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Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
The Advertising Their
mometer

A thermometer measures the heat
in the atmosphere. There are ther-
mometers of a mental nature also,
which measure the amount Of en-
ergy. enthusiasm. and successful
power being put into some phase
of human activity.
One of these thermometers is
found in the advertising columns
of a newspaper. 1t reflects the
state of prosperity and enterprise
in it's home town, as the physical
thermometer reflects the warmth
of the day. If enterprise in that
town is high, it will be shown in
high amount of advertising space
in the newspaper. If enterprise is
low in that community, do not look
for any considerable amount of
newspaper advertising. When the
thermometer rises,
more business is coming into that
town.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
Your Community

The word Community" was not
SO commonly heard in the So
called good old days" 1t comes
from a word meaning Common.
If the people of town do not
feel they have great interests in
common, and are not willing to
work for those common interests,
then you can hardly call such
town a community.
In the good old days" a town
was usually just town, where peo-
pie lived Independent lives, and did
not pull together well for common
ends. They did not feel they had
common interests, but were often
unfriendly rivals and hard COM
petitors. When they gave up that
attitude and decided to pull to-
gether for the common benefit of
all, they became a community.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
Humanity In Prison

More than 1900 Of the inmates
of EasteTh State psnitentiary at
philadelphia have donated blood to
the American Red Cross, to be used
by the army and navy. 1t was re-
marked, that the percentage of
convicts to give their blood was
higher than the percentage Of such
donors among the ordinary popula-
ton. s'F"
The. willingness of these men to
make that sacrifice shows that
there is good stun in the hearts
and minds of many men behind the
bars. rsJNo one should condemn
them as being all worthless wreck
age OF humanity. Many of them
are sorry for their errors, and ask
only for chance to work and
make good when they emerge from
the shadows into the sunlight of
freedom.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
Looking For A Job

The joker has a crack about the
student who asked the professor
what he should read after gradua-
ton. The prof replied, "The Help
Wanted Column"
1t is fine thing for young peo-
pie finishing education to make ex-
tended plans for continuing their
study. They should not be SO
scholastic as to forget that the
main thing they have to do is to
render service to the world, to
bear their share of the worlds
toll, and to provide for their own
self support. Getting a job is their
first duty after graduation. The
"Help-wanted" column has helped
millions to perform that basic duty
of the human creature.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
PRIORITiEs FOR RETAILING

The National Association Of Food
Chains recently sent letter to
high OPM officials which involves
an issue of tremendous importance
to all kinds of retailers, independ-
ent as well as chain, and to the
consumers of America.
"The food industry faces a criti-
cal problem" the letter declares.
sfThe need for replacement, main
tenance and repair equipment and
supplies Is urgent. Difficulty and
delays in obtaining needed mate
rials and supplies must be over
come soon if a breakdown in the
orderly distribution of food is to
be avoided.
Food distributors essentially op-
crate on limited capital, buying
equipment and supplies, only as
needed. Surplus equipment and
material, therefore, are not usual
ly available and prompt supplying
of needs for maintenance and re-
pairs is necessary. :.
Typical of the products now ur-
gently needed for warehouses and
stores are: Refrigeration equip
ment, electric lift trucks, small mo-
tors, cork insulation, electric wir-
ing, butcher paper, bags, scales,
slicing machines. 1t will be evil
dent that equipment and supplies of
this nature are essential to order
ly distribution"
The retail industry is fully
awake to the demands of the de-
fense program and knows that
strict priorities are unavoidable If
a gigantic military establishment
is to be swiftly built. At the same
time, the welfare of 10000, 900 Am
erican consumers demands that re-
tail merchandising, in all its forms,
be given the supplies which are
necessary to efficient operation.
Certainly, the retailers needs can
be met without slowing or imper-
ling defense. This is a problem of
immediate moment. 1t must be SOL
we'd If potentially serious break
down in the intricate retail distri-
button system is to be avoided.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
The Empty Pocket

