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AirfieIsfS.
Docks Get
EsAF Blow

LONDON April 4 Bhstering
Payal AR Force attack, on enemy
shipping and airdroWes battered
TWO German supply vessels kim
died dfos IN haBcaf> =; Meugnac
and blasted the dock, a Bordeaux
an official ar ministry announce
mcnt said today
In attacks on shipping or The
Dutch and German coasts British
bomhers hit two supply ships and
= rlatEnl vessel ieav5ne one Of th.
former in q sinking condition. II
was sand
During the night bomber s
launched >tli another attack on
taa German aFaFonle at Mef enae
near Bordeaux hitting admins
tration building, and hangers
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Frees Jap
Pacific Drive
Continues from PAGE OneI

Continued from Page one
territorial integrity and inNiola-
bilitN
O-"If either OF the high con
contracting parties becomes
the object Of military action by
one or more third powers. the
other party shall observe nett
tralitS throughout the entire pc
Rod of such conflict.
o-"1he present pact shall be
- come effective immediatelN
upon completion Of the exchange
OF Publications and shall be valid
for five years. II no notice j.
given one year in advance nv
either Of the high contracting
parties. the pact shall be auto
matically extended another five
years.
1-"The present pact shall be
ratified a. soon a. possible
The JONI IeFf8T6TI0n appended
10 the treaty stated
Japan viii recognize the in
tegriiy and inViolabilitS of outer
Mongolia and the L. = y. X.
viii recognize the integrity and
inViolability of the Empire of
Manchukuo.
Japanese Foreign Minister Mat
,uoka departed for Tokyo by ffalr
three hours after the pact wa
signed
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BuIgdrs C|dmor
For Macedonia

SOFIA Bulgaria. April Il -
Anticipating a quick re-anneXation
of Greek and Serbian Macedonia
10 Bulgaria, thousands of Bull
garians spent Easter Sunday
marching about the royal palace
and cheering King Boris II.
The crowds listened to speeches
by the German and Italian min
iSierS as we'll as Macedonian lead
ers dealing with the possibilities
Al giving th0Se TT--rU11S 3'fiHt+4 fcLhdlS
al ot Greclan ThraCo fo Bulgaria
under Nazi auspices.
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PAGE

columns are advancing toward the
Koritza area after overpowering
bitter Greek resistance. It vas
said. Other Italian units we're
sand 10 have taken several islands
of the Yugoslavian coast.
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GREEK BAYoNET CHARGES

Nazi troops melted away under
furious Greek payonet charges
Just As the Italians did IN Al
banla the radio announcer
claimed
simultaneously reports from
Athens told Of increasing Yugo-
slauan attacks against the Ger
mans on both sides Of the Morava
River. north of Ms, and also m
south Serbia where the town OF
lRHnkunlie was SAID 20 have been
recaptured from the NazIs-
in Bosnia. a NdZl mechanical
force vas claimed 10 have been
hurled back by counter attacklng
Yueo>laulanS Al SuhaFeka. per
hitting YuEoslav van q
through strategic Kacamik Gorge
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Nazis RepuIsed
In Attacks on
FIorind Area
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day with considerable losses 10
the attackers. At one point, in
tense artillery and anti-tank fire
so badly broke up a German at
lacking mechanical unit that the
Nazi attackers retreated in haste,
leaving several destroyed armored
cars and tanks.
At another point, German
patrol sought to pierce the adj
vance Grecian line, but so quickly
was the gunfire of the Greek de-
tenders drawn to the spot that a
number of Germans we're caught
off guard and taken prisoner be-
fore they could itat=thelr- COM
rades in flight.
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BY CRoATS

Meanwhile the Hungarian press
reported excellent results of the
German style occupation Of the
territory by motorized divisions in
cooperation with the air force
and even parachute troops.
"Croatians In the Yugoslav
army offered no resistance and
awaited the friendly Hungari-
ans" one newspaper announced.
Creation guards al The lmpor-
tant Drava bridge did not obey the
Serbian officers command to de-
Stroy the bridge before arrival of
hungarian troops but killed their
officers and surrendered peace
fully. according to the dispatches
reaching the controlled Budapest
press.
Other Creation soldiers. accord
ing 10 these dispatches fouled
/ Their machine 6ttn- sHa thti- we're
|unable 10 shoot
Reports of enthusiastic welcome
accorded the Hungarian troops in
towns formerly belonging 10 Hun
nar-e Consumed NUM- 4.a-l--t4-z.e-
the Budapest press
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Crodt Soldiers
Aided Invasion,
Budapest Told
BY GEORGE BALINT
o,l New. service stan Correspondent


