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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-16

a
of 1876 900 were, together with the
rate named and the bidder: Harris
Trust and Savings Bank, 1h9o, ST.
0O6.77, plus accrued interest; First
Boston Corporation, 1H9e, ST.
0l0.575: Lazard Freres and Co.
15k9o, $1.0l3.99; Blyth and Com
pany, Inc, 1A95, $1,030.67; Gold
man, Sachs and Company, kSo, $l.-
O0S.O6; Bankers Trust Company
IL %, S1,032.49; Halsey, Stewart
and Company successful bidders,
1870, $1,02T61; Smith, Berney and
Company, 11k96, sl,820.819; Phelps,
Fem and Company, 11s90, $1,001.99.
All bids were plus accrued inter-
est.
Bidders, the rate named and the
bid plus accrued interest for the
second series were: Lazard, Freres
and Company, 1h9o, $1,007 SO;
Blyth and Company, Inc, u 70, ST.
OPS. 80; Goldman, Sachs and Com
pany, 11z%, sl.0092; Bankers
Trust Company, 1A%s $1,023.S6;
Smith, Belney and Company, l1seS,
$1.017019; Phelps, Fem and Com
pany, 1sz 20, 81 .023.34.
The fefilnding of the bonds is go
ing to mean a saving OF many
thousands of dollars TO the state,
1t is understood that in view of
the fact that the bonds were sold
by tlie county before the highways
were taken over by the state about
FIVE years ago that il was necessary
that the Sussex County Levy Court
offer them for sale Since the act
OF the General Assembly taking ov-
er all roads in the state was passed
the bonds. it is understood, have
been paid Off by the state.
Twenty-Five years ago Sussex
county started on The improved
roads project and bonded the coun-
ty for about 81 100000. This was
the beginning of the good roads
in the state. This move
ment followed the building of the
dupont Highway, now extending
the entire length of the state APP
96 miles.
Mrs. Sallie Passwaters, living
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-16
FRANKFORT

Miss Sallie G. Hall was a recent
guest for several days in Milford
of Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Watson.
Mrs. Roxie Dukes entertained
over the weekend her SON, Clayton
Dukes.
The Frankford Fire Company on
Tuesday answered two calls to the
farm of Delmar Bennett. A broiler
house and 1900 chicks, age two
weeks, were burned. Later some
smouldering embers blaZed up
threatening Mr.. Benefits barn and
outbulldings. The first call was at
noon an dthe second about an hour
later.
Editors Note = The Chronicle
wonld greatly appreciate IT If the
good people of Frankford would
turn accounts of their personal
happenings over to Mr.. Gum, or if
that is Impossible send them on a
penny post card direct to the
Chronicle office, for we are sure
that there are more news items
than the above three in town the
size of Frankford
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-16

OF course they are important
and exterior as we'll as interior
beauty of design appeal more and
more to the housewife of today.
Anybody can see at a glance that
the 1941 electric refrigerators are
beautiful-both inside and out-but
it takes a test like the one shown
above to prove real performance
values.
o. b. Bach, whose store Is located
at 21 South Walnut street, said that
he did not have the equipment to
conduct similar test on the prem
ises, but added: I've got the same
model Frigidaire in stock. don't
suppose there's anyone around here
who weighs as much as $50 pounds
but if there is, they're free to
come in and swing on a Frigidaire
door, and win a handsome prize il
they damage it."
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-16

Pretty is as pretty does" is an
old but true saw. And O. B. Bach.
Frigidaire appliance dealer here,
offers the above picture as proof
Il represents three new 1941 Frig-
idaire electric refrigerators hang
ing by their doors from a huge
crane-a total weight of $50 lbs.
straining at the hinges of the door
OF the topmost refrigerator. After
hanging for a period of an hour, the
refrigerators were lowered to the
ground and the doors tested. They
worked perfectly = hinges swung
freely and smoothly, latches caught
easily and instantly.
There's been so much talk
about beauty in refrigerators this
year that some people might get
the idea beauty and style are the
only important features.
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-16
GEORGETOWN

