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and more ago-made their appearance,
the earliest one mentioned on this street
being advertised in the Maryland Journal
OF August 8, 1874, as "Coglans Tavern,
at the American Arms" which was 10
Gated on the north side of F street near
the corner of Fifteenth, and which, i'll
1896, became the Little Hotel, being
opened by Mrs. Scctt at that time. At
this period James Hoban, the architect
of the White House, resided just to the
east of the hotel.
According to the late w. B. Bryan, ref
erence to the Little Hotel is found in the
Impartial Observer Of June 49, 1875,
where is printed notice of celebration
of "the Masons of the festival of st.
John the Baptist"
1.-THE brethren" the notice stated, "will
walk in procession from the lodge to the
Capitol, where divine service will be
performed" At the close of the service,
the brethren would return in procession
to the Little Hotel "for refreshments"
This hotel is spoken of three years
later as the lodgeroom of Federal Lodge,
this purpose at an earlier date.
In this same block, on the north side
of F street, even down to recent years,
stood in the rear of the present struc-
lures a bgilding which for while was
occupied by the city post office, soon
after the Government departments were
moved here from Philadelphia. Thomas
Monroe, jr., was then the postmaster,
and MS home was in the same building,
which was on lot 8. This afterward
became one of the Willard properties.
Facing Street.
An account of the houses standing in
blocks facing F street in the year 1900
includes in the square in which are the
Willard and the Washington hotels, two
frame houses-a tWo-story and a one
story-one being occupied by a Mr..
Hutchinson 1t was in this block that
James Kearney "an Irishman by birth
and an architect" by profession built in
1900 a handsome three-story, double
brick residence. This property was sold
to the Willard brothers about 1858 and
is now occupied by the F street side of
the New Willard Hotel, as is the site
of the Willard Hail. which was in its
Cay one of Washington's landmarks.
This hall, originally the F Street Pres
byterian Church, was sold to the Messrs.
Willard in 1859, who Immediately began
fitting it up as a ballroom. The congre-
cation then united with the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, where Lin
coin attended divine services, and which
was erected about this same year, re-
placing an earlier building. The F street
church dated back to 1903, and here
the Rev. DR.. Laurie labored for so years
as pastor.
Many important events took place in
the old Willard Hall, notably the peace
conference of February l, 1861, presided
over by ex-President Tyler. For many
years it as favorite place for concerts,
and Blind Tom, the colored pianist, fire.
ouently appeared here, where he always
applauded his own renditions. Later, it
is said, the first moving picture In this
city was shown In this building.
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Washington is the home port of a
naval vessel which will be closely linked
with world affairs as the days of spring
and summer come and go.
The vessel is the U. S. S. Potomac,
assigned to the Presidents use since
1886 Not geared for fighting and never
permitted to go where danger turks, she
nevertheless is destined to play an i'm
portant part in impending developments
on our war-plagued planet.
Her sister ships on the list OF the
United States Navy may sail the seven
seas in performance of stern tasks. They
may briStle with guns and torpedo tubes
ready to act in defense of the Nation.
But none of them will match her su-
perior position as the craft upon which
the Commander-in-c and his ad-
visers will meet periodically in high con-
ference.
Long before the present emergency
took form, President. Roosevelt estab-
lished the practice of retiring to the
isolation of the official yacht when con-
fronted with major problems or excep-
tionally heavy tasks. Weekend cruises
on the waters of river and bay repeatedly
have been followed by "big news" In
the light of existing international con-
ditions, presence of the Chief Executive
and his counselors on the Potomac in
the immediate future will gain increased
significance.
President Roosevelt has made at least
SO trips on the Potomac since he first
boarded the yacht in March, 1886 Com
paratively few of these have had relaxa-
ton as prime purpose, though free
Evening star., 1941-06-01
Busy F Street Once Was Residential

