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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
U. S. Buying Peaches
From GrOUUerS In Kent
BetaOeen T enty A nd
Twenty-Five Carloads Are
Booked For Shipment

With the start of government
buying of Delaware peaches, be-
tween 20 and 25 carloads already
are booked for shipment, Wilmer T.
Derickson, director of the Bureau
of Markets, State Board of Agri-
culture, announced on Monday
night.
The price is 81 a bushel, F. o. B.,
for Elbertas, U. S. No. l, two inches
and up.
lThe purchasing arrangements,
which became effective Tuesday
and continued through Wednesday,
required that the peaches be load
ed in cars and that they meet gov
ernment requirements as to grade
and size.
Mr.. Derickson announced that
any grower desiring to sell should
contact him or Mr.. Horabin, gov
ernment representative with an Of
flee in the State Agriculture Build
ing in Dover. The peaches must be
inspected and certified as to grade.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Tornado Does Much
Havoc In Wilmington
Scores OF Valuable Trees Destroy
ed; Highways Cleared Of Debris

AS the work of clearing away
debris left by Mondays 91-miIe-an
hour tornado in northern Delaware
proceeded rapidly, damage in Will
mington and vicinity was estimated
at from 100000 to $3.50 900 by in
surance companies. Claims investi-
gators worked all day and into the
night inspecting damage to scores
of homes. The total loss due to the
tornados which also swept across
parts of nearby Pennsylvania and
New Jersey was estimated at we'll
over $1,0O0,O00.
A large proportion OF the damage
in Wilmington was to fine shade
and fruit trees, uprooted by the
wind, split or damaged, none of
which is covered in the ordinary
windstorm insurance policy.
Condition of Injured
The condition of Miss Carol
of East Orange. N. j., most
seriously injured of four persons
trapped in crushed automobile
when the Friends School garage
barn collapsed during the storm,
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Gov. Bacon Here
For orOFcialReuew
Of Milford Guard
Chief Executive Pleased
With Appearance Of
Company C; Adjutant
General p. r. Rinard
In Reviewing Stand.

Governor Walter W. Bacon on
Wednesday evening Of this week
officially inspected Company c of
the Delaware State Guard, on the
Milford Armory grounds.
Governor Bacon was aecompan-
led by Adjutant- General Paul r..
Rinard, and Lieut.-Col. ]. Paul
Heinel, Wilmington, commanding
officer Of the battalion which com
prises Company A, Wilmington,
Company B, Dover, and Company
c, Milford.
Also in the reviewing stand with
the Governor were, Major Victor
Clark of Wilmington, Captain w.
A. Gears, Captain Ralph E. Bucka-
lew, adjutant of Company A; Lieu
tenant-Col. William e. Lank, Major
James W. Cannon, Mayor Edward
c. Evans, Rep. Thomas E. Stayton
and Captain Dewey Quillen, COM
manding officer of the Dover COM
pany.
The company drilled on the
grounds outside the armory and the
reviewing officials stood on an en-
bankment nearby The review and
drill, originally scheduled to be
held on the spacious main drill
floor in the armory, was of neces-
sity held outside because of the
extensive improvements which are
being made to the interior of the
building. All the men have been
equipped with rifles but they have
not as yet received uniforms. For
the occasion the men all wore
white shirts, dark trousers, black
shoes and ties.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Hope For Speedy End
To Fort Miles Strike
Efforts Being Made To Settle Dis
pute As Chronicle Went To Press

Hope for speedy settlement of
the two-day strike of 600 union
workers tying up construction of
Fort Miles defenses at Lewes was
expressed Wednesday by Dept. of
Labor District Conciliator ]. Will
liams, Philadelphia, following a
conference with officials of the
Delaware Building Trades Council.
Mr.. williams said efforts are be-
ing made to bring about meeting
at Lewes Thursday afternoon to
effect the settlement. A board of
review may attend this meeting.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Rural Families List
Food AS First Expense
Survey Taken Among So Families
Shows Variations

Rural Delawareans must use
their food resources to better ad-
vantage If they are going to re-
gain the reputation of being better
fed than their city cousins"
states Miss Louise r. Whitcomb,
home management specialist for
the University of Delaware, who has
just completed a survey with Sc
farm families.
One of the startling discoveries
coming out of Miss Whitcomb's
survey is the revelation that these
families have been spending more
money for food than for any other
one item. The average yearly food
bill for a family of four was SPAS
not a sizeable figure for a city
family of four, but farm families
who have every chance, to produce
many items of food right at home
could likely do better. Miss Whit
comb finds from her survey that the
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Send Your Child Back
To School Healthy
State Board OF Health Seeks Par
ents' Cooperation