The Levy Court Commissioners
of Sussex county on Tuesday after.
noon accepted the bid of Halsey
Stewart and Company, 35 Wall
street, New York City for s675 900
of highway Improvement refunding
bonds and $775,000 of Sussex count
ty highway improvement reminding
bonds OF the second series at the
rate of one and one haif per ceht
interest.
Charles p. Wootten, receiver OF
taxes and county treasurer was
ordered to open two special ac-
counts in the Farmers Bank at
Georgetown to be denoninated re-
spectively: Sussex County High
way Improvement Reminding
Bonds, 1941" and Sussex County
Highway improvement Reminding
Bonds, Second Series" In which ac-
counts shall be deposited respec-
lively the proceeds of sale of the
two series and no other funds.
The bonds are to bear date of
May 10, 1941, and viii be OF the de-
nomination Of 1000 and will bear
interest at the rate for which they
were sold. The interest is to be
paid semi-annually on the fifteenth
of May and November in each year.
twenty-five OF the bonds in the two
series viii mature on November 10,
1913, and twenty-five will mature
on November 10 IN each year there
after up to and including the year
ofsI969.
The county reserves the right to
call in, pay and redeem any of such
bonds. on any semi-annual interest
period. after five years from the
date of issue, by paying the prin-
cipal, a premium, Of Ave per cent,
and accrued interest, pursuant TO
notice in that behalf as prescribed
by the act of the General Assembly
under authority of which the bonds
are issued. If any of the bonds shall
be called by the notice, interest
shall cease to accrue from and az
ter the interest period next sue
ceeding the date Of the notice.
The bonds were issued by au-
thority OF an act Of the General
Assembly approved by Governor
Walter w. Bacon ON April 10, this
year.
The bids on each OF the CTS one
thousand bonds. or the first series
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-16

brought out that she had had her
husband before the court on two
ter In school. AZ the hearing, it was
occasions, but that he had failed,
1t was claimed, to live up to the
court orde rimposed upon him.
George w. Willin, living on West
Laurel street, this city, for many
years connected with weekly news
papers as compositor. and later
with daily papers in Philadelphia,
will observe his 77th birthday anni-
versary on Saturday OF this week.
Mr.. Willin was born in Georgetown
on May II, 1854, sou of the late
George Willin. He learned the prin-
ter's trade when a young man. He
is of the old school when compost
ton ON Philadelphia papers was by
hand, as well as some of the week
ly papers of lower Delaware where
he learned his trade.
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-16
TURKEY OUTLOOK

Fewer poults on farms this spring
than last year may. not mean, a
smaller crop of market turkeys
next fall, reports B. II. Bennett OF
the U. S. Department Of Agriculture
Marketing Service, after complet-
ing the tabulation Of a summary OF
1941 plans received from turkey
growers in all parts OF the coun-
try.
The reports from turkey growers
indicate plans to raise about three
per cent fewer poults on farms
this year than the combined hatch
ings and purchases from hatcher
les last season.
Turkey growers In some sec
tons lost more than a million birds
during a severe November storm
last year. So IL growers have only
normal loss of birds this year, they
may actually have more turkeys TO
market next fall.
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-16

Mrs. John B. Derrickson is plan
ming TO come home from the South
at an early date.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher Gott-
orr, of Philadelphia. were week.
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
els Gottorf.
Mrs. Grace Homewood spent
part OF last week with her mother,
Mrs. Julia Darby.
Owing to conference sessions
there will be no preaching service
in Trinity Methodist Church next
Sunday. There will be Sunday
School session az 10 A. M.
SEE THE NEW Extra Storage
Bin that holds two cases of can
goods on the new 1871 Hotpoint
Refrigerator at =, B. Poore & Som
Milford. m21-tf
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-16

The annual May Merchandise
Fair, sponsored Jointly by the Mer-
chandise class of Milford High
School and the local merchants will
be held in the Community Building
on Thursday and Friday evenings
May % and 2S.
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-16

some folks do very odd things to
break even.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Six-Month Extension
OF Army Service
Rejected by Senate
Toft Proposal for
Shorter Limit Is
Defeated, 50 to n