There is a joke about the teacher
who asked the. boy what she would
be if she put her hand in his pocket
and took out a penny. The reply
was that she would be a con-
jurer.
That suggests the empty pocket,
which is the sorrow of countless
boy lives. The old time pocket
contained few pennies, but it cher
ished such things as the knife and
fish-hooks dear to the boy heart.
The modern boy is not always so
interested in these things, and
what he wants for his pocket is
money. He looks longingly at the
candy displays, and as he goes on,
money is needed to set 'em up on
ice cream for the girl friend. So if
it takes a conjurer to find small
change in his pocket, he laments
on the sorrows of boyhood.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
Man And His Necktie

Some statistician brings out the
fact that American facories turn
out about 1S5.0OO,OO0 neckties an
nually. That number seems large,
but it is not enough. 1t gives each
man and boy who is old enough to
wear a tie about two neckties a
year. If the neckties are to be kept
properly fresh, they should not be
expected to stand six months
steady wear. Many men wear them
when they are so soiled as to be no
ornament.
Some philosopher may say that
a necktie performs no important
service. In the usual seriousness
of masculine garments, it is the
mans one chance for a little deco
ration. He should not be accused
of strutting like a peacock if he
displays a brightly colored tie. A
necktie Of harmonious color is a
sign that a man is not insensible to
beauty, and it probably plays an
part in influencing the
girl friends mind.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
SCIENCE MUST KNOW

A bill is pending in Congress, and
agitation is underway in number
of communities, to abolish or SER
iously curtail the use of animals
in scientific laboratories.
The humanitarian motives of
those who support legislation of
this character are of the best. And
there can be no question but what
animal experimentation should be
restricted, by law, to genuine scien-
tific institutions which are stated
by men of science. But, to COM
pletely abolish animal experiment
tation would be to deliver verit-
able body blow to medical pro-
gress.
In a recent editorial, the Chicago
Tribune said: "The prevention of
smallpox, yellow fever, typhus and
lockjaw, the treatment of pneu-
monia, syphilis, scarlet fever, ane-
mia, bu'bonic plague, gall bladder
ailments and gastric ulcer, new
echnics in surgery, the whole
range of vitamins and hormones,
the marvellous anesthetic ethylene
all these aud many other medical
discoveries owe their debt to ami
NAL experimentation. :"
In practically all instances, an
imals used for experimentation are
anesthetized and undergo no suf-
fering. The medical evidence which
results is being used to create new
weapons to fight those diseases,
such as cancer, which have not yet
been controlled, and which cause
untold agony and death to mankind.
Science cannot guess-it must
know. And experimentation in lab
oratories is the only road to sure
knowledge.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
American Propaganda

The United States government is
now broadcasting information by
short wave radio from 10 transmit
ting stations in this country to Eu-
rope. This work is being extended
to become a worldwide service of
true information.
The power of Adolf Hitler is
largely built on his ability to con-
ceal the real truth from his own
people and those of conquered ma
tions. Nazi propaganda in South
America has long been giving the
people of those lands false infor-
nation.
How can the truth be brought
home to the misguided people of
Germany? The drastic and cruel
penalties imposed on the German
people who merely listen to foreign
broadcasts, is a display of tyranny
that sounds like the dark ages. If
there was but some way of letting
the sunlight of Gods truth shine
down into those. imprisoned. Ger
man minds, this war would come
TO a sudden conclusion. The Ger
man people would refuse to fight
for. a cause which refuses to let its
people know what is happening in
the world. Germany is today
great prison house, in which light
is shut out.
The number of Germans who in
spite of all threats. listen to Amer
lean and British broadcasts may be
fairly large. The police can't spend
all their time searching for con-
cealed radios. Some people, des-
perate because of wrongs imposed
on them. are no doubt ready to take
chances in learning the truth. :
How can the American broad
casts convince these darkened
,niinds that truth is being communi-
Gated to them? The poet said that
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again" When people hear lies re-
peated again and again, it usually
dawns on them that they have been
fooled. When they hear truthful
broadcasts, and find out by their
own experience that these broad
casts tell the truth. they will be
readietIto take greater risks to
listen tSsthis truth.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
Brides Cookery