There are many persons in Washington
today who can recall downtown F street
when this busy thoroughfare was practi-
cally all residential and when the busi-
ness houses were few and far between,
and there was pump on every corner
or So Prior to this, however, springs
with which Washington was once abun-
dainty supplied - refreshed the weary
traveller as he journeyed along what
might then better have been called the
Ridge road than F street, for this street,
which was probably in use a decade be-
fore Pennsylvania avenue, formed a
ridge from the White House to near the
Capitol, from which the ground sIoped
gradually south to the Tiber, which in
this vicinity flowed along the northern
margin of the Mall.
In the early days of the city F street
was used by the stages and mail coaches,
and apparently it was not always in the
best of condition even as a road, for,
under date of June "a, 1898, we find the
Assistant Postmaster General, Charles
Burial, making inquiries of the city
postmaster, Thomas johnson, jr, as to
the new road, and writes the latter as
follows:
THE contractor who carries the mail
from Baltimore to Alexandria has repre-
sented to me that the road which leads
past your house is not so good as the
old road, and also that it is considerably
farther. Be pleased to inform me par
ticularly of the state of the two roads,
and the difference in distance between
them. Should the new road at any sea-
son of the year pe so bad as to impede
the progress of the mail, trust the COM
missioners for building the city will make
the necessary repairs, as any obstruction
to a regular conveyance of the mail
upon the main line will be attended with
great injury to the public
However, due to the fact that it was a
main thoroughfare, it was not long be-
fore a few hotels or taverns-which
meant about the same thing century
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to conduct me to her room, which was
in the garnet over the third story Of the
house : and found besides her arms
being broken, that the lower part of the
spine was badly shattered, so that it was
doubtful whether she would ever be
capable of walking again, if she should
survive. The lady of the Mayor said
she was awakened from sleep by the
fall of the woman, and heard her heavy
struggling groans.
II inquired of her whether she was
asleep when she sprang from the WIN
dow. She replied: No. no more than
am now Asking her what was the cause
of her doing such frantic act as that,
she replied, They brought me away with
two of my children, and wouldn't let me
see my husband-they didn't sell my hus-
band--and didn't want to 60; was so
confused and distracted that I didn't
know hardly what I was about-but I
didn't want to go, and jumped out Of
the window-but am sorry now that L
did it-they have carried my children
off with 'em to Carolina
II was informed that the slave trader,
who had purchased her near Bladens-
burg (she being legal slave), gave her
to the landlord as a compensation for
taking care of her.
Incidentally the writings of DR.. Tor
rey, and the publishing of this particular
episode by some, places the corner of
Thirteenth and F streets as the site that
brought into existence the anti-slavery
movement that finally resulted in the
abolition Of slavery.
Somewhere along the south side OF
this street, we are told, Aaron Burr once
lived, but whether he did or did not
the writer has never been able to deter
mine to his own satisfaction.
Opposite the Press Building, on the
northeast corner, stood DR.. Stones resi-
dence, until replaced by the Westory
Building In this block, at Fourteenth
and G streets, Historian Christian Hines
tells us, there were five houses in 1900,
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Checking guest lists of the Roosevelt
cruises since 1888, it becomes apparent
that those who have been invited to sail
with the President form company of
approximately $50 persons. They range
from illustrious folk whose names are
known around the world to few who
never had seen their names on news
paper pages until they went down the
river with the Chief Executive.
Notables Af1oat.
Members of the cabinet, of course, are
we'll represented. Some of them, notably
Mr.. Ickes, Mr.. Cummings and Mr.. Roper,
did not have great fancy for the con-
ferences afloat, particularly when bit
of pitching and tossing was in prospect.
Harlan Stone, Felix Frankfurter and
William Douglas are in the Supreme
Court section of those who have cruised.
Rounding out the roster are many
names as familiar to the newspaper
reading eye as these: Cary T. Grayson,
William Bullitt, Archibald MacLeish,
Frederic Delano, Edward j. Flynn, Nor
man Davis, Jesse Jones.
Naturally enough, the prevailing prac-
tice has been to invite wives of the dis
tinguished to accompany their husbands
when cruise invitations have been issued.
In some instances, "the children" have
been asked to come along.
And the cruises always have included
individuals holding position as military
and naval aides and personal physicians
to the President.
So far as available records disclose
the Potomac never has left her wharf
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dom from White House tension and rou-
tine naturally prevails. Rarely does the
Chief Executive embark upon even a
short cruise without potent documents
coming over the side Of the vessel as
the emblem of his position is hoisted to
the mast.
Ideally Suited.
The floating office" is ideally suited
to the handling of important duties
which require fullest concentration and
application of thought. Left on shore
are host of potential interruptions.
Landbound are press conferences, Of
fetal callers, stacks of correspondence
and all the elements which make up the
White House working day. The slap
ping of waves supplants the jangle of
telephone bells. And comfortable in
formality reigns.
The Presidents habit of taking prob
lens out on the water for settlement was
in evidence as early as February, 1888.
A sea cruise on the Nourmahal was de-
voted in part to the choosing of individ-
uals who were to be named to important
governmental posts under the new ad-
ministration.
A few weeks later, a cruise on the
Sequoia - the Potomac's predecessor -
found Ramsey Macdonald, visiting Eng
lish prime minister, discussing problems
of the Geneva disarmament conference
with the President. An aftermath
came when the President addressed mes
sages to heads of 54 nations proposing
elimination of offensive weapons.
1t was while he was aboard the cruiser
Indianapolis in July, 1888, that Presi-
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house already mentioned. Calling at a
house near the one at which the catas-
trophe occurred was informed that it
had been three weeks since it took place,
and the woman was still living. Having
found the house, desired permission of
the landlord to see the wounded woman.
to which he assented, and directed lad
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Adams also lived in this block, at No.
1333-1335.
On the same side Of the street, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, at this
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and the Presidents stable, which later
became public school, presided over by
Strong John Thomson, still remembered
by some of our older residents.
On the north side of F street lived DR..
William Thornton, architect of the orig
inal Capitol, and Mrs. johnson and a
Frenchman named Julian. President
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early date, lived Lewis Clephane, Samuel
Mcpherson. Mr.. Bond, a stonecutter, and
David Tweedy, while in the block to the
south lived Mr.. Sweeny and MI.
Tolmey.
In the block between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets on the south side, resided
a Mr.. Scott, while in the block to the
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14
GREENWOOD

Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Lewis spenr
Saturday evening In town visiting
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Graves and
Oral Pasch spent Sunday in Sails
bury.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Blake of New
ark, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Jones OF
Wilmington, Mrs. Alice Jay of Will
mington, were the guests of Mrs.
Laurence Porter on Sunday after
noon. fs gr5 Ft
Keith McNamarie spent the week.
end in Dover with his parents.
Harry Peasure of st. Petersburg,
Florida, is spending week at his
home here.
James Wilson spent the weekend
in Pocomoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Breeding of
Philadelphia were in town on Satur-
day on their way to Miami Beach,
Florida, for the winter.
Mrs. Charles Eiselle of Georgetown
spent Saturday in town with her hus-
band.
Jack Simmer spent the weekend
in Philadelphia with his family.
Edward Bosomoriski spent the
weekend in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Klemm en-
tertained guests of Philadelphia over
the weekend.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14
WINGS OVER FLORIDA

News comes to Washington from
pilots in Miami, Tampa, and other
Southern cities are trying their
wings for the first time in a unique
ground-pilot trainer ship which dup
licates the actual maneuvers of a
plane in fight. The flights are spon-
sored by local airport officials and
the public eagerly accepts the gem
eral invitation to enjoy the thrills
of flying with pilot aptitude being
rated by famed Bill Sweet who oper-
ates the trainer.
The trainer is being loaned to air.
ports throughout the South by the
Sinclair Oil Company as part of the
Sinclair fabrication Plan to stimu-
late interest in aviation for national
defense.
Young men between the ages of
eighteen to twenty-three show the
best aptitude for flying, according to
seasoned aviator and air-race COM
mentator Sweet, who has made a
sort of wing-pool showing the reac-
tions of thousands of people trying
their wings for the first time.
Next on the list are girls between
the ages of nineteen and twenty who
do rot drive cars. Strangely. they
show more pilot-ability than their
auto-ariving older and younger sis
ters.
Looking like an abbreviated air.
plane which has been rugged Is feet
from the ground, the Flight Trainer
can duplicate every aviation man
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