The Senate rejected today a pro-
posal to limit the service period of
Army selectees to a maximum of six
months beyond the originally set
one-year term.
Rejection was on vote an
nounced as so to n.
The proposal was offered by Sem
ator Taft, Republican, of Ohio. as a
substitute for pending administra-
ton legislation which would permit
selectees to be held in service for a
maximum Of one and one-half years
after completing the one-year train
ing period.
Test Of Strength on Plan.
When they were inducted last year
selectees and National Guardsmen
were scheduled to serve only one
year. The Army general staff re-
Gently urged indefinite extension Of
that period.
Senator Taft's proposal, which
gave clear test of opposition
strength for modification of the
pending administration plan, would
have permitted the Army to retain
National Guardsmen and Reservists
for not more than one extra year.
Regularly enlisted men could not
have been retained beyond the
termination of their enlistments.
Senator Taft's plan also would
have authorized a regular standing
Army of 800, 900 men. He said these,
plus selectees, National Guardsmen
and Reservists, would provide for a
total force of 1000 600.
The House agreed, meanwhile, to
compromise legislation to defer
from military training any selectees
who were % years or older July /,
or who became 28 years old or older
by any subsequent July / without
having been inducted.
All men now in training who are
(See ARMY SERVICE, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Bank Messengers Robbed
OF $4,000 in Currency
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STROUDSBURG, Pa, Aug. S.
Four gunmen, wearing dark sun
glasses. held up two employees of the
First National Bank on a local street
today and escaped in black sedan
with pouch containing $4,000 in
currency.
Aiming a sub-machine gun and
pistols. the quartet confronted Ralph
Rheinfels. 81, teller, and Lewis
Heiney, IS, his guard, about am.
as the bank employees approached
the post Office block from the bank
to send the money to the Federal
Reserve Bank in Philadelphia.
The gunmen quickly disarmed Mr..
Heiney and grabbed the bag. They
fed across the Delaware river bridge
into New Jersey. Police said the car
apparently was one stolen in Easton.
Pa.
The money. which was insured,
was in five, ten and 20 dollar bills.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
British Move in Thoi|ond Seen
AS Troops Pour Into Singapore;
Nozis Widen Wedge in Russia
Nozi Sub Surrenders
To Former American
Destroyer
BY the Associated Press.

by I16 hSSOtldItu fIcSS.
LONDON, Aug. 5.-The sur
render of a German submarine
to H. M. S. Broadway, formerly
the U. S. S. Hunt, one of the
so United States destroyers
transferred to Britain last Sep
tember, was disclosed today
with the announcement of deco
rations awarded to officers and
crew.
An authoritative account of
the surrender said the U-boat
was detected by the Corvette
Aubretia, which, with the Broad
way and other warships, was
escorting merchant convoy in
the Atlantic.
The Corvette released depth
charges, this account said,
while the Broadway and the
destroyer Bulldog followed up
the attack. The submarine
came to the surface and the
Broadway, which was nearest.
opened fire and prepared to
ram it.
The crew then came tumbling
out of the coming tower with
their hands held up in sur
render it was said.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
D. {. Youths Rescued
Off Colonial Beach
gy the Asscrtsted Prsss

BS the Associated Press.
NORFOLK. Va, AUG. 5.-RescLe
Of three young men from the
Potomac River more than three
miles off Colonial Beach was re-
ported today on the arrival Of the
Norfolk e. Washington steamer Dis
trict OF Columbia.
Representative Harris, Democrat,
of Virginia. who was a passenger
aboard the ship on it's trip to Norfolk
last night, said passengers heard
cries for help as the steamer was
passing Colonial Beach. Capt. E.
H. Easton of Washington swung his
ship about and searchlghts were
played on the water. The beams
picked up three youths clinging to
an overturned boat.
A life boat put out from the
steamer and picked up the three
youths. who gave their names as
E. c. Perkins of BIB Twelfth street
NE. Washington; Lee S. Crockett
of 824 Shepherd street NV, Wash
ington, and Jack Dickinson OF Co.
lonial Beach.
They were landed at Colonial
Beach.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Brown 10 Retire
AsPo|ice Head
Before0ct. 81
Asks 67-Doy Leave
And Then Admits
He'lIQuit Post

Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent of police, will apply for re-
tirement shortly before HIS accu- .
mulated leave expires october 81, he
announced today.
Maj. Brown plans to leave August
Is on 81 days of accumulated leave.
His decision to seek retirement was
made known at the District Building
officially after the Commissioners
had asked him to explain why he
sought to take all his accumulated
leave at one time.
Mai. Brown applied for leave be-
ginning August Is, and with 81 days
accumulated, he would be away un-
til the end of October.
He told reporters he was going to
Buffalo, N. Y. TO attend the annual
meeting of the International Asso-
citation OF Chiefs of Police, of which
he is president. His term Of Office
with that body expires, it was said,
late in August.
Kelly May Be Acting Chief.
Mai Brown said after he was out
of Office as president Of this ssso-
ciation and before his extended
leave expired. he would apply for
retirement. He left the date indefi-
mite and told reporters:
II am only asking for retirement:
I can't say, of course. what the
Commissioners will do about it.
The Commissioners postponed un-
til tomorrow selection of an acting
police chief. There were some lnd,-
cations the temporary post might be
awarded 10 Inspector Edward j.
Kelly, who has been regarded in
some quarters heretofore as a pos
sible selection for police chief after
Mai. Brown was retired.
Ordinarily. the senior inspector
of the police department becomes
acting superintendent in the abb
sence of the chief. This would be
Inspector James F. Beckett, who re-
Gently acted as superintendent dur
4 ing a brief absence of Maj. Brown.
Report Recalled.
However, one oficial suggested
today that Inspector Beckett had
been singled out, not by name, but
by rather clear Identification, in the
report of the Police Investigation
Subcommittee of the House for re-
marks not construed as compli-
mentary.
For this reason, the delay OF the
Commissioners in designating an
acting superintendent while Mai.
Brown is on leave was taken to in
dicate there was doubt as to whether
he would be appointed acting super
Intendent.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
D. G.. Draft Boards Ordered
To Call 573 Men in September

