF
MIR. and Mrs. c. C. Thompson. Of
New Haven, Conn, is spending sew
eral days with her parenla-
Mrs. Howard i. Galloway of West
SeafOrd is guest OF Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Felix dupont, in DelRay, Florida.
~ -gsQ
an employee OF the SeafOrd News for
30 years and foreman for 20 years,
was stricken fatally while engaged
IN printing Of the publication last
Thursday night and died about noon
last Friday
A son OF the late George II. and
Martha Moore, he was active in Sea-
ford fIateFnal organizations He is
survived by his wife, the former
Nettie Johnson, OF SeafOrd. aud
three children. Mrs. Ezra W. Hill,
James Moore and Mrs. Harold Gibbs.
all of Seaford, and Edward Moore of
Dover; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Mad
dOx, Salisbury. and Mrs. Addie Dean
OF New Castle.
Funeral services were held Mon
day from the Watson Funeral Home
in charge Of the Rev. ]. L. johnson.
lnterment was made in the Odd
Fellows cemetery.
Mrs. Jos. H. Cox and sister-in-law.
Mrs. Cabel A. Fine, were visitors in
Philadelphia last week.
Miss Gwendolyn jackson, student
at Cooper Union, has resumed her
stndies after spending several days
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Huey
Jackson in West Seaford.
DR.. and Mrs. J. E. Dunn of West
Seaford started the construction Of
a duplex home on Hall street last
week
Mrs Ralph II. Longbottom of
Philadelphia. has returned to her
homo in Philadelphia after spending
several days here with her mother,
Mrs. Emma Dawson on King street.
Jimmie Marine and Frank Cannon
are on their vacation in Florida.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
BY CHARLOTTE SPENCER
Nsbiioaisf for the STATE BOARD
Of Health
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BEGIN TO PLAN A GARDEN NOW
Now is q good time to plan for
summer gardens. This is the time
OF year when Delaware meals be-
come mostly bread, potatoes, beans,
pork and desserts. Vegetables are
conspicuous by their absence. House
wives begin TO look ahead to an
abundance OF fresh vegetables from
their gardens. Many Of us resolve
that a year from now will find our
shelves better stocked with canned
fruits and vegetables left over from
our summer abundance.
Rural school lunches profit greatly
from gardens planned especially for
them. Some schools plant gardens
on the school grounds. Other COM
munities find it easier to care for
school gardens planted and tended
by the children at home. Parent
teacher associations and other COM
munity groups can provide by sum-
mer canning much Of the food need
ed for nourishing winter lunches.
Leafy green vegetables rank next
to milk and eggs IN the list Of pro-
tective foods. CollaFds, kale, turnip
greens, chard, beet greens and spin
ach Offer such a variety that each
family should find o few faVOrites.
Tomatoes occupy q special place
because fresh or canned they can
take the place INTENTIONALLY of the
more expensive oranges and other
citrus fruits.
The Extension Division of the Uni
Versity Of Delaware has information
about gardens. Write for some Of
these bulletins and begin planning
now for gardens and winter meals.
The bulletins available are, The
Farm Garden" "Home Gardens"
and "4-H Vegetable Gardening"
Address your requests to the Exten-
sion Division, University Of Della
ware, or TO your county agents
office.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15

/ Poor put upon Mexico! She's brOk-
en-hearted now because the oil COM
panies she despOiled have charged
her with a denial of justice. 'IIow
can they be so unfair?' she asks in
hurt confusion. How can there be
denial OF justice for who knows
what the seized oil properties were
wOrth?' she asks.
After thus confusing the issue,
Mexico adds gmilelessly that she's
now valuing these properties and is
ready TO pay the amount she decides
they are worth (althOugh she hardly
has two thin dimes TO rub one
against the otherJ therefore there's
no occasion for diplomatic interpO-
sltiOn until the value is fixed.
So much for MeXicO's bland, child
like claims. Now let's look at the
record and see whether or not there
has been denial of justice. The
record shows that:
(a) The Mexican Supreme Court
has stated that the constitutional
safeguards for the prompt payment
of property appropriated have no re-
laiiOn to the oil companies because
their property was so vast that Mex
leo could not make prompt payment
In everyday words this means
simply that Mexico holds grand lar
cency to be legel. III you steal
enough it's Okay; but if you are Il
piker thief you break the law" she
says.
CD According to the Court, in its
decision, under the presidential de-
cree and the appropriation law OF
1886. payment could be made out Of
an unstated percentage OF the pro-
eeeds of oil to he extracted in the
future from the properties of the ex-
prOpriated companies. and that If
these proceeds proved insufficient.
the companies would then have a
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
Dishonesty In
Latin Government