Back to school will go Della
wares children next week, and the
State Board of Health asks parents
If their own respective James and
Tomimes are adequately prepared
for the return to the world of
books and bells. To be ready for
school a child should be in the
best health that is possible for
him.
The pre-school children in the
state (those who will enter first
grade) had specified times last
spring for health examinations but
what about the older children of
assorted ages?
Has your child been examined
recently by a doctor?
If your doctor made recommen-
datlens, hayeaalls Of them been car
ried out? :.
Does the doctor say that the
child is, growing satisfactorily?
Does he see and hear well?
Have his teeth been examined
and cleaned recently by a dem
tist?
If the dentist found that the
child's teeth needed filling or other
has this been done?
Has he been immunized against
and smallpox?
Every child of school age should
have a thorough examination by
L doctor at least once year. The
loctor will want to know whether
,our child is growing as he should.
)ne of the best signs of good
lealth is a steady gain in weight.
low much he weighs or how tall
lie is at any given age is not as i'm
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Schools WiHReoben
Here Wednesday
Morning Sept. 8
Superintendent Shilling
Says Everything Is
Ready For Opening;
Faculty Will Have Sew
eral New Members.

The following announcements of
the organization at the Milford
schools for the coming school year
have been made by Superintendent
Robert E. Shilling. School will open
on Wednesday, September 8.
Grades l to s, inclusive, will be
accommodated at the elementary
school building on North street.
Grades to IL, inclusive, at the
1unior-senior high school building
on Lake View avenue.
The following is the personnel of
the faculty:
Superintendent of Schools and
Principal-Ro Robert E. Shilling.
Assistant Superintendent. W.
Boston.
High school teachers, including
those teaching subjects in grade 8
also:
English, grades IL and 12-Maur-
ice C.. Bower.
English, grade 10, and French
Alfred L. Lupien.
English, grade 9-Florence P.
Williams.
Social Science: United States
History and Civics-K. w. Water
bury Ancient History, Modern His
tory and Latin-Berenice Johnson.
Science: Biology-T. r. Snow
berger. Chemistry and Advanced
Mathematics-Curtis C. Williams.
Algebra and Commercial Arith-
metic--Mary X. Kinder.
Vocation Subjects; Manual
and Drawing-John T.
MeGee, including junior high |
school. Vocational Agriculture and
Farm Shop-T. Ralph Snowberger.
Vocational Home Economics-Jean |
Jernee and Mildred E. Wells. Mer-
Charles H. Henrie.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29

WHEREAS, The Federal Govern
ment has solicited the cooperation
of the citizens and state depart
ments in the conservation Of gaso-
line, and
WHEREAS, The Governor has
reiterated this request to the citi-
zens and the various state depart
ments, and
WHEREAS, The State Highway
Department, as one of the largest
users of gasoline and is primarily
responsible to the motorists for
its existence, has this day passed
the following resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED, That all OPP
orators of State Highway Depart
ment equipment be instructed to
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Resolution Adoptsd By The State
Highway Department Of The
State Of Deiaware AtA Meet
ing Held august 21, 19A

control the maximum speed of said
equipment to As miles per hour and
eliminate rapid acceleration, and
that the police patrol cars when
on patrol duty be limited to 80 miles
per hour except in the case of
emergency or when such speed
would cause congestion.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
That a copy of this resolution be
furnished to the press and be sent
to the other departments of this
state as well as the highway de-
of all other states along
the Eastern Seaboard.
Ernest Muncy, Secretary
Delaware State Highway
Department
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Rear admiral Richard E. Byrd
viii Lecture 1T Seaford Sept. p

The "Why?" of Antartic explor-
alton will be. thrillingly answered
in Seaford Monday afternoon and
evening, September 20, at the Lay
ton Theatre when Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd, greatest living
polar explorer, comes to western
Sussex to tell the amazing and far
reaching discoveries of the newly
returned Byrd Antartic expedition.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Special Classes To
Meet Labor Needs
Courses Arranged To Supply De.
mands OF Industrial Plants