The jokesmith has one about the
bridegroom who asked who spilled
the mustard on the waffle. The
bride asked how he could get such
an idea, since the stuff she was
serving was lemon pie.
This of course is a terrible carl
cature of the earnest effort Of
many charming newlyweds to
make a happy home and provide
good yictuals. If the husband
kicks about the food. he never in
quired about her cooking ability
when they were exchanging their
soulful looks. However, things
have gone wrong in many homes
because the sweet young thing
could not cook. Ma should let
daughter play with the cookstove
before she marches up the church
aisle.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
Bread And Fatigue

The baking industry was recent
ly praised by the surgeon-general
of the United States Public Health
Service, for enriching bread with
essential vitamins and minerals. 1t
was pointed out that lack of these
essentials in the past has caused
such things as mental depression
and easy fatigue.
If now bread is going to be made
rich in these essentials, the boys
who can't rake up the lawn be-
cause they are too tired will have
lost some Of their plausible ex-
cuse If they have been fed bread
rich in vitamins, they should be
able to perform those tasks. Also
the men who are too tired to go
to church Sundays should feel
strong enough to turn up promptly
for morning service.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
Always Postponing

The postponing habit governs
the lives of many people. They
are always going to mend that
rickety fence, or root up the mess
of weeds that disfigures their lawn.
But they keep postponing these
things for weeks and sometimes
years, until they are never done.
So their real estate runs down,
until there are so many defects
that they get discouraged, and con-
clude it is no use to try to make
any such Improvements. Their
grounds become ragged and the
house looks shabby and worn out.
If they have to sell their property,
they may not be able to get more
than half ofswhat it would be worth
If it had been kept up.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
The Expanding Waist Line

The men are told by the experts
to look out for their expanding
waist lines. The tendency to de-
velop a rotund figure is one on
which they should reflect serious
ly. When they have to have their
trousers let out every year or two,
it is sign that something of
physical activity is going.
fProbably the trouble in half the
cases is that they go everywhere in
their cars. instead of taking regu-
lar walks or performing stunts of
physical work every day. The men
who moved their lawns and weed
ed their gardens the past summer
have taken good steps against the
expanding waist line. They need
to think up some equally useful
exercise for the coming winter.
Some of their wives need similar
advice.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
Day OF Tragedy

1t was day of tragedy in Ameri-
can history when word was given
out that probably 81 of the officers
and seamen on the destroyer Reu-
ben James were lost, after their
ship was torpedoed by a Nazi sub
marine. A few moments before that
act those men had been sailing on,
full of vigor and patriotic enthusi-
asm. Then their good ship was
split in two in terrific explosion,
and in a few moments had sunk
beneath the waves. One more at
rocity to be charged to the war
makers.
The hearts of our folks in Della
ware go out to the suffering fami-
lies of these men. Their boy has
become a hero to be remembered,
but that does not fill the empty
chair.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
Science Led As Captive

In ancient times it was custom
airy when conquerors returned
from subduing some enemy, for
them to take the kings and gem
erals they had captured, and lead
them in procession through their
home streets, carrying the chains
with which they were bound. 1t
was a pitiful sight to see some
grand man thus dragged through
the streets in ignominy.
Something of the same kind ap-
pears today, when the rulers who
start wars make use of grand sci
entific inventions to create suffer-
ing and misery for mankind. Thus
products of science invented to
produce happiness, are used to
make people miserable. Science is
made a captive. and its noble pro-
ducts are turned into misfortune
ana destruction' -
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
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p JAaEs PREsross