/ claim against the Government
By the record Mexico fOrcibly sciz-
ed the fOreign-Owned oil properties
twenty-five months and three weeks
ago. She has operated them during
this period. producing more than
| 100, 600 ,000 barrels of oil from the
wells drilled with foreign capital on
land bought with foreign capital and
geOlOgized with foreign skill. And
she has transported this oil through
pipe lines built by foreigners and
placed it in storage foreigners built.
OF loaded it into tankers with for
eign built loading racks. In all OF
these twenty-five months and three
weeks Mexico has not rendered the
fOreig nOwners one cent In payment
for their properties. This constitutes
clear-cnt denial of Justice accord
ing to the pOstulate laid down by
Secretary of State Hull. who said in
note 10 Mexico on July 2l. 1888
that:
"a. the America nOwners whose
properties have been taken, are left
not only without present payment,
hut without assurance that payment
will be made within any forseeable
time.
THE taking of property without
compensation is not appropriation.
1t is confiscatiOn. II is no less con-
fiscatiou because there may be an
expressed intent TO pay at some time
in the future.
IF il were permissible for a gov
ernment to take the private property
of the citizens of other countries and
pay for it as and when, in the judg-
ment of that government, its eco
nOmic circumstances and its local
legislatiO nmay perhaps permit, the
safeguards which the constitutions
of most countries and established in
ternatiOnal law have sought 10 pro-
vide would be illusOry."
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
HARRISON

! Mrs. WoOdfOrd Steward was the
/ guest from Sunday until Wednesday
of her aunt, Miss Lizzie Hart, OF
Georgetown
Miss Mildred Warrington under
went an operation for appendicitis
Saturday morning in the Milford
Memorial Hospital. She is getting
along as well as can be expected.
Miss Evelyn Lewis, OF Shovel.
Md, spent this week with her Sis
ter, Mrs. Rudolph kOeppel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pepper en-
teFtained the following guests re-
Gently at a turkey dinner: Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Hudson and son, Of
near Lewes. Mrs. Annie Pepper. Mrs.
Edgar Morris and daughter. Mr.,
and Mrs. Laurence Mason and Mrs.
Fannie Davidson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Rust returned
home on Saturday after spending the
latter part OF the winter in Florida.
MFR. and Mrs. Robert Veasey enter
tanned on Sunday last Mr.. and Mrs.
S. p. Hudson and son Paul. Mrs.
Cora Prettymaf and Mrs. Gladys
Wilson and son.
Arthur Ewes, of Philadelphia. spent
the weekend with Mrs. Yirgie Veasey
and family.
Mrs. Richard Hudson is in the
Beebe Hospital receiving treatment.
Her friends wish a speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Rust enter
tanned at a duck dinner on Sunday
last Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Rust, of
rear MillsbOrO. Mr.. and Mrs. Ananias
Hickman aud Mfr. and Mrs. Preston
Hickman OF this place.
The baby OF MIR. and Mrs. Roland
Brown is suffering at this time
trOm bronchial trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Mason en-
tertained at a turkey dinner last
Saturday the following guests: MIR.
and Mrs. Laurence Sipple, OF Mills
bOrO. Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilson, OF
near LeWes. Arthur Ewes, of Phila-
delphia. MIR. and Mrs. Robert Veasey.
MIR. aud Mrs. William Prettyman
and George Rust, and in the evening
welcomed Mrs. ]. Il. George, Miss
Virginia George. Samuel Hastings
and Charles WagamOn. Mrs. George
and Mr.. Ewes sang several fine selec-
tons, with Mrs. Mason ut the piano.
Miss George also presented several
pieces on her pianO-aceordian. At
a late hour refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served.
The funeral OF Asher Campbell. an
aged farmer, who died from pneu-
mOnia. was held at his late home
Friday afternoon. with Rev. Ewing
Interment was made in
the CoOlspring cemetery.
The funeral Of Wash West, aged
IS. who died suddenly while unload
ing a truck Wednesday afternoon,
was held at his home Sunday after
noon. with the Rev. Omar Jones Off !
Interment was made in the
Union Cemetery, GEORGETOWN.
The funeral OF Edward Veasey
was held in Carey's funeral parlor,
Thursday morning at
II, with the Rev. George officiating
He leaves four daughters, four sons
and widow, Mrs. Virgie Warrington 1
Veesey. InteEmenG was made in
tIarbes0n ncemetery.
Robert Veasey and s. p. Hudson
called ON Hollis Dodd Sunday after
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
tcoalInusa 10 - 10