Because of the imperative need of
men in defense work the Council
of State Administration announced
yesterday that various training
classes will be formed Immediately
to supply the demand of plants en-
gagged on national emergency or
ders. The classes will be establish
ed in Wilmington and the lower
part of the state.
The council has charge of all de-
fense training classes in Delaware
working directly under the Labor
Supply Branch of the Office of Pro-
duction Management, Labor Divis-
ion. The council is composed of Ell
mer H. Smith, State Employment
Service, chairman; r. w. Helm,
state director of vocational educa-
tion, and Clarence E. Keyes, state
National Youth Administration di-
rector,
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29

The lectures will be under the aus
pices of the Seaford Lions Club.
'Endlessly the question is asked
about Polar exploration: What is
the use of itT" Admiral Byrd re-
Gently commented and continued,
I'm certain sense science sup
plies the answer. Geographical
discovery, the brightest weapon in
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Kent Poultrymen To
Make Tour Sept. 9th
Itinerary Includes Inspection OF
Huge Sussex Poultry Plant

Kent county poultry raisers on
their annual tour this summer will
have the opportunity to visit some
of the representative poultry farms
and commercial hatcheries, also one
of the largest poultry dressing
plants in Sussex county, according
to the itinerary of this tour which
has been announced by Kent Coun-
ty Agent Russell e. Wilson for
Tuesday, September 2.
Assistance in planning this tour
was given by J. Frank Gordy, as
sistant county agent for Sussex
county, and Fl. L. Richardson, ex-
tension poultryman. of the Univer-
sity of Delaware, following a meet
ing of a committee of Kent county
held recently in Dover.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Oyster Season Will
Officially Open Sept. |
First OF arr Months Ushers In
BlVaIve Gathering Period

It's the season for getting the
tabasco sauce and horse radish and
crackers ready. For next Monday
will mark the opening Of the oys-
ter season on the Delmarva PENN
sula. While it is Labor Day, the
season officially will be opened.
September will be with us again.
This, the first month of the RS"
since last May when the season
closed, will usher in the bivalve
season. 1t will, insofar as lower
Delaware is concerned, continue
from the first day of September un-
til the last day of April.
Restaurants and cafes through
out the Delmarva Peninsula are
redecorating their signs and pre-
pairing for the season. 1t will be
the month Of the "R's,"
the first in four months. Tongers
will get busy and work diligently
until the last day of April.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Edmund Paquette Lost
Thumb In Accident
Milford Man Seriously Hurt In
AIishap At L. D. Caulk Co.

Edmund Paquette. rs. employed
by the L. d. caaik Co, WAS badly
injured Wednesday when his hand
became entangled in a line shaft.
The thumb on Paquette's left hand
was torn completely off and his
wrist was fractured in two places
before the machinery could be
stopped, The young man was taken
to the Milford Memorial Hospital
for treatment.
This is the first serious accident
that has occurred in the Caulk
company's plant for several years.
The company has twice won ma
tional safety plaques and has been
the winner of the state safety prize
for four years.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Miss Delaware Vies
For Beauty Crown
Verona Lee Smith, BridgeVille, Is
States slope" In Contest

Miss America-1941 may be either
blonde or brunette, but she'll be
gay, shapely and a good compan-
ion. if she conforms to the specifi-
cations of Uncle Sans soldiers.
And she'll be active in sports, al
though she may have little time for
serious music or art.
These. and a lot of other items,
concerning the typical American
girl Of 1871, whose representative
will be selected in the Atlantic City
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, August 90, To
Tuesday, August 26, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following atmospheric conditions
prevailed in this vicinity from
Wednesday, August 20, to Tuesday,
AmPnst 26. inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Temperature

Total Rainfall ..... 5.65
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Prevailing
Wind

Aug. 20, iNorth-Cloudy
Aug. 21, Northeast-Clear
Aug. %, East-Partly Cloudy
Aug. %, ENTHUSIASTICALLY Cloudy
Aug. "a, East-Partly Cloudy
Aug. 25, Southwest-Partly Cloudy
Aug. 26, Southwest-Clear
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-10