Imitation is the ''little man upon
the stair" in Washington these
days. Some observers say that he
is already clearly visible; others
argue that he isn't there right now,
but that he soon will be. But what
ever they may think about the i'm
mediate picture, most Washington
ians agree that the subject Of in
fiation is probably the biggest one
at the capital at the present time.
Demonstration of this belief is
the fact that hearings on the Hem
derson price control bill have been
the best summer box office attrac-
ton in Washington. 1t is unusual
for members of Congress to attend
any hearings but those of commit
tees upon which they serve, but in
this instance two rows of seats
were reserved up front in the hear
ings room for the solons who de-
sired to attend-and those chairs
were filled regularly.
In addition to Congressman, vir-
tually every department or agency
Of the government had its own Off
cial observer. The implications of
imitation, or of price control efforts
aimed at hating it, are so broad
that they are likely to affect near
ly every branch of government ac-
tivity.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
INCREASING AMERICAS NAN
POWER

America, at present does not
have enough man power in ndus-
| try to put an army of four million
men in the field and drastic
changes will have to be made be-
fore 1t is possible, according to H,
L. MacAskie, director Of coopera-
tive training for International Cor
respondence Schools.
Within year war production has
Increased four times, Mr.. MacAs-
kie said, and we are far from the
end
Measures to step up our 55
million workers to rs million wor-
kers must be taken before winter"
the school authority stated.
When 13 million men were un-
employed in 1882, leading econo-
mists said this nation would have
a permanent group of from to 6
million men without jobs.
The picture is changing rapidly,
Mr.. MacAskie explained. National
defense orders have caused short
age not only of machines, but also
of men trained to operate them.
Not counting 81 millions still in
the WPA, CCC and similar organi-
cations, and the 2 millions too old
or untitled to work, the nation has
about 2.3 millions who can be
brought into defense work.
This fact, according to Mr.. Mac
Askie, means the red light of in
sufficient man power for industry
is shining for the years 1942-43.
There are five steps that can be
taken to overcome the threatened
shortage, according to Mr.. Mac
Aslie.
1. Employ more women in de-
fense industries. There are ap-f
proximately 5 million women be-
tween the ages of IS and 35 who
could be used on inspection, as
sembling, drafting, and other semi
skilled and skilled jobs.
2. Import selected young men
from Latin America for defense
Jobs. Provide them with short per-
iods of training on machine tool
and manipulative operations.
8. Convert more non-defense
plants and equipment to defense
production through more wide
spread distribution of sub-con-
tracts.
A. Centralize farming on col
Iective basis, eliminate slow and |
production of food
stuffs, thus releasing 8 million men !
for defense jobs from the 8 mill
lion workers now engaged in agri-
culture.
g.. Speed up the educational pro-
cess by all-year secondary school,
young people at the age
of 10 and putting them directly in
to defense industries or behind-the-
line service Jobs. This would give
industry about million additional
workers.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
Strengthening Democracy

Strengthening democracy
The dictators say democracy is an
outworn and defective piece of gov
ernment machinery, that democra-
cies are too weak, slow acting, and
tee subject to internal conflict to
compete with dictator ruled ma
tions. se
The American people are not
going to give up the freedom for
which they fought and toiled and
sacrificed, and many Of them died.
If they want to retain that freedom,
they have to show greater efficien-
cy and capacity for action.
One of the great causes Of such
weakness is the tendency Of sec
tions, groups and elements to
struggle and strive for their own
benefit alone. Such a country is
like a team of horses pulling in
opposite directions. The various
groups need to be able to see some
thing across their own fences and
back yards.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
CREATING STATE SOCIALISM