BUDAPEST, April lathe
Hungarian high command an
nounced today that its troops had
occupied Yugoslavia from the
Danube to the Tisza rivers. but
admitted its occupation was being
harassed constantly by the Serbian
Comitab guerilla fightersl
"In the face of this opposi-
ton" an official announcement
said, "mopping up operations are
still going on"
Zone of the worlds most IA
nous patriotic organizations. the
Comltaji pledges its members 10
fight 10 nc dTdrtiT. iF7TTCTT1 TTItFn-
Der carries a phial OF poison and
is under oath 10 commit suicide
rather than surrender 10 the
enemY)
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YUGosLAVs sTIFFEN

The resistance Of the Yugoslav-
forces which Berlin last week
claimed TO have decimated-was
reported stiffening noticeably, with
marked increase in combative
effort by the soldiers OF youthful
King Peter. Cautious military re-
ports said only that the situation
is taking favorable turn, but
reports from other sources spoke
of brilliant capture OF Durazzo.
strategic Adriatic seaport IN
Italian-dominated Albania. by the
Yugoslav forces
The latest reports OF Anglo
Greek successes on the Olympus
Florina line followed the shatter-
ing By British mechanical forces
OF heavy Panzer attack on the
nearby Yanitsa PLAIN.
RAIN BONES on PIRAEUS
Meanwhile, German planes
ralned bombs on Piraeus. the port
of A theirs But the Greek an
nouncement claimed The b0r1beFs
only damaged a police station.
The Greek port Of Volos also
was ralded Saturday night Three
German ht4e-ffthefs 7t1t,tt tttttt-tf
By anti-aircraft fire and fourth
was downed in an attack on IN"
Greek-occupied Albanian port OF
Chimara.
Information reaching Athens
from NaN-captured Thrace and
Macedonia Indicated the Greek
infantry for man is fer
superior to-thfe- Germans in hand
to-hand fighting the radio bTOad--
cast said.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
Legion Post Has z
Observation Spots
Registration OF Citizens
Will Be Carried On At
City Hall Today

Registration of all citizens who
are interested in volunteering for
the Aircraft Warming Service in
Delaware, will be carried on at the
city hall, in Milford, on Friday,
June 6, between, the hours of six
and p. m. The Milford Post of
the American Legion has been as
signed seven observation posts, all
of which are located within a radius
of ten miles from Milford, ranging
as far north as Bowers Beach and
south to near Greenwood, and the
territory in between. The organi-
cation of these posts is in the
hands of Captain Anthony Sum
mers, past commander of Milford
Post, and August F. Faix, present
adjutant. The organization of these
posts must be COM
pleted by June Is when the United
States Army will take over the pro-
gram for the purpose of carrying
out definite air maneuvers in the
near future. All questions with re-
gard to what is expected of those
who register for this service will
be answered at the place of regis
tration. Also, information can be
secured from either Captain Sum-
mers or August F.. Faix, of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
Petit Jurors Drawn
For Federal Court
Members To Report For Service
On June 1S

The June term petit jury of the
U. S. District Court has been drawn
by Miss Frances G.. Bakey, clerk
of the court, and it will have a
criminal docket of about IL cases
to hear after it is convened at 10
O'Clock, Wednesday, June Is, be-
fore Judge John P. Nields.
U. S. District Attorney Stewart
Lynch said in addition to the doz-
en- criminal cases scheduled, there
are several land condemnation
cases, one for the Federal migra-
tory wildfowl game refuge and the
other for defense grounds near
Fort Salisbury.
The petit jury panel drawn con-
sists of: Fred S. Price, Francis T.
Monaghan, Charles j. Dougherty,
John H. Wooden, Charles w. Tin
gle, Charles A. Higgins, John P.
Hyatt, Thomas w. Wilson. Thomas
j. Biscoe, John A. Fader, Thomas
Donaldson, George H. Miller, Cecil
F. Backus, Boyd w. Overton, all of
Wilmington Hundred; Frank F. Da-
Wis and Curwin W. Henry, both of
Little Creek; Asa Bennett, Days
boro Hundred; John H. Mulhol-
land, and John S. Horton, both OF
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Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
Goodyear Tire
Store Opens
Here Today
Nelson "ChucIx" Wright
In Charge OF r. ID.
Grier And Sons Co.
Milford Tire Store.