MI William Randolph Hearst,
Los Angeles, California.
Dear Mr.. Hearst:
A BRAHAM LINCOLN appar.
n entity had a prophetic vision
against what might he termed
"fifth column" and other danger,
from within to American liberty
when but 2s years old he spoke
the following words:
Al Uhet point shall re
erpect the approach Of dan
ger? BIZ trhot means shall
nc fortify against it, Shall
ne erpect some trHnsdtlGn-
tic giant TO step across the
ocean and crush us a biOU2
NEVER-dH the armies of
Europe. Asia and Africa
combined. NTH all the
treasure Of the earth tour
oWn ercepted) IN their mill
tdru chest, Uih n Bona
pnrtp for n commander.
could not, By force, take n
drink Of Woter from the
Ohio. or make n track on
the Blue Ridge. in a trial Of
a thousand years.
AT Whot point. then, is
the approach Of danger TO
be expected? I ANSWER.
IF 1T EVER REACHES
rs. 1T MUST SPRING Up
AMONG fS-TT CANNOT
COME FROM ABROAD.
If abstraction be our lot.
! We MUST OURSELVES
, BE ITS AUTHOR AND
FINISHER.
"As a nation Of free men.
IRE must lire through all
time, or die By suicide"
JOHN DULAY
Los Angeles, Calf.
April 80. 1871
Mr.. William Randolph Hearst,
San Simeon. California,
My Dear Mr.. Hearst:
I READ with great Interest and
i satisfaction your editorials.
Your Americanism IL the genu
Inc brand.
But when you say. as on Apr
25th In the News. that you per
sonally wish England were win
ming this Anglo German war,
can't for the life of me under
stand your preference.
OF course, you have many Eng
llsh friends (many German friends
too, I hope) but that Is no reason
Do you as = good American ap
prove OF what England has don,
TO this country:
DO you approve Of the terribI,
force Of her craft which ha,
honeycombed this country with
English-speaking unions, Rhode,
scholarship societies, lecture bu
reaus, and the like, all workin,
tirelessly to the detriment o
America for the preservation o
the British Empire:
DO you approve OF q power
which spends millions corruptin,
| our government officials TO tn,
point where they no longer fee
they have a duty to the Unite,
States but only to Britain?
DO you approve OF a force which
Ii q constant threat TO our wei
fare and which makes us expen,
our energy fighting. fighting. wher
we might he using that energ,
for our healthful growth fore,
which has saddled the Taxpayer
with lnsupportable debt:
No; I don't believe you do ap
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-10

termined TO save foreign countries
at tho price Of ours; to blast die
tatorships abroad at the cost of
establishing one here; to main
tain life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness In foreign lands by
strangling those same rights at
home.
With fervent prayer for a con-
tinuanoe of your brave effort to
awaken the people TO the need to
rouse and repudiate those who
have forgotten America In their
fanatical love OF Britain, and with
q repeated expression of desire tn
provide q universal antidote for
the poisons with which greedy pol
iticians seek TO inoculate the pub
lie, I am
Faithfully yours,
DON WILKIE.
April %. 1871.
Mr.. william Randolph Hearst,
Los Angeles Examiner.
Dear Mr.. Hearst:
Tor the past twenty-five years
i have been one OF your en-
thusiastic readers Of your news
papers; and have often commended
your writings.
There have been many articles
that have won my attention. How
ever In the Journal-American
April 22nd there was one In par
ticular that now prompts me to
write you this letter In apprecia-
ton.
The article was In reference to
the payment of taxes-which In
itself is quite a big issue nova
days.
Allow me to state that I agree
with you whole-heartedly with
your opinions, and congratulate
you on this article In particular,
which truly "hits the nail on the
head"
I sincerely hope that there may
be more Of them tn follow in a
series; and I can readily predict
that these articles, as cleveriy
written as the first, will he bene-
fetal to Americans insofar as tax
laws, which are being passed every
so often. are making the economic
laws Of the country less and less
lucid to the average man.
Nowadays where "Mr. John
Doe" Is burdened with taxes and
doing his best TO keep up to date
with laws enacted, ne certainly
would appreciate II II he Is han
died with care when he accident
ally misses up on a tax or two
unintentionaIly.
He likes to be showed where his
error was In a nice way and
treated with q kind hand; and !
can assure you more satisfaction
will be obtained that way.
We should strive to have a gov
eminent whose economic policy Il
for the people; not against the
people.
As a business man. with only a
six-year-old corporation, I wonder
what the future holds in store re-
garding taxes.
Every move, every turn that Is.
made. there Is a tax involved.
The result being-s mere live
lihood IL made for existence-nOl
matter how much business one
does.
realize we should be thankful
for living In this country where
we have no political and social
but why can't we have
moro economic freedom and be
just one big happy family, each
contributing TO an understanding
government who guides us faith
erly; thus being obeyed faithfully.
Very truly yours,
THE AMERICAN HOUSE
CRAFT CORPORATION.
VIM. c. Silver, Vice-President.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-10