The swift encroachment Of gov
ernment into the fields Of banking,
credit and finance must eventually
endanger the very existence of pri-
vate enterprise upon which our
system of free, representative gov
ernment is based. Private banking
can be and is controlled and regu-
lated by the people. Political bank
ing causes an expansion Of politi-
cal power, and an expansion Of po-
litical patronage, which gives the
people a steadily diminishing con-
troll over their own financial af-
fairs.
It is estimated that In the last
six or seven years the investments
of the Federal government have
been five times as great as private
investments in new enterprise. Let
that trend go on, and 1t is clear
that government will own or domi-
nate the bulk of the property Of
this country. Then state socialism
will be inevitable.
Government should go into the
credit business only when there is
no other alternative-and then 1t
should get out of the credit busi-
ness as rapidly as possible. It is
to the credit of the RFC that it has
largely followed that policy. But
other Federal loan agencies are po-
litically minded and politically in
spired and they represent grow
ing threat to the future Of this ma
tion.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
Refuge For The Oppressed

The United States has taken in
10000 refugees from Hitler-domi-
mated countries within eight years,
as stated by Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
yelt in her radio broadcast. This
is an act Of generosity by our peo-
pie. as they had feared that in a
time when many people were out
of work they had only jobs enough
to take care Of their own citizens.
Our people will never be sorry
for the kind thing they have cone
in receiving these unfortunate
folks. They are victims of the
most ruthless persecution the
world ever knew. They have cried
aloud for help. and America has
opened its heart and has found a
place for them. They win be loyal
friends and supporters of our ma
tion in whatever trials they may
have to endure.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
HOw Do We Get That
Way?

The reception at the Soviet EN-
bassy in Washington on the twenty
fourth anniversary of "The Great
October Revolution" was attended
by 5000 persons. Even the Japan
ese Ambassador was there. There
was plenty Of vodka, champagne
and caviar.
Ambassador Litvinov was very
popular when he was here before,
and he will be welcomed back. He
gave better parties than any other
Ambassador and Stain certainly
picked the right man to send to
Washington. He is smart, and a
go-getter.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
IN MEMORIAM
WILLARD RICHARDSON PIERCE

WHEREAS, in His all wise prov
idence, our Heavenly Father hal
seen it to call to Life Eternal ant
from his earthly labors our lat
beloved physician and friend
willard Richardson Pierce, OF
Thursday, the thirtieth day of 0c
tober, nineteen hundred and forty
one.
WHEREAS, we, the officers and
members of the Auxiliary Of the
Milford Memorial Hospital, Mil
ford, Delaware, desire to place on
record our testimony Of seeming
Iy irreparable loss in his death, oi
one who for many years served this
community and hospital with fidel-
Iity, consecration and efficiency. Err
nest, jealous, sympathetic and ever
generous of time and energy, his
nobility and excellence of charac-
ter always attested to his love and
understanding for the sick and poor
regardless of race or creed. A null
titude found in him a wise coun-
sellor, a gracious and loving friend.
eager to guide and assist in the way
and over the rough places of life.
His truly was a life lived to its
fullest capacity, yet humble and
sacrificing-a life and personality
that this community cannot, and
will not forget.
Upright and earnest in praise
worthy measures for the benefits of
this community he won for himself
an honorable name among his pro-
fessional associates.
A Citizen A Healer A Friend
WHEREAS, it is fitting and prop
er for us, the officers and members
of this Auxiliary, to give express
sion to our appreciation and record
our just estimate of Willard Rich
ardson Pierce.
THEREFORE, be it resolved.
that in commemoration of the
many excellent qualities of our de-
parted friend, we hereby express
to his wife and family our deepest
sympathy and convey to them the
affection and appreciation of this
community.
"The memory of the just is bless
ed" For who shall ascend into
the hill of the Lord; or who shall
rise up in His holy place? Even he
that hath clean hands, and pure
heart; and that hath not lift up his
mind unto vanity, nor sworn to de-
ceive his neighbor. He shall re-
ceive the blessing from the Lord;
and righteousness from the God of
his salvation"
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
that a copy of this memorial be
presented to the wife and children
of DR.. Pierce, and that a copy be
made on the records OF this Aux
Iliary,- and that a copy be printed
In the Milford Chronicle.
Mrs. Edwin p. Messick
Mrs. Wilson S. Vinyard
y. Committee
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28

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There isn't any secret about it.
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