The new call includes $50 white
and 243 colored selectees. The
following induction dates were an
nounced in the dispatch from corps
area headquarters: September 8.
so colored: September ., lis white
and 1s3 colored, and September 10,
lis white.
The gross figures include an
"overcall'' sufficient to take care Of
men rejected by physicians at Army
induction stations.
Local officials today were compil-
Ing figures showing reserves Of Glass
la men in each of the Is Wash
ington boards, and 4 breakdown Of
the September quota is expected to
be completed within the next two
(ses D. 6. DRAFT, PaSs A-70
Evening star., 1941-08-05
House Group Studies
Plan 10 Block Lease
OF Dupont Apartment
Committee Considers
Extending Inquiry
To Other Buildings
By WILL p. KENNEDY.

Possibility arose today that the
House committee which has been
investigating the projected leasing
of the Dupont Circle Apartment by
the Federal Government may ex-
tend its hearing TO look into sale or
leasing transactions incident 10 any
or all of the % private buildings
that have been taken over by the
Government.
This was learned as the commit
tee completed hearings on the Du-
pont Circle project and announced
that members were practically
agreed on a recommendation to
Public Works Administrator Car
mody that the Government drop
any negotiations leading to leasing
OF the Dupont Circle.
Action on a resolution embodying
the recommendation was post
poned until 10 am. tomorrow. how
ever. at the suggestion of Chairman
Lanham.
Downs to Offer Resolution.
Representative Downs, Democrat,
OF Connecticut. author of the orig
inal resolution for investigation of
the Dupont Circle Apartment trans
actions. said he will propose in ex-
ecutive session tomorrow a resolu-
ton which will provide as follows:
"As evidence has been submit
ted to this committee by witnesses
before it, this committee recon-
mends to John Carmody of the Fed
eral Works Agency or any one else
who might have authority in leas-
ing or renting the Dupont Circle
Hotel that the Federal Government
Immediately move any departments
of the Federal Government that are
now occupants of that hotel and
also recommends to Mr. Carmody
that any further negotiations for
renting or leasing the hotel be
Immediately dismissed"
Mr.. Downs said he has pledges
from majority of the committee
(See DUPONT CIRCLE, Page A-1U)
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Allen to Tell
Prison Experiences

Jay Allen, noted war cor
respondent. who has just
returned from Europe, will
tell about his arrest and de-
tention by the German forces
in occupied France, in a series
Of articles, the first to appear
in The Star tomorrow. In the
articles he will relate how he
travelled undetected from
Vichy to Paris, about his
treatment by the Germans
and his observations on the
Nazi soldiers psychology and
the attitude of the French IN
the occupied zone.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
New Lead in Strieff Case
Sought in MARYLAND Arrest

Police Detective Sergt. Aubrey
Tolson was to go to Hagerstovn,
Md, today to check new lead in
the Jessie Elizabeth Betty Strief1
murder. the arrest there OF So
year-old white man.
Police here said they had been
informed the man had in his pocket
several newspaper clippings concern
ing the killing of the 23-year-old
War Department stenographer.
Hagerstown police told authorities
the suspect had been arrested for
intoxication.
Evening star., 1941-08-05

District draft boards today were
ordered to call up SIS selectees for
military service during the month Of
September.
Meanwhile, Joseph Francis Stans-
bury, registrant at Local Board No.
IT, became the first Washington
21-year-old to be called under the
second registration. The youth,
who volunteered before the national
lottery July II, was ordered to re-
port for induction Thursday morn
ing.
Gross figures and induction dates
for the September call were received
from Sd Corps Area headquarters,
although the net quota was issued
for the first time by national selec-
tive service onacials.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
British PIone Losses
Put at 1907 by Nozis
=, the Associated. Press.