Nelson Chuck Wright, well.
known young Milfordian by adop-
ton. has today with the we'll
wishes of host of friends entered
the mercantile field of this COM
munity, as the managed of the
Goodyear Easy Pay Tire and Ac-
cessories Store, opened today in
the Coffin building, on North West
Front street, by r. d. Grier and
Sons Company of Salisbury, Md.
Chuck" as he is known to his in
Inmates. was until a few weeks ago
employed by the John H. MHlhol-
land Company, as a printer.
"Chuck" came to this city about
six years ago from Mardela
Springs, Md, to play ball for DIR.
Walter Griers state champion
baseball team, liked the treatment
accorded him by the people of Mil
ford, stayed on after the season
was past, got a position here and
married a Milford girl. 1t is not
necessary to add that "Chuck" is
a go-getter, and his new employers
are fortunate in securing his SER
vices.
The past and present heads of the
business with which "Chuck" is |
associated are no strangers to Mil
ford residents. Robert ID. Grier,
of the r. d. Grier and Sons
in Salisbury, having left
Milford in 1888, to open a modest
machine shop with his brother,
Frederick A. Grier.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
State Farms Show Marked
Mortgage Decline In 10 Years

Delaware farms that are directly
operated by the owners are 61.9
per cent free of mortgage, the U. S.
census bureau discloses.
While the number of owner-op-
Grated farms decreased in the dec
ade-1930-40-6,260 in 1880, to
1856 in 1940-the. mortgage reduc-
ton has kept a commensurate
pace. In 1910 mortgage free farms
numbered 1878 while 10 years be-
fore the total was 3,470.
Average Age Cited
The census further shows that
the average age of the farm oper-
ator is soy years. The full owner
average 81 years, the part owner
iS.5 and the tenant farmer 44.9.
A total of 1886 farmers reported
in the age roundup of whom 1857
were under As years while 5,4S9
were As and above. In 1880 there
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
w. C. BucksOn,
Kent Resident,
Dies OF Pistol
Wound In Head
State Liquor Commission
Inspector Believed To
Have Shot Self AS Leg
ion Conducted MemOr-
ial Services In Dover.

While his friends of the Walter
l.. Fox Legion Post of which he
was member held their Memorial
Day services last Friday in Dover,
Wilson Chandus Buckson, Jr., age
46 years, an inspector for the State
Liquor Commission, ended his life
with a pistol bullet. according to
police.
Buckson was found in his auto
mobile, which was parked along
the Leipsic Road about a quarter
of mile from the State Highway,
north of Dover, shortly after eleven
O'Clock last Friday morning by
Howard Jones, a Dover farmer.
A bullet from a .3S service re-
volver, which lay on the seat be-
side him, had penetrated his head.
He died in the Kent Hospital an
hour and-a-half later without re-
gaining consciousness.
Buckson, an inspector for the
past seven years, lived at Ches-
void, where he also operated a
lumber business. At one time he
was school inspector for the Del
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Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
Memorial Day Was
Observed In Milford
Decoration OF Graves, Pre-
sentatiOn OF Flags High
lighted Affair

Captain Anthony S. Summer, for
mer commanding officer of the Fed
eralized Battery F, 198th Coast
Artillery, Milford, assisted by sew
eral members Of the American Leg
ion Post, decorated the graves OF
Civil War, Spanish-American, and
World War veterans in this COM
munity. More than 400 graves were
decorated in the Milford area on
and prior to Memorial Day.
Many of the activities of previous
Memorial Day observations, how
ever, were eliminated in Milford
because of the fact that the battery
was in camp, although most of the
men arrived at their homes by
noon on Memorial Day.
One feature of the Milford pro-
gram was the presentation to the
city by the Legionnaires of two
new American flags, one of which
will be flown from the ,fagpole in
the Plaza Square, and the other
will be used at the new bathing
beach and playground The presen-
tation of the flags was made by T.
Carlisle Collins. service officer of
the post, and were accepted by
Mayor Edward c. Evans.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
Drive Continues For
Home Guard Recruits
EnIlstments Accepted At Milford
ArmOry Every Monday Night