supervision if they expect to be pres
ent at this banquet.
The r. W. Helm Chapter of f. F.
A. has just completed their prelim-
mary plans for their annual Father,
Mother and Son Banquet. Twenty
special guests and seventy present or
past active members have been in
vited to be present at the banquet
with their fathers and mothers. The
boys are looking forward to the af-
fair.
On Wednesday. February 5, a state
executive committee met in the office
of the state advisor, Paul HOdson, at
Dover, to discuss plans for a state
+. F. A.. convention. The convention
this year will be held at Newark on
March 21 and 90 and will not vary
much from the preceding years. The
public speaking eliminations for this
contest for each county must take
place before March IA and the re-
suits must be sent to Dover imme-
diately. The Diamond Farmers
awards are acted upon and it is very
likely that on the evening of March
%, Ray Dodd will receive the high
est F. F. A. award obtainable in the
state. Cecil Carpenter was the ex-
ccutive, and represented Milton
school. He read to the group a
summary of the activities for the
past year
The Young Married Couples held
their regular monthly meeting on
February at the Masonic Hall. Af-
ter the regular business meeting the
evening was spent playing dart ball
and pingpong It was agreed by the
group to attended church in a body
on Sunday, February 8. it being Ma
tional Boy Scout Sunday.
The F. F. A. boys from Milton
Chaper played the Milford F. F. A.
boys in basketball and won by the
score of &c to 16. Boxing served as
other entertainment and refresh
ments were served by the host chap
ter. Fourteen Milton boys were we'll
entertained and enjoyed the evening
in Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14
VITAL IN SPEEDING
THE NATIONS. WORK

"In 1889 automobiles in the Unite'
States carried passengers ten timei
farther than all other forms o
transportation combined. During tn,
past twenty years our highway
transportation facilities have bull
q new world, an adaptable world thai
can rapidly fit itself to whatever jol
! there is to do. Today the motor cal
everywhere has rolled up its sleeves
and gone to work"
That statement, taken from GIN
Folks, the monthly employee publi-
cation of General Motors, is a, re-
minder that we sometimes do moi
realize how closely and effectively
motor transportation is integrated
into our industrial system and into
the workaday lives of all of us. To-
day, with the defense task. bringing
urgent and constantly greater re-
sponsibilities, this national asset
motor transportation of
special importance. For it gives us
great flexibility of movement for
men and materials.
A few excerpts from the GIN Folks
article, based upon a current nation
wide survey, substantiates these as
sertions: 80
"In Detroit a traffic study shows
that nearly three-fourths Of all per-
sons entering and leaving the citys
three busiest industrial areas use
motorcars."
mills employing $4,000 men in
the steel-making areas of Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and West Virginia find
that from 60 to so per cent of their
workers go to and from the job in
cars"
1T is estimated that S5 per cent
Of all farm families in the. nation
own cars. And in Michigan, for ex-
ample, nine-tenths of the cars owned
by farmers were classified by them
as working cars. u"
Construction men, statesmen, pro-
men-especially Doctors
and people in all lines of work have
built their activities around the use
of motor transportation.
Trucks transport nearly three
fourths of all perishable fruits, more
than half of the nations livestock en-
route to market and practically all
of the milk supply of metropolitan
communities"
In fact, the movement of practi-
cally every essential commodity
from source of supply to point of
use depends at one stage or another
on truck transport. Gasoline for the
241 900 filling stations, coal
and fuel to heat American homes, are
delivered almost exclusively by
trucks"
Chicago, Boston, St. Louis-in ev-
cry city east and west, north and
and trucks do.
mighty job of moving men and mate
rails swiftly and efficiently, SO that |
the important daily, work of pro-
lucing for the nations needs may |
proceed without interruption
Just think how much more serious |
would be the emergency housing |
problem accompanying national de- I
tense production, today were it not
ior the motorcar!
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

endorsed and approved by the Ma
tional Aeronantics Association. Ac-
cording to. Colonel G. deFfeest Lar
ner, general manager, thousands of
Americans are aroused to the possi-
bilities of aviation and its. impor-
tance in national defense as a result
of the flight trainer demonstrations
being held.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

euver with, safety to the embryo
pilot.
Powered with an electric motor,
at full speed the propeller blasts a
rs mile an hour wind over the cock
pit, giving the pilot the actual feel
Of flying. The. slip-stream on control
surfaces gives the trainer an imme-
diate response whenever controls are
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14
MILTON
Aged Man Breaks hin.


