davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
SENIOR CLASS PLAY AT
CAESAR RODNEY 2lsT
"The Lucky Accidents" Hilarious
Comedy, win Be Staged

The senior class OF Caesar Rodney
High School will present the play,
The Lucky Accident" presented by
special arrangement with Samuel
French. ON Thursday, March 21 at
o'clock p. m. In the school audi
tOliun.
The east of characters includes:
Mrs. Humbird Hunter, who collects
souvenirs, Reta Mcguire; Humbird
Hunter, her husband, who can't col
leet anything, Frank Thomas; Fern
Hunter, their daughter, who is ac-
cu5ed Of collecting everything. Fran
ces Craig; Honey Hunter, their
youngest daughter, who collects Sc
Crets, Betty Defibaugh; Amelda
Ames, hOusemaid, who can't collect
her salary. Myrtle Jones; Nella Law
son. who collects magazine coupons,
Alice Foreman; Grace Pike, who coli
leets evidence. Charlotte Virdin: Lot
Ia Noyes. society matr0n. Beatrice
George; Leslie NOyes, who collects
bumps. Richard Clark; Homer Me-
ginni5s, a wealthy business man,
Robert Wall; Walton Knox. an ego
tistieal young man, Jimmy Down
ham.
The committees working to help
present the play are: Stagecraft,
Raymond Bell, chairman: costumes,
Frances Swain, chairman; prOmpter,
Delema Killea, makeup, Eleanor
Spence. chairman; tickets, Adele La
we're, chairmaH; between acts, AL
lene Courtney. chairman; carpenters,
George Barnett. chairman; property
Doris Tarburton. chairman; adver-
tislng. Jimmy DOwnham, chairman;
publicity, Mae Neidig, chairman.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
CARDPARTY FOR
HOSPITAL HERE
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
Fifth Annual Affair viii
Be Held In The Milford
Community Building.
WILL BE GALA AFFAIR
Proceeds viii Be Used By
Ladies' Auxiliary to Aid
In Hospital UpIkeep.

Friday evening, April s. the La
dies Auxiliary Of the Milford Mem
Orial Hospital will hold its fifth an
nual card party IN the Varney Audi
tOrium In the Milford Community
Building.
All those who have ever attended
one Of these benefit parties will
know what to expect at this years
event. II is always an evening pack
cd full of fun and with lots of new
surprises, all for the admission fee
Of fifty cents.
The plus" value which you get
from attending the party. is the sat
isfactiOn Of knowing that your half
dollar admission is helping the Hos
pital Ladies' Auxiliary to contribute
directly to the maintenance Of the
local hospital.
The date for this years card party
has been carefully selected so as
not to conflict with any other similar
event in the ncighbOring towns. Each
year there are always many groups
who come from these neighbOring
towns TO assist in making this party
a huge success. and thereby cOntri-
butte directly to their hospital. Mil
ford people and people from the sur
rounding communities, reciprOeate
by attending similar affairs In the
other towns. Consequently. the date
of Friday evening. April s, has been
carefully selected for the cOnven-
ienee of all.
Anyone coming either singly or In
couples will find coHgenial company.
Tables will be made up at the party.
For those who prefer to play within
their own group, they may do SO by
making up at least two tables. II
they would like to have these tables
reserved in groups Of two or more
please cali, either Mrs. Frank r.
Grier or Mrs. Irwin G. Burton.
Refreshments will be served at the
conclusion Or the party.
Last year the party was the out
standing social event of the year in
Milford. with over 500 people attend
ing from all parts Of the Peninsula.
Tickets for the party are now on
sale at Pettyjohn's drug store and
Miss Elizabeth Stidham's.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
SOCIETY EDITOR
OF CHRONICLE is
SEEKING PURSE

Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend,
society editor Of the Milford
Chronicle, lost her purse
shortly after leaving the Plaza
Theatre, following the concert
last Sunday evening. Monday
morning the purse was found
by a member of the street de-
partment and turned over to
City Manager Charles e. Ban
ming. Mr.. Banning placed the
purse on the front seat of his
car, intending to take 1t to Mrs.
Townsend. While parked on
the street, his car door was
opened and the purse remov-
ed. The identity of the person
who removed the purse is
known to the police, but at the
instance Of Mrs. Townsend no
arrest mas been made. Mrs.
Townsend stating that she
trusts that it win not be nee
essary to resort to law to have
her purse returned.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
KENT DAIRYMEN TO
MEET AT CAPITAL
J. Prank GOrdy, Russell Z. Wilson
In Charge Of Session March 81

For the purpose of discussing the
use of homegrown feeds In the dairy
ration, and pasture Improvement
methods in the economic production
of milk. a countrywide dairy meet
ing will be held on Friday evening
March 81. at 1880 o'clock, In the
Dover High School building. This is
the meeting which had to be pOstpon-
ed twice within the past two months
because of heavy snow storms and
the blocked condition of many coun-
try roads.
Plans for this meeting have been
made by Russell E. Wilson In coop
GRAFTON with ]. Frank Gordy. voca-
tiOnal agriculture instructor. and the
Kent County Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association. The subject of
homegrown feeds will be discussed
by Prof. T. A. Baker of the Depart
ment of Animal Husbandry of the
University of Delaware. and H. Wal
lace Cook, past-president Of the Del
aware HOlstein- -Frieshian AssOcia-
tion, will present a series Of illus
trated slides showing some Of the
grass mixtures and special fertiliza-
ton methods in pasture improve
ment
The program will include also a
sound film entitled. when the Cows
Come Home" which features the
value OF herd improvement work In
determining the most productive and
non-profltable cows in the dairy
herd. This film was prepared by the
Bureau of Dairy Industry Of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. and Il calls attention to the
economic results which are obtained
by those dairy farmers who are mem-
bers Of these herd improvement as
sociations.
In addition to members of the
county organization, all other dairy
men In Kent county are being invited
to attend this meeting on March 81.
and to take part In the discussions
which will be OF interest to all milk
producers.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
HOLD AGRICULTURAL
CREDIT MEET TONIGHT
Kent County Session WIN Be Held
In Legislative Building At Dover

Within the past few years the fed.
eral government has instituted a
number of agricultural credit organ
izations which are available to those
farmers who desire additional funds
for the purchasing of land, refinanc-
ing farms. and the buying of seed,
feed, fertilizer as we'll as live stock
and farming equipment.
According to the large number of
inquiries being received at the coun-
ty extension Office, and at the Offices
OF these various agricultural credit
organizations. it seems that many
farmers are confused regarding the
kind of loan for which they should
apply to most adequately fit their
needs. In view of this situation,
therefore. a countrywide meeting
will be held on Friday evening,
March Is, at 1880 o'clock. in the bud
get room in the state legislative
building in Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
BATTERY 'F' HONORS
FORMER CAPTAIN
Captain A. $. Summers, Milford,
rendered Banquet

Captain Anthony S. Summers OF
Milford. was signally hOnOred when
he was the guest Of honor at ban
quet given by the members Of Bat
tefy r, Milford. in the new state ar
mory.
Captain Summers has retired as
commanding officer of the company.
His old company presented him with
a gold watch. Inscribed on the back
OF the watch was from the mem-
bers Of your old command, 1891
1889"
Captain Summers was one OF the
officers instrumental IN establishing
the new battery in Milford, and at
the time Of its inception was COM
missi0ned lieutenant, and later pro-
NOTED to captaincy.
Captain Summers also secured for
Milford the new armoFy, and brought
the battery up to Its present high
standard Of efficiency.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
TRUCK DRIVER
Held NEGLIGENT
INDUS TRAGEDY
P. r. Christian Admits To
CorOner's Jury That He
Was Asleep AT Wheel.
HELD IN $5,OOO.OO BAIL
Twenty Of Twenty-nine
Children In Bus Injured
By Terrific Impact.
HELD IN $5,OOO.OO BAIL