~ the Assoclhted, Fress.
BERLIN, Aug. 5.-The British air
force lost 1907 airplanes from
January / to July 81, an authorized
German tabulation reported today.
The losses were said to have been
inflicted in air flghts. by naval
artillery, and anti-aircraft fire from
patrol boats and ground batteries.
No comparative figures On Ger
man losses for the same period were
announced.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Entire Nozi Column
Routed by 2 Tanks,
Russians Report
Hx tie Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Aug. 5.-The Red
Army magazine Red Star said
today two Soviet tanks, so huge
they did not even have to fire
a gun, routed an entire German
column, including a battalion
of pastorized infantry and a
company of light tanks.
The magazine said two of
these land battleships" at
tackled separately at the head
and tail of the column and ran
down the Nazi machines, crush
Ing Is light tanks and 10 ar
mored cars.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Soviet Army Facing
Renewed Offensive
In KieV Sector
Nozis Again Attack in
Areas of Korosten
And Bel Tserkov
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, Aug. 5.-The Red
Army, battling with the same ten
acity which distinguished its three
week long defense in the Smolensk
area, faced renewed offensive on
both sides Of Kiev today.
A Soviet communique said the
! Germans again attacked through
the night in the areas of korosten,
80 miles northwest of Kiev, and Bel
Tserkov, barely so miles to the south,
after relaxing their pressure yester-
day in the Korosten direction.
Reports here said the Bel Tserkov
Cwhite church, positions of the
Russians formed especially strong
defenses along the Rossi River,
which runs west from the Dnieper.
The Soviet defenses in the Koros-
ten sector also take advantage of
positions along another western
tributary of the Dnieper, the Uzh
River.
Some of Best Units in Area.
Some of the best units of the Red
Army are reported concentrated in
this sector under Marshal Semeon
Budyenny.
Vigorous fighting also continued In
the Smolensk area, west Of Moscow,
but today'S noon communique made
no mention of activities in a new
Nazi wedge driven to Kholm.
marshland town midway between
Leningrad and Smolensk and 10
miles east of last weeks battlefield
at NovorZhev.
A front-line dispatch to Pravda,
Communist party organ, said the
Germans set raging forest fires on
the rolling Ukraine plains to protect
their flank, but one Russian COM
pany slipped through the flames and,
blackened and scorched, fell on a
German company and destroyed it
in a surprise charge.
Likened to Indian Methods.
Likening the Russian tactics In
stalking the Germans to old-style
American Indian fighting, Pravda
said the Russians lost but one dead
and two wounded In this exploit.
Confidently declaring that day
by day our counterattack is becom-
ing all the stronger and wider in
scope" Pravda admitted that in the
early days of the campaign the
Germans had driven deep salients
into Russian territory SO that the
Germans already saw in their
dreams the towers of Moscow, the
Kremlin Square and the streets OF
Leningrad and Kiev."
But the turn came in mid-July,
said Pravda.
Hitler wanted to achieve too great
successes, he risked too much
Doubtless the retaliation will CORE
spond to the scale of risk"
The paper estimated that Hitler
had launched his blitzkrieg with
gigantic forces of 80 tank divisions
composed of Is 900 tanks, 10000 first
line planes and ITO divisions, one
third of them armored or motorized
S. A LOzovSky, Soviet spokesman
has put Germany's manpower which
was concentrated against Russia at
3,O000 900 to 100000 men.
These forces we're two or three
times those available to the Red
Army at the start of the conflict now
in its seventh week. Pravda said, and
(See MOSCOW, Page A-30
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Stevenson to Become
Texas Governor Friday
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 5.-A SUM-
tanned ranchman, Coke r. Steven
son, hung his hat in the guberna-
torial suite today, but he won't be
inaugurated until Friday.
Simple ceremonies have been
planned for the 53-year-old Lieu
tenant Governor who succeeds w.
Lee O'Daniel. who became a member
of the United States Senate yester-
day.
Mr.. Stevenson twice was Speaker
of the Texas House of Representa-
tives. He had served as Lieutenant
Governor since 1899.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
U. S. Aides to Survey
Food Needs in London
By the Associated Press.

Two Agriculture Department off,
cials will fly to London within a
few days to get f1rst-hand picture
of British food needs and to tell
Britons how American farmers are
expanding production to help supply
those needs.
The officials are Paul H Applebv,
Undersecretary of Agriculture. and
r. M. Evans, Agricultural Adjust
ment Administrator.