Forty feed dealers of the county
members OF the State Board Of Agri-
culture. and representatives OF the
Agricultural Extension realize the
necessity OF relieving these crowded
conditions as much as possible in
order that local growers can stay In
the buslnesss.with prices that have
prevailed for the past four months.
Details OF the campaign to reduce
the number of chicks per stove may
be obtained from any OF the follow
ing cooperating dealers, the county
agents Office in Georgetown. or DIR.
l.. NJ. Green, Frankford:
Diamond State Roller Mills, Mil
ten; Georgetown Milling Company,
Dodds Feed Company. F. L. Dodd.
Georgetown; w. B. Mears and Son,
TuIf Brothers. Seaford; Simpson
supply, Bridgeville; Hearn and Raw
iins, Seaford; O: A. Newton and Son.
Bridgevllle Flour and Feed Company.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
ALWAYS READY TO LISTEN
OO0
JANETTE sTEvENsoN MURRAY

JANETTE STEVENSON MURRAY
THAT guy next door can sure play
ball." said Ned as he hung around
the kitchen watching his mother fix
the salad. Then he went on talking
about the ball game and how the
new hoy had made a home run.
"Oh, go away now. Ned See, you
are in my way" answered Mother.
But / wanted to tell you about the
new boy"
what new bOy?"
"Ah, shucks! That's always the
way. Mother, you never seem to
hear a word ] say. Why can't you
listen?'
I'm so busy; but tell me once
more, and I'll listen this time"
Ned went over the home run again.
Who was il made the home rum"
his mother interrupted absent-mind-
edly as she finished cutting the eel
cry. "Oh. yes. the boy next door, OF
course. Now go on" and she began
dlclng apples.
But Ned gave his mother an eXas-
perating look, shrugged his should
ers and slipped out OF the kitchen.
The next afternoon, Ned's mother
was invited TO a neighbOr's for tea.
Some women were discussing their
high school children. One said that
the day after a party, her Barbara
was always anxious to talk about the
interesting things that had happen
ed-her partners, the other girls
dresses. what this one had said and
that one. what they did after, the
dance.
"Oh. isn't that interesting!" ex-
claimed another woman. My daugh-
ter is in the same crowd but she
never tells me a thing. How do you
get Barbara 10 talk? DO you ask
her?"
mo. I've found il hest to wait until
she wants 10 discuss things. I'll con-
fess / am eager to hear all that con-
Germs her nowadays. although when
she was small II bored me to listen
to her. I believe this disposition to
take little part in the interests of
our six TO fOurteen-year-Old chill
dren is an almost universal failing
of parents SOmeway, we do not real
iZe that unless we listen TO our young
children, We seldom have a chance 10
listen TO these same children when
they are adOleseents, Just when we
are most anxious for their confidence
and feel that they are growing away
from us-perhaps even losing faith.
had to learn this from experience.
As ] said. when Barbara was O little
girl. Weafied OF her constant chat
ter and tried to 60 on reading. plan
ming my new dress, or arranging the
meals. but lust the minute I began
ID an absent-inlnded man
ner. she would stop talking and slip
away"
That's exactly what Ned did last
night when he tried to tell me what
the boy next door did at their bali
game" thought Ned's mother to her
self. when he found that ! didn't |
know a word he had said. he just
stopped talking and disappeared. II
] listen 10 all he has 10 say now.
wonder IL he'll want TO tell Inc about |
his affairs when he is sixteen?"
And then Barharas mothers voice |
broke in upon her musings !
You see when we pay 4 price we (
are apt 10 get returns; the price we |
pay for our ehild's confidence is be-
ing always ready to listen attentive
Iy when he wants to talk.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
HOLLYVILLE