A corOner's jury Monday of this
week returned a verdict that the
truck-school bus crash on March &,
in which Elwood Williams. 13 years
old, of near Cheswold, was fatally in
jured, was due to negligence on the
part of the truck driver, Philip Rob
ert Christian, Is years old, Of Buck
aroe, Va. Twenty of the 20 other
children in the bus were injured.
Christian testified he was asleep
at the wheel when the truck plough
ed into the rear of the bus, halted
on the dual highway a mile and a
half north of Dover. He will be ar
raigned next week on a manslaugh-
ter charge, according to police He
is being held in Kent county jail in
default of $4,000 bail.
Died OF Broken Back
Williams. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Williams, died in Kent Gen
eral Hospital two hours after the
accident from a fractured vertabrae
and internal injuries.
William Scarborough, Sc years
old, of Cheswold. driver of the bus,
told the jury that he had halted along
the highway to pick up three girl pu-
pills and was preparing to proceed on
the route when the crash occurred,
at about 1920 a. m. Williams, he said
was seated in the rear of the bus.
The impact was so terrific that
the superstructure of the bus was
torn away from the chassis.
DIR. E. F. Smith, acting secretary
of the State Board of Health, whO
was behind the truck. testified that
he first went to the state police
station to report the accident and
then returned to the scene to aid
in taking the injured to the hos
pitaI and their homes.
Other Witnesses Testify
Other witnesses we're Calvin
B0ggs. passenger in the bus State
Police Of7cer Outten, who was
among the fifst to reach me aeales
and DR.. H. V. Wilson, who attended
williams
Coroner Herman johnson conduct
ed the inquest, which was held at
Dover, and Deputy Attorney General
William J. Storey was in charge of
the examination for the state. H. G.
Taylor was foreman of the jury, and
Mrs. Helen NJ. Singleton was secrel
tary.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
MILFORD FOLK ENJOY
GONE WITH THE WIND
Picture Now Showing At Plaza
EllcltS Much Favorable Comment

Comment of the most favorable
character has been expressed by
those who have attended the Plaza
Theatre, Milford, this week, and seen
the much heralded picture Gone
With the Wind" The picture as pre-
sented has even surpassed the most
vivid conception and anticipation of
those who have been fortunate
enough to witness its production.
Milford audiences are critical and
know good attraction Of the screen
and their comments are much sought
by those who desire to weigh the
merit of a production.
A few of the remarks of those
quallllsd 10 Judge who attended The
first night at Milford follow:
William V. Gfier ~ think II the
best picture ever produced. and l
liked it very much"
Miss Elizabeth Carlisle: "Splen-
did! l have read the book. and was
not bit disappointed. would like
TO see it again"
c. d. HOlzmueIler: Remarkable
show, and very we'll produced"
Mrs. Emma l.. Grimes: "The pic
ture was wonderful. 1t was really
exceptionally good"
Mrs. /. ID. Short: "Thc picture was
perfectly wonderful, and l was very
much pleased"
Former Senator l. d. Short:
Splendid, and worth while"
Mrs. John II. MulhOlland: Il have
read the book and the production
was very good, indeed. | find il true
to history.
Robert II. Yerkes. managing edi-
tor Milford Chronicle: "A great pic
ture, historically correct"
w. l.. Dufendach, OF Houston: Il
sure liked the picture. | have read
the book and found the picture run
ming true to form. II was pleasure
to see II.
Captain Anthony S. Summers: "Of
historical data and worth seeing"
]. p. Steward, press correspond
ent: ITO mis- sit will be a regret"
Edward M. Davis: Fine! Worth
seeing. Far above my expectation"
Edward c. Evans. manager of the
Plaza Theatre: BEST picture l ever
flashed on the screen
ITpm 70 Page ,. Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
GIANTS MAIL
OUT CONTRACTS
Business Manager Says
That Players Have Been
Contacted.