Under the capable direction of
Captain Anthony S. Summers, the
drive to bring the strength of the
Milford Home Guard unit up to the
SO prescribed by resolutions re-
Gently passed by Congress and the
State Assembly, is progressing
nicely. However, several men are
still needed, and the. Armory on
North Walnut street will be OPEN
ed next Monday evening, June 9th,
to examine and accept recruits.
Josiah w. Boston is serving as
temporary clerk and is aiding the
recruits fill out their application
blanks.
DR.. Willard r. Pierce is giving
the medical examinations, assisted
by Price Webb, Robert H. Yerkes,
Stan Short, Roy Wroten and Will
lis Hammond of the medical detail.
Norval Parsons and Clement
Nevins are in charge of finger
printing.
All of the above mentioned men,
including Captain Summers, have
in the guard as privates
and will remain so until June 18th, |
when three officers will be elected.
as follows: Captain, first lieuten-
ant and second lieutenant. Cap
tain Summers, former command
ing officer of the Battery F, 19Sth
Coast Artillery, now federalized
and serving at Camp Edwards,
Falmouth, Mass, will undoubtedly
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Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
Al To Receive
Diplomas as At
Commencement
Monday Night
FOrty-first Annual Grad
uation Exercises Will
Be Held In Plaza The
atre; DIR. b. M. Johns,
Wilmington, To Speak.

The forty-first annual commence
ment OF Milford Juniors Senior High
School will be held In the Plaza
Theatre, this city, next Monday
evening, June 9.
The exercises will begin at eight
O'clock. daylight saving time. There
are forty-one graduates in the
class.
Rev. Dr. BENJAMIN NJ Johns, pas
tor of Grace Methodist Church,
Wilmington, will be the guest
speaker.
The program follows:
Song OF the Sword" (Offen-
bach) high school orchestra.
Professional, "Pomp and Cir
cumstance" (Edgar) orchestra.
Invocation, Rev. DIR. Frank Her.
son, pastor Avenue Methodist
Church.
Salutary, "The American Way
Why?s Miss Esther Greenlya
Se1ection, ARTISTS Life"
(Strauss) orchestra.
Valedictory, "The American Way
How" Miss Helen Maxine Ecu
ner.
Selection, Merry Widow" Geh-
er) orchestra.
Address, DR.. B. M. johnson.
Announcement of awards, Super
intendent OF. Schools Robert e.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
Kenneth ClendanieI
Recipient of Honors
Milford Youth Outstanding Student
At Washington And Lee University

Kenneth s. Clendaniel, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Clendaniel,
of Milford, in his junior year at
Washington and Lee University.
has been reelected state president
Of the Virginia Baptist Student Un-
ion: chairman OF the committee on
Depntations of the Christian Couh--
ell; president and teacher of the
Mems Bible Glass (36 years and
upl of the Manly Memorial baptist
Church; awarded school iiionogrsffif.
in varsity cross country and tracls;5
awarded debate key for two years
Of varsity debating; given honor
airy membership in Washington Lit
eFary Society for forensic activi-
ties; received Young award for
highest grade in selected course
in philosophy; recently elected (for
coming year, Archon (president) of
Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity;
president of Kappa Phi Kappa, hon
orary educational fraternity, and
secretary-treasurer of Washington
Literary Society.
Mr.. Clendaniel was graduated |
with highest honors from Milford
High School in 1888, and has twice
been a recipient of the Louder N.
Hearn Scholarship Fund.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06

were 9,459 operators, with 3,S39
under As and $500 of As years and
over.
A cross section shows that the
average full owner started operat-
ing in 1928, the part owner in 1924
and the tenant farmer in 1898.
Census OF Autos
Three-fourths of all farms have
automobiles and one farm in every
four has a motor truck. A sub
stantial gain in the last decade in
farms reporting tractors was re-
corded, the increase being from
one farm in every seven to one in
four.
The average age for cars, trucks
and tractors on Delaware farms,
according to the census, is ap-
seven years. Four out
Of 10 farms have electricity in the
home and one out of four tele-
phone.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
Rotary Club State Officer
Entertains| E. D. Cebhart Is
Graduates Badly Injured
Clarence P. Weber, OF
MiddletOwn, Guest
Speaker At Sixteenth
Annual Dinner.

Members of the 1941 graduating
class of the Milford High School
were entertained by the local Ro-
tary Club at the sixteenth annual
dinner given by that group for
graduating classes of the local high
school. The dinner was held al
Poplar Grove restaurant, near Mil
ford.
The graduates were welcomed
on behalf of the club by Mayor Ed
ward G. Evans, president.
William E. Miller, director of
music in the local schools and Miss
Florence e. Horn, assistant direc-
tor, sang two duets, which were
greatly enjoyed by the group. They
were accompanied by William Nit
ten.
The address of the evening was
given by Clarence p. Weber, OF
a well known banker
and boy scout executive. Mr.. Weber
in his talk cited the advantages Of
fered by this country to those who
are willing and able to work and
get ahead. Mr.. Weber fiayed Hitler,
and the other dictators for the
present chaotic condition of Eu-
rope, which is even now threaten
Ing to reach the shores of the
. Americas"
Mr.. Weber. a native born Ameri-
can Of German parentage, stated
hat in 1884, he received a letter
from a relative residing in Germ
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Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
County Farm Leaders
Meet At Georgetown
Representative Group Discussed
Present Agricultural Situation

Monday evening about 125 agri-
cultural leaders of the county met
In the Georgetown Grange Hall to
discuss the present agricultural
defense situation.
At the request OF Secretary of
Agriculture Claude p. Wickard,
similar meetings are being held in
every county Of the United States.
and due to this request the Exten-
sion Department of the University
of Delaware sponsored the Sussex
county meeting. County Agricul-
tural Agent c. r. Snyder was chair
man of the meeting assisted by Anne
B. Moore. All club agent, and Ger
trude Holloway, Home Demonstra-
tion Agent. Those from the Univer-
sity who took part in the discussion
were A. d. Cobb, assistant direc-
tor; Helen Mckinley. home demon
stration leader; Kenneth Baker,
economist and Jack Lafferty, land
utilization specialist These folks
presented some very interesting
and startling facts relative to the
national defense program and the
part that agriculture must pay.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
Officer Well Known Here
In Critical Condition
Following Motorcycle
Crash Last Week.

State Police officer Edward D..
Gebhart, 2S years old, continues in
a critical condition at the Kent
General Hospital at Dover from in
juries resulting from a motorcycle
crash about a half mile north of
Dover last Thursday.
The officer, who lives at Smyrna
and is attached to Station No. 8,
was driving south on the state high
way when he swerved to the left to
avoid Dover cleaning and dyeing
truck which had started into a fill
ing station while proceeding in the
same direction, according to police
Investigation.
The truck was driven by James
Gardner Young, Dover, police said.
After apparently grazing the
front bumper of the truck, the cycle
seemed to skid on the concrete of
the filling station and then crashed
into light standard of the station
about rs feet farther on and pinned |
Gebhart beneath 1t. 1t was said |
the officer was unconscious when |
CAbA ASalOus AAC was ldhGu W Tie ]
hospital in the Dover police patrol
wagon.
DR.. e. Richmond Steele, who is
Gebhart, said the officer
is suffering compound fracture of
the right leg at the ankle joint,
fracture of the upper right hip joint,
several broken ribs on the left side,
of the brain, abdominal
injuries, shock and lost consid-
arable blood. He has been given
blood transfusions.
Gebhart, it was learned, was on
his way to DR.. Steele's Office in con-
lectiOn with a previous accident
which he was investigating when
MS mishap occurred. He formerly
lived in New Castle and was well
Known in Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06

For State Has
Been Nam ed
Fourteen State, City And
Industrial Leaders APP
pointed TO Unit BY
Director H S. lSchutt.

Harold S. Schutt, director. of the
Office of Production Management
for Delaware, has named a perma-
nent committee Of IA state, city,
and industrial leaders to handle
the mobilization of state resources
for national defense.
In addition to the director, who
will serve as chairman, the COM
mittee will consist of: Governor
Walter w. Bacon, Mayor Albert w.
James of Wilmington, e. H. Worth,
president of the Worth Steel Com
pany; J.. Warren Marshall, presi-
dent, National Vulcanized Fibre
Company; A. G. Spiegelhalter,
president. Pusey and Jones Corpor-
alton; w. Ralph MacIntyre, vice
president and general manager.
Joseph Bancroft and Sons Com
pany; William Grier, vice president,
l.. ID. Caulk Dental Manufacturing
Company, Milford; Gerrish Gassa-
way, manager, Chamber of Com
merce, Wilmington; Thomas w.
president, Delaware Power
and Light Company; Wilmer Strad-
ley, president, Diamond Ice and
Coal Company; c. d. Garretson,
Electric Hose and Rub
Der Company; Norris N. Wright,
vice president, Continental-Dia-
nond Fibre Company; Charles A.
Higgins, president, Hercules Pow
Ter Company; Hugh M. Morris,
ormer federal Judge.
DIR. 4. s. Gates Speaker
The announcement followed a
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