Mr.. aud Mrs. Clarence Wilson, of
near Lewes, we're the guests OF Mrs.
Nora Prettyman on Sunday.
MIR. aud Mrs. Rodney Wilgus. Of
Georgetown. were guests OF MIR. and
Mrs. Otis Joseph on Sunday.
Basil Perry and son William were
guests of the formers mother. Mrs
Ida Perry, on Sunday.
A birthday party WAS given TO
Albert Prettyman, on Wednesday.
March s. by his children. Mir. and
Mrs. Joseph Prettyman and son.
Cake and punch were served as re-
fTeshments.
Oliver Long, who has been suffer-
ing from an infested leg for the past
two years, is completely cured.
Savage Brothers, who operate q
large saw mill, have moved their out
fit to the large tract OF timber they
recently purchased from WriXham
McIlVaine.
George B. MeCOlley. who has been
suffering from neuralgia and arth-
ritis, is somewhat improved at this
writing.
Mira Nora Stevenson while carry
ing a hneket OF feed TO her chicken
hOnse recently, was attacked by a
large rooster and had her hand Sc
verely laeerated by its spurs.
Don't forget the Ladies' Aid to he
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
William d. Burton on Saturday eve
ming. March 16. A covered dish sup
per will be served. Price 25c per
plate.
Senator's Harry ]. Anderson and
Clifford r. Burton, of this commun-
ity. have been drawn for petit jurors
for the Indian River District TO serve
at Georgetown for the April term
o. the Sussex County Court
John Stevenson has begun the
Of a new chicken house.
Joseph Prettyman has equipped
his new dairy barn with a modern
electric milk cooler.
The new concrete bridge over Bur-
tons Pond has been completed and
was open TO trafile for a short time.
It was soon learned that the till adj
joining the approaches could not
Withstand heavy traffic, and Il was
again temporarily closed.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
More Room Produces
Better QudlityBroilers

BridgeviIle: HenIopen Feed Com
pany. Lewes; w. S. Williams Com
pany, A. NJ. Lynch, Selbyville Manu-
facturing Company. Roland Beau
champ. A. f. McCabe. Selbyville;
Roy Steelman. Frank Johnson. Steen
Brothers. DagsbOrO; Sussex Milling
Company, MlllsborO Feed Company,
John Cordrey, Louder Mitchell. New
England Hatchery and Company,
MillsbOro: O. II. Campbell Company,
TinmOns and Williams, Chandler &
McCabe, Truitt & Steeiman, Dags-
boro: NJ. d. Yerkes, Laurel Flour
Mills. II. 4. DickersOn, Laurel; Ger
tha Waller. SeafOrd; Poultry Supply
Company. ElwOOd Chapman. Laurel;
j. X. White. G. W. Sparrow, J. l..
Beauchamp SOls, Delmar; Asa BEN
nett. Hudson & Mccormick. Clifton
W. Brasure. Eastern States Ex-
change. FrankfOFd Feed Company,
B. G. Cannon. Shore Tuxedo Com
pGny, Frankford.