This week Business Manager Frank
r. GrieT of the Milford Giants an
nOunced that contracts have been
sent to the following players and
several are already in and signed:
Harold Ball, catcher. born March 16.
1920 He lives tn Brooklyn, ". Y. He is
$40 and weighs 175 pounds. bats and
throws righthanded. After two years Of
sandlot baseball. Harold began his pro-
fessiOnal career with Milford in 1893.
Frank Carretta, pitcher, horn May
IL. 1920, at New Rochelle, n. Y. He now
lives in Briarcliff Manor. N. Y. Carretta
Is 6-11s i'm height. weighs l7l pounds.
and bats and throws righthanded. Frank
was taken to the Polo Grounds for
tryout upon recommendation by Charles
Farrell, vice president of the Central
Hanover Bank and Trust Co The young
ster qualified and was taken TO Baton
Rouge with the Giants for spring train
ing.
Der II, lg2O, at West Brighton. staten
Island. ". Y. where he still lives, He is
6-1 In height, weighs 172 pounds. and
bats and throws righthanded.
Everitt Fagan. pitcher, born at Pot
tersville, n. j., January 13. 1913. He now
lives In Gladstone. ". j. He is 6 foot in
height, weighs l75 pounds, and bats and
throws righthanded.
FFanklyn Faske, pitcher. born in
Brooklyn, where he stiH lives. on May
81. 1919. He is G-iiz in height, weighs
lsO pounds, aud bets and throws Fiaiat
handed. Faske played FOR Brooklyn
Technical High School and the Flat
bush Greys He attended Colgate Uni
versity for while. He reported to Mil
ford toward the end Of last season.
Harold Gruber. shortstOp. born in
Brooklyn. where he still lives. November
"a. 1915. He is SIS in height, weighs 160
pounds. bats and throws riehthanded.
After graduating from Ohio State Uni
veTsity in 1887. Hal played with Blythe
vile. Arkansas. He was transferred to
Milford in 1888 and played here again in
1899.
Francis Cunning, catcher. born in Sag
Harbor, L. l.. where he still lives. Jam
uary n. 1919 He is 6-1h in height.
weighs 1870 pounds. and bats and throws
righthanded. He was with Milford last
year.
Harold Harrigan, shortstop, third
base. born in Brooklyn. where he still
lives. March IS. 1915. He is So in height.
weighs l60 pounds. and bats and throws
LTurn N Page ,. PieaseI
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
H. G. HASTINGS HEAD
OF GAME COMMISSION
Z. s. Webb Named TO Succeed r. G.
Wilson As Chief Warden

Harley g. Hastings of Bethel, Sus-
sex county, was elected president Ol
Commissioners at a reorganization
the State Board of Game and Fish
meeting at Dover last Monday. Will
bur d. Wilds, Kent county, was nam
ed vice president.
e. Sherman Webb of MacdonOugh
New Castle county. was selected as
chief game warden to succeed Ralph
@. Wilson, who recently submitted
his resignation, ffective April l. Mr.,
Webb Is a former member Of the
Legislature.
MIR. Hastings was appointed to the
board last year by Governor Richard
G. McMullen to succeed G. Clifton
Maull, Of Lewes.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, March 8 10 Tues-
day, March 1s, Inclusive

Charles J. Eolzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the fol-
lowing atmospheric conditions In this
vicinity, from Wednesday, March S,
to Tuesday, March 10, inclusive;
Tern o,.u fr.,ra4
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15
7 NHNNI UIUI 2
MAY Min IA
Total Rainfall

Total Rainfall .. None
The following winds and ccndi
tions prevailed during the came
period:
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-15

ITuTn 10 rage }, PIe4seI
Evening star., 1940-04-27
Grapes of Wrath
Now at Columbia