World War of 1914 and what Is
causing this one-British capital
ism, capitalism In Its worst sense,
ruthless, insa tiable, immoral.
I don't distrust your patriotism
take you to be q very kind old
man who doesn't want to appear
too harsh TO his friends Lord So
and-So and Lady This-and-That,
and so you say you wish England
were winning.
England Is the worst "friend''
this country ever had.
For my part I wish America,
the real America which our fore
fathers founded, to win.
Very sincerely yours,
JOHN HULL.
451 2sth ST., Oakland, Cal.
San Francisco. April 20, 1941.
Mr.. William Randolph Hearst,
The San Francisco Examiner.
Dear Sir:
nURING this week now closing,
u pledged TO the kind and hu-
name treatment of animals, thou
sands OF civilized and compassion
ate people remember with deep
gratitude the noble service you
have given to this cause.
Your challenging article on vivi-
section In your column 'Tn the
News" Of April 14th will long he
remembered with profound re-
spect and gratitude.
Those who remember the farrell
cal experiments Of the McAllister
street laboratory and the victims
OF the Hyde street laboratory ex-
pertinent with their narrowing
cruelty. thank you for this logical
but restrained indictment.
Tho compassionate and the In
telligent whose sense OF pity and
mercy are outraged by the knowl-
edge OF what bull fight actually
IL, are grateful 10 you for the I'M
forgetable story you have given
of that scene.
i offer you my own profound
thanks and I thank you for the
helpless creatures for whom you
plead 10 convincingly and with
tender compassion.
Gratefully.
BERNARD NERTNEY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-10

THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
/ am the UnknoWn Soldier,
oil alone,
Wrapped in my tcinding
sheet Of stone.
Deep in my sepulchre I
dWeH,
Before some grim set SEN
tinel.
I am not dead. I still can
feel
The clash Of arms, the spit
of steel:
I StiH can see the clouds
roll By
With tCdr-lit crimson in the
sky.
I hurl my Wdrning far and
ride;
I rant no brother by my
side.
No bleeding comrdde sent
IN rain
To fight your WorS all DER
again.
For certain as the vars
foul blast,
THIS plotted purge may be
your last.
Fight on, ye heroes high of
state.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-10

April %. 194I.
Mr.. William Randolph Hearst,
San Simeon, California.
Dear Mr.. Hearst:
A T THIS late date permit me to
n express my appreciation Of
your article of April 9Th. In which
you referred to the politicians as
rats.
As the saying goes, "Them's
my sentiments"
However, you should have gone
a little further. and apoIogized TO
the four-legged rats for the simiIe.
The worthless quadrupeds could
at least have pleaded that they
had TO eat and could find no occu-
patton whereby they could earn
an honest living; further. that they
stole only to feed themselves and
their offspring lin the case Of the
mother raD and had no desire to
harm their unwilling benefactors.
You have written many good
articles, but the anti-politician
letter was the best of all.
Keep up the good work.
Under God a way may be found
TO eradicate the malignant cancer,
though I cannot now suggest the
remedy.
Yours truly.
r. w. CROwDER.
CIlff-by-the-S Sea,
Laguna Beach. Calf.
May 2. 194l.
Mr.. William Randolph Hearst,
San Simeon, California.
Wy Dear Mr. Hearst:
EIRST, to recall myself: formerly
i Of the United States secret
service, now for many years q
lecturer with some OF the qualifl-
cations Of an expert on crime.
criminals and detective achieve
ment.
Thank God for you. I have just
finished another Of your daringly
truthful. badly needed and mighty
enlightenlng In the News columns
that Of even date.
Would that every man, woman
and child over eighteen In this
sadly threatened land Of ours
might sit down and ponder what
you say; read II once for the thrill
OF such sound thinking and then
read IL again In studious and SON.
Der mood.
Would that IL might he emilia
zoned upon the walls OF our Con-
gress, neo-signed across the land
and committed to memory by
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
God grant you the strength and
the health TO maintain the mag
nificent fight you are making for
sane. straight, truly American
thinking.
But more, may you yet see the
needs-and seeing II. meet IL with
an organized and directed effort
to spread this gospel you preach.
What can I do:
Not for money but for the JOY Of
knowing I am doing something n
save my country.
II seems too many of our mis-
named leaders" are insanely de-