benJamin Jones, one Of Milton's
Oldest residents, broke his hip when
he fell in his bedroom at the home
OF his sister, Mrs. Della Warren. A
physician was called and the frac-
ture reduced. Mr.. Jones is confined
to his bed and is showing much inn
prOvement.
Milton Scouts Attend Church
The Boy Scout troop of Milton be-
gan the observance of Boy Scout
Week by attending services at the
Goshen Methodist Church on Sunday.
+. +. A. Banquet
The annual Mother, Father and
Son Banquet will be held on We'd
nesday, February 26 in the school
cafeteria by the r. w. Helm Chapter
Of Future Farmers of America.
New Store
Samuel Shapiro, popular proprie-
tor of the Milton Variety Store, has
rented the former Black and Lingo
store rooms and will, about the first
Of March, open it with a line of
mems, women's and children's wear.
New Service Station
Mrs. Virginia Jones is having
erected, at the corner of Front and
Federal streets, on the lot recently
purchased by her, an up-to-date SER
vice station. The new building will
be occupied by the Atlantic Refining
Company. The service station will
occupy a vacant lot that has been an
eye sore to this section since the de-
struction by fire of the big store"
more than a quarter of a century
ago. .f,,sf
New Parking Lot
The James H. Palmer land on
Front street, between Federal and
Chestnut, has been made into park
ing lot. 1t is directly back of the
Sussex Trust Building.
Feed Store
The building at the corner of I'm
ion and Magnolia streets, owned by
John C. Lank, and formerly occU-
pied by the Atlantic garage, is being
renovated and remodeled. 1t is un-
derstood that a feed store will be
opened there in the near future.
Clubs Attend Divine Worship
The Young Married Peoples Club
attended the worship at the Goshen
0huACh OA ADI /
Rev. J. B. Vaughn delivered spe-
cial sermon. e4 -
The Lions Club attended the NOR
ming services at St John the Bap- !
list P. q. Church on Sunday. Rev.
Allen Day, rector, conducted the SER
vice.
Boy Scouts Feted
The Lions Club on Monday eve
ming gave a dinner to the Milton Boy
Scout troop in the Social Hall. The
people of Grace Methodist
Church prepared and served the
meal, which was much enjoyed by
the scouts.
Grace Church
The services on. Sunday: Church
school at 10 a. m, Morning worship
at IL O'Clock. Theme, "Tbe Leper"
worship 1880 o'clock. Ser
mon by the pastor, Rev. G. S. Ross.
Dinner
Milton Graves, proprietor of the
Graves Garment Factory, celebrated
his birthday on Thursday of last
week by giving his employees and
/ number of guests dinner at the
Social Hail. The dinner, sponsored
by the Milton Fire Department, was
served by the Ladies' Auxiliary at
In the evening the auxil-
airy served more than 200 at their
annual turkey supper. 1t was
splendid menu and well served. The
iremen thank all who i'm any way
Helped to make the affair a success.
Net receipts, $301.00.
Here and There
Mrs. Matte Roach is visiting her
lister, Mrs. William Williams and I
amily at Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Beideman and
laughter, Patricia Ann, visited Mr.. !
md Mrs. Dudley Walker in Cave ;
Ieck on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin wilkins c
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

Hot cakes and sausage, most de-
liciOus breakfast dish can also he
most harmful to the digestive sys-
tenn if great care is not taken u
their preparation.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

changed.
On an electrically controlled
Flight-o-graph, the operator of the
Trainer flashes instructions to the
pilot to bank, turn, level-off. climb
and descend. Aerobatics such as
loops, Immelman, snap rolls, spins
and chandelles are possible.
The Sinclair Flight Trainer tour is
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25
State Police
Recover Loot
Barn Used as
Cache by Thieves

estate Police from the Romeo
Post today informed the sheriffs
department that troopers have
recovered a large amount of loot
believed stolen from hardware
store or a sporting goods shop
after q Romeo farmer reported
he had discovered the articles
stored in a barn on his property.
The loot included q landing
flesh net, q minnow casting rod,
q cooking kit, q Ratchet, hunting
knife, q tackle box containing q
large amount of fishing equip
ment, a steel casting rod and a
mouth organ.
County officers are checking
to find from where the loot was
taken.