No film for the faint Of heart or
the escapist who would have the
cinema gloss over nfe's cruel
realities, THE Grapes of Wrath" is
as distinguished q photoplay as you
have seen in many seasons and it
is a pleasure to find it now at Loew's
Columbia for a third week on F
street. There is nothing pretty
about this picture but there is
honesty in every inch of it. It
breaches no sermons; merely points
reportorially at the plight of those
migrants uprooted from their lives
by the busters" 1t solves not the
problem, as John Steinbeck did not
attempt to solve 1t in his novel from
which the film was adapted.
The drama of '"The Grapes of
Wrath" will get a savage hold on
you and an unrelenting one, but it
still is a motion picture you should
have the courage to face. Director
John Ford, Script Writer Nunnally
johnson and the players principally
Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John
Carradine, Doris Bowden and
Charles GrapewelD have endowed
their translation of Steinbeck's s
dark and brooding tragedy with an
integrity all too rare. The result
Is a photoplay which is so close to
life, at least to deplorable part of
life In our times, that you will not
soon forget it. HIM.
Evening star., 1940-04-27

Really Mr.. Power should be happy
with Goth Century-Fox for permit
ting him this visit with the other
half, this excursion into the realm
Of the gangster, the district attorney
and the night club torch singer. For
Mr.. Power wears with the same ease
with which he wears his we'll
tailored tweeds this role which al
lows him to be his own age in his
own time. One almost can believe
the young historian when he comes
to us as Johnny Apollo; that is, one
can believe him as much as one can
believe anything about prison
melodrama which is not too far re-
moved from the routine.
And Johnny Apollo" is not so far
removed from the routine that it
would need it's role, skates to get
back 1t Is about father who is
convicted as an embezzler and his
son who turns to crime the more
easily to arrange a parole. Father
and son spend considerable time at
odds for various reasons, but finally
after much harsh language, q roar
ing battle sufficient gunplay and
an attempted prison break they see
eye to eye. The bright vista of the
future stretches out toward Miss
Lamour.
Edward Aronld is the father
Evening star., 1940-04-27
AdOlescent
Woes Fill
Seventeen
Jackie Cooper in
Harrington Film
At the Met

Those serious problems Of the
soul, the heart and the purse Of the
adolescent have been made less q
mystery day by day since the i'm
mense popularity of Andy Hardy
first made itself known. BY this
time even the most mature movie
goer has become vastly familiar
again with the forgotten first pangs
of puppy love and the kindred emo
tions and financial harassment
which it entails. So it should be no
surprise that Seventeen" the film
version of the Booth Harrington
story which is the Metropolitan s
new attraction, comes to us as slight
ly less than fresh and sparkling.
It's engaging enough, but the
bloom has been taken off the ad-
ventures of Willie Baxter-just an
other case of the original turning
out to be an imitator of its imi-
tators. Willie is turned from his
orderly pursuits by the arrival in
town of the utterly sophisticated
Lola Pratt of Chicago. Miss Pratt
demands a more attractive automo-
bile than Willie's slogan-bedecked
menace to traffic; she demands an
escort in evening clothes. These
are serious problems to young man
swooning with the great love of his
life and not to be regarded with
humor in his presence.
But even though they are familiar
problems to us by this time, Director
Louis King and his players manage
them with enough spontaneity that
Seventeen" becomes rather a
pleasant diversion. Jackie Cooper
does top-notch job as the adoles-
cent Mr.. Baxter and Miss Virginia
Field is Lola to win the hearts of
the lads who flock to her front
porch and the shudders OF all who
look at her from the vantage point
of 18 years or more. Also there
are Norma Nelson as the brat Of a
sister. Ann Shoemaker as the under
standing mother and Otto Kruger
as the father who takes some time
to fathom his son. H. M.
Evening star., 1940-04-27
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showin6

NationalE"There Shall Be No
Night" new Robert E. Sherwood
play, with the Lunts: 2::30 and
$50 pm.
Palace - Strange Cargo" with
Clarke Gable and Joan Crawford ::
11:15 am, las, 4:25, 6:55 and 9:35
pm.
Earle-"The Doctor Takes Wife,
comedy d'mour: II am, 1:35, 4:20,
7:10 and 10 pm. Stage shows: 1910,
1925, Sis and 9:05 pm. q
Capitol - Johnny Apollo" T.
Power visits the ganglands: 10:45
am, LAO, 4:25. 7:10 and 1905 pm.
Stage shows: 12:45, $3.50, 6:15 and
9:10 pm.
Columbia - Grapes of WRATH >
screen translation of the Steinbeck
novel: Ills am, 1855, 4:25, 6:55 and
9:35 pm.
Keith's-"It's a Date, the new
Deanna Durbin adventure: 1l:15
am, 1:45, 4:20, 6:55 and $50 pm
March Of Time: las, 4, 6:35 and
9:10 pm.
Metropolitan -" Seventeen" Aim
version Of the Booth Harrington
story: II am, l:10, 800, $40, 7:30
and $40 pm.
Little-"Scarface," revival of the
NUM- hit: II am, 12:45, 2:35, 40
6:10, 7:55 and 9:45 pm.
Belasco-''Ecstasy," at II am,
1890. 2, $50, 5, $40. $40 and 9:40
pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts; con-
tinuous from 10 an.
Evening star., 1940-04-27

Brink was a comprehensive char
acter, albeit a fantastic one,
Heavens representative in Strange
Cargo" Is considerable of a bore,
nothing more. Both Gable and Miss
Crawford dispense with their high
standards of attractiveness In an
effort to forestall such q fate for
the good man lost among so many
bad people, but 1t is to no avail.
Never does the thing look quite
right, not even when Frank Bor-
zage's direction borrows heavily
from the method of suspense which
proved so highly successful in
"Mutiny On The Bounty"
A melodrama, Strange Cargo"
presents Gable as an unregenerate
inmate of a French penal institu-
ton in South. America. A thief. the
one thing he can steal in that en-
vironment is liberty and the whole
setup is devised to justify his ef-
forts In that direction. Never, how
ever, does 1t earn him any sympathy
for every turning of the story indi-
Gates that, as the unduly tough citi-
zen whose love for Miss Crawford
manages to be singularly unattrac-
tive, he Is getting no more than what
Is coming to him. Moreover, it
comes quite slowly, even tediously,
despite the efforts of Borzage's di-
rection to avoid just such a fate for
the story.
Strange Cargo" which presents
her as hard-boiled dancer in what
might be the business section Of
Devils Island-although it is not
stated as such-gives Miss Craw-
ford one Of those roles which re-
sembles the best things in her past.
Hard does she fall for the tough
convict played by Gable, but the
result is to make every one uncom-
Portable with her effort to make the
romance sound real. Never for 4
moment does he sound like a per-
son who was worthy OF the affection
which she bestows upon him, which.
OF course, Is not to the discredit of
Miss Crawford nearly so much as to
Lawrence Hazard, who made the
screen adaptation of Sales story.
On his part. Gable gives a great
deal OF energy to the role of the
convict who resists furiouslv the
effort Of the mysterious Cambreau
to make him see that he carries
within himself a resemblance to
man made in the image and likeness
OF Diety. As the leader of the escap-
ing criminals, he Is his usual mus
cular self, but he still lacks the
strength to carry a story which is
too heavily burdened with a spirit of
redemption that never comes off.
Cooperating fervidly with the
principals In the effort to make the
project a success are some of the
most capable persons available to
M-G-M. In the role of Cambreau,
who never is quite understood by
either his associates or the audience,
Ian Hunter gives a valiant perform
ance. So does Albert Decker. new
est of the Hollywood horror special
lists, in the part of the brutal Moll
Peter LORE as the craven stool
pigeon, and Eduardo Ciannelli as
the confused criminal who is trying
to find his spiritual self and con-
stantly failing right to the end.
None of them, however, succeeds
in rescuing the story from arti-
ficiality, nor the photography from
the same unfortunate effect.
Strange Cargo" simply does not
come off as